Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 26 - Public Safety Communications

• board: refers to the board of elections and registration established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 3-6-5.4-2
• 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 integrated public safety commission established under IC 5-26-2-1. See Indiana Code 5-26-1-1
• communications system infrastructure: means all or part of the infrastructure of the system described in IC 5-26-3, including:

  Indiana Code 5-26-5-1

• construction: means the erection, renovation, refurbishing, or alteration of all or any part of buildings, improvements, or other structures, including installation of fixtures or equipment, landscaping of grounds, site work, and providing for other ancillary facilities pertinent to the buildings or structures. See Indiana Code 5-26-5-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• fund: refers to the integrated public safety communications fund established under IC 5-26-4-1. See Indiana Code 5-26-1-2
• infrastructure fund: refers to the communications system infrastructure fund. See Indiana Code 5-26-5-3
• 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}
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• public safety agency: means a federal, state, or local governmental entity eligible to hold an authorization in a public safety radio service as set forth in Indiana Code 5-26-1-4
• 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
• Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• system: refers to the Indiana statewide wireless public safety voice and data communications system. See Indiana Code 5-26-1-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5