Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 27 > Chapter 4 > Part XI - Prohibited Acts and Gaming Offenses

• Administrative costs: means costs incurred by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources in the administration of the program, including but not limited to:

              (a) Program startup costs. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:1419.2

• Application: means the forms and schedules prescribed by the division upon which an applicant seeks a license or permit or the renewal thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:1419.2
• Designated gaming area: means that portion of a riverboat in which gaming activities may be conducted. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
• 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.
• Federal assistance under a state transportation plan: means federal matching funds or other federal money which may be available under a State Implementation Plan (SIP), maintenance plan, or other transportation plan of the Department of Transportation and Development, a Metropolitan Planning Organization, or other state entity pursuant to the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program funding which provides funds for public fleet conversions to cleaner fuels. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:1419.2
• fleet conversion: means both of the following:

              (a) The installation of qualified clean fuel vehicle equipment in order to modify all or a portion of a local governing authority's fleet of motor vehicles which are propelled by gasoline or diesel so that the motor vehicles may be partially or wholly propelled by an alternative fuel. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:1419.2

• gaming license: means a license or authorization to conduct gaming activities on a riverboat issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
• gaming operations: means the use, operation, or conducting of any game or gaming device upon a riverboat including all activities related to and integral to the operation and profitability of a riverboat, including accounting procedures and internal controls governing the licensee's operations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• licensee: means any person holding or applying for a gaming license to conduct gaming activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
• Loan: means a loan of money from the Alternative Fuel Revolving Loan Fund for eligible costs of the conversion of a fleet of motor vehicles of a local governing authority to qualified clean fuel vehicles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:1419.2
• Local governing authority: means the governing authority of a parish, municipality, school board, port or port harbor and terminal district, levee district, or any other political subdivision of the state, and the governing authorities of their agencies, offices, or instrumentalities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:1419.2
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Program: means the Alternative Fuel Revolving Loan Fund Program as established by this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:1419.2
• Riverboat: means one of the following:

              (a) A vessel that carries a valid Certificate of Inspection issued by the United States Coast Guard with regard to the carriage of passengers on designated rivers or waterways within or contiguous to the boundaries of the state of Louisiana and for the carriage of a minimum of six hundred passengers and crew. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44

• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.