Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 26 > Part 5 > Chapter 10 - California Clean Schoolbus Program

• Administrative agency: means the state agency responsible for programming bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901
• 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.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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 44299.901
• Recipient agency: means the recipient of bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901