Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 45 > Part 2 > Chapter 9 > Article 2 - Orphan Share Reimbursement Trust Fund

• 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
• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
• County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes affirmation. See California Government Code 15
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23