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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 29.499

  • 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
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Cigarette: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Department: means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • 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.
  • Manufacturer: means any of the following:
    (i) A manufacturer as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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
  •     (1) At the time it submits a written certification or recertification under section 7, a manufacturer shall pay to the department a fee of $1,250.00 for each brand family of cigarette listed in the certification. A fee paid for a brand family under this subsection applies to all cigarettes within the brand family listed in the certification and to any new cigarette in that brand family certified during the 3-year certification period for which the fee is paid.
        (2) The fire safety standard and firefighter protection act enforcement fund is created within the state treasury. The department shall deposit fees paid under this section into the fund. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any other source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes. The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for processing, testing, enforcement, and oversight activities under this act.