Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 390 > Act 248 of 2005 - Children of Veterans Tuition Grant Act

• Academic year: means the period from August 1 of a calendar year to July 31 of the next calendar year. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• Authority: means the Michigan higher education assistance authority created by 1960 PA 77, MCL 390. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Eligible institution: means a degree or certificate granting public or independent nonprofit college or university, junior college, or community college in this state. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• Eligible tuition: means the tuition charged by an eligible institution for an undergraduate class. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• 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.
• 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.
• Full-time student: means a student enrolled in at least 12 credit hours in an academic semester or its equivalent number of credit hours in a term or quarter, as determined by the authority. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• 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
• Michigan veteran: means an individual whose legal residence immediately before entering military service was in this state and who does not later reside outside of this state for a period of more than 2 years, or an individual who establishes legal residency in this state after entering military service. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• Part-time student: means a student who is not a full-time student, but is enrolled in at least the number of credit hours in a semester, term, or quarter that the authority defines as a 1/2-time course of study. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402
• 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
• Undergraduate class: means a class or course that provides a student with academic credit applicable toward a bachelor or associate degree from an eligible institution. See Michigan Laws 390.1342
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o