Mich. Admin. Code R. 554.701 - Definitions

Rule 1.

(1) "Act" means 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106.

(2) "Department" means the department of agriculture and rural development.

(3) "Clerk" means the clerk of the local governing body or the person fulfilling the duties of the clerk.

(4) "Designated open space" means those open space lands as defined by section 36101(j)(i) of the act.

(5) "Gross annual income" means an average computed from 2 of the 3 tax years immediately preceding the year of application from the raising or harvesting of any agricultural commodities.

(6) "Has been devoted primarily to an agricultural use" means all land for which an application for a farmland development rights agreement has been filed shall have been under agricultural use, as defined in section 36101(b) of the act, for at least 1 year during the 36-month period immediately preceding filing the application.

(7) "Local open space" means those open space lands as defined by section 36101(j)(ii) of the act.

(8) "Specialty farm" means those enterprises of 15 or acres in size which meet the income requirements of section 36101(h)(iii) of the act, produce agricultural, horticultural or floricultural commodities or are engaged in the business of breeding or husbanding animals, rendering services, or yielding products customarily associated with agricultural operations.

(9) "State" means a major state department or agency thereof in agreement with the state land use agency.

(10) "Totally and permanently disabled" means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 554.701

1979 AC; 2013 AACS