Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 15 > Article 18 - Dairy Products

• Agency: means any executive or administrative department, commission, council, board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, administration, or other establishment in the executive or administrative branch of the state government not provided for by the constitution. See Indiana Code 4-3-6-2
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Babcock test: means the official Babcock test for milk and for cream. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-1
• board: refers to the creamery examining board established by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-2
• board: refers to the Indiana dairy industry development board established by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-1
• commercial use: means sale for:

  Indiana Code 15-18-5-2

• director: refers to the director of the Indiana state department of agriculture or the director's designee. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-3
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• engaged in the production of milk: includes every person engaged in producing milk in Indiana or to be shipped into Indiana as a:

  Indiana Code 15-18-3-1

• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• interest in land: means both legal and equitable title and interest in land. See Indiana Code 4-3-9-1
• Land: means both unimproved and improved land. See Indiana Code 4-3-9-1
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• milk: means the lacteal secretion obtained by the milking of one (1) or more cows or other dairy animals, including goats, whether in the original or in any processed form, including cream, buttermilk, and skimmed milk intended for human consumption. See Indiana Code 15-18-3-2
• milk: means any class of milk produced by dairy cows in Indiana. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-4
• milk distributor: means any person or person's agent that purchases market milk or market cream from a bargaining agent or another plant for resale. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-3
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• other processing plant: means any place, premises, or establishment:

  Indiana Code 15-18-2-4

• person: includes an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, and an association. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-5
• person: means an individual, a firm, a limited liability company, a corporation, or an association. See Indiana Code 15-18-3-3
• person: means an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a public or private corporation, a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13), a cooperative, a society, an association, or a fiduciary. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-5
• producer: means a person who produces milk in Indiana or to be shipped into Indiana. See Indiana Code 15-18-3-4
• producer: means a person engaged in the production of milk in Indiana for commercial use, including a producer-processor. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-6
• producer-cooperative: includes :

  Indiana Code 15-18-3-5

• producer-distributor: includes a person that:

  Indiana Code 15-18-3-6

• producer-processor: means a producer who processes and markets the producer's own milk. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-7
• qualified program: means a state or regional dairy product promotion, research, or nutrition education program that:

  Indiana Code 15-18-5-8

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• receiving station: means any place other than a dairy processing plant where milk or cream is received, weighed, sampled, or tested for shipment to any other processing plant. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-6
• Reorganization: means :

  Indiana Code 4-3-6-2

• 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.
• standard Babcock testing glassware: means glassware and weights that comply with specifications for official apparatus for the Babcock method as defined in the latest edition of Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-7
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.