Terms Used In California Codes > Labor Code > Division 2 > Part 3 > Chapter 4.5 - Displaced Janitor Opportunity Act

• Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22