Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 10 > Part 14 > Chapter 7 > Article 3 - Equipment Trust Certificates

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Awarding department: means a state agency, department, governmental entity, or other officer or entity empowered by law to issue bonds or enter into contracts on behalf of the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Bonds: means bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of participation, and other evidences of indebtedness issued by, or on behalf of, the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Contract: includes any agreement or joint agreement to provide professional bond services to the State of California or an awarding department. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: includes a provider of professional bond services who enters into a contract with an awarding department. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• department: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 690
• Disabled veteran: means a veteran of the military, naval, or air service of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Philippine Commonwealth Army, the Regular Scouts, "Old Scouts" and the Special Philippine Scouts, "New Scouts" who has at least a 10-percent service-connected disability and who is domiciled in the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Disabled veteran business enterprise: means a business certified by the administering agency as meeting all of the following requirements:

  California Military and Veterans Code 999

• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Professional bond services: include services as financial advisers, bond counsel, underwriters in negotiated transactions, underwriter's counsel, financial printers, feasibility consultants, and other professional services related to the issuance and sale of bonds. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.