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Cal. ELEC § 8224 — California Code / Code elec / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 8224
Section 8224
Status: in_force

Within 20 days after the filing of the petition, the county elections official shall examine it and ascertain from the record of the registration of the voters of the county whether the petition is signed by the requisite number. If needed by the county elections official, the board of supervisors shall authorize him or her to employ persons to assist him or her in the work of examining the petition, and the board shall provide for their compensation.
Cal. WIC § 8106 — California Code / Code wic / Division 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8106
Section 8106
Status: in_force

Individual data required to be reported to the Department of Justice pursuant to this chapter related to prohibition of ownership and possession of a firearm and ammunition shall be available to researchers affiliated with the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis following approval by the institution’s governing institutional review board, when required. At the department’s discretion, and subject to Section 14240 of the Penal Code, the data may be provided to any other nonprofit bona fide research institution accredited by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation for the study of the prevention of violence, following approval by the institution’s governing institutional review board or human subjects committee, when required, for academic and policy research purposes. Material identifying individuals shall only be provided for research or statistical activities and shall not be transferred, revealed, or used for purposes other than research or statistical activities, and reports or publications derived therefrom shall not identify specific individuals. Reasonable costs to the department associated with the department’s processing of that data may be billed to the researcher. If a request for data or letter of support for research using the data is denied, the department shall provide a written statement of the specific reasons for the denial.
Cal. PRC § 48631 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 48631
Section 48631
Status: in_force

The used oil recycling program shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(a) A recycling incentive system as described in Article 6 (commencing with Section 48650).

(b) Public and private grants and contracts, including, but not limited to, those between the board and local governments, nonprofit entities, and private entities for the purposes specified in Section 48632.

(c) Development and implementation of an information and education program to promote safe and proper used oil collection and treatment methods, methods to reduce used oil generation, and advances in new and existing technologies, including, but not limited to, use of rerefined oil in automotive and industrial lubricants.

(d) A reporting, monitoring, and enforcement program to ensure that all statutes and regulations relating to used oil are properly carried out.
Cal. PRC § 14510.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.1 / Chapter 2 / Section 14510.6
Section 14510.6
Status: in_force

“Director” means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
Cal. BPC § 22502.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 21 / Section 22502.2
Section 22502.2
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to represent that he or she can deliver or cause to be delivered a ticket at a specific price or within a specific price range and to fail to deliver within a reasonable time or by a contracted time the tickets at or below the price stated or within the range of prices stated.
Cal. HSC § 11837.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.5 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 11837.7
Section 11837.7
Status: in_force

(a) The county alcohol and drug program administrator, or the advisory board acting through the county alcohol and drug program administrator, shall inform the board of supervisors immediately if it is determined that any program is not meeting the regulations adopted by the department. The department shall be notified in writing by the county alcohol and drug program administrator of any program that is not in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations.

(b) The department, the county alcohol and drug program administrator, the chief probation officer, or their authorized representatives may enter, in a nondisruptive manner, any class, lecture, group discussion, or any other program element to observe these activities.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 11837.6, the department may audit, or contract for the auditing of, any licensed program.
Cal. FAC § 77157 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16.5 / Article 6 / Section 77157
Section 77157
Status: in_force

Any producer or handler who fails to file a return or pay any assessment within the time required by the commission shall pay to the commission a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined to be due and, in addition, pay 1 1/2 percent interest per month on the unpaid balance.
Cal. RTC § 17563.51 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 6 / Section 17563.51
Section 17563.51
Status: in_force

(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 447 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to method of accounting for corporations engaged in farming, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(e)(2) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97), relating to preservation of suspense account rules with respect to any existing suspense accounts, shall apply to any suspense account existing as of the effective date of the act adding this subdivision.

(c) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(a) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 448 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitation on use of cash method of accounting, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(d) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(b) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 263A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to capitalization and inclusion in inventory cost of certain expenses, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(e) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the amendments made by Section 13102(c) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) to Section 471 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the general rule for inventories, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(f) (1) Any change in method of accounting made pursuant to this section shall be treated for purposes of applying Section 481 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for California purposes under Section 17551, as initiated by the taxpayer and made with the consent of the Franchise Tax Board.

(2) Section 13102(e)(1) of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97) does not apply to subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive.

(3) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) and except as provided in subparagraph (B), a taxpayer may elect to apply the provisions of this section to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019.

(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a taxpayer may elect to apply the provisions of subdivision (b) to suspense accounts established before the effective date of the act adding this subdivision.
Cal. PRC § 75025 — California Code / Code prc / Division 43 / Chapter 2 / Section 75025
Section 75025
Status: in_force

The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) shall be available to the Department of Health Services for the purpose of loans and grants for projects to prevent or reduce contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water. The Department of Health Services shall require repayment for costs that are subsequently recovered from parties responsible for the contamination. The Legislature may enact legislation necessary to implement this section.
Cal. LAB § 6327 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6327
Section 6327
Status: in_force

Once an authorized representative of the division has prohibited entry in or use of a place of employment, machine, device, apparatus, or equipment, as specified in Section 6325, the employer may contest the order and shall be granted, upon request, a hearing by the division to review the validity of the representative’s order. The hearing shall be held within 24 hours following the employer’s request.
Cal. PRC § 4423.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 4423.2
Section 4423.2
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the burning under permit has been suspended , restricted, or prohibited by proclamation pursuant to Section 4423.1, the officer having jurisdiction may issue a restricted temporary burning permit in instances in which the continuation of burning may be essential for reasons of public health, safety, or welfare. The permit may stipulate any special precautions that are required to be followed to reduce the risk of uncontrolled fire originating from the operation.

(b)  Violation of the terms of a restricted temporary burning permit is a misdemeanor, and any person upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). No part of the fine shall be suspended. The court may permit the fine prescribed by this section to be paid in installments if the court determines that the defendant is unable to pay the fine in one lump sum.
Cal. RTC § 100.4 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 0.5 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 100.4
Section 100.4
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the allocations and apportionments made in a County of the Eighteenth Class of revenues generated by Sections 75 to 75.80, inclusive, for fiscal years to the 1999–2000 fiscal year, inclusive, are deemed to be correct.
Cal. SHC § 36701 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 36701
Section 36701
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Many businesses that operate multifamily residential properties and commercial properties within predominantly multifamily neighborhoods of California’s communities are economically disadvantaged, are underutilized, and are unable to attract tenants because of inadequate facilities, services, and activities in those neighborhoods.

(b) It is in the public interest to promote the economic revitalization and physical maintenance of the multifamily residential neighborhoods to create jobs, attract new businesses, and prevent the erosion of the multifamily residential neighborhoods.

(c) It is of particular local benefit to allow cities to fund business related improvements and activities through the levy of assessments upon the businesses or real property that benefit from those improvements.

(d) Assessments levied for the purpose of providing improvements and promoting activities that benefit real property or businesses are not taxes for the general benefit of a city, but are assessments for the improvements and activities that confer special benefits upon the real property or businesses for which the improvements and activities are provided.
Cal. FAM § 5700.208 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 5700.208
Section 5700.208
Status: in_force

In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
Cal. FAC § 5102 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 5102
Section 5102
Status: in_force

Each commissioner and each qualified representative of the commissioner is a state plant quarantine officer for the following purposes:

(a) Certifying to the pest condition or pest treatment of shipments, if certification as a condition of movement or entry is officially required.

(b) Enforcing laws and regulations which relate to plant quarantine.
Cal. BPC § 5408.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 5408.5
Section 5408.5
Status: in_force

In addition to the advertising displays permitted by Sections 5405 and 5408, advertising displays located on bus passenger shelters or benches and conforming to the following standards may be placed on or adjacent to a highway:

(a) The advertising display may not be within 660 feet of and visible from any federal-aid interstate or primary rural highway, and any advertising display within 660 feet of and visible from any urban highway shall be consistent with federal law and regulations.

(b) The advertising display shall meet traffic safety standards of the public entity having operational authority over the highway. These standards may include provisions requiring a finding and certification by an appropriate official that the proposed advertising display does not constitute a hazard to traffic.

(c) Bus passenger shelters or benches with advertising displays may only be placed at approved passenger loading areas.

(d) Bus passenger shelters or benches with advertising displays may only be placed in accordance with a permit or agreement with the public entity having operational authority over the highway adjacent to where, or upon which, the advertising display is to be placed.

(e) Any advertising display on bus passenger shelters or benches may not extend beyond the exterior limits of the shelter or bench.

(f) There may not be more than two advertising displays on any bus passenger shelter.

(g) Advertising displays placed on bus passenger shelters or benches pursuant to a permit or agreement with a local public entity shall not be subject to the state permit requirements specified in Article 6 (commencing with Section 5350).
Cal. HNC § 5871 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 5871
Section 5871
Status: in_force

The clerk of the board of supervisors shall thereupon immediately make up and certify a copy of these minutes and order and transmit them to the Secretary of State.
Cal. VEH § 23220 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 23220
Section 23220
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while driving a motor vehicle on any lands described in subdivision (c).

(b) A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while riding as a passenger in any motor vehicle being driven on any lands described in subdivision (c).

(c) As used in this section, “lands” means those lands to which the Chappie-Z’berg Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law of 1971 (Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000)) applies as to off-highway motor vehicles, as described in Section 38001.

(d) A violation of subdivision (a) or (b) shall be punished as an infraction.
Cal. PUC § 132370 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.7 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 132370
Section 132370
Status: in_force

The consolidated agency may issue bonds, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the consolidated agency, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), and all of the provisions of that law are applicable to the consolidated agency.
Cal. PUC § 99359 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 99359
Section 99359
Status: in_force

At all times the books shall be subject to the inspection of the holders of not less than 10 percent of the outstanding bonds or their representatives authorized in writing.
Cal. LAB § 3364 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 3364
Section 3364
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 3352, a volunteer, unsalaried member of a sheriff’s reserve in any county who is not deemed an employee of the county under Section 3362.5, shall, upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of supervisors declaring that the member is deemed an employee of the county for the purposes of this division, be entitled to the workers’ compensation benefits provided by this division for any injury sustained by him or her while engaged in the performance of any active law enforcement service under the direction and control of the sheriff.
Cal. PUC § 150104 — California Code / Code puc / Division 15.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 150104
Section 150104
Status: in_force

The authority shall do all of the following:

(a) Adopt an annual budget.

(b) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the authority and of all revenues expended pursuant to this division to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant.

(c) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.
Cal. BPC § 17860 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 17860
Section 17860
Status: in_force

Any waiver of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable.
Cal. SHC § 5132.3 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 5132.3
Section 5132.3
Status: in_force

At the time, date, and place stated in the notice mailed pursuant to Section 5132.1, the legislative body shall conduct a public hearing upon the proposed assessment in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 53753 of the Government Code. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the legislative body shall tabulate the assessment ballots submitted and not withdrawn, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (e) of Section 53753 of the Government Code. If there is a majority protest against the imposition of a new assessment, or the extension of an existing assessment, or an increase in an existing assessment, the legislative body shall not impose, extend, or increase the assessment.
Cal. SHC § 30310 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 30310
Section 30310
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the proceeds received from the sale of bonds and the tolls or other revenues received from the operation of any particular toll bridge or other highway crossings, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities may be used to defray any expenses incurred by the commission in connection with and incidental to the issuance and sale of bonds for the acquisition or construction of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossings, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities, including expenses for the preparation of surveys and estimates and the making of inspections and examinations as may be required by the purchasers of the bonds, except that the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds may contain appropriate provisions governing the use and application of the bond proceeds and toll or other revenues for the purposes specified in this section.
Cal. FAC § 7275 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.7 / Section 7275
Section 7275
Status: in_force

(a) The department is authorized to operate a government-volunteer partnership Adopt-A-Riverway Program.

(b) The department may receive funds or services from any person to assist a weed management area in implementing an integrated weed management plan, pursuant to this article.

(c) Adopt-A-Riverway Program activities may include the following activities, provided the activities are completed as part of an approved integrated weed management plan and are coordinated with the responsible local agency:

(1) Planting and establishing native seedling trees, native grasses, and wildflowers along the adopted riverway.

(2) Removal of litter and noxious and invasive plant species.

(d) Adopt-A-Riverway Program activities shall be conducted only on publicly owned land unless permission is granted by the owner or owners of private property for program activities to take place on their property as well.

(e) Activities undertaken pursuant to subdivision (c) are subject to review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) and any state or locally adopted river management or conservancy plan.

(f) The secretary may request a local authority to authorize a courtesy sign to be placed on a county highway or city street, near the riverway, pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1975) of Division 2.7 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and responsibilities of the department, as provided for in this section, be accomplished by utilizing existing staff resources, as available.