Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 101B - Cigarette Fire Safety Standards

• Agent: means a distributor as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Cigarette: means cigarette as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of public safety. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Manufacturer: means any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• 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 individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Quality control and quality assurance program: means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the repeatability testing, and which program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values specified in section 101B. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent of the time. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Retailer: means retailer as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• Sale: means any transfer of title or possession, exchange or barter, in any manner or by any means or any agreement. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Sell: means to sell, or to offer or agree to sell. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Wholesaler: means wholesaler as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1