Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 30 > Part 3 > Chapter 5.5 > Article 3 - Penalties, Regulations, and Report

• Administrative agency: means the state agency responsible for programming bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901
• 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.
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• 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}
• 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.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• project: includes equipment purchase, right-of-way acquisition, and project delivery costs. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901
• Recipient agency: means the recipient of bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.901
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.