Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 1.5 > Chapter 3 > Article 9 - Agencies Relation to Other State Energy Oversight

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• county water district: means a county water district which has heretofore executed or shall hereafter execute a contract with the United States for any or all of the following purposes:

  California Water Code 23300

• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• State: means the State of California. See California Public Utilities Code 3302
• United States: means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. See California Water Code 20