Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 35 > Chapter 8 - Acknowledgments

• Adult paraphernalia store: means an establishment that has as a substantial or significant portion of its stock clothing, objects, tools, toys, or any other items distinguished or characterized by their association with sexual activity, including sexual conduct or sexual excitement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Agreement: means a written contractual agreement between the merchant and the third-party delivery service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3171
• Amusement attraction: means a movie theater, video arcade, or any other building, structure, or place principally devoted to activities providing amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Amusement ride: includes inflatables. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Applicant: means a parent or relative of the parent who applies for FITAP on behalf of a child. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Automated teller machine: means an electronic hardware device that is capable of dispensing currency and responding to balance inquiries through the use of a magnetic stripe card issued by or on behalf of the state for distribution of assistance through an electronic benefits transfer system as described in this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Bar: means a business that holds a Class A-General retail permit and the primary purpose of such business is to serve alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of those beverages. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Cash assistance: means funds that the department provides through the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program and the Kinship Care Subsidy Program to eligible beneficiaries for the purpose of assisting those persons in meeting ongoing basic needs. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Commercial body art facility: means any location, place, area, or business, whether permanent or temporary, that provides consumers access to personal services workers who for remuneration perform any of the following procedures:

  (a)  Tattooing or inserting pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, to produce an indelible mark or figure visible under the skin. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231

• Commission: means the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:851.2
• Consumer: means a person, business, or other entity who places an order for merchant products through the third-party delivery platform. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3171
• Cruise ship: means any commercial ship used for the domestic or international carriage of passengers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Family Success Agreement: means the mutually developed contract between a FITAP recipient, on behalf of their family, and the department that sets forth mutual and time-bound responsibilities, expectations, activities, and goals designed to transition a participant from welfare to self-sufficiency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Federal Welfare Reform Act: means the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Public Law 104-193, and applicable changes due to its reauthorization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• FITAP: means the cash assistance program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• FNS: means the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the office of the federal government that administers SNAP. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Gaming establishment: means a gambling casino and any other establishment which provides gaming activities that are subject to regulation by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Governing authority: means the governing authority of a parish or parishes having a youth center or a juvenile detention center authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1099.2
• Jewelry: means an object or thing consisting of precious stones or precious metals worn as adornment or apparel, including costume jewelry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Likeness: means the logo, motto, or any identifiable symbols attributed and easily identified as belonging to a specific merchant. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3171
• Liquor store: means any retail establishment that sells exclusively or primarily intoxicating liquor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Merchant: means a restaurant or other retail entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3171
• Motorboat: means any vessel equipped with or propelled by any type of machinery whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion but shall not include a vessel which has a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United States Government or any federal agency successor thereto, unless the vessel is a recreational use vessel. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:851.2
• Nail salon: means a commercial establishment that provides nail services of any kind including but not limited to trimming, filing, decorating, shaping, sculpting, or in any way caring for the nails and skin of a person's hands or feet together with massaging the hands, arms, legs, and feet. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or vessel. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:851.2
• Parish: means a parish in which a youth center is sited. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1099.2
• Participant: means a recipient of SNAP benefits who participates in the pilot initiative provided for in this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Participating parish: means any parish which has entered into a participation agreement with a parish having a youth center by which certain space within the center is subleased to house juveniles from the participating parish. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1099.2
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:851.2
• Pilot initiative: means the workforce training and education pilot initiative provided for in this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Point-of-sale terminal: means an electronic hardware device that meets all of the following criteria:

  (a)  May be utilized at a retailer's place of business where consumers pay for goods or services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231

• Psychic: means any person or establishment engaged in the occupation of occult science including a fortune teller, palmist, astrologist, numerologist, clairvoyant, craniologist, phrenologist, card reader, spiritual reader, tea leaf reader, prophet, or advisor who in any manner claims or pretends to tell fortunes or claims or pretends to disclose mental faculties of individuals for any form of compensation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Recipient: means the person who has received assistance under this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:851.2
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• secretary of revenue: when used in this Title, mean the secretary of the Department of Revenue for the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1501
• Sexually oriented business: means any commercial enterprise that has as its primary business the offering of a service or the sale, rent, or exhibit of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• SNAP: means the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and at the state level by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• STEP: means the education, employment, training and related services program for families receiving cash assistance payments. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• TANF: means the federal block grant program established under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, and applicable changes due to its reauthorization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
• Third-party delivery platform: means the online communication platform of the third-party delivery service on which a consumer can view and search the menus of merchants and place an order for merchant products through internet-enabled technology and digital media, including websites and consumer applications accessible through smart phones and other mobile devices. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3171
• Third-party delivery service: means a company, organization, or other entity, other than a merchant, that is licensed to do business in this state and provides limited delivery services to a consumer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3171
• Vessel: means watercraft and air boats of every description, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:851.2
• Watercraft: means any contrivance used or designated for navigation on water. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:851.2
• Work-eligible: refers to families containing an adult under sixty years of age, or teen head of household, that is not disabled, incapacitated, or caring for a family member who is disabled or incapacitated as documented by a medical expert to which the status of disability is clearly established and explained. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231