Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 41 > Chapter 33 - Pest Control: Local and State Programs for Vector Abatement

• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• pest: means an arthropod, a vertebrate, or a microorganism of health significance to humans. See Indiana Code 16-41-33-1
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• vector: means an arthropod or a feral animal responsible for the transmission of pathogens from a host to another animal or human. See Indiana Code 16-41-33-2