Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 13 > Chapter 23 > Part 5 - Housing Trust Fund

• Bovine activity: means any activity involving one (1) or more bovine, including, but not limited to:
  (A) Grazing, herding, feeding, branding, milking or any other activity that involves the care or maintenance of bovine. See Tennessee Code 44-21-101
• Bovine owner: means any person with ownership rights to bovine. See Tennessee Code 44-21-101
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Equine: means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny. See Tennessee Code 44-20-102
• Equine activity: means :
  (A) Equine shows, fairs, competitions, performances, or parades that involve any or all breeds of equines and any of the equine disciplines, including, but not limited to, dressage, hunter and jumper horse shows, grand prix jumping, three-day events, combined training, rodeos, driving, pulling, cutting, polo, steeplechasing, English and western performance riding, endurance trail riding and western games, and hunting. See Tennessee Code 44-20-102
• Equine activity sponsor: means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether or not the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, that sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity, including, but not limited to, pony clubs, 4-H clubs, hunt clubs, riding clubs, school and college-sponsored classes, programs and activities, therapeutic riding programs, and operators, instructors, and promoters of equine facilities, including, but not limited to, stables, clubhouses, ponyride strings, fairs, and arenas at which the activity is held. See Tennessee Code 44-20-102
• Equine professional: means a person engaged for compensation:
  (A) In instructing a participant or renting to a participant an equine for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine. See Tennessee Code 44-20-102
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Housing trust fund: means a fund consisting of appropriations, reserves or dedications of any revenues except pension or retirement funds by a participating unit or units of local government, together with private and foundation sources of funds, all used for providing low income persons with safe and affordable housing. See Tennessee Code 13-23-502
• Inherent risks of bovine activities: means dangers or conditions that are an integral part of bovine activities, including, but not limited to:
  (A) The propensity of a bovine to behave in ways that may result in injury, loss, damage or death to persons on or around the bovine. See Tennessee Code 44-21-101
• Inherent risks of equine activities: means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of equine activities, including, but not limited to:
  (A) The propensity of an equine to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them. See Tennessee Code 44-20-102
• Low income: means qualified persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary, as determined by the approved entity, to enable them without low interest financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and affordable dwellings without overcrowding. See Tennessee Code 13-23-502
• Participant: means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the equine activity. See Tennessee Code 44-20-102
• 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 an individual, corporation or any other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 44-21-101
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Unit or units of local government: means any city or county, separately or together, that sets up a program to establish a housing trust fund. See Tennessee Code 13-23-502
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105