Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 30 > Chapter 54 > Subchapter II - Conservation Trust Fund, Assignment of Tax Revenue

• Conservation Trust Fund: means the Delaware Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund established and maintained pursuant to this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• Endowment Account: means the account by that name created within the Conservation Trust Fund pursuant to § 5423 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• 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.
• Infrastructure Account: means the account by that name created within the Conservation Trust Fund pursuant to § 5423 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• 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}
• Open Space Program: means the program to carry out the purpose of Chapter 75 of Title 7, the Delaware Land Protection Act. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• Project: means the planning for, and the acquisition and development of property, undertaken to achieve the purposes of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, The United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
• Stewardship Program: means the program by that name created within the Conservation Trust Fund pursuant to § 5423 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5421
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302