Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 390 > Act 549 of 2008 - Michigan Promise Zone Authority Act

• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authority: means a promise zone authority created under this act. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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.
• Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Eligible entity: means a city, township, county, local school district, or intermediate school district, in which the percentage of families with children under age 18 that are living at or below the federal poverty level is greater than or equal to the state average of families with children under age 18 living at or below the federal poverty level, as determined by the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• 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.
• Federal poverty level: means the poverty guidelines published annually in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under its authority to revise the poverty line under 42 USC 9902. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• 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.
• 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}
• Governing body: means the elected body of an eligible entity that has legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• Nonpublic high school: means a high school operated by a nonpublic school that includes grades 9 to 12 or 10 to 12 and that awards a high school diploma. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Nonpublic school: means that term as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• 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
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Promise of financial assistance: means a commitment by an eligible entity to provide financial resources for public or private postsecondary education, including a vocational program, to eligible students living in a promise zone and who have graduated from a public high school or nonpublic high school located within that promise zone. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Promise zone: means that area created by a governing body under this act. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Promise zone development plan: means that plan developed by an authority under this act that will ensure that the financial resources are available to adequately fund the promise of financial assistance. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Public high school: means a public school that includes grades 9 to 12 or 10 to 12 and that awards a high school diploma. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Public school: means that term as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Qualified educational expenses: means tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at an educational institution, and may also include, if provided for in an authority's promise zone development plan, expenses for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction at that educational institution. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• School district: means that term as defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 390.1663
• seal: shall be construed to include any of the following: