Michigan Laws > Chapter 552 > Act 255 of 2015 – Uniform Interstate Family Support Act


Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 8
Article 9

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 552 > Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Acquittal:
1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. A verdict of "not guilty."
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
Administrator: means a local governmental unit, or a nonprofit community organization under contract with a local governmental unit. See Michigan Laws 125.2702
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
agencies: shall be deemed to include those officers, boards, commissions and other bodies created by public corporations or by the federal government, which are authorized to act in their own names. See Michigan Laws 280.551
Agricultural processing facility: means 1 or more facilities or operations that transform, package, sort, or grade livestock or livestock products, agricultural commodities, or plants or plant products, excluding forest products, into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption including goods for nonfood use, and surrounding property. See Michigan Laws 125.2683
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
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
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Applicant: means an individual and the spouse of that individual if that spouse intends to occupy the property with the individual. See Michigan Laws 125.2702
Applicant: means an individual and the spouse of that individual if that spouse intends to occupy the property with the individual. See Michigan Laws 125.2722
Application: means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. See Michigan Laws 552.2701
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Artificial brine: means mineralized water formed by dissolving rock salt or other readily soluble rocks or minerals. See Michigan Laws 324.62501
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Authority: means a brownfield redevelopment authority created under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
Baseline environmental assessment: means that term as defined in part 201 or 213. See Michigan Laws 125.2652
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
benefits: shall be deemed to mean advantages resulting from a project to public corporations, the inhabitants of public corporations, and property within public corporations. See Michigan Laws 280.551
Blighted: means property that meets any of the following criteria as determined by the governing body:

(i) Has been declared a public nuisance in accordance with a local housing, building, plumbing, fire, or other related code or ordinance. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Board: means the state administrative board created in 1921 PA 2, MCL 17. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

board: shall be deemed to mean the water management board of a water management district. See Michigan Laws 280.551

Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Border crossing facility: means a business that is 1 or more of the following as determined by the board of the Michigan strategic fund:

(i) That was located in a qualified border local governmental unit as defined in section 8g and was displaced or otherwise negatively affected by the development of the international border crossing and is unable to recover from the displacement or negative effect without the establishment of a renaissance zone. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Brownfield plan: means a plan that meets the requirements of section 13 and section 13b and is adopted under section 14. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Captured taxable value: means the amount in 1 year by which the current taxable value of an eligible property subject to a brownfield plan, including the taxable value or assessed value, as appropriate, of the property for which specific taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes, exceeds the initial taxable value of that eligible property. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Central authority: means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in section 102(e)(iv) to perform the functions specified in the Convention. See Michigan Laws 552.2701

Charitable organization: means a benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, or eleemosynary organization of persons that solicits or obtains contributions solicited from the public for charitable purposes. See Michigan Laws 400.272

Charitable sales promotion: means any advertising or sales activities that include a statement or representation that the purchase or use of the goods or services offered for sale will benefit, in whole or in part, a charitable organization or charitable purpose. See Michigan Laws 400.272

Chief executive officer: means the mayor of a city, the village manager of a village, the township supervisor of a township, or the county executive of a county or, if the county does not have an elected county executive, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Child-support order: means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Combined brownfield plan: means a brownfield plan that also includes the information necessary to submit the plan to the department or Michigan strategic fund under section 15(20). See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Commanding officer: includes only a commissioned officer. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Commission: means the commission on services to the aging established under section 3. See Michigan Laws 400.582

Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301

commission: shall be deemed to mean the water management commission of a water management district. See Michigan Laws 280.551

Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.

Confinement: means the physical restraint of a person. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Construction period tax capture revenues: means funds equal to the amount of income tax levied and imposed in a calendar year upon wages paid to individuals physically present and working within the eligible property for the construction, renovation, or other improvement of eligible property that is an eligible activity within a transformational brownfield plan. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Convention: means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Convention support order: means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in section 102(e)(iv). See Michigan Laws 552.2701

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

Corrective action: means that term as defined in part 111 or part 213. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Decedent: A deceased person.

Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Department: means the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Department specific activities: means baseline environmental assessments, due care activities, response activities, and other environmentally related actions that are eligible activities and are identified as a part of a brownfield plan that are in addition to the minimum due care activities required by part 201, including, but not limited to:

(i) Response activities that are more protective of the public health, safety, and welfare and the environment than required by section 20107a, 20114, or 21304c of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.

Depository library: means a depository library designated under section 10 of the library of Michigan act, Act No. See Michigan Laws 21.55

Derivative instrument or product: means either of the following, subject to subdivision (c):

(i) A contract or convertible security that changes in value in concert with a related or underlying security, future, or other instrument or index; or that obtains much of its value from price movements in a related or underlying security, future, or other instrument or index; or both. See Michigan Laws 21.55

Development plan: means a written plan that addresses the criteria in section 7 and includes all of the following:

(i) A map of the proposed renaissance zone that indicates the geographic boundaries, the total area, and the present use and conditions generally of the land and structures within those boundaries. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Direct request: means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States. See Michigan Laws 552.2701

Director: means the director of the office of services to the aging. See Michigan Laws 400.582

Director of agriculture: means the director of the state department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 280.511

director of agriculture: shall be deemed to mean the director of agriculture of the state of Michigan. See Michigan Laws 280.551

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:

Disposal well: means a well drilled or converted for subsurface disposal of waste products or processed brine and its related surface facilities. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.

drain: whenever used in this act , shall include the main stream or trunk and all tributaries or branches of any creek or river, any watercourse or ditch, either open or closed, any covered drain, any sanitary or any combined sanitary and storm sewer or storm sewer or conduit composed of tile, brick, concrete, or other material, any structures or mechanical devices, that will properly purify the flow of such drains, any pumping equipment necessary to assist or relieve the flow of such drains and any levee, dike, barrier, or a combination of any or all of same constructed, or proposed to be constructed, for the purpose of drainage or for the purification of the flow of such drains, but shall not include any dam and flowage rights used in connection therewith which is used for the generation of power by a public utility subject to regulation by the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 280.3

Duty of support: means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Elected county executive: means the elected county executive in a county organized under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

eligible activity: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) For all eligible properties, eligible activities include all of the following:

(A) Department specific activities. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Eligible property: means , except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, property for which eligible activities are identified under a brownfield plan that was used or is currently used for commercial, industrial, public, or residential purposes, including personal property located on the property, to the extent included in the brownfield plan, and that is 1 or more of the following:

(i) Is in a qualified local governmental unit and is a facility or a site or property as those terms are defined in part 213, historic resource, functionally obsolete, or blighted and includes parcels that are adjacent or contiguous to that property if the development of the adjacent and contiguous parcels is estimated to increase the captured taxable value of that property. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.

Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.

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.

Exploratory purposes: means test well drilling for the specific purpose of discovering or outlining an orebody or mineable mineral resource. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.

Facility: means that term as defined in part 201. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Firearm: means any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 28.421

Firearms records: means any form, information, or record required for submission to a government agency under sections 2, 2a, 2b, and 5b, or any form, permit, or license issued by a government agency under this act. See Michigan Laws 28.421

Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}

Foreign country: means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and 1 or more of the following:

(i) That has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Foreign support agreement: means an agreement for support in a record that is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin, has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal, has been authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with, a foreign tribunal, and may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal. See Michigan Laws 552.2701

Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Foreign tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country that is authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Forest products processing facility: means 1 or more facilities or operations that transform, package, sort, recycle, or grade forest or paper products into goods that are used for intermediate or final use or consumption or for the creation of biomass or alternative fuels through the utilization of forest products or forest residue, and surrounding property. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

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}

Functionally obsolete: means that the property is unable to be used to adequately perform the function for which it was intended due to a substantial loss in value resulting from factors such as overcapacity, changes in technology, deficiencies or superadequacies in design, or other similar factors that affect the property itself or the property's relationship with other surrounding property. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Fund: means the mineral well regulatory fund created in section 62509b. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Funds: means general tax revenues, federal revenue sharing funds, state revenue sharing funds, and other funds under the control of the governing body. See Michigan Laws 400.572

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Governing body: means board, council, or body in which the legislative powers of a local unit of government are vested. See Michigan Laws 400.572

Governing body: means the elected body having legislative powers of a municipality creating an authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.

Historic resource: means that term as defined in section 90a of the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Home state: means the state or foreign country in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than 6 months old, the state or foreign country in which the child lived from birth with any of them. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Homestead agreement: means a written contract between a resident organization or successor entity and a qualified buyer that contains the terms under which the qualified buyer may acquire the public housing property. See Michigan Laws 125.2722

Housing commission: means a housing commission or housing authority as defined under section 3 of the housing cooperation law, 1937 PA 293, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2722

Housing project: means that term as defined under section 3 of the housing cooperation law, 1937 PA 293, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2722

in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q

Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Income tax: means the tax levied and imposed under part 1 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Income tax capture revenues: means , with respect to each eligible property subject to a transformational brownfield plan, funds equal to the amount for each tax year by which the aggregate income tax from individuals residing within the eligible property subject to a transformational brownfield plan exceeds the initial income tax value. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as defined by the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}

Infrastructure improvements: means a street, road, sidewalk, parking facility, pedestrian mall, alley, bridge, sewer, sewage treatment plant, property designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the spread of identified soil or groundwater contamination, drainage system, waterway, waterline, water storage facility, rail line, utility line or pipeline, transit-oriented development, transit-oriented property, or other similar or related structure or improvement, together with necessary easements for the structure or improvement, owned or used by a public agency or functionally connected to similar or supporting property owned or used by a public agency, or designed and dedicated to use by, for the benefit of, or for the protection of the health, welfare, or safety of the public generally, whether or not used by a single business entity, provided that any road, street, or bridge shall be continuously open to public access and that other property shall be located in public easements or rights-of-way and sized to accommodate reasonably foreseeable development of eligible property in adjoining areas. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Initial taxable value: means the taxable value of an eligible property identified in and subject to a brownfield plan at the time the resolution adding that eligible property in the brownfield plan is adopted, as shown either by the most recent assessment roll for which equalization has been completed at the time the resolution is adopted or, if provided by the brownfield plan, by the next assessment roll for which equalization will be completed following the date the resolution adding that eligible property in the brownfield plan is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Initiating tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Intercounty drain: means any drain, irrespective of size, carrying drainage water or sewage originating in more than 1 county, and includes drains located, established and constructed by a county drain commissioner or drainage board, by a city, village or township. See Michigan Laws 280.511

Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}

Issuing state: means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Issuing tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Judge advocate: means an officer who is designated as a judge advocate by the state judge advocate general. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Land bank fast track authority: means an authority created under the land bank fast track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

Local governmental unit: means a county, city, village, township, or, for taxes levied after 2009, any other taxing jurisdiction that levies an ad valorem property tax. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Local governmental unit: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Local governmental unit: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.2722

Local taxes: means all taxes levied other than taxes levied for school operating purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Local unit of government: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 400.572

Michigan state housing development authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created under section 21 of the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2722

Michigan strategic fund: means the Michigan strategic fund created under the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Military: includes each armed force of the United States and each component of the state military establishment. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Military judge: means a judge advocate designated as a military judge by the state judge advocate general or an official of a general or special court-martial appointed pursuant to section 26. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Mineral well: means any well subject to this part. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Mixed-use: means a real estate project with planned integration of some combination of retail, office, residential, or hotel uses. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j

Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.

Multimodal commerce: means the movement of products or services via 2 or more of the following:

(i) Air. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Municipality: means all of the following:

(i) A city. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Natural brine: means naturally occurring mineralized water other than potable or fresh water. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Nonprofit community organization: means an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 with experience in housing issues and that contracts with a local governmental unit to administer an urban homestead program under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k

Oath: A promise to tell the truth.

Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Obligee: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child has been issued. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Obligor: means an individual about whom 1 of the following is true, or the estate of a decedent about whom 1 of the following was true before the individual's death:

(i) Owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Office: means the office of services to the aging created by section 5. See Michigan Laws 400.582

Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

Older person: means an individual 60 years of age or older. See Michigan Laws 400.572

Older person: means a state resident who is 60 years of age or older, and the spouse of the older person, regardless of age. See Michigan Laws 400.582

Operator: means the person, whether owner or not, supervising or responsible for the drilling, operating, repairing, abandoning, or plugging of wells subject to this part. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Outside this state: means a location in another state or a country other than the United States, whether or not the country is a foreign country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Owned by or under the control of: means that a land bank fast track authority or a qualified local unit of government has 1 or more of the following:

(i) An ownership interest in the property. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Owner: means the person who has the right to drill, convert, or operate any well subject to this part. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

Peace officer: means , except as otherwise provided in this act, an individual who is employed as a law enforcement officer, as that term is defined under section 2 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 28.421

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Person: means an individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, any other legal entity, or any combination of legal entities. See Michigan Laws 400.272

person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Pistol: means a loaded or unloaded firearm that is 26 inches or less in length, or a loaded or unloaded firearm that by its construction and appearance conceals it as a firearm. See Michigan Laws 28.421

Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

Probate: Proving a will

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Professional fund raiser: means a person who plans, conducts, manages, or carries on a drive or campaign of soliciting contributions for or on behalf of a charitable organization, religious organization, or any other person in exchange for compensation or other consideration; or who engages in the business of or holds himself or herself out as independently engaged in the business of soliciting contributions for those purposes. See Michigan Laws 400.272

project: shall be deemed to mean any flood control or drainage project petitioned for or undertaken under the provisions of this chapter in any water management district or subdistrict. See Michigan Laws 280.551

Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

Public corporation: includes this state, counties, cities, villages, townships, metropolitan districts and authorities created by or pursuant to state statutes. See Michigan Laws 280.511

public corporation: shall be deemed to include the state of Michigan, counties, cities, villages, townships, metropolitan districts and authorities created by or pursuant to state statutes. See Michigan Laws 280.551

Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.

Qualified buyer: means an applicant who meets the criteria in section 4. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Qualified buyer: means an applicant who meets the criteria in section 6. See Michigan Laws 125.2722

Qualified loan rate: means an interest rate not to exceed the adjusted prime rate determined in section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 125.2702

Qualified local governmental unit: means either of the following:

(i) A county. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Qualified local governmental unit: means that term as defined in the obsolete property rehabilitation act, 2000 PA 146, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Recovery zone: means a tool and die renaissance recovery zone created in section 8d. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Register: means to record in a tribunal of this state a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a foreign country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Registering tribunal: means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Release: means that term as defined in part 201 or part 213. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

Renaissance zone: means a geographic area designated under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Renewable energy facility: means a facility that creates energy, fuels, or chemicals directly from the wind, the sun, trees, grasses, biosolids, algae, agricultural commodities, processed products from agricultural commodities, or residues from agricultural processes, wood or forest processes, food production and processing, or the paper products industry. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Resident organization: means a group of residents made up of not less than 50% of total residents of the specific housing project who contract with a housing commission to manage that housing project for not less than 5 years with the intent to acquire legal ownership of the housing project under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2722

Residential rental property: means that term as defined in section 7ff of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Responding state: means a state in which a petition or comparable pleading for support or to determine parentage of a child is filed or to which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded for filing from another state or a foreign country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Response activity: means either of the following:

(i) Response activity as that term is defined in part 201. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

Review board: means the renaissance zone review board created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Rural area: means an area that lies outside of the boundaries of an urban area. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:

(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n

Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c

Specific taxes: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Spousal-support order: means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Staff judge advocate: means the commissioned officer responsible for supervising the administration of military justice within a command. See Michigan Laws 32.1002

state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

State: means this state. See Michigan Laws 280.511

state: shall be deemed to mean the state of Michigan. See Michigan Laws 280.551

State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

State brownfield redevelopment fund: means the state brownfield redevelopment fund created in section 8a. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Storage well: means a well drilled into a subsurface formation to develop an underground storage cavity for subsequent use in storage operations. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

subdistrict: shall be deemed to mean the area comprising that portion of a water management district in which a project is petitioned for under the provisions of this chapter, which project benefits only 1 or more public corporations within the water management district. See Michigan Laws 280.551

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Supervisor of mineral wells: means the state geologist. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Support enforcement agency: means a public official or governmental entity or private agency authorized to do 1 or more of the following:

(i) Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured taxable value of each parcel of eligible property subject to a brownfield plan and personal property located on that property, regardless of whether those taxes began to be levied after the brownfield plan was adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Taxable value: means the value determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Taxes levied for school operating purposes: means all of the following:

(i) The taxes levied by a local school district for operating purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Test well: means a well, core hole, core test, observation well, or other well drilled from the surface to determine the presence of a mineral, mineral resource, ore, or rock unit, or to obtain geological or geophysical information or other subsurface data related to mineral exploration and extraction. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

Testify: Answer questions in court.

Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.

Transformational brownfield plan: means a brownfield plan that meets the requirements of section 13c and is adopted under section 14a and, as designated by resolution of the governing body and approved by the Michigan strategic fund, will have a transformational impact on local economic development and community revitalization based on the extent of brownfield redevelopment and growth in population, commercial activity, and employment that will result from the plan. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Michigan Laws 552.2102

Underground waste: means damage or injury to potable water, mineralized water, or other subsurface resources. See Michigan Laws 324.62501

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

Urban area: means an urbanized area as determined by the economics and statistics administration, United States bureau of the census according to the 1990 census. See Michigan Laws 125.2683

Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.

water management district: shall be deemed to mean the area comprising all or part of 3 or more contiguous counties within a single drainage basin in which a project is petitioned for or undertaken under the provisions of this chapter, and shall include such counties and all public corporations within such area as shall be subject to assessment for the cost of such project. See Michigan Laws 280.551

Withholding tax capture revenues: means , with respect to each eligible property subject to a transformational brownfield plan, the amount for each calendar year by which the income tax withheld under part 3 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Work plan: means a plan that describes each individual activity to be conducted to complete eligible activities and the associated costs of each individual activity. See Michigan Laws 125.2652

Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

Zone: means , for an authority established before June 6, 2000, a brownfield redevelopment zone designated under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2652