Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 211. Taxation of Real and Personal Property § 211.761

(a) “Department” means the department of treasury.

(b) “Totally and permanently disabled” means a person as defined in 42 U.S.C. section 416.

(c) “Homestead” means a dwelling or a unit in a multiple-unit dwelling, owned and occupied as a home by the owner thereof, including all contiguous unoccupied real property owned by the person. Homestead includes a dwelling and an outbuilding used in connection with a dwelling, situated on the lands of another.

(d) “Owner” includes a person eligible for the exemption specified in this act, who is purchasing a homestead under a mortgage or land contract or who owns a dwelling situated on the leased lands of another or is a tenant-stockholder of a cooperative housing corporation.

(e) “Special assessment” means an assessment against real property calculated on a benefit or ad valorem basis for curb and gutter, sidewalk, sewer, water, or street paving; a drain; a connection fee or similar charge for a sewer or water system; or the land contract on a parcel of property acquired under the circumstances set forth in section 3(2). 1 Special assessment does not include charges for current service.