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Cal. VEH § 35655 — California Code / Code veh / Division 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 35655
Section 35655
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any state highway when the weight of the vehicle and load is greater than the maximum weight which the highway will sustain. Violations of this subdivision shall be punished in accordance with the schedule of fines set forth in Section 42030.

(b) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation with respect to signs erected under Section 35654, proof of the determination and the maximum weight by the Department of Transportation and the existence of the signs constitutes prima facie evidence of the maximum weight which the state highway will sustain.
Cal. COM § 17304 — California Code / Code com / Division 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17304
Section 17304
Status: in_force

(a) If action, other than the filing of a financing statement, is taken before the effective date of the act adding this division and the action would have resulted in perfection of the security interest had the security interest become enforceable before the effective date of the act adding this division, the action is effective to perfect a security interest that attaches under the act adding this division before the adjustment date. An attached security interest becomes unperfected on the adjustment date unless the security interest becomes a perfected security interest under the act adding this division before the adjustment date.

(b) The filing of a financing statement before the effective date of the act adding this division is effective to perfect a security interest on the effective date of the act adding this division to the extent the filing would satisfy the requirements for perfection under the act adding this division.

(c) The taking of an action before the effective date of the act adding this division is sufficient for the enforceability of a security interest on the effective date of the act adding this division if the action would satisfy the requirements for enforceability under the act adding this division.
Cal. WAT § 31548 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 31548
Section 31548
Status: in_force

The contract shall be entered into by the engineer, and the assessment and warrant, when confirmed, shall be recorded in the office of the engineer.
Cal. INS § 11016 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 11016
Section 11016
Status: in_force

A society shall operate for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries by:

(a) Providing benefits under Section 11041, and

(b) Operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious purposes for the benefit of its members, and, if desired, for others. The society’s purposes may be carried out directly by the society or indirectly through subsidiary or affiliated entities established in furtherance of the purposes of the society.

Any incorporated society authorized to transact business in this state on January 1, 1996, may thereafter exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges prescribed in this chapter and in its charter or articles of incorporation as far as consistent with this chapter. A domestic society shall not be required to reincorporate.
Cal. WIC § 5695.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 6 / Section 5695.5
Section 5695.5
Status: in_force

A board of directors for a facility shall be established to provide oversight and direction to the design, implementation, and operation of the facility in order to ensure adherence to the statement of legislative intent in Section 5590 and to the overall goals and objectives of the facility.
Cal. WIC § 14168.39 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5.227 / Section 14168.39
Section 14168.39
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 5.226 (commencing with Section 14168.1), supplemental payments or other payments under Article 5.226 (commencing with Section 14168.1) shall only be required and payable in any quarter for which a fee payment obligation exists.
Cal. PUC § 99360 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 99360
Section 99360
Status: in_force

The county shall cause to be published a summary statement showing the amount of revenues deposited which are required as security for payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, the disbursements from such revenues in reasonable detail, and a general financial statement.
Cal. MVC § 999.1 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 999.1
Section 999.1
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each awarding department shall have annual statewide participation goals of not less than 3 percent for disabled veteran business enterprises for contracts entered into by the awarding department during the year for professional bond services. This section shall not apply if a contract for professional bond services of an underwriter is to be obtained by competitive bid. However, each awarding department shall establish goals for contracts to be obtained by competitive bid for professional bond services.

(2) These goals shall apply to the overall dollar amount expended by the awarding department with respect to the contracts for professional bond services relating to the issuance of bonds by the awarding department, including amounts spent as underwriter’s discounts.

(b) In attempting to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a), the awarding department shall consider establishing cocounsel, joint venture, and subcontracting relationships, including disabled veteran business enterprises, in all contracts for professional bond services. It shall be the responsibility of the head of each awarding department to be supportive of the Treasurer’s program for assigning representative portions of professional bond services contracts for purposes of meeting the goals established pursuant to this section. However, nothing in this article shall preclude the awarding department from achieving the goals set forth in this section without requiring joint ventures, cocounsel, or subcontracting arrangements.

(c) This section shall not limit the ability of any awarding department to meet a goal higher than those set forth in subdivision (a) for the participation of disabled veteran business enterprises in contracts awarded by the awarding department.
Cal. FAM § 3930 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 3930
Section 3930
Status: in_force

A parent does not have the duty to support a child of the parent’s child.
Cal. RTC § 98.2 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 0.5 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 98.2
Section 98.2
Status: in_force

For the 2011–12 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the computations provided for in Sections 98 and 98.1 shall be performed in a manner which recognizes that passthrough payments formerly required under the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code) are continuing to be made under the authority of Part 1.85 (commencing with Section 34170) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code and those payments shall be recognized in the TEA calculations as though they were made under the Community Redevelopment Law. Additionally, the computations provided for in Sections 98 and 98.1 shall be performed in a manner that recognizes payments to a Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, established pursuant to Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code as if they were payments to a redevelopment agency as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. CIV § 5925 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 5925
Section 5925
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

(a) “Alternative dispute resolution” means mediation, arbitration, conciliation, or other nonjudicial procedure that involves a neutral party in the decisionmaking process. The form of alternative dispute resolution chosen pursuant to this article may be binding or nonbinding, with the voluntary consent of the parties.

(b) “Enforcement action” means a civil action or proceeding, other than a cross-complaint, for any of the following purposes:

(1) Enforcement of this act.

(2) Enforcement of the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code).

(3) Enforcement of the governing documents.
Cal. FAC § 77418 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17.5 / Article 2 / Section 77418
Section 77418
Status: in_force

“Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale of strawberries.
Cal. WIC § 5601 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 5601
Section 5601
Status: in_force

As used in this part:

(a) “Governing body” means the county board of supervisors or boards of supervisors in the case of counties acting jointly; and in the case of a city, the city council or city councils acting jointly.

(b) “Conference” means the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California as established under former Section 5757.

(c) Unless the context requires otherwise, “to the extent resources are available” means to the extent that funds deposited in the mental health account of the local health and welfare fund are available to an entity qualified to use those funds.

(d) “Part 1” refers to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000)).

(e) “Director of Health Care Services” or “director” means the Director of the State Department of Health Care Services.

(f) “Institution” includes a general acute care hospital, a state hospital, a psychiatric hospital, a psychiatric health facility, a skilled nursing facility, including an institution for mental disease as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 5900) of Part 5, an intermediate care facility, a community care facility or other residential treatment facility, or a juvenile or criminal justice institution.

(g) “Mental health service” means any service directed toward early intervention in, or alleviation or prevention of, mental disorder, including, but not limited to, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, personal care, day care, respite care, special living arrangements, community skill training, sheltered employment, socialization, case management, transportation, information, referral, consultation, and community services.
Cal. INS § 14075 — California Code / Code ins / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 14075
Section 14075
Status: in_force

Proof of compliance with Section 14074 shall be made in the event of service by mail by affidavit of the presiding officer or his or her authorized employee showing such service by mailing, together with the return receipt of the United States post office bearing the signature of the licensee or his or her agent. Such affidavit and receipt shall be appended to the original accusation on file with the commissioner. In the event of personal service outside this state, such compliance may be proved by the return of any duly constituted public officer qualified to serve process in civil actions in the state or jurisdiction where the licensee is found, showing such service to have been made. Such return shall be appended to the original accusation on file with the commissioner.
Cal. FAC § 77464.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17.5 / Article 5 / Section 77464.5
Section 77464.5
Status: in_force

In finding whether the commission is approved pursuant to this article, the vote of any nonprofit agricultural cooperative marketing association that is authorized by its members to so vote, shall be considered as being the approval or rejection by the individual members of, or the individual stockholders in, the nonprofit agricultural cooperative marketing association.
Cal. WAT § 8025 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 8025
Section 8025
Status: in_force

The votes of two-thirds of all the voters voting at the special election are necessary to authorize the incurring of any indebtedness or the issuance of any bonds under this chapter.
Cal. VEH § 40000.28 — California Code / Code veh / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 40000.28
Section 40000.28
Status: in_force

Any offense which would otherwise be an infraction is a misdemeanor if a defendant has been convicted of three or more violations of this code or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code within the 12-month period immediately preceding the commission of the offense and such prior convictions are admitted by the defendant or alleged in the accusatory pleading. For this purpose, a bail forfeiture shall be deemed to be a conviction of the offense charged.

This section shall have no application to violations by pedestrians.
Cal. PCC § 20485 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 29 / Section 20485
Section 20485
Status: in_force

The owners of three-fourths of the area of lands assessed or liable to be assessed, or their agents (who shall make oath that they are such owners or agents), shall not be required to present sealed proposals or bids, but may, within 10 days after the publication of the notice of the award of the contract, elect to take the work and enter into a written contract to do the whole work at prices not exceeding the prices specified in the bid of the bidder to whom the contract was awarded, and all work done under such contract shall be subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the legislative body.
Cal. PUC § 6041 — California Code / Code puc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 6041
Section 6041
Status: in_force

In all cases where application is made to the governing or legislative body of a city or city and county for permission and authority to lay railroad tracks through streets or public highways of any city or city and county, the authorities before granting such permission and authority, in addition to the terms and restrictions which they are by law authorized to impose shall exact and require from the persons or corporation asking such permission and authority, as a condition precedent to the granting of permission, a satisfactory promise and undertaking to permit and allow mail carriers in the employ of the United States Government, at all times while engaged in the actual discharge of duty, to ride on the cars of such railroad without paying any sum of money whatever for fare or otherwise. All such permissions and franchises shall be subject to all other provisions of the laws of this State applicable to street railroads in general, and subject to regulations from city or city and county authorities.
Cal. INS § 1550 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 1550
Section 1550
Status: in_force

This article shall apply only to domestic reciprocal insurers organized after 1974 to provide medical malpractice insurance.
Cal. BPC § 25503.27 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 25503.27
Section 25503.27
Status: in_force

(a) Anything in this division to the contrary notwithstanding, any manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer’s agent, rectifier, California winegrower’s agent, distiller, bottler, importer, wholesaler, or any officer, director, agent, or representative of any such person, may provide to licensed retailers and the employees of those retailers who are involved in the business decisions of those retailers, both of the following:

(1) Food and beverages for consumption at a meeting at which the primary purpose is the discussion of business, and local ground transportation to and from those meetings.

(2) Tickets or admission to athletic activities or to other forms of entertainment, food and beverages for consumption at those activities, and local ground transportation to and from those activities.

(b) For purposes of this section, any allowable expenditure shall be for an activity for which some portion of the expenditure is deductible as a business entertainment expense under the Internal Revenue Code. The value of any food, beverage, local ground transportation, or tickets or admission to activities or other forms of entertainment provided under subdivision (a) shall not be considered the advancement of moneys or other things of value within the meaning of Sections 25500, 25502, and 25600.
Cal. HSC § 1399.818 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 11.5 / Section 1399.818
Section 1399.818
Status: in_force

This article shall apply to health care service plan contracts offered, delivered, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2001.
Cal. FGC § 8596 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 19 / Section 8596
Section 8596
Status: in_force

The following definitions govern the construction of this article:

(a) “Marine aquaria pet trade” means any activities connected with collecting, holding, selling, and displaying live aquatic marine life for pet, hobby, curio, or display purposes. “Marine aquaria pet trade” does not include activities connected with collecting, holding, selling, or displaying live aquatic marine life by, or for, scientific institutions exempted from permits pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 2150.

(b) “Drop net” means a small, circular net with weights attached along the perimeter and with a single float attached at the center. A drop net is not more than 48 inches in its greatest diameter.
Cal. VEH § 38310 — California Code / Code veh / Division 16.5 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 38310
Section 38310
Status: in_force

The prima facie speed limit within 50 feet of any campground, campsite, or concentration of people or animals shall be 15 miles per hour unless changed as authorized by this code and, if so changed, only when signs have been erected giving notice thereof.
Cal. MVC § 987.775 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 3.1 / Section 987.775
Section 987.775
Status: in_force

Whenever the department proceeds under Section 987.77 to declare a forfeiture and to retain all payments made under the forfeited contract as rental paid for occupancy, the department may, in lieu of paying any net gain to the purchaser in accordance with Section 987.79, deposit that net gain into a segregated account in the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943 created to receive funds pursuant to this section. The funds in the account shall be accumulated until June 30 of each year, and any losses on the sales of forfeited properties during the fiscal year shall be deducted from the total of the net gains deposited in the account during the fiscal year. The department may expend the funds remaining in the account on June 30 each year, after deduction for losses on sales of forfeited properties, for purposes of assistance to lower income purchasers pursuant to subdivision (c), (e), or (h) of Section 987.71.
Cal. WIC § 14087.26 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.6 / Section 14087.26
Section 14087.26
Status: in_force

In negotiating contracts pursuant to this article, the negotiator may designate a specific group of hospitals as the negotiating unit. The Legislature finds and declares that, in any case where the negotiator designates a group of hospitals for purposes of negotiation there is a compelling state interest in negotiating on this basis, thereby exempting such negotiations from federal antitrust provisions.
Cal. FAC § 29154 — California Code / Code fac / Division 13 / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 29154
Section 29154
Status: in_force

The director shall make such investigations as the director determines are necessary and shall issue the license without fee if the director is satisfied that the plant is constructed in accordance with specifications in, and that the plant will be operated pursuant to, regulations adopted pursuant to this article.
Cal. FAM § 700 — California Code / Code fam / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 700
Section 700
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this division, a leasehold interest in real property is real property, not personal property.
Cal. WAT § 43501 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 6 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 43501
Section 43501
Status: in_force

The board may pay for property and rights with bonds of the district upon such terms and conditions as it deems best.
Cal. HSC § 1793.31 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 7 / Section 1793.31
Section 1793.31
Status: in_force

(a)  The district attorney of every county may, upon application by the department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation of this chapter within his or her county.

(b)  This chapter shall not limit or qualify the powers of the district attorney to institute and conduct the prosecution of any action brought for the violation within his or her county of this chapter or any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, actions for fraud or misrepresentation.

(c)  The department shall provide access to any records in its control on request of a district attorney and shall cooperate in any investigation by a district attorney.
Cal. HSC § 111921.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 111921.6
Section 111921.6
Status: in_force

Manufacture or sale of inhalable hemp products is prohibited. Manufacture of inhalable hemp products for the sole purpose of sale in other states is not prohibited.
Cal. PUC § 914.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 914.1
Section 914.1
Status: in_force

The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, in a document that can be made public, information relative to the actions undertaken by the commission implementing the lifeline telecommunications universal service program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 873.
Cal. HSC § 1758 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.5 / Article 3 / Section 1758
Section 1758
Status: in_force

The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1748 in the superior court in and for the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur. Any proceeding under this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that the director shall not be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show the lack of an adequate remedy at law or to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show irreparable damage or loss.