§ 80680 For purposes of this chapter, the definitions contained in this …
§ 80685 “CLEAN Program” means the Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance …
§ 80690 (a) “Cost overrun insurance” means insurance that covers some, …
§ 80695 “Eligible property” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision …
§ 80700 “Environmental insurance” means insurance intended to limit the …
§ 80705 “Estimated response action costs” means the projected costs of taking …
§ 80710 “Hazardous material” means a substance or waste that, because of its …
§ 80715 “Insurance company” means an insurance company authorized in …
§ 80720 “Pollution condition” means a release or threatened release of a …
§ 80725 (a) “Pollution liability insurance” means insurance that covers …
§ 80730 “Secured creditor insurance” means insurance made available to an …
§ 80735 “Self-insured retention amount” means response action costs in excess …

Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 45 > Part 2 > Chapter 11 > Article 1 - Definitions

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • 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
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10