Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 26 > Part 2 > Chapter 3.5 > Article 3 - Identification of Toxic Air Contaminants

• County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal act: means the Clean Air Act (42 U. See California Health and Safety Code 39655
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• 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.
• Office: means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. See California Health and Safety Code 39655
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Pesticide: means any economic poison as defined in §. See California Health and Safety Code 39655
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Toxic air contaminant: means an air pollutant which may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or in serious illness, or which may pose a present or potential hazard to human health. See California Health and Safety Code 39655