Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 27 > Chapter 8 - The California Ocean Resources Stewardship Act of 2000

• Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Biochemical substance: means any biological or chemical agent that may be used as a weapon of mass destruction, including, but not limited to, any chemical warfare agent, weaponized biological agent, or nuclear or radiological agent, as these terms are defined in §. See California Labor Code 3212.85
• blood-borne infectious disease: means a disease caused by exposure to pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood that can cause disease in humans, including those pathogenic microorganisms defined as blood-borne pathogens by the Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 3212.8
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• Campus: shall include any campus or other installation maintained under the jurisdiction of the Regents of the University of California. See California Labor Code 3213
• City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 14
• City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
• County: includes "city and county. See California Labor Code 14
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
• Director: means Director of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 20
• employer: means :

  California Labor Code 3300

• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• injury: as used in this division , includes cancer, including leukemia, that develops or manifests itself during a period in which any member described in subdivision (a) is in the service of the department or unit, if the member demonstrates that he or she was exposed, while in the service of the department or unit, to a known carcinogen as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or as defined by the director. See California Labor Code 3212.1
• Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Members of a fire department: includes , but is not limited to, an apprentice, volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid member of any of the following:

  California Labor Code 3212.85

• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
• personal property: include money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See California Civil Code 14
• property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
• Sheriff: includes "marshal. See California Labor Code 25
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• subscription: includes mark. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 18
• will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14