Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 > Chapter 6 > Part II – New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots
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- Adult paraphernalia store: means an establishment that has as a substantial or significant portion of its stock clothing, objects, tools, toys, or any other items distinguished or characterized by their association with sexual activity, including sexual conduct or sexual excitement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Amusement attraction: means a movie theater, video arcade, or any other building, structure, or place principally devoted to activities providing amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Amusement ride: includes inflatables. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- 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.
- Applicant: means a parent or relative of the parent who applies for FITAP on behalf of a child. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- 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
- Automated teller machine: means an electronic hardware device that is capable of dispensing currency and responding to balance inquiries through the use of a magnetic stripe card issued by or on behalf of the state for distribution of assistance through an electronic benefits transfer system as described in this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- 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.
- Bar: means a business that holds a Class A-General retail permit and the primary purpose of such business is to serve alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of those beverages. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Board of examiners: means the Board of Examiners for New Orleans and Baton Rouge steamship pilots for the Mississippi River, established in Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:1041
- Cash assistance: means funds that the department provides through the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program and the Kinship Care Subsidy Program to eligible beneficiaries for the purpose of assisting those persons in meeting ongoing basic needs. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Commercial body art facility: means any location, place, area, or business, whether permanent or temporary, that provides consumers access to personal services workers who for remuneration perform any of the following procedures:
(a) Tattooing or inserting pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, to produce an indelible mark or figure visible under the skin. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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.
- Cruise ship: means any commercial ship used for the domestic or international carriage of passengers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Department: means the Department of Economic Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2399.2
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Employer: means a legal person who is engaged in a lawful enterprise not excluded by this Chapter that executes a contract with the department pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter and meets the following elements or elements substantially equivalent thereto:
(b) To qualify for a contract pursuant to this Chapter, employers must be a manufacturer, as defined by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 113310, 211, 213111, 541360, 311-339, 511-512, and 54171, as the employer's primary function. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2399.2
- 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.
- Family Success Agreement: means the mutually developed contract between a FITAP recipient, on behalf of their family, and the department that sets forth mutual and time-bound responsibilities, expectations, activities, and goals designed to transition a participant from welfare to self-sufficiency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Federal Welfare Reform Act: means the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Public Law 104-193, and applicable changes due to its reauthorization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- 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.
- FITAP: means the cash assistance program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Gaming establishment: means a gambling casino and any other establishment which provides gaming activities that are subject to regulation by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jewelry: means an object or thing consisting of precious stones or precious metals worn as adornment or apparel, including costume jewelry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- 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.
- Liquor store: means any retail establishment that sells exclusively or primarily intoxicating liquor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Modernization: means capitalized investment by an employer in technology, machinery, building and/or equipment that meets one of the following provisions:
(a) An increase in the increase of maximum capacity or efficiency of the facility of greater than ten percent. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2399.2
- Nail salon: means a commercial establishment that provides nail services of any kind including but not limited to trimming, filing, decorating, shaping, sculpting, or in any way caring for the nails and skin of a person's hands or feet together with massaging the hands, arms, legs, and feet. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Pilot: means a New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilot, as designated in Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:1041
- Point-of-sale terminal: means an electronic hardware device that meets all of the following criteria:
(a) May be utilized at a retailer's place of business where consumers pay for goods or services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Project: includes the design, development, installation and construction of a technology, machinery, building and equipment that results in a modernization of an employer's product line, unit, or entire operations that requires at least five million dollars of investment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2399.2
- Psychic: means any person or establishment engaged in the occupation of occult science including a fortune teller, palmist, astrologist, numerologist, clairvoyant, craniologist, phrenologist, card reader, spiritual reader, tea leaf reader, prophet, or advisor who in any manner claims or pretends to tell fortunes or claims or pretends to disclose mental faculties of individuals for any form of compensation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Recipient: means the person who has received assistance under this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Sexually oriented business: means any commercial enterprise that has as its primary business the offering of a service or the sale, rent, or exhibit of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- STEP: means the education, employment, training and related services program for families receiving cash assistance payments. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231
- Work-eligible: refers to families containing an adult under sixty years of age, or teen head of household, that is not disabled, incapacitated, or caring for a family member who is disabled or incapacitated as documented by a medical expert to which the status of disability is clearly established and explained. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:231