Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 28 > Chapter 9 > Subchapter III - Regulation of Sponsors and Promoters of Public Entertainment Events Other Than Boxing, Wrestling, Racing and Outdoor Music Festivals

• 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
• Entertainment event: shall mean any form of circus or carnival, stage play, variety show, concert, magic, puppet or mime show, pageant, musical or similar type of public entertainment program other than combative sports, wrestling, racing and outdoor music festivals. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 929
• 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.
• 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.
• Promoter: shall mean any person who, privately or as a business agent for a professional enterprise, offers services to another person or organization and in return for the use of that person's/organization's name as sponsor, and a fee, commission or profit share, acquires, advertises and conducts a paid entertainment event for the general public. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 929
• Sponsor: shall mean any person or organization who agrees, verbally or in writing, to authorize the use of their name as an indorsement for, and supporter of, a paid public entertainment event promoted by another individual or business enterprise. See Delaware Code Title 28 Sec. 929
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302