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- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Assets: means all or part of the following that are associated with the institute and are subject to conveyance under this act:
(i) Real property, including all rights to coal, oil, gas, and other materials, and all rights to sand, gravel, clay, and other nonmetallic minerals, found on, within, or under real property conveyed under this act, except that the agreement for the conveyance of the assets and liabilities of the institute entered into under this act shall specify that the state shall receive not less than 1/2 of the net royalties from the development, if any, of coal, oil, gas, or other minerals on or under the real estate. See Michigan Laws 333.26333Audit committee: means a committee or equivalent body established by the board of directors of an entity to oversee the accounting and financial reporting processes of an insurer or group of insurers, the internal audit function of an insurer or group of insurers, if applicable, and the external audits of the financial statements of an insurer or group of insurers. See Michigan Laws 500.1001 Audited financial report: means the report required in section 1005 and furnished under section 1007. See Michigan Laws 500.1001 Chair: means the chair of the commission. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Commission: means the Michigan biologic products commission established by Executive Order 1995-25, pursuant to section 4 of article V of the state constitution of 1963, and by section 3b. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Conveyance: means sale, transfer, assignment, or other disposition. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 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. Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102 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. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. 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. 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 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 Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it. Group of insurers: means those licensed insurers included in the reporting requirements of chapter 13, or a set of insurers as identified by management, for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. See Michigan Laws 500.1001 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 Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC Independent public accountant: means an independent certified public accountant or accounting firm in good standing with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and in good standing in all states in which the accountant or accounting firm is licensed to practice. See Michigan Laws 500.1001 Institute: means the Michigan biologic products institute established by Executive Order 1995-25, pursuant to section 4 of article V of the state constitution of 1963, and by section 3a. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Insurance holding company system: means 2 or more affiliated persons, 1 or more of which is an insurer. See Michigan Laws 500.115 Insurer: means that term as defined in section 106 and includes a nonprofit dental care corporation operating under 1963 PA 125, MCL 550. See Michigan Laws 500.1001 Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106 Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes. Internal audit function: means a person or persons that provide independent, objective, and reasonable assurance designed to add value and improve an organization's operations and accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. See Michigan Laws 500.1001 Internal control over financial reporting: means a process effected by an entity's board of directors, management, and other personnel designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the financial statements filed with the director, and includes the following:
(i) Policies and procedures pertaining to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets. See Michigan Laws 500.1001Jurisdiction: (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. Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. 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. Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. 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. Pharmaceutical products fund: means the pharmaceutical products fund established under section 9112 of the public health code, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Public health code: means 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Real property: means all or a portion of the real property associated with the institute, more particularly described as follows:
(i) A parcel of land in the NE 1/4 of section 5, T4N, R2W, Ingham County, Michigan and more particularly described as commencing at the northeast corner of said section 5; thence N89°59'49"W 124. See Michigan Laws 333.26333Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. SOX compliant entity: means an entity that either is required to be compliant with, or voluntarily is compliant with, all of the following provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 and the regulations promulgated under that act:
(i) The preapproval requirements of section 201, section 10A(i) of the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 USC 78j-1. See Michigan Laws 500.1001state: 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 administrative board: means the state administrative board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17. See Michigan Laws 333.26333 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o