Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 399 > Act 488 of 2004 - Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Monument Fund Act

• 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.
• 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.
• Certificate: means the document issued as written evidence of a benefit contract. See Michigan Laws 500.8161
• Commission: means the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund commission created in the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund commission act. See Michigan Laws 399.272
• Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• 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.
• 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
• Laws: means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated. See Michigan Laws 500.8161
• Lodge: means the subordinate member units of a society, including camps, courts, councils, branches, or other similar designation. See Michigan Laws 500.8161
• Monument fund: means the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 399.272
• 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.
• Premiums: means rates, dues, or other required contributions payable under a certificate. See Michigan Laws 500.8161
• Rules: means all rules, regulations, or resolutions adopted by a society's supreme governing body or board of directors that are intended to have general application to the members of the society. See Michigan Laws 500.8161
• 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
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o