Cal. GOV § 8574.30
This is the official text of Cal. GOV § 8574.30, part of California’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of state and local government, including public employment and public records.
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Board” means the State Board of Equalization.
(b) “Director” means the Director of Emergency Services.
(c) “Fund” means the Regional Railroad Accident Preparedness and Immediate Response Fund established pursuant to Section 8574.44.
(d) “Hazardous material” means a material that the United States Department of Transportation has designated as a hazardous material for purposes of transportation in Part 172 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(e) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
(f) “Owner” means the person who has the ultimate control over, and the right to use or sell, the hazardous material being shipped. There is a rebuttable presumption that the shipper, consignor, or consignee of the hazardous material is the owner of the hazardous material. This presumption may be overcome by showing that ownership of the hazardous material rests with someone other than the shipper, consignor, or consignee. Evidence to rebut the presumption may include, but is not limited to, documentation, including a bill of lading, shipping document, bill of sale, or other medium, that shows the ownership of the hazardous material rests in a person other than the shipper, consignor, or consignee.
(g) “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, other entity, or corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or association. “Person” also includes any city, county, city and county, district, commission, the state or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, and the United States and agencies and instrumentalities, to the extent permitted by law.
(h) “Railroad” has the same meaning as defined in Section 229 of the Public Utilities Code.
(i) “Rail car” means a loaded or unloaded railroad car or rolling stock designated to transport hazardous material commodities, and includes, but is not limited to, those railroad cars subject to the requirements of Part 179 (commencing with Section 179.1) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation.
(a) “Board” means the State Board of Equalization.
(b) “Director” means the Director of Emergency Services.
(c) “Fund” means the Regional Railroad Accident Preparedness and Immediate Response Fund established pursuant to Section 8574.44.
(d) “Hazardous material” means a material that the United States Department of Transportation has designated as a hazardous material for purposes of transportation in Part 172 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(e) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
(f) “Owner” means the person who has the ultimate control over, and the right to use or sell, the hazardous material being shipped. There is a rebuttable presumption that the shipper, consignor, or consignee of the hazardous material is the owner of the hazardous material. This presumption may be overcome by showing that ownership of the hazardous material rests with someone other than the shipper, consignor, or consignee. Evidence to rebut the presumption may include, but is not limited to, documentation, including a bill of lading, shipping document, bill of sale, or other medium, that shows the ownership of the hazardous material rests in a person other than the shipper, consignor, or consignee.
(g) “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, other entity, or corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or association. “Person” also includes any city, county, city and county, district, commission, the state or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, and the United States and agencies and instrumentalities, to the extent permitted by law.
(h) “Railroad” has the same meaning as defined in Section 229 of the Public Utilities Code.
(i) “Rail car” means a loaded or unloaded railroad car or rolling stock designated to transport hazardous material commodities, and includes, but is not limited to, those railroad cars subject to the requirements of Part 179 (commencing with Section 179.1) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation.
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