Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 38 > Act 452 of 1978 - Compensation for Injured Employees of Department of State

• 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.
• Alley: means a public or private right of way shown on a plat which provides secondary access to a lot, block, or parcel of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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
• Approved training plan: means a training plan submitted under section 7 that is approved by the department. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authority: means a tax increment finance authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
• Awardee: means a qualified employer that is awarded funds under this act. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Caption: means the name by which the plat is legally and commonly known. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Chief elected official: means a chief elected official of a unit of general local government. See Michigan Laws 408.113
• County plat board: means the register of deeds, who shall act as chairperson, the county clerk, who shall act as secretary, and the county treasurer. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the department of labor and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 408.113
• Department: means the department of talent and economic development. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
• Division: means the partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than 1 year, or of building development that results in 1 or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that satisfies the requirements of section 108 and 109. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Education advisory group: means an education advisory group described in section 23. See Michigan Laws 408.113
• Engineer: means a civil engineer who is a professional engineer licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• 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.
• 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}
• Fund: means the Going pro talent fund created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Governing body: means the legislative body of a city or village or the township board of a township. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Governing body: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
• Health department: means the department of environmental quality, a city health department, a county health department, or a district health department, whichever has jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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
• 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: means all land areas occupied by real property. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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}
• Local workforce development board: means a local workforce investment board established as provided in section 9. See Michigan Laws 408.113
• Lot: means a measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described and fixed in a recorded plat. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Michigan works agency: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan works one-stop service center system act, 2006 PA 491, MCL 408. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Michigan works area: means a geographic area that the governor designates as a local workforce investment area under section 116 of the workforce investment act, 29 USC 2831, including an area designated and recognized under that act before the effective date of this act. See Michigan Laws 408.113
• Michigan works one-stop service center: means a facility designated to provide access to services delivered under the Michigan works one-stop service center system and certified as meeting standards established by the department. See Michigan Laws 408.113
• Michigan works one-stop service center system: means the integrated and coordinated system of local boards, agencies, service centers, and advisory groups described in section 5 to deliver workforce development services and implement federal and state law. See Michigan Laws 408.113
• Municipality: means a city. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
• Municipality: means a township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Parcel: means a continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in this act. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Plat: means a map or chart of a subdivision of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Program: means the Going pro talent program created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Proprietor: means a natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or combination of any of them that holds an ownership interest in land whether recorded or not. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Public sewer: means a sewerage system as defined in section 4101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Public utility: means all persons, firms, corporations, copartnerships, or municipal or other public authority providing gas, electricity, water, steam, telephone, sewer, or other services of a similar nature. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Public water: means a system of pipes and structures through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and well structures, intakes, and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally, actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water to the public for household or drinking purposes. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Qualified employee: means an employee of a qualified employer who is a United States citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the United States; is employed by the qualified employer when the approved training begins; works primarily in this state and for whom the qualified employer pays all applicable taxes; and is, as determined by the department, a permanent, full-time employee. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Qualified employer: means an employer that has a physical presence in this state, as determined by the department, and that meets any other criteria established by the department. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Qualified training provider: means a training provider that is qualified to provide training under this act, as determined by the department. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• 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
• subdivision: means the partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than 1 year, or of building development that results in 1 or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that is not exempted from the platting requirements of this act by section 108 and 109. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Surveyor: means a professional surveyor licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Tax increment financing plan: means that information and those requirements set forth in section 313 to 315. See Michigan Laws 125.4301
• Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area, subject to the following requirements: