Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 2 > Article 5 > Chapter 51 - Drainage Task Force

• 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
• bone marrow: means the soft material that fills human bone cavities. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-3
• certified disaster service volunteer: means an individual who has:

  Indiana Code 4-15-14-1

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• disaster: means an event that is designated under the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures to be at least as serious as a level III disaster and is proclaimed by the governor as a disaster warranting the leave allowed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-2
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• employee: means a person who is employed full time by a state agency. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-3
• employee: means a person who is employed full time by a state agency. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-4
• employee organization: means an entity that works in whole or in part for the common interest of employees. See Indiana Code 4-15-17-2
• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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}
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• organ: means a lung, a kidney, or another organ that requires the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful for purposes of transplantation. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-5
• 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.
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• Red Cross: means the American National Red Cross created under 36 U. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-4
• 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.
• specialized disaster relief: means one (1) or more of the following Red Cross service categories in which a certified disaster service volunteer is trained:

  Indiana Code 4-15-14-5

• state: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 4-15-17-3

• state agency: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 4-15-13-1
• state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a bureau, a commission, a committee, a council, a department, a division, an office, an officer, a service, or an instrumentality of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-6
• state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-6
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• task force: refers to the drainage task force established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 2-5-51-1
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.