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Cal. COM § 9523 — California Code / Code com / Division 9 / Chapter 5 / Section 9523
Section 9523
Status: in_force

(a) If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 9519 and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead do both of the following:

(1) Note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 9519 and the date and time of the filing of the record.

(2) Send the copy to the person.

(b) If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides all of the following information:

(1) The information in the record.

(2) The number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 9519.

(3) The date and time of the filing of the record.

(c) The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record all of the following information to any person that requests it:

(1) Whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than three business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that satisfies all of the following conditions:

(A) It designates a particular debtor or, if the request so states, designates a particular debtor at the address specified in the request.

(B) It has not lapsed under Section 9515 with respect to all secured parties of record.

(C) If the request so states, it has lapsed under Section 9515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under subdivision (a) of Section 9522.

(2) The date and time of filing of each financing statement.

(3) The information provided in each financing statement.

(d) In complying with its duty under subdivision (c), the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing its written certificate.

(e) The filing office described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9501 shall perform the acts required by subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than two business days after the filing office receives the request.

(f) At least weekly, the filing office described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9501 shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it under this chapter, in every medium from time to time available to the filing office.
Cal. PCC § 7108 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 7108
Section 7108
Status: in_force

Any contract of a public entity to provide train service shall require compliance with the personnel requirements of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6900) of Part 2 of Division 5 of the Labor Code.
Cal. RTC § 135 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 135
Section 135
Status: in_force

(a) “Assessed value” shall mean 25 percent of full value to and including the 1980–81 fiscal year, and shall mean 100 percent of full value for the 1981–82 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.

(b) “Tax rate” shall mean a rate based on a 25 percent assessment ratio and expressed as dollars, or fractions thereof, for each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation to and including the 1980–81 fiscal year, and shall mean a rate expressed as a percentage of full value for the 1981–82 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.

(c) Whenever this code requires comparison of assessed values, tax rates or property tax revenues for different years, the assessment ratios and tax rates shall be adjusted as necessary so that the comparisons are made on the same basis and the same amount of tax revenues would be produced or the same relative value of an exemption or subvention will be realized regardless of the method of expressing tax rates or the assessment ratio utilized.

(d) For purposes of expressing tax rates on the same basis, a tax rate based on a 25 percent assessment ratio and expressed in dollars, or fractions thereof, for each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value may be multiplied by a conversion factor of twenty-five hundredths of 1 percent to determine a rate comparable to a rate expressed as a percentage of full value; and, a rate expressed as a percentage of full value may be multiplied by a factor of 400 to determine a rate comparable to a rate expressed in dollars, or fractions thereof, for each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value and based on a 25 percent assessment ratio.
Cal. WAT § 60220 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 60220
Section 60220
Status: in_force

A district may do any act necessary to replenish the ground water of said district.
Cal. FGC § 3000 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 3000
Section 3000
Status: in_force

It is unlawful to take any bird or mammal, except a nongame mammal, between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise of the following day at the place of taking, except as otherwise provided in this code or under such regulations as the commission may adopt. The commission may adopt regulations prohibiting the taking of any nongame mammal between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise of the following day at the place of taking.
Cal. VEH § 4000.3 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 4000.3
Section 4000.3
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 44011 of the Health and Safety Code, the department shall require biennially, upon renewal of registration of any motor vehicle subject to Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, a valid certificate of compliance issued in accordance with Section 44015 of the Health and Safety Code. The department, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall develop a schedule under which vehicles shall be required biennially to obtain certificates of compliance.

(b) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall provide the department with information on vehicle classes that are subject to the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program.

(c) The department shall include any information pamphlet provided by the Department of Consumer Affairs with notification of the inspection requirement and with its renewal notices. The information pamphlet in the renewal notice shall also notify the owner of the motor vehicle of the right to have the vehicle pretested pursuant to Section 44011.3 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. VEH § 17300 — California Code / Code veh / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 17300
Section 17300
Status: in_force

(a) A person who willfully or negligently damages a street or highway, or its appurtenances, including, but not limited to, guardrails, signs, traffic signals, snow poles, and similar facilities, is liable for the reasonable cost of repair or replacement thereof.

(b) A person who willfully damages or destroys a memorial sign placed by the Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, a sign memorializing a victim under Section 101.10 of the Streets and Highways Code, is liable for that damage or destruction for the highest of the following amounts:

(1) One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

(2) The actual repair cost or replacement cost, whichever is applicable.

(c) A person who willfully or negligently causes or permits the contents of a vehicle to be deposited upon a street or highway, or its appurtenances, is liable for the reasonable costs of removing those contents from the street or highway or its appurtenances.

(d) The liability stated in this section also applies to an owner of a vehicle operated with the owner’s permission, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 17150), and includes liability for the reasonable cost of necessary safety precautions, including, but not limited to, warning traffic, the removal of debris resulting from accidents, the removal of any materials, or providing detours.

(e) The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may present claims for liability under this section, bring actions for recovery thereon, and settle and compromise, in their discretion, claims arising under this section.

(f) If the Department of Transportation or a local authority provides services on a highway outside its jurisdiction, at the request of the department or the local authority that has jurisdiction over that highway, the department or the local authority may present a claim for liability for rendering this service under this section, bring actions for recovery thereon, and, in its discretion, settle and compromise the claim.
Cal. BPC § 26046 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 10 / Chapter 4 / Section 26046
Section 26046
Status: in_force

(a) The review by the court shall not extend further than to determine, based on the whole record of the department as certified by the panel, whether:

(1) The department has proceeded without or in excess of its jurisdiction.

(2) The department has proceeded in the manner required by law.

(3) The decision of the department is supported by the findings.

(4) The findings in the department’s decision are supported by substantial evidence in the light of the whole record.

(5) There is relevant evidence which, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have been produced or which was improperly excluded at the hearing before the department.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall permit the court to hold a trial de novo, to take evidence, or to exercise its independent judgment on the evidence.
Cal. FAC § 46004 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 10 / Section 46004
Section 46004
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may file a complaint with the director concerning suspected noncompliance with this chapter or Article 7 (commencing with Section 110810) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code by a person under the enforcement jurisdiction of the director, as provided in Section 46000.

(b) The director shall, to the extent funds are available, establish procedures for handling complaints, including provision of a written complaint form, and procedures for commencing an investigation within three working days after receiving a complaint regarding fresh food, and within seven working days for other food, and completing an investigation and reporting findings and enforcement action taken, if any, to the complainant within 60 days thereafter.

(c) The director may establish minimum information requirements to determine the verifiability of a complaint, and may provide for rejection of a complaint that does not meet the requirements. The director shall provide written notice of the reasons for rejection to the person filing the complaint.

(d) The director shall carry out the functions and objectives of this chapter and Article 7 (commencing with Section 110810) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to the extent funds are available for those purposes.
Cal. HSC § 40827 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 40827
Section 40827
Status: in_force

A hearing board shall serve a notice of the time and place of a hearing either by personal service or by first-class mail, postage prepaid. If either the identity or address of any person entitled to notice is unknown, the hearing board shall serve such person by publication of notice in the district pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 2600 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 2600
Section 2600
Status: in_force

After all investigations of water use have been completed and the time for filing proofs of claims has expired, the board shall prepare a report describing the water supply and abstracting the claim of water right of each claimant.
Cal. PUC § 22408 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 22408
Section 22408
Status: in_force

The board shall hold its first meeting in the meeting room of the board of supervisors of the principal county at 10 a.m. on the first Monday after the formation of the district.
Cal. COM § 10105 — California Code / Code com / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 10105
Section 10105
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 10304 and subdivision (c) of Section 10305, with respect to goods covered by a certificate of title issued under a statute of this state or of another jurisdiction, compliance and the effect of compliance or noncompliance with a certificate of title statute are governed by the law (including the conflict of laws rules) of the jurisdiction issuing the certificate until the earlier of (1) surrender of the certificate, or (2) four months after the goods are removed from that jurisdiction and thereafter until a new certificate of title is issued by another jurisdiction.
Cal. PRC § 3152 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 3152
Section 3152
Status: in_force

“Hydraulic fracturing” means a well stimulation treatment that, in whole or in part, includes the pressurized injection of hydraulic fracturing fluid or fluids into an underground geologic formation in order to fracture or with the intent to fracture the formation, thereby causing or enhancing, for the purposes of this division, the production of oil or gas from a well.
Cal. RTC § 2504 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 2504
Section 2504
Status: in_force

As used in this division, “negotiable paper” means checks, drafts, and money orders.
Cal. WIC § 306.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 306.5
Section 306.5
Status: in_force

In any case in which a social worker takes a minor into custody pursuant to Section 306, the social worker shall, to the extent that it is practical and appropriate, place the minor together with any siblings or half-siblings who are also detained or include in the report prepared pursuant to Section 319 a statement of his or her continuing efforts to place the siblings together or why those efforts are not appropriate.
Cal. PRC § 30703 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 30703
Section 30703
Status: in_force

The California commercial fishing industry is important to the State of California; therefore, ports shall not eliminate or reduce existing commercial fishing harbor space, unless the demand for commercial fishing facilities no longer exists or adequate alternative space has been provided. Proposed recreational boating facilities within port areas shall, to the extent it is feasible to do so, be designed and located in such a fashion as not to interfere with the needs of the commercial fishing industry.
Cal. HSC § 1276.9 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 1276.9
Section 1276.9
Status: in_force

(a) A special treatment program service unit distinct part shall have a minimum 2.3 nursing hours per patient per day.

(b) For purposes of this section, “special treatment program service unit distinct part” means an identifiable and physically separate unit of a skilled nursing facility or an entire skilled nursing facility that provides therapeutic programs to an identified population group of persons with mental health disorders.

(c) For purposes of this section, “nursing hours” means the number of hours of work performed per patient day by aides, nursing assistants, or orderlies, plus two times the number of hours worked per patient day by registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses (except directors of nursing in facilities of 60 or larger capacity), and, in the distinct part of facilities and freestanding facilities providing care for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health disorders, by licensed psychiatric technicians who perform direct nursing services for patients in skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities, except when the skilled nursing and intermediate care facility is licensed as a part of a state hospital.

(d) A special treatment program service unit distinct part shall also have an overall average weekly staffing level of 3.2 hours per patient per day, calculated without regard to the doubling of nursing hours, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1276.5, for the special treatment program service unit distinct part.

(e) The calculation of the overall staffing levels in these facilities for the special treatment program service unit distinct part shall include staff from all of the following categories:

(1) Certified nurse assistants.

(2) Licensed vocational nurses.

(3) Registered nurses.

(4) Licensed psychiatric technicians.

(5) Psychiatrists.

(6) Psychologists.

(7) Social workers.

(8) Program staff who provide rehabilitation, counseling, or other therapeutic services.
Cal. PRC § 32022 — California Code / Code prc / Division 22 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 32022
Section 32022
Status: in_force

“Bonds” means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, and any other evidences of indebtedness.
Cal. HSC § 1569.312 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.2 / Article 3 / Section 1569.312
Section 1569.312
Status: in_force

Every facility required to be licensed under this chapter shall provide at least the following basic services:

(a)  Care and supervision as defined in Section 1569.2.

(b)  Assistance with instrumental activities of daily living in the combinations which meet the needs of residents.

(c)  Helping residents gain access to appropriate supportive services, as defined, in the community.

(d)  Being aware of the resident’s general whereabouts, although the resident may travel independently in the community.

(e)  Monitoring the activities of the residents while they are under the supervision of the facility to ensure their general health, safety, and well-being.

(f)  Encouraging the residents to maintain and develop their maximum functional ability through participation in planned activities.
Cal. BPC § 492 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 492
Section 492
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, successful completion of any diversion program under the Penal Code, or successful completion of an alcohol and drug problem assessment program under Article 5 (commencing with Section 23249.50) of Chapter 12 of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code, shall not prohibit any agency established under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of this code, or any initiative act referred to in that division, from taking disciplinary action against a licensee or from denying a license for professional misconduct, notwithstanding that evidence of that misconduct may be recorded in a record pertaining to an arrest.

This section shall not be construed to apply to any drug diversion program operated by any agency established under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of this code, or any initiative act referred to in that division.
Cal. HSC § 128561 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 128561
Section 128561
Status: in_force

For the purposes of recruiting, training, and retaining a diverse workforce of reproductive health care professionals who will be part of reproductive health care teams to work in underserved areas, the California Reproductive Health Service Corps is hereby established in the department under the supervision of the director. The director shall ensure that adequate staff are provided to effectively administer the corps.
Cal. PRC § 5561.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 5561.5
Section 5561.5
Status: in_force

The board may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed property in the possession of the district. Any resolution or regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall provide therein (1) that such unclaimed property shall be held by the district for a period of at least six months, (2) that thereafter such property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that notice of such sale shall be given by the board at least five days before the time therefor by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The board may dispose of any such property upon which no bid is made at any such sale.
Cal. SHC § 6490 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 6490
Section 6490
Status: in_force

This chapter provides an alternative to the procedure for division of land and bond set out in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6480).
Cal. PRC § 30534 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 30534
Section 30534
Status: in_force

The commission shall, within 10 days after receiving evidence of recordation of any offer to dedicate real property for access to or along the coast, which dedication was required as a condition to the issuance of a coastal development permit, forward a copy of such evidence and a description of such real property to the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Coastal Conservancy, and the State Lands Commission.
Cal. PROB § 651 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 651
Section 651
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations imposed by the creating instrument, the powerholder of a special power may make any of the types of appointment permissible for the powerholder of a general power under Section 650.
Cal. BPC § 22955 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8.5 / Section 22955
Section 22955
Status: in_force

Agents of the state department, while conducting enforcement activities pursuant to this division, are peace officers and are subject to all of the powers and immunities granted to Food and Drug Section inspectors pursuant to Section 106500 of the Health and Safety Code in the same manner as are any Food and Drug Section inspectors of the state department.
Cal. HSC § 78360 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 78360
Section 78360
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:

(a) “Brownfield site” has the same meaning as defined in Section 101 of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601).

(b) “Brownfield law” means the federal Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) as amending the federal act.

(c) “Federal Trust Fund” means the Federal Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 16360 of the Government Code.

(d) “Fund” means the Revolving Loans Fund established pursuant to this article.
Cal. PROB § 10168 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 10168
Section 10168
Status: in_force

This article does not supersede any agreement cooperating agents or brokers may have among themselves to divide the compensation payable under this article.
Cal. HSC § 51321 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 3 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 51321
Section 51321
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of this chapter, the agency may, in addition to any other power conferred by this part, issue revenue bonds as provided in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51350) to finance the making or purchase of loans made for the purposes described in Section 51320.