Section 95502 Of Title 13. California Savings And Asset Project From California Government Code >> Title 13.
95502
. For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Community development credit union" means any credit union
chartered under federal or state law.
(b) "Community development financial institution" means any
community development financial institution certified by the
Community Development Financial Institution Fund.
(c) "Department" means the Employment Development Department.
(d) "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, as defined in Section 4
(12) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. Sec. 4103(12)), and includes any tribal
subsidiary, subdivision, or other wholly owned tribal entity.
(e) "Individual development account" means a matched savings
account held in a financial institution, created or organized for an
individual as part of an individual development account program
earmarked for specific asset-building purposes.
(f) "Nonprofit facilitator" means the nonprofit organization
exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code that contracts with the department for the project.
(g) "Participant" means any individual who has contracted with a
service provider to participate in the California Savings and Asset
Project.
(h) "Project" means the California Savings and Asset Project.
(i) "Qualified business capitalization" means qualified business
expenditures for the capitalization of a qualified business pursuant
to a qualified plan.
(j) "Qualified business expenditures" means expenditures included
in a qualified plan, including capital, plant, equipment, working
capital, and inventory expenses.
(k) "Qualified plan" means a business plan or a plan to use a
business asset purchase that is approved by a financial institution,
a business development training or technical assistance organization,
or a nonprofit loan fund having demonstrated fiduciary integrity;
contains a description of services, or goods to be sold, a marketing
plan, and a projected financial statement; and requires the eligible
individual to obtain the assistance of an experienced entrepreneurial
adviser to review the plan for quality and completeness.
(l) "Service providers" means entities that contract with the
nonprofit facilitator, and that are nonprofit organizations exempt
from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
community development credit unions, community development financial
institutions, or Indian tribes that are eligible to receive funds
appropriated or allocated for the project.