Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 15 > Article 18 - Dairy Products

• 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.
• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Babcock test: means the official Babcock test for milk and for cream. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-1
• board: refers to the Indiana dairy industry development board established by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-1
• board: refers to the creamery examining board established by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-2
• commercial use: means sale for:

  Indiana Code 15-18-5-2

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• director: refers to the director of the Indiana state department of agriculture or the director's designee. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-3
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• engaged in the production of milk: includes every person engaged in producing milk in Indiana or to be shipped into Indiana as a:

  Indiana Code 15-18-3-1

• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• milk: means any class of milk produced by dairy cows in Indiana. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-4
• milk: means the lacteal secretion obtained by the milking of one (1) or more cows or other dairy animals, including goats, whether in the original or in any processed form, including cream, buttermilk, and skimmed milk intended for human consumption. See Indiana Code 15-18-3-2
• milk distributor: means any person or person's agent that purchases market milk or market cream from a bargaining agent or another plant for resale. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-3
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• other processing plant: means any place, premises, or establishment:

  Indiana Code 15-18-2-4

• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: includes an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, and an association. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-5
• person: means an individual, a firm, a limited liability company, a corporation, or an association. See Indiana Code 15-18-3-3
• person: means an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a public or private corporation, a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13), a cooperative, a society, an association, or a fiduciary. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-5
• producer: means a person who produces milk in Indiana or to be shipped into Indiana. See Indiana Code 15-18-3-4
• producer: means a person engaged in the production of milk in Indiana for commercial use, including a producer-processor. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-6
• producer-cooperative: includes :

  Indiana Code 15-18-3-5

• producer-distributor: includes a person that:

  Indiana Code 15-18-3-6

• producer-processor: means a producer who processes and markets the producer's own milk. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-7
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• qualified program: means a state or regional dairy product promotion, research, or nutrition education program that:

  Indiana Code 15-18-5-8

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• receiving station: means any place other than a dairy processing plant where milk or cream is received, weighed, sampled, or tested for shipment to any other processing plant. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-6
• 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.
• standard Babcock testing glassware: means glassware and weights that comply with specifications for official apparatus for the Babcock method as defined in the latest edition of Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International. See Indiana Code 15-18-2-7
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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