Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 484 > Act 32 of 1986 > Chapter II

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
• Beans: means Michigan dry, edible beans, except soybeans. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• Commission: means the Michigan bean commission. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• Committee: means the emergency 9-1-1 service committee created under section 712. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Direct dispatch method: means that the agency receiving the 9-1-1 call at the public safety answering point decides on the proper action to be taken and dispatches the appropriate available public safety service unit located closest to the request for public safety service. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Processor: means a person that cleans and grades, dries, dehydrates, cans, powders, extracts, cooks, or uses in producing or manufacturing a product or article, ships, or otherwise handles beans, including seed. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• Public agency: means a village, township, charter township, or city within the state and any special purpose district located in whole or in part within the state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Public safety agency: means a functional division of a public agency, county, or the state that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Relay method: means that a PSAP notes pertinent information and relays it by a communication service to the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services that has an available emergency service unit located closest to the request for emergency service for dispatch of an emergency service unit. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• seal: shall be construed to include any of the following: