Terms Used In California Codes > Military and Veterans Code > Division 4 > Chapter 6 > Article 6 - Disabled Veterans Participation Goals for Professional Bond Services and State Contracts

• Administering agency: means the Treasurer, in the case of contracts for professional bond services, and the Department of General Services' Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services, in the case of contracts governed by Section 999. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Awarding department: means a state agency, department, governmental entity, or other officer or entity empowered by law to issue bonds or enter into contracts on behalf of the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Bonds: means bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of participation, and other evidences of indebtedness issued by, or on behalf of, the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
• Contract: includes any agreement or joint agreement to provide professional bond services to the State of California or an awarding department. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Contractor: includes a provider of professional bond services who enters into a contract with an awarding department. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• 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 Public Utilities Code 18
• department: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 690
• Disabled veteran: means a veteran of the military, naval, or air service of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Philippine Commonwealth Army, the Regular Scouts, "Old Scouts" and the Special Philippine Scouts, "New Scouts" who has at least a 10-percent service-connected disability and who is domiciled in the state. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Disabled veteran business enterprise: means a business certified by the administering agency as meeting all of the following requirements:

  California Military and Veterans Code 999

• district: as used in this article , shall be limited to such territory for purposes of the election and the incurring of indebtedness, and for purposes of Section 102336. See California Public Utilities Code 102500
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• foreign-based business: means a business entity that is incorporated or has its principal headquarters located outside the United States of America. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Goal: means a numerically expressed objective that awarding departments and contractors are required to make efforts to achieve. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Management and control: means effective and demonstrable management of the business entity. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• 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.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Professional bond services: include services as financial advisers, bond counsel, underwriters in negotiated transactions, underwriter's counsel, financial printers, feasibility consultants, and other professional services related to the issuance and sale of bonds. See California Military and Veterans Code 999
• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Military and Veterans Code 19
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17