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- Advanced illness: except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, means a medical or surgical condition with significant functional impairment that is not reversible by curative therapies and that is anticipated to progress toward death despite attempts at curative therapies or modulation, the time course of which may or may not be determinable through reasonable medical prognostication. See Michigan Laws 333.5653
- 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.
- Affiliate: means any company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another company. See Michigan Laws 500.503
- Annual notice: means the privacy notice required in section 513. See Michigan Laws 500.503
- 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.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Authority: means the Michigan veterans' facility authority created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 36.102
- Authority: means a land bank fast track authority created under section 15, section 23(4), or section 23(5). See Michigan Laws 124.753
- Authority board: means the board of directors of the state authority appointed under section 16. See Michigan Laws 124.753
- 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
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 36.102
- Bond: means a bond, note, or other obligation issued by the authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 36.102
- Care: includes treatment, control, transportation, confinement, and isolation in a facility or other location. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
- Clear and conspicuous: means that a notice is reasonably understandable and designed to call attention to the nature and significance of the information in the notice. See Michigan Laws 500.503
- Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
- 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.
- Company: means any corporation, limited liability company, business trust, general or limited partnership, association, sole proprietorship, or similar organization. See Michigan Laws 500.503
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Consumer: includes , but is not limited to, all of the following:
(A) An individual who provides nonpublic personal information to a licensee in connection with obtaining or seeking to obtain financial, investment, or economic advisory services relating to an insurance product or service. See Michigan Laws 500.503Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. corner lot: is a lot of which at least 2 adjacent sides abut for their full length upon a street. See Michigan Laws 125.402 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. County authority: means a county land bank fast track authority created by a county foreclosing governmental unit under section 23(4). See Michigan Laws 124.753 court: is a n open unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling and bounded on 2 or more sides with the walls of the dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402 Customer: means a consumer who has a customer relationship with a licensee. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Customer relationship: means a continuing relationship between a consumer and a licensee under which the licensee provides 1 or more insurance products or services to the consumer that are to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 36.102 Department: means the department of labor and economic opportunity. See Michigan Laws 124.753 Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Develop: means to plan, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, maintain, renew, renovate, repair, replace, lease, equip, furnish, market, promote, manage, or operate. See Michigan Laws 36.102 Devise: To gift property by will. Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: dwelling: is a ny house, building, structure, tent, shelter, trailer or vehicle, or portion thereof, (except railroad cars, on tracks or rights-of-way) which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence, living or sleeping place of 1 or more human beings, either permanently or transiently. See Michigan Laws 125.402 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. 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 Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it. 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. Foreclosing governmental unit: means that term as defined in section 78 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 124.753 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 Fund: means the land bank fast track fund created in section 18. See Michigan Laws 124.753 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. 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. Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.5653 Health maintenance organization: means that term as defined in section 3501. See Michigan Laws 500.106 Hospice: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.5653 hotel: is a multiple-dwelling of class b in which persons are lodged for hire and in which there are more than 50 sleeping rooms, a public dining room for the accommodation of at least 50 guests, and a general kitchen. See Michigan Laws 125.402 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 Initial notice: means the privacy notice required in section 507. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Insurance producer: means that term as defined in section 1201. See Michigan Laws 500.116 Insurance product or service: means any product or service that is offered by a licensee pursuant to the insurance laws of this state or pursuant to a federal insurance program. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106 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 Intergovernmental agreement: means a contractual agreement between 1 or more governmental agencies, including, but not limited to, an interlocal agreement to jointly exercise any power, privilege, or authority that the agencies share in common and that each might exercise separately under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 124.753 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. Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system. 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 Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Licensee: means a licensed insurer or producer, and other persons licensed or required to be licensed, authorized or required to be authorized, registered or required to be registered, or holding or required to hold a certificate of authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Local authority: means a local land bank fast track authority created by a qualified city under section 23(5), with the local land bank fast track authority having control over properties within its geographical boundaries, unless that local land bank fast track authority approves an intergovernmental agreement as allowed under this act. See Michigan Laws 124.753 Local unit of government: means a city, village, township, county, or any intergovernmental, metropolitan, or local department, agency, or authority, or other local political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 124.753 Majority leader: see Floor Leaders Medical treatment: means a treatment including, but not limited to, palliative care treatment, or a procedure, medication, surgery, a diagnostic test, or a hospice plan of care that may be ordered, provided, or withheld or withdrawn by a health professional or a health facility under generally accepted standards of medical practice and that is not prohibited by law. See Michigan Laws 333.5653 Michigan economic development corporation: means the public body corporate created under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 124.753 Michigan state housing development authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created under the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 124.753 Michigan veteran homes: means the administrative entity that centrally manages and operates veterans' facilities in this state. See Michigan Laws 36.102 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money. multiple dwelling: is a dwelling occupied otherwise than as a private dwelling or 2 family dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402 Nonaffiliated third party: means any person except a licensee's affiliate or a person employed jointly by a licensee and any company that is not the licensee's affiliate. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Nonpublic personal financial information: means personally identifiable financial information and any list, description, or other grouping of consumers and publicly available information pertaining to them that is derived using any personally identifiable financial information that is not publicly available. See Michigan Laws 500.503 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. Opt out: means a direction by the consumer that the licensee not disclose nonpublic personal financial information about that consumer to a nonaffiliated third party, other than as permitted by sections 535, 537, and 539. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. 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. Patient: means an individual who is under the care of a physician. See Michigan Laws 333.5653 Patient advocate: means that term as described and used in sections 5506 to 5515 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. See Michigan Laws 333.5653 Patient surrogate: means the parent or legal guardian of a patient who is a minor or a member of the immediate family, the next of kin, or the legal guardian of a patient who has a condition other than minority that prevents the patient from giving consent to medical treatment. See Michigan Laws 333.5653 person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Michigan Laws 125.402 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. Personally identifiable financial information: means any of the following:
(i) Information a consumer provides to a licensee to obtain an insurance product or service from the licensee. See Michigan Laws 500.503Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 or 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.5653 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. private dwelling: is a dwelling occupied by but 1 family, and so designed and arranged as to provide cooking and kitchen accommodations for 1 family only. See Michigan Laws 125.402 Producer: means a person required to be licensed under this act to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.503 public hall: is a hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of 1 family. See Michigan Laws 125.402 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Publicly available information: means any information that a licensee has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records by wide distribution by the media or by disclosures to the general public that are required to be made by federal, state, or local law. See Michigan Laws 500.503 Qualified city: means 1 of the following:
(i) A city that contains a first class school district. See Michigan Laws 124.753Quorum: 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. rear yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling, between the extreme rear line of the dwelling and the rear lot line and extending from 1 side lot line to the other side lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402 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. seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3nService of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. shall: is a lways mandatory and not directory, and denotes that the dwelling shall be maintained in all respects according to the mandate as long as it continues to be a dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402 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 side yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling between the side lot line and the nearest side line of the dwelling and extending from the extreme rear line of the dwelling to the front lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402 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 administrative board: means the board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17. See Michigan Laws 124.753 State authority: means the land bank fast track authority created under section 15. See Michigan Laws 124.753 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Tax reverted property: means property that meets 1 or more of the following criteria:
(i) The property was conveyed to this state under former section 67a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, and subsequently was not sold at a public auction under former section 131 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, except property described in former section 131 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, that is withheld from sale by the director of the department of natural resources as authorized in that section. See Michigan Laws 124.753Tort: 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. Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services. Veteran: means an individual who meets both of the following:
(i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 36.102