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Cal. PUC § 130100 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 130100
Section 130100
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 130052, each commission at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January or at such other date as the commission may determine, shall elect a chairperson from its members who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chairperson who shall preside in his or her absence. In the event of their absence or inability to act, the members present, by an order entered in the minutes, shall select one of their members to act as chairperson pro tempore, who, while so acting, shall have all of the authority of the chairperson.
Cal. PROB § 9806 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 9806
Section 9806
Status: in_force

(a) Every mortgage, deed of trust, or security interest made pursuant to a court order obtained under this chapter is effectual to mortgage, or to subject to the deed of trust or security interest, all of the following:

(1) All right, title, and interest which the decedent had to the property described therein at the time of the decedent’s death.

(2) Any right, title, or interest in the property acquired by the estate of the decedent, by operation of law or otherwise, since the time of the decedent’s death.

(3) Any right, title, or interest in the community real property belonging to the decedent’s surviving spouse whose written consent has been filed with the court and which is referred to in the court order obtained under this chapter.

(b) Jurisdiction of the court to administer the estate of the decedent vests the court with jurisdiction to make the order for the note and for the security interest, lien, mortgage, or deed of trust. This jurisdiction shall conclusively inure to the benefit of the owner of the security interest or lien, mortgagee named in the mortgage, or the trustee and beneficiary named in the deed of trust, and their heirs and assigns.

(c) No omission, error, or irregularity in the proceedings under this chapter shall impair or invalidate the proceedings or the note, security interest, lien, mortgage, or deed of trust given pursuant to an order under this chapter. Subject to Section 9807, the owner of the security interest or lien, the mortgagee named in the mortgage, or the trustee and beneficiary named in the deed of trust, and their heirs and assigns, have and possess the same rights and remedies on the note and the security interest or lien or mortgage or deed of trust as if it had been made by the decedent prior to his or her death.
Cal. FAC § 66577 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 66577
Section 66577
Status: in_force

Nonreceipt of notice of a meeting for the nomination of commissioners or of ballots shall not invalidate any such meeting, nomination, or election.
Cal. PROB § 45 — California Code / Code prob / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 45
Section 45
Status: in_force

“Instrument” means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.
Cal. FAC § 6287 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 6287
Section 6287
Status: in_force

Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district that is situated within the corporate limits of any city shall vest absolutely in the city. If the property is situated outside the corporate limits of a city, it shall vest in the county in which the property is situated.
Cal. PRC § 5305 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 5305
Section 5305
Status: in_force

The legislative body of the city or city and county may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, call an election and submit to the qualified electors of the municipality a proposition to issue bonds of the municipality, to a specified amount, the proceeds to be applied exclusively to the acquisition, maintenance, and improvement of its public parks, or boulevards, or both. The election shall be conducted, and the result determined substantially as are other local municipal elections of the municipality in which it is held.
Cal. WAT § 71250.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 71250.1
Section 71250.1
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 71250, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single municipal water district may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, increase the number of directors to serve on the board of directors of the consolidated or reorganized district to 7, 9, or 11, who shall be members of the board of directors of the districts to be consolidated or reorganized as of the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization.

(b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of directors of the consolidated district, or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a), whose terms first expire following the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total number of members on the board of directors shall be reduced until the number equals the number of members permitted by the principal act of the consolidated or reorganized district, or any larger number as may be specified by the local agency formation commission in approving the consolidation or reorganization.

(c) In addition to the powers granted under Section 1780 of the Government Code, in the event of a vacancy on the board of directors of the consolidated district or a district reorganized as described in subdivision (a) at which time the total number of directors is greater than five, the board of directors may, by majority vote of the remaining members of the board, choose not to fill the vacancy. In that event, the total membership of the board of directors shall be reduced by one board member. Upon making the determination not to fill a vacancy, the board of directors shall notify the board of supervisors of its decision.

(d) For the purposes of this section: “consolidation” means consolidation, as defined in Section 56030 of the Government Code; “district” or “special district” means district or special district, as defined in Section 56036 of the Government Code; and “reorganization” means reorganization, as defined in Section 56073 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 46950 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 9 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 46950
Section 46950
Status: in_force

The board may determine upon the acquisition of property or the construction of work not contemplated in the report and recommendation, with accompanying plans and specifications, originally adopted.
Cal. HSC § 100239 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 100239
Section 100239
Status: in_force

(a)  Pursuant to Section 439.904, state agencies shall, and it is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California, include, in appropriate periodic progress reports required under existing law, data on the extent to which state funds administered by those agencies and the University of California, or both, are used by grantees to support research on diseases, disorders, and health conditions that includes women and minorities in the research trials, and that studies diseases, disorders, and health conditions of particular concern to women and minorities.

(b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that research shall include, but not be limited to, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, HIV and AIDS, sickle-cell anemia, obesity, mental illness, arthritis, and osteoporosis.
Cal. FIN § 17005.6 — California Code / Code fin / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 17005.6
Section 17005.6
Status: in_force

Except as provided for in Section 17004, “escrow agent” as used in this division includes joint control agents and Internet escrow agents.
Cal. WIC § 8053 — California Code / Code wic / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 8053
Section 8053
Status: in_force

The State Department of State Hospitals with the approval of the Director of Finance may accept gifts or grants from any source for the accomplishment of the objects and purposes of this chapter. The provisions of Section 16302 of the Government Code do not apply to such gifts or grants and the money so received shall be expended to carry out the purposes of this chapter, subject to any limitation contained in such gift or grant.
Cal. UIC § 19000.3 — California Code / Code uic / Division 11 / Section 19000.3
Section 19000.3
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Federal House Resolution 1 (Public Law 119-21) was passed on a partisan vote and signed by President Donald J. Trump on Independence Day, 2025.

(b) H.R. 1 made the largest cuts to the Medicaid program in history.

(c) H.R. 1 made these cuts in order to fund the largest tax breaks for big corporations in history, and those tax breaks amount to $900 billion in additional tax giveaways to profitable corporations at the expense of health insurance for low-income Americans.

(d) H.R. 1 gave these tax breaks to corporations regardless of whether they pay their workforce poverty wages, forcing their workforce to turn to safety net programs such as the Medicaid program.

(e) One of the most significant cuts in the Medicaid program, known as the Medi-Cal program in California, was a cut resulting from a new work and community engagement requirement.

(f) Data shows that 92 percent of adults who receive Medicaid benefits are working and are getting paid poverty wages.

(g) A 2022 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report notes that, despite the rhetoric, work requirements are not likely to lead to increased employment unless paired with targeted work supports, such as childcare and transportation.

(h) Being denied health care does not make anyone better at finding a job, keeping a job, or getting more hours at the job they already have.

(i) Being threatened with losing health care does not help the millions of working adults who currently receive Medi-Cal benefits to increase their wages enough to afford nongovernment-funded health care or secure a job that has adequate health coverage.

(j) A growing body of research shows a healthy workforce provides businesses with a competitive advantage.

(k) When a big corporation relies on Medi-Cal to provide their employees with health insurance, they are relying on what amounts to taxpayer subsidies to gain the competitive advantage of a healthy workforce.

(l) The Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office have both reported that growing Medi-Cal costs are a leading factor in the state’s long-term structural deficit.

(m) In large part due to the negative impacts of HR 1 on the state’s finances, the state can no longer afford to maintain current subsidies for big corporations in the form of paying full costs of their employees’ enrollment in the Medi-Cal program.

(n) If HR 1 remains in effect, legislation will be considered as early as 2027 requiring big corporations to pay their fair share for their employees’ health insurance and reduce the taxpayer burden of big corporations’ employees being enrolled in Medi-Cal.
Cal. FAC § 52354.8 — California Code / Code fac / Division 18 / Chapter 2 / Article 4.5 / Section 52354.8
Section 52354.8
Status: in_force

If the assessment established pursuant to Section 52354 and fixed by the director pursuant to Section 52354.5 is not paid within one calendar month after the end of the fiscal year for which the assessment is made, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment shall be imposed.
Cal. MVC § 1035.6 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 1035.6
Section 1035.6
Status: in_force

(a) The administrator shall provide each member of a home with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined in subdivision (b). The quarterly statement or accounting of charges shall include, in plain, straightforward language, avoiding technical terms as much as possible and using a coherent and easily readable style, all of the following:

(1) A statement that the charges for the excess costs of care are provided to the member for informational purposes only.

(2) A statement that, if the member is a resident of a home at the time of death, the home may use their money or personal property that is in possession of the home or outside the home for payment of unreimbursed costs of care.

(3) A statement that advises the member to seek counsel from a legal expert to protect their assets.

(b) “Costs of care in excess of the member fee” means all costs that are not covered by the member contribution fee, including, but not limited to, the unreimbursed costs of medical or dental services rendered to the member, either by a home or under contract with a home. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall promulgate regulations specifying the costs that are in excess of the member contribution fee and constitute the unreimbursed costs of care.

(c) The quarterly statement or accounting described in subdivision (a) and any notice relating to quarterly statements posted in a home shall be in 14-point font or larger.
Cal. HSC § 124180 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 124180
Section 124180
Status: in_force

(a)  The department may conduct the Adolescent Family Life Program to assure that pregnant adolescents receive comprehensive continuous prenatal care in order to deliver healthy babies; to establish networks within regions to provide to pregnant and parenting teens and their children necessary services including medical care, psychological and nutritional counseling, maternity counseling, adoption counseling, academic and vocational programs, and day care; to provide a continuous case manager to each family unit; and to maintain a data base to measure outcomes of adolescent pregnancies. Specific procedures to operate this program will be defined and carried out through standards and guidelines established by the department.

(b)  No grant funds may be used for essential services to pregnant adolescents or schoolage parents unless the services are not available in the county or are insufficient to meet the basic needs of the population to be served; in that case, funds may be used for essential services only as set forth in the approved grant application. No grant funds may be expended for abortions, abortion referrals, or abortion counseling.
Cal. SHC § 800.7 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2.5 / Section 800.7
Section 800.7
Status: in_force

The Advance Mitigation Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund as a revolving fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the account shall be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for purposes of the Advance Mitigation Program. The activity of the account shall be reported to the commission. The program is intended to become self-sustaining. Expenditures from the account shall later be reimbursed from project funding available at the time a planned transportation project is constructed.
Cal. WIC § 1765 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1765
Section 1765
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department of the Youth Authority and the Youth Authority Board shall keep under continued study a person in their control and shall retain him or her, subject to the limitations of this chapter, under supervision and control so long as in their judgment that control is necessary for the protection of the public.

(b) The board shall discharge that person as soon as in its opinion there is reasonable probability that he or she can be given full liberty without danger to the public.
Cal. RTC § 18417 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 18417
Section 18417
Status: in_force

Provisions in other codes or general law statutes that are related to this part include all of the following:

(a) Chapter 20.6 (commencing with Section 9891) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to tax preparers.

(b) Sections 1502, 2204 to 2206, inclusive, 6210, 6810, 8210, and 8810 of the Corporations Code, relating to the corporation officer statement penalty.

(c) Section 2104 of the Corporations Code, which prevents the application of any provision of this part against any foreign lending institution whose activities in this state are limited to those described in subdivision (d) of Section 191 of the Corporations Code.

(d) Sections 15700 to 15702.1, inclusive, of the Government Code, relating to the Franchise Tax Board.

(e) Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of this division, relating to the Personal Income Tax Law.

(f) Part 10.5 (commencing with Section 20501) of this division, relating to the Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance and Postponement Law.

(g) Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001) of this division, relating to the Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights.

(h) Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) of this division, relating to the Corporation Tax Law.
Cal. RTC § 32469 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 32469
Section 32469
Status: in_force

(a) Every taxpayer is entitled to be reimbursed for any reasonable fees and expenses related to a hearing before the board if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The taxpayer files a claim for the fee and expenses with the board within one year of the date the decision of the board becomes final.

(2) The board, in its sole discretion, finds that the action taken by the board staff was unreasonable.

(3) The board decides that the taxpayer be awarded a specific amount of fees and expenses related to the hearing, in an amount determined by the board in its sole discretion.

(b) To determine whether the board staff has been unreasonable, the board shall consider whether the board staff has established that its position was substantially justified.

(c) The amount of reimbursed fees and expenses shall be limited to the following:

(1) Fees and expenses incurred after the date of the notice of determination, jeopardy determination, or a claim for refund.

(2) If the board finds that the staff was unreasonable with respect to certain issues but reasonable with respect to other issues, the amount of reimbursed fees and expenses shall be limited to those that relate to the issues where the staff was unreasonable.

(d) Any proposed award by the board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of the award.

(e) The amendments to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall be operative for claims filed on or after January 1, 2000.
Cal. UIC § 2122 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 2122
Section 2122
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Sections 2117, 2117.5, 2118, and 2118.5, a violation of this chapter is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or in the state prison, or by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Cal. RTC § 97.69 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 0.5 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 97.69
Section 97.69
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, in allocating ad valorem property tax revenues to a Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund under Section 97.68 or a Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation Fund under Section 97.70, the auditor shall not allocate to those funds the revenues from delinquent and uncollected property taxes on the secured roll that have been pledged or contractually obligated to debt service repayment under Section 6516.6 of the Government Code.

(b) In implementing subdivision (a), the auditor shall proportionally increase, using nondelinquent ad valorem property tax revenues, the total amount of the ad valorem property tax revenue reduction, otherwise required by Sections 97.68 and 97.70, for all school entities in the county that have pledged or contractually obligated to debt service repayment revenues from delinquent and uncollected property taxes on the secured roll, by an amount equal to the total amount excluded under subdivision (a) to ensure that there is no reduction in the total amount of the countywide adjustment amount, as defined in Section 97.68, or the total amount of the countywide vehicle license fee adjustment amount, as defined in Section 97.70, for any fiscal year.
Cal. HSC § 109875 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 109875
Section 109875
Status: in_force

This part shall be known as the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law.
Cal. HSC § 1596.845 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.4 / Article 2 / Section 1596.845
Section 1596.845
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance of a new license or special permit pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), or Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) the applicant shall attend an orientation given by the department. The orientation given by the department shall outline all of the following:

(a)  The rules and regulations of the department applicable to child day care facilities.

(b)  The scope of operation of a child day care facility.

(c)  The responsibility entailed in operating a child day care facility.

(d) Information about the Healthy Schools Act of 2000 and integrated pest management practices.
Cal. WIC § 4515 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 1.6 / Section 4515
Section 4515
Status: in_force

Signed consent forms by a person with a developmental disability or, where appropriate, the parent, guardian, or conservator, for release of any information to which such person consents under the provision of Sections 11878 or 11879 of the Health and Safety Code, or subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 4514 shall be obtained for each separate use with the use specified, the information to be released, the name of the agency or individual to whom information will be released indicated on the form and the name of the responsible individual who has authorization to release information specified. Any use of this form shall be noted in the file of the person with developmental disabilities. Persons who sign consent forms shall be given a copy of the consent forms signed.
Cal. FAM § 8822 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 8822
Section 8822
Status: in_force

(a) If the findings of the department or delegated county adoption agency are that the home of the petitioners is not suitable for the child or that the required consents are not available and the department or agency recommends that the petition be denied, or if the petitioners desire to withdraw the petition and the department or agency recommends that the petition be denied, the clerk upon receipt of the report of the department or agency shall immediately refer it to the court for review.

(b) Upon receipt of the report, the court shall set a date for a hearing of the petition and shall give reasonable notice of the hearing to the department or delegated county adoption agency, the petitioners, and the birth parents by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of each as shown in the proceeding.

(c) The department or delegated county adoption agency shall appear to represent the child.
Cal. BPC § 17086 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 17086
Section 17086
Status: in_force

No information obtained under this article, or under Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.010) of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure, may be used against any party, or any witness, as a basis for a misdemeanor or felony prosecution in any court of this state.