Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 71 > Chapter 4 > Part 5 - Vocational Services to the Blind - Vending Stands

• 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.
• Blind individual: means any person who meets the requirements for services through the business enterprise program for the blind under part 4 of this chapter and who has been trained and licensed by the department to operate a vending facility under the program's requirements. See Tennessee Code 71-4-502
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of human services or its successor that has been designated under the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U. See Tennessee Code 71-4-502
• 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.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Priority: means the right of the department to establish on any public property a vending facility to be operated by a blind individual. See Tennessee Code 71-4-502
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Public property: means all property owned or leased by the state of Tennessee, any county, municipality, or any other entity that is created by act of the general assembly to perform any public function. See Tennessee Code 71-4-502
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Vending facility: means a location or structure or space that may sell foods, beverages, confections, newspapers, periodicals, tobacco products, and other articles and services that are dispensed automatically by a machine or manually by sales personnel or attendants and that may be prepared on or off the premises in accordance with applicable health laws. See Tennessee Code 71-4-502
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105