Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 207 > Act 438 of 1976 - Commercial Housing Facilities Exemption Certificates

• 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.
• 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.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• 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.
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard or other military force designated by Congress as a part of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Board: means , in each article of this act that is related to a specific occupation or occupations, the board that is created in that article and composed principally of members of the regulated occupation or occupations, or the commission or other agency that is defined in or designated as the board for purposes of that article. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Commercial housing facilities exemption certificate: means a certificate issued pursuant to sections 3, 4, and 5. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• Commission: means the state tax commission created by Act No. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• Complaint: means an oral or written grievance. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dependent: means a spouse, surviving spouse, child under 26 years of age, or surviving child under 26 years of age. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Director: means the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Disability: means an infirmity that prevents a board member from performing a duty assigned to the board member. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• General public: means each individual who resides in this state and is 18 years of age or older, other than an individual or the spouse of an individual who is licensed or registered in the occupation or who has a material financial interest in the occupation that is regulated by the specific article in which the term is used. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Good moral character: means that term as defined in, and determined under, 1974 PA 381, MCL 338. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• 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
• License: includes the whole or part of a governmental permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required under a specific article of this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Licensee: means a person that is issued a license under this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Limitation: means a condition, stricture, constraint, restriction, or probation attached to a license that relates to the scope of practice of that occupation by the licensee. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
• Local governmental unit: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• New facility: means a new structure which will have as its primary purpose multifamily housing consisting of 5 or more units and will be constructed in a downtown development district established pursuant to Act No. See Michigan Laws 207.601
• Occupation: means a field of endeavor regulated under this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• 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.
• Rule: means a rule promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• 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
• Uniformed services: means the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
• Veteran: means that term as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 339.5107