Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 68 > Health > Chapter 1 > Part 4 - Vaccines

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Authority: means a port authority created pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-87-103
• Board: means the board of commissioners of an authority. See Tennessee Code 7-87-103
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Executive officer: means the mayor, county mayor, or other chief executive of a municipality. See Tennessee Code 7-87-103
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Governing body: means the body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality are vested. See Tennessee Code 7-87-103
• Municipality: means any county or incorporated city or town in this state with respect to which an authority may be organized. See Tennessee Code 7-87-103
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Port: means and includes any one (1) or more harbors or ports and related facilities, including, but not limited to, land and interests in land, wharves, piers, loading and unloading machinery, scales, transportation equipment, harbor and riverfront or lake front improvements, buildings, storage and transfer facilities, elevators, railroads, switchyards, concentration yards, roads, bridges, communication, electric power, gas, water and all other utility facilities and such other structures, facilities and improvements necessary or convenient to the development of harbors and river ports and for the promotion either directly or indirectly of trade, industry, and commerce. See Tennessee Code 7-87-103
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 7-87-103
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105