Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 23 - Indiana Department of Transportation

• adequate replacement dwelling: means a dwelling that is:

  Indiana Code 8-23-17-7

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• agency: means a department, board, commission, office, or instrumentality of the state, including a state supported college or university, or of a political subdivision of the state. See Indiana Code 8-23-17-1
• agency head: means the governing body or principal executive officer of an agency, or a duly designated delegate of the governing body or principal executive officer. See Indiana Code 8-23-17-2
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• business: means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily:

  Indiana Code 8-23-17-4

• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• code enforcement: means any project or program for the elimination or prevention of the development or spread of deteriorated or deteriorating areas through a systematic inspection of buildings and structures in an area and the enforcement of codes or ordinances establishing standards for the condition and maintenance of dwellings, buildings, or premises as safe, sanitary, and fit for human habitation. See Indiana Code 8-23-17-11
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• construction manager general contractor: means a person that is awarded a two (2) phase contract for a project, and is responsible for providing:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-2

• construction services: means the physical construction work undertaken by a CMGC or PDB to construct any portion of a project which may be awarded as a single contract for a project or multiple contracts for portions of a project. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-3
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• department action: means one (1) or more of the following:

  Indiana Code 8-23-31-1

• design services: means services performed by a professional services consultant that is qualified by the department to provide services. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-4
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• dwelling: means any room, suite of rooms, apartment, trailer, or house occupied or intended to be occupied as a personal residence by one (1) family or by one (1) or more individuals utilizing the same kitchen facilities. See Indiana Code 8-23-17-6
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• evaluation committee: refers to a group of individuals who are:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-5

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• farm operation: means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one (1) or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Indiana Code 8-23-17-5
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• GMP: refers to the guaranteed maximum price for work established by a contract. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-6
• gross monthly income: means the average of such income during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding displacement and includes income from all sources whether or not such income is taxable under any state or federal law, and also includes any public assistance received under the following:

  Indiana Code 8-23-17-8

• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• highway rights-of-way: refer to highway rights-of-way for which responsibility is assigned to the department. See Indiana Code 8-23-24.5-2
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• local news media organization: means any entity or organization that:

  Indiana Code 8-23-31-1

• market area: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 8-23-20.5-2
• member: means all employees and appointees of the department. See Indiana Code 8-23-16-1
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• motor vehicle: has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-105(a). See Indiana Code 8-23-32-2
• motor vehicle rental company: means a person that routinely engages in the business of renting motor vehicles for periods of not more than thirty (30) days. See Indiana Code 8-23-32-3
• official detour route: means the path the department designates a motorist to use to reach a destination while a state highway, part of a state highway, or state highway bridge is closed to the public as a thoroughfare while under construction, while being repaired, or when closed for any other reason. See Indiana Code 8-23-21-0.3
• owner: include any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association. See Indiana Code 8-23-17-9
• owner: means a person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under any of the following:

  Indiana Code 8-23-32-4

• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: means an individual, a firm, a partnership, a limited liability company, a joint venture, an association, a corporation, or another legal entity. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-7
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• pilot program: means the worksite speed control pilot program established under section 10 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-23-32-5
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• preconstruction services: means consulting to provide information regarding the impact of design on the construction services of a project, including:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-8

• professional services consultant: means a person that performs:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-9

• progressive design-builder: refers to a person that has been awarded a contract by the department in which design services, preconstruction services, and construction services of a project are procured from a person that is selected through a qualifications based selection process at the earliest feasible stage of the project. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-10
• project: means services provided using a two-phase contract with a CMGC or a PDB for preconstruction services and construction services to design, construct, alter, or repair:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-11

• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• proposal: means an offer by a CMGC or PDB to enter into a contract with the department in response to a request for proposals by the department under section 16 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-12
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• request for proposals: refers to the process by which the department solicits persons to provide services as a CMGC or PDB under this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-14
• selection panel: means a panel of individuals who are:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-13

• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• study: refers to the study of transportation infrastructure funding mechanisms that is the subject of the contract described in section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-23-29-1
• sufficiency rating: means any rating that assigns numerical values to each road section reflecting its relative adequacy based on an engineering appraisal of structural condition, safety, and traffic service and upon an economic appraisal of its actual or potential value to the total area served by the road including the effect of loss of traffic to and through the area resulting from deterioration or obsolescence of the road. See Indiana Code 8-23-12-1
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• unofficial detour route: means the path that the department in conjunction with local officials determines many motorists have taken or are likely to take in place of the official detour route because the path is or was:

  Indiana Code 8-23-21-0.5

• vegetation: refers to grasses or other plants that are suitable for processing into fuels or other energy products. See Indiana Code 8-23-24.5-3
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• worksite: has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-200. See Indiana Code 8-23-32-6
• worksite speed control system: means a photographic device, radar device, laser device, or other electrical or mechanical device or devices designed to:

  Indiana Code 8-23-32-7

• worksite speed control system operator: means a person described in section 13 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-23-32-8
• worksite speed limit: means a temporary speed limit established by:

  Indiana Code 8-23-32-9