(a) “Administrative costs” are the costs incurred by a participating agency for indirect services necessary for the operation of a participating agency's boating safety and enforcement program.

(b) “Agency” means a county of the State, or a city, district or other public agency within a county, that participates, or applies to participate, in the Boating Safety and Enforcement Financial Aid Program.

(c) “Allowable costs or expenses” means the costs or expenditures made by a participating agency that are authorized by the department.

(d) “Baseline financial aid eligibility allocation” means a participating agency's financial eligibility allocation as described in Section 6593.7 of this article.

(e) “Boat patrol” means a boating safety and enforcement unit of qualified boating safety and enforcement officers (full-time or seasonal).

(f) “Boating safety and enforcement officer” means trained personnel authorized and retained by a participating agency to perform boating safety and enforcement activities.

(g) “Boating safety programs” and “boating safety and enforcement programs” are participating agency programs comprised of boating safety and enforcement activities.

(h) “Calendar year” means the period of twelve consecutive months that runs from January 1 through December 31 of the same year.

(i) “Department” means the California Department of Boating and Waterways, unless otherwise specified.

(j) “Equipment” means boating-specific equipment or other support equipment used to implement or conduct boating safety and enforcement activities.

(k) “Fiscal year” means the period of twelve consecutive months that runs from July 1 of one year through June 30 of the following year.

(l) “Fringe benefits percent” is the percentage used by the participating or applicant agency to estimate the costs of non-salary benefits for an employee, such as workers' compensation premiums, retirement contributions, uniform allowances, insurance, payments made under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, and any other employee benefit approved by the department. The percent is expressed as a percentage of direct salary costs and is calculated by dividing the fringe benefits cost by the direct salary cost of an employee.

(m) “Mid-range or equivalent journeyman level average hourly pay” is the average hourly pay for a typical employee of an applicant agency. The mid-range is used if there are an odd number of pay steps or an equivalent is used if there is an even number of pay steps. An equivalent is calculated by averaging the two middle pay steps.

(n) “Quarter” means a period of three consecutive months during the fiscal year. The quarters of the State's fiscal year are comprised of four consecutive three-month segments, as noted below.

(o) “Program reduction” means a reduction in a participating agency's annual allocation due to insufficient program expenditures as described in Section 6593.7 of this article.

(p) “Unallocated funds” are funds that have not been spent or used by participating agencies' boating safety and enforcement programs pursuant to section 6593.7(c) of this article.

(q) “Vessel taxes received by the county” are funds equal to 100 percent of the amount received by the county from the share of personal property taxes on vessels allocated to the County General Fund for boating safety and enforcement activities.