Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 10 - Gas

• Activity: means a distinct subset of functions or services within a program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Agency: means any state office, department, board, commission, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions of the government of the state in the executive branch, but not any governing body or officer of any local government or subdivision of the state, or any parochial officer who exercises functions coterminous with the municipality in which he performs those functions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Appropriation: means an authorization by the legislature to a budget unit for a program to expend from public funds a sum of money, for purposes designated, under the procedure prescribed in this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• 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.
• Budget unit: means any spending agency of the state which is declared to be a budget unit by the division of administration and which is identified for accounting purposes by a five-digit number code. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Commission: means the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission created by Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Commission: as used in this Part , means the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1913
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Employee: means any person legally occupying a position in the state service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Employer: means the state of Louisiana or any of its boards, commissions, departments, agencies, and courts which are contributing members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• End user: means any person, firm, or corporation which has the use of or legal authority or control over any system which utilizes liquefied petroleum gas as defined by this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• 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.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fund: means an independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash or other resources together with all related liabilities, obligations, reserves, and equities which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with regulations, restrictions, and limitations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Liquefied petroleum gas dealers: means those persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the storage, sale, or transportation of liquefied petroleum gases over the public highways of this state, in the installation of storage tanks or systems for the use of liquefied petroleum gases, and in the installation of liquefied petroleum gas appliances for the use of liquefied petroleum gases who are required, by this Part and the rules and regulations of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission, to obtain the permit and furnish the insurance required by this Part as a prerequisite to the right to carry on their respective businesses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Liquefied petroleum gas system: means any tank, container, heat or cold producing device, appliance, or piping that utilizes or has liquefied petroleum gas connected thereto. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Manufacturer of liquefied petroleum gases: means any person, firm, or corporation which derives liquefied petroleum gas from raw materials, such as crude oil or natural gas, through an artificial process that gives the raw materials new qualities or combinations that are suitable for use in some form other than in their raw state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Manufacturer of products of which liquefied petroleum gas forms a component part: means any person, firm, or corporation which uses liquefied petroleum gas as a raw material or in combination with other materials to form another product. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Member: means any person included in the membership of the system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Motor fuel: means liquefied petroleum gases of a type distributed for use as a fuel in self-propelled agricultural or industrial equipment, and vehicles designed for use on public streets, roads, and highways. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Owner: means any person, firm, or corporation who holds a written bill of sale under which title was transferred to the subject property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• 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.
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Reseller: means a person, firm, or corporation who:

  (i)  Holds title or ownership of liquefied petroleum gas as it leaves the facility or plant of a manufacturer of liquefied petroleum gas, or the facility or plant of a manufacturer of products of which liquefied petroleum gas form a component part, or of a commercial storage facility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842

• Retail motor fuel sale: means the dispensing of liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel at a retail station to the general public for cash or credit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Retail station: means that portion of property where liquefied petroleum gases used as motor fuel are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into liquefied petroleum gas fuel tanks of motor vehicles and where such dispensing is an act of retail motor fuel sale. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1842
• Retirement: means termination of active service, with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• State: means the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• System: means the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403