§ 28500 This part is known and may be cited as the “San Francisco Bay Area …
§ 28501 This part is in furtherance of the declared policy of the State to …
§ 28502 The part shall be liberally construed to carry out the objects and …
§ 28502.1 Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter …
§ 28503 “District” as used in this part, means the San Francisco Bay Area …
§ 28504 “San Francisco Bay area,” as used in this part, means the Counties of …
§ 28505 “Rapid transit,” as used in this part, means the transportation of …
§ 28506 For the purpose of establishing the bonded debt limit of the …
§ 28507 “Board of supervisors,” as used in this part, means the board of …
§ 28508 “Board of directors,” “board,” or “directors,” as used in this part, …
§ 28509 “Public agency,” as used in this part, includes the State of …

Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 10 > Part 2 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Board of supervisors: as used in this part , means the board of supervisors of a county in the San Francisco Bay area. See California Public Utilities Code 28507
  • City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
  • County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
  • directors: as used in this part , means the board of directors of the district. See California Public Utilities Code 28508
  • 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.
  • 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 Water Code 19
  • Rapid transit: as used in this part , means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means. See California Public Utilities Code 28505
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • San Francisco Bay area: as used in this part , means the Counties of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo. See California Public Utilities Code 28504
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10