Michigan Laws > Chapter 280 > Act 40 of 1956 > Chapter 5 – Intercounty Drainage Districts
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- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Authority: means the Michigan enterprise zone authority created pursuant to section 4. See Michigan Laws 125.2103
- Bank: means a state banking corporation that is organized or reorganized under this act or organized under any law of this state enacted before March 1, 2000, including a state banking corporation that voluntarily limits its activities. See Michigan Laws 487.11201
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- county drain commissioner: means the elected county drain commissioner or the person or persons designated to perform the duties of the elected county drain commissioner as provided in section 21 and 21a. See Michigan Laws 280.4
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- drain: whenever used in this act , shall include the main stream or trunk and all tributaries or branches of any creek or river, any watercourse or ditch, either open or closed, any covered drain, any sanitary or any combined sanitary and storm sewer or storm sewer or conduit composed of tile, brick, concrete, or other material, any structures or mechanical devices, that will properly purify the flow of such drains, any pumping equipment necessary to assist or relieve the flow of such drains and any levee, dike, barrier, or a combination of any or all of same constructed, or proposed to be constructed, for the purpose of drainage or for the purification of the flow of such drains, but shall not include any dam and flowage rights used in connection therewith which is used for the generation of power by a public utility subject to regulation by the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 280.3
- Facility: means real or personal industrial or commercial property located in an enterprise zone, excluding property used to provide rental housing. See Michigan Laws 125.2103
- General property tax act: means Act No. See Michigan Laws 125.2103
- 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
- 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.
- Local governmental unit: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.2103
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- New facility: means real or personal industrial or commercial property located in an enterprise zone, the construction, restoration, alteration, or renovation of which begins after the date on which the business applies with the local governmental unit for certification as a qualified business. See Michigan Laws 125.2103
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, governmental entity, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 487.11202
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- plan: means a physical improvement plan for an enterprise zone. See Michigan Laws 125.2103
- Probate: Proving a will
- Qualified business: means either of the following, as applicable:
(i) A qualified new business or a qualified existing business located in an enterprise zone created before 1994. See Michigan Laws 125.2103Qualified existing business: means a business that is located in the area comprising an enterprise zone at the time the area is approved as an enterprise zone, that constructs a new facility, and that is certified by the authority as meeting the requirements of this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2103 Qualified new business: means a business located within an enterprise zone that is not located in the area comprising the enterprise zone on the date on which the authority approves the enterprise zone, and that is certified by the authority as meeting the requirements of this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2103 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. 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 Tax increment finance authority: means an authority established under Act No. See Michigan Laws 125.2103 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o zone: means an area approved as an enterprise zone by the authority as provided in this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2103