Terms Used In California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code > Division 3 > Chapter 5 > Article 1.5 - Anthony Farr and Stacy Beckett Boating Safety Act of 2004

• Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
• Department: means the Department of Boating and Waterways. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• Director: means the Director of Boating and Waterways. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• Domestic: means organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 26
• Foreign: means not organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 27
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Manufacturer: means any person engaged in any of the following:

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• Operator: means the person aboard a vessel who meets any of the following:

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• Owner: is a person having all the incidents of ownership, including the legal title, of a vessel whether or not that person lends, rents, or pledges the vessel. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other entity, but does not include the United States, the state, or a municipality or subdivision thereof. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• State: means a state of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• Vessel: includes every description of a watercraft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except either of the following:

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