§ 10000 This division may be cited as the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913.
§ 10001 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in …
§ 10002 “Improvement” includes all work and improvements authorized to be …
§ 10003 “Municipality” and “city” include every city, city and county, or …
§ 10004 “Legislative body” includes any body which by law is the legislative …
§ 10005 “City treasurer” includes any person or officer who has charge and …
§ 10006 “Install” includes construct, reconstruct, extend, repair, and …
§ 10006.5 Subject to the limitation of Section 10204.1, “incidental expense” …
§ 10007 “Street” includes the whole or any part of one or more public …
§ 10008 “Assessment district” means the district of land to be benefited by …
§ 10009 The provisions of this division apply to all counties and districts, …
§ 10010 “Acquisition”, or any of its variants, means and includes one or more …
§ 10011 “Owner” means the person owning the fee, or the person in whose name …
§ 10012 This division shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its …
§ 10013 Whenever any notice, resolution, order, or other matter is required …
§ 10014 The failure of the clerk to mail any notice or the failure of any …
§ 10015 No notice, nor any publication of any notice, order, resolution, or …
§ 10016 Any resolution, notice, report, diagram, or assessment which is …

Terms Used In California Codes > Streets and Highways Code > Division 12 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions

  • Bona fide association: means an organization of employees and former employees of an agency of the state and the California State University, and which does not have as one of its purposes representing these employees in their employer-employee relations. See California Government Code 1150
  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town. See California Streets and Highways Code 15
  • Construction: includes :

    California Streets and Highways Code 29

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
  • County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
  • Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
  • Employee organization: means an organization which represents employees of a public employer and that has been recognized or certified by the public employer or the Public Employment Relations Board as the exclusive representative of the employees. See California Government Code 1150
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • law: means any federal law relating to internal revenue. See California Government Code 1170
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Public agency: includes counties, cities, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, public districts, and other public agencies of the state. See California Government Code 1150
  • Public employer: means the state, the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University and the California State University, the Judicial Council, a trial court, a county, city, district, public authority, including transit district, public agency, or any other political subdivision or public corporation of the state, except as provided in paragraph (2). See California Government Code 1150
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35