Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Michigan Gaming Control Board › Millionaire Parties › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 432.101 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 101.
(1) As
				  used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the
				  Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act, 1972 PA 382, MCL
				  432.101 to
				  432.152.
(b) "Administrative procedures act" means the
				  administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL
				  24.201 to
				  24.328.
(c) "Charitable purpose" means 1 or more of
				  the following causes, deeds, or activities that are beneficial to the general
				  public:
(i) Relief of poverty.
(ii) Advancement of education.
(iii) Advancement of religion.
(iv) Protection of health or relief from
				  disease, suffering, or distress.
(v) Advancement of civic, governmental, or
				  municipal purposes.
(vi) Protection
				  of the environment and conservation of wildlife.
(vii) Defense of human rights and the
				  elimination of prejudice and discrimination.
(viii) Any other purpose that the executive
				  director determines to be beneficial to the general public.
(d) "Compliance meeting" means a
				  meeting as prescribed by the administrative procedures act, conducted by the
				  executive director, where the licensee has an opportunity to show compliance
				  with the act, these rules, terms of probation, directives, public policy of
				  this state, or any other local, state, or federal law or regulation.
(e) "Compliance meeting notice" means the
				  document issued by the executive director before the compliance meeting to
				  inform a licensee of the date, time, and location of the compliance
				  meeting.
(f) "Contested case
				  hearing" means a formal hearing before a hearing officer conducted as
				  prescribed by the administrative procedures act.
(g) "Contested case hearing notice" means the
				  document issued by the executive director before the contested case hearing to
				  inform a licensee of the date, time, and location of the contested case
				  hearing.
(h) "Day" means the
				  standard 24-hour period, except when referring to the issuance of a millionaire
				  party license, when it means the time period from 8 a.m. of 1 day to 2 a.m. of
				  the following day.
(i) "General
				  public" means society as a whole or any considerable part of society.
(j) "Gross profit" means total revenue less
				  chip redemptions and prizes. Gross profit does not include the license
				  fee.
(k) "Gross revenue" means the
				  monetary value received by the licensee for all fees charged to participate in
				  the millionaire party before any deductions for prizes or other
				  expenses.
(l) "Imitation money or
				  chips" means imitation money or chips that have a nominal value equal to or
				  greater than the value of the currency that they can be exchanged
				  for.
(m) "Informal meeting" means a
				  meeting conducted by the executive director, at his or her discretion, where
				  the executive director discusses the failure of the licensee to comply with the
				  act, these rules, terms of probation, directives, public policy of this state,
				  or any other local, state, or federal law or regulation.
(n) "License" means a millionaire party or
				  supplier license that is issued by the executive director.
(o) "Millionaire party equipment" means any
				  authorized item used to conduct authorized games at a millionaire
				  party.
(p) "Millionaire party
				  licensee" means the qualified organization that has been issued a license to
				  conduct a millionaire party.
(q)
				  "Privately held corporation" means a corporation that does not trade its stock
				  in a stock exchange or in over-the-counter transactions.
(r) "Probation" means a license status
				  requiring strict compliance with the act, these rules, directives, public
				  policy of this state, and specific conditions established by the executive
				  director.
(s) "Probation violation"
				  means failure to abide by any of the terms of probation.
(t) "Probationary period" means the time
				  interval of probation.
(u) "Terms
				  of probation" means the conditions established at the discretion of the
				  executive director that must be complied with during the probationary
				  period.
(v) "Violation notice"
				  means a document issued by the executive director, at his or her discretion, to
				  a licensee charging a violation of the act, these rules, terms of probation,
				  directives, public policy of this state, or any other local, state, or federal
				  law or regulation.
(w) "Week" means
				  a period of 7 days beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
(x) "Worker" means an individual who assists
				  or participates in the management, conduct, or operation of a millionaire
				  party. Worker does not include an individual employed by or an agent of a
				  lessor, location owner, or licensed supplier at a licensed millionaire party
				  event.