(i) A medical school approved by the board. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Acquire: means acquisition by any method described in section 12 or by any other method permitted by law. See Michigan Laws 45.582

Acupressure: means a form of manual therapy in which physical pressure is applied to various points on the body. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Acupuncture: means the insertion and manipulation of needles through the surface of the human body. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Acupuncturist: means an individual who is licensed under this part to engage in the practice of acupuncture. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.

Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Advance: means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Advertise: means issuing or ordering the printing or distribution of a card, sign, or device or causing, permitting, or allowing a sign or marking on or in a building or structure, or placing material in a newspaper, magazine, or directory, or on radio or television. See Michigan Laws 333.16901

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.

Alternate payee: means a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant, who is named in an eligible domestic relations order. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.

Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.

annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d

Annual report: means the most recent audited financial statement reporting a local unit of government's liability for retirement pension benefits and retirement health benefits as determined under applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Annual required contribution: means the sum of the normal cost payment and the annual amortization payment for past service costs to fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.

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.

Applied behavior analysis services: means services provided to clients that are included in the practice of applied behavior analysis. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Appraisal: A determination of property value.

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

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 part of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.

Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Assessed value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.

Assignment: means that a dentist has designated a patient of record on whom services are to be performed and has described the procedures to be performed. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Assistant behavior analyst: means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized under this part to engage in practice as an assistant behavior analyst. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Athletic trainer: means an individual engaged in the practice of athletic training. See Michigan Laws 333.17901

Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.

Audiologist: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of audiology. See Michigan Laws 333.16801

Authority: means a corridor improvement authority created under section 604(1) or a joint authority created under section 604(2). See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Authority: means a water resource improvement tax increment finance authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Authority: means a neighborhood improvement authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Authority: means all of the following:

    (i) An authority as defined in part 2. See Michigan Laws 125.4901

BACB: means the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, a nonprofit corporation that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 501, or its successor, as determined by the board. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.

Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.

Ballot container: means a container that is used for transporting and storing voted ballots, as described and approved under section 24j. See Michigan Laws 168.14a

Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.

Behavior analyst: means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized under this part to engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Behavior technician: means an individual who is not licensed or authorized to practice a profession under this part and who delivers applied behavior analysis services under the delegation and supervision of a behavior analyst and meets the requirements of section 18263. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}

Benefit: means an annuity, a pension, a retirement allowance, or an optional benefit accrued or accruing to a participant under a retirement system or a postretirement subsidy payable to a participant under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

board: means the municipal stability board created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Board: as used in this part means each board created in this article and as used in any other part covering a specific health profession means the board created in that part. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Candidate: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169. See Michigan Laws 169.303

Candidate for office: means a candidate for any of the following offices who is subject to the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169. See Michigan Laws 169.303

Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 603(e), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 803(d), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Captured assessed value: means the amount in any 1 year by which the current assessed value of the development area, including the assessed value of property for which specific local taxes are paid in lieu of property taxes as determined in section 803(d), exceeds the initial assessed value. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.

Certificate of licensure: means a document issued as evidence of authorization to practice and use a designated title. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Certificate of registration: means a document issued as evidence of authorization to use a designated title. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Certified nurse midwife: means a registered professional nurse under part 172 who has been granted a specialty certification in the profession specialty field of nurse midwifery by the board of nursing under section 17210. See Michigan Laws 333.17101

Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.

Chief administrative officer: means that term as defined in section 2b of the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Chief executive officer: means the mayor of a city, the president of a village, or the supervisor of a township. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city, the president or village manager of a village, or the supervisor of a township. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city or the president or village manager of a village. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Commission: means the Michigan law revision commission. See Michigan Laws 4.1102

Commission: means the commission of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Complainant: means a prisoner or legislator who files a complaint under section 4. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Consolidated township: means a general law or charter township formed by the consolidation of 2 or more townships as prescribed by section 16b to 16j. See Michigan Laws 46.16a

Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Controlled substance: means that term as defined in section 7104. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Conviction: means a judgment entered by a court on a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere or on a jury verdict or court finding that a defendant is guilty or guilty but mentally ill. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Coordinating committee: means the committee designated and elected as provided in section 16d in connection with a township consolidation. See Michigan Laws 46.16a

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.

Corrective action plan: means a plan that details the actions to be taken by a local unit of government to address and resolve the underfunded status of the local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Council: means the legislative council established under section 15 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Council: means the legislative council. See Michigan Laws 4.1102

Council administrator: means the chief executive officer of all legislative council agencies. See Michigan Laws 4.1102

counseling: means the rendering to individuals, groups, families, organizations, or the general public in accordance with accepted and established ethics a service involving clinical counseling principles, methods, or procedures for the purpose of achieving social, personal, career, and emotional development and with the goal of promoting and enhancing healthy self-actualizing and satisfying lifestyles whether the services are rendered in an educational, business, health, private practice, or human services setting. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

Counseling techniques: means the application of basic counseling and psychotherapy skills and theories in the counseling process for the purposes of establishing and maintaining the counseling relationship; diagnosing the problem; formulating a preventative, treatment, or rehabilitative plan; and facilitating appropriate interventions. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

county: means a county or a county agency in that county, other than the county road commission. See Michigan Laws 45.203

County: means a county organized under Act No. See Michigan Laws 45.582

County juvenile agency: means a county that has approved a resolution in accordance with section 3. See Michigan Laws 45.622

County juvenile agency services: means that term as defined in section 117a of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 45.622

Cupping: means the placement of a specially designed cup on the body to create suction. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Debt: means all borrowed money, loans, and other indebtedness, including principal and interest, evidenced by bonds, obligations, refunding obligations, notes, contracts, securities, refunding securities, municipal securities, or certificates of indebtedness that are lawfully issued or assumed, in whole or in part, by a municipality, or will be evidenced by a judgment or decree against the municipality. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Debt retirement fund: means a segregated account or group of accounts used to account for the payment of, interest on, or principal and interest on a municipal security. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Decedent: A deceased person.

Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

Deficit: means a situation for any fund of a municipality in which, at the end of a fiscal year, total expenditures, including an accrued deficit, exceeded total revenues for the fiscal year, including any surplus carried forward. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Defined benefit plan: means a retirement program other than a defined contribution plan. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Defined contribution plan: means a retirement program that provides for an individual account for each participant and for benefits based solely upon the amount contributed to the participant's account, and any income, expenses, gains, and losses credited or charged to the account, and any forfeitures of accounts of other participants that may be allocated to the participant's account. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Dental laboratory: means a dental workroom that is operated as a part of a dental office or otherwise, by a person, other than a dentist, who is engaged in, or holds himself, herself, or itself out as being directly or indirectly engaged in, constructing, repairing, or altering prosthetic dentures, bridges, orthodontic or other appliances, or structures to be used as substitutes for or as a part of human teeth or jaws or associated structures, or for the correction of malocclusions or deformities. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Dentist: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of dentistry. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Department: means the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Department: means the department of technology, management, and budget. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Department: means the department of state. See Michigan Laws 169.303

Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

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

Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Department of solid waste management: means the department of solid waste management provided for in section 3. See Michigan Laws 45.582

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.

Dermal friction: means the use of repeated, closely timed, unidirectional press-stroking with a smooth-edged instrument over a lubricated area of the body. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Development area: means that area described in section 605 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Development area: means that area described in section 805 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Development area: means that area described in section 805 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 621. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 822. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Development plan: means that information and those requirements for a development area set forth in section 819. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Development program: means the implementation of the development plan. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Devise: To gift property by will.

Diagnosing the problem: means the identification of the problem through the application of recognized counseling techniques and psychotherapy skills and theories, including the use of the classifications and diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, obtained through the successful completion of a qualified program. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

Diagnostic pharmaceutical agent: means a topically administered prescription drug or other topically administered drug used for the purpose of investigating, analyzing, and diagnosing a defect or abnormal condition of the human eye or ocular adnexa. See Michigan Laws 333.17401

Dietary counseling: means the process of advising a patient about healthy food choices and healthy eating habits in accordance with East Asian medical theory. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Dietitian nutritionist: means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of medical nutrition therapy under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

Dislocation: means complete disruption in the normal relationship of 2 bones forming a joint resulting in no contact of the articular surfaces. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:

Distressed area: means a local governmental unit that meets all of the following:

    (i) Has a population of 700,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

district: means 1 or more of the following:

    (i) An inland body of water and land that is up to 1 mile from the shoreline of an inland lake that contains 1 or more public access points. See Michigan Laws 125.4703

Domestic relations order: means a judgment, decree, or order of a court made according to the domestic relations law of this state and relating to the provision of alimony payments, child support, or marital property rights to a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or to a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Donor: The person who makes a gift.

Drug: means that term as defined in section 17703, but does not include a controlled substance as defined in section 7104 and included in schedule 2 under section 7214, an oral cortical steroid, or a prescription drug. See Michigan Laws 333.17401

Dry needling: means a rehabilitative procedure using filiform needles to penetrate the skin or underlying tissues by targeting only myofascial trigger points and muscular and connective tissues to affect change in body structures and functions for the evaluation and management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairment. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Earliest retirement date: means the earliest date on which a participant meets all of the requirements for retirement under a retirement system except for termination of employment. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Earned income: means salaries, wages, tips, bonuses, commissions, or other compensation or earnings from employment earned during the reporting period. See Michigan Laws 169.303

East Asian medicine techniques: includes , but is not limited to, acupuncture, manual therapy, moxibustion, heat therapy, dietary counseling, therapeutic exercise, acupressure, cupping, dermal friction, homeopathy, lifestyle coaching, and treatment with herbal medicines. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

EDRO: means a domestic relations order that is considered an eligible domestic relations order under section 11 or that meets all of the following requirements:

    (i) The domestic relations order states the names and last known addresses of the participant and alternate payee. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Educational institution: means a public or private institution, or a separate school or department of a public or private institution, that is authorized by law or an accrediting body to grant or issue a diploma, degree, certificate, or license, or to grant approval to practice a profession or engage in an enterprise, and includes, but is not limited to, an academy, high school, college, university, community college, junior college, secondary school, extension course, or a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school. See Michigan Laws 168.2

Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2

election precinct: as used in this act shall mean a political subdivision, the area of which is embraced in its entirety within the confines of a city, ward, township or village, and for which not more than 1 polling place is provided for all qualified and registered electors residing therein. See Michigan Laws 168.654

Electrodiagnostic studies: means the testing of neuromuscular functions utilizing nerve conduction tests and needle electromyography. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Electrodiagnostic studies: means the testing of neuromuscular functions utilizing nerve conduction tests and needle electromyography. See Michigan Laws 333.17501

Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}

Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}

Employee: means an individual holding a position by election, appointment, or employment in a local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Employer contributions: means the amount transferred by an employer to a participating unit retirement system on behalf of members of the retirement system to pay for the actuarial accrued liabilities of the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.

Environmental health: means an area of activity dealing with the protection of human health through the management, control, and prevention of environmental factors that may adversely affect the health of individuals. See Michigan Laws 333.18401

Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.

Evaluation system: means the local government retirement and benefits fiscal impact evaluation system created under section 5 to provide for the identification of, and a corrective action plan to resolve, the underfunded status of a local unit of government under this act. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.

Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.

Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.

Feldenkrais method: means a system of somatic education in which touch and words are used to eliminate faulty habits, learn new patterns of self-organization and action, and improve a person's own functional movement patterns. See Michigan Laws 333.17951

Felony arising out of his or her service as a public employee: means 1 or more of the following:

    (i) A felony resulting from the misuse of public funds. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

fence: means a structure or natural barrier which is sufficient to confine an animal as defined in section 1 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 43.51

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Filed with the retirement system: means that the retirement system has determined that the domestic relations order submitted for filing is acceptable as an EDRO. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t

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.

Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Fiscal year: means the fiscal year of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Fiscal year: means a 12-month period fixed by statute, charter, or ordinance, or if not so fixed, then as determined by the department. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Follow-up work: means forest practices to promote the survival of seeds or seedlings or the protection or enhancement of other work previously undertaken under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A

Forest improvement project: means any of the following:

    (i) Production, processing, handling, storage, marketing, or transportation of forest resources, including sawmills, hardboard mills, power stations, warehouses, air and water pollution control equipment, and solid waste disposal facilities. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Forest practice: means that term as it is defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Forest resources: means those products, uses, and values associated with forestland, including recreation and aesthetics, fish, forage, soil, timber, watershed, wilderness, and wildlife. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Forestland: means a tract of land that may include nonproductive land that is intermixed with productive land that is an integral part of a managed forest and the owner of which agrees to develop, maintain, and actively manage the land as a private forest through planting, natural reproduction, or other silvicultural practices. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Form: means the financial disclosure form created by the department in accordance with section 11. See Michigan Laws 169.303

Former employee: means an individual who was an employee who terminated employment with the applicable local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.

Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}

Fund: means the landfill maintenance trust fund created in section 11302 . See Michigan Laws 324.11301

Fund: means the private forestland enhancement fund created in section 51305. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor

General fund operating revenues: means the sum of all governmental activity fund revenues of a local unit of government as determined by the state treasurer based on applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

General nonmedical nutrition information: means information on any of the following:

    (i) Principles of human nutrition and food preparation. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

general November election: means the election held on the November regular election date in an even numbered year. See Michigan Laws 168.2

Genetic counselor: means an individual who is licensed under this part to engage in the practice of genetic counseling. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Governing body: means , for a county, the county board of commissioners; for a city, the council, commission, or other body having legislative powers; for a village, the council, commission board of trustees, or other body having legislative powers; for a general law or charter township, the township board; and for a district or an authority, the body having general governing powers. See Michigan Laws 45.582

Governing body: means the county board of commissioners of a county; the township board of a township; the council, common council, or commission of a city; the council, commission, or board of trustees of a village; the board of education or district board of a school district; the board of an intermediate school district; the board of trustees of a community college district; the county drain commissioner or drainage board of a drainage district; the board of the district library; the legislative body of a metropolitan district; the port commission of a port district; and, in the case of another governmental authority or agency, that official or official body having general governing powers over the authority or agency. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers or, for a joint authority created under section 604(2), the elected body of each municipality having legislative powers that is a member of the joint authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

governing body of a municipality: means the elected body of a municipality having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

grantee: may be construed as including every person to whom any such interest or estate passes in like manner. See Michigan Laws 8.3e

Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.

grantor: may be construed as including every person from or by whom any estate in lands passes in or by any deed. See Michigan Laws 8.3e

Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

Harvest: means that term as it is defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Health care provider: means an individual who is licensed or registered under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.17101

Health care trust fund: means a trust or fund created in accordance with the public employee health care fund investment act, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or a hospital, psychiatric hospital, or psychiatric unit licensed under the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 333.18501

Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.18701

Heat therapy: means the use of heat in therapy, such as for pain relief and health. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Herbal medicine: means the internal and external use of a plant or a plant extract, a mineral, or an animal product, that is not a prescription drug as that term is defined in section 17708. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Homeopathy: means the use of a highly diluted natural remedy from the plant, mineral, and animal domain. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Housing: means publicly owned housing, individual or multifamily. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.

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

Incompetence: means a departure from, or failure to conform to, minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice for a health profession, whether or not actual injury to an individual occurs. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

inhabitant: means a resident of a city, township, village, district or county. See Michigan Laws 8.3f

Initial assessed value: means the assessed value, as equalized, of all the taxable property within the boundaries of the development area at the time the resolution establishing or amending the tax increment financing plan is approved, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the municipality for which equalization has been completed at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Initial assessed value: means the assessed value of all the taxable property within the boundaries of the development area at the time the ordinance establishing the tax increment financing plan is approved, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the municipality at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Initial assessed value: means the assessed value of all the taxable property within the boundaries of the development area at the time the ordinance establishing the tax increment financing plan is approved, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the municipality at the time the resolution is adopted. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Inland lake: means a natural or artificial lake, pond, or impoundment. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.

Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.

Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}

Invasive procedures: means all of the following:

    (i) The use of lasers other than for observation. See Michigan Laws 333.17401

Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.

Joint dysfunction: means a joint that is impaired so that it does not function properly. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement

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.

Juvenile: means an individual who is any of the following:

    (i) Within or likely to come within the jurisdiction of the court for the county under section 2(a) or (d) of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 45.622

Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207, former 1943 PA 184, or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207, or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Land use plan: means a plan prepared under former 1921 PA 207 or a site plan under the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Legacy: A gift of property made by will.

Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).

Legislator: means a member of the senate or the house of representatives of this state. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

License: except as otherwise provided in this subsection and section 17708(2), means an authorization issued under this article to practice where practice would otherwise be unlawful. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

Licensed professional counselor: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of counseling without supervision. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Lifestyle coaching: means the process of advising a patient about healthy lifestyle choices and habits in accordance with East Asian medical theory. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

lighting authority: means a lighting authority created under the municipal lighting authority act. See Michigan Laws 141.1152

Limitation: means an action by which a board imposes restrictions or conditions, or both, on a license. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

Limited license: means a license to which restrictions or conditions, or both, as to scope of practice, place of practice, supervision of practice, duration of licensed status, or type or condition of patient or client served are imposed by a board. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

Limited licensed counselor: means an individual who has been granted a limited license under this article to engage in the practice of counseling under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor who meets the requirement of section 18106. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

Listed offense: means that term as defined in section 2 of the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

Local unit of government: means any of the following:

    (i) A city. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

major political party: means each of the 2 political parties whose candidate for the office of secretary of state received the highest and second highest number of votes at the immediately preceding general election in which a secretary of state was elected. See Michigan Laws 168.16

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

Manual therapy: means the application of an accurately determined and specifically directed manual force to the body, excluding a high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust to the spine. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Manufacturer: means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. See Michigan Laws 333.17706

Marriage and family therapist: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of marriage and family therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.16901

Massage therapist: means an individual engaged in the practice of massage therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.17951

Medical director: means a physician who is responsible for the quality, safety, appropriateness, and effectiveness of the respiratory care services provided by a respiratory therapist, who assists in quality monitoring, protocol development, and competency validation, and who meets all of the following:

    (i) Is the medical director of an inpatient or outpatient respiratory care service or department within a health facility, or of a home care agency, durable medical equipment company, or educational program. See Michigan Laws 333.18701

medical education: means the education of physicians and candidates for degrees or licenses to become physicians, including, but not limited to, physician staff, residents, interns, and medical students. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Medical weight control: means the practice of medical nutrition therapy for the purpose of reducing, maintaining, or gaining weight. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Member: means a member, vested former member, deferred member, beneficiary, designated beneficiary, or refund beneficiary of a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Member: means a member, vested former member, deferred member, or participant of a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

mental health wellness: means the achievement of social, career, and emotional development across an individual's life span. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

Metropolitan district: means a district incorporated under the metropolitan district act, 1929 PA 312, MCL 119. See Michigan Laws 168.17

Michigan opioid healing and recovery fund: means the Michigan opioid healing and recovery fund created in section 3 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12. See Michigan Laws 4.1850

Midwife: means an individual licensed under this part to engage in the practice of midwifery. See Michigan Laws 333.17101

Minority leader: See Floor Leaders

month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j

Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

Moxibustion: means burning the dried plant Artemisia vulgaris on or very near the surface of the skin as a form of therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Municipal security: means a security that when issued was not exempt from this act or former 1943 PA 202 by the provisions of this act or by former 1943 PA 202 or by the provisions of the law authorizing its issuance and that is payable from or secured by any of the following:

    (i) Ad valorem real and personal property taxes. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Municipality: means 1 of the following:

    (i) A city. See Michigan Laws 125.4602

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.4702

Municipality: means a city or a village. See Michigan Laws 125.4802

Municipality: means all of the following:

    (i) A municipality as defined in part 2. See Michigan Laws 125.4901

Municipality: means a county, township, city, village, school district, intermediate school district, community college district, metropolitan district, port district, drainage district, district library, or another governmental authority or agency in this state that has the power to issue a security. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Musculoskeletal system: means the system of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints, and associated tissues that moves the body and maintains its form. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}

Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.

Nonindustrial private forestland: means a privately owned tract of land consisting of 20 or more acres, or the timber rights in the land if the timber rights have been severed, that has the productive capacity to grow on average not less than 20 cubic feet per acre per year and that meets either of the following conditions:

    (i) For a tract of land that contains less than 40 acres, at least 80% of the land is occupied by forest tree species. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Nonprofit corporation: means that term as defined under section 108 of the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

Normal cost: means the annual service cost of retirement health benefits as they are earned during active employment of employees of the local unit of government in the applicable fiscal year, using an individual entry-age normal and level percent of pay actuarial cost method. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Nursing home: means that term as defined in section 20109. See Michigan Laws 333.17301

Nursing home administrator: means the individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of nursing home administration. See Michigan Laws 333.17301

Nutrition assessment: means the ongoing, dynamic, and systematic process of obtaining, verifying, and interpreting biochemical, anthropometric, physical, nutrigenomic, and dietary data to make decisions about the nature and cause of nutrition-related problems and making recommendations, including recommendations on enteral and parenteral nutrition. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Nutrition care services: means any part or all of the following services within a systematic process:

    (i) Assessing and evaluating the nutritional needs of individuals and groups and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting, including ordering laboratory tests to check and track nutrition status, creating dietary plans and orders, and monitoring the effectiveness thereof. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Nutrition counseling: means a supportive process, characterized by a collaborative counselor-patient or counselor-client relationship with individuals or groups, to establish food and nutrition priorities, goals, and individualized action plans and general physical activity guidance that acknowledge and foster responsibility for self-care to treat or manage an existing disease or medical condition or to promote health and wellness. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Nutrition diagnosis: means identifying and labeling nutritional problems managed and treated by a dietitian nutritionist. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Nutrition intervention: means purposefully planned actions and nutrition counseling intended to positively change a nutrition-related behavior, risk factor, environmental condition, or aspect of the health status for an individual. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Nutrition monitoring and evaluation: means identifying patient outcomes relevant to a nutrition diagnosis and comparing the outcomes with the patient's previous health status, intervention goals, or reference standards to determine the progress made in achieving desired outcomes of nutrition care and whether nutrition intervention should be continued or revised. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Oath: A promise to tell the truth.

oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k

Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Occupational therapist: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of occupational therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.18301

Occupational therapy assistant: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in practice as an occupational therapy assistant. See Michigan Laws 333.18301

Occupational therapy services: means those services provided to promote health and wellness, prevent disability, preserve functional capabilities, prevent barriers, and enable or improve performance in everyday activities, including, but not limited to, the following:

    (i) Establishment, remediation, or restoration of a skill or ability that is impaired or not yet developed. See Michigan Laws 333.18301

Office: means the office of the legislative corrections ombudsman created under this act. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Official: means an official or employee of the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Official compendium: means the United States Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary, or the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, as applicable. See Michigan Laws 333.17706

Ombudsman: means the office of legislative corrections ombudsman. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Operating license agreement: means an agreement entered into under section 513 by and among a street railway and each road authority with jurisdiction over public streets and highways upon which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system, including, but not limited to, each city, village, or township road authority in the city, village, or township in which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

Opioid advisory commission: means the opioid advisory commission created in section 851. See Michigan Laws 4.1850

Optometrist: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of optometry. See Michigan Laws 333.17401

Other certification board: means a nationally recognized behavior analysis certification board approved by the department by rule. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Outsourcing facility: means that term as defined in 21 USC 353b. See Michigan Laws 333.17706

Outstanding security: means a security that has been issued, but not defeased or repaid, including a security that when issued was exempt from this act or former 1943 PA 202, by the provisions of this act or by former 1943 PA 202 or by the provisions of the law authorizing its issuance. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

Parcel: means an identifiable unit of land that is treated as separate for valuation or zoning purposes. See Michigan Laws 125.4803

Participant: means a member, deferred member, vested former member, deceased former member, or retirant under the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Participating physician: means a physician, a physician designated by a group of physicians under section 17049 to represent that group, or a physician designated by a health facility or agency under section 20174 to represent that health facility or agency. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Participating physician: means a physician, a physician designated by a group of physicians under section 17549 to represent that group, or a physician designated by a health facility or agency under section 20174 to represent that health facility or agency. See Michigan Laws 333.17501

Participating podiatrist: means a podiatric physician or a podiatric physician designated by a group of podiatric physicians under section 18049 to represent that group. See Michigan Laws 333.18001

Participating unit: means a retirement system that elects to come under the provisions of section 6. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

Patient: means an individual recipient of the practice of medical nutrition therapy, whether in the outpatient, inpatient, or nonclinical setting. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Permanent mail ballot voter: means a registered elector who submits a signed absent voter ballot application to receive an absent voter ballot by mail for all future elections and whose application has been verified. See Michigan Laws 168.6

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301

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.

Physical therapist: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of physical therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.17801

Physical therapist assistant: means an individual with a health profession subfield license under this part who assists a physical therapist in physical therapy intervention. See Michigan Laws 333.17801

Physician: means an individual who is licensed or authorized under this article to engage in the practice of medicine. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Physician: means an individual licensed to engage in the practice of medicine under part 170 or the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery under part 175. See Michigan Laws 333.17101

Physician: means a physician who is licensed under part 170 or part 175. See Michigan Laws 333.17201

Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 or 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.17401

Physician: means an individual who is licensed or authorized under this article to engage in the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery. See Michigan Laws 333.17501

Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 and 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.18701

Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.

Podiatric physician: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of podiatric medicine and podiatric surgery. See Michigan Laws 333.18001

Podiatrist: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Polarity therapy: means diverse applications affecting the human energy system and includes energetic approaches to somatic contact, verbal facilitation, nutrition, exercise, and health education. See Michigan Laws 333.17951

police officer: means a police officer, investigator, or police sergeant. See Michigan Laws 141.1152

Postretirement subsidy: includes , but is not limited to, all of the following:

    (i) A supplemental annuity. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Practice agreement: means an agreement described in section 17047. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Practice agreement: means an agreement described in section 17547. See Michigan Laws 333.17501

Practice agreement: means an agreement described in section 18047. See Michigan Laws 333.18001

Practice as a dental assistant: means assistance in the clinical practice of dentistry based on formal education, specialized knowledge, and skill at the assignment and under the supervision of a dentist. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice as a dental hygienist: means practice at the assignment of a dentist in that specific area of dentistry based on specialized knowledge, formal education, and skill with particular emphasis on preventive services and oral health education. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice as a dental therapist: means providing any of the care and services, and performing any of the duties, described in section 16656. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice as an assistant behavior analyst: means the practice of applied behavior analysis under the supervision of a behavior analyst. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Practice as an occupational therapy assistant: means the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist licensed under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.18301

Practice of applied behavior analysis: means the design, implementation, and evaluation of instructional and environmental modifications to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Practice of athletic training: means the treatment of an individual for risk management and injury prevention, the clinical evaluation and assessment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, the immediate care and treatment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, and the rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual's injury or illness, or both, if those activities are within the rules promulgated under section 17904 and performed under the direction of, on the prescription of, or in collaboration with an individual licensed under part 170 or 175. See Michigan Laws 333.17901

Practice of audiology: means the nonmedical and nonsurgical application of principles, methods, and procedures related to disorders of hearing, including all of the following:

    (i) Facilitating the conservation of auditory system function. See Michigan Laws 333.16801

Practice of chiropractic: means that discipline within the healing arts that deals with the human nervous system and the musculoskeletal system and their interrelationship with other body systems. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

Practice of chiropractic: means that term as defined in section 16401. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of dentistry: means the diagnosis, treatment, prescription, or operation for a disease, pain, deformity, deficiency, injury, or physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar process, gums or jaws, or their dependent tissues, or an offer, undertaking, attempt to do, or holding oneself out as able to do any of these acts. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice of dietetics and nutrition: means the integration and application of scientific principles derived from the study of food, nutrition, biochemistry, metabolism, nutrigenomics, physiology, food systems and management, and from behavioral and social sciences in achieving and maintaining health throughout the lifespan and in providing nutrition care services, including the practice of medical nutrition therapy, for the prevention, management, and treatment of diseases or medical conditions. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Practice of genetic counseling: means provision of any of the following services:

    (i) Obtaining and evaluating individual, family, and medical histories to determine the genetic risk for genetic or medical conditions or diseases in a client, the client's descendants, or other family members of the client. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Practice of marriage and family therapy: means the providing of guidance, testing, discussions, therapy, instruction, or advice that is intended to avoid, eliminate, relieve, manage, or resolve marital or family conflict or discord, to create, improve, or restore marital or family harmony, or to prepare couples for marriage. See Michigan Laws 333.16901

Practice of massage therapy: means that term as defined in section 17951. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of massage therapy: means the application of a system of structured touch, pressure, movement, and holding to the soft tissue of the human body in which the primary intent is to enhance or restore the health and well-being of the client. See Michigan Laws 333.17951

Practice of medical nutrition therapy: means the provision of nutrition care services for the treatment or management of diseases or medical conditions. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Practice of medicine: means that term as defined in section 17001. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of medicine: means the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, cure, or relieving of a human disease, ailment, defect, complaint, or other physical or mental condition, by attendance, advice, device, diagnostic test, or other means, or offering, undertaking, attempting to do, or holding oneself out as able to do, any of these acts. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Practice of medicine: means that term as defined in section 17001. See Michigan Laws 333.18501

Practice of nursing: means the systematic application of substantial specialized knowledge and skill, derived from the biological, physical, and behavioral sciences, to the care, treatment, counsel, and health teaching of individuals who are experiencing changes in the normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health and the prevention or management of illness, injury, or disability. See Michigan Laws 333.17201

Practice of nursing home administration: means planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the total operation of the nursing home on behalf of the governing board or owner of a nursing home. See Michigan Laws 333.17301

Practice of occupational therapy: means the therapeutic use of everyday life occupations and occupational therapy services to aid individuals or groups to participate in meaningful roles and situations in the home, school, workplace, community, and other settings, to promote health and wellness through research and practice, and to serve those individuals or groups who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. See Michigan Laws 333.18301

Practice of optometry: means 1 or more of the following, but does not include the performance of invasive procedures:

    (i) The examination of the human eye to ascertain the presence of defects or abnormal conditions that may be corrected, remedied, or relieved, or the effects of which may be corrected, remedied, or relieved by the use of lenses, prisms, or other mechanical devices. See Michigan Laws 333.17401

Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery: means that term as defined in section 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery: means a separate, complete, and independent school of medicine and surgery utilizing full methods of diagnosis and treatment in physical and mental health and disease, including the prescription and administration of drugs and biologicals, operative surgery, obstetrics, radiological and other electromagnetic emissions, and placing special emphasis on the interrelationship of the musculoskeletal system to other body systems. See Michigan Laws 333.17501

Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery: means that term as defined in section 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.18501

Practice of physical therapy: means that term as defined in section 17801. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of physical therapy: means the evaluation of, education of, consultation with, or treatment of an individual by the employment of effective properties of physical measures and the use of therapeutic exercises and rehabilitative procedures, with or without assistive devices, for the purpose of preventing, correcting, or alleviating a physical or mental disability. See Michigan Laws 333.17801

practice of podiatric medicine and podiatric surgery: means any of the following:

    (i) The evaluation, diagnosis, management, and prevention of conditions of the lower extremities, including local manifestations of systemic disease in the human foot and ankle, by attending to and advising patients and through the use of devices, diagnostic tests, drugs and biologicals, surgical procedures, or other means. See Michigan Laws 333.18001

Practice of psychology: means the rendering to individuals, groups, organizations, or the public of services involving the application of principles, methods, and procedures of understanding, predicting, and influencing behavior for the purposes of the diagnosis, assessment related to diagnosis, prevention, amelioration, or treatment of mental or emotional disorders, disabilities or behavioral adjustment problems by means of psychotherapy, counseling, behavior modification, hypnosis, biofeedback techniques, psychological tests, or other verbal or behavioral means. See Michigan Laws 333.18201

Practice of respiratory care: means the provision of respiratory care services. See Michigan Laws 333.18701

Prescription drug: means that term as defined in section 17708, but does not include a controlled substance as defined in section 7104 and included in schedule 2 under section 7214 or an oral cortical steroid. See Michigan Laws 333.17401

President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.

Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.

primary election: as used in this act , shall mean a primary election held for the purpose of deciding by ballot who shall be the nominees for the offices named in this act, or for the election by ballot of delegates to political conventions. See Michigan Laws 168.7

Prisoner: means a person committed to or under the jurisdiction of the department. See Michigan Laws 4.351

Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

Probate: Proving a will

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

Psychologist: means an individual who is licensed or authorized under this article to engage in the practice of psychology. See Michigan Laws 333.18201

Public corporation: means any county however organized, a city, village, township, charter township, district, or authority existing under the laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 45.582

Public facility: means a street, plaza, pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, or pedestrian mall including street furniture and beautification, sidewalk, trail, lighting, traffic flow modification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, transit-oriented development, transit-oriented facility, or building, including access routes, that are either designed and dedicated to use by the public generally or used by a public agency, or that are located in a qualified development area and are for the benefit of or for the protection of the health, welfare, or safety of the public generally, whether or not used by 1 or more business entities, provided that any road, street, or bridge shall be continuously open to public access and that other property shall be located in public easements or rights-of-way and designed to accommodate foreseeable development of public facilities in adjoining areas. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

Public facility: means a street, and any improvements to a street, including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, or building, including access routes designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency, that is related to access to inland lakes or a water resource improvement, or means a water resource improvement. See Michigan Laws 125.4703

Public facility: means housing, a street, plaza, pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, or pedestrian mall including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, or building, including access routes designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.4803

public highway: as used in this act mean any road, street or alley taken over by and under the jurisdiction of the board of county road commissioners. See Michigan Laws 41.271

Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.

Public street or highway: means any state trunk line highway, county road, or city or village street maintained by a road authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

qualified city: means either of the following:

    (a) A city with a population of less than 15,500. See Michigan Laws 41.810

Qualified development area: means a development area that meets 1 of the following:

    (i) All of the following:

    (A) Is located within a city with a population of 700,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

qualified elector: as used in this act , means a person who possesses the qualifications of an elector as prescribed in section 1 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 and who has resided in the city or township 30 days. See Michigan Laws 168.10

Qualified forester: means that term as it is defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Qualified program: means any of the following:

    (i) A program that is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, includes coursework and training in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders, and is approved by the department in consultation with the board. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

Qualified status: means a municipality that has filed a qualifying statement under section 303 and has been determined by the department to be qualified to issue municipal securities without further approval by the department. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Qualified supervisor: means an individual who is a genetic counselor and who holds a license under this part other than a temporary or limited license. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Qualified supervisor: means an individual meeting the requirements described in section 18360. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Railroad: means that term as defined under section 109 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Reclassification: means an action by a disciplinary subcommittee by which restrictions or conditions, or both, applicable to a license are added or removed. See Michigan Laws 333.16108

record owner: means a person, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, possessed of the most recent fee title or a land contract vendee's interest in the land as shown by the records of the county register of deeds. See Michigan Laws 41.721a

referral: includes determining the need for referral to 1 or more statutorily regulated mental health professionals whose expertise, skills, and competence are appropriate to the problems of the individual, informing the individual of the referral, and communicating as appropriate with the professional to whom the individual has been referred. See Michigan Laws 333.18101

Refunding security: means a municipal security issued to refund an outstanding security. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Registered acupuncturist: means an individual who is registered or otherwise authorized under this part before the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 16525 regarding licensure. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Registered dietitian nutritionist: means an individual who is credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration or its successor organization as a registered dietitian or registered dietitian nutritionist. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Registered sanitarian: means a sanitarian registered in accordance with this article. See Michigan Laws 333.18401

Registration: means an authorization only for the use of a designated title which use would otherwise be prohibited under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.16108

Regular election: means an election held on a regular election date to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, elective office in the regular course of the terms of that elective office. See Michigan Laws 168.3

Regular election date: means 1 of the dates established as a regular election date in section 641. See Michigan Laws 168.3

Reinstatement: means the granting of a license or certificate of registration, with or without limitations or conditions, to an individual whose license or certificate of registration has been suspended or revoked. See Michigan Laws 333.16108

Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.

Report: means the financial disclosure report required under section 10 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 169.303

Reporting period: means the preceding calendar year. See Michigan Laws 169.303

Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.

Residence: as used in this act , for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. See Michigan Laws 168.11

Residential district: means an area of a municipality where 75% or more of the area is zoned for residential housing. See Michigan Laws 125.4803

Respiratory care services: means preventative services, diagnostic services, therapeutic services, and rehabilitative services under the written, verbal, or telecommunicated order of a physician to an individual with a disorder, disease, or abnormality of the cardiopulmonary system as diagnosed by a physician. See Michigan Laws 333.18701

Response activity: means response activity as defined in part 201. See Michigan Laws 324.11301

Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

Retirant: means a person who has retired with a retirement benefit payable from a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Retirant: means an individual who has retired with a retirement benefit payable from a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

Retirement benefit: means an annuity, a retirement allowance, an optional benefit, a postretirement benefit, a benefit received from a defined contribution plan, defined benefit plan, deferred compensation plan, disability plan, life insurance plan, all money, investments and income of the various funds created under a public employee retirement system, and any other right accruing to a member under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Retirement benefit: means an annuity, a retirement allowance, a pension, a benefit from employer contributions to a defined contribution plan, an optional benefit, a postretirement benefit, and any other right accrued or accruing to a member under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

Retirement benefit: includes a retirement health benefit or retirement pension benefit, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Retirement health benefit: means an annuity, allowance, payment, or contribution to, for, or on behalf of a former employee or a dependent of a former employee to pay for any of the following components:

    (i) Expenses related to medical, drugs, dental, hearing, or vision care. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Retirement pension benefit: means an allowance, right, accrued right, or other pension benefit payable under a defined benefit pension plan to a participant in the plan or a beneficiary of the participant. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Retirement program: means a program of rights and obligations which a county, city, village, or township establishes, maintains, or participates in and which, by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances, does 1 or more of the following:

    (i) Provides retirement income to participants. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system established by this state or a political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system created and established by this state or any political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system established by this state or a political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

Retirement system: means a retirement system, trust, plan, or reserve fund that a local unit of government establishes, maintains, or participates in and that, by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances, provides retirement pension benefits or retirement health benefits, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Road authority: means each governmental agency with jurisdiction over public streets and highways. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Rules: means rules promulgated by the department in consultation with the board under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.18251

Sanitarian: means an individual who has specialized education and experience in the physical, biological, and sanitary sciences as applied to the educational, investigational, and technical duties in the field of environmental health. See Michigan Laws 333.18401

Satellite office of a clerk: means a place designated by a clerk, and staffed by employees of the clerk or assistants as authorized under section 29, to perform specific duties under this act and to offer specified election administration services to electors of a municipality. See Michigan Laws 168.8

School: means any of the following accredited or licensed institutions of higher education that meet the minimum standards and curriculum, in compliance with section 16148:

    (i) A public or private community college, college, or university. See Michigan Laws 333.17951

School board: means the governing body of a school district, including the board of trustees of a community college. See Michigan Laws 168.4

School board member: means an individual holding the office of school board member under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4

School district: means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4

School district election coordinating committee: means 1 of the following:

    (i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, a committee composed of the secretary of the school board or his or her designee, the city or township election commission, and the school district election coordinator. See Michigan Laws 168.4

School district election coordinator: means 1 of the following:

    (i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, the city or township clerk. See Michigan Laws 168.4

seal: means a seal of high tensile strength that is approved by the secretary of state under section 36. See Michigan Laws 168.14a

seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:

    (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n

secular day: means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. See Michigan Laws 168.2

Security: means an evidence of debt such as a bond, note, contract, obligation, refunding obligation, certificate of indebtedness, or other similar instrument issued by a municipality, which pledges payment of the debt by the municipality from an identified source of revenue. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c

Sinking fund: means a fund for the payment of principal only of a mandatory redemption security. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Social service technician: means an individual registered under this article who is specially trained to practice only under the supervision of a licensed master's social worker or a licensed bachelor's social worker. See Michigan Laws 333.18501

Solid waste: means putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, commercial and industrial wastes, and any other wastes described in a solid waste management plan or an update of a solid waste management plan approved pursuant to part 115 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 45.582

Solid waste management plan: means the solid waste management plan of a county provided for in part 115 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 45.582

Special election: means an election to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, a partial term in office or to submit a ballot question to the electors. See Michigan Laws 168.4

Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4703

Specific local tax: means a tax levied under 1974 PA 198, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 125.4803

Speech-language pathologist: means an individual who is engaged in the practice of speech-language pathology. See Michigan Laws 333.17601

Spouse: means an individual who is lawfully married to a candidate for office as described under 26 C. See Michigan Laws 169.303

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

State unit: means a retirement system established under the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 204, MCL 38. See Michigan Laws 38.1682

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.

Street railway: means a nonprofit corporation organized under this part for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting individuals or property. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

Street railway system: means the facilities, equipment, and personnel required to provide and maintain a public transportation system operated on rails at grade or above or below ground within a city, village, or township utilizing streetcars, trolleys, light rail vehicles, or trams for the transportation of individuals or property. See Michigan Laws 125.4507

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.

system: means all plants, works, instrumentalities, properties, rights, processes, and contracts used or useful in connection with the collection, transportation, recycling, processing, storing, or disposing, by treatment, incineration, or otherwise, of solid waste, or as may be provided in a solid waste management plan or update of a solid waste management plan approved for a county pursuant to part 115 (solid waste management) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, Act No. See Michigan Laws 45.582

Systematic acupuncture education: means a course of education that covers the foundation of acupuncture science and theory, channel and point location, needling techniques, approaches to diagnosis and therapy, and patient management. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Task force: means the joint task force created in section 17025. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Task force: means the joint task force created in section 17025. See Michigan Laws 333.17501

Task force: means the joint task force created in section 17025. See Michigan Laws 333.18001

Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area. See Michigan Laws 125.4703

Tax increment revenues: means the amount of ad valorem property taxes and specific local taxes attributable to the application of the levy of all taxing jurisdictions upon the captured assessed value of real and personal property in the development area. See Michigan Laws 125.4803

Taxable value: means the taxable value of the property as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Technical assistance: means direct on-site assistance provided to individuals. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Temporary licensed genetic counselor: means a genetic counselor who has been issued a temporary license under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.17001

Testify: Answer questions in court.

Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

Therapeutic diet: means a diet intervention prescribed by a physician, or another health professional licensed under this article, that provides food or nutrients via oral, enteral, and parenteral routes as part of treatment of a disease or clinical condition to modify, eliminate, decrease, or increase identified micronutrients and macronutrients in the diet, or to provide mechanically altered food when indicated. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Therapeutic exercise: means a range of physical activities that help restore and build physical strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, and stability. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Timber: means wood growth, mature or immature, growing or dead, standing or down. See Michigan Laws 324.51301

Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.

Trager approach: means a form of movement education that uses subtle directed movements and the skilled touch of a practitioner. See Michigan Laws 333.17951

Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

Transit-oriented development: means infrastructional improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use as determined by the board and approved by the municipality in which it is located. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

Transit-oriented facility: means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use. See Michigan Laws 125.4603

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Underfunded local unit of government: means a local unit of government that is in underfunded status. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Underfunded status: means that the state treasurer has determined that the local unit of government is underfunded under the review provided in section 5 and the local unit of government does not have a waiver under section 6. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Unearned income: means income that is not earned from employment, including, but not limited to, financial prize, unemployment benefits, annuities, stock dividends, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, or retirement income. See Michigan Laws 169.303

Unfunded accrued health care liability: means the difference between the assets and liabilities of a health care trust fund as determined by an actuarial study according to the most recent governmental accounting standards board's applicable standards. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Unfunded pension liability: means the amount a defined benefit plan's liabilities exceed its assets according to the most recent governmental accounting standards board's applicable standards. See Michigan Laws 141.2103

Uniform voting system: means the type of voting system that is used at all elections in every election precinct throughout the state. See Michigan Laws 168.4

Uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act: means the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act, 42 USC 1973ff to 1973ff-6. See Michigan Laws 168.18

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

Unrestricted practice of medical nutrition therapy: means the application of dietetics and nutrition knowledge and skills by an individual who regulates and is responsible for the individual's own practice or treatment procedures. See Michigan Laws 333.18351

Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.

Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.

village: as used in this act , shall mean an incorporated village. See Michigan Laws 168.9

Voting accessibility for the elderly and handicapped act: means the voting accessibility for the elderly and handicapped act, 42 USC 1973ee to 1973ee-6. See Michigan Laws 168.18

Water resource improvement: means enhancement of water quality and water dependent natural resources, including, but not limited to, the following:

    (i) The elimination of the causes and the proliferation of aquatic nuisance species, as defined in section 3101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 125.4703

Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.