Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 10 > Chapter 1.1 - Public Employees Deferred Compensation Plans

• affiliate: has the meaning set forth in IC 23-1-43-1. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-1
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• automatic location information: means information that is transmitted while enhanced 911 service is provided and that permits emergency service providers to identify the geographic location of the calling party. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-2
• automatic number identification: has the meaning set forth in 47 C. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-3
• 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}
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: refers to the board of fire trustees of a fire protection district. See Indiana Code 36-8-11-2
• board: means the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-15-2

• board: refers to the statewide 911 board established by Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-1
• board: refers to the statewide 911 board established by section 24 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-4
• Class B firefighting foam: means a foam intended for use in extinguishing flammable liquid fires. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.7-1
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• CMRS: refers to commercial mobile radio service (as defined in 47 C. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-5
• communications service: means any service that:

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-7

• communications system: means any system:

  Indiana Code 36-8-15-3

• computer: means computer hardware and computer software. See Indiana Code 36-8-15-4
• consumer: means a person that purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a seller. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• customer: means :

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-8

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• department: refers to the department of homeland security established by IC 10-19-2-1. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.6-1
• department: refers to the department of state revenue. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-3
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• district: refers to the public communications systems and computer facilities district created by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-15-5
• education board: refers to the board of firefighting personnel standards and education. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.5-2
• eligible telecommunications carrier: refers to a provider that is designated by the Indiana utility regulatory commission as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of receiving Lifeline reimbursement from the universal service fund through the administrator designated by the Federal Communications Commission. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-3.5
• eligible telecommunications carrier: refers to a provider that is designated by the Indiana utility regulatory commission as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of receiving Lifeline reimbursement from the universal service fund through the administrator designated by the Federal Communications Commission. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-8.7
• Emergency medical services personnel: means individuals certified by the emergency medical services commission established by IC 16-31-2-1 who:

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• Employee: means a person in the service of another person under a written or implied contract of hire or apprenticeship. See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• employee: means any person, including a person elected, appointed or under contract, receiving compensation from the state or any political subdivision as described in section 1 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-10-1.1-2
• Employer: means :

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• enhanced prepaid wireless charge: means the charge that a seller is required to collect from a consumer under section 12 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-4
• 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}
• Essential employee: means an employee:

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• exchange access facility: means the access from a particular service user's premises to a telephone system. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-10
• executive director: refers to the executive director of the board. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-11
• executive training program: means the fire chief executive training program described in section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.6-2
• facility: has the meaning set forth in 327 IAC 2-6. See Indiana Code 36-8-12.2-1
• facility: means computers and communication systems or any necessary appurtenances and improvements thereto, including real and personal property required to house such facilities and all equipment, apparatus, devices, and instrumentalities required for the proper operation of the facility or facilities. See Indiana Code 36-8-15-6
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• fire department: means a fire department that:

  Indiana Code 36-8-12.2-2

• Fiscal officer: means a bonded employee of the fire protection district charged with the faithful receipt and disbursement of the funds of the district. See Indiana Code 36-8-11-2
• 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.
• Freeholder: means an individual who holds land in fee, for life, or for some indeterminate period of time, whether or not in joint title. See Indiana Code 36-8-11-2
• full-time firefighter: means a full-time, fully paid firefighter employed by a political subdivision. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.5-3
• fund: refers to the statewide 911 fund established by Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-5
• fund: refers to the statewide 911 fund established by section 29 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-12
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• hazardous materials emergency: has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-97. See Indiana Code 36-8-12.2-3
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• interconnected VOIP service: has the meaning set forth in 47 C. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-13
• Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
• Joint title: means joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entireties. See Indiana Code 36-8-11-2
• 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.
• 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.
• local exchange carrier: has the meaning set forth in 47 U. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-14
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• mode of transportation: has the meaning set forth in 327 IAC 2-6. See Indiana Code 36-8-12.2-4
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• multiline telephone system: means a voice communications service system that includes the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-15

• Nominal compensation: means annual compensation of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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 an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or another legal entity. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.7-2
• 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.
• PFAS chemical: means any chemical of a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, including:

  Indiana Code 36-8-10.7-3

• place of primary use: means the street address representative of where a customer's use of communications service primarily occurs, which must be:

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-16

• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• prepaid user: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-17
• prepaid user: refers to a user of prepaid wireless telecommunications service who:

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-6

• prepaid wireless telecommunications service: means a prepaid wireless calling service (as defined in Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-7
• Primary county: refers to the county where the largest portion of a municipality is located if the municipality is located in two (2) counties. See Indiana Code 36-8-11-2
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• proprietary information: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-18

• provider: means a person or entity, or an affiliate of a person or an entity, that:

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-19

• provider: means a person or entity that offers prepaid wireless telecommunications service. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-8
• PSAP: refers to a public safety answering point:

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-20

• Public servant: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Responsible party: has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-191(d). See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• responsible party: has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-191(d). See Indiana Code 36-8-12.2-5
• retail transaction: means the purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any purpose other than resale. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-9
• Secondary county: refers to the county where the smallest portion of a municipality is located if the municipality is located in two (2) counties. See Indiana Code 36-8-11-2
• seller: means a person that sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to another person, including a retail merchant that meets one (1) or both of the economic thresholds under Indiana Code 36-8-16.6-10
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• state agency: means any agency, board, commission, department, bureau, or other entity of the administrative branch of Indiana state government. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.7-4
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
• testing: includes :

  Indiana Code 36-8-10.7-5

• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• user: refers to :

  Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-21

• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• VOIP provider: means a provider that offers interconnected VOIP service to users in Indiana. See Indiana Code 36-8-16.7-23
• volunteer fire department: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-8-12-2. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.5-4
• Volunteer fire department: means a department or association organized for the purpose of answering fire alarms, extinguishing fires, and providing other emergency services, the majority of members of which receive no compensation or nominal compensation for their services. See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• volunteer firefighter: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-8-12-2. See Indiana Code 36-8-10.5-5
• Volunteer firefighter: means a firefighter:

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• Volunteer member: means a member of a volunteer emergency medical services association connected with a unit as set forth in IC 16-31-5-1(6). See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5