Section 100800 - DefinitionsFor the purposes of applying the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program regulations contained in Chapter 2:
(a) "Amendment" means any change to the terms or conditions outlined in the contract.(b) "Community Action Agency" or "CAA" means a public or private nonprofit agency which fulfills all of the requirements of Government Code Section 12750.(c) "Contract" means a written agreement between the Department and a contractor for the acquisition of property or the provision of services to accomplish a public purpose under a grant award.(d) "Contractor" means an agency that may be a public or private nonprofit entity, which enters into a contract with the Department.(e) "DEO" or "Department" means the California State Department of Economic Opportunity created pursuant to Government Code Section 12085 and designated in Government Code Section 16367.5 to administer the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.(f) "Dwelling Unit" means a house, including a stationary mobile home, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate living quarters.(g) "ECIP" means Energy Crisis Intervention Program provided for pursuant to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, as amended.(h) "Energy Crisis" means weather-related and supply shortage emergencies and other household energy-related emergencies.(i) "Grant Award" means an award of financial assistance by the Department to a contractor.(j) "Household" means any individual or group of individuals who are living together as one economic unit for whom residential energy is customarily purchased in common.(k) "LIHEAP" means the Federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Block Grant, provided for pursuant to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, as amended ( 42 USC 8620 et seq.).(l) "Poverty Level" means the income poverty line as prescribed and revised annually by the United States Office of Management and Budget.(m) "Subcontract" means an award of financial assistance made under a contract by a contractor to a subcontractor.(n) "Subcontractor" means the legal entity to which a subcontract is awarded and which is accountable to the contractor for the use of the funds provided.(o) "Weatherization" means the installation of energy conservation measures identified in the contract that are cost effective and improve energy efficiency.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 100800
1. New section filed 5-8-92; operative 6-8-92 (Register 92, No. 20). Note: Authority cited: Section 16367.6(b), Government Code. Reference: Section 16367.6(b), Government Code.
1. New section filed 5-8-92; operative 6-8-92 (Register 92, No. 20).