Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 1 > [Part 1.7 - HEALTH FACILITIES DISCLOSURE ACT]

• Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
• Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
• Dispose: means either of the following:

  California Government Code 54221

• 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.
• Local agency: means every city, whether organized under general law or by charter, county, city and county, district, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, joint powers authority, successor agency to a former redevelopment agency, housing authority, or other political subdivision of this state and any instrumentality thereof that is empowered to acquire and hold real property. See California Government Code 54221
• Open-space purposes: means the use of land for public recreation, enjoyment of scenic beauty, or conservation or use of natural resources. See California Government Code 54221
• Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
• Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
• Surplus land: includes land held in the Community Redevelopment Property Trust Fund pursuant to §. See California Government Code 54221