Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 3 > Chapter 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts

• Abate: means to put an end to a public nuisance, or to reduce the degree or the intensity of a public nuisance. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Board: as used in this chapter , means the board of supervisors of the county in which it is proposed to form a district, or in which a district has been formed. See California Health and Safety Code 20001
• Board of trustees: means the legislative body of a district. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• City: means any city, whether general law or chartered, including a city and county, and including any city the name of which includes the word "town. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Claim: includes a legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in property or cloud upon title. See California Code of Civil Procedure 760.010
• Commissioner: as used in this chapter , means a member of the district board. See California Health and Safety Code 20003
• Control: means to prevent or reduce vectors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Development: includes , but is not limited to, improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, enhancement, preservation, protection, and interpretation. See California Education Code 20052
• District: means any mosquito abatement and vector control district created pursuant to this chapter or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• District: as used in this chapter , means a police protection district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes. See California Health and Safety Code 20000
• District board: as used in this chapter , means the board of police commissioners of a district. See California Health and Safety Code 20002
• Endowment: means the California Cultural and Historical Endowment created pursuant to Section 20053, or the board of the endowment, as appropriate. See California Education Code 20052
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Museum: means a public or private nonprofit institution that is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes and that owns or uses tangible objects, cares for those objects, and exhibits them to the general public on a regular basis. See California Education Code 20052
• Operator: means a person who operates a solid waste facility. See California Public Resources Code 44201
• Owner: means a person who owns a solid waste facility. See California Public Resources Code 44201
• Preservation: includes , but is not limited to, identification, evaluation, recordation, restoration, stabilization, development, and reconstruction, or any combination of those activities. See California Education Code 20052
• Principal county: means the county having all or the greater portion of the entire assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property within a district at the time of formation. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Property: includes real property, and to the extent applicable, personal property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 760.010
• Property: means land and improvements, and includes water. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Public agency: means any state agency, board, or commission, including the California State University and the University of California, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, school district, special district, redevelopment agency, or other political subdivision. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Public nuisance: means any of the following:

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• Secretary: means the Secretary for Environmental Protection. See California Public Resources Code 44201
• Siting: means the physical suitability of a location proposed for a solid waste facility. See California Public Resources Code 44201
• State: means the State of California and any agency or instrumentality thereof. See California Public Resources Code 44201
• Testate: To die leaving a will.
• Tribe: means an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, or a tribal agency authorized by a tribe as defined herein, which is recognized as eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians and is identified on pages 52829 to 52835, inclusive, of Number 250 of Volume 53 (December 29, 1988) of the Federal Register, as that list may be updated or amended from time to time. See California Public Resources Code 44201
• Vector: means any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including, but not limited to, mosquitoes, flies, mites, ticks, other arthropods, and rodents and other vertebrates. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Voter: means a voter as defined by §. See California Health and Safety Code 2002