Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 2 > Chapter 4 > Article 8 - Dental Corporations

• 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
• Award year: means one academic year, or the equivalent, of attendance at a qualifying institution. See California Education Code 69432.7
• board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
• Commission: means the Student Aid Commission. See California Education Code 69432.7
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• program: means the California Dreamer Service Incentive Grant Program established by this section. See California Education Code 69438
• Qualifying institution: means an institution that complies with paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, and is any of the following:

  California Education Code 69432.7

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15