Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 10.5 > Part 1 > Chapter 3 - County Plans and Negotiated Net Amount Contracts

• Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Resident: means residing in this State, "nonresident" means not residing in this State. See California Insurance Code 30
• Residents: means any person defined in Section 19 who is resident within the meaning of Section 30. See California Insurance Code 1620.2
• 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 Insurance Code 28