Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 5 > Chapter 15

• Actuarial interest rate: means the interest rate fixed by the board for purposes of actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the award system. See California Government Code 50952
• Agricultural preserve: means an area devoted to either agricultural use, as defined in subdivision (b), recreational use as defined in subdivision (n), or open-space use as defined in subdivision (o), or any combination of those uses and which is established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See California Government Code 51201
• Agricultural use: means use of land, including but not limited to greenhouses, for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity for commercial purposes. See California Government Code 51201
• Annual interest rate: means the interest rate fixed by the board for purposes of crediting interest. See California Government Code 50952
• Apportionment: means an apportionment made under this chapter unless the context otherwise requires. See California Education Code 16502
• Award: means monthly payments for life derived from contributions by a department. See California Government Code 50952
• Award system: means the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System established by this chapter. See California Government Code 50952
• Board: means the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation. See California Government Code 50952
• Board: means the State Allocation Board. See California Education Code 16502
• Board: means the board of supervisors of a county which establishes or proposes to establish an agricultural preserve or which enters or proposes to enter into a contract on land within an agricultural preserve pursuant to this chapter. See California Government Code 51201
• Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Government Code 50833
• Certified prior service credit: means credit for service performed prior to the contract operative date as certified by a qualifications review commission. See California Government Code 50952
• Certified service credit: means credit certified pursuant to Section 50960 for services rendered by a member. See California Government Code 50952
• city: means the county or city having jurisdiction over the land. See California Government Code 51201
• Council: means the city council of a city which establishes or proposes to establish an agricultural preserve or which enters or proposes to enter into a contract on land within an agricultural preserve pursuant to this chapter. See California Government Code 51201
• Custodian of the fund: means a financial institution or other entity that qualifies under the laws of this state to act as a trustee of and establish a trust described in Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 92-64. See California Government Code 50952
• Department: means any of the following:

  California Government Code 50952

• Department: means the State Department of Education. See California Education Code 16502
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Government Code 50833
• Director: means the Director of Education for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. See California Education Code 16502
• Director: means the Director of Consumer Affairs. See California Government Code 50833
• Fund: means an account or trust described in Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 92-64, which is maintained by the custodian of the fund. See California Government Code 50952
• Indirect project children: means children of parents who have come to the district subsequent to the start of the state project and who are not employed by a contractor or subcontractor of a state project but who are children in the area in addition to those which would be expected as a result of normal development and growth of the area as determined pursuant to regulations of the director which he or she is hereby authorized to adopt. See California Education Code 16502
• Legislative body: as used in this division , means board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county, and city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 50002
• Local agency: means city, county, or district. See California Government Code 53290
• Local agency: as used in this division means county, city, or city and county, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 50001
• Member: means a volunteer of a department, the governing body of which has contracted with the board under this chapter, and who has been certified by a qualifications review commission as having satisfied all the requirements for membership as set established by the board. See California Government Code 50952
• Ownership or management: means the ownership or management of a cooperative or condominium for floating homes. See California Civil Code 800.300
• peace officer: means a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, or deputy marshal of a county or city and county, or a marshal or police officer of a city or town, employed and compensated as such, whether the members are volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid, except those whose principal duties are clerical, such as stenographers, telephone operators, and other workers not engaged in law enforcement operations, or the protection or preservation of life or property, and not under suspension or otherwise lacking in good standing. See California Government Code 50920
• Person: means a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, estate, trust, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or other legal entity, or any combination thereof. See California Education Code 16267
• persons: includes corporations, firms, partnerships and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of this State or any other State, or any foreign country. See California Education Code 16553
• Project: means the purposes for which a school district has applied for an apportionment. See California Education Code 16502
• Project children: means children of parents who have come to the district subsequent to the start of the state project and who are employed by the State of California or the federal government in connection with a state project and children of parents employed by any contractor or subcontractor of a state project. See California Education Code 16502
• Resident: means a person who maintains a residence in a cooperative or condominium for floating homes. See California Civil Code 800.300
• Service credit: means the aggregate of certified service credit. See California Government Code 50952
• Service year: means the period beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of the following year. See California Government Code 50952
• State project: means any construction project undertaken by the state, or the state and federal government jointly, which will cause a sudden influx of people into the area affected and where sufficient housing, schools, and other community facilities are not available. See California Education Code 16502
• Volunteer: means a person registered as a volunteer member of a regularly organized fire department as defined in subdivision (k). See California Government Code 50952