Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 30 > Part 5 - ENFORCEMENT

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeals board: means the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, within the department. See California Labor Code 6302
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• Board of trustees: means the legislative body of a district. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Control: means to prevent or reduce vectors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• County: includes "city and county. See California Labor Code 14
• County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Department: means the Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 6302
• Director: means the Director of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 6302
• District: means any mosquito abatement and vector control district created pursuant to this chapter or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See California Labor Code 6302
• Insurer: includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any private company, corporation, mutual association, and reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, authorized under the laws of this state to insure employers against liability for compensation under this part and under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201), and any employer to whom a certificate of consent to self-insure has been issued. See California Labor Code 6302
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Principal county: means the county having all or the greater portion of the entire assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property within a district at the time of formation. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Property: means land and improvements, and includes water. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
• Public agency: means any state agency, board, or commission, including the California State University and the University of California, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, school district, special district, redevelopment agency, or other political subdivision. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Public nuisance: means any of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 2002

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Vector: means any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including, but not limited to, mosquitoes, flies, mites, ticks, other arthropods, and rodents and other vertebrates. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22
• will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14