Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 2 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - Administration

• Administrative fund: means the funds used to administer this article. See California Education Code 69980
• Benefits: means the payment of higher education expenses on behalf of a beneficiary by the Scholarshare trust during the beneficiary's attendance at an institution of higher education. See California Education Code 69980
• Board: means the Scholarshare Investment Board established pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 69984. See California Education Code 69980
• board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
• commission: means the Student Aid Commission created by this article. See California Education Code 69515
• County office: means the office filled by any county officer. See California Elections Code 313
• 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

• Judicial office: means the office filled by any judicial officer. See California Elections Code 326
• licensee: as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine's certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board. See California Business and Professions Code 2041
• Nomination documents: means declaration of candidacy and nomination papers. See California Elections Code 333
• Participant: means an individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation, a custodian under the California Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Part 9 (commencing with Section 3900) of Division 4 of . See California Education Code 69980
• Participation agreement: means an agreement between a participant and the Scholarshare trust, pursuant to this article. See California Education Code 69980
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Program fund: means the program fund established by this article, which shall be held as a separate fund within the Scholarshare trust. See California Education Code 69980
• Qualified higher education expenses: means the expenses of attendance at an institution of higher education as provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (e), expenses associated with participation in a registered apprenticeship program as provided in paragraph (8) of subsection (c), and payment on the principal or interest of a qualified education loan as provided in paragraph (9) of subsection (c), of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it is amended from time to time, if, as determined by the board, the amendment is consistent with the purposes of this article, and as determined and certified by the institution of higher education in the same manner as prescribed in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U. See California Education Code 69980
• Regular election: is a n election, the specific time for the holding of which is prescribed by law. See California Elections Code 348
• Scholarshare trust: means the trust created pursuant to this article. See California Education Code 69980
• Signature: includes either of the following:

  California Elections Code 354.5

• Special election: is a n election, the specific time for the holding of which is not prescribed by law. See California Elections Code 356
• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
• Voter-nominated office: means a congressional or state elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the ballot. See California Elections Code 359.5