Michigan Laws > Chapter 388 > Act 94 of 1979 – The State School Aid Act of 1979


Article I	State Aid to Public Schools, Early Childhood, and Adult Education
Article II	State Aid to Community Colleges
Article III	State Aid for Universities and Student Financial Aid
Article IV	General Provisions

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Abandoned property: means tax delinquent property containing a structure that is vacant or dilapidated, is open to entrance or trespass, and has been determined to be abandoned under section 4. See Michigan Laws 211.962
Accredited zoological institution: means an institution located in this state that is accredited by the association of zoos and aquariums. See Michigan Laws 123.1163
acquired by: means the year the property is first reported on the combined form as prescribed in section 7(8) in the report of the fair market value and year of acquisition by the first owner of qualified new personal property or qualified previously existing personal property. See Michigan Laws 211.1053
acquisition cost: means that term as defined in subparagraph (i), as follows:

(i) "Acquisition cost" means the fair market value of personal property at the time of acquisition by the first owner, including the cost of freight, sales tax, and installation, and other capitalized costs, except capitalized interest. See Michigan Laws 211.1053

acquisition cost: means that term as defined in subparagraph (i), as follows:

Additions: means that term as defined in section 34d. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Adjacent: includes any highway, or portion of a highway, lying within 5 rods of the shore of any lake or the general course of any stream. See Michigan Laws 247.46

Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.

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.

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.

affiliated group: means 1 or more corporations connected by stock ownership to a common parent corporation. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.

Agency: means a public agency or private agency. See Michigan Laws 213.51

Aggrieved party: means a party entitled to resort to a remedy. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

alternative energy system: means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan next energy authority act, 2002 PA 593, MCL 207. See Michigan Laws 211.27

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.

Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.

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

Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.

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.

Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.

Applicant: means an owner or lessee of a qualified facility. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Appraisal: A determination of property value.

Appraisal: means an expert opinion of the value of property taken or damaged, or other expert opinion pertaining to the amount of just compensation. See Michigan Laws 213.51

Appraiser: means an individual licensed under article 26 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 123.311

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

Aquaculture: means the commercial husbandry of aquaculture species, including, but not limited to, culturing, producing, growing, propagating, and harvesting aquaculture products under any applicable permits or registration. See Michigan Laws 211.982

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

Articles: means the articles of incorporation of an authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

Articles: means the articles of incorporation of an authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1163

Assessment: means the state essential services assessment levied under section 5. See Michigan Laws 211.1053

Assessment: means the alternative state essential services assessment levied under section 5. See Michigan Laws 211.1073

Assessment year: means the year in which the state essential services assessment levied under section 5 is due. See Michigan Laws 211.1053

Assessment year: means the year in which the alternative state essential services assessment levied under section 5 is due. See Michigan Laws 211.1073

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

Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.

Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.

Authority: means a port authority created under this act and may also include the area within the jurisdiction of an authority. See Michigan Laws 120.102

Authority: means an authority incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 123.311

Authority: means a community swimming pool authority created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

Authority: means a recreational authority established under section 5. See Michigan Laws 123.1133

Authority: means a zoological authority established under section 5. See Michigan Laws 123.1163

Authority: means an authority formed by contract pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 124.112

Authority: means a land bank fast track authority created under the land bank fast track act. See Michigan Laws 211.1022

Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.

Bank: means a person engaged in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, and trust company. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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.

bargain purchase option: means the right to purchase the property at the termination of the lease for not more than 80% of the property's projected true cash value at the termination of the lease. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Bearer: means a person in control of a negotiable electronic document of title or a person in possession of an instrument, a negotiable tangible document of title, or a certificated security payable to bearer or indorsed in blank. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Beneficial use: means the right to possession, use, and enjoyment of property, limited only by encumbrances, easements, and restrictions of record. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

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}

Benefit received on that property: means the sum of the number of mills levied in the local tax collecting unit on the qualified forest property in each year of the benefit period, multiplied by the difference in each year of the benefit period between the true cash taxable value of the property and the property's taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1032

Bequest: Property gifted by will.

Bill of lading: means a document of title evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of directly or indirectly transporting or forwarding goods. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Billing address: means the location indicated in the books and records of the financial institution on the first day of the tax year or on a later date in the tax year when the customer relationship began as the address where any notice, statement, or bill relating to a customer's account is mailed. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1133

Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1163

Board: means the county tax allocation board created by section 5. See Michigan Laws 211.202

Branch: includes a separately incorporated foreign branch of a bank. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Bulk end user: means a person who receives into the person's own storage facilities by transport truck or tank wagon motor fuel for the person's own consumption. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

Bulk plant: means a motor fuel storage and distribution facility that is not a terminal and from which motor fuel may be withdrawn by a tank wagon, a transport truck, or a marine vessel. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

Buyer in ordinary course of business: means a person that buys goods in good faith, without knowledge that the sale violates the rights of another person in the goods, and in the ordinary course from a person, other than a pawnbroker, in the business of selling goods of that kind. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Carrier: means a health, dental, or vision insurance company authorized to do business in this state under, and a health maintenance organization or multiple employer welfare arrangement operating under, the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500. See Michigan Laws 124.73

Carrier: means an operator of a pipeline or marine vessel engaged in the business of transporting motor fuel above the terminal rack. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.

Center: means the center for educational performance and information created in section 94a. See Michigan Laws 388.1802a

Center: means the center for educational performance and information created in section 94a. See Michigan Laws 388.1837b

certificate: means a certificate issued under section 6. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Chambers: A judge's office.

Charitable nonprofit housing organization: means a charitable nonprofit organization the primary purpose of which is the construction or renovation of residential housing for conveyance to a low-income person. See Michigan Laws 211.27

College level equivalent credit examination: means an examination that is administered by an independent testing service and that is used by colleges and universities generally to award postsecondary credit for achievement of a particular score, and includes, but is not limited to, advanced placement examinations, the DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST), and college-level examination program (CLEP) examinations. See Michigan Laws 388.1802a

Commercial domicile: means the headquarters of the trade or business, that is the place from which the trade or business is principally managed and directed, or if a financial institution is organized under the laws of a foreign country, of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States, such financial institution's commercial domicile shall be deemed for the purposes of this chapter to be the state of the United States or the District of Columbia from which such financial institution's trade or business in the United States is principally managed and directed. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Commercial purpose: means used in connection with any business or other undertaking intended for profit, but does not include the rental of residential real property for a period of less than 15 days in a calendar year. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Commission: means the state boundary commission. See Michigan Laws 123.1001

Commission: means the state tax commission created by 1927 PA 360, MCL 209. See Michigan Laws 211.1022

Commission: means the state tax commission created by 1927 PA 360, MCL 209. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

commission: means the state transportation commission established in section 28 of article V of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 247.660c

Commissioner: means the director of the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 124.73

Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102

community college: includes a junior college established prior to June 14, 1955. See Michigan Laws 380.1601

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

Community foundation: means an organization that meets all of the following requirements:

(i) Has been in existence for at least 10 years. See Michigan Laws 123.903

Community swimming pool: means an artificial body of water owned or operated by an authority or a district that is used collectively by a number of individuals primarily for the purpose of swimming, wading, recreation, or instruction and includes related equipment, structures, areas, and enclosures intended for the use of individuals using or operating the swimming pool such as equipment, dressing, locker, shower, and toilet rooms. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

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

Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.

Conservation district: means that term as defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1092

conservation easement: means that term as defined in section 2140 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

constituent municipalities: includes all of the municipalities that signed or became signatories of articles of incorporation of any authority incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 124.281

Constituent unit: means a city or county requesting the incorporation of an authority. See Michigan Laws 120.102

Construction in progress: means a facility not yet placed in service but for which on-site delivery of any component described in subdivision (f) has been delivered to the site as of December 31 of that year. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.

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

Converted by a change in use: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) That due to a change in use the property is no longer qualified agricultural property as determined by the assessor of the local tax collecting unit. See Michigan Laws 211.1002

Converted by a change in use: means that due to a change in use the property is no longer eligible for an exemption as qualified forest property under section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1032

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.

Corrective action: means that term as defined in section 11502 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 123.311

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

Covered individual: means an individual covered by a contract under section 15(3)(a)(iv). See Michigan Laws 124.73

Crashworthy: means that term as defined in the Michigan manual on uniform traffic control devices. See Michigan Laws 247.291b

Credit card: means a credit, travel, or entertainment card. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

credit card holder is located in this state: means a borrower, other than a credit card holder, that is engaged in a trade or business which maintains its commercial domicile in this state, or a borrower that is not engaged in a trade or business or a credit card holder whose billing address is in this state. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Creditor: includes a general creditor, a secured creditor, a lien creditor, and any representative of creditors, including an assignee for the benefit of creditors, a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver in equity, and an executor or administrator of an insolvent debtor's or assignor's estate. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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

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.

Delivery: means either of the following:

(i) With respect to an electronic document of title, a voluntary transfer of control. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Department: means the department of treasury or its designee. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 211.371

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 211.761

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 211.1053

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 211.1073

Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 211.1092

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 211.1123

Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 247.401

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Descendent: One who is directly descended from another such as a child, grandchild, or great grandchild.

Destination state: means a state, Canadian province or territory, or foreign country to which motor fuel is directed for export. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

Devise: To gift property by will.

Diesel fuel: means any liquid other than gasoline that is capable of use as a fuel or a component of a fuel in a motor vehicle that is propelled by a diesel-powered engine or in a diesel-powered train. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

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

District: means a school district that serves a municipality whose population is not less than 15,000 and whose territory is located in not less than 2 counties, each of which has at least 15% of the municipality's population. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

District: means a portion of a municipality having boundaries coterminous with those of a precinct used for general elections. See Michigan Laws 123.1133

district: means an area in a qualified local governmental unit established as provided in section 3(1). See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.

Document of title: means a record that in the regular course of business or financing is treated as adequately evidencing that the person in possession or control of the record is entitled to receive, control, hold, and dispose of the record and the goods the record covers and that purports to be issued by or addressed to a bailee and to cover goods in the bailee's possession which are either identified or are fungible portions of an identified mass. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

drafted person: as used in this act shall be construed to include any person commanded to assist any municipal official or employe authorized to command the assistance of bystanders in the performance of his duties as such municipal official or employe. See Michigan Laws 123.401

Driveway: means a driveway, lane, road or any other way providing vehicular access to or from the highway from or to property adjoining the highway but does not mean a city or village street or other highway covered by the provisions of Act No. See Michigan Laws 247.321

Dyed diesel fuel: means diesel fuel that is dyed in accordance with internal revenue service rules or pursuant to any other internal revenue service requirements, including any invisible marker requirements. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

Educational institution: means any of the following:

(i) A school district, an intermediate school district, or a public school academy as those terms are defined in section 4 to 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 123.1043

Electors of the authority: means the qualified and registered electors of the participating municipalities who reside within the territory of the authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1133

Electronic document of title: means a document of title evidenced by a record consisting of information stored in an electronic medium. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}

Eligible attraction: means a tourist-oriented activity that is all of the following:

(i) Within 10 miles of the rural road for which a tourist-oriented directional sign is sought, unless otherwise restricted or permitted by the department. See Michigan Laws 247.401

Eligible claimant: means a person that claims an exemption for eligible personal property. See Michigan Laws 211.1053

Eligible claimant: means a person that owns, leases, or is in the possession of eligible personal property. See Michigan Laws 211.1073

Eligible nonprofit housing property: means property owned by a charitable nonprofit housing organization, the ownership of which the charitable nonprofit housing organization intends to transfer to a low-income person after construction or renovation of the property is completed. See Michigan Laws 211.27

Eligible personal property: means all of the following:

(i) Personal property exempt under section 9m or 9n of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1053

Eligible personal property: means personal property exempt from the tax levied under the state essential services assessment act, 2014 PA 92, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1073

Eligible personal property: means personal property exempt under section 9p of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1123

Eligible tax reverted property: means property that is exempt under section 7gg of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1022

Eligible tax reverted property specific tax: means the specific tax levied under this act. See Michigan Laws 211.1022

Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}

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.

Environmental liabilities: means the costs of landfill closure and postclosure obligations, the costs of corrective action, response activity costs, and fines, penalties, or damages required or assessed by the state under the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 123.311

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}

Equity of the authority: means the total fund equity of the authority excluding contributions of capital attributed to the clean Michigan initiative bond fund as set forth in an audit conducted for this purpose except that liabilities shall be reduced by any estimated liabilities that were included in determining total fund equity. See Michigan Laws 123.311

Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.

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.

Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent

Export: means to obtain motor fuel in this state for sale or other distribution outside of this state. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

Exporter: means a person who exports motor fuel. See Michigan Laws 207.1002

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.

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

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Financial institution: means any of the following:

(i) A bank holding company, a national bank, a state chartered bank, an office of thrift supervision chartered bank or thrift institution, a savings and loan holding company other than a diversified savings and loan holding company as defined in 12 USC 1467a(a)(F), or a federally chartered farm credit system institution. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t

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.

Food products: as used in this act shall mean those foods which have been processed. See Michigan Laws 123.673

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}

Forest management plan: means that term as defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1092

Forest products: means that term as defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1032

Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}

Former member: means a member that has withdrawn from a qualified authority under this section or a prior member of a qualified authority that has been dissolved under this section. See Michigan Laws 123.311

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}

Freeway: means that term as defined in section 18a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 247.291b

Fuel transportation vehicle: means a vehicle designed or used to transport motor fuel on the public roads or highways. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

Fund: means the maritime and port facility assistance fund created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 120.153

Fund: means the qualified heavy equipment rental personal property exemption reimbursement fund created in section 9(1). See Michigan Laws 211.1123

Fund board: means the board of directors of the Michigan strategic fund created under the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 211.1053

Gallon: means a unit of liquid measure as customarily used in the United States containing 231 cubic inches, or 4 quarts, or its metric equivalent expressed in liters. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

garbage: means any putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, solid market wastes, solid industrial wastes, and also rubbish including such items as paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, and litter of any kind. See Michigan Laws 123.261

garbage disposal equipment: whenever used in this act , except when otherwise indicated by the context, shall be construed to mean all equipment or machinery of any nature whatsoever and all appurtenances thereto used or useful in treating and reducing garbage and similar waste materials prior to introduction into the sewer system of the city or village, including but not limited to garbage grinders: Provided, That when garbage grinders are installed for such disposal, the city or village shall have a sanitary sewage disposal plant into which the refuse from such garbage grinders is deposited for treatment. See Michigan Laws 123.362

Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor

Gasoline: means gasoline, alcohol, gasohol, casing head or natural gasoline, benzol, benzine, naphtha, and any blendstock additive, or other product including methanol that is sold for blending with gasoline or for use on the road other than products typically sold in containers of less than 5 gallons. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

General property tax act: means the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.962

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Good faith: except as otherwise provided in article 5, means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Governing body: means the board, council, commission, or body in which the policy-making powers of the local government are vested. See Michigan Laws 124.112

Grant program: means the maritime and port facility assistance grant program created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 120.153

grantee: may be construed as including every person to whom any such interest or estate passes in like manner. See Michigan Laws 8.3e

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

Green marine certification: means a certification issued or awarded by a nationally recognized maritime organization identified by the office that ranks or evaluates port facilities on various criteria, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(i) Greenhouse gas and air pollutants. See Michigan Laws 120.153

Gross business: means the sum of the following less transactions between those entities included in a unitary business group:

(i) Fees, commissions, or other compensation for financial services. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Gross gallons: means the total measured product, exclusive of any temperature or pressure adjustments, considerations, or deductions, in gallons. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}

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.

Harvest: means that term as defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1092

High-occupancy vehicle: means that term as defined in section 20b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 247.651

Highway: includes , where applicable, local roads or streets. See Michigan Laws 247.46

Highway: includes roads and streets. See Michigan Laws 247.291b

Highway: means a state trunk line highway or a county road including the entire right of way. See Michigan Laws 247.321

Highway: means every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel in this state. See Michigan Laws 247.331

Highway authority: means the department of state highways in the case of state trunk line highways, and the board of county road commissioners in the case of county roads. See Michigan Laws 247.321

Homestead: means a dwelling or a unit in a multiple-unit dwelling, owned and occupied as a home by the owner thereof, including all contiguous unoccupied real property owned by the person. See Michigan Laws 211.761

Hydroponics: means a system in which water-soluble nutrients are placed in intimate contact with a plant's root system, being grown in an inert supportive medium, which inert supportive medium itself does all of the following:

(i) Supplies physical support for the roots. See Michigan Laws 211.982

Implement of husbandry: means a farm tractor, a vehicle designed to be drawn or pulled by a farm tractor or animal, a vehicle that directly harvests farm products, or a vehicle that directly applies fertilizer, spray, or seeds to a farm field. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

Import: means to bring motor fuel into this state by motor vehicle, marine vessel, pipeline, or any other means. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

Import verification number: means the number assigned by the department to an individual delivery of motor fuel by a transport truck, tank wagon, marine vessel, or rail car in response to a request for a number from an importer or transporter carrying motor fuel into this state for the account of an importer. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

Importer: means a person who imports motor fuel into this state. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

In this state: means the area within the borders of this state, including all territories within the borders owned by, held in trust by, or added to the United States of America. See Michigan Laws 207.1003

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

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}

Indian tribe: means an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians that is recognized as eligible for services by the United States secretary of the interior because of their status as Indians. See Michigan Laws 124.281

Inflation rate: means that term as defined in section 34d. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

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

Insolvent: means any of the following:

(i) Having generally ceased to pay debts in the ordinary course of business other than as a result of a bona fide dispute. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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

Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.

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}

Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.

Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.

Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement

Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.

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.

Juror: A person who is on the jury.

Kerosene: means all grades of kerosene, including, but not limited to, the 2 grades of kerosene, No. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

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.

Leaded racing fuel: is a fuel other than diesel fuel that is leaded and at least 100 octane and is used in vehicles on a racetrack. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

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}

Legal interest: means a person holding a title interest in the property or a mortgage holder as it appears on the records of the treasurer of the county in which the abandoned property is located or the records of the assessor of the local unit of government in which the abandoned property is located. See Michigan Laws 211.962

Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).

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

Licensing: means any training, education, or fee required for an individual to perform work in a specific occupation in a political subdivision, in this state, or in any other governmental unit in this state. See Michigan Laws 123.1423

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

Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).

Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.

Liquid: means any substance that is liquid in excess of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

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

Loan: means any extension of credit resulting from direct negotiations between the financial institution and its customer, or the purchase, in whole or in part, of such extension of credit from another. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Loan secured by real property: means that 50% or more of the aggregate value of the collateral used to secure a loan or other obligation, when valued at fair market value as of the time the original loan or obligation was incurred, was real property. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Local government: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 124.112

Local governmental body: means any local government or its subdivision, including, but not limited to, a city, village, township, county, or educational institution; a local public authority, agency, board, commission, or other local governmental, quasi-governmental, or quasi-public body; or a public body that acts or purports to act in a commercial, business, economic development, or similar capacity for a local government or its subdivision. See Michigan Laws 123.1043

Local tax collecting unit: means a township or city that assesses and collects property taxes pursuant to the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1123

Local unit: means counties, townships, villages, cities, a first-class school district, community college districts, intermediate school districts, and all other divisions, districts, and organizations of government that are or may be established by law and that have the power to levy taxes against property located within their respective areas, except villages and cities for which there are provisions in their charters or general law fixing maximum limits on the power to levy taxes against property for purposes as authorized by law to be supported under the municipal budget and school districts. See Michigan Laws 211.202

Local unit of government: means any county, city, village, township, school district, port district, metropolitan district or other governmental unit or entity in or of this state; and in or of another state. See Michigan Laws 123.381

Local unit of government: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 211.962

Losses: means that term as defined in section 34d. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Low grade iron ore: means iron-bearing rock, also known as iron formation, jasper, ferruginous chert, or ferruginous slate, that is not merchantable as ore in its natural state and from which a merchantable product can be produced only by beneficiation or treatment involving fine grinding. See Michigan Laws 211.621

Low grade iron ore mining property: means mineral bearing land from which low grade iron ore is mined, and includes the beneficiation or treatment plants, and other necessary land, buildings, facilities, equipment, tools, and supplies used in connection with the mining, transportation, and beneficiation or treatment of the low grade iron ore in producing merchantable iron ore pellets or other concentrated or agglomerated products. See Michigan Laws 211.621

Low-income person: means a person with a family income of not more than 80% of the statewide median gross income who is eligible to participate in the charitable nonprofit housing organization's program based on criteria established by the charitable nonprofit housing organization. See Michigan Laws 211.27

Maintenance: means routine maintenance or preventive maintenance, or both. See Michigan Laws 247.660c

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

Medical benefit plan: means a plan, established and maintained by a carrier or 1 or more public employers, that provides for the payment of medical, optical, or dental benefits, including, but not limited to, hospital and physician services, prescription drugs, and related benefits, to public employees. See Michigan Laws 124.73

Member: means a municipality that incorporated a qualified authority under section 1 or that became part of a qualified authority under section 7 and that has not withdrawn from the authority under this section. See Michigan Laws 123.311

Michigan economic development corporation: means the Michigan economic development corporation, 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 211.1053

Michigan manual on uniform traffic control devices: means the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted under section 608 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 247.291b

Michigan obligations: means a bond, note, or other obligation issued by a governmental unit described in section 3 of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Mineral: means a naturally occurring solid substance that is extracted from the earth in this state primarily for its nonferrous metallic mineral content for commercial, industrial, or construction purposes. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Mineral-producing property: means real and personal property in this state that is part of a producing mine or utilized directly in association with a producing mine on a parcel on which the shaft, incline, or adit is located, or a parcel contiguous or appurtenant to a parcel on which the shaft, incline, or adit is located. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Minority leader: See Floor Leaders

Money: means a medium of exchange authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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 loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}

Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.

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

Motor fuel: means gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, a mixture of gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene, or a mixture of gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene and any other substance. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is propelled by an internal combustion engine or motor and is designed to permit the vehicle's mobile use on the public roads or highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

municipal corporation: includes a public transportation corporation. See Michigan Laws 124.1

municipal corporation: shall mean a township, county, village or city;

(b) The term "commission" shall mean the county tax commission created by the property tax limitation act, being Act No. See Michigan Laws 211.251

municipalities: means any city, village, township, chartered township or other incorporated political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 123.631

Municipality: means a county, city, township, village, or metropolitan district. See Michigan Laws 123.161

municipality: as used in this act shall be construed to include any township, city, village or county of this state. See Michigan Laws 123.401

Municipality: means an incorporated city or village. See Michigan Laws 123.1001

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

Municipality: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 124.281

Municipality: means any city or incorporated village. See Michigan Laws 247.331

National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}

Net gallons: means the remaining product, after all considerations and deductions have been made, measured in gallons, corrected to a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit, 13 degrees Celsius, and a pressure of 14. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

net limitation tax rate: shall mean the net limitation tax rate as determined according to the provisions of the aforesaid property tax limitation act. See Michigan Laws 211.251

nonprofit cooperative housing corporation: means a nonprofit cooperative housing corporation that is engaged in providing housing services to its stockholders and members and that does not pay dividends or interest upon stock or membership investment but that does distribute all earnings to its stockholders or members. See Michigan Laws 211.27

Oath: A promise to tell the truth.

oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k

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.

Office: means the maritime and port facility assistance office created in section 10s of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247. See Michigan Laws 120.153

Open mine: means a mine at which a shaft, incline, or adit has been started or overburden has been stripped. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Organization: means a person other than an individual. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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

Owner: includes a person eligible for the exemption specified in this act, who is purchasing a homestead under a mortgage or land contract or who owns a dwelling situated on the leased lands of another or is a tenant-stockholder of a cooperative housing corporation. See Michigan Laws 211.761

Owner: means a person, fiduciary, partnership, association, corporation, or a governmental unit or agency having an estate, title, or interest, including beneficial, possessory, and security interest, in a property sought to be condemned. See Michigan Laws 213.51

Park: means an area of land or water, or both, dedicated to 1 or more of the following uses:

(i) Recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, landscaped tracts; picnic grounds; playgrounds; athletic fields; camps; campgrounds; zoological and botanical gardens; living historical farms; boating, hunting, fishing, and birding areas; swimming areas; and foot, bicycle, and bridle paths. See Michigan Laws 123.1133

Participating college: means a community college that is a reporting unit of the retirement system and that reports employees to the retirement system for the state fiscal year. See Michigan Laws 388.1802a

Participating municipality: means a municipality that has adopted a resolution providing for the establishment of and the municipality's participation in an authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

Participation: means an extension of credit in which an undivided ownership interest is held on a pro rata basis in a single loan or pool of loans and related collateral. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

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.

Percentage of recent waste delivery: means the amount of municipal solid waste, recyclable materials, and yard waste generated within a particular member's territory and disposed of by the authority during the latest full calendar year for which the authority disposed of such materials or waste generated within the territory of that member, divided by the sum of such amounts for all members, as determined, in the event of a dispute, by independent arbitration. See Michigan Laws 123.311

Permissive supplier: means a person who may not be subject to the taxing jurisdiction of this state but who does meet both of the following requirements:

(i) Is a position holder in a federally registered terminal located outside of this state, or a person who acquires from a position holder motor fuel in an out-of-state terminal in a transaction that otherwise qualifies as a 2-party exchange under this act. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation which is the owner or occupant of any house or other building or any premises, lot, or parcel of land. See Michigan Laws 123.161

Person: means and includes an individual, cooperative, partnership, firm, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, syndicate, and corporation, both private and municipal, and any receiver, trustee, conservator, or any other officer having jurisdiction and control of property by law or by appointment of a court other than units of government. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

Person: means an individual, firm, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, copartnership, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, subchapter S corporation, limited liability company, receiver, estate, trust, or any other legal entity or combination of legal entities acting as a unit. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 211.1002

Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 211.1123

Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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.

Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

pooled plan: means a public employer pooled plan established pursuant to section 5(1)(b). See Michigan Laws 124.73

Port facilities: means those facilities owned by the port authority such as: seawall jetties; piers; wharves; docks; boat landings; marinas; warehouses; storehouses; elevators; grain bins; cold storage plants; terminal icing plants; bunkers; oil tanks; ferries; canals; locks; bridges; tunnels; seaways; conveyors; modern appliances for the economical handling, storage, and transportation of freight and handling of passenger traffic; transfer and terminal facilities required for the efficient operation and development of ports and harbors; other harbor improvements; or improvements, enlargements, remodeling, or extensions of any of these buildings or structures. See Michigan Laws 120.102

Port facility: means a commercial facility located alongside a navigable waterway used for commercial vessels and includes any of the following types of facilities:

(i) A seawall jetty, pier, wharf, or dock. See Michigan Laws 120.153

Position holder: means a person who has a contract with a terminal operator for the use of storage facilities and other terminal services for motor fuel at the terminal, as reflected in the records of the terminal operator. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

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}

present economic income: means for leased or rented property the ordinary, general, and usual economic return realized from the lease or rental of property negotiated under current, contemporary conditions between parties equally knowledgeable and familiar with real estate values. See Michigan Laws 211.27

Present value: means the amount as of a date certain of 1 or more sums payable in the future, discounted to the date certain by use of either an interest rate specified by the parties if that rate is not manifestly unreasonable at the time the transaction is entered into or, if an interest rate is not so specified, a commercially reasonable rate that takes into account the facts and circumstances at the time the transaction is entered into. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Principal residence: means that term as defined in section 7dd of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1022

Private school: means a private, denominational, or parochial school as described in section 2 of 1921 PA 302, MCL 388. See Michigan Laws 123.1043

Probate: Proving a will

Producing mine: means a mineral mine in this state at which a taxpayer is producing 1 or more minerals. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Project: means the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, improvement, enlargement, repair, condemnation, maintenance, or operation of port facilities. See Michigan Laws 120.102

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

Public agency: means a single- or multi-purpose public body corporate formed pursuant to a law other than this act or an Indian tribe recognized by the federal government before the year 2000 that exercises governmental authority over land within this state. See Michigan Laws 124.112

Public employer: means a city, village, township, county, or other political subdivision of this state; any intergovernmental, metropolitan, or local department, agency, or authority, or other local political subdivision; a school district, a public school academy, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 124.73

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 roads or highways: means a road, street, or place maintained by this state or a political subdivision of this state and generally open to use by the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel, notwithstanding that they may be temporarily closed or travel is restricted for the purpose of construction, maintenance, repair, or reconstruction. See Michigan Laws 207.1004

Public transportation: means that term as defined in section 10c of Act No. See Michigan Laws 124.1

Public university: means a public university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 124.73

Purchase: means taking by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, issue or reissue, gift, or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in property. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

purchase price: means the total consideration agreed to in an arms-length transaction and not at a forced sale paid by the purchaser of the property, stated in dollars, whether or not paid in dollars. See Michigan Laws 211.27

Qualified agricultural property: means that term as defined in section 7dd of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1002

Qualified agricultural property: means that term as defined in section 7dd. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Qualified authority: means an authority that as of the effective date of this section or thereafter is composed of 10 or more members and has a population residing within its territory of 250,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 123.311

qualified facility: means a facility, whether owned or leased, that when constructed and placed in service is located in a solar energy district and that uses or will use solar energy as the sole source for the generation of at least 2 megawatts of nameplate capacity, alternating current, including any solar modules, inverter, racks, tracking, on-site battery storage systems if identified in the application pursuant to section 4(1)(a), controls, electric interface, and all components that are positioned up to, and including, the inversion of the current delivered from the facility. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Qualified forest property: means that term as defined in section 7jj of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1032

Qualified forest property: means that term as defined in section 7jj[1]. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Qualified local governmental unit: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

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

Rack: means a mechanism for delivering motor fuel from a refinery, a terminal, or a marine vessel into a railroad tank car, a transport truck, a tank wagon, the fuel supply tank of a marine vessel, or other means of transfer outside of the bulk transfer/terminal system. See Michigan Laws 207.1005

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

Recapture tax: means the agricultural property recapture tax imposed under this act. See Michigan Laws 211.1002

Recapture tax: means the qualified forest property recapture tax imposed under this act. See Michigan Laws 211.1032

Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Refinery: means a facility used to produce motor fuel from crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, or other hydrocarbons and from which motor fuel may be removed by pipeline, by marine vessel, or at a rack. See Michigan Laws 207.1005

Regional transit authority: means an authority created under the regional transit authority act. See Michigan Laws 247.660c

Regular place of business: means an office at which the financial institution carries on its business in a regular and systematic manner and which is continuously maintained, occupied, and used by employees of the financial institution. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

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.

Remedy: means any remedial right to which an aggrieved party is entitled with or without resort to a tribunal. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

removed: means a physical transfer other than by evaporation, loss, or destruction of motor fuel from a terminal, manufacturing plant, customs custody, pipeline, marine vessel, or refinery that stores motor fuel. See Michigan Laws 207.1005

Rental price: means the total amount of the consideration for renting qualified heavy equipment rental personal property, excluding any separately stated charges, fees, and costs, such as delivery and pickup fees, damage waivers, environmental mitigation fees, sales or use taxes, or insurance. See Michigan Laws 211.1123

Reporting periods: means the quarterly periods ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 for which a qualified renter must report and remit the tax collected under this act. See Michigan Laws 211.1123

Representative: means a person empowered to act for another, including an agent, an officer of a corporation or association, and a trustee, executor, or administrator of an estate. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.

Residential real property: means real property classified as residential real property under section 34c. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Response activity costs: means that term as defined in section 20101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 123.311

Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

Retail diesel dealer: means a person who sells or distributes diesel fuel to an end user in this state. See Michigan Laws 207.1005

Retirement system: means the Michigan public school employees' retirement system under the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38. See Michigan Laws 388.1802a

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

Right: includes remedy. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Rolling stock: means railroad freight or passenger cars, locomotives, or other rail cars. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Rural development fund: means the rural development fund created in section 5 of the rural development fund act. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Rural road: means a highway as that term is defined in section 20 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 247.401

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

Secretary: means the executive secretary of the commission. See Michigan Laws 123.1001

Security interest: means an interest in personal property or fixtures which secures payment or performance of an obligation. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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.

severance tax: means the specific tax levied under section 4. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Sewage disposal system: includes all interceptor sewers, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, sewage treatment plants, and all other plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial wastes. See Michigan Laws 124.281

Sewage system: means a sewage disposal system, including sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial wastes. See Michigan Laws 123.161

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

Solid waste management system: includes all plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, transportation, processing, or disposal of discarded or waste materials of any sort, including access roads and facilities for resource recovery. See Michigan Laws 124.281

Source state: means the state, Canadian province or territory, or foreign country from which motor fuel is imported. See Michigan Laws 207.1005

Special assessment: means an assessment against real property calculated on a benefit or ad valorem basis for curb and gutter, sidewalk, sewer, water, or street paving; a drain; a connection fee or similar charge for a sewer or water system; or the land contract on a parcel of property acquired under the circumstances set forth in section 3(2). See Michigan Laws 211.761

Specialty prescription drug: means a prescription drug used to treat a rare, complex, or chronic medical condition that meets any of the following requirements:

(i) Requires special administration including, but not limited to, inhalation or infusion. See Michigan Laws 124.73

specific tax: means the specific tax levied under this act. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

standard tool: means that term as defined in section 9b. See Michigan Laws 211.27

State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

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 agency: means any department, agency or instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state; a combination thereof or a corporation within the state which has the power of eminent domain. See Michigan Laws 213.321

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.

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

Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

Superintendent: means the superintendent of the board of education of a district. See Michigan Laws 123.1061

Swimming pool: includes equipment, structures, areas, and enclosures intended for the use of individuals using or operating a swimming pool, such as equipment, dressing, locker, shower, and toilet rooms. See Michigan Laws 123.1133

take: means to secure transfer of ownership of property to an agency by involuntary expropriation. See Michigan Laws 213.51

taking: means the transfer of ownership of property to an agency by involuntary expropriation. See Michigan Laws 213.51

Tangible document of title: means a document of title evidenced by a record consisting of information that is inscribed on a tangible medium. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Tank wagon: means a straight truck having 1 or more compartments other than the fuel supply tank designed or used to carry motor fuel. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

Tank wagon operator-importer: means a person who operates a tank wagon and imports motor fuel into this state from another state. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

Tax: means a tax, interest, or penalty levied under this act. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

Taxable value: means the taxable value determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1022

Taxable value: means the taxable value as determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1092

Taxable value: means the value determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Taxpayer: means a person subject to a specific tax levied under this act. See Michigan Laws 211.782

Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.

Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent

Term: means a portion of an agreement that relates to a particular matter. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Terminal: means a motor fuel storage and distribution facility that meets all of the following requirements:

(i) Is registered as a qualified terminal by the internal revenue service. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

Terminal operator: means a person who owns, operates, or otherwise controls a terminal. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

Testify: Answer questions in court.

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

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.

Totally and permanently disabled: means a person as defined in 42 U. See Michigan Laws 211.761

Tourist-oriented activity: means a lawful cultural, historical, recreational, educational, or commercial activity that is annually attended by 2,000 or more people and for which a major portion of the activity's income or visitors are derived during the normal business season from motorists not residing in the immediate area of the activity. See Michigan Laws 247.401

Tourist-oriented directional sign: means a sign used to provide motorists with advanced notice of a tourist-oriented activity. See Michigan Laws 247.401

Traffic control devices: means that term as defined in section 70 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 247.651

Traffic control order: means that term as defined in section 71 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 247.651

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.

transfer of ownership: means the conveyance of title to or a present interest in property, including the beneficial use of the property, the value of which is substantially equal to the value of the fee interest. See Michigan Laws 211.27a

Transitional qualified forest property: means forestland that meets all of the following:

(i) The forestland is classified as commercial forest under part 511 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 211.1092

Transitional qualified forest property specific tax: means the specific tax levied under section 6. See Michigan Laws 211.1092

Transport truck: means a semitrailer combination rig designed or used for the purpose of transporting motor fuel over the public roads or highways. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

Transportation property: means vehicles and vessels capable of moving under their own power, such as aircraft, trains, water vessels, and motor vehicles, as well as any equipment or containers attached to such property, such as rolling stock, barges, or trailers. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Transporter: means an operator of a railroad or rail car, tank wagon, transport truck, or other fuel transportation vehicle engaged in the business of transporting motor fuel below the terminal rack. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

Treasurer: means the state treasurer. See Michigan Laws 211.1002

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

true cash value: means the usual selling price at the place where the property to which the term is applied is at the time of assessment, being the price that could be obtained for the property at private sale, and not at auction sale except as otherwise provided in this section, or at forced sale. See Michigan Laws 211.27

Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}

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

Ultimate vendor: means the person who sells motor fuel to the end user of the fuel. See Michigan Laws 207.1006

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

United States obligations: means all obligations of the United States exempt from taxation under 31 USC 3124(a) or exempt under the United States constitution or any federal statute, including the obligations of any instrumentality or agency of the United States that are exempt from state or local taxation under the United States constitution or any statute of the United States. See Michigan Laws 208.1261

Unzoned qualified local governmental unit: means a qualified local governmental unit that has no zoning ordinance within its zoning jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 211.1152

Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.

Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. ^{Source: OCC}

Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.

Warehouse receipt: means a document of title issued by a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

water supply and transmission system: means plants, works, instrumentalities and properties used or useful in connection with obtaining a water supply and the treatment thereof, and necessary transmission mains and appurtenances for the distribution of the water to the cities, villages and townships within the territorial limits of the authority. See Michigan Laws 121.1

Water supply system: includes all plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with obtaining a water supply, the treatment of water, or the distribution of water. See Michigan Laws 124.281

Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

writing: includes printing, typewriting, or any other intentional reduction to tangible form. See Michigan Laws 440.1201

Zoological services: means the operation of an accredited zoological institution that is open to the general public. See Michigan Laws 123.1163