[§706-600.5] Definitions of terms in this chapter. In this chapter, unless a different meaning plainly is required:

(1) "Day" means a twenty-four-hour period of time.

(2) "Month" means a thirty-day period of time.

(3) "Year" means a three hundred sixty-five-day period of time. [L 1987, c 202, §1]

COMMENTARY ON §706-600.5

Act 202, Session Laws 1987, clarified the time periods within this chapter by providing definitions for a "day", "month", and "year". This clarification should eliminate confusion by law enforcement personnel in regard to these time periods. House Standing Committee Report No. 556.

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