Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 409 > Act 22 of 1984 - Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps Act

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Committee: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps partnership steering committee created in section 22. See Michigan Laws 409.321
• 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.
• Corps: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps established under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 409.302
• Corps: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps established pursuant to this chapter. See Michigan Laws 409.321
• Corpsmember: means a participant in the corps. See Michigan Laws 409.302
• Corpsmember: means a participant in the corps. See Michigan Laws 409.321
• Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 409.302
• Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 409.321
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 409.302
• Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 409.321
• Endowment fund: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund created in section 12a. See Michigan Laws 409.302
• 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.
• 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}
• 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.
• 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.
• Probate: Proving a will
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Resident: means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. See Michigan Laws 409.302
• Resident: means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. See Michigan Laws 409.321
• 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