Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 7 > Chapter 43 - Removal From Registration Records Due to Request of Voter

• 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.
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• 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
• certificate: refers to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission under section 7(b) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-1-8.4-1
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• commercial motor vehicle: has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-31. See Indiana Code 8-1-8.3-2
• commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission established by IC 8-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 8-1-8.1-1
• commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
• compliance project: means a project:

  Indiana Code 8-1-8.4-2

• 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.
• energy utility: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 8-1-8.4-3
• 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.
• federally mandated costs: means costs that an energy utility has incurred, or estimates that it will incur, in connection with a compliance project, including capital, operating, maintenance, depreciation, tax, or financing costs, or costs that are directly related to the preparation and conduct of a regulatory proceeding. See Indiana Code 8-1-8.4-4
• federally mandated requirement: means a requirement that the commission determines is imposed on an energy utility by the federal government in connection with any of the following:

  Indiana Code 8-1-8.4-5

• 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.
• gross revenue: as used in this chapter , shall include all intrastate operating revenue received by a public utility for the conveyance of telegraph or telephone messages or for the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or for the collection, treatment, purification, or disposal in any sanitary manner of liquid or solid waste, sewage, night soil, and industrial waste for service directly or indirectly to the public. See Indiana Code 8-1-6-3
• 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
• 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}
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• public utility: means a:

  Indiana Code 8-1-8.5-1

• public utility: has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2-1(a). See Indiana Code 8-1-8.3-3
• public utility: as used in this chapter , shall mean and embrace every corporation, company, cooperative organization of any kind, individual, association of individuals, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that on or after March 15, 1969, may own, operate, manage, or control any plant or equipment within the state for the conveyance of telegraph or telephone messages, or for the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or for the collection, treatment, purification, and disposal in a sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil, and industrial waste, for service directly or indirectly to the public, but said term shall not include a municipality that may after March 14, 1969, acquire, own, or operate any of the foregoing facilities. See Indiana Code 8-1-6-3
• public utility service: means the service rendered by a public utility. See Indiana Code 8-1-8.5-1
• 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.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• 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
• utility service interruption emergency: means an outage or interruption of utility service in Indiana, including a near term threat or occurrence of a meteorological or other condition reasonably likely to result in outages or service interruption. See Indiana Code 8-1-8.3-4
• utility service vehicle: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 8-1-8.3-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5