Michigan Laws > Chapter 257 > Act 300 of 1949 > Chapter VII


§ 257.801	Registration taxes on vehicle; schedules; exemption from ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond; increase and disposition of certain taxes; late fee; waiver; taxes and revenues relating to
§ 257.801a	Registration fees; portable feed mills or mixers
§ 257.801b	Refund of specific tax paid in error; refund of dealer license fees; refund on and return of registration plates or tabs; refund in case of original application for certain registration plates; r
§ 257.801c	Nonpayment of check or draft for fee or tax on vehicle; liability; penalties; collection of delinquent accounts
§ 257.801e	Moped; application for registration; form; signature; fee; issuance and contents of certificate of registration; insurance; size, legibility, and inspection of certificate; issuance and display o
§ 257.801f	Moped; notice of destruction or abandonment; surrender and cancellation of certificate of registration; notice of change of address; transfer of certificate; fee; duration of registration; duplic
§ 257.801g	Apportionment of fee under international registration plan if permitted by reciprocal compact, agreement, or other arrangement; definition; issuance of registration plate and cab card upon paymen
§ 257.801h	Fleet registration; application; issuance and display of registration plates; tax; late fee; adding or deleting registration; ineligible vehicle; determination of owner’s compliance
§ 257.801i	Issuance of registration for more than 1 period
§ 257.801j	Additional tax charged by regional transit authority
§ 257.801k	Late fees; exception for certain vehicles in pandemic; adequate in-person services
§ 257.802	Special registration; registration of commercial vehicles and special mobile equipment; temporary registration plates or markers; tax rates, fees, and service charges; deposit of service fees
§ 257.802a	Temporary permits; collection and disposition of fee; bulk sales to agents
§ 257.803	Special plates for manufacturer, transporter, or dealer; fees
§ 257.803a	Issuance of historic vehicle registration plate or registration tab; fee; certification; registration certificate; registration transferable; expiration or revocation of registration
§ 257.803b	Personalized registration plate; use; letters and numbers; material; duplication prohibited; submission of application; payment, disposition, and use of service fee; expiration date; letters and
§ 257.803c	Personalized registration plates; confiscation for improper use
§ 257.803d	Special registration plates for disabled persons or for vehicles used to transport disabled persons; inscription; statements; fees; application; violation; penalty; “disabled person” defined
§ 257.803e	Special registration plate; inscription; application; form; proof; issuance of plate; exemption; misdemeanor; expiration of plate; application for renewal; “blue star family member” and “gold sta
§ 257.803f	Special registration plates for totally disabled veterans and surviving spouses; inscription; application; form; service fee prohibited; proof; tax exemption; expiration of plates; renewal; tab f
§ 257.803g	Special registration for member of congress from Michigan; issuance; expiration; fee
§ 257.803h	Tab for persons with disabilities; “disabled person” defined
§ 257.803i	Special registration plate for member of National Guard, military reserve, or armed forces; display of vignette; inscription; application form; proof; issuance; tab for persons with disabilities;
§ 257.803j	Special registration plate for member or spouse of member of armed forces during Korean War; display of vignette; inscription; application form; proof; issuance; tab for persons with disabilities
§ 257.803k	Special registration plate for member or spouse of member of armed forces during Vietnam War; display of vignette; inscription; application form; proof; issuance; tab for persons with disabilitie
§ 257.803l	Special registration plate for member or spouse of member of armed forces during World War II; display of vignette; inscription; application form; proof; issuance; tab for persons with disabiliti
§ 257.803m	Special organization plates
§ 257.803n	Special registration plate for member or spouse of member of National Guard, reserve, or branch of armed forces during Persian Gulf War or conflicts in Grenada, Panama, or Lebanon; display of vig
§ 257.803o	Special registration plate for member or spouse of member of National Guard, reserve, or branch of armed forces called to active duty during declared war or armed conflict; display of vignette; i
§ 257.803p	Authentic Michigan registration plate; fee; certification; registration certificate; transferability; validity; revocation of registration
§ 257.803q	Special registration plate; “honorary consul” designation; fee; tax; prohibited use; violation as misdemeanor; expiration; status or immunity
§ 257.803r	Service fees; deposit into transportation administration collection fund
§ 257.803s	Legacy registration plates; application; fees
§ 257.804	Fee for distinctive or commemorative plate and duplicate or replacement license plate; deposit into transportation administration collection fund
§ 257.805	Application for issuance or renewal of motor vehicle registration or replacement registration tab or sticker; recreation passport fee; format and language of motor vehicle application; transfer o
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 257 > Act 300 of 1949 > Chapter VII - Registration Fees

Absent voter: is a voter who utilizes the process described in section 759. See Michigan Laws 168.2
Absent voter ballot: means a ballot that is issued to a voter through the absent voter process. See Michigan Laws 168.2
Acquittal:
1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. A verdict of "not guilty."
Adequate in-person services: means providing in-person service options, without the requirement of an advance appointment, on each day and at each location a secretary of state branch office is open for services in this state. See Michigan Laws 257.1a
Adverse claim: means a claim that a claimant has a property interest in a financial asset and that it is a violation of the rights of the claimant for another person to hold, transfer, or deal with the financial asset. See Michigan Laws 440.8102
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.
Airboat: means a motorboat that is propelled, wholly or in part, by a propeller projecting above the water surface. See Michigan Laws 324.80101
All appropriate inquiry: means an evaluation of environmental conditions at a property at the time of purchase, occupancy, or foreclosure that reasonably defines the existing conditions and circumstances at the property in conformance with 40 C. See Michigan Laws 324.20101
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
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
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.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
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
Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Arrest card: means a paper form or an electronic format prescribed by the department that facilitates the collection and compilation of criminal and juvenile arrest history record information and biometric data. See Michigan Laws 28.241a
Assessable property: means real property in a district area other than all of the following:

(i) Property classified as residential real property under section 34c of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.981

Assessable property: means real property in a zone area other than property classified as residential real property under section 34c of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Assessment: means an assessment imposed under this chapter against assessable property for the benefit of the property owners. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Assessment revenue: means the money collected by a business improvement zone from any assessments, including any interest on the assessments. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.

Associated equipment: means any of the following that are not radio equipment:

(i) An original system, part, or component of a boat at the time that boat was manufactured, or a similar part or component manufactured or sold for replacement. See Michigan Laws 324.80101

Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.

Attorney general: means the department of the attorney general. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Background concentration: means the concentration or level of a hazardous substance that exists in the environment at or regionally proximate to a facility that is not attributable to any release at or regionally proximate to the facility. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Michigan Laws 440.7102

Ballot container: means a container that is used for transporting and storing voted ballots, as described and approved under section 24j. See Michigan Laws 168.14a

Bank: means a person engaged in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, and trust company. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.

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 a written document that describes the results of an all appropriate inquiry and the sampling and analysis that confirm that the property is or contains a facility. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Bearer: means a person in control of a negotiable electronic document of title or a person in possession of an instrument, a negotiable tangible document of title, or a certificated security payable to bearer or indorsed in blank. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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}

Bequest: Property gifted by will.

Biometric data: means all of the following:

(i) Fingerprint images recorded in a manner prescribed by the department. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

Board: means the board of directors of a business improvement zone. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Board: means the brownfield redevelopment board created in section 20104a. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Boat: means a vessel. See Michigan Laws 324.80101

Boat livery: means a business that holds a vessel for renting, leasing, or chartering. See Michigan Laws 324.80101

Boating safety course: means a course that meets both of the following requirements:

(i) Provides instruction on the safe operation of a personal watercraft that meets or exceeds the minimum course content for boating or personal watercraft education established by the national association of state boating law administrators education committee (October 1996), a province of the commonwealth of Canada, or another country. See Michigan Laws 324.80101

Bottomlands: means land in the Great Lakes, and bays and harbors of the Great Lakes, lying below and lakeward of the ordinary high-water mark as described in section 32502. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

Broker: means a person defined as a broker or dealer under the federal securities laws, but without excluding a bank acting in that capacity. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Business improvement district: means 1 or more portions of a local governmental unit or combination of contiguous portions of 2 or more local governmental units that are predominantly commercial or industrial in use. See Michigan Laws 125.981

Business improvement zone: means a business improvement zone created under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Certificate of completion: means a written response provided by the department confirming that a response activity has been completed in accordance with the applicable requirements of this part and is approved by the department. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Certificated security: means a security that is represented by a certificate. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Clearing corporation: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) A person that is registered as a clearing agency under the federal securities laws. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Collector plate: means a collector plate that matches any registration plate developed and issued under this act. See Michigan Laws 257.811d

Commanding officer: means the director of the department of state police or the director's designee. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

Commercial motor vehicle: means that term as defined in section 74101. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

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

commission: means the Mackinac Island state park commission. See Michigan Laws 324.76701

Commission: means the Michigan state waterways commission. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Commission: means the Michigan state waterways commission created in part 781. See Michigan Laws 324.79101

Commission: means the Michigan jobs commission. See Michigan Laws 324.79501

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.

Connecting waterway: means the St. See Michigan Laws 324.32301

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

Contribution: means the promise, grant, or payment of money or property of any kind or value, including promises to pay made to an organization or professional fund-raiser. See Michigan Laws 14.302

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Conviction: means a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere if accepted by the court, or a jury verdict or court finding that a defendant is guilty or guilty but mentally ill for a criminal law violation, or a juvenile adjudication or disposition for a criminal law violation that if committed by an adult would be a crime. See Michigan Laws 28.172

Conviction: means a final conviction, the payment of a fine, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere if accepted by the court, a finding of guilt, or a probate court or family division disposition on a violation of this part, regardless of whether the penalty is rebated or suspended. See Michigan Laws 324.80101

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.

costs of response activity: means all costs incurred in taking or conducting a response activity, including enforcement costs. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Council: means the criminal justice information policy council created in section 2. See Michigan Laws 28.211a

Creditor: includes a general creditor, a secured creditor, a lien creditor, and any representative of creditors, including an assignee for the benefit of creditors, a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver in equity, and an executor or administrator of an insolvent debtor's or assignor's estate. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Criminal history record information: means name; date of birth; personal descriptions including identifying marks, scars, amputations, and tattoos; aliases and prior names; social security number, driver's license number, and other identifying numbers; and information on misdemeanor arrests and convictions and felony arrests and convictions. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Dealer: means any person, other than the manufacturer as defined in this act, who sells 3 or more mobile homes in any consecutive 12-month period or is licensed by the state as a mobile home dealer. See Michigan Laws 125.992

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.

Delivery: means either of the following:

(i) With respect to an electronic document of title, a voluntary transfer of control. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 28.122

Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 28.172

department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 28.196

Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 28.258

Department: means the department of commerce. See Michigan Laws 125.1222

Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 333.6230

Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Department: means the director or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Department: means the department of natural resources, underground storage tank division. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.31701

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.32501

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.79501

Department of natural resources: means the principal state department created in section 501. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

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.

Designated state-operated public boating access site: means a state-operated public boating access site designated under section 78105(2). See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Devise: To gift property by will.

Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 333.6230

Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Director: means the director of the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 324.31701

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 324.32501

Director: means the administrative director of the commission. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Directors: means the directors or their designees of the departments of environmental quality, community health, agriculture and rural development, and state police. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous substance into or on any land or water so that the hazardous substance or any constituent of the hazardous substance may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any groundwater or surface water. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

District: means a business improvement district or a principal shopping district. See Michigan Laws 125.981

Division: means the division of minority business enterprise. See Michigan Laws 125.1222

DNA identification profiling: means a validated scientific method of analyzing components of deoxyribonucleic acid molecules in a biological specimen to determine a match or a nonmatch between a reference sample and an evidentiary sample. See Michigan Laws 28.172

Document of title: means a record that in the regular course of business or financing is treated as adequately evidencing that the person in possession or control of the record is entitled to receive, control, hold, and dispose of the record and the goods the record covers and that purports to be issued by or addressed to a bailee and to cover goods in the bailee's possession which are either identified or are fungible portions of an identified mass. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Donee: The recipient of a gift.

Donor: The person who makes a gift.

Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2

Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}

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.

Entitlement holder: means a person identified in the records of a securities intermediary as the person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Entitlement order: means a notification communicated to a securities intermediary directing transfer or redemption of a financial asset to which the entitlement holder has a security entitlement. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Environmental area: means an area of the shoreland determined by the department on the basis of studies and surveys to be necessary for the preservation and maintenance of fish and wildlife. See Michigan Laws 324.32301

Environmental contamination: means the release of a hazardous substance, or the potential release of a discarded hazardous substance, in a quantity which is or may become injurious to the environment or to the public health, safety, or welfare. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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.

Evaluation: means those activities including, but not limited to, investigation, studies, sampling, analysis, development of feasibility studies, and administrative efforts that are needed to determine the nature, extent, and impact of a release or threat of release and necessary response activities. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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.

Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.

Exacerbation: means the occurrence of either of the following caused by an activity undertaken by the person who owns or operates the property, with respect to contamination for which the person is not liable:

(i) Migration of contamination beyond the boundaries of the property that is the source of the release at levels above cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use unless a criterion is not relevant because exposure is reliably restricted as otherwise provided in this part. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent

Facility: means any area, place, parcel or parcels of property, or portion of a parcel of property where a hazardous substance in excess of the concentrations that satisfy the cleanup criteria for unrestricted residential use has been released, deposited, disposed of, or otherwise comes to be located. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.

Feasibility study: means a process for developing, evaluating, and selecting appropriate response activities. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Felony: means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony. See Michigan Laws 28.172

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Financial asset: except as otherwise provided in section 8103, means 1 or more of the following:

(i) A security. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

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.

Flood risk area: means the area of the shoreland that is determined by the department on the basis of studies and surveys to be subject to flooding from effects of levels of the Great Lakes and is not limited to 1,000 feet. See Michigan Laws 324.32301

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}

Foreclosure: means possession by a lender of a property on which it has foreclosed on a security interest or the expiration of a lawful redemption period, whichever occurs first. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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}

Fund: means the cleanup and redevelopment fund established in section 20108. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Fund: means the underground storage tank regulatory enforcement fund created in section 21104. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

Fund: means the aquifer protection revolving fund created in section 31710. See Michigan Laws 324.31701

Fund: means the submerged log recovery fund created in section 32610. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

Fund-raising plate: means a registration plate authorized to raise funds for a specified goal. See Michigan Laws 257.811d

Gaming facility: means a gaming facility regulated under the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the initiated law of 1996, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 324.79501

Gasoline: means gasoline, casing head or natural gasoline, benzole, benzine, and naphtha. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Genuine: means free of forgery or counterfeiting. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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

Good faith: means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Michigan Laws 440.7102

Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Michigan Laws 440.7102

Grant: means a waterfront redevelopment grant under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.79501

grantee: may be construed as including every person to whom any such interest or estate passes in like manner. See Michigan Laws 8.3e

Great Lakes: means Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie, and includes Lake St. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}

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.

Harbor: means a portion of a lake or other body of water either naturally or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for watercraft, including contrivances used or designed for navigation on water and used or owned by the United States. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Harbor: means a portion of a lake or other body of water either naturally or artificially protected in order to be a place of safety for watercraft. See Michigan Laws 324.79101

Harbor facilities: means the structures at a harbor constructed to protect the lake or body of water and the facilities provided within the harbor and ashore for the mooring and servicing of watercraft and the servicing of crews and passengers. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Harbor facilities: means the structures of a harbor constructed to protect the lake or body of water and the facilities provided within the harbor and on shore for the mooring and servicing of watercraft and the servicing of crews and passengers. See Michigan Laws 324.79101

Hazardous material: means a chemical or other material which is or may become injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to the environment. See Michigan Laws 324.20301

Hazardous substance: means 1 or more of the following, but does not include fruit, vegetable, or field crop residuals or processing by-products, or aquatic plants, that are applied to the land for an agricultural use or for use as an animal feed, if the use is consistent with generally accepted agricultural management practices at the time of the application or stamp sands:

(i) Any substance that the department demonstrates, on a case by case basis, poses an unacceptable risk to the public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment, considering the fate of the material, dose-response, toxicity, or adverse impact on natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

High-risk area: means an area of the shoreland that is determined by the department on the basis of studies and surveys to be subject to erosion. See Michigan Laws 324.32301

Highways: means public streets, highways, and alleys. See Michigan Laws 125.981

Holder: means any of the following:

(i) A person in possession of a negotiable instrument that is payable either to bearer or to an identified person that is the person in possession. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Immediate family: means an individual's father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, and spouse and a relative of any degree residing in the same household as that individual. See Michigan Laws 168.2

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

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}

Indorsement: means a signature that alone or accompanied by other words is made on a security certificate in registered form or on a separate document for the purpose of assigning, transferring, or redeeming the security or granting a power to assign, transfer, or redeem the security. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

Inland lake or stream: means that term as defined in section 30101. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Instruction: means a notification communicated to the issuer of an uncertificated security which directs that the transfer of the security be registered or that the security be redeemed. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.

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}

Investigating law enforcement agency: means the law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of the offense for which the individual is arrested or convicted. See Michigan Laws 28.172

IRC: means the internal revenue code of 1954 as in effect on January 1, 1970. See Michigan Laws 14.272

Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.

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.

Juvenile history record information: means name; date of birth; personal descriptions including identifying marks, scars, amputations, and tattoos; aliases and prior names; social security number, driver's license number, and other identifying numbers; and information on juvenile offense arrests and adjudications or convictions. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

Juvenile offense: means an offense committed by a juvenile that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony, a criminal contempt conviction under section 2950 or 2950a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

land to be zoned: means the land in this state that borders or is adjacent to a Great Lake or a connecting waterway and that, except for flood risk areas, is situated within 1,000 feet landward from the ordinary high-water mark as defined in section 32501, land bordering or adjacent to waters affected by levels of the Great Lakes landward of the ordinary high-water mark as defined by section 30101, and land between the ordinary high-water mark and the water's edge. See Michigan Laws 324.32301

lands: as used in this part refers to the aforesaid described unpatented lake bottomlands and unpatented made lands and patented lands in the Great Lakes and the bays and harbors of the Great Lakes lying below and lakeward of the natural ordinary high-water mark, but this part does not affect property rights secured by virtue of a swamp land grant or rights acquired by accretions occurring through natural means or reliction. See Michigan Laws 324.32502

Law enforcement agency: means the police department of a city, township, or village, the sheriff's department of a county, the department, or any other governmental law enforcement agency of this state. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

Law of another state: means a law or ordinance enacted by any of the following:

(i) Another state. See Michigan Laws 324.80102

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}

Legacy: A gift of property made by will.

Lender: means any of the following:

(i) A state or nationally chartered bank. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

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

Lifeboat: means a small boat designated and used solely for lifesaving purposes, and does not include a dinghy, tender, speedboat, or other type of craft that is not carried aboard a vessel for lifesaving purposes. See Michigan Laws 324.80102

Liquefied petroleum gas: means gases derived from petroleum or natural gases that are in the gaseous state at normal atmospheric temperature and pressure, but that may be maintained in the liquid state at normal atmospheric temperature by suitable pressure. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

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

Local governmental unit: means a city, village, or urban township. See Michigan Laws 125.981

Local health department: means that term as defined in section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

local unit: means a municipality or county. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Local unit of government: means a county, city, township, or village, an agency of a local unit of government, an authority or any other public body or entity created by or pursuant to state law. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Local unit of government: means a municipality, county, or governmental authority or any combination of municipalities, counties, or governmental authorities. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

Manufacturer: means any person who manufactures mobile homes. See Michigan Laws 125.992

Manufacturer: means a person engaged in any of the following:

(i) The manufacture, construction, or assembly of boats or associated equipment. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Marina: means a site that contains harbor facilities. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Marina: means a site which contains harbor facilities. See Michigan Laws 324.79101

Marina purposes: means an operation making use of submerged bottomlands or filled-in bottomlands of the Great Lakes for the purpose of service to boat owners or operators, which operation may restrict or prevent the free public use of the affected bottomlands or filled-in lands. See Michigan Laws 324.32501

Marine law: means this part, a local ordinance adopted in conformity with this part, or a rule promulgated under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Marine safety act: means former Act No. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Marine safety program: means marine law enforcement, search and rescue operations, water safety education, recovery of drowned bodies, and boat livery inspections. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Methamphetamine-related offense: means 1 or more of the following offenses under Michigan law:

(i) A violation or attempted violation of article 7 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 28.122

Metropolitan district: means a district incorporated under the metropolitan district act, 1929 PA 312, MCL 119. See Michigan Laws 168.17

Michigan vehicle code: means Act No. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Minority business enterprise: means a business enterprise that is owned or controlled solely by 1 or more socially or economically disadvantaged persons. See Michigan Laws 125.1222

Misdemeanor: means either of the following:

(i) A violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 28.241a

Mobile home: means a movable or portable unit, designed and constructed to be towed on its own chassis, comprised of a frame and wheels, and designed to be connected to utilities for year-round occupancy as a dwelling unit. See Michigan Laws 125.992

Money: means a medium of exchange authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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

Motor vehicle: means that term as defined in section 74101. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Motorboat: means a vessel propelled wholly or in part by machinery. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 324.301

NADDI: means the national association of drug diversion investigators. See Michigan Laws 28.122

Natural gas: means natural gas, synthetic gas, and manufactured gas. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

natural resources: means land, surface water, groundwater, subsurface strata, air, fish, wildlife, or biota within this state. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

No further action report: means a report under section 20114d detailing the completion of remedial actions and including a postclosure plan and a postclosure agreement, if appropriate. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.

Nonprofit: means that which is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501. See Michigan Laws 257.811d

Nonprofit corporation: means a nonprofit corporation organized under the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Nonpublic information: means information to which access, use, or dissemination is restricted by a law or rule of this state or the United States. See Michigan Laws 28.211a

Nonresidential: means that category of land use for parcels of property or portions of parcels of property that is not residential. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

NPLEx: means the national precursor log exchange. See Michigan Laws 28.122

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.

Operate: means to be in control of a vessel while the vessel is under way and is not secured in some manner such as being docked or at anchor. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Operator: means a person who is in control of or responsible for the operation of a facility. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Operator: means a person who is presently, or was at the time of a release, in control of or responsible for the operation of an underground storage tank system. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

Operator: means the person who is in control or in charge of a vessel while that vessel is underway. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Ordinary high-water mark: means the elevations described in section 32502. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

organization: means any group, organization, association, union, or conference of current or former law enforcement officers, fire fighters, correctional officers, employees thereof or any other entity that represents itself to be affiliated or associated with such organizations that meet both of the following:

(i) The voting membership is comprised of at least 75% of individuals who are currently or formerly law enforcement officers, fire fighters, or correctional officers. See Michigan Laws 14.302

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

Owner: means a person who owns a facility. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Owner: means a person who holds, or at the time of a release who held, a legal, equitable, or possessory interest of any kind in an underground storage tank system or in the property on which an underground storage tank system is located, including, but not limited to, a trust, vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

Owner: means a person who claims or is entitled to lawful possession of a vessel by virtue of that person's legal title or equitable interest in a vessel. See Michigan Laws 324.80103

Panel: means the response activity review panel established under section 20114e. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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.

Patented lands: means any bottomlands lying within a specific government grant area, including a private claim patent or federal patent. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

Peace officer: means any of the following:

(i) A sheriff. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Permitted release: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) A release in compliance with an applicable, legally enforceable permit issued under state law. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Person: means an individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, trust, professional fund-raiser, or any combination of those entities. See Michigan Laws 14.302

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 125.990

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, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.31701

Person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or body politic, except the United States and this state, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative of those entities. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

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

person who is liable: includes a person who is described as being subject to liability in section 20126. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Personal watercraft: means that term as defined in 40 C. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

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

Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.

Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

Political subdivision: means a county, metropolitan authority, municipality, or combination of those entities in this state. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

political subdivision: means any local unit of government or port district of this state and any other governmental agency or subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this state, which is or may be authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct, maintain, improve, and operate harbors, channels, and other navigational facilities. See Michigan Laws 324.79301

Port: means left, and reference is to the port side of a vessel or to the left side of the vessel. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Postclosure agreement: means an agreement between the department and a person who has submitted a no further action report that prescribes, as appropriate, activities required to be undertaken upon completion of remedial actions as provided for in section 20114d. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Postclosure plan: means a plan for land use or resource use restrictions or permanent markers at a facility upon completion of remedial actions as provided for in section 20114c. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

primary election: as used in this act , shall mean a primary election held for the purpose of deciding by ballot who shall be the nominees for the offices named in this act, or for the election by ballot of delegates to political conventions. See Michigan Laws 168.7

Principal shopping district: means a portion of a local governmental unit designated by the governing body of the local governmental unit that is predominantly commercial and that contains at least 10 retail businesses. See Michigan Laws 125.981

Private foundation trust: means a trust, including a trust described in section 4947(a)(1) of the IRC, as defined in section 509(a) of the IRC. See Michigan Laws 14.272

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 for compensation or other consideration plans, conducts, manages, or carries on, either directly or through paid individual solicitors, a drive or campaign of soliciting contributions for or on behalf of a public safety organization or person. See Michigan Laws 14.302

profile: means the results of the DNA identification profiling of a sample, including a paper, electronic, or digital record. See Michigan Laws 28.172

Project: means any activity within a zone area for the benefit of property owners authorized by section 10a. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Property owner: means a person that owns, or an agent authorized in writing by a person that owns, assessable property according to the records of the treasurer of the city or village in which the business improvement zone is located. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Proportional voting: means voting with an allocation of votes under section 10f(7) if provided for in a zone plan or a proposed zone plan. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Public boating access site: means a publicly owned site for the launching of recreational watercraft. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Public charitable organization: means an organization described in section 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) of the IRC and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the IRC. See Michigan Laws 14.272

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

Purchase: means taking by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, issue or reissue, gift, or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in property. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Purchaser: means the first retail buyer or a transferee or buyer of the first retail buyer. See Michigan Laws 125.992

Purchaser: means a person that takes by purchase. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Qualifying period: means the period in which a business improvement zone is authorized to operate and impose and collect assessments, beginning on the date that the business improvement zone is approved by the property owners voting on the question as provided in section 10f and ending 7 to 10 calendar years after that date as determined in the petition described in section 10c. See Michigan Laws 125.990

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 440.1201

Recreation passport fee: means that term as defined in section 2001. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Recreational boating facilities: means boat launches, harbors, marinas, and locks assisting recreational boats accessing water bodies at different elevations. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Regulated substance: means any of the following:

(i) A substance defined in section 101(14) of title I of the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980, Public Law 96-510, 42 U. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

Release: includes , but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of a hazardous substance into the environment, or the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing a hazardous substance. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Release: means any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing from an underground storage tank system into groundwater, surface water, or subsurface soils. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

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.

Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.

Remedial action: includes , but is not limited to, cleanup, removal, containment, isolation, destruction, or treatment of a hazardous substance released or threatened to be released into the environment, monitoring, maintenance, or the taking of other actions that may be necessary to prevent, minimize, or mitigate injury to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to the environment. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Remedial action plan: means a work plan for performing remedial action under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Representative: means a person empowered to act for another, including an agent, an officer of a corporation or association, and a trustee, executor, or administrator of an estate. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Residence: as used in this act , for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. See Michigan Laws 168.11

Resident motor vehicle: means that term as defined in section 74101. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Residential: means that category of land use for parcels of property or portions of parcels of property where people live and sleep for significant periods of time such that the frequency of exposure is reasonably expected or foreseeable to meet the exposure assumptions used by the department to develop generic residential cleanup criteria as set forth in rules promulgated under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Response activity: means evaluation, interim response activity, remedial action, demolition, providing an alternative water supply, or the taking of other actions necessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare, or the environment or the natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Response activity plan: means a plan for undertaking response activities. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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

Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).

Right: includes remedy. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Riparian owner: means a person who owns frontage bordering bottomlands. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

Riparian rights: means those rights that are associated with the ownership of frontage bordering bottomlands, subject to the public trust. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

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

Sample: means a portion of an individual's blood, saliva, or tissue collected from the individual. See Michigan Laws 28.172

School board: means the governing body of a school district, including the board of trustees of a community college. See Michigan Laws 168.4

School district: means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4

seal: means a seal of high tensile strength that is approved by the secretary of state under section 36. See Michigan Laws 168.14a

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

Secretary of state: means the secretary of state of this state, acting directly or through a duly authorized deputy, investigators, agents, and employees. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Securities intermediary: means either of the following:

(i) A clearing corporation. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Security: except as otherwise provided in section 8103, means an obligation of an issuer or a share, participation, or other interest in an issuer or in property or an enterprise of an issuer and is all of the following:

(i) Represented by a security certificate in bearer or registered form, or the transfer of which may be registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Security certificate: means a certificate representing a security. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Security entitlement: means the rights and property interest of an entitlement holder with respect to a financial asset specified in part 5. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Security interest: means any interest, including a reversionary interest, in real property created or established for the purpose of securing a loan or other obligation. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

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

Shoreland: means the land, water, and land beneath the water that is in close proximity to the shoreline of a Great Lake or a connecting waterway. See Michigan Laws 324.32301

Shoreline: means that area of the shorelands where land and water meet. See Michigan Laws 324.32301

Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a party with present intention to adopt or accept a writing. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Source: means any storage, handling, distribution, or processing equipment from which the release originates and first enters the environment. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Special election: means an election to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, a partial term in office or to submit a ballot question to the electors. See Michigan Laws 168.4

Spill: means any leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of a hazardous material in a quantity which is or may become injurious to the public health, safety, welfare, or to the environment. See Michigan Laws 324.20301

Split interest trust: means a trust for individual and charitable beneficiaries that is subject to section 4947(a)(2) of the IRC. See Michigan Laws 14.272

Starboard: means right, and reference is to the starboard side of a vessel or to the right side of the vessel. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

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 440.1201

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 aid: means payment made by this state to a county for the conduct of a marine safety program. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.

Submerged log: means a portion of the trunk of a felled tree that has not been further processed for any end use and is located on, in, over, or under bottomlands. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

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

Substance use disorder services: means substance use disorder prevention services or substance use disorder treatment and rehabilitation services, or both, as those terms are defined in section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 333.6230

Target detection limit: means the detection limit for a hazardous substance in a given environmental medium that is specified in a rule promulgated by the department. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Temporary ordinance: means a type of local ordinance adopted by a political subdivision of this state under section 80112a that includes, but is not limited to, a local watercraft control or administrative rule. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.

Term: means a portion of an agreement that relates to a particular matter. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.

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

this part: includes "rules promulgated under this part". See Michigan Laws 324.20101

threat of release: means any circumstance that may reasonably be anticipated to cause a release. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

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.

Transportation administration collection fund: means the fund created under section 810b. See Michigan Laws 257.811d

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

Trust: means an express trust created by a trust instrument, including a will. See Michigan Laws 14.272

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Trustee: means the trustee or person possessing a power referred to in this act. See Michigan Laws 14.272

Unauthorized signature: means a signature made without actual, implied, or apparent authority. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Uncertificated security: means a security that is not represented by a certificate. See Michigan Laws 440.8102

Underground storage tank system: means a tank or combination of tanks, including underground pipes connected to the tank or tanks, which is, was, or may have been used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances, and the volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes connected to the tank or tanks, is 10% or more beneath the surface of the ground. See Michigan Laws 324.21101

Undocumented vessel: means a vessel that does not have, and is not required to have, a valid marine document issued by the United States Coast Guard or federal agency successor to the United States Coast Guard. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Uniform voting system: means the type of voting system that is used at all elections in every election precinct throughout the state. See Michigan Laws 168.4

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

Unpatented lands: means all bottomlands except patented lands. See Michigan Laws 324.32601

Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.

Urban township: means a township that is an urban township as defined in section 402 of the recodified tax increment financing act, 2018 PA 57, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.981

Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Venting groundwater: means groundwater that is entering a surface water of this state from a facility. See Michigan Laws 324.20101

Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

Vessel: means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Vessel: means all watercraft except the following:

(i) Watercraft used for commercial fishing. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

village: as used in this act , shall mean an incorporated village. See Michigan Laws 168.9

Volunteer: means an individual who is designated as a volunteer by the public entity designated by the governor and is acting solely on behalf of that entity without remuneration beyond reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the assistance. See Michigan Laws 324.20301

Watercraft: means any contrivance used or designed for navigation on water, including, but not limited to, any vessel, ship, boat, motor vessel, steam vessel, vessel operated by machinery, motorboat, sailboat, barge, scow, tugboat, and rowboat, but does not include contrivances used or owned by the United States. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Waterfront: means land that is contiguous to the Great Lakes or their connecting waterways, a river, or a lake or impoundment that has a surface area of not less than 50 acres. See Michigan Laws 324.79501

Waterfront planning area: means the geographic area included within a waterfront redevelopment plan. See Michigan Laws 324.79501

Waterfront redevelopment plan: means a waterfront redevelopment plan prepared by a local unit of government under section 79503 or a state approved recreation plan that includes waterfront improvements. See Michigan Laws 324.79501

Waters of the state: means all groundwaters, lakes, rivers, streams, and other watercourses including the Great Lakes and their connecting waterways within the jurisdiction of the state. See Michigan Laws 324.20301

Waters of this state: means any waters within the territorial limits of this state, and includes those waters of the Great Lakes that are under the jurisdiction of this state. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Waterway: means any body of water. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

Waterways account: means the waterways account established in section 2035. See Michigan Laws 324.80104

Waterways account: means the waterways account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2035. See Michigan Laws 324.78101

writing: includes printing, typewriting, or any other intentional reduction to tangible form. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Zone area: means the area designated in the zone plan as the area to be served by the business improvement zone. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Zone plan: means a set of goals, strategies, objectives, and guidelines for the operation of a business improvement zone. See Michigan Laws 125.990

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