Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 11 > Chapter 13 - Voting by Ballot Card Voting System

• ABLE account: refers to an achieving a better life experience (ABLE) account established by an eligible individual that:

  Indiana Code 12-11-14-1

• administrator: means a natural person who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a housing with services establishment. See Indiana Code 12-10-15-1.5
• advisory committee: refers to the 211 advisory committee established by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-13-16-3
• 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.
• agency: means a department, a commission, a council, a board, a bureau, a division, a service, an office, or an administration that is responsible for providing services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, including the following:

  Indiana Code 12-12.7-2-1

• 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.
• 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.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• authority: refers to the achieving a better life experience (ABLE) authority created by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-11-14-2
• autism: means an autism spectrum disorder that is described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 12-11-8-1
• Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• board: refers to the ABLE board of the authority established by section 10 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-11-14-3
• caretaker: means an individual who:

  Indiana Code 12-10.5-1-1

• center for independent living: means a consumer controlled, community based, cross-disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agency that:

  Indiana Code 12-12-8-1

• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• commission: refers to the commission on rehabilitation services established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-12-2-1
• commissioner: means the commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the United States Department of Education. See Indiana Code 12-12-8-1.5
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• contracting state: means a state that has entered into a contract with Indiana to:

  Indiana Code 12-11-14-4

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• council: refers to the division of family resources advisory council established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-13-4-1
• council: means the statewide independent living council established by section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-12-8-2.5
• council: refers to the interagency coordinating council established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-12.7-2-2
• cross-disability: means , with respect to a center for independent living, that a center provides independent living services to individuals representing a range of significant disabilities and does not require the presence of one (1) or more specific significant disabilities before determining that an individual is eligible for independent living services. See Indiana Code 12-12-8-3
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• designated beneficiary: means the eligible individual who has established an ABLE account and is the owner of the account. See Indiana Code 12-11-14-5
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• direct support professional: means an individual who is:

  Indiana Code 12-11-16-1

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• early intervention services: means developmental services that meet the following conditions:

  Indiana Code 12-12.7-2-3

• eligible individual: means an individual who during a taxable year:

  Indiana Code 12-11-14-6

• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• essential person: means a person other than a parent who:

  Indiana Code 12-14-2-0.5

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• federal act: refers to the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Indiana Code 12-12-8-3.2
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• fund: refers to the 211 services fund established by section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-13-16-4
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• health related services: means home health services as listed under IC 16-27-1-5(b) and IC 16-27-1-5(c), attendant and personal care services, professional nursing services, and the central storage and distribution of medications. See Indiana Code 12-10-15-2
• housing with services establishment: means an establishment providing sleeping accommodations to at least five (5) residents and offering or providing for a fee:

  Indiana Code 12-10-15-3

• human services: means services provided by government or nonprofit organizations to ensure the health and well-being of Indiana citizens. See Indiana Code 12-13-16-5
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• infants and toddlers with disabilities: means individuals from birth through two (2) years of age who need early intervention services because the individuals meet the following conditions:

  Indiana Code 12-12.7-2-4

• 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
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• ombudsman: refers to the statewide waiver ombudsman established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-11-13-2
• operator: means a person that operates a housing with services establishment. See Indiana Code 12-10-15-4
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• qualified ABLE program: refers to the achieving a better life experience (ABLE) program established under this chapter under which a person may make contributions for a taxable year for the benefit of an eligible individual to an ABLE account to meet the qualified disability expenses of the designated beneficiary in compliance with Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 12-11-14-7
• qualified disability expense: means any expenses related to the eligible individual's blindness or disability that are incurred for the benefit of an eligible individual who is the designated beneficiary, including the following expenses:

  Indiana Code 12-11-14-8

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• rehabilitation technology: means the provision of physical devices or the adaptation of the physical environment to enable persons with physical disabilities to perform everyday activities in a workplace, in an educational setting, or in a home or other place of residence. See Indiana Code 12-12-6-1
• 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.
• resident: means an individual who has a contract to reside in a housing with services establishment. See Indiana Code 12-10-15-5
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• special needs: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 12-10.5-1-2

• state plan: means the materials jointly developed and submitted by the council and the division to the commissioner containing the state's proposals for the following:

  Indiana Code 12-12-8-3.8

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• supportive services: means help with personal laundry, handling or assisting with personal funds of the residents, or arranging for medical services, health related services, or social services. See Indiana Code 12-10-15-6
• TANF assistance group: means persons whose income, resources, or needs are considered in determining one (1) or both of the following:

  Indiana Code 12-14-1-0.5

• task force: refers to the services for individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities task force established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-11-15.5-1
• unit: refers to the unit of services for the deaf and hard of hearing established by IC 12-12-1-2. See Indiana Code 12-12-7-1
• 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
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5