Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 20 > Part 1 > Chapter 3 - Santa Clara County Pilot Project

• Authority: means the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority. See California Health and Safety Code 101560
• Board: means the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority Board. See California Health and Safety Code 101560
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• County: means the County of Monterey. See California Health and Safety Code 101560
• County: includes city and county. See California Family Code 67
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Nuisance: means anything which meets all of the following requirements:

  California Water Code 13050

• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Water Code 13050
• Proceeding: includes an action. See California Family Code 110
• Recycled water: means water which, as a result of treatment of waste, is suitable for a direct beneficial use or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur and is therefor considered a valuable resource. See California Water Code 13050
• Regional board: means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. See California Water Code 13050
• Spousal support: means support of the spouse of the obligor. See California Family Code 142
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Family Code 145
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10
• Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Waste: includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation, including waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal. See California Water Code 13050
• Waters of the state: means any surface water or groundwater, including saline waters, within the boundaries of the state. See California Water Code 13050