Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 11.5 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

• 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.
• board: means the board of directors of the district. See California Public Utilities Code 125050
• County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• district: means the North County Transit District. See California Public Utilities Code 125001
• patient: means a person who consults a physician or submits to an examination by a physician for the purpose of securing a diagnosis or preventive, palliative, or curative treatment of his physical or mental or emotional condition. See California Evidence Code 991
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See California Evidence Code 185
• Writing: means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing, any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored. See California Evidence Code 250