Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 3 > Division 8 > Part 55 > Chapter 9 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• General election: means either of the following:

  California Elections Code 324

• 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
• trustees: means the Trustees of the California State University, created under Section 66600. See California Education Code 89000
• 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