Terms Used In California Codes > Elections Code > Division 20 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - General Intent

• Board: means the State Public Works Board. See California Government Code 15802
• Bonds: means revenue bonds, notes, including commercial paper notes or other forms of negotiable short-term indebtedness, or bond anticipation notes issued to finance prison facilities, interest during construction of prison facilities, reserve funds, and costs of issuance of the bonds, as the board may determine. See California Government Code 15819.1
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Code: means the Code of Fair Campaign Practices. See California Elections Code 20420
• Construction: includes the extension, enlargement, repair, renovation, restoration, improvement, furnishing, and equipping of any public building. See California Government Code 15802
• County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease-purchase financing: means the financing of prison facilities from the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized by the board. See California Government Code 15819.1
• Prison facility: means real property, fixtures, furnishings, equipment, and related improvements for the following facilities:

  California Government Code 15819.1

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18