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Code · Michigan · Chapter 4 — Legislature

4.412 Definitions generally.

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4.412 Definitions generally.
Sec. 2.
(1)"Administrative action" means the proposal, drafting, development, consideration, amendment, enactment, or defeat of a nonministerial action or rule by an executive agency or an official in the executive branch of state government. Administrative action does not include a quasi-judicial determination as authorized by law.
(2)"Business" means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, trust, activity, or entity which is organized for profit or nonprofit purposes.
(3)"Business with which the individual is associated" means a business in which any of the following applies:
(a)The individual is a partner, director, officer, or employer.
(b)A member of the individual's immediate family is a partner, director, officer, or employer.
(c)The individual or a member of the individual's immediate family is a stockholder of close corporation stock worth $1,000.00 or more at fair market value or which represents more than 5% equity interest, or is a stockholder of publicly traded stock worth $10,000.00 or more at fair market value or which represents more than 10% equity interest. This subdivision does not apply to publicly traded stock under a trading account if the filer reports the name and address of the stockbroker.
(4)"Compensation" means anything of monetary value received or to be received from a person, whether in the form of a fee, salary, forbearance, forgiveness, or another form of recompense.
History: 1978, Act 472, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1978
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