34-32A-1. Definition of terms.
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Terms used in this chapter, unless the context plainly otherwise requires, mean:
(1)"Action," includes nonaction or the failure to take action.
(2)"Authorized agency or authorized agencies," the Department of Public Safety, the attorney general, the state's attorney in the county where the fire occurred, and, solely for the purposes of § 34-32A-3 , the federal bureau of investigation or any other federal agency and United States attorney's office when authorized or charged with investigation or prosecution of the fire in question;
(3)"Deemed important," material within the sole discretion of the authorized agency which is requested by that authorized agency; and
(4)"Relevant," information having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.