SECTIONS 10065-10066

10065.  The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) The development of incompatible systems for electronicbenefits transfer will create significant hardships on recipients ofpublic social services and businesses that accept electronictransactions as payment for goods and services. (b) The goals of electronic benefits transfer are to reduce thecost of delivering benefits to recipients, to ensure that all systemswithin California are compatible, and to afford public socialservices recipients the opportunity to better and more securelymanage their financial affairs.10066.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitionsshall apply: (a) "Committee" means the committee created pursuant to thischapter. (b) "Benefits" means financial and food assistance provided to, oron behalf of, those Californians who, because of their economiccircumstances or social condition, are in need thereof, and maybenefit thereby. (c) "System" means the electronic benefits transfer systemdeveloped pursuant to this chapter.