§ 11750 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the administrative …
§ 11751 (a) Except as provided in Section 131055.2, the State Department …
§ 11751.4 It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the integrity of state …
§ 11752 As used in this division, “department” means the State Department of …
§ 11752.1 (a) “County board of supervisors” includes county boards of …
§ 11754 (a) The department shall be the single state agency authorized …
§ 11755 The department shall do all of the following:(a) Adopt …
§ 11755.2 (a) The department may implement a program for the establishment …
§ 11756 The department relative to the statewide alcohol and other drug …
§ 11756.5 (a) An alcoholism or substance use disorder recovery or …
§ 11756.8 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the …
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Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 10.5 > Part 1 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions

  • alien insurer: means a foreign insurer organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than a State of the United States. See California Insurance Code 1580
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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.
  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • department: means the State Department of Health Care Services and "director" means the Director of Health Care Services. See California Health and Safety Code 11752
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.