Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 3 > Chapter 10.5 > Article 11 - Severability

• Abandoned excavation: means any abandoned mining shaft, pit, well, septic tank, cesspool, or other abandoned excavation dangerous to persons legally on the premises where the abandoned excavation is located or to minors under the age of 12 years. See California Government Code 50230
• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Legislative body: means the legislative body of a local agency. See California Government Code 50230
• Local agency: means a city, a city and county, or a county. See California Government Code 50230
• Measure: means any constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted to a popular vote at any election. See California Elections Code 329
• 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
• Superintendent: means street superintendent, his assistants and deputies, or other public officer designated by the legislative body to perform the duties imposed by this article upon the superintendent. See California Government Code 50230