Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 484 > Act 32 of 1986 > Chapter II

• Additive: means any substance in gasoline other than gasoline but does not include approved blending components, other than lead, sodium, and phosphate components, introduced at refineries or terminals as octane or product quality enhancers in quantities of less than 1% of volume. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• AKI: means an index number arrived at by adding the motor octane number and the research octane number, then dividing by 2. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• American society for testing and materials: means an international nonprofit scientific and educational society devoted to the promotion of knowledge of the materials of engineering and the standardization of specification and methods of testing. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Biodiesel: means a fuel composed of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, and, in accordance with standards specified by the American society for testing and materials, designated B100, and meeting the requirements of D-6751, as approved by the department. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Biodiesel blend: means a fuel comprised of a blend of biodiesel fuel with petroleum-based diesel fuel, suitable for use as a fuel in a compression-ignition internal combustion diesel engine. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Blender: means a person who as an individual or through his or her agent adds an oxygenate to a gasoline. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Bulk purchaser-end user: means a person who is an ultimate consumer of gasoline and receives delivery of gasoline into a storage tank of at least 550-gallon capacity substantially under his or her control. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Committee: means the emergency 9-1-1 service committee created under section 712. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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.
• Delivery vessel: means a tank truck, tank equipped trailer, or a similar vessel used for the delivery of gasoline to a dispensing facility. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Diesel fuel: means any liquid other than gasoline that is suitable for use as a fuel or a component of a fuel in a compression-ignition internal combustion diesel engine. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Direct dispatch method: means that the agency receiving the 9-1-1 call at the public safety answering point decides on the proper action to be taken and dispatches the appropriate available public safety service unit located closest to the request for public safety service. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Director: means the director of the department of agriculture or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Dispensing facility: means a site used for gasoline refueling. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Dispensing unit: means a device designed for the delivery of gasoline in which 1 nozzle equates to 1 dispensing unit. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Distributor: means a person who purchases, transports, or stores or causes the transportation or storage of gasoline at any point between a gasoline refinery and a retail outlet or bulk purchaser-end user facility. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• 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.
• Gasoline: means a volatile mixture of liquid hydrocarbons generally containing small amounts of additives suitable for use in spark-ignition internal combustion engines, and commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Hydrogen fuel: means a substance containing the chemical formula H2 that exists as a colorless, odorless, and highly flammable gas except at low cryogenic temperatures or when highly compressed that is gaseous or liquefied and suitable for use in a fuel cell or hydrogen fuel vehicle. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Modification: means any change, removal, or addition, other than an identical replacement, of any component contained within a stage I vapor-recovery system. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• MON: means a knock characteristic of gasoline determined by use of standard procedures on a motor engine. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Oxygenate: means an oxygen-containing, ashless, organic compound, such as alcohol or ether, that may be used as fuel or fuel supplement. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• 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, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Public agency: means a village, township, charter township, or city within the state and any special purpose district located in whole or in part within the state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Public safety agency: means a functional division of a public agency, county, or the state that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Refiner: means a person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a refinery. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Refinery: means a plant at which gasoline is produced. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Relay method: means that a PSAP notes pertinent information and relays it by a communication service to the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services that has an available emergency service unit located closest to the request for emergency service for dispatch of an emergency service unit. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• Retail dealer: means a person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a retail outlet. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Retail outlet: means an establishment at which motor fuel is sold or offered for sale to the public. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 290.642
• Service supplier: means a person providing a communication service to a service user in this state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• 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
• 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
• Transfer method: means that a PSAP transfers the 9-1-1 call directly to the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency service that has an available emergency service unit located closest to the request for emergency service for dispatch of an emergency service unit. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
• vapor pressure: means the vapor pressure of gasoline or gasoline oxygenate blend as determined by ASTM test method D6378 or D5191 or an ASTM method approved by the department. See Michigan Laws 290.643