Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 30 > Part 3 - STATE PROGRAMS

• Abstract of judgment: In a federal criminal proceeding, A certification from a U.S. District Court clerk that a judgment of restitution was entered against the defendant owing to the victim. If the defendant inherits, owns, or sells real property or holdings, these assets can then be attached at the state and local levels as well.
• Account: means the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Account in the General Fund. See California Public Resources Code 5621
• Acquisition: means the acquisition from a willing seller of a fee interest or any other interest, including easements and development rights, in real property from a willing seller. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• Acquisition: means obtaining the fee title or a lesser interest in real property, including specifically, a conservation easement or development rights. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• Administrative agency: means the state agency responsible for programming bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.02
• Administrative agency: means the state agency responsible for programming bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901
• Advanced introduction costs: means the costs of the project less a baseline cost that would otherwise be incurred by the applicant in the normal course of business. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Advanced introduction costs: means the costs of the project, less a baseline cost that would otherwise be incurred by the applicant in the normal course of business. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
• Airport and aviation purposes: means expenditures of a capital improvement nature, including the repair or replacement of a capital improvement, and expenditures for compatible land use planning in the area surrounding an airport, for any of the following purposes:

  California Public Utilities Code 21681

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Appeals board: means the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, within the department. See California Labor Code 6302
• Applicant: means any local public entity involved in the movement of freight through trade corridors of the state or involved in air quality improvements associated with goods movement. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
• Assessee: means the person to whom property or a tax is assessed. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 23
• Attainment: means meeting the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Attainment: means meeting the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Battery: means an electrochemical energy storage system powered directly by electrical current. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Block grant: means the allocation of moneys for one or more projects for the acquisition or development of recreational lands and facilities. See California Public Resources Code 5621
• Board: means the Secretary of the Resources Agency designated in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 5096. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• Board of directors: means the board of directors of a district. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• board of supervisors: means the board of supervisors of the principal county. See California Public Utilities Code 22701
• business entity: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association or other group, however organized and whether or not organized to operate at a profit, but does not mean a financial institution organized, chartered, or holding a license or authorization certificate under a law of this state or the United States to make loans or extend credit and subject to supervision by an official or agency of this state or the United States, nor the parent of any such financial institution, nor any subsidiary of any such financial institution or parent. See California Civil Code 1799
• By divisions: means the election of each member of the board of directors by voters of the division alone. See California Public Resources Code 5785
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• City: means any city whether general law or charter, including a city and county, and including any city the name of which includes the word "town. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
• City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 14
• Coastal resources: means those land and water areas within the coastal zone, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 31006, and within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as described in Section 33105, which are suitable for public park, beach, or recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, areas of historical significance and areas of open space that complement park, beach, or recreational areas, or which are suitable for the preservation of coastal resource values. See California Public Resources Code 5096.144
• Coastal resources: means those land and water areas within the coastal zone, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 31006, and within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as described in Section 33105, which are suitable for public park, beach, or recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, areas of historical significance and areas of open space that complement park, beach, or recreational areas, or which are suitable for the preservation of coastal resource values. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• Commission: means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• commission: means the Educational Management and Evaluation Commission. See California Education Code 33556
• commission: means the Advisory Commission on Special Education. See California Education Code 33596
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• Committee: means the 1986 County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure Finance Committee created by Section 4483. See California Penal Code 4481
• Committee: means the 1988 County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Youth Facility Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 4496. See California Penal Code 4496.04
• Committee: means the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Finance Committee created pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Community recreation: means recreation facilities and services engaged in under the control of a district. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• 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.
• Conformity: means that a transportation program, project, and plan promulgated by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments is able to successfully comply with Sections 7410 and 7506 of Title 42 of the United States Code, so as to qualify for an approval, license, or permit, or to obtain financial assistance, from the federal agencies specified in those sections. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Controller: means the State Controller. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 21
• Cost-effectiveness: means the funds provided to a project for each ton of particulate matter reduction attributed to a project or to the program as a whole. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• County: includes "city and county. See California Labor Code 14
• county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
• County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
• County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• County correctional facilities: means county jail facilities, including separate facilities for the care of mentally ill inmates and persons arrested because of intoxication, but does not include county juvenile facilities. See California Penal Code 4496.04
• County juvenile facilities: means county juvenile halls, juvenile homes, ranches, or camps, and other juvenile detention facilities. See California Penal Code 4481
• County juvenile facilities: means county juvenile halls, juvenile homes, ranches, or camps, and other juvenile detention facilities. See California Penal Code 4496.04
• Covered engine: includes any internal combustion engine or electric motor and drive powering a covered source. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Covered engine: includes any internal combustion engine or electric motor and drive powering a covered source. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Covered engine: includes an engine from any onroad heavy-duty diesel truck or bus weighing over 33,000 pounds and used in for-hire or proprietary trucking operated by a trucking company that services a port in the state. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• Covered source: includes onroad heavy-duty diesel vehicles and other onroad high-emitting diesel engine categories, as determined by SACOG. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Covered source: includes onroad and off-road heavy-duty diesel vehicles and other onroad and off-road high-emitting diesel engine categories, as determined by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Covered vehicle: includes any vehicle or piece of equipment powered by a covered engine. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• cruise ship: means a commercial vessel that has the capacity to carry 250 or more passengers for hire. See California Health and Safety Code 39631
• daytime: means the period between sunrise and sunset, and the word "nighttime" means the period between sunset and sunrise. See California Penal Code 7
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• Department: means the Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 6302
• department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation and "director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5001.1
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Development: includes , but is not limited to, improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, enhancement, preservation, protection, and interpretation. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• development project: means any of the following:

  California Public Resources Code 42905

• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• Director: means the Director of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 6302
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Director: means Director of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 20
• District: means the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• District: means the Bay Area Air Quality Management District as described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 40200) of Part 3 and the South Coast Air Quality Management District as described in Chapter 5. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• District: means any district authorized to provide park, recreation, or open space services, or a combination of such services, except a school district. See California Public Resources Code 5096.144
• District: means any district authorized to provide park, recreational, or open-space services, or a combination of those services, except a school district. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• District: means any regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Chapter 3, any recreation and park district formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780), or an authority formed pursuant to Division 26 (commencing with Section 35100). See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• District: means any regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Chapter 3, any recreation and park district formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780), or an authority formed pursuant to Division 26 (commencing with Section 35100). See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• District: means any regional park district formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Chapter 3 and any recreation and park district formed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780). See California Public Resources Code 5702
• District: means a recreation and park district created pursuant to this chapter or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• District: as used in this article , means any regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district formed pursuant to this article. See California Public Resources Code 5500
• Districts: means regional park districts formed under Article 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Chapter 3. See California Public Resources Code 5621
• Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See California Labor Code 6302
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• drop procedure: means an activity whereby each student and staff member takes cover under a table or desk, dropping to his or her knees, with the head protected by the arms, and the back to the windows. See California Education Code 35297
• Electric vehicle: means a vehicle that uses a plug-in battery to provide all or part of the motive power of the vehicle, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or plug-in fuel cell vehicle. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• Electric vehicle charging station: means one or more publicly available parking spaces served by electric vehicle service equipment. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• Electric vehicle service equipment: means an electric component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles by permitting the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other storage device in an electric vehicle. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Emission sources: means one of the following categories of sources of air pollution associated with the movement of freight through California's trade corridors: heavy-duty trucks, locomotives, commercial harbor craft, ocean-going vessels related to freight, and cargo-handling equipment. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1
• emissions: means emissions including, but not limited to, diesel particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and reactive organic gases. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1
• employer: means :

  California Labor Code 3300

• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Evidence of debt: means a note or negotiable instrument. See California Civil Code 1918.5
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• executive officer of the board: means the director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for those duties, powers, and responsibilities transferred to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to §. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20.5
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
  • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
  • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
  • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
• Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
• From divisions: means the election of members of the board of directors who are residents of the division from which they are elected by the voters of the entire district. See California Public Resources Code 5785
• Fund: means the 1986 County Correctional Facility Expenditure Fund. See California Penal Code 4481
• Fund: means the 1988 County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Youth Facility Bond Fund created pursuant to Section 4496. See California Penal Code 4496.04
• Fund: means the Parklands Fund of 1980. See California Public Resources Code 5096.144
• Fund: means the Parklands Fund of 1984. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• Fund: means the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Bond Fund created pursuant to Section 5096. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• Fund: means the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Fund created pursuant to Section 5096. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• Fund: means the Community Parklands Fund. See California Public Resources Code 5702
• fund: shall be deemed to refer to the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund. See California Public Utilities Code 21680
• General aviation: means all aviation except air carrier and military aviation. See California Public Utilities Code 21681
• Gr-bhph: means grams-per brake horsepower hour. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Historical resource: includes , but is not limited to, any building, structure, site, area, or place which is historically or archaeologically significant, or is significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California. See California Public Resources Code 5096.144
• Historical resource: includes , but is not limited to, any building, structure, site, area, or place which is historically or archaeologically significant, or is significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• Historical resource: includes , but is not limited to, any building, structure, site area, place, artifact, or collection of artifacts that is historically or archaeologically significant in the cultural annals of California. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• Holder: means the person entitled to enforce the conditional sale contract against the buyer at the time. See California Civil Code 2981
• individual: means a natural person. See California Civil Code 1799
• 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
• Inland resources: means those land and water areas not included in the definition of coastal resources. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• Insurer: as used in this part includes each of the following:

  California Revenue and Taxation Code 12003

• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Interoperability billing standards: means the ability for a member of one electric charging station billing network to use another billing network. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
• Jury instructions: A judge's directions to the jury before it begins deliberations regarding the factual questions it must answer and the legal rules that it must apply. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• knowingly: import s only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See California Penal Code 7
• Labor Commissioner: means Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. See California Labor Code 21
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• lease: includes a permit, easement, or license. See California Public Resources Code 6501
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• license: shall include a permit or a certificate issued by a state agency. See California Penal Code 23
• Livestock: means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or horse, mule, or other equine. See California Civil Code 3080
• Livestock servicer: means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, cooperative, association or any other organization or entity which provides livestock services. See California Civil Code 3080
• Livestock services: means any and all grazing, feeding, boarding, general care, which includes animal health services, obtained or provided by the livestock servicer, or his employee, transportation or other services rendered by a person to livestock for the owner of livestock, or for any person acting by or under the owner's authority. See California Civil Code 3080
• Local agency: means a city, county, city and county, special district, school district, community college district, community redevelopment agency, joint powers agency, or any other political subdivision of the state. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• Local conservation corps: means a program operated by a public agency or nonprofit organization that is certified pursuant to Section 14406. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• magistrate: signifies any one of the officers mentioned in Section 808. See California Penal Code 7
• mandatory supervision: shall mean the portion of a defendant's sentenced term during which time he or she is supervised by the county probation officer pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170. See California Penal Code 19.9
• Matching funds: means money that is provided by the public entity and does not consist of funds previously received from state or federal agencies or public entity funds previously used to match federal or state funds. See California Public Utilities Code 21681
• Medical director: means the physician appointed by the administrative director pursuant to Section 122. See California Labor Code 29
• month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See California Civil Code 14
• month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See California Penal Code 7
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• motor vehicle: includes every self-propelled vehicle operated or suitable for operation on the highway, except a vehicle used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 8603
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Network roaming: means the act of a member of one electric vehicle charging station billing network using a charging station that is outside of the member's billing network with the member's billing network account information. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• newspaper: means a newspaper of general circulation. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 36.5
• Nonprofit organization: means any nonprofit public benefit corporation formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (commencing with §. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• Nonurbanized area: means any city, county, or district which does not qualify as an urbanized area or urbanized county under the definitions in subdivision (c). See California Public Resources Code 5621
• Oath: includes affirmation. See California Public Resources Code 16
• Oath: includes affirmation. See California Public Utilities Code 15
• oceangoing ship: means a private, commercial, government, or military vessel of 300 gross registered tons or more calling on California ports or places. See California Health and Safety Code 39631
• Operation and maintenance: means expenditures for wages or salaries, utilities, service vehicles, and all other noncapital expenditures that are included in insurance, professional services, supplies, construction equipment, upkeep and landscaping, and other items of expenditure designated as "operation and maintenance" in rules and regulations adopted by the department. See California Public Utilities Code 21681
• Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
• partnership: shall include limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, and foreign limited liability partnership, except where the context or the specific provisions of this division otherwise require. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 28.5
• peace officer: signify any one of the officers mentioned in Chapter 4. See California Penal Code 7
• Person: means an individual, business, or other entity. See California Public Resources Code 42361
• person: means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, or governmental entity. See California Civil Code 1799
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
• 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 care product: means an article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced to, or otherwise applied to, the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and an article intended for use as a component of that type of article. See California Public Resources Code 42361
• personal property: include money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See California Civil Code 14
• Port: means any sea or river port in the state. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Preservation: means identification, evaluation, recordation, documentation, interpretation, protection, rehabilitation, restoration, stabilization, development, and reconstruction, or any combination of those activities. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Pretrial conference: A meeting of the judge and lawyers to discuss which matters should be presented to the jury, to review evidence and witnesses, to set a timetable, and to discuss the settlement of the case.
• 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. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
• Program: means the Sacramento Emergency Clean Air and Transportation Program created by this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Program: means the San Joaquin Valley Emergency Clean Air Attainment Program created by this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Program: means the California Port Community Air Quality Program created by this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• Program: means the Parklands Acquisition and Development Program established by this chapter. See California Public Resources Code 5096.144
• Program: means the Parklands Acquisition and Development Program of 1984 established by this chapter. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• Program: means the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Program established pursuant to this chapter. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• Program: means the Community Parklands Program established by this chapter. See California Public Resources Code 5702
• project: includes equipment purchase, right-of-way acquisition, and project delivery costs. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.02
• project: includes equipment purchase, right-of-way acquisition, and project delivery costs. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901
• Project: means the replacement, repowering, scrapping, or retrofitting of a covered vehicle or covered engine that receives a grant pursuant to this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
• property: includes both real and personal property. See California Penal Code 7
• Public agency: means the various agencies of the State of California and the federal government. See California Public Utilities Code 21681
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• Public entity: means any city, county, airport district, airport authority, port district, port authority, public district, public authority, political subdivision, airport land use commission, community services district, or public corporation and the University of California. See California Public Utilities Code 21681
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Publicly available parking space: means a parking space that has been designated by a property owner or lessee to be available to, and accessible by, the public and may include on-street parking spaces and parking spaces in surface lots or parking garages. See California Health and Safety Code 44268
• Purchase order: means a sales order, car reservation, statement of transaction, or any other such instrument used in the conditional sale of a motor vehicle pending execution of a conditional sale contract. See California Civil Code 2981
• qualified interpreter: means a language interpreter certified, or deemed certified, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 11435. See California Labor Code 4600
• reasonable expenses of transportation: includes mileage fees from the employee's home to the place of the examination and back at the rate of twenty-one cents ($0. See California Labor Code 4600
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• Recipient agency: means the recipient of bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.02
• Recipient agency: means the recipient of bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901
• record: means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual or business entity. See California Civil Code 1799
• Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Recreation: includes , but is not limited to, any activity in the fields of art, athletics, drama, habitat conservation, handicrafts, literature, music, nature study, open-space conservation, science, sports, and any formal or informal play that includes these activities. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• Recreation facility: includes , but is not limited to, an arts and crafts room, auditorium, beach, camp, community center, golf course, gymnasium, lake, meeting place, open space, park, parkway, playground, playing court, playing field, recreational reservoir, river, and swimming pool. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• repower: as used in this chapter , generally refers to replacing an older, uncontrolled engine with a new, emissions-certified engine, although replacing an older emissions-certified engine with a newer engine certified to lower emissions standards may be eligible for funding under this program. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• repower: as used in this chapter , generally refers to replacing an older, uncontrolled engine with a new, emissions-certified engine, although replacing an older emissions-certified engine with a new engine certified to lower emissions standards may be eligible for funding under this program. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• repower: as used in this chapter , refers to replacing an older, uncontrolled engine with a newer model engine that meets the latest emissions standards. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• required number: means :

  California Penal Code 888.2

• Retrofit: means making modifications to the engine and fuel system such that the retrofitted engine does not have the same specifications as the original engine. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Retrofit: means making modifications to the engine and fuel system such that the retrofitted engine does not have the same specifications as the original engine. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Retrofit: means making modifications to the engine and fuel system so that the retrofitted engine does not have the same emissions of particulate matter as the original engine. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• SACOG: means the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area: means the area defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register notice dated November 6, 1991 (56 Fed. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Sacramento Region Districts: means the El Dorado Air Pollution Control District, Feather River Air Quality District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: means those land and water areas defined in §. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• San Joaquin Valley federal ozone nonattainment area: means the area defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency on page 56699 of Volume 56 of the Federal Register dated November 6, 1991. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Resources Agency. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Resources Agency. See California Public Resources Code 5096.605
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing. See California Civil Code 1918.5
• Security document: means a mortgage contract, deed of trust, real estate sales contract, or any note or negotiable instrument issued in connection therewith, when its purpose is to finance the purchase or construction of real property occupied or intended to be occupied by the borrower, containing four or fewer residential units or on which four or fewer residential units are to be constructed. See California Civil Code 1918.5
• Serious exposure: means any exposure of an employee to a hazardous substance when the exposure occurs as a result of an incident, accident, emergency, or exposure over time and is in a degree or amount sufficient to create a realistic possibility that death or serious physical harm in the future could result from the actual hazard created by the exposure. See California Labor Code 6302
• Serious injury or illness: means any injury or illness occurring in a place of employment or in connection with any employment that requires inpatient hospitalization, for other than medical observation or diagnostic testing, or in which an employee suffers an amputation, the loss of an eye, or any serious degree of permanent disfigurement, but does not include any injury or illness or death caused by an accident on a public street or highway, unless the accident occurred in a construction zone. See California Labor Code 6302
• Serious physical harm: as used in this part , means any injury or illness, specific or cumulative, occurring in the place of employment or in connection with any employment, that results in any of the following:

  California Labor Code 6432

• Sheriff: includes "marshal. See California Labor Code 25
• Special major maintenance project: means a rehabilitation or refurbishing activity performed on an annual or more infrequent interval, excluding capital improvements and routinized or other regularly scheduled and performed tasks such as grounds mowing, hedge trimming, garbage removal, and watering. See California Public Resources Code 5621
• spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Penal Code 7
• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 12.2
• Standards board: means the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, within the department. See California Labor Code 6302
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• state grant moneys: means moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter which are available for grants to counties, cities, districts, and public agencies. See California Public Resources Code 5096.209
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Stewardship: means the development and implementation of major programs for the protection, rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement of the basic natural systems and outstanding scenic features of the state park system. See California Public Resources Code 5096.228
• Stewardship: means the development and implementation of projects for the protection, preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and improvement of natural systems and outstanding features of the state park system and historical and cultural resources. See California Public Resources Code 5096.308
• subscription: includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or subscriber's name. See California Health and Safety Code 18
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trade corridors: means any of the following areas: the Los Angeles/Inland Empire region, the Central Valley region, the Bay Area region, and the San Diego/border region. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• True bill: Another word for indictment.
• Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
• Urbanized area: consists of a central city or cities and surrounding closely settled territory, as determined by the Department of Finance on the basis of the most recent verifiable census data. See California Public Resources Code 5621
• Urbanized county: means any county with a population of 200,000 or more, as determined by the Department of Finance on the basis of the most recent verifiable census data. See California Public Resources Code 5621
• User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Very low-emission vehicle: means a vehicle with emissions significantly lower than otherwise applicable baseline emission standards or uncontrolled emission levels determined pursuant to the criteria in Section 44282. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
• Very low-emission vehicle: means a vehicle with emissions significantly lower than otherwise applicable baseline emission standards or uncontrolled emission levels determined pursuant to the criteria in Section 44282. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.75
• Very low-emission vehicle: means a vehicle with emissions significantly lower than otherwise applicable baseline emission standards or uncontrolled emission levels. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.80
• Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22
• Voter: means a voter as defined by §. See California Public Resources Code 5780.1
• will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14
• will: includes codicil. See California Penal Code 7
• willfully: when applied to the intent with which an act is done or omitted, implies simply a purpose or willingness to commit the act, or make the omission referred to. See California Penal Code 7
• writ: signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer, and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See California Penal Code 7
• Zone: means a zone formed pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 5791). See California Public Resources Code 5780.1