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Cal. VEH § 27907 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 27907
Section 27907
Status: in_force

There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on both the right and left side of a tow truck, a repossessor’s tow vehicle, or an automobile dismantler’s tow vehicle used to tow or carry vehicles a sign showing the name of the company or the owner or operator of the tow truck or tow vehicle. The sign shall also contain the business address and telephone number of the owner or driver. The letters and numbers of the sign shall not be less than 2 inches in height and shall be in contrast to the color of the background upon which they are placed.

A person licensed as a repossession agency pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 7500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or a registrant of the agency, may use the license number issued to the agency by the Department of Consumer Affairs in lieu of a name, business address, and telephone number.
Cal. VEH § 4458 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 4458
Section 4458
Status: in_force

If both license plates or a permanent trailer identification plate are lost or stolen, the registered owner shall immediately notify a law enforcement agency, and shall immediately apply to the department for new plates in lieu of the plates stolen or lost. The department shall in every proper case, except in the case of plates which are exempt from fees, cause to be issued applicable license plates of a different number and assign the registration number to the vehicle for which the plates are issued.
Cal. SHC § 8118 — California Code / Code shc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 8118
Section 8118
Status: in_force

The resolution shall be published at least once a week for two weeks, at the discretion of the board, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the proposed district. The first publication shall be made at least twenty days prior to the date of the hearing.
Cal. FGC § 6 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 0.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 6
Section 6
Status: in_force

Whenever a power is granted to, or duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized, pursuant to law, by the officer, unless this code expressly provides otherwise.
Cal. WAT § 12661.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 12661.5
Section 12661.5
Status: in_force

(a) The project for flood control on the Kaweah River, Terminus Dam, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report “Kaweah River Basin Investigation Feasibility Study, California,” dated December 23, 1996, and as adopted and authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 as approved by Congress on October 12, 1996 (Public Law 104-303), at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation, upon the recommendation and advice of the Reclamation Board. The Reclamation Board may pay 50 percent of the nonfederal capital costs of the recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features of the project.

(b) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by federal law, including the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, will be furnished in connection with the project.

(c) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, carry out the plans and project and may make modifications and amendments of the plans as necessary to carry out the plans for the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this chapter.

(d) Authorization of the project shall be contingent upon the recommendation, advice, and approval of the Reclamation Board and upon the expenditure of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) by the department for local assistance for the project.
Cal. HSC § 53050 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 53050
Section 53050
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires and so stipulates, the definitions provided in this chapter shall govern construction of this part.
Cal. WAT § 79194 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 79194
Section 79194
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management Subaccount.
Cal. FIN § 3221 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.25 / Chapter 2 / Section 3221
Section 3221
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant shall not be denied a license on the basis of a criminal conviction, or on the basis of acts underlying a criminal conviction, if the convicted person has obtained a certificate of rehabilitation under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 4852.01) of Title 6 of Part 3 of the Penal Code or has been granted clemency or a pardon by a state or federal executive.

(b) An applicant shall not be denied a license on the basis of a conviction that has been dismissed pursuant to Section 1203.4, 1203.4a, 1203.41, or 1203.425 of the Penal Code. An applicant who has a conviction that has been dismissed pursuant to Section 1203.4, 1203.4a, 1203.41, or 1203.425 of the Penal Code shall provide the commissioner with proof of the dismissal if it is not reflected in the applicant’s criminal history record report.

(c) An applicant shall not be denied a license on the basis of an arrest that resulted in a disposition other than a conviction, including an arrest that resulted in an infraction, citation, or juvenile adjudication.

(d) If an applicant is denied a license based solely or in part on conviction history, the applicant shall be notified in writing of all of the following:

(1) The denial or disqualification of licensure.

(2) The procedure for the applicant to challenge the decision or to request reconsideration.

(3) That the applicant has the right to appeal the decision.

(4) The processes to request a copy of the applicant’s complete conviction history and to question the accuracy or completeness of the record.
Cal. FAC § 21062 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 21062
Section 21062
Status: in_force

All cattle shipped to a registered feedlot, licensed slaughterhouse, or licensed or posted livestock salesyard or market in this state for inspection at destination pursuant to this chapter shall be accompanied by a bill of sale, or certificate of consignment. The original document shall be presented to the inspector prior to the inspection of the cattle.
Cal. MVC § 1001.4 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 1001.4
Section 1001.4
Status: in_force

All debentures shall bear the facsimile signature of the Director of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Director of Veterans Affairs and shall be authenticated by the trustee. The seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be impressed, mechanically reproduced or imprinted by facsimile upon each debenture. The interest coupons attached to any debenture shall bear a facsimile of the signature of the Director of Veterans Affairs. In case any such official whose signature or countersignature appears on the debentures or coupons shall cease to be such official before the debentures so signed or countersigned shall have been actually executed or delivered, such signature or countersignature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the debentures, and such debentures and coupons shall be issued and shall be as binding upon the department as though the person who signed such debentures or coupons had been such official on the date borne by the debentures or coupons and on the date of delivery. Any such debentures may be signed and sealed on behalf of the department by such person as at the actual date of execution of such debentures shall be the Director of Veterans Affairs or the Deputy Director of Veterans Affairs, as the case may be, although on such date as may be borne by such debentures any such person shall not have been such official.
Cal. PUC § 150000 — California Code / Code puc / Division 15.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 150000
Section 150000
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Tuolumne County Road Facilities Improvement Act.
Cal. WAT § 35428 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 35428
Section 35428
Status: in_force

No right in any water or water right owned by the district shall be acquired by use permitted under this article.
Cal. BPC § 2468 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 22 / Section 2468
Section 2468
Status: in_force

Notice of each meeting of the board shall be given in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
Cal. INS § 2061 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 2061
Section 2061
Status: in_force

(a) In the event of a covered loss relating to a state of emergency, as defined in Section 8558 of the Government Code, the following special provisions shall apply under a residential property insurance policy:

(1) If an insured has made a claim for additional living expenses related to a total loss, an insurer shall, upon request by an insured, render an advance payment of no less than four months of living expenses. Additional payment for additional living expenses shall be payable upon proper proof following the advance period.

(2) If an insured has made a claim for contents related to a total loss of a primary residence, an insurer shall not require that the insured use a company-specific inventory form if the insured can provide an inventory using a form that contains substantially the same information. This subdivision does not limit the authority of an insurer to seek additional reasonable information from an insured upon receipt of an inventory form submitted by an insured.

(3) If an insured has made a claim for contents related to a total loss of a primary residence, an insurer shall accept an inventory that includes groupings of categories of personal property, including clothing, shoes, books, food items, CDs, DVDs, or other categories of items for which it would be impractical to separately list each individual item claimed.

(b) This section applies to a claim that arises on or after January 1, 2021.
Cal. BPC § 25667 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 25667
Section 25667
Status: in_force

(a) Any person under the age of 21 years shall be immune from criminal prosecution under subdivision (a) of Section 25662 and subdivision (b) of Section 25658, where the person establishes all of the following:

(1) The underage person called 911 and reported that either himself or herself or another person was in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption.

(2) The underage person was the first person to make the 911 report.

(3) The underage person, who reported that another person was in need of medical assistance, remained on the scene with the other person until that medical assistance arrived and cooperated with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene.

(b) This section shall not provide immunity from criminal prosecution for any offense that involves activities made dangerous by the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including, but not limited to, a violation of Section 23103 of the Vehicle Code, as specified by Section 23103.5 of the Vehicle Code, or a violation of Sections 23152 and 23153 of the Vehicle Code.
Cal. WAT § 36827 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 36827
Section 36827
Status: in_force

Assessments shall be paid in lawful money of the United States.
Cal. WAT § 12655 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 12655
Section 12655
Status: in_force

The City and County of San Francisco, the Modesto Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation required by Section 3 of the act of Congress approved December 22, 1944 (Public, Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session), will be furnished by the City and County of San Francisco, the Modesto Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigation District in connection with the flood control projects within the watershed of the Tuolumne River, adopted and authorized in Section 12651, except insofar as the projects include channel improvement works and levees.
Cal. PUC § 105240 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 16 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 105240
Section 105240
Status: in_force

The Improvement Act of 1911 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code), the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10000) of Division 12 of the Streets and Highways Code), and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 8500) of Division 10 of the Streets and Highways Code) are applicable to the district.
Cal. RTC § 2215 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 2215
Section 2215
Status: in_force

“Special district” means any agency of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries. “Special district” includes a county service area, a maintenance district or area, an improvement district or improvement zone, or any other zone or area, formed for the purpose of designating an area within which a property tax rate will be levied to pay for a service or improvement benefiting that area. “Special district” does not include a city, a county, a school district or a community college district. “Special district” does not include any agency which is not authorized by statute to levy a property tax rate or receive an allocation of property tax revenues. However, for the purpose of the allocation of property taxes pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5, and notwithstanding Section 2237, any special district authorized to levy a property tax or receive an allocation of property tax by the statute under which the district was formed shall be considered a special district.
Cal. EVID § 1454 — California Code / Code evid / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1454
Section 1454
Status: in_force

A signature is presumed to be genuine and authorized if it purports to be the signature, affixed in his official capacity, of an officer, or deputy of an officer, of a nation or public entity in a nation recognized by the executive power of the United States and the writing to which the signature is affixed is accompanied by a final statement certifying the genuineness of the signature and the official position of (a) the person who executed the writing or (b) any foreign official who has certified either the genuineness of the signature and official position of the person executing the writing or the genuineness of the signature and official position of another foreign official who has executed a similar cetificate in a chain of such certificates beginning with a certificate of the genuineness of the signature and official position of the person executing the writing. The final statement may be made only by a secretary of an embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, consular agent, or other officer in the foreign service of the United States stationed in the nation, authenticated by the seal of his office.
Cal. WAT § 36348 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 36348
Section 36348
Status: in_force

If any officer whose signature appears on any revenue bond or coupon ceases to be such officer of the district before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature on the bond or coupon is valid and sufficient for all purposes with like force and effect as though he had remained in office until the actual delivery of the bonds and payment of the purchase price thereof.
Cal. HSC § 25545 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.95 / Article 3 / Section 25545
Section 25545
Status: in_force

The Office of Emergency Services shall develop informational guidelines for facilities required to comply with Chapter 116 (commencing with Section 11001) of Title 42 of the United States Code and with this chapter, and shall assist the unified program agencies in ensuring full distribution of these guidelines to those facilities.
Cal. BPC § 2509 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 24 / Section 2509
Section 2509
Status: in_force

The board shall create and appoint a Midwifery Advisory Council consisting of licensees of the board in good standing, who need not be members of the board, and members of the public who have an interest in midwifery practice, including, but not limited to, home births. At least one-half of the council members shall be California licensed midwives. The council shall make recommendations on matters specified by the board.
Cal. WAT § 48225 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 10 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 48225
Section 48225
Status: in_force

At the time and place mentioned in the notice of filing of the inclusion petition, or at such other time or times to which the hearing of the inclusion petition may be adjourned, the board shall proceed to hear the petition and all the objections thereto presented in writing by any person showing cause why the proposed change of the boundaries of the district should not be made.
Cal. INS § 11529 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 11529
Section 11529
Status: in_force

In carrying out any such plan, the insurer may acquire any shares of its own stock by gift, bequest or purchase. Any shares so acquired shall, unless as a result of such acquisition all of the shares of the insurer shall have been acquired, be acquired in trust for the policyholders of the class or classes for whose benefit the plan provides that the stock of the insurer shall be acquired as hereinafter provided. Such shares shall be assigned and transferred on the books of such insurer to three or more trustees appointed by the insurer and approved by the commissioner under a trust agreement approved by the commissioner. Such trustees shall hold such stock in trust until all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of such insurer have been acquired, but for not longer than 30 years with such extensions of not more than five years each as may be granted by the commissioner. Such extensions may be granted by the commissioner if the plan so provides and if in his opinion the plan of acquisition of all of such stock can be completed within a reasonable period. Such trustees shall vote such stock at all corporate meetings at which stockholders have the right to vote. When all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of such insurer have been acquired, all said shares shall be canceled, the certificate of amendment of the insurer’s articles of incorporation giving effect thereto shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 1 of Title 1, of the Corporations Code, and the insurer shall become a nonstock corporation for the profit of its members and such trust shall thereupon terminate. Thereafter such corporation shall be conducted for the mutual benefit, ratably, of its policyholders of the class or classes for whose benefit the stock was acquired and shall have power to issue nonassessable policies on a reserve basis subject to all provisions of law applicable to incorporated life insurers or life and disability insurers, as the case may be, issuing nonassessable policies on a reserve basis. Policies so issued may be upon the basis of full or partial participation therein as agreed between the insurer and the insured.

Upon the termination of any such voting trusts, either in accordance with its terms or as hereinabove provided, such plan of mutualization shall terminate, unless theretofore completed. Upon such termination, unless the plan of mutualization provides for the disposition of the shares acquired by the insurer under such plan or for the disposition of the proceeds thereof, the shares held by such trustees shall be disposed of in accordance with an order of the superior court of the county in which is located the principal office of such insurer, made upon a verified application of the commissioner.
Cal. FIN § 17623 — California Code / Code fin / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 17623
Section 17623
Status: in_force

An appeal from a judgment enjoining the commissioner from further proceedings and directing the commissioner to surrender the business, property, and assets to the licensee does not operate as a stay of the judgment, unless the trial court in its discretion so orders. If the judgment dismisses the action an appeal therefrom does not operate as a stay of the judgment but the court rendering the judgment may, in its discretion enjoin the commissioner pending the appeal, from further proceedings and direct the commissioner, pending the appeal, to surrender the business, property, and assets to the licensee, if an undertaking is given as required by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 916) of Title 13 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. UIC § 13019 — California Code / Code uic / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 13019
Section 13019
Status: in_force

(a) (1) With respect to tax advice, the protections of confidentiality that apply to a communication between a client and an attorney, as set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 950) of Chapter 4 of Division 8 of the Evidence Code, also shall apply to a communication between a taxpayer and any federally authorized tax practitioner to the extent the communication would be considered a privileged communication if it were between a client and an attorney.

(2) Paragraph (1) may only be asserted in any noncriminal tax matter before the Employment Development Department.

(3) For purposes of this section:

(A) “Federally authorized tax practitioner” means any individual who is authorized under federal law to practice before the Internal Revenue Service if the practice is subject to federal regulation under Section 330 of Title 31 of the United States Code, as provided by federal law as of January 1, 2000.

(B) “Tax advice” means advice given by an individual with respect to a state tax matter, which may include federal tax advice if it relates to the state tax matter. For purposes of this subparagraph, “federal tax advice” means advice given by an individual within the scope of his or her authority to practice before the federal Internal Revenue Service on noncriminal tax matters.

(C) “Tax shelter” means a partnership or other entity, any investment plan or arrangement, or any other plan or arrangement if a significant purpose of that partnership, entity, plan, or arrangement is the avoidance or evasion of federal income tax.

(b) The privilege under subdivision (a) shall not apply to any written communication between a federally authorized tax practitioner and a director, shareholder, officer, or employee, agent, or representative of a corporation in connection with the promotion of the direct or indirect participation of the corporation in any tax shelter, or in any proceeding to revoke or otherwise discipline any license or right to practice by any governmental agency.

(c) This section shall be operative for communications made on or after the effective date of the act adding this section.