Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 26 > Part 2 > Chapter 3.2 - Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program

• Administrative agency: means the state agency responsible for programming bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.02
• Applicant: means any local public entity involved in the movement of freight through trade corridors of the state or involved in air quality improvements associated with goods movement. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Emission sources: means one of the following categories of sources of air pollution associated with the movement of freight through California's trade corridors: heavy-duty trucks, locomotives, commercial harbor craft, ocean-going vessels related to freight, and cargo-handling equipment. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1
• emissions: means emissions including, but not limited to, diesel particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and reactive organic gases. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• project: includes equipment purchase, right-of-way acquisition, and project delivery costs. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.02
• Recipient agency: means the recipient of bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.02
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Trade corridors: means any of the following areas: the Los Angeles/Inland Empire region, the Central Valley region, the Bay Area region, and the San Diego/border region. See California Health and Safety Code 39625.1