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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 445 > Act 229 of 2013 - Security Freeze Act

Access service: means access to a local exchange network for the purpose of enabling a provider to originate or terminate telecommunication services within the local exchange. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
Accident: means an event involving an aircraft that is in-flight or taxiing, resulting in death or injury to any person, damage to the aircraft affecting its ability to safely operate, or damage to public property or property of another person. See Michigan Laws 259.2
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.
Aeronautical facilities: means any device, physical or otherwise, that is an object of nature or that is human-made, that aids and is used in aeronautics. See Michigan Laws 259.2
Aeronautics: means any act or matter that treats or deals with flight in the airspace. See Michigan Laws 259.2
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.
Agent: means a stamping agent, as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493
Agent: means the person or persons agreed to or selected by the contractor and the public agency pursuant to section 4(2). See Michigan Laws 125.1561
Agent: includes , but is not limited to, an attorney-in-fact under a durable or nondurable power of attorney and an individual authorized to make decisions as a patient advocate concerning another's health care. See Michigan Laws 700.1103
Air navigation: means the operation or navigation of aircraft in the airspace over the land and waters of this state. See Michigan Laws 259.2
Aircraft: means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Michigan Laws 259.2
Airman: means any individual, including the 1 in command, and any pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, who engages in the navigation of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is in charge of the inspection, overhauling, or repair of aircraft, and any individual who serves in the capacity of aircraft dispatcher or air traffic control tower operator. See Michigan Laws 259.2
Airport: means a publicly owned airport licensed by the department under section 86 and includes all airport facilities at the airport. See Michigan Laws 259.138
Airport: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft, and includes the buildings and facilities, if any, on that location. See Michigan Laws 259.2
Airport approach plan: means a plan, or an amendment to a plan, adopted under section 12 of the airport zoning act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 23, MCL 259. See Michigan Laws 259.2
Airport facilities: means any of the following at an airport:

(i) Real or personal property, or an interest in real or personal property, used for the landing, taking off, taxiing, parking, or storing of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo, an appurtenant area used for an airport building or other facility, and any appurtenant right-of-way. See Michigan Laws 259.138

Airport layout plan: means a plan, or an amendment to a plan, that shows current or proposed layout of an airport and that is approved by the commission. See Michigan Laws 259.2

Airport manager: means any individual who is properly appointed and designated by the airport owner as the airport manager, and who is responsible for the supervision and operation of the airport to the airport owner. See Michigan Laws 259.2

Alternate valuation date: The earlier of the date six months after the decedent

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

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.

Application: means a written request to the probate register for an order of informal probate or informal appointment under part 3 of article III. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

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

Approval date: means , for airports certificated under 14 C. See Michigan Laws 259.138

Architect or professional engineer: means an architect or professional engineer licensed under Act No. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

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

Ascertainable standard: means a standard relating to an individual's health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 2514(c)(1) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 2041 and 2514. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Assessment: means the amount levied against an owner of a transient facility within an assessment district computed by application of the applicable percentage against aggregate room charges with respect to that transient facility during the applicable assessment period. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Assessment district: means the real property within a distinct area upon which special assessments are levied or imposed for the construction, reconstruction, betterment, replacement, or repair of a facility to be paid for by funds derived from those special assessments imposed or levied on the benefited real property. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

Assessment district: means a combination of 2 or more adjoining municipalities as described in a marketing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Assessment district: means a municipality or a combination of municipalities as described in an event center financing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Assessment revenues: means the money derived from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

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

Assistance: means that term as it is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1452

ASTM: means ASTM international, formerly the American society for testing and materials. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Attorney: means , if appointed to represent a child under the provisions referenced in section 5213, an attorney serving as the child's legal advocate in the manner defined and described in section 13a of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Authority: means an Indian housing authority created pursuant to section 2. See Michigan Laws 125.1551

Authority: means a convention facility authority created under section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.

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.

Base state: means the state selected by a motor carrier according to the procedures established by the uniform program. See Michigan Laws 29.472

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}

Beneficiary: includes , but is not limited to, the following:

(i) In relation to a trust, a person that is a trust beneficiary as defined in section 7103. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Bequest: Property gifted by will.

board: means a board created pursuant to section 4. See Michigan Laws 125.1572

Board: means the board of directors of an authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Board: means the board of directors of a bureau. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Board: means the governing body of a regional authority appointed under section 140. See Michigan Laws 259.138

Board: means the wind energy resource zone board created under section 143. See Michigan Laws 460.1003

Bureau: means a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of this state existing solely to promote convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state and that complies with all of the following:

(i) Has been actively engaged in promoting convention business and tourism for not less than 5 years. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

case: means a proceeding as defined in section 3 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

center: means a building described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 125.1572

Certificate: means a numbered document issued by the state fire marshal to a person who has obtained certification under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Certification: means either of the following:

(i) A determination by the state fire marshal that a person meets the certification requirements for a position within the fire service, as established by the council under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Charitable trust: means a trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable purpose described in section 7405(1) if the charitable purpose is a material purpose of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Chief administrative officer: means any of the following:

(i) The manager of a village or, if a village does not employ a manager, the president of the village. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Chief executive officer: means the chief administrative officer of a regional authority. See Michigan Laws 259.138

Cigarette: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

city: whenever used in this act , shall be construed to mean a city incorporated under this act, or made subject to its provisions. See Michigan Laws 113.10

Claim: includes , but is not limited to, in respect to a decedent's or protected individual's estate, a liability of the decedent or protected individual, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, and a liability of the estate that arises at or after the decedent's death or after a conservator's appointment, including funeral and burial expenses and costs and expenses of administration. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Clean energy: means electricity or steam generated using a clean energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1003

Clerk: means the clerk of the municipality. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Commission: means the Michigan aeronautics commission created by section 26 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259. See Michigan Laws 259.303

Commission: means the Michigan aeronautics commission. See Michigan Laws 259.3

Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1003

Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.

Community water supply: means that term as it is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1452

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

Conservator: means a person appointed by a court to manage a protected individual's estate. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Consumer: means an individual who resides in this state. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Consumer reporting agency: means any person that, for monetary fees or dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing credit reports to third parties and that uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing credit reports. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

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

contract: means a written agreement between a contractor and a public agency for the construction, alteration, demolition, or repair of a facility, other than a contract having a dollar value of less than $30,000. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

Contract documents: means the construction contract; instructions to bidders; proposal; conditions of the contract; performance bond; labor and material bond; drawings; specifications; all addenda issued before execution of the construction contract and all modifications issued subsequently. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

Contractor: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or joint venture, that is a party to a construction contract with a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

Contractor: means a person who contracts with a governmental entity to improve real property or perform or manage construction services. See Michigan Laws 125.1591

Convention facility: means all or any part of, or any combination of, a convention hall, auditorium, arena, sports facility, market, or other facility meeting rooms, exhibition area, and related adjacent public areas that are generally available to the public for lease or use, together with appurtenant property, including parking lots or structures, necessary and convenient for use in connection with the convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

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.

Corporation: means a corporation organized pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

costs: means the cost of purchasing, acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, or repairing a project. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Council: means the firefighters training council created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.

Court: means the probate court or, when applicable, the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. ^{Source: OCC}

Credit report: means any written, oral, or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency that is related to a consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity, and is issued or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for credit. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Creditor: means either of the following:

(i) An entity that has a noncontingent claim against a local government that arose at the time of or before the commencement of the neutral evaluation process and whose claim represents at least $5,000,000. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

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

Debtor: means a local government that is authorized to proceed under chapter 9 by this act and that meets the requirements of chapter 9. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

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.

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Department: means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Department: means the department of commerce. See Michigan Laws 125.1572

Department: means , unless expressly provided otherwise, the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 259.303

Department: means the state transportation department, bureau of aeronautics. See Michigan Laws 259.3

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Descendant: means , in relation to an individual, all of his or her descendants of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being determined by the definitions of child and parent contained in this act. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Devise: To gift property by will.

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Director: means the chief executive officer of the Michigan economic development corporation or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Discretionary trust provision: means a provision in a trust, regardless of whether the terms of the trust provide a standard for the exercise of the trustee's discretion and regardless of whether the trust contains a spendthrift provision, that provides that the trustee has discretion, or words of similar import, to determine 1 or more of the following:

(i) Whether to distribute to or for the benefit of an individual or a class of beneficiaries the income or principal or both of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

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

Distributee: means a person that receives a decedent's property from the decedent's personal representative or trust property from the trustee other than as a creditor or purchaser. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.

Donee: The recipient of a gift.

Educational institution: means a local school district, an intermediate school district, or a college, university, community college, or junior college within this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1572

Educational institution: means a public educational institution or a private non-profit educational institution approved by the department of education to provide a program of primary, secondary, or higher education, a public library, or a nonprofit association or consortium whose primary purpose is education. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Efficient electrification measures plan: means a plan to offer and promote efficient electrification measures. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

Electric provider: means any of the following:

(i) Any person or entity that is regulated by the commission for the purpose of selling electricity to retail customers in this state. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

Emergency manager: means an emergency manager appointed under section 9. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Employee-owned corporation: means an employee-owned corporation as defined by the employee-owned corporation act. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

End user: means the retail subscriber of a telecommunication service. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Energy conservation: means the reduction of customer energy use through the installation of measures or changes in energy usage behavior. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

Energy efficiency: means a decrease in customer consumption of electricity or natural gas achieved through measures or programs that target customer behavior, equipment, devices, or materials without reducing the quality of energy services. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

Energy storage system: means any technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing the energy for a period of time, and redelivering the energy. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

Energy waste reduction credit: means a credit certified pursuant to section 87 that represents achieved energy waste reduction. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

Energy waste reduction plan: means a plan under section 71. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

Energy waste reduction standard: means the minimum energy savings required to be achieved under section 77. See Michigan Laws 460.1005

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.

Entity: means a partnership, nonprofit or business corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, or any other association, corporation, trust, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Environmental law: means a federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance that relates to the protection of the environment or human health. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

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.

Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this act as the property is originally constituted and as it exists throughout administration. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Event center: means all or any part, or any combination of convention halls, auditoriums, stadiums, music halls, arenas, meeting rooms, exhibit areas, and related public areas owned by a municipality or related event center authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Event center financing program: means a program established by a municipality to plan, develop, design, and construct an event center. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Event center financing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

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.

Exchange: means 1 or more contiguous central offices and all associated facilities within a geographical area in which basic local exchange service is offered by a provider. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Executive secretary: means the executive secretary of the council. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Exempt property: means property of a decedent's estate that is described in section 2404. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

FAA: means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, or any successor agency. See Michigan Laws 259.138

Facility: means a building, utility, road, street, boulevard, parkway, bridge, ditch, drain, levee, dike, sewer, park, playground, or other structure or work that is paid for with public funds or a special assessment. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}

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.

Family allowance: means the allowance prescribed in section 2403. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}

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

Felony: means a violation of the laws of this state, another state, or the United States that is designated as a felony. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Fiduciary: includes , but is not limited to, a personal representative, funeral representative, guardian, conservator, trustee, plenary guardian, partial guardian, and successor fiduciary. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

File: means all of the information about a consumer that is recorded and retained by a consumer reporting agency regardless of how the information is stored. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Financial and operating plan: means a written financial and operating plan for a local government under section 11, including an educational plan for a school district. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Financial institution: means an organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to a financial institution and includes, but is not limited to, a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, credit union, insurance company, and entity that offers mutual fund, securities brokerage, money market, or retail investment accounts. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Fire instructor: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department, or other individual who is certified to instruct 1 or more council-approved fire service training programs. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire service: means the engaging in the directing or management of emergency response activities, fire safety prevention inspection, plans examination, fire investigation, hazardous material response, technical rescue response, airport rescue response, airport rescue firefighting, fire service instruction, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state and the communities therein by fire service members and organized fire departments and public safety departments. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire service discipline: means each of the respective certifiable fire service positions included under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Firefighter: means a member of an organized fire department or public safety department who is responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, the extinguishment of fires, the directing of the extinguishment of fires, the directing or management of emergency response activities, fire safety prevention inspection, plans examination, fire investigation, hazardous materials response, technical rescue response, airport rescue response, airport rescue firefighting, fire service instruction, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state and the community where he or she serves. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Firefighter training: means an education or training program including a program eligible to receive funding from the fireworks safety fund created in section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 29.362

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.

Flight instructor: means any person who possesses a valid flight instructor certificate or other airman certificate issued by the federal aviation administration authorizing that individual to instruct in aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.4

Flight school: means any person providing or offering to provide flight training leading to pilot or flight instructor certification, for hire or compensation, and engaged in any of the following:

(i) Advertising or calling oneself a flight school or anything equivalent to a flight school. See Michigan Laws 259.4

Flying club: means any group of persons owning, leasing, or operating 1 or more aircraft, not for profit or reward, and using the aircraft for the purpose of providing its members with an aircraft for their personal use and enjoyment. See Michigan Laws 259.4

Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}

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}

Fuel: means any gasoline, distillate, benzine, naphtha, benzol, or other volatile and inflammable liquid produced, compounded, and used for propelling aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.4

Full-time: means employment during which an individual works scheduled shifts, is paid for all hours he or she works, and works sufficient hours weekly to be classified as a full-time employee by the applicable employing political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fund: means the environmental pollution prevention fund created in section 11130 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Fund: means the convention facility authority fund created for each authority as provided in section 10. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Garage keeper: means any person who, for hire or reward, publicly offers to store, maintain, keep, or repair aircraft or any accessory used in the operation of aircraft and to furnish accessories and supplies for aircraft or any accessory used in the operation of aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.4

Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.

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 the body in which the legislative powers of a municipality are vested. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Governing body: means the board charged with the governing of the incorporating unit. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Governing instrument: means a deed; will; trust; funeral representative designation; insurance or annuity policy; account with POD designation; security registered in beneficiary form (TOD); pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or similar benefit plan; instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a power of attorney; or dispositive, appointive, or nominative instrument of any similar type. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Governmental entity: means the state, a county, city, township, village, public educational institution, or any political subdivision thereof. See Michigan Laws 125.1591

Governmental unit: means a governmental unit as defined in section 3 of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1452

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

Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.

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.

Guardian: means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or a legally incapacitated individual under a parental or spousal nomination or a court appointment and includes a limited guardian as described in sections 5205, 5206, and 5306. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Hazardous materials: means any of the following:

(i) "Hazardous waste" as that term is defined in section 11103 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Hazardous substance: means a substance defined as hazardous or toxic or otherwise regulated by an environmental law. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Health facility or agency: means that term as defined in article 17 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 29.411

Homestead allowance: means the allowance prescribed in section 2402. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

hospital: means a public or nonpublic corporation, association, institution, or establishment located within this state for the care of the sick or wounded or of those who require medical treatment or nursing care or home for the aged or which provides retirement housing facilities described in subdivision (f)(iii) operated without profit to an individual, corporation, or association. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Hospital facilities: means any of the following:

(i) A building or structure suitable and intended for, or incidental or ancillary to, use by a hospital and includes nursing homes, homes for the aged, outpatient clinics, laboratories, laundries, nurses', doctors', or interns' residences, administration buildings, facilities for research directly involved with hospital care, maintenance, storage, or utility facilities, parking lots, and garages and all necessary, useful, or related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances and all lands necessary or convenient as a site for these facilities. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Hospital loan: means a loan made by the state authority or a local authority to a hospital. See Michigan Laws 331.33

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.

Improve: means to build, alter, repair, or demolish an improvement upon, connected with, or beneath the surface of any real property, to excavate, clear, grade, fill, or landscape any real property, to construct driveways and roadways, or to perform labor upon improvements. See Michigan Laws 125.1591

Improvement: includes , but is not limited to, all or any part of any building, structure, erection, alteration, demolition, excavation, clearing, grading, filling, landscaping, trees, shrubbery, driveways, and roadways on real property. See Michigan Laws 125.1591

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

Incapacitated individual: means an individual who is impaired by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, or other cause, not including minority, to the extent of lacking sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate informed decisions. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Incorporating unit: means a county, city, village, or township or a combination of 1 or more counties, cities, villages, or townships incorporating a local authority pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 331.33

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}

Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

Institution of higher education: means a college or university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or a junior college or community college established pursuant to section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 29.411

Interconnection: means the technical arrangements and other elements necessary to permit the connection between the switched networks of 2 or more providers to enable a telecommunication service originating on the network of 1 provider to terminate on the network of another provider. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

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}

Interested party: means a trustee, a committee of creditors, an affected creditor, an indenture trustee, a pension fund, a bondholder, a union that under its collective bargaining agreements has standing to initiate contract negotiations with the local government, or a representative selected by an association of retired employees of the public entity who receive income or benefits from the public entity. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Interests of the trust beneficiaries: means the beneficial interests provided in the terms of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

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

Issue: means an individual's descendant. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

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.

Landing field: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.6

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}

Lease: includes , but is not limited to, an oil, gas, or other mineral lease. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Legislative body: means the elected body of a local government that has legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 259.138

Letters: includes , but is not limited to, letters testamentary, letters of guardianship, letters of administration, and letters of conservatorship. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

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

License: means a license issued under this act. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

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

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

Load management: means measures or programs that target equipment or behavior to result in decreased peak electricity demand such as by shifting demand from a peak to an off-peak period. See Michigan Laws 460.1007

Local authority: means a public municipal corporation incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Local calling area: means a geographic area encompassing 1 or more local communities as described in maps, tariffs, or rate schedules filed with and approved by the commission. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Local directory assistance: means the provision by telephone of a listed telephone number within the caller's area code. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Local emergency financial assistance loan board: means the local emergency financial assistance loan board created under section 2 of the emergency municipal loan act, 1980 PA 243, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Local exchange rate: means the monthly and usage rate, including all necessary and attendant charges, imposed for basic local exchange service to customers. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

local exchange service: means the provision of an access line and usage within a local calling area for the transmission of high-quality 2-way interactive switched voice or data communication. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Local government: means a municipal government or a school district. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Local government: means a county, city, township, or village that creates the regional authority. See Michigan Laws 259.138

Local government representative: means the person or persons designated by the governing body of the local government with authority to make recommendations and to attend the neutral evaluation process on behalf of the governing body of the local government. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Local governmental unit: means a county, township, city, or village within this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1572

Local inspector: means a certified forensic accountant, certified public accountant, attorney, or similarly credentialed person whose responsibility it is to determine the existence of proper internal and management controls, fraud, criminal activity, or any other accounting or management deficiencies. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Local public agency: means the official body of a municipality authorized to plan and implement the development and redevelopment of the municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Loop: means the transmission facility between the network interface on a subscriber's premises and the main distribution frame in the servicing central office. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

Manufacturer: means any of the following:

(i) A manufacturer as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.

Marketing program: means a program established by a bureau to develop, encourage, solicit, and promote regional convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state within which the bureau operates. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Master plan: means the comprehensive, long-range master plan developed by the Michigan travel commission and the travel bureau under section 2c of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

member: means a person described in subdivision (a), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (u), (aa), (dd), (ff), or (ii). See Michigan Laws 29.362

Michigan prudent investor rule: means the fiduciary investment and management rule prescribed by part 5 of this article. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Minor: means an individual who is less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Money: means legal tender or a note, draft, certificate of deposit, stock, bond, check, or credit card. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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.

Mortgage: means a conveyance, agreement, or arrangement in which property is encumbered or used as security. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.

Motor carrier: means a person engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials by highway. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Municipal government: means a city, a village, a township, a charter township, a county, a department of county government if the county has an elected county executive under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Municipality: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Municipality: means a county with a population of more than 80,000 and less than 115,000 and that contains a city with a population of more than 35,000 and less than 45,000, at the time the marketing notice is filed with the director, and that shares a border with a county that levies a tax on accommodations under 1974 PA 263, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Municipality: means 1 of the following:

(i) A county having a population of greater than 250,000 and less than 300,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census and that levies an excise tax under 1974 PA 263, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Natural gas provider: means an investor-owned business engaged in the sale and distribution at retail of natural gas within this state whose rates are regulated by the commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1009

Neutral evaluation process: means a form of alternative dispute resolution or mediation between a local government and interested parties as provided for in section 25. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

New York fire safety standards for cigarettes: means the New York executive law, section 156-c, and the New York fire safety standards for cigarettes, New York compilation of codes, rules, and regulations, title 19, section 429. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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.

Noncommunity water supply: means that term as it is defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1452

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.

Operator service: means a telecommunication service that includes automatic or live assistance to a person to arrange for completion and billing of a telephone call originating within this state that is specified by the caller through a method other than 1 of the following:

(i) Automatic completion with billing to the telephone from which the call originated. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.

Organization: means a corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or another legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Organized fire department: means that term as defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 29.362

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

Owner: means the owner of a transient facility located within the assessment district or, if the transient facility is operated or managed by a person other than the owner, then the operator or manager of that transient facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Paid on-call: means employment during which an individual works on an on-call basis, is paid for all hours he or she works, and only occasionally works scheduled shifts. See Michigan Laws 29.362

paid on-call firefighter: means an individual who is charged with the prevention or suppression of fires and who is directly engaged in the hazards of firefighting or in charge of a designated fire company or companies that are directly engaged in the hazards of firefighting on a volunteer or paid on-call basis. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Parent: includes , but is not limited to, an individual entitled to take, or who would be entitled to take, as a parent under this act by intestate succession from a child who dies without a will and whose relationship is in question. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Part-time: means employment during which an individual is paid for all hours he or she works and works scheduled shifts but works fewer hours weekly than the hours necessary to be classified as a full-time employee by the applicable employing political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Participating state: means a state electing to participate in the uniform program by entering a base state agreement. See Michigan Laws 29.472

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.

Payphone service: means a telephone call provided from a public, semipublic, or individually owned and operated telephone that is available to the public and is accessed by the depositing of coin or currency or by other means of payment at the time the call is made. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 125.1591

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 259.303

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 259.7

Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Person: means an individual or an organization. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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.

Personal representative: includes , but is not limited to, an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, and special personal representative, and any other person, other than a trustee of a trust subject to article VII, who performs substantially the same function under the law governing that person's status. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

plan: means a plan approved under section 22 or former section 21 or 23 or found to comply with this act under former section 25, with any amendments adopted under this act. See Michigan Laws 460.1011

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.

Political subdivision: means a county, city, village, township, or other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this state. See Michigan Laws 259.303

Political subdivision: means a county, city, village, or township of this state, and any other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this state that is or may be authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct, maintain, improve, and operate airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical facilities. See Michigan Laws 259.7

Pollution control facilities: means water or air pollution control equipment or solid waste disposal facilities located within or without the limits of the municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Power of appointment: means that term as defined in section 2 of the powers of appointment act of 1967, 1967 PA 224, MCL 556. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}

Power of withdrawal: means a presently exercisable general power of appointment other than a power that is either of the following:

(i) Exercisable by a trustee and limited by an ascertainable standard. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Power unit: means a motor vehicle that provides motor power to the entire combination, or to the vehicle if a single unit. See Michigan Laws 29.472

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.

Proceeding: includes an application and a petition, and may be an action at law or a suit in equity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Progress payment: means a payment by a public agency to a contractor for work in place under the terms of a construction contract. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

Project: means land or an interest in land, existing or planned improvements, machinery, furnishings, or equipment suitable for use by any of the following:

(i) An industrial or commercial enterprise, including agricultural and forestry enterprises and enterprises designed to produce energy from renewable resources. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Project area: means that land area or an interest in a land area within the municipality which will be acquired in the implementation of a project or which will be the permanent site of machinery, furnishings, or equipment constituting all or part of a project. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Project citizens district council: means a project citizens district council established pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Project costs: means the total of the reasonable or necessary costs incurred for carrying out the works and undertakings for the acquisition or construction of hospital facilities under this act. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Project district area: means that portion of a municipality and any area adjacent to a municipality, as determined by its governing body, which contains a project area and the surrounding territory that will be significantly affected by a project. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Project plan: means that information and those requirements for a project set forth in section 8. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, and includes both real and personal property or an interest in real or personal property. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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

Protected consumer: means either of the following:

(i) An individual who is under 16 years of age at the time a request for the placement of a security freeze is made. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Provider: means an electric provider or a natural gas provider. See Michigan Laws 460.1009

provider: means a person that for compensation provides 1 or more telecommunication services. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

Public agency: means this state, or a county, city, township, village, assessment district, or other political subdivision, corporation, commission, agency, or authority created by law. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

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 safety department: means a department of a political subdivision providing both law enforcement and fire services either separately or utilizing a combined response force with personnel trained and certified as both firefighters under this act and law enforcement officers under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Qualified city: means a city with a population of more than 170,000 according to the most recent decennial census that is the most populous city in a qualified county. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Qualified county: means a county with a population of more than 500,000 according to the most recent decennial census that contains a qualified city, and that is not a charter county or a county with an optional unified form of government. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Qualified trust beneficiary: means either of the following:

(i) A trust beneficiary whom the settlor intends to benefit as a material purpose of the trust and to whom 1 or more of the following apply on the date the trust beneficiary's qualification is determined:

(A) The trust beneficiary is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Quality control and quality assurance program: means laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing of cigarettes and ensure that testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in section 5(2)(g) for all test trials used to certify cigarettes under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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

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

Real property: means the real estate that is improved, including, but not limited to, lands, leaseholds, tenements, hereditaments, and improvements placed on the real property. See Michigan Laws 125.1591

Receivership: means the process under this act by which a financial emergency is addressed through the appointment of an emergency manager. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Record: means a compilation of information that meets all of the following:

(i) Identifies a protected consumer. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Regional authority: means a regional airport authority created under section 139 and governed by a board. See Michigan Laws 259.138

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.

Renewable energy: means electricity or steam generated using a renewable energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1011

Renewable energy credit: means a credit granted under a certification and tracking program established under section 41, which represents generated renewable energy. See Michigan Laws 460.1011

Renewable energy system: means a facility, electricity generation system, or set of electricity generation systems that use 1 or more renewable energy resources to generate electricity or steam. See Michigan Laws 460.1011

Repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95% of the time. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Representative: means an individual who provides to a consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of authority to act on behalf of a protected consumer. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Retail dealer: means a retailer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

retained funds: means the amount withheld from a progress payment to a contractor pursuant to section 3. See Michigan Laws 125.1561

Review team: means a review team appointed under section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service or like services paid in connection with the charge, and reimbursement of the assessment imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service, or like services paid in connection with the charge, and reimbursement of the assessment imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 259.7

Sale: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

School board: means the governing body of a school district. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

School district: means a school district as that term is defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

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

Secondary wholesaler: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Security: includes , but is not limited to, a note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share, voting trust certificate, or interest in a regulated investment company or other entity generally referred to as a mutual fund or, in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or a certificate of interest or participation for, a temporary or interim certificate, receipt, or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Security freeze: means a restriction placed on a consumer's credit report at the request of the consumer that prohibits a consumer reporting agency from releasing the consumer's credit report or any information derived from the consumer's credit report without the express authorization of or on behalf of the consumer. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Security freeze for a protected consumer: means any of the following:

(i) If a consumer reporting agency does not have a file pertaining to a protected consumer, a security freeze that meets both of the following:

(A) Is placed on the protected consumer's record under this

act. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Sell: means to sell or to offer or agree to sell. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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

services: includes regulated and unregulated services offered to customers for the transmission of 2-way interactive communication and associated usage. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

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.

Settlor: means a person, including a testator or a trustee, who creates a trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

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

Site: means , except as used in part 8, a contiguous site, regardless of the number of meters at that site. See Michigan Laws 460.1013

Solid waste disposal facilities: means buildings, plants, structures, equipment, or facilities and their appurtenances, together with land or an interest in land or a portion of land, for the purpose of treating, shredding, compression, high temperature incineration, pyrolization, separation, or any other technology for recovery, transporting, storing, or the final placement and disposal of solid wastes resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade, or business, from the development, processing, or recovery of any natural resources, or from the operation of any public utility. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Sponsor: means a public agency authorized by 49 USC 47101 to 47134 to submit requests for, accept, and be responsible for performing all of the assurances associated with accepting grant agreements with respect to airports from the FAA or this state, and to perform some duties and responsibilities previously assumed by the local government that owns or operates the airport before the transfer of operational jurisdiction of the airport to an authority created under this chapter by virtue of the local government's acceptance before the approval date of grants for the benefit of the airport from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state. See Michigan Laws 259.138

State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

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 authority: means the hospital finance authority created by this act. See Michigan Laws 331.33

State financial authority: means the following:

(i) For a municipal government, the state treasurer. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

State institution of higher education: means an institution of higher education described in sections 4, 5, and 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

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.

Strong mayor: means a mayor who has been granted veto power for any purpose under the charter of that local government. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Strong mayor approval: means approval of a resolution under 1 of the following conditions:

(i) The strong mayor approves the resolution. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

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

Successor: means a person, other than a creditor, who is entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent's will or this act. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Sufficient proof of authority: means documentation that shows that a representative has authority to act on behalf of a protected consumer, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(i) An order issued by a court of law. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

Sufficient proof of identification: means information or documentation that identifies a consumer, a protected consumer, or a representative of a protected consumer, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(i) A social security number or a copy of a social security card issued by the social security administration. See Michigan Laws 445.2512

terms of the trust: means the manifestation of the settlor's intent regarding a trust's provisions as expressed in the trust instrument or as may be established by other evidence that would be admissible in a judicial proceeding. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

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

Tobacco products tax act: means the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Toll service: means the transmission of 2-way interactive switched communication between local calling areas. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

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.

Total service long run incremental cost: means , given current service demand, including associated costs of every component necessary to provide the service, 1 of the following:

(i) The total forward-looking cost of a telecommunication service, relevant group of services, or basic network component, using current least cost technology that would be required if the provider had never offered the service. See Michigan Laws 484.2102

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.

Transient facility: means a building that contains 2 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Transient facility: means a building that contains 35 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge for the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Transit-oriented development: means infrastructure improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

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 125.1603

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

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

Trust: includes , but is not limited to, an express trust, private or charitable, with additions to the trust, wherever and however created. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Trust beneficiary: means a person to whom 1 or both of the following apply:

(i) The person has a present or future beneficial interest in a trust, vested or contingent. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Trust director: means that term as defined in section 7703a. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Trust instrument: means a governing instrument that contains the terms of the trust, including any amendment to a term of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

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

Trustee: includes an original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by the court. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Unclassified acquirer: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Uniform application: means the uniform registration and permit application form established under the uniform program. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Uniform program: means the uniform state hazardous materials transportation registration and permit program established in the report submitted and amended pursuant to 49 USC 5119(b). See Michigan Laws 29.472

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

Unmanned aircraft: means an aircraft flown by a remote pilot via a ground control system, or autonomously through use of an on-board computer, communication links, and any additional equipment that is necessary for the unmanned aircraft to operate safely. See Michigan Laws 259.303

Unmanned aircraft system: means an unmanned aircraft and all of the associated support equipment, control station, data links, telemetry, communications, navigation equipment, and other equipment necessary to operate the unmanned aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.303

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Utility system resource cost test: means a standard that is met for an investment in energy waste reduction if, on a life cycle basis, using a real societal discount rate based on actual long-term United States treasury bond yields, the total avoided supply-side costs to the provider, including representative values for electricity or natural gas supply, transmission, distribution, and other associated costs, are greater than the total costs to the provider of administering and delivering the energy waste reduction program, including net costs for any provider incentives paid by customers and capitalized costs recovered under section 89. See Michigan Laws 460.1013

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.

Vehicle: means any device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported, except an aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.9

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.

Volunteer: means appointment or employment for which an individual receives no compensation for work provided, or appointment or employment for which an individual receives compensation in the form of reasonable expenses incurred during the course of his or her appointment or employment or other reasonable benefits, including, but not limited to, length of service awards or nominal fees. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Water and air pollution control equipment: means buildings, plants, structures, equipment, or facilities and their appurtenances, together with land or an interest in land or a portion of land, for the purpose of controlling, eliminating, recovering, removing, reducing, dispersing, treating, or neutralizing atmospheric or water pollutants, including liquid, gaseous, or solid substances or discharges or radiation, or cooling the temperature of atmospheric or water pollutants, or any liquid, gas, or solid, resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade, or business; the development, processing, or recovery of any natural resources; or the operation of any public utility, any of which may pollute or may tend to pollute or affect the water or air of this state or adjacent to this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1603

Wholesale dealer: means a wholesaler, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493