Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 408 > Act 260 of 2018 - Going Pro Talent Fund Act

• Alley: means a public or private right of way shown on a plat which provides secondary access to a lot, block, or parcel of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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
• Approved training plan: means a training plan submitted under section 7 that is approved by the department. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Awardee: means a qualified employer that is awarded funds under this act. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Department: means the department of talent and economic development. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Division: means the partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than 1 year, or of building development that results in 1 or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that satisfies the requirements of section 108 and 109. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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.
• 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.
• Fund: means the Going pro talent fund created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Governing body: means the legislative body of a city or village or the township board of a township. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Health department: means the department of environmental quality, a city health department, a county health department, or a district health department, whichever has jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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
• 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.
• Land: means all land areas occupied by real property. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Lot: means a measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described and fixed in a recorded plat. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Michigan works agency: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan works one-stop service center system act, 2006 PA 491, MCL 408. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Municipality: means a township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Parcel: means a continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in this act. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Plat: means a map or chart of a subdivision of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Program: means the Going pro talent program created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Qualified employee: means an employee of a qualified employer who is a United States citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the United States; is employed by the qualified employer when the approved training begins; works primarily in this state and for whom the qualified employer pays all applicable taxes; and is, as determined by the department, a permanent, full-time employee. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Qualified employer: means an employer that has a physical presence in this state, as determined by the department, and that meets any other criteria established by the department. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• Qualified training provider: means a training provider that is qualified to provide training under this act, as determined by the department. See Michigan Laws 408.153
• 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
• Surveyor: means a professional surveyor licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Tract: means 2 or more parcels that share a common property line and are under the same ownership. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o