Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-10.1-3-4

• Agreement: as used in this article means the federal-state agreement specified in chapter 2 of this article. See Indiana Code 5-10.1-1-10
• 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
• Federal administrator: as used in this article means the federal security administrator and includes the secretary of health, education, and welfare of the United States and any individual to whom the federal security administrator has delegated any of his functions under the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of employees of a state and its political subdivisions. See Indiana Code 5-10.1-1-5
• Political subdivision: as used in this article means a county, city, town, township, political body corporate, political entity, local housing authority, public school corporation, public library, public utility of a county, city, town, or township whether the public utility is operated by the city or town or under the terms of a trusteeship for the benefit of the city or town, and a department of, or associated with, a county, city, town, or township, which department receives revenue independently of, or in addition to, funds obtained through taxation. See Indiana Code 5-10.1-1-7
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Social Security Act: as used in this article means the act of Congress approved August 14, 1935, chapter 531, 49 Stat. See Indiana Code 5-10.1-1-9
• State agency: as used in this article means the Indiana public retirement system. See Indiana Code 5-10.1-1-8
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5