Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 2 > Article 5 > Chapter 52 - Land Use Task Force

• administrative law judge: means an individual who presides over an administrative proceeding that results in a finding of fact determining the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party after an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-3
• Affected class: means :

  Indiana Code 4-15-12-1

• Affirmative action policy: means the state's affirmative action policy established in section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
• agency: means an authority, board, branch, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, office, service, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-4
• Agency: means any state administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, service, or other similar body of state government created or established by law. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• Appointing authority: means the individual or group of individuals who have the power by law or by lawfully delegated authority to make appointment to a position in an agency. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• bone marrow: means the soft material that fills human bone cavities. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-3
• certified disaster service volunteer: means an individual who has:

  Indiana Code 4-15-14-1

• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• director: means the director of the office of administrative law proceedings. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-5
• disaster: means an event that is designated under the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures to be at least as serious as a level III disaster and is proclaimed by the governor as a disaster warranting the leave allowed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-2
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• employee: means a person who is employed full time by a state agency. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-4
• employee: means a person who is employed full time by a state agency. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-3
• Employee: means an employee of an agency except an elected official. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
• employee organization: means an entity that works in whole or in part for the common interest of employees. See Indiana Code 4-15-17-2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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}
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Minorities: means persons identified as Blacks, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanics. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• office: means the office of administrative law proceedings established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-6
• Office: means the Indiana affirmative action office created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
• officer or employee of the state: means the following:

  Indiana Code 4-15-11-1

• organ: means a lung, a kidney, or another organ that requires the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful for purposes of transplantation. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-5
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Persons with disabilities: means all persons who by reason of physical or mental disability are unable to achieve full vocational participation. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Red Cross: means the American National Red Cross created under 36 U. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-4
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• 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.
• specialized disaster relief: means one (1) or more of the following Red Cross service categories in which a certified disaster service volunteer is trained:

  Indiana Code 4-15-14-5

• state: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 4-15-17-3

• State agency: means any department, agency, commission, division, authority, board, bureau, or office of the state under the executive authority of the governor, except any state educational institution. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
• state agency: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 4-15-13-1
• state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a bureau, a commission, a committee, a council, a department, a division, an office, an officer, a service, or an instrumentality of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-14-6
• state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-16-6
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Supervisor: means an individual who oversees the daily activity of an employee. See Indiana Code 4-15-10-1
• task force: refers to the land use task force established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 2-5-52-1
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Underutilization: means having fewer members of an affected class in a particular job category and classification than would be reasonably expected by their availability in the labor market for that job category and classification. See Indiana Code 4-15-12-1
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5