Michigan Laws 324.71101 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.71101
- Associated facilities: means restrooms, shelters, campgrounds, and parking lots directly related to trails or waterways projects. See Michigan Laws 324.71101
- 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
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund: means the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund established in section 40 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 and provided for in section 2002. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Off-road vehicle: means ORV as it is defined in part 811, which is required to be registered under part 811. See Michigan Laws 324.71101
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Recreation improvement account: means the recreation improvement account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2020. See Michigan Laws 324.71101
- Snowmobile account: means the snowmobile account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2025. See Michigan Laws 324.71101
- 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
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Vessel: means all watercraft except the following:
(i) Watercraft used for commercial fishing. See Michigan Laws 324.71101Watercraft: means any contrivance that is 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 watercraft used or owned by the United States. See Michigan Laws 324.71101 Waterways account: means the waterways account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2035. See Michigan Laws 324.71101
As used in this part:
(a) “Associated facilities” means restrooms, shelters, campgrounds, and parking lots directly related to trails or waterways projects.
(b) “Off-road vehicle” means ORV as it is defined in part 811, which is required to be registered under part 811.
(c) “Off-road vehicle account” means the off-road vehicle account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2015.
(d) “Recreation improvement account” means the recreation improvement account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2020.
(e) “Recreational projects” means, in addition to the activities provided for in this part, the construction, maintenance, and operation of trails and associated facilities that may be used by off-road vehicles, cross-country skiers, horseback riders, and hikers, and inland lake cleanup grants as provided by part 309.
(f) “Snowmobile account” means the snowmobile account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2025.
(g) “Vessel” means all watercraft except the following:
(i) Watercraft used for commercial fishing.
(ii) Watercraft used by the sea scout department of the boy scouts of America chiefly for training scouts in seamanship.
(iii) Watercraft owned by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or the federal government.
(iv) Watercraft when used in interstate or foreign commerce and watercraft used or owned by any railroad company or railroad car ferry company.
(v) Watercraft when used in trade, including watercraft when used in connection with an activity that constitutes a person‘s chief business or means of livelihood.
(h) “Watercraft” means any contrivance that is 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 watercraft used or owned by the United States.
(i) “Waterways account” means the waterways account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2035.