Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 45 > Part 2 > Chapter 3 > Article 3 - Public Outreach

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• 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.
• Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23