Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 22 > Chapter 11 > Part II - Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority

• Account: means the Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority Dedicated Fund Account administered by the board of directors as a dedicated fund account in the state treasury. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2131
• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authority: means the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2131
• Board: means the board of directors of the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2131
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Occupational Standards; and

  (2)  "Director" means the Director of Occupational Standards. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1

• Driver: means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
• 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.
• Height: means the total vertical dimension of any vehicle above the ground surface including any load and load-holding devices thereon. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
• Load: means a weight or quantity of anything resting upon something else regarded as its support. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
• Motor vehicle: means every automobile or other motor vehicle which is self-propelled, other than trains and those propelled by electric power from overhead wires. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2131
• Trailer: means every single vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure, drawn by a motor vehicle which carries no part of the weight and load of the trailer on its own wheels and having two or more load carrying axles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
• Truck: means every motor propelled single vehicle for the conveyance of property or things for hauling purposes and having one front steering axle and one rear or load carrying axle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
• Vehicle: means every device by which persons or things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
• Width: means the total outside transverse dimension of a vehicle including any load or load holding devices thereon but excluding approved safety devices and tire bulge due to load. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1