Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 1 > Division 1 > Part 11 > Chapter 2 > Article 8 - California Classroom Library Materials Act of 1999

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Property: means any right, title, or interest in or lien upon real property or part thereof. See California Code of Civil Procedure 770.010
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.