fiscal agent
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 238M — in this section (6 versions over time)
In this section, the term “fiscal agent” means a carrier described in section 1395u(f)(1) 1 of this title and includes, with respect to contracts under subsection (a)(1)(A), an Indian tribe or tribal organization acting under contract with the Secretary under the Indian Self-Determination Act (Public Law 93–638) [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.].
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
This term does not necessarily mean depositary of the public funds, so as, by the simple use of it in a statute, without any directions in this respect, to make it the duty of the state treasurer to deposit with him any moneys in the treasury. State v. Dubuclet, 27 La. Ann. 29.
Defined under Fiscal in Black's Law Dictionary.