Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 45 > Part 2 > Chapter 5 > Article 17 - Judicial Review of Response Actions

• 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
• Board: means State Allocation Board. See California Government Code 15501
• 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
• Local agencies: means cities, counties, housing authorities, districts, and any other local public agencies. See California Government Code 15501
• Public works projects: means acquisition and improvement of sites, construction, modification, and alteration of public buildings, airports, water supply systems (including when incidental to a public works project (1) highways, streets, bridges, and other street and highway structures, and (2) plan preparation and equipment), and publicly owned and operated facilities, including but not limited to sewage treatment and disposal plants and sanitary facilities. See California Government Code 15501
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18