Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 19 > Chapter 1 - Cooperation With Federal Government to Receive Benefits

• 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
• 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.
• governor: shall mean the governor of the state of Indiana. See Indiana Code 5-19-1-4
• political subdivision: shall mean and include any county of Indiana, any civil township of Indiana, any civil incorporated city or town of Indiana, any school corporation of any township, city, or town of Indiana, or any other territorial subdivision of the state recognized or designated in any law, any public utility entity not privately owned, any public sewage disposal entity, any public flood control or levee district or entity, any public drainage district or entity, any public sanitary district or entity, and any public improvement district authority or entity authorized to levy taxes or assessments. See Indiana Code 5-19-1-4
• state: shall mean and include the state of Indiana, the governor of the state of Indiana, any agency of the state of Indiana designated by the governor to receive federal aid, and any officer, board, bureau, commission, division, or department. See Indiana Code 5-19-1-4
• 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