§ 5800 As used in this chapter “public entity” means any county, city, or …
§ 5801 Whenever any public entity acquires, or has acquired, land for the …
§ 5802 Except as provided in Section 5803, all sales by a public entity of …
§ 5803 This chapter shall not apply to sales or exchanges to adjacent …
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Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 5 > Chapter 6 - Watershed Lands

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Board: means the State Public Works Board. See California Government Code 15802
  • candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
  • compensation: means the remuneration paid out of funds controlled by the employer in payment for the member's services performed during normal working hours or for time during which the member is excused from work because of any of the following:

    California Government Code 20630

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Construction: includes the extension, enlargement, repair, renovation, restoration, improvement, furnishing, and equipping of any public building. See California Government Code 15802
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
  • Elector: means a person who is a United States citizen 18 years of age or older and, except as specified in subdivision (b), is a resident of an election precinct in this state on or before the day of an election. See California Elections Code 321
  • Green Party: means the Green Party of California. See California Elections Code 7900
  • Nonpartisan office: means an office, except for a voter-nominated office, for which no party may nominate a candidate. See California Elections Code 334
  • Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Primary election: includes all primary nominating elections provided for by this code. See California Elections Code 341
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • public entity: means any county, city, or public district. See California Public Resources Code 5800
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • 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