Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 33 > Chapter 11 - Opioid Abatement Council Act

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Baled waste: means all waste that has been mechanically compacted to achieve high density per unit volume and strapped to retain its form as a bale. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
• Board: means , unless otherwise indicated, the underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board created in §. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
• board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's authorized representative. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
• Consent: means voluntary agreement to what is reasonably well understood regardless of how the agreement is expressed. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
• Council: means the Tennessee opioid abatement council. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of mental health and substance abuse services. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
• Director: means the executive director of the council. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
• Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Opioid abatement and remediation purposes: means programs, strategies, expenditures, and other actions designed to prevent and address the misuse and abuse of opioid products and treat or mitigate opioid use or related disorders or other effects of the opioid epidemic. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Opioid abatement fund: means the fund created by §. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Person: means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm or association, and municipal or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this state or any other state, and any governmental agency or county of this state and any department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Solid waste: means garbage, trash, refuse, abandoned material, spent material, byproducts, scrap, ash, sludge, and all discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
• State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• State-subdivision opioid abatement agreement: means an agreement entered into by the state and one (1) or more political subdivisions of the state that addresses the allocation of funds dedicated to opioid abatement and remediation. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Statewide opioid settlement agreement: means a settlement agreement entered into by the state and one (1) or more entities involved in activities related to the manufacture, marketing, distribution, dispensing, or sale of opioids in which political subdivision claims are addressed. See Tennessee Code 33-11-102
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.