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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 286.254

  • 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.
  • 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
     Whenever the commissioner of agriculture shall determine by inspection that there exists on any property or premises within his jurisdiction any trees, vines, shrubs, plants, or parts thereof, which are or have been neglected or abandoned, which because of the existence therein or thereon of injurious or destructive insect pests or plant diseases, or other conditions constitute a menace to the horticulture or agriculture of the county, district, or vicinity, he shall make a complete report of his inspection, setting forth in such report a description of the property or premises upon which the neglected or abandoned pest host exists, naming the pest or pests or other conditions which in his opinion are dangerous to the horticulture or agriculture of the county, district, or vicinity and, if in his judgment the findings justify, he shall state in such report that the removal or destruction of the neglected or abandoned trees, vines, shrubs, plants, or parts thereof, will provide the best means for the elimination of such menace to the horticulture and agriculture of the county, district or vicinity.