Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 2 > Division 1 > Chapter 7 > Article 6.4 - Cybersecurity

• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Critical infrastructure controls: means networks and systems controlling assets so vital to the state that the incapacity or destruction of those networks, systems, or assets would have a debilitating impact on public health, safety, economic security, or any combination thereof. See California Government Code 8592.30
• Critical infrastructure information: means information not customarily in the public domain pertaining to any of the following:

  California Government Code 8592.30

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Technology. See California Government Code 8592.30
• legislative body: means board of trustees, city council, or other governing body of a city. See California Government Code 34000
• mayor: includes president of the legislative body. See California Government Code 34002
• Office: means the Office of Emergency Services. See California Government Code 8592.30
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Secretary: means the secretary of each state agency as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 12800. See California Government Code 8592.30
• state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000