Maine Revised Statutes > Title 20-A > Part 2 > Chapter 111 – Municipal Schools
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 20-A > Part 2 > Chapter 111 - Municipal Schools
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- 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.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Appraisal assignment: means an agreement between an appraiser and an appraisal management company to provide an appraisal service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042
- Appraisal management company: means a person that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042Appraisal review: means the act or process of developing and communicating an opinion about the quality of the work performed by an appraiser as part of an appraisal assignment, which may take into account the appraiser's data collection, analysis, opinions, conclusions, estimate of value or compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Appraisal service: means an act or process of completing an appraisal assignment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Appraiser: means a person licensed under chapter 124. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Appraiser panel: includes appraisers accepted by an appraisal management company for consideration for future appraisal assignments in covered transactions or for secondary mortgage market participants in connection with covered transactions and appraisers engaged by an appraisal management company to perform one or more appraisals in covered transactions or for secondary mortgage market participants in connection with covered transactions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Athlete: means a physically active individual training for or participating in an amateur, educational or professional athletic organization or any other association that sponsors athletic programs or events in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14352 Athletic injury: means a disruption of tissue continuity that is sustained by an athlete or recreational athlete when that injury:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14352Athletic trainer: means a person licensed by the department to use that title after meeting the requirements of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14352 Athletic training: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14352Board: means the Board of Real Estate Appraisers under section 14011. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 board of directors: means the directors of the jail authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802 Cable television company: means any person owning, controlling, operating, managing or leasing a cable television system within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Cable television system: means any facility that, in whole or in part, receives directly or indirectly over the air, amplifies or otherwise modifies the signals transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations and distributes those signals by wire or cable to subscribing members of the public who pay for that service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Client: means a person that contracts with or otherwise enters into an agreement with an appraisal management company for the performance of appraisal management services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Client company: means a person, association, partnership, corporation or other entity that leases employees from an employee leasing company pursuant to contract. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14051 Commercial: means related to or connected with the furtherance of a profit-making enterprise. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13120-B Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14051 Commissioner: means Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14301 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14352 Community school district: means a state-approved unit of school administration composed of more than one municipality or school administrative district which may provide public education for any combination of kindergarten through grade 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Consumer credit: means credit offered or extended to a consumer primarily for personal, family or household purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 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. County: means either Lincoln County or Sagadahoc County, and "counties" means both Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Department: means Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14301 Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14352 Department: means the Department of Economic and Community Development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13120-B Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC Employee leasing company: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other form of business entity, a substantial portion of the business of which consists of leasing employees to one or more client companies under contractual arrangements that are characterized by the following. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14051 Federal appraisal subcommittee: means the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council under 12 United States Code, Chapter 34. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Federal Government: means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Federally related transaction regulations: means regulations established by a federal financial institutions regulatory agency pursuant to Title XI, Sections 1112, 1113 and 1114 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, 12 United States Code §§ 3341 to 3343. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Fish: means a cold-blooded, completely aquatic vertebrate characteristically having gills, fins and an elongated streamlined body usually covered with scales and includes any physical part of a fish. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Funded debt: means an obligation for the payment of which some fund is set aside. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 General obligation security: means a note, bond or other certificate of indebtedness to the payment of which is pledged the full faith and credit of the issuing body. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance. Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Home rule authority: means the powers granted to municipalities under chapter 111; section 3001; and the Constitution of Maine, Article VIII, Part Second. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. jail: means any land area, structure, location or equipment, or combination of them, used for the confinement of prisoners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802 jail authority: means the authority formed under this chapter and Title 13, chapter 81. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802 lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Lease: means a contract providing for the use of a project or portions of a project for a term of years for a designated or determinable rent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13120-B Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. massage practitioner: means a person who provides or offers to provide massage therapy for a fee, monetary or otherwise. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14301 Massage therapy: means a scientific or skillful manipulation of soft tissue for therapeutic or remedial purposes, specifically for improving muscle tone and circulation and promoting health and physical well-being. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14301 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money. municipal clerk: means the clerk of a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Municipal legislative body: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001Municipal officers: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Municipal official: means any elected or appointed member of a municipal government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Municipal school unit: means a state-approved unit of school administration composed of a single municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Municipal year: means a municipality's fiscal year as determined by the municipal officers under section 5651. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Municipality: means a city or town, except as provided in chapter 225. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 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. Open areas: means any space or area the preservation or restriction of the use of which would:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001Operating and governance agreement: means the documents that set the terms of the jail authority operations and structure for governance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802 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. Party: means a public agency or the following federally recognized Indian tribes or their political subdivisions:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2202Performing group: means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previously released a commercial sound recording under that name. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1157 Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, sole proprietorship or any other entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14042 Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation or association. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1157 Person: means a human being or an organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, organization or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Provider of travel services: means a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing travel, transportation or vacation services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1141 Public agency: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2202public drain: means any sewer or drain constructed or laid by a governmental entity for the use of the public and includes both gravity and pressure mains. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Public drinking water supplier: means a public water supplier as defined by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that provides drinking water from a source water protection area. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Real estate: means land and structures attached to it. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Recording group: means a vocal or instrumental group at least one of whose members has previously released a commercial sound recording under that group's name and in which the member has a legal right by virtue of use or operation under the group name without having abandoned the name or affiliation with the group. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1157 Recreational athlete: means an individual participating in fitness training and conditioning, sports or other athletic competition, practices or events requiring physical strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed or stamina and who is not affiliated with an amateur, educational or professional athletic organization or any association that sponsors athletic programs or events in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14352 Regional school unit: means the state-approved unit of school administration as established pursuant to chapter 103?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Registrant: means an employee leasing company that registers under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14051 residence: refer to an individual's place of domicile. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Revenues: means the proceeds of bonds, all revenues, rates, tolls, assessments, rents, transportation charges, reimbursement from the State excluding community corrections money, boarding fees and inmate-related medical reimbursements, and other charges and receipts derived by the jail authority from the operation of a multicounty jail, including, but not limited to, investment earnings and the proceeds of insurance, condemnation, sale or other disposition of properties, and must include proceeds from assessments when the power of assessment has been granted to the jail authority under sections 1952 and 1953. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1802 School administrative district: means a state-approved unit of school administration, composed of one or more municipalities which must provide public education to all public school students in the district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 School board: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a school administrative unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 School committee: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a municipal school unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Sewage: means the water-carried wastes created in and carried or to be carried away from any structure together with any surface or ground water or household and industrial waste that is present. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Sewer system: includes both sewers and sewage disposal systems and all property, rights, easements and franchises relating to those sewers and sewage disposal systems. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Sewers: means and includes mains, pipes and laterals for the reception of sewage and carrying that sewage to an outfall or some part of a sewage disposal system, including pumping stations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Sinking fund: means a fund created for the purpose of paying a debt. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Sound recording: means a work that results from the fixation on a material object of a series of musical, spoken or other sounds regardless of the nature of the material object, such as a disc, tape or other phonorecord, in which the sounds are embodied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1157 Source water protection area: means an area that contributes recharge water to a surface water intake or public water supply well for a public drinking water supply. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001 Subdistrict: means a geographic area which is a subdivision of a school administrative district for election purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Consumer Credit Protection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14051 Temporary help services: means a service whereby an organization hires its own employees and assigns them to a 3rd party to support or supplement the 3rd party's work force in work situations such as employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal work load conditions and special assignments and projects. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14051 Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Travel agent: means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association, other than a common carrier as defined in Title 12, section 6001, subsection 8 or employee of a common carrier, that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1141Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried. Voter: means a person registered to vote. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001