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Code · California · Government Code

§ 13988.1

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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter:
(a)“Department” means the Department of General Services.
(b)“Databases” means compilations of data, typically generated from research, sometimes from one source, but often combined from many sources.
(c)“Expressive works” means a play, book, magazine, newspaper, musical composition, audiovisual work, radio or television program, work of art, work of political or newsworthy value, or an advertisement or commercial announcement for any of these works, if it is fictional or nonfictional entertainment, or a dramatic, literary, or musical work.
(d)“Intellectual property” means intangible assets that are subject to statutory protection under applicable patent, copyright, and trademark law. Intellectual property includes, but is not limited to, inventions, industrial designs, identifying marks and symbols, electronic publications, trade secrets, and literary, musical, artistic, photographic, and film works.
(e)“State funding” shall not include either of the following:
(1)Funding from the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program established pursuant to Sections 17053.85 and 23685 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Chapter 7.75 (commencing with Section 5500) of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations.
(2)Any fee, tax, fine, or penalty assessed, collected, or received by an air pollution control district or an air quality management district, including any fee, tax, fine, or penalty that is authorized by the state but is not remitted to a state agency. However, state funding shall include a fee, tax, fine, or penalty that is collected by an air pollution control district or an air quality management district that is remitted to a state agency, such as the State Air Resources Board.
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