Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 3 > Chapter 20 > Part I - General

• Accumulated contributions: means the sum of all amounts deducted from a member's compensation and credited to his individual account in the annuity savings fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• agent: means the state fire marshal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:912.51
• Annual percentage rate: The cost of credit at a yearly rate. It is calculated in a standard way, taking the average compound interest rate over the term of the loan so borrowers can compare loans. Lenders are required by law to disclose a card account's APR. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• board of trustees: means the board of trustees of this system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Commission: means the Louisiana Manufactured Housing Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• Cosmetic: means either of the following:

              (a) Articles intended to be applied to or introduced into the human body or any part thereof for purposes of cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering appearance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:771

• Cosmetic animal testing: means the internal or external application or exposure of any cosmetic product, cosmetic ingredient, or nonfunctional constituent to the skin, eyes, or any other body part, organ, or extremity of a live nonhuman vertebrate. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:771
• Cosmetic ingredient: means any single chemical entity or mixture used as a component in the manufacture of a cosmetic product as defined in 21 C. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:771
• Cosmetic product: means a finished and complete cosmetic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:771
• Creditable service: means all periods of time for which credit is allowed towards any benefits of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Criminal history record information: means conviction information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
• developer: includes "contractors" and "residential contractors" as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• Disability: means a condition which in the determination of the board renders an employee permanently and totally disabled, by bodily injury or disease, from performing the duties and responsibilities of his position; provided, however, that such condition is not, directly or indirectly, the result of military service, engaging in a felonious criminal enterprise, habitual drunkenness or use of narcotics, intentionally self-inflicted injury, or declared war or enemy action. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Distributor: means any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, or trust, resident or nonresident, who in whole or in part sells or supplies manufactured housing to dealers or who maintains distributor sales representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• Earnings: shall mean the full rate of compensation paid to the member (employee); however, in computing the earnings of an employee for retirement purposes, the amount of overtime earnings to be used in the computation of earnings cannot exceed the average amount of overtime earnings received for the six-year period immediately preceding retirement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Employee: means any person who is employed as a permanent employee of a parish who works at least twenty-eight hours a week and whose compensation is paid wholly or partly by said parish, but excluding all persons employed by a parish or city school board, and all persons eligible for any other public retirement system in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Extraordinary circumstances: means a federally declared disaster, a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency, a pandemic, or an illness or emergency medical condition. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• final compensation: means the average monthly earnings during the sixty highest consecutive months of employment or the sixty highest successive joined months of employment if interruption of service occurred. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Fiscal year: means an accounting period of twelve months ending on the last day of any month other than December. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:98
• 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.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Louisiana state plan: means the document which outlines the process by which the state administrative agent shall ensure the effective handling of consumer complaints and other information that relates to noncompliance, defects, or imminent safety hazards, involving manufactured housing, together with any responsibility delegated to the state administrative agent. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:912.51
• Manufacturer: means any entity required to specify conspicuously its name and place of business on the label of a cosmetic in package form pursuant to 21 C. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:771
• Manufacturer: means any person who manufactures manufactured or modular housing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• Member: means a contributing employee who is covered under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Mobile home: means a factory-built, residential dwelling unit built to voluntary standards prior to the passage of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Nonfunctional constituent: means any incidental ingredient as defined in 21 C. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:771
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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, association, or group of natural persons, partnership, company, corporation, institution, or legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• Person: means an individual or any legal or commercial entity, including a corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plan B: means the revised plan to replace the regular plan, to be effective January 1, 1980, as outlined in Part IV. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Plan C: means the plan to be effective July 1, 1997, as outlined in Part IV-A of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Retailer: means any person who is engaged wholly or in part in the business of buying, selling, distributing, brokering, or exchanging an interest in a manufactured or modular home with the intent to make a profit, monetary gain, or any thing of economic value. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• retirement system: means the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, established as of January 1, 1953, defined in Chapter 5, Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and as subsequently amended. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Salesman: means any person employed by a retailer or developer for purposes of selling manufactured or modular housing to the public. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Supplier: means any entity that provides, whether directly or through a third party, any cosmetic ingredient used by a manufacturer in the formulation of a cosmetic product. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:771
• Surviving spouse: means a legal spouse who was married to a member at the time of the member's death and for at least twelve months immediately prior thereto. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1902
• Taxable year: includes , in the case of a return made for a fractional part of a year under the provisions of this Chapter or under regulations prescribed by the collector, the period for which return is made. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:98
• Transporter: means an individual who transports a manufactured or modular home to a site of installation but does not perform any blocking or anchoring of the home, except a transporter is allowed to put blocks under the hitch on the tongue of the frame. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:911.22