Definitions Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 4.412

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.