Terms Used In California Codes > Public Contract Code > Division 2 > Part 1 > Chapter 2.5 - Certification of Minority and Women Business Enterprises

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Awarding department: means any state agency, department, governmental entity, including the California State University, or officer or entity empowered by law to enter into contracts on behalf of the State of California. See California Public Contract Code 2051
• City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
• 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 Transportation. See California Public Contract Code 2051
• directors: means the board of directors of the district. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
• disadvantaged business enterprise: means a business concern that is all of the following:

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• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• District: means the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
• District: means an agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries. See California Public Contract Code 2051
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Local agency: means a county or city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, school district, or other district. See California Public Contract Code 2051
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Participating state or local agency: means any state or local agency that elects to participate in the certification process pursuant to this chapter. See California Public Contract Code 2051
• 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.
• Public agency: includes the state, and any county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision or public entity of, or organized under the laws of, this state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
• Rail transit: means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by rail and provision of freight service by rail. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
• rail transit facilities: means any or all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for rail transit service purposes, including ancillary bicycle and pedestrian pathways that provide connections between and access to station sites. See California Public Utilities Code 105003
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• State agency: means any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the executive branch of government. See California Public Contract Code 2051
• Women business enterprise: means a business concern that meets all of the following criteria:

  California Public Contract Code 2051