Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 2 > Chapter 4 > Article 6 - Fees

• Access costs: means living expenses and expenses for transportation, supplies, technology, and books. See California Education Code 69432.7
• Award year: means one academic year, or the equivalent, of attendance at a qualifying institution. See California Education Code 69432.7
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• City: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 18
• commission: means the Student Aid Commission created by this article. See California Education Code 69515
• Commission: means the Student Aid Commission. See California Education Code 69432.7
• County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 22702
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• General election: means either of the following:

  California Elections Code 324

• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
• Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
• Maximum household income and asset levels: means the applicable household income and household asset levels for participants, including new applicants and renewing recipients, in the Cal Grant Program, as defined and adopted in regulations by the commission for the 2001-02 academic year, which shall be set pursuant to the following income and asset ceiling amounts:

  California Education Code 69432.7

• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Phototherapy device: means equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation used by a health care professional in the treatment of disease. See California Business and Professions Code 22702
• 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.
• Primary election: includes all primary nominating elections provided for by this code. See California Elections Code 341
• Qualifying institution: means an institution that complies with paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, and is any of the following:

  California Education Code 69432.7

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
• Tanning device: means an ultraviolet tanning device and any accompanying equipment, including, but not limited to, protective eyewear, timers, and handrails. See California Business and Professions Code 22702
• Tanning facility: means any location, place, area, structure, or business that provides persons access to any tanning device. See California Business and Professions Code 22702
• Ultraviolet tanning device: means equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 nanometers used for tanning of the skin, including, but not limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed. See California Business and Professions Code 22702