Section 9002 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 8. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1.
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. The definitions in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000)
of Part 1 of Division 7 apply to this part. Further, as used in this
part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Active militia" means the active militia as defined by
Section 120 of the Military and Veterans Code.
(b) "Armed services" means the armed services as defined by
Section 18540 of the Government Code.
(c) "Board of trustees" means the legislative body of a district.
(d) "District" means a public cemetery district created pursuant
to this part or any of its statutory predecessors.
(e) "Domestic partner" means two adults who have chosen to share
one another's lives in an intimate and committed relationship of
mutual caring, and are qualified and registered with the Secretary of
State as domestic partners in accordance with Division 2.5 of the
Family Code.
(f) "Family member" means any spouse, by marriage or otherwise,
domestic partner, child or stepchild, by natural birth or adoption,
parent, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, parent-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first
cousin, or any person denoted by the prefix "grand" or "great," or
the spouse of any of these persons.
(g) "Firefighter" means a firefighter as defined by Section
1797.182.
(h) "Interment right" means the right to use or control the use of
a plot, niche, or other space, authorized by this part, for the
interment of human remains.
(i) "Nonresident" means a person who does not reside within a
district or does not pay property taxes on property located in a
district.
(j) "Peace officer" means a peace officer as defined by Section
830 of the Penal Code.
(k) "Principal county" means the county having all or the greater
portion of the entire assessed value, as shown on the last equalized
assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property
within a district.
(l) "Voter" means a voter as defined by Section 359 of the
Elections Code.