§ 500 As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Parks …
§ 501 There is in the Resources Agency, the Department of Parks and …
§ 503 The department succeeds to and is vested with all of the duties, …
§ 504 The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any …
§ 505 The department shall have possession and control of all records, …
§ 506 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, …
§ 507 There shall be one Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation who shall …
§ 507.1 For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the …
§ 508 The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on …
§ 508.5 Notwithstanding Section 14, or any other provision of law, the City …
§ 509 Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the …
§ 510 The department may adopt, alter, change or amend any state master …
§ 511 The department, with the approval of the Department of General …
§ 512 For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its …
§ 513 (a) The department, as a means of furthering the interpretive …
§ 513.1 The department may provide space and facilities for schools to use …
§ 514 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except …

Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 1 > Chapter 1 > Article 1 - Organization and General Powers

  • 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.
  • 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
  • board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
  • 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 Resources Code 14
  • department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation and "director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 500
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • partnership: shall include limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, and foreign limited liability partnership, except where the context or the specific provisions of this division otherwise require. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 28.5
  • Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.