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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 474.65

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Department: means the state transportation department, the principal department of state government created under section 350 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16. See Michigan Laws 474.52
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • 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
  • Street railway: means that term as defined under the nonprofit street railway act, 1867 PA 35, MCL 472. See Michigan Laws 474.52
    The department may spend sums appropriated and other available funds for the construction, modernization, rehabilitation, rebuilding, and relocation of rail property and may perform or contract for maintenance or improvements on rail property owned by the state, a person, a public or private corporation, a local or regional transportation authority, a local governmental unit, a private carrier, a group of rail users, or a combination of these entities, including, but not limited to, a street railway, as is necessary in the public interest as determined by the department.