Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 21 > Article 36 - State Educational Institutions: Disposition of Property

• 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.
• appointing authority: means the head of a department, division, board, or commission, or an individual or group of individuals who have the power by law or by lawfully delegated authority to make appointments to positions in the state civil service. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-2
• 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}
• classified employee: means an employee who:

  Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-4

• commission: refers to the state employees appeals commission created by Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-5
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• director: refers to the state personnel director appointed under section 14 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-7
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• monetize: refers to an exchange of part or all of the possession and control of a capital asset or security of a state educational institution, without a transfer of ownership, for a period of time in return for cash or future revenue as specified in a written agreement between the state educational institution and a third party. See Indiana Code 21-36-4-3
• 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.
• state civil service: means public service by individuals who are subject to this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-10