Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 41 - Employment First Maine Act

• Customized employment: means employment acquired as a result of implementation of a flexible blend of strategies, services and supports designed to increase employment options for job seekers with complex needs through voluntary negotiation of the employment relationship with the employer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3402
• Disability: means a physical or mental disability as defined in Title 5, section 4553?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3402
• First and preferred service or support option: means the first employment service option that is offered by a state agency, prior to the offer of other supports or services, including day services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3402
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Integrated community-based employment: means employment in the competitive labor market that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis in the general community or through self-employment and for which a person with a disability is compensated at or above the minimum wage but not less than the prevailing wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by persons without disabilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3402
• Railroad: includes every commercial, interurban and other railway and each and every branch and extension thereof by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights-of-way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures and equipment and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 5001
• Railroad line: means the right-of-way, track, track appurtenances, ties, bridges, station houses, sidings, terminals and other appurtenant structures of a railroad. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 7152
• State agency: means the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3402
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Voir dire: The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."