California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions

• Section 8555.
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
• Section 8556.
  “Governor” means the Governor or the person upon whom the powers and duties of the office of Governor have devolved pursuant to Section 10 of...
• Section 8557.
  (a) “State agency” means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government.(b) “Political subdivision” includes any city, city and county,...
• Section 8558.
  Three conditions or degrees of emergency are established by this chapter:(a) “State of war emergency” means the condition which exists immediately, with or without a proclamation...
• Section 8559.
  (a) A “mutual aid region” is a subdivision of the state emergency services organization, established to facilitate the coordination of mutual aid and other emergency operations...
• Section 8560.
  (a) “Emergency plans” means those official and approved documents which describe the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual...
• Section 8561.
  “Master Mutual Aid Agreement” means the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement, made and entered into by and between the State of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018