California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

• Section 8680.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Disaster Assistance Act.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 3.3. Effective January 1,
• Section 8680.1.
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 290.)
• Section 8680.2.
  “Local agency” means any city, city and county, county, county office of education, community college district, school district, or special district.(Amended by Stats. 1990, 1st...
• Section 8680.3.
  “Disaster” means a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave, earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or other similar public calamity that the Governor determines presents a threat to public...
• Section 8680.4.
  “Project” means the repair or restoration, or both, other than normal maintenance, or the replacement of, real property of a local agency used for essential...
• Section 8680.5.
  “Project application” means the written application made by a local agency to the director for state financial assistance, which shall include all damage to public...
• Section 8680.7.
  “Director” means the Director of Emergency Services.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 185. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by...
• Section 8680.8.
  “State agency” means the Department of Transportation, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of General Services, the Department of Health, the Department of Finance,...
• Section 8680.9.
  “Local emergency” means a condition of extreme peril to persons or property proclaimed as such by the governing body of the local agency affected, in...

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