Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 6 > Part VII > Subpart A - Regulation

• Adult amusement attraction or amusement ride: means an attraction that is not a "child amusement attraction or amusement ride" or "kiddie amusement attraction or amusement ride". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Amusement attraction: means any building or structure around, over, or through which people may move or walk, without the aid of any moving device integral to the building or structure, that provides amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Amusement ride: means any mechanized device or combination of devices which carries passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted course for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• ANSI: means the American National Standards Institute. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• 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
• ASTM: means the American Society for Testing and Materials or ASTM International. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Audit: means an official inspection of an operator's actions and documentation as it relates to the coordination of inflatable amusement devices, amusement rides, and amusement attractions at an event and a set-up inspector's actions, documentation, and tagging as it relates to the set-up inspection of inflatable amusement devices, amusement rides, and amusement attractions at an event, including each operator's and set-up inspector's adherence to applicable statutes and rules. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• 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.
• Center: means any person or organization which, for profit, offers physical fitness services, whether at multiple outlets or a single outlet. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1576
• Certificate of inspection: means a certificate or report prepared by a third-party inspector pursuant to his inspection which verifies that the inflatable amusement device, amusement attraction, or amusement ride complies with all applicable adopted laws, rules, standards, and its corresponding manufacturer's installation manuals, maintenance and service bulletins, and notices. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Certificate of registration: means a certificate issued by the office of state fire marshal upon receipt of a completed registration application, valid insurance as required by this Part, and a certificate of inspection. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• contract for dance studio lessons and other services: means a contract for instruction in ballroom or other types of dancing, and includes lessons and other services, whether given to students individually or in groups. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1551
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Employee: means a person who performs services for wages or salary from his employer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Event: means a private or public organized occasion, where people and entertainment are usually present, which may be celebratory in nature and occurs at a temporary operation location. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. ^{Source: OCC}
• Firm: means a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited liability company, or similar type of business entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Fixed operation location: means an operating location wherein amusement devices, amusement attractions, or amusement rides are operated for an indefinite period of time and are not often disassembled and reassembled. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Inflatable amusement device: means any amusement attraction that incorporates a structural and mechanical system that employs a high-strength fabric or film that achieves its strength, shape, and stability by pretensioning with internal air pressure for activities including, but not limited to bouncing, climbing, sliding, or interactive play, which may or may not be enclosed. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• inspection: means the thorough physical examination and functional testing of an inflatable amusement device, amusement attraction, or amusement ride and its component parts necessary to ensure that the device, attraction, or ride complies with all applicable adopted laws, rules, standards, and corresponding manufacturer's installation manuals, maintenance and service repair bulletins, or notices. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Insurance policy: means a contract or other written instrument between an insured and insurer setting forth the obligations and responsibilities of each party. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1421
• Insurer: means any person or company subject to regulation pursuant to Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1421
• investigation: means the thorough physical examination of an inflatable amusement device, amusement attraction, or amusement ride and its component parts by the office of state fire marshal in response to a complaint or an accident, which may or may not have resulted in injury or death, to determine the cause of the accident. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• member: means a person who contracts for the use of physical fitness services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1576
• NAARSO: means the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Operate: means to manage and coordinate an inflatable amusement device, amusement attraction, or amusement ride at an event or a fixed operation location. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Operator: means a person or firm who may or may not own the inflatable amusements devices, amusement attractions, or amusement rides who is managing, coordinating, or has the duty to control the operation of the inflatable amusements devices, amusement attractions, or amusement rides at an event or a fixed operation location. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Outlet: means a separate location of a center which is not physically connected with another center but which may use the same name or may be operated by the same person or organization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1576
• Owner: means a person or firm, or the agent of a person or firm, who owns an amusement attraction, amusement ride, or more than two inflatable amusement devices, and at least one of the person's or firm's inflatable amusement devices, amusement attractions, or amusement rides is utilized in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• 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: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Physical fitness services: means facilities or services for the development of physical fitness through exercise or weight control. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1576
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Set-up inspection: means a review of all necessary documents, including service and repair documents, the observation of and examination of the assembly, set-up, and operation of an inflatable amusement device, amusement attraction, or amusement ride, and an inspection of the foundation, blocking, fuel containers, and mechanical and electrical conditions of such a device, attraction, or ride. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Set-up inspector: means the person licensed by the office of state fire marshal to conduct the set-up inspection prior to the opening of an amusement attraction or prior to the operation of an inflatable amusement device or amusement ride at each event. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Temporary operation location: means an operating location where inflatable amusement devices, amusement attractions, or amusement rides are operated for a finite period of time not to exceed thirty days. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testing: means the set-up and activation of an inflatable amusement device, amusement attraction, or amusement ride for the purpose of analyzing such device, attraction, or ride and its component parts for safety. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Third-party inspector: means a person licensed by the office of state fire marshal to test and inspect inflatable amusement devices, amusement attractions, and amusement rides. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1484.3
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• unit: means the insurance fraud investigation unit within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1421
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.