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• Abatement: means any set of measures as determined by the secretary designed to permanently eliminate lead hazards including:

              (a) The removal of lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust, the permanent containment or encapsulation of lead-based paint, the replacement of lead-painted surfaces or fixtures, and the removal or covering of lead-contaminated soil. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1

• Account: means the Lead Hazard Reduction Dedicated Fund Account created pursuant to this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Administrator: means the secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Applicant: means any person who has submitted an application or bid to the corporation for a permit, license, or contract under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Base period: means the first four of the last five complete calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this Chapter, with respect to his unemployment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Board: means the board of directors of the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners established in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3353
• board of supervisors: means the governing board of the district or, if such board has been abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given to the board by this Chapter have been given by law. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:9039.13
• Board of trustees: means the board provided for in Part V of this Chapter to administer the retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:701
• Bond: includes "certificate" and the provisions which are applicable to bonds are equally applicable to certificates. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:9039.13
• Business entity: means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or other business concern. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Calendar quarter: means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the administrator may by regulations prescribe. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Certified: means , with regard to a person engaged in a lead hazard reduction activity, that the person successfully has completed the training and other requirements for engaging in lead hazard reduction activities established by the secretary. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Contributions: means the money payments to the state unemployment compensation fund, required by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Corporation: means the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation, which except as specifically provided in this Chapter shall be a special corporation operated for a public purpose, the ownership interest of which is vested in the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Cost: when used with reference to any project, includes but is not limited to:

  (a)  The expenses of determining the feasibility or practicability of acquisition, construction, or reconstruction. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:9039.13

• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• district: means a special district as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2740.73
• district: means a special district as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:9039.13
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Employee: means a person currently employed, laid off, terminated with reemployment rights, or on leave of absence who is permitted, required, or directed to engage in any employment by an employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Employer: means :

              (a) Any employing unit which in any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year paid for services in employment wages of one thousand five hundred dollars or more for some portion of a day in each of twenty different calendar weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, in either the current or the preceding calendar year, had in employment at least one individual regardless of whether the same individual was in employment each day. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472

• Employing unit: means any individual or type of organization, including the state of Louisiana or subdivisions, or instrumentality thereof or of any other state or of the United States except as excluded by any other provision of this Chapter, and any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, nontrading corporation, insurance company, corporation, or corporate group, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Employment: means , subject to the other provisions of this Subsection, any services including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied;

              B. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472

• Enrolled bill: The final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both chambers in identical form. It is printed on parchment paper, signed by appropriate officials, and submitted to the President/Governor for signature.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fund: means the unemployment compensation fund established by this Chapter, to which all contributions required and from which all benefits provided under this Chapter shall be paid. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Gaming device: means any equipment or mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic contrivance, component, or machine used directly or indirectly in connection with gaming or any game which affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Gaming operator: means a person licensed by the corporation or authorized by contract with the corporation to conduct gaming operations or gaming activities in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Inspection: means :

              (a) A surface-by-surface investigation to determine the presence of lead hazards. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1

• Lead contractor: means any person employing workers engaged in lead hazard reduction activities and a self-employed individual who engages in lead hazard reduction activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Lead hazard: means any condition that causes exposure to lead from lead-contaminated dust, lead-contaminated soil, or lead-contaminated paint that is deteriorated or present in accessible surfaces, friction surfaces, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse human health effects as established by the secretary; and shall include lead-based paint as defined by the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Lead hazard reduction activities: means the assessment of lead hazards, and the planning, implementation, and inspection of abatement activities, as determined by the secretary; and shall include lead-based paint activities as defined by the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License: means an authorization issued to a person by or in the name of the corporation to engage in or assist gaming operations or activities regulated by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Licensee: means any employee, agent, person, or entity who is required to be issued a license under this Chapter or under the rules and regulations of the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Operator: means any person employed in responsible charge of operating all or any portion of a scrap metal recycling facility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1962
• 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 any individual, partnership, association, joint stock association or trust, corporation, or other business entity whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Person: means any individual, business entity, governmental body, or other public or private entity including, to the extent not preempted by state or federal law or regulation, the federal government and its agencies. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• President: means the president of the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:205
• Project: means any development, improvement, property, utility, facility, works, enterprise, or service hereafter undertaken or established under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:9039.13
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Railroad track materials: means steel in the form of railroad tracks or in the form of rail, switch components, spikes, angle bars, tie plates, or bolts of the type used in constructing railroads, or any combination of such materials. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1962
• 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.
• Respiratory care: is synonymous with the term "respiratory therapy" as defined in this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3353
• Respiratory therapy: means the allied health specialty practiced under the direction and supervision of a physician involving the assessment, treatment, testing, monitoring, and care of persons with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3353
• Retirement: means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:701
• Retirement system: means the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:701
• Scrap metal: means metal materials which are purchased for resale to be recycled, including but not limited to ferrous materials, catalytic converters, auto hulks, copper, copper wire, copper alloy, bronze, zinc, aluminum other than in the form of cans, stainless steel, nickel alloys, or brass, whether in the form of bars, cable, ingots, rods, tubing, wire, wire scraps, clamps or connectors, railroad track materials, water utility materials, and used building components. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1962
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2351.1
• solid waste: as used in this Chapter shall have the meaning as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:8051
• State: includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Wages: means all remuneration for services, including vacation pay, holiday pay, dismissal pay, commissions, bonuses, the cash value of all remuneration in any medium other than cash, and WARN Act payments received pursuant to 29 U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472