Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 400 > Act 39 of 1976 - Activities or Services for Older Persons

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Funds: means general tax revenues, federal revenue sharing funds, state revenue sharing funds, and other funds under the control of the governing body. See Michigan Laws 400.572
• Governing body: means board, council, or body in which the legislative powers of a local unit of government are vested. See Michigan Laws 400.572
• 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
• Local unit of government: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 400.572
• Older person: means an individual 60 years of age or older. See Michigan Laws 400.572
• 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