Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 8 > Chapter 4 - California Geodetic Coordinates

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• 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}
• commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Government Code 14002.5
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• CSRC: means California Spatial Reference Center or its successor. See California Public Resources Code 8871
• CSRN: means California Spatial Reference Network as defined by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8850), "Geodetic Datums and the California Spatial Reference Network. See California Public Resources Code 8871
• Department: means the Department of Transportation. See California Government Code 14002.5
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• FGCS: means the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee or its successor. See California Public Resources Code 8871
• FGDC: means the Federal Geographic Data Committee or its successor. See California Public Resources Code 8871
• NGS: means National Geodetic Survey or its successor. See California Public Resources Code 8871
• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Government Code 12.2
• state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
• telecommuting: means the partial or total substitution of computers or telecommunication technologies, or both, for the commute to work by employees residing in California. See California Government Code 14200
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.