Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 142A - Tobacco Use Prevention and Control

• Administrator: means the administrator of the division of tobacco use prevention and control. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Commission: means the commission on tobacco use prevention and control established in this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• Community partnership: means a public agency or nonprofit organization implementing the tobacco use prevention and control initiative in a local area in accordance with this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• Director: means the director of public health. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• Division: means the division of tobacco use prevention and control of the Iowa department of public health, established pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• 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}
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Initiative: means the comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative established in this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• Manufacturer: means manufacturer as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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 a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Tobacco: means both cigarettes and tobacco products as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 142A.2
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Youth: means a person who is five through twenty-four years of age. See Iowa Code 142A.2