Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 31 > Part 2 > Chapter 7.5 > Article 3 - General Provisions

• agency: means the agency responsible for the preparation and adoption of the congestion management program. See California Government Code 65088.1
• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
• Commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Government Code 65088.1
• 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 Government Code 19
• Department: means the Department of Transportation. See California Government Code 65088.1
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Infill opportunity zone: means a specific area designated by a city or county, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65088. See California Government Code 65088.1
• Interregional travel: means any trips that originate outside the boundary of the agency. See California Government Code 65088.1
• 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.
• Level of service standard: is a threshold that defines a deficiency on the congestion management program highway and roadway system which requires the preparation of a deficiency plan. See California Government Code 65088.1
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Multimodal: means the utilization of all available modes of travel that enhance the movement of people and goods, including, but not limited to, highway, transit, nonmotorized, and demand management strategies including, but not limited to, telecommuting. See California Government Code 65088.1
• Owner-building: means the process engaged in by owner-builders in the construction of a principal residence. See California Health and Safety Code 50692
• Parking cash-out program: means an employer-funded program under which an employer offers to provide a cash allowance to an employee equivalent to the parking subsidy that the employer would otherwise pay to provide the employee with a parking space. See California Government Code 65088.1
• Parking subsidy: means the difference between the out-of-pocket amount paid by an employer on a regular basis in order to secure the availability of an employee parking space not owned by the employer and the price, if any, charged to an employee for use of that space. See California Government Code 65088.1
• Performance measure: is a n analytical planning tool that is used to quantitatively evaluate transportation improvements and to assist in determining effective implementation actions, considering all modes and strategies. See California Government Code 65088.1
• Persons and families of low or moderate income: includes very low income households, as defined in Section 50105, extremely low income households, as defined in Section 50106, and lower income households as defined in Section 50079. See California Health and Safety Code 50093
• regional agency: means the agency responsible for preparation of the regional transportation improvement program. See California Government Code 65088.1
• Self-help rehabilitation: means the process engaged in by self-help rehabilitators in the rehabilitation, renovation or improvement of their principal residences. See California Health and Safety Code 50692
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
• Town: includes "unincorporated town" and "village. See California Government Code 21
• trip: means a one-direction vehicle movement. See California Government Code 65088.1