Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 31 - Nature Preserves

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• appraised value: means the value of property without consideration of the effect, if any, of dedication or other preservation related restrictions. See Indiana Code 14-31-2-2
• 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
• area: means an area of land, water, or both land and water, whether in public or private ownership, that meets one (1) or both of the following conditions:

  Indiana Code 14-31-1-2

• articles of dedication: means the writing by which an estate, an interest, or a right in an area is formally dedicated as permitted by section 14 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-1-3
• buy: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 14-31-3-1

• campaign: refers to the Indiana natural heritage protection campaign established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-2-3
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• division: refers to the division of nature preserves. See Indiana Code 14-31-2-4
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• fund: refers to the Indiana natural heritage protection fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-2-5
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• ginseng: refers to American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L. See Indiana Code 14-31-3-2
• ginseng dealer: means a person who buys or sells ginseng roots from ginseng harvesters or other ginseng dealers for resale or exportation. See Indiana Code 14-31-3-3
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• harvest season: means the season established by the commission under section 14(b)(1) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-3-4
• 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.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• nature preserve: means an area in which an estate, an interest, or a right has been formally dedicated under this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-1-5
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• registry: refers to the Indiana natural areas registry:

  Indiana Code 14-31-2-6

• sell: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 14-31-3-5

• system: means the nature preserves held under this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-1-6
• trust I: refers to the Indiana natural heritage stewardship trust I authorized by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-2-7
• trust II: refers to the Indiana natural heritage stewardship trust II authorized by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-31-2-8
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• 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