Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 455A - Department of Natural Resources

• 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
• Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455A.1
• Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 455A.1
• Environmental protection commission: means the environmental protection commission created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455A.1
• 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.
• 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
• Fund: means the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455A.1
• 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.
• Livestock: includes but is not limited to an animal classified as an ostrich, rhea, or emu. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Manufacturing: means physical or chemical modification of one or more materials to produce packaging or packaging components. See Iowa Code 455D.19
• month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Natural resource commission: means the natural resource commission created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455A.1
• Nonresident: means every person who is not a resident of this state. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Operator: means a person who operates or is in actual physical control of a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• 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.
• 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
• Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1