Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 11 > Chapter 18.1 - Vote Centers

• 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
• 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 interstate advisory health care commission established by Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-1
• compact: refers to the health care compact entered into under this article. See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-2
• 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.
• current year inflation adjustment factor: means the total gross domestic product deflator, as determined by the United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, in the current year divided by the total gross domestic product deflator in federal fiscal year 2010. See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-3
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• health care: means care, services, supplies, or plans related to the health of an individual, including the following:

  Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-4

• 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}
• Mandatory spending: Spending (budget authority and outlays) controlled by laws other than annual appropriations acts.
• member state: means a state that has adopted the health care compact law. See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-5
• member state current year funding level: means the member state base funding level multiplied by the member state current year population adjustment factor multiplied by the current year inflation adjustment factor. See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-7
• member state current year population adjustment factor: means the average population of the member state in the current year, as determined by the United States Census Bureau, less the average population of the member state in federal fiscal year 2010, divided by the average population of the member state in federal fiscal year 2010 plus one (1). See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-8
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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