33-2117. DEFINITIONS. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) "Junior college housing commission" or "commission" shall mean any public corporation created by section 33-2118.

(b) "District" shall mean any junior college district organized and existing under chapter 21 of title 33, Idaho Code.

(c) "Governing body" shall mean the board of trustees of a junior college district.

(d) "Chairman" shall mean the chairman of the board of trustees of a junior college district.

(e) "Clerk" shall mean the clerk of the board of trustees of a junior college district.

(f) "Federal government" shall include the United States of America and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(g) "Dormitory project" shall mean the construction of dormitory or dormitories for occupation by students attending a junior college organized under chapter 21, title 33, Idaho Code, and shall include the construction of buildings for occupation by students and facilities for the feeding and recreation of students, equipment and furniture therefor and all matters usually incidental thereto, including the furnishing of sewer, heat, water service, landscaping, and streets or rights of ingress and egress. The term "dormitory project" also may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the construction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of the improvements, and all other work in connection therewith.

(h) "Students" shall mean persons duly enrolled as students in a junior college.

(i) "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by a commission pursuant to this act.

(j) "Real property" shall include all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgments, mortgage or otherwise, and the indebtedness secured by such liens.

(k) "Obligee of the commission" or "Obligee" shall include any bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, or lessors demising to the commission property used in connection with the dormitory project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor’s interest, or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the commission.

(l) "Drop deadline" shall mean the last date by which a student can drop a class and still receive a one hundred percent (100%) refund of tuition and fees from the college. "Drop deadline" does not mean the withdrawal deadline.

(m) "Withdrawal deadline" shall mean the last date by which a student can drop a class and receive a "W" grade.

(n) "Out-of-district student" shall mean a student who is a resident of the state of Idaho but is not an in-district student as defined in section 33-2110B, Idaho Code.

History:

[33-2117, added 1957, ch. 87, sec. 2, p. 137; am. 2016, ch. 303, sec. 3, p. 857.]