Terms Used In California Codes > Elections Code > Division 0.5 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• Board: means the Respiratory Care Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 3704
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 3704
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• General election: means either of the following:

  California Elections Code 324

• Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
• Licensing board: means any board, as defined in Section 22, the State Bar of California, and the Department of Real Estate. See California Business and Professions Code 30
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Primary election: includes all primary nominating elections provided for by this code. See California Elections Code 341
• Respiratory care: includes "respiratory therapy" or "inhalation therapy" where those terms mean respiratory care. See California Business and Professions Code 3704
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Food and Agricultural Code 49
• trustees: means the Trustees of the California State University, created under Section 66600. See California Education Code 89000
• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
• Voter-nominated office: means a congressional or state elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the ballot. See California Elections Code 359.5