Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 2 > Chapter 4.1 - Enforcement of Federal Pipeline Safety Standards for Propane Operators

• assault weapon: means the following designated semiautomatic firearms:

  California Penal Code 30510

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
• Department: means the Department of Housing and Community Development. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• Distribution system: means a system of pipes, operated by a person or corporation other than a public utility, serving 10 or more customers, within a citywide area, an apartment house, a condominium, a cluster of homes, a shopping center, a combination of any of the above, a mobilehome park with two or more customers, or any system if a portion of the system is located in a public place, which is connected to a tank or tanks, for the purpose of distribution of propane to the end customers. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• federal pipeline standards: means the Federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• firearm: includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part:

  California Penal Code 16520

• gunsmith: means any person who is licensed as a dealer pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, who is engaged primarily in the business of repairing firearms, or making or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mechanisms to firearms, or the agent or employee of that person. See California Penal Code 16630
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• license: shall include a permit or a certificate issued by a state agency. See California Penal Code 23
• Local enforcement agency: means the city, county, or city and county that has assumed the responsibility for the enforcement of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 18300) of Part 2. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• Operator: means the owner of the mobilehome park or the distribution system, or the designated responsible employee, manager, or legal representative. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
• Propane: means propane gas, also known as liquid petroleum gas or LPG. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• property: includes both real and personal property. See California Penal Code 7
• Public place: means any system supplying two or more customers where any portion is under a public right of way. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• 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
• Supplier: means a person or corporation, other than a public utility, who sells propane and arranges for its delivery to the operator's tank. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• Tank: means a vessel for the storage and distribution of propane. See California Public Utilities Code 4451
• Trust fund: means the propane safety inspection and enforcement trust fund established pursuant to Section 4462. See California Public Utilities Code 4451