Terms Used In California Codes > Penal Code > Part 6 > Title 4 > Division 12 > Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous Reports and Publications

• ammunition: includes , but is not limited to, any bullet, cartridge, magazine, clip, speed loader, autoloader, ammunition feeding device, or projectile capable of being fired from a firearm with a deadly consequence. See California Penal Code 16150
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: as used in this part means the Department of Housing and Community Development. See California Health and Safety Code 34050.5
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• firearm: includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part:

  California Penal Code 16520

• Natural disaster: as used in this part has the same meaning as in §. See California Health and Safety Code 34050.5
• safety: is a utomatically applied by the pistol, this feature shall not be defeated. See California Penal Code 31900
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7