Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 4 > Part 2 > Chapter 12 - Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Policy Act of 1977

• Assessment: means the forest resource assessment and analysis developed pursuant to Section 4789. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• 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
• County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
• 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}
• 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• Forest land: means timberland defined pursuant to subdivision (g), and other lands that have been withdrawn from timber production, such as units of the state park system, national parks, and wilderness areas.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
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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
• 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
• Resources Planning Act: means the Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U. See California Public Resources Code 4789.2
• 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.
• 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