Certified business means a business verified as a minority- or women-owned business enterprise pursuant to Section 314 of the Executive Law.
Mining Operations means obtaining or extracting any mineral by any mode or method or any purpose directly or indirectly connected therewith or incidental thereto, including—
Associated Business means a business that owns at least 50% of and controls, directly or indirectly, an authorized business.
Restricted Business has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(a).
Qualified business means a for-profit business that obtains services relating to that business from 30 or fewer employees or employees of independent contractors performing services substantially similar to employees during a random week in the year ending on the tax day. If a person is a unified business group as that term is defined in section 117 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1117, the number of employees from whom services are obtained includes all employees of the unitary business group and employees of independent contractors of the unitary business group rendering services to the qualified business.