Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 30 > Part 2 > Chapter 1 - Plan Preparation

• 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
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assessment: means the forest resource assessment and analysis developed pursuant to Section 4789. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• Board: means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• bookkeeping services: means keeping books, making trial balances, preparing statements, making audits, or preparing reports, all as a part of bookkeeping operations, provided that such trial balances, statements, or reports are not issued over the name of such person as having been prepared or examined by a certified public accountant or public accountant. See California Civil Code 1799
• business entity: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association or other group, however organized and whether or not organized to operate at a profit, but does not mean a financial institution organized, chartered, or holding a license or authorization certificate under a law of this state or the United States to make loans or extend credit and subject to supervision by an official or agency of this state or the United States, nor the parent of any such financial institution, nor any subsidiary of any such financial institution or parent. See California Civil Code 1799
• City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 14
• Commission: means the Educational Innovation and Planning Commission. See California Education Code 33509
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Controller: means the State Controller. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 21
• Coordinator: means the Model Cities Coordinator. See California Health and Safety Code 36105
• County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• county with high unemployment: means a county with an annual unemployment rate, as reported by the Employment Development Department, higher than the mean annual unemployment rate of "rate adjustment counties" as defined pursuant to the Timber Yield Tax Law (Part 18. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Director: means the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Eligible landowner: means any person who meets the conditions set forth in Sections 4797 and 4799. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• Financial institution: includes any bank, savings and loan association, or other institution in this state, including a public agency, that regularly makes, arranges, or purchases loans for the purchase, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, or refinancing of housing accommodations. See California Health and Safety Code 35805
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fish and wildlife habitat improvements: means measures designed to protect, maintain, or enhance fish and wildlife habitat including, but not limited to, stream clearance, reestablishment of desirable vegetation along stream channels and elsewhere, measures to encourage habitat diversity, restoration of anadromous fisheries, and forest road repair and upgrading that protect, maintain, or enhance fish and wildlife habitat. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Followup work: means forest resource improvement work necessary to promote the survival of seed or seedlings planted, or protection or enhancement of other work undertaken, as part of a prior forest resource improvement project pursuant to this chapter. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest and rangeland resources: means those uses and values associated with, attainable from, or closely tied to, forest and rangelands, including fish, range, recreation, timber, watershed, wilderness, and wildlife. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Forest land: means land at least 10 percent occupied by trees of any size that are native to California, including native oaks, or formerly having had that tree cover and not currently zoned for uses incompatible with forest resource management. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest land: means timberland defined pursuant to subdivision (g), and other lands that have been withdrawn from timber production, such as units of the state park system, national parks, and wilderness areas. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Forest land conservation measures: means measures designed to protect, maintain, or enhance the forest resource system, including soil and watershed values, diversity of forest species, and protection of a forest stand from fire. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resource improvement project: means a project undertaken pursuant to Section 4795 or a loan made pursuant to Section 4796. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resource improvement work: means the forest resource improvement measures enumerated in Section 4794 for which assistance is authorized pursuant to this chapter. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resource system: means the interdependent system of air, water, solar energy, and forest resources, as defined by subdivision (h). See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Forest resources: means those uses and values associated with forest land, including fish, forage, recreation and aesthetics, soils, timber, watershed, wilderness, and wildlife. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• individual: means a natural person. See California Civil Code 1799
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• landowner: means either the person or persons owning the land or the person or persons owning the timber. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Management plan: means a long-term forest and land management plan submitted to the director pursuant to Section 4799. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• newspaper: means a newspaper of general circulation. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 36.5
• 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.
• 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, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• person: means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, or governmental entity. See California Civil Code 1799
• 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
• Person: includes :

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• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Prevailing rate: means the average annual rate earned by the state on moneys deposited in the Pooled Money Investment Account in the General Fund. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Rangeland: means land on which the existing vegetation, whether growing naturally or through management, is suitable for grazing or browsing of domestic livestock for at least a portion of the year. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• record: means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual or business entity. See California Civil Code 1799
• Reforestation: means planting of tree seedlings, cuttings, or seed. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Resources Planning Act: means the Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Restocked: means stocking to the degree required by the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 4511) of Part 2. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• sale: includes a lease of more than four months. See California Civil Code 1797.8
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services and Housing. See California Health and Safety Code 35805
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Small business entity: means a business enterprise, including a landowner, with five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or less annual gross revenue. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• Smaller nonindustrial landowners: means owners of 5,000 acres or less of forest land. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Timber: means wood fiber of commercial or potential commercial species growing on timberland as defined in subdivision (g). See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Timberland: means land on which is growing a significant stand of trees of commercial species, or potential commercial species, either in public or private ownership or that is generally capable of maintaining a stand of trees in perpetuity and not withdrawn or otherwise devoted to uses other than timber production. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Uses incompatible with forest resource management: means uses not listed in subdivision (h) of Section 51104 or §. See California Public Resources Code 4793
• will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.