Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 10 - Gas

• Agency: means any governing body employing persons in the public school system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Board: means the Louisiana Board of Animal Health augmented by the persons named in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:663
• Board of Trustees: means the board provided to administer the retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Charter: means the charter for livestock market operations authorized under this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:663
• Commission: means the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission created by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Commission: as used in this Part , means the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1913
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
• Employee: means any person legally occupying a position as a school bus driver who actually renders a service by driving a school bus during the full time of his employment, a school janitor, a school custodian, a school maintenance employee, school bus aide, monitor or attendant, or other regular school employee who actually works on a school bus helping with the transportation of school children, and who is a legal employee of a parish or city school board of the state of Louisiana, and shall include the employees of this system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Employer: means the state of Louisiana or any parish or city school board from which any employee receives his compensation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• End user: means any person, firm, or corporation which has the use of or legal authority or control over any system which utilizes liquefied petroleum gas as defined by this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fund: means an independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash or other resources together with all related liabilities, obligations, reserves, and equities which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with regulations, restrictions, and limitations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Liquefied petroleum gas dealers: means those persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the storage, sale, or transportation of liquefied petroleum gases over the public highways of this state, in the installation of storage tanks or systems for the use of liquefied petroleum gases, and in the installation of liquefied petroleum gas appliances for the use of liquefied petroleum gases who are required, by this Part and the rules and regulations of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission, to obtain the permit and furnish the insurance required by this Part as a prerequisite to the right to carry on their respective businesses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Liquefied petroleum gas system: means any tank, container, heat or cold producing device, appliance, or piping that utilizes or has liquefied petroleum gas connected thereto. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Livestock: means cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules, donkeys, and other equine; sheep; goats; swine; domestic rabbits; fish, turtles, and other animals identified with aquaculture that are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk, farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals; chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; and animals placed under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of agriculture and forestry and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation of any such animal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:663
• Livestock market: means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a "buying station" "livestock market" "livestock auction market" "sales ring" "stockyard" or the like, operated for compensation or profit as a market for livestock, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:663
• Manufacturer of liquefied petroleum gases: means any person, firm, or corporation which derives liquefied petroleum gas from raw materials, such as crude oil or natural gas, through an artificial process that gives the raw materials new qualities or combinations that are suitable for use in some form other than in their raw state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Manufacturer of products of which liquefied petroleum gas forms a component part: means any person, firm, or corporation which uses liquefied petroleum gas as a raw material or in combination with other materials to form another product. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Member: means any school employee, as defined in Paragraph (13) of this Section, as provided in Part II of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Motor fuel: means liquefied petroleum gases of a type distributed for use as a fuel in self-propelled agricultural or industrial equipment, and vehicles designed for use on public streets, roads, and highways. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Owner: means any person, firm, or corporation who holds a written bill of sale under which title was transferred to the subject property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Person: means an individual or any legal or commercial entity, including a corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
• 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}
• Prior service: means service rendered prior to July 1, 1947, for which credit is allowable under Part III of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Program: means a grouping of activities directed toward the accomplishment of a clearly defined objective or set of objectives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Reseller: means a person, firm, or corporation who:

  (i)  Holds title or ownership of liquefied petroleum gas as it leaves the facility or plant of a manufacturer of liquefied petroleum gas, or the facility or plant of a manufacturer of products of which liquefied petroleum gas form a component part, or of a commercial storage facility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842

• Retail motor fuel sale: means the dispensing of liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel at a retail station to the general public for cash or credit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Retail station: means that portion of property where liquefied petroleum gases used as motor fuel are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into liquefied petroleum gas fuel tanks of motor vehicles and where such dispensing is an act of retail motor fuel sale. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Retirement: means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Retirement system: means the Louisiana School Employees Retirement System established and described in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002