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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 552 > Act 255 of 2015 > Article 9

  • advertisement: means a representation disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of milk or milk products. See Michigan Laws 288.472
  • Approved laboratory: means a laboratory that is listed in the national conference of interstate milk shipments list of sanitation compliance and enforcement ratings distributed by the United States food and drug administration and as approved by the director. See Michigan Laws 288.472
  • casino: means a casino or a parking lot, hotel, motel, or retail store owned or operated by a casino, an affiliate, or an affiliated company, regulated by this state pursuant to the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the Initiated Law of 1996, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • certificate: means the certificate issued pursuant to section 6. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  • Commercial housing property: means that portion of real property not occupied by an owner of that real property that is classified as residential real property under section 34c of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Commercial property: means land improvements classified by law for general ad valorem tax purposes as real property including buildings and improvements assessable as real property pursuant to sections 8(d) and 14(6) of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Commission: means the state tax commission created by 1927 PA 360, MCL 209. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • dairy plant: means any place, premises, or establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, aseptically processed, packaged, or prepared for distribution. See Michigan Laws 288.474
  • Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Department: means the Michigan department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 288.473
  • Director: means the director of the Michigan department of agriculture or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 288.473
  • Facility: except as otherwise provided in this act, means a building or group of contiguous buildings. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Functionally obsolete: means that term as defined in section 2 of the brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA 381, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • 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
  • Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  • Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of 1 or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other dairy animals. See Michigan Laws 288.474
  • Milk buyer: means any producer, milk producer marketing organization, milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, or bulk milk hauler that either takes delivery of raw milk or raw milk product or manages the sale of the raw milk or raw milk product, or both. See Michigan Laws 288.474
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Obsolete property: means commercial property or commercial housing property, that is 1 or more of the following:
    (i) Blighted, as that term is defined in section 2 of the brownfield redevelopment financing act, 1996 PA 381, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Obsolete property rehabilitation district: means an area of a qualified local governmental unit established as provided in section 3. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Processor: means the owner or operator of a milk plant. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • Producer: means a person that owns or operates a dairy farm and sells or distributes milk produced on that farm including a person that markets milk on behalf of a producer under a marketing agreement. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Qualified local governmental unit: means 1 or more of the following:
  •     (i) A city with a median family income of 150% or less of the statewide median family income as reported in the 1990 federal decennial census that meets 1 or more of the following criteria:
        (A) Contains or has within its borders an eligible distressed area as that term is defined in section 11(u)(ii) and (iii) of the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Register: means to record in a tribunal of this state a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a foreign country. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  • Rehabilitated facility: means a commercial property or commercial housing property that has undergone rehabilitation or is in the process of being rehabilitated, including rehabilitation that changes the intended use of the building. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Rehabilitation: means changes to obsolete property other than replacement that are required to restore or modify the property, together with all appurtenances, to an economically efficient condition. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • Sell-by date: means the recommended last date of sale. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • Standard methods: means the seventeenth edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products" published by the American Public Health Association, incorporated by reference. See Michigan Laws 288.476
  • 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
  • Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  • Taxable value: means the value determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.2782
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o