Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 43 > Chapter 12 - Implementation Provisions

• 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.
• Board: means the Wildlife Conservation Board. See California Public Resources Code 75005
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Clerk: means the county elections official, registrar of voters, city clerk, or other officer or board charged with the duty of conducting any election. See California Elections Code 307
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Water Resources. See California Public Resources Code 75005
• Department: means the Department of Human Resources. See California Government Code 19815
• Development: includes , but is not limited to the physical improvement of real property including the construction of facilities or structures. See California Public Resources Code 75005
• Disadvantaged community: means a community with a median household income less than 80% of the statewide average. See California Public Resources Code 75005
• Division: means the Division of Labor Relations. See California Government Code 19815
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Elections official: means the county elections official, registrar of voters, or city clerk. See California Elections Code 18546
• Fund: means the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of 2006. See California Public Resources Code 75005
• Immediate vicinity: means the area within a distance of 100 feet from the room or rooms in which the voters are signing the roster and casting ballots. See California Elections Code 18546
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Polling place: means a location where a voter casts a ballot and includes the following terms, as applicable: poll, polling location, and vote center. See California Elections Code 338.5
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Roster: means the official list of voters for an election, which may be in paper or electronic form. See California Elections Code 349.5
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State Board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Public Resources Code 75005
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.