§ 5000 This division may be cited as the Improvement Act of 1911.
§ 5001 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, …
§ 5002 This division provides an alternative system for doing the work …
§ 5003 This division shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its …
§ 5004 Whenever in any proceedings under this division, a time and place for …
§ 5005 “City” includes counties, cities, cities and counties and all …
§ 5006 “Legislative body” when used with reference to a county means the …
§ 5007 “Clerk” when used with reference to a county means the person or …
§ 5008 “Treasurer” when used with reference to a county means the county …
§ 5009 “Mayor” when used with reference to a county means the chairman of …
§ 5010 “Council chambers” refers to the place where the regular meetings of …
§ 5011 “Street superintendent” or “superintendent of streets” when used with …
§ 5012 If there is no street superintendent or superintendent of streets in …
§ 5012.5 In a city in which there is a superintendent of streets or street …
§ 5013 “Engineer” when applied to a county means the county surveyor, and …
§ 5014 “Street” includes avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings, or …
§ 5018 “Place” includes any public park or pleasure ground and common which …
§ 5019 “Paved” or “repaved” includes pavement of stone, paving blocks or …
§ 5020 “Contractor” means the person, firm, partnership, association, …
§ 5021 “Owner” means the person owning the fee, or the person in whose name …
§ 5022 “Lot,” “land,” “piece,” or “parcel of land” whether used singly or in …
§ 5022.5 “Lot,” “portion of lot,” “land,” “piece,” or “parcel of land,” …
§ 5023 “Work” or “improvement” whether used singly or in combination mean …
§ 5023.1 “Acquisition,” or any of its variants, means one or more of the …
§ 5024 “Incidental expense” includes all of the …
§ 5025 In all resolutions, notices, orders and determinations, subsequent to …
§ 5026 The legislative body of a county, city or city and county, may by …

Terms Used In California Codes > Streets and Highways Code > Division 7 > Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • 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.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Authority: means the Community Revitalization and Investment Authority created pursuant to this division. See California Government Code 62000
  • Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Construction: includes :

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  • County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan: means a community revitalization and investment plan and shall be deemed to be the plan described in §. See California Government Code 62000
  • Plan area: means territory included within a community revitalization and investment area. See California Government Code 62000
  • Revitalization project: means a physical improvement to real property funded by the authority. See California Government Code 62000
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.