Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 10 > Part 14 > Chapter 7 > Article 5 - Temporary Borrowing

• 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
• City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
• 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
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
• 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

• 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.
• Goal: means a numerically expressed objective that awarding departments and contractors are required to make efforts to achieve. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.