Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 51 > Chapter 57 - Home Service Contract Providers

• Administrator: means the person who is responsible for the administration of the home service contract or the home service contract plan or who is responsible for any submission required by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3142
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• contract holder: means a person who is the purchaser or holder of a home service contract. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3142
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• 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.
• 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
• Home service contract: means a contract or agreement for a separately stated consideration for any duration to perform the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property or indemnification for service, repair, replacement, or maintenance, for the operational or structural failure of any residential property due to a defect in materials, workmanship, inherent defect, or normal wear and tear, with or without additional provisions for incidental payment or indemnity under limited circumstances. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3142
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, reciprocal, syndicate, or any similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3142
• Pilot initiative: means the workforce training and education pilot initiative provided for in this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:322
• Provider: means a person who is contractually obligated to provide the services or indemnification under a home service contract. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3142
• Provider fee: means the consideration paid for a home service contract. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3142
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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
• Warranty: means a warranty made solely by the manufacturer, importer, or seller of property or services, including builders on new home construction, without consideration, that is not negotiated or separated from the sale of the product and is incidental to the sale of the product, that guarantees indemnity for defective parts, mechanical or electrical breakdown, labor, or other remedial measures, such as repair or replacement of the property, or repetition of services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3142