Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 2 > Division 3 > Part 10.5 > Chapter 1 - General

• board: means the State Public Works Board, and "director" means Director of General Services. See California Government Code 15752
• 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.
• River: means the water, bed, and shoreline of rivers, streams, channels, lakes, bays, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, and lagoons, up to the first line of permanently established riparian vegetation. See California Public Resources Code 5093.52
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Resources Agency. See California Public Resources Code 5093.52
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• System: means the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System. See California Public Resources Code 5093.52
• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359