Terms Used In California Codes > Revenue and Taxation Code > Division 2 > Part 1.55 - MOTOR CARRIERS

• 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.
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 14
• commercial motor vehicle: means any self-propelled vehicle listed in subdivisions (a), (b), (f), (g), and (k) of §. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 7232
• Controller: means the State Controller. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 21
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• Forest land: means land at least 10 percent occupied by trees of any size that are native to California, including native oaks, or formerly having had that tree cover and not currently zoned for uses incompatible with forest resource management. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resource improvement project: means a project undertaken pursuant to Section 4795 or a loan made pursuant to Section 4796. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resource improvement work: means the forest resource improvement measures enumerated in Section 4794 for which assistance is authorized pursuant to this chapter. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resource system: means the interdependent system of air, water, solar energy, and forest resources, as defined by subdivision (h). See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resources: means those uses and values associated with forest land, including fish, forage, recreation and aesthetics, soils, timber, watershed, wilderness, and wildlife. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• landowner: means either the person or persons owning the land or the person or persons owning the timber. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Management plan: means a long-term forest and land management plan submitted to the director pursuant to Section 4799. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• motor carrier of property: means any person who operates any commercial motor vehicle as defined in subdivision (d). See California Revenue and Taxation Code 7232
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
• Person: includes :

  California Public Resources Code 4793

• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Reforestation: means planting of tree seedlings, cuttings, or seed. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Smaller nonindustrial landowners: means owners of 5,000 acres or less of forest land. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
• Uses incompatible with forest resource management: means uses not listed in subdivision (h) of Section 51104 or §. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.