Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 388 > Act 51 of 1993 - Asbestos in Educational Facilities

• Asbestos: means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, asbestiform anthophyllite, asbestiform tremolite, and asbestiform actinolite. See Michigan Laws 388.861
• Asbestos-containing material: means any material or product containing more than 1% asbestos. See Michigan Laws 388.861
• Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Cost: means the discounted present value of all anticipated future expenditures associated with a course of action in an area where asbestos removal is being considered. See Michigan Laws 388.861
• Educational facility: means a building owned, leased, or under the control of a public or nonpublic school or school system containing any of grades K-12. See Michigan Laws 388.861
• 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}
• Operations and maintenance plan: means a program of work practices designed to maintain asbestos or friable asbestos-containing material in good condition to ensure the cleanup of asbestos or friable asbestos-containing material previously released and to prevent the further release of asbestos or asbestos-containing material by minimizing and controlling the damage or disturbance of asbestos or asbestos-containing material. See Michigan Laws 388.861
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402
• Removal: means the taking out or stripping of asbestos or asbestos-containing material from an existing structure. See Michigan Laws 388.861
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o