Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 36 > Article 8 > Chapter 22 - Meet and Confer for Public Safety Employees

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• employee: means a full-time employee of a police or fire department. See Indiana Code 36-8-22-2
• employee organization: means an organization:

  Indiana Code 36-8-22-3

• employer: means a unit. See Indiana Code 36-8-22-4
• exclusive recognized representative: means an employee organization elected under section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-8-22-5
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• strike: means a:

  Indiana Code 36-8-22-6

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5