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Cal. HNC § 737 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 737
Section 737
Status: in_force

(a) The proceedings and hearings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, including the right of judicial review as provided for in Section 11523 of the Government Code.

(b) In addition to any other disciplinary action and in lieu of a separate action in civil court, the department, as part of a disciplinary hearing conducted by an administrative law judge, may impose a civil penalty as provided in Section 739.
Cal. FAC § 47011 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 10.5 / Article 2 / Section 47011
Section 47011
Status: in_force

The Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee shall be advisory to the secretary on matters pertaining to direct marketing of agricultural products at certified farmers’ markets and may make recommendations, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) The amendment, repeal, or adoption of legislation and regulations that relate to the primary goals stated in subdivision (a) of Section 47010.

(b) Administrative policies and procedures that relate to the primary goals stated in subdivision (a) of Section 47010, including the inspection of producers and certified farmers’ markets.

(c) Administrative civil penalties for violations of certified farmers’ market laws and regulations.

(d) Program and enforcement fees collected pursuant to Section 47021.

(e) Statewide review of certified farmers’ market promotion and enforcement actions.

(f) The annual budget of the department’s certified farmers’ market program to carry out the goals and purposes of this chapter.

(g) Alternative strategies for certification and investigation methodology, and methods for industry self-regulation and commission formation.
Cal. FAC § 53311 — California Code / Code fac / Division 18 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 53311
Section 53311
Status: in_force

“Mixture” means a combination of two or more kinds of nursery stock.
Cal. PROB § 5136 — California Code / Code prob / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 5136
Section 5136
Status: in_force

(a) “Party” means a person who, by the terms of the account, has a present right, subject to request, to payment from a multiple-party account other than as an agent.

(b) A P.O.D. payee is a party, by reason of being a P.O.D. payee, only after the account becomes payable to the payee by reason of surviving all persons named as original payees.

(c) A beneficiary of a Totten trust account is a party, by reason of being a beneficiary, only after the account becomes payable to the beneficiary by reason of surviving all persons named as trustees.
Cal. LAB § 6331 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6331
Section 6331
Status: in_force

The division shall enter into a contract for the development and execution of tests to define safety standards for the use of positive pressure, closed circuit, breathing apparatus in interior structural fires. The testing shall define numerically what constitutes positive pressure in breathing apparatus. The testing shall also address the issues of the heat of the oxygen coming into the mask, the condensation inside the mask, the possibility of, and effect of, moisture condensation in the lungs of the wearer of the mask, and the risks associated with a dislodgement of the mask in an interior structural fire situation. The development of these tests shall utilize the resources of recognized specialists in fire research to design, conduct, and execute the tests and develop the standards. The standards board shall adopt or revise safety standards based on the results of these tests.

The test parameters, the location where the testing will take place, and the level of expertise required shall be determined by the Cal-OSHA Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Advisory Committee.
Cal. WAT § 12529 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 12529
Section 12529
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall exercise on behalf of the State every right and power granted to the State or to any representative of it by Section 16 of the act of Congress designated the “Boulder Canyon Project Act.”
Cal. ELEC § 9311 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 9311
Section 9311
Status: in_force

The proponent of an initiative may withdraw the initiative at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been found sufficient by the elections official.
Cal. RTC § 18006 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 12 / Section 18006
Section 18006
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining a credit under Section 18001 (relating to residents) or Section 18002 (relating to nonresidents), both of the following apply:

(a) A member of a partnership is allowed to treat his, her, or its pro rata share of net income taxes paid to another state by the partnership as if those taxes had been paid directly by the partner.

(b) (1) A shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 23800) of Part 11 is allowed to treat his or her pro rata share of net income taxes paid to another state by the S corporation as if those taxes had been paid by the shareholder.

(2) This subdivision applies only if either of the following requirements is met:

(A) The state imposing the tax does not allow corporations to elect to be treated as an S corporation.

(B) The state imposes a tax on S corporations and the corporation referred to in paragraph (1) has elected to be treated as an S corporation in the other state.
Cal. HNC § 6001 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 3 / Section 6001
Section 6001
Status: in_force

“Board,” as used in this part, means the commission or board having the management or control of the improvements, development, protection and maintenance of any harbor district established or formed pursuant to this part.
Cal. HSC § 41998 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 9.1 / Section 41998
Section 41998
Status: in_force

(a)  (1)  The state board shall impose a three dollar ($3.00) per gallon fee on every manufacturer of percholorethylene in the state and on every person that imports perchloroethylene into the state for use in dry cleaning.

(2)  The amount of the fee imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall increase by one dollar ($1.00) per gallon on January 1, 2005, and shall increase by one dollar ($1.00) each subsequent year, until January 1, 2013, inclusive.

(b)  Moneys generated by the fee imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deposited in the Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Trust Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury.

(c)  Moneys deposited in the Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Trust Fund are available for expenditure by the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund the grant program described in Section 41999 and to fund the demonstration project described in subdivision (f) of Section 41999. The state board shall allocate, from the moneys derived from the imposition of the fee pursuant to this section, moneys that it determines are sufficient to fund the demonstration project described in subdivision (f) of Section 41999, and shall utilize the remaining moneys to fund the grant program.

(d)  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys in the fund, calculated annually, may be utilized by the state board to administer the grant and demonstration programs.

(e)  The state board shall expend moneys from the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, sufficient to repay any General Fund moneys expended to implement the requirements of this article.
Cal. INS § 2077 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 2077
Section 2077
Status: in_force

The insurer may add to the standard form, in red ink, any provisions required or permitted in its policies by the State or country of its organization, respecting limitation of liability of the insurer, its shareholders or members.
Cal. WIC § 18360.05 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 6.3 / Section 18360.05
Section 18360.05
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop an intensive services foster care program that provides specialized programs to serve children with specific needs, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Intensive services and behavioral needs, including those currently being served under intensive treatment foster care.

(2) Specialized health care needs, including those with special health care needs, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 17710.

(b) The department shall develop a program that includes a private nonprofit delivery model and a public delivery model.

(c) The rate paid to an intensive services foster care resource family shall be the same whether it is paid through a licensed foster family agency model or public delivery model and shall be established pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 11463.

(d) The rate paid to the foster family agency shall be developed pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 11463.

(e) This chapter does not waive the requirements set forth in Section 16519.5 or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

(f) A licensed foster family agency or county that operates a public delivery model intensive services foster care program is not prohibited from also operating as a therapeutic foster care service model program agency.

(g) A county that operates as a public delivery model shall submit to the department a program description that sets forth the manner in which it will substantially comply with the requirements of this chapter and Sections 11467, 11469.2, and 11469.3.

(h) The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter. Until regulations are adopted, the department may administer the program through the issuance of written directives that shall have the same force and effect as regulations. Any directive affecting Article 1 (commencing with Section 700) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 11 of the California Code of Regulations shall be approved by the Department of Justice. The directives shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
Cal. PRC § 9051 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 9051
Section 9051
Status: in_force

There is in the Department of Conservation the Division of Resource Conservation.
Cal. PROB § 288 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 288
Section 288
Status: in_force

This part does not limit or abridge any right a person may have under any other law to assign, convey, or release any property or interest, but after December 31, 1983, an interest that would otherwise be taken by a beneficiary may be declined, refused, renounced, or disclaimed only as provided in this part.
Cal. WAT § 79720 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26.7 / Chapter 5 / Section 79720
Section 79720
Status: in_force

The sum of five hundred twenty million dollars ($520,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for expenditures, grants, and loans for projects that improve water quality or help provide clean, safe, and reliable drinking water to all Californians.
Cal. HSC § 50784.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 50784.6
Section 50784.6
Status: in_force

(a) The department may make loans from the fund to a qualified nonprofit housing sponsor, resident organization, or a local public entity for the acquisition and construction of a new mobilehome park or a part of a mobilehome park if all of the following apply:

(1) The mobilehome park or part of the mobilehome park is to replace a mobilehome park or part of a mobilehome park that was destroyed by a natural disaster and is located on the site of the partially or wholly destroyed mobilehome park or within 20 miles from the destroyed mobilehome park.

(2)  The low-income residents of the destroyed mobilehome park that were displaced by the natural disaster are provided the right of first refusal to occupy mobilehomes in the new mobilehome park. The applicant shall provide notice to the former residents in a manner most likely to provide actual notice to the displaced residents. The right of first refusal shall be at least for a 180-day period following written notice to the former resident of their right of first refusal prior to the offering of spaces at the newly constructed mobilehome park to the public. The terms and conditions of the right of first refusal shall be subject to department approval to protect displaced residents.

(3) The low-income residents of the new mobilehome park are provided lease or rental terms that are affordable or, to the extent possible, equivalent to those in effect at the destroyed mobilehome park.

(4) No less than 50 percent of the spaces in the new mobilehome park will be made affordable to and occupied by households with incomes not exceeding 80 percent of the area median income of the county in which the destroyed mobilehome park was located. The department may establish more restrictive provisions in guidelines.

(b)  Loans issued pursuant to this section shall be for a duration, interest rate, and other terms, as determined by the department to be equitable and necessary, as specified in the guidelines. Interest rates shall be no more than 3 percent per annum, and the department shall allow loan repayments to be deferred for the full term of the loan, with principal and accumulated interest due and payable upon completion of the term of the loan. Loan amounts shall be for an amount reasonable and necessary to ensure project feasibility as determined by the department, not to exceed 95 percent of the costs attributable to the low-income spaces.

(c)  Before providing financing pursuant to this section, the department shall require verification that the qualified nonprofit housing sponsor or local public entity shall comply with all state and local laws protecting mobilehome park residents, including, but not limited to, any local rental control ordinances and Section 65863.7 of the Government Code.

(d) “Natural disaster” means a natural disaster for which a state of emergency is declared by the Governor, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. SHC § 18362 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 18362
Section 18362
Status: in_force

(a) At any time not later than the hour set for hearing protests any owner of any lot or parcel of land liable to be assessed for the improvement may make written protest against the proposed improvement by filing his or her protest with the clerk. No other protests shall be considered by the city council except as provided in this chapter.

(b) If assessments are to be levied, the protest and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
Cal. PRC § 30156.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 30156.1
Section 30156.1
Status: in_force

In San Mateo County, in the City of Pacifica, approximately 11 acres situated east of State Highway Route 1 and described in Director’s Deed DD-028764-01-01 from the Director of Transportation, is included, as specifically shown on Map 5.
Cal. BPC § 6731.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 6731.2
Section 6731.2
Status: in_force

Any registered civil engineer may offer to practice, procure, and offer to procure, land surveying work incidental to his or her civil engineering practice, even though he or she is not authorized to perform that work, provided all the land surveying work is performed by, or under the direction of, a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying. Further, any registered civil engineer may manage or conduct as manager, proprietor, or agent, a civil engineering practice which offers to practice, procure, and offers to procure, such incidental land surveying work.
Cal. PRC § 5096.229 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.691 / Article 1 / Section 5096.229
Section 5096.229
Status: in_force

(a) “District,” as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 5096.228, includes a district agricultural association or a citrus fruit fair which is authorized to provide park, recreational, or open-space services, or a combination of those services, of a character commonly provided by a recreation and park district, and which provides those services for the general public on a year-round basis.

(b) Park, recreational, or open-space services, or a combination of those services, of a character commonly provided by a county parks and recreation department, which are provided by a county fair for the general public on a year-round basis, are eligible for a local assistance grant pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.231 as a county project.

(c) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the provisions of this section are declaratory of and in accord with existing law.
Cal. PUC § 50000 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 50000
Section 50000
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and cited as the “San Joaquin Regional Transit District Act.”
Cal. HSC § 1578.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.3 / Article 3 / Section 1578.1
Section 1578.1
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 1570.7 or any other provision of law, if an adult day health care center licensee also provides adult day program services, the adult day health care license shall be the only license required to provide these additional services. Costs shall be allocated among the programs in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices.

(b) A provider choosing to add an adult day program within the adult day health care facility shall submit a notice to the department on such forms as may be required.

(c) Review and approval of the application to provide a dual program shall not require an on-site inspection.

(d) The maximum licensed capacity shall be determined by the local fire authority and shall include limits for ambulatory and nonambulatory participants.
Cal. ELEC § 19294 — California Code / Code elec / Division 19 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 19294
Section 19294
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of State may seek injunctive relief requiring an elections official, or any vendor or manufacturer of a remote accessible vote by mail system, to comply with the requirements of this code, the regulations of the Secretary of State, and the specifications for the ballot marking system and its software, including the programs and procedures for vote marking and testing.

(b) Venue for a proceeding under this section shall be exclusively in Sacramento County.
Cal. WAT § 26255 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 26255
Section 26255
Status: in_force

The board may either:

(a) Confirm, modify, or set aside the valuation of the assessor.

(b) Refuse to authorize the separate redemption.
Cal. HSC § 127420 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 127420
Section 127420
Status: in_force

(a) Each hospital shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain from the patient or the patient’s representative information about whether private or public health insurance or sponsorship may fully or partially cover the charges for care rendered by the hospital to a patient, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Private health insurance, including coverage offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange.

(2) Medicare.

(3) The Medi-Cal program, the California Children’s Services program, or other state-funded programs designed to provide health coverage.

(b) If a hospital bills a patient who has not provided proof of coverage by a third party at the time the care is provided or upon discharge, as a part of that billing, the hospital shall provide the patient with a clear and conspicuous notice that includes all of the following:

(1) A statement of charges for services rendered by the hospital.

(2) A request that the patient inform the hospital if the patient has health insurance coverage, Medicare, Medi-Cal, or other coverage.

(3) A statement that, if the consumer does not have health insurance coverage, the consumer may be eligible for Medicare, Medi-Cal, coverage offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange, California Children’s Services program, other state- or county-funded health coverage, or charity care.

(4) A statement indicating how patients may obtain applications for the Medi-Cal program, coverage offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange, or other state- or county-funded health coverage programs and that the hospital will provide these applications. The hospital shall also provide patients with a referral to a local consumer assistance center housed at legal services offices. If the patient does not indicate coverage by a third-party payer specified in subdivision (a) or requests a discounted price or charity care, then the hospital shall provide an application for the Medi-Cal program or other state- or county-funded health coverage programs. This application shall be provided prior to discharge if the patient has been admitted or to patients receiving emergency or outpatient care.

(5) Information regarding the financially qualified patient and charity care application, including the following:

(A) A statement that indicates that if the patient lacks, or has inadequate, insurance, and meets certain low- and moderate-income requirements, the patient may qualify for discounted payment or charity care.

(B) The name and telephone number of a hospital employee or office from whom or which the patient may obtain information about the hospital’s discount payment and charity care policies, and how to apply for that assistance.

(C) If a patient applies, or has a pending application, for another health coverage program at the same time that the patient applies for a hospital charity care or discount payment program, neither application shall preclude eligibility for the other program.
Cal. FGC § 2645 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 2645
Section 2645
Status: in_force

All proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for the 1984–85 fiscal year and each succeeding fiscal year for consideration by the Legislature and shall bear the caption “Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Program.” The section shall contain separate items for each project, each class of projects, or each element of the program for which an appropriation is made.

All appropriations shall be subject to all limitations enacted in the Budget Act and to all fiscal procedures prescribed by law with respect to the expenditure of state funds unless expressly exempted from such laws by a statute enacted by the Legislature. The section in the Budget Act shall contain proposed appropriations only for the program elements and classes of projects contemplated by this chapter, and no funds derived from the bonds authorized by this chapter may be expended pursuant to an appropriation not contained in that section of the Budget Act.