Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 6 > Part 6 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - Short Title

• Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
• highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• maintenance: includes any of the following:

  California Streets and Highways Code 27

• State highway: means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization. See California Streets and Highways Code 24