Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 23 > Chapter 14 > Part V - Workforce Development Boards

• 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.
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Board: means a local workforce development board as described in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Chief elected official: means a city-parish mayor president or mayor, parish president, police jury president, or parish council president. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Commission: means the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Council: means the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
• Director: means director of the Division of Occupational Standards. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2582
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Financial Planning and Management Service: means the planning and management of the financial affairs of an individual, and distribution of money to the creditors thereof, or acting as the agent of an individual in the distribution of his income to his creditors, whether or not the person so acting receives a fee or charge for such services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2582
• Individual: means the person or persons for whom the credit of financial adjusting service is performed. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2582
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Local labor market: means an economically integrated geographical area within which individuals may reside and find employment within a reasonable distance of their residences. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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.
• Performance standards: means the basic measures of performance for workforce development programs. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Person: means any individual, firm partnership, association or corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2582
• 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.
• Program year: means July first to June thirtieth. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• 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.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Secretary: means the secretary of the commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Workforce development: means workforce education and workforce training and services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Workforce education: means education which assists an individual in his ability to function and succeed as an employee in a workplace. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Workforce training and services: means training and service programs that assist citizens in improving their employment opportunities or maintaining their present employment but are not included within the definition of workforce education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.