Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 12 > Article 12 > Chapter 8 - Centers for Independent Living

• 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.
• center for independent living: means a consumer controlled, community based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agency that:

  Indiana Code 12-12-8-1

• commissioner: means the commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the United States Department of Education. See Indiana Code 12-12-8-1.5
• council: means the statewide independent living council established by section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-12-8-2.5
• cross-disability: means , with respect to a center for independent living, that a center provides independent living services to individuals representing a range of significant disabilities and does not require the presence of one (1) or more specific significant disabilities before determining that an individual is eligible for independent living services. See Indiana Code 12-12-8-3
• 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.
• federal act: refers to the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Indiana Code 12-12-8-3.2
• 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.
• state plan: means the materials jointly developed and submitted by the council and the division to the commissioner containing the state's proposals for the following:

  Indiana Code 12-12-8-3.8

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• 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