Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 51 > Chapter 56 - Louisiana International Commerce Initiative

• 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.
• Board: means the Louisiana Board of International Commerce. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• Department: means the Department of Economic Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• FNS: means the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the office of the federal government that administers SNAP. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Initiative: means the Louisiana International Commerce Initiative. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• International commerce: means a two-tiered, integrated economic sector concentrating upon the state's unique position in world commerce. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• International ports: means those ports, commonly known as deep draft ports, whose main function is waterborne commerce, both import and export, directly linked to world commerce. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Master plan: means the Master Plan of International Commerce. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• Office: means the office of international commerce within the Department of Economic Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Participant: means a recipient of SNAP benefits who participates in the pilot initiative provided for in this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Pilot initiative: means the workforce training and education pilot initiative provided for in this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Project: means but is not limited to the construction of a physical asset and associated infrastructure to be used in the course of the business of international commerce, a business activity such as a marketing effort or the development of a business relationship, or an executable strategy such as joint ventures between governmental and nongovernmental organizations or businesses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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 or the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Economic Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3132
• SNAP: means the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and at the state level by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322