Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapters 220-244 > Act 283 of 1909 > Chapter V - State Reward for Roads

• 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.
• 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.
• Authority: means a lighting authority incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 123.1263
• Authority: means the local community stabilization authority, a metropolitan authority established under section 7. See Michigan Laws 123.1345
• Community college: means an educational institution providing collegiate and noncollegiate level education primarily to individuals above the twelfth grade age level within commuting distance. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council: means the council established for the authority under section 9. See Michigan Laws 123.1345
• 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.
• Fiscal year: means either an annual period that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30 or the fiscal year for the authority established by the council. See Michigan Laws 123.1345
• 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}
• 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 government: means a city with a population of more than 600,000. See Michigan Laws 123.1263
• 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
• Regular election: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• School district: means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• School district filing official: means the school district election coordinator as defined in section 4 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• Special election: means that term as defined in section 4 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• system: means plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with providing lighting and necessary resources and appurtenances for the system. See Michigan Laws 123.1263
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o