Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 18B > Article 1 - Governance

• 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.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• 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
• approval: when used in reference to action by the commission or the council, means action in which the governance rationale of a governing board under its jurisdiction is given due consideration, and the action of the commission is to additionally establish whether the proposed institutional action is consistent with law and established policy and is an appropriate advancement of the public interest. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• boards: means the institutional boards of governors created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Chancellor: means the Chancellor for Higher Education where the context refers to a function of the Higher Education Policy Commission. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education: means the chief executive officer of the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education employed pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Collaboration: means entering into an agreement with one or more providers of education services in order to enhance the scope, quality, or efficiency of education services. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• commission: means the commission created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Community and technical college education: means the programs, faculty, administration, and funding associated with the delivery of community and technical college education programs. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council: means the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Independent community and technical college: means a state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the council, which is independently accredited, is governed by its own independent governing board, and may not be operated as a branch or off-campus location of any other state institution of higher education. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• rules: means a regulation, standard, policy, or interpretation of general application and future effect. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• State college and university: means Bluefield State College, Concord University, Fairmont State University, Glenville State College, Shepherd University, West Liberty University, or West Virginia State University. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• State institution of higher education: means any university, college, or community and technical college under the jurisdiction of a governing board as that term is defined in this section. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• statutorily exempted schools: means West Virginia University, including West Virginia University Potomac State College and West Virginia University Institute of Technology. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2
• Vice chancellor for administration: means the person employed in accordance with §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2