Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 46 > Chapter 3 - Investments in Protecting, Enhancing, and Accessing California's Local and Regional Outdoor Spaces

• Ballot label: means :

  California Elections Code 303

• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
• Department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 80002
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Disadvantaged community: means a community with a median household income less than 80 percent of the statewide average. See California Public Resources Code 80002
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• party-nominated office: means any of the following offices:

  California Elections Code 337

• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
• Voter-nominated office: means a congressional or state elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the ballot. See California Elections Code 359.5
• Voting device: means any device used in conjunction with a ballot card or cards to indicate the choice of the voter by marking, punching, or slotting the ballot card. See California Elections Code 360
• Voting machine: means any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a precinct optical scanner and a direct recording voting system, into which a voter may enter his or her votes, and which, by means of electronic tabulation and generation of printouts or other tangible, human-readable records, furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for or against each measure. See California Elections Code 361