Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 34 > Part 4.4 - California Climate Change Assessment

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Human Resources. See California Government Code 19815
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• General election: means either of the following:

  California Elections Code 324

• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Municipal election: means elections in general law cities and where applicable in chartered cities. See California Elections Code 330
• Primary election: includes all primary nominating elections provided for by this code. See California Elections Code 341
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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