§ 460.931 Short title
§ 460.933 Definitions
§ 460.935 Property assessed clean energy program; establishment by local unit of government; contract with record owner of property; financing
§ 460.937 Establishment; actions to be taken by governing body; amendment by resolution
§ 460.939 Report; contents; availability
§ 460.941 Imposition of assessment; written contract; verification
§ 460.943 Assessment as lien against property; installments to be included in summer and winter tax bill
§ 460.945 Bonds or notes; issuance
§ 460.947 Self-directed energy waste reduction plan
§ 460.949 Property assessed clean energy program; joint implementation
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 460 > Act 270 of 2010 - Property Assessed Clean Energy Act

  • Anaerobic digester: means a facility that uses microorganisms to break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen, producing methane and an organic product. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Anaerobic digester energy system: means an anaerobic digester and the devices used to generate electricity or heat from methane produced by the anaerobic digester or to store the methane for the future generation of electricity or heat. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • District: means a district that is created by a local unit of government under a property assessed clean energy program and that lies within the local unit of government's jurisdictional boundaries. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Energy efficiency improvement: means the acquisition, installation, replacement, or modification of equipment, devices, or materials intended to decrease energy consumption, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
    (i) Insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations, or heating and cooling distribution systems. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Energy project: means any of the following:
    •     (i) An energy efficiency improvement. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Environmental hazard project: means the acquisition, installation, replacement, or modification of equipment, devices, or materials intended to address environmental hazards, including, but not limited to, measures to do any of the following:
    •     (i) Mitigate lead, heavy metal, or PFAS contamination in potable water systems. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • 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.
  • Governing body: means the county board of commissioners of a county, the township board of a township, or the council or other similar elected legislative body of a city or village. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Indictment: means 1 or more of the following:
    •     (i) An indictment. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Local unit of government: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • New construction energy project: means an energy project to which either of the following applies:
    •     (i) It occurs at a newly constructed building or other structure. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, unincorporated joint venture, or trust, organized, permitted, or existing under the laws of this state or any other state, including, but not limited to, a federal corporation, or a combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • program: means a program as described in section 5(2). See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Project: means an environmental hazard project or energy project. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Property: means any of the following privately owned real property located within the local unit of government:
    •     (i) Commercial property. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Prosecuting attorney: means the prosecuting attorney for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in connection with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an attorney for the political subdivision or governmental entity that enacted the ordinance, charter, rule, or regulation upon which the ordinance violation is based. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Record owner: means the person or persons possessed of the most recent fee title or land contract vendee's interest in property as shown by the records of the county register of deeds. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Renewable energy resource: means a resource that naturally replenishes over a human, rather than a geological, time frame and whose conversion to a usable form of energy minimizes the output of toxic materials. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • Renewable energy system: means a fixture, product, device, or interacting group of fixtures, products, or devices on the customer's side of the meter that use 1 or more renewable energy resources to generate electricity. See Michigan Laws 460.933
  • 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
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o