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Cal. WAT § 24661 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 24661
Section 24661
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding shall be maintained to enforce the payment of any registered warrant or to require the levy of an assessment therefor unless the action or proceeding is commenced within four years from the date of the original presentation of the warrant to the treasurer for payment.
Cal. INS § 664.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 664.5
Section 664.5
Status: in_force

Any insurer who requires periodic physical examinations of an insured as a condition of renewal of a policy shall pay the cost of such physical examinations, except that an insurer shall not pay any cost if it elects to accept the certified written results of an insured’s physical examination voluntarily conducted within 12 months preceding the policy expiration or renewal date.
Cal. VEH § 21110 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 21110
Section 21110
Status: in_force

Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution to require that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the tracks at any highway railroad grade crossing when signs are in place giving notice thereof, but no such ordinance shall be effective unless approved by an order of the Public Utilities Commission.
Cal. SHC § 10400 — California Code / Code shc / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 10400
Section 10400
Status: in_force

The validity of an assessment or supplementary assessment levied under this division shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the assessment is levied. Any appeal from a final judgment in such an action or proceeding shall be perfected within 30 days after the entry of judgment.
Cal. VEH § 5068.1 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 8.4 / Section 5068.1
Section 5068.1
Status: in_force

By July 1, 2013, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Issue a distinctive decal pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 to an applicant for an original or renewal of vehicle registration for veteran plates or plates honoring veterans to allow that applicant the option of recognizing his or her veteran status in, or honoring veterans of, a particular war or armed conflict, including, but not limited to, those who served in the active military, naval, or air service and performed any portion of their service during any of the periods described in Section 980 of the Military and Veterans Code, including active duty in a campaign or expedition for service in which a medal was authorized by the government of the United States.

(b) Make available to an applicant, upon request, a “yellow ribbon/support our troops” decal in lieu of the distinctive decal described in subdivision (a).

(c) Eliminate from inventory any decals for which the department determines that demand is insufficient to maintain that inventory in a cost-effective manner.
Cal. PRC § 25302.4 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 4 / Section 25302.4
Section 25302.4
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Fusion” means a reaction in which at least one heavier, more stable nucleus is produced from at least one lighter, less stable nucleus, typically through high temperatures and pressures, and emitting energy as a result.

(2) “Fusion energy” means the product of fusion reactions inside a fusion device and used to generate electricity or other commercially usable forms of energy.

(b) As part of the 2027 edition of the integrated energy policy report, the commission shall include an assessment of the potential for fusion energy to contribute to California’s power supply, including both of the following:

(1) Identification of the necessary regulatory and policy actions required to deploy fusion energy, including aneutronic fusion and deuterium and tritium reactions, within California’s energy system.

(2) Identification of state and federal investments available for fusion energy development and deployment.

(c) For purposes of the assessment described in subdivision (b), the commission shall define aneutronic fusion.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. RTC § 17551 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 6 / Section 17551
Section 17551
Status: in_force

(a) Subchapter E of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to accounting periods and methods of accounting, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(b) Section 444(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to effect of election, shall not apply.

(c) Section 451(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to inclusion not later than for financial accounting purposes, shall not apply to specified credit card fees, as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.451-3(j)(2).

(d) (1) Notwithstanding the specified date contained in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 17024.5, Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to deferred compensation plans of state and local governments and tax-exempt organizations, shall apply, except as otherwise provided, without regard to taxable year to the same extent as applicable for federal income tax purposes.

(2) The maximum deferred compensation for the taxable year that may be excluded from gross income under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for state purposes, shall not exceed the amount of deferred compensation that may be excluded from gross income under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, as in effect on January 1, 2010, including additional elective deferrals under Section 414(v) of the Internal Revenue Code, as in effect on January 1, 2010.

(e) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, the basis of any person in the plan shall be increased by the amount of compensation not allowed to be excluded under subdivision (a).

(2) Any basis described in paragraph (1) shall be recovered in the manner specified in Section 17085.

(f) Notwithstanding the limitations provided in subdivision (a), any income attributable to compensation deferred in a plan in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, in conformance with Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable for federal and state purposes, shall not be includable in the gross income of the individual for whose benefit the plan was established until distributed pursuant to the provisions of the plan or by operation of law.

(g) Section 451(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to special rule for sales or dispositions to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or state electric restructuring policy, shall not apply.

(h) Section 457A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to nonqualified deferred compensation from certain tax indifferent parties, shall not apply.
Cal. WIC § 11207 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 11207
Section 11207
Status: in_force

Every county shall grant aid to any child eligible therefor, in any amount needed, not to exceed the amount specified in Section 11450, and shall administer this chapter in such a manner as to achieve the greatest possible reduction of dependency and to promote the rehabilitation of recipients. At the time of application the county department shall discuss parental responsibility with the applicant.
Cal. VEH § 5000 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 5000
Section 5000
Status: in_force

(a) Identification plates issued for trailers, semitrailers, motor-driven cycles, and pole and pipe dollies, and such vehicles as are exempt from the payment of registration fees under this code shall display suitable distinguishing marks or symbols, and the registration numbers assigned to each class of vehicles shall run in a separate numerical series, except that registration numbers assigned to vehicles exempt from the payment of registration fees may run in several separate numerical series.

(b) Vehicles subject to Sections 9400 and 9400.1 shall be issued license plates with suitable distinguishing marks or symbols distinguishing them from other license plates issued.

(c) Vehicles subject to Section 5014.1 shall be issued permanent identification plates with suitable distinguishing marks or symbols that distinguish them from other license plates.
Cal. HSC § 13105.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 13105.7
Section 13105.7
Status: in_force

(a)  The State Fire Marshal may establish a schedule of fees for the inspection, approval, and listing of testing laboratories which test consumer products for fire safety that are regulated by the State Fire Marshal.

(b)  The State Fire Marshal may charge the testing laboratories fees to cover the costs of the program specified in subdivision (a), including the cost of establishing the fee schedule.
Cal. BPC § 22132 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 22132
Section 22132
Status: in_force

Any person or any officer, director, employee or agent of any person who makes, sells, or offers to sell, or dispose of, or has in his possession, with intent to sell or dispose of any article to which is applied any quality mark which does not conform to all of the provisions of this article, or from which is omitted any mark required by the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

It shall be a defense to any prosecution under this article for the defendant to prove that the said article was manufactured and marked with the intention of and for purposes of exportation from the United States and that the said article was either actually exported from the United States to a foreign country within six months after the date of manufacture thereof with the bona fide intention of being sold in the said country and of not being reimported; or that it was delivered within six months after date of manufacture thereof, to a person whose exclusive customary business is the exportation of such articles from the United States.
Cal. BPC § 2455.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 21 / Section 2455.2
Section 2455.2
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon shall report to the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, at the time of initial licensure, any specialty board certification that he or she holds that is issued by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or approved by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California.

(b) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon shall also report to the board, at the time of license renewal, his or her practice status, designated as one of the following:

(1) Full-time practice in California.

(2) Full-time practice outside of California.

(3) Part-time practice in California.

(4) Medical administrative employment that does not include direct patient care.

(5) Retired.

(6) Other practice status, as may be further defined by the board.

(c) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon may report to the board, at the time of initial licensure and license renewal, and the board shall collect, information regarding his or her cultural background and foreign language proficiency.

(d) The information collected pursuant to this section may be placed on the board’s Internet Web site.

(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2010.
Cal. RTC § 2325 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 2325
Section 2325
Status: in_force

Annually, no later than 15 days after the property tax rate for a local agency has been fixed, each local agency shall report to the Controller, on a form to be specified by the Controller, the property tax rate levied by, or on behalf of, the agency for the current fiscal year. That information shall show the amount of the rate, if any, levied pursuant to Sections 2260, 2261, 2262, 2263, 2263.1, 2263.2, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2266.1, 2267, 2270, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2279 and 2280. That information shall also show any property tax rate authorized or levied pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 2285), Article 7 (commencing with Section 2295), and Article 8 (commencing with Section 2305). Information with respect to any rate levied pursuant to Section 2270 shall also indicate the rate levied to pay interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness, the rate levied to pay the cost of retirement and pension benefits and the rate levied to make payments to special funds as required by charter. The Controller shall, by regulation, require any tax rate exempt from rate limitations imposed by this chapter to be reported in the manner specified by this section.
Cal. FAC § 71063 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 9.5 / Article 3 / Section 71063
Section 71063
Status: in_force

The secretary or his or her representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission and any committee meetings of the commission. However, the secretary or his or her representative is not entitled to attend an executive session of the commission or a committee of the commission called for the purpose of discussing potential or actual litigation against the department.
Cal. HSC § 7158.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.55 / Section 7158.2
Section 7158.2
Status: in_force

Every health care service plan contract that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after July 1, 1999, shall provide, upon enrollment and annually thereafter, a notice to subscribers in the evidence of coverage, health plan newsletter, or any direct plan communication to subscribers, information regarding organ donation options. This notice shall inform subscribers of the societal benefits of organ donations and the method whereby they may elect to be an organ or tissue donor.
Cal. BPC § 6770.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4.5 / Section 6770.2
Section 6770.2
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days of payment of all or any portion of any civil action judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award described in Section 6770 against a licensee of the board, any insurer providing professional liability insurance to that licensee shall report to the board the name of the licensee; the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award; the amount paid by the insurer; and the identity of the payee.

(b) Within 30 days of payment of all or any portion of any civil action judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award described in Section 6770 against a licensee of the board, any state or local government agency that self-insures that licensee shall report to the board the name of the licensee; the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award; the amount paid; and the identity of the payee.
Cal. HSC § 50089 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 50089
Section 50089
Status: in_force

“Neighborhood preservation area” means any concentrated rehabilitation area, scattered-site rehabilitation area, or mortgage assistance area.
Cal. SHC § 670 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 670
Section 670
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue written permits, as provided in this chapter, authorizing the permittee to do any of the following acts:

(1) Make an opening or excavation for any purpose in any state highway.

(2) Place, change, or renew an encroachment.

(3) Place or display in, under, or over any state highway any advertising sign or device. Any advertising sign or device placed or displayed in violation of this section is a public nuisance and the department may immediately remove it. This section does not prohibit the posting of any notice in the manner required by law or by the order of any court.

(4) Plant, remove, cut, cut down, injure, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant, or flower growing within any state highway. However, the department shall not issue a permit for, or take any other action to accomplish, the destruction, removal, or topping of any tree, unless the tree is dead or diseased, for the purpose of improving or enhancing the view from the highway of an advertising sign or device or any commercial activity, unless, for any project whose cost is more than five hundred dollars ($500), the permittee has obtained consent from the city or county in which the tree is located. Nothing in this paragraph limits the department’s authority to modify or deny any permittee’s request. If the city or county does not respond within 30 days to a request for a permit pursuant to this paragraph, the city or county is deemed to have given consent to the project.

(5) Install or remove tire chains upon motor vehicles for compensation on any state highway at locations designated in the permit, upon any terms and conditions relating to the safe and orderly movement of traffic that the department finds necessary. The department may issue sufficient permits for the installation or removal of tire chains that it finds necessary or desirable to accommodate the demand for those services consistent with the maximum convenience and safety to traffic. The department, in issuing any permit for the installation or removal of tire chains, shall assume no responsibility for the competence or reliability of the permittee in performing those services.

(b) Any person who does any act specified in this section without a permit is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. WAT § 36496 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 36496
Section 36496
Status: in_force

All lands of the distribution district shall remain jointly liable for all obligations accruing to the United States or accruing to the district under any contract between the distribution district and the United States or any contract between the distribution district and the district.
Cal. BPC § 11010.05 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 11010.05
Section 11010.05
Status: in_force

(a) A person who proposes to create a senior citizen housing development, as defined in Section 51.3 or 51.11 of the Civil Code, or an intergenerational housing development, as defined in Section 51.3.5 of the Civil Code, shall include in the application for a public report a complete statement of the restrictions on occupancy that are to be applicable in the development. Any public report issued for a senior housing development or an intergenerational housing development shall also include a complete statement of the restrictions on occupancy to be applicable in the development.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2001, and shall apply to all applications for a public report for a senior housing development submitted to the department on or after July 1, 2001.

(c)  This section shall be operative for, and shall apply to all applications for a public report submitted to the department for, intergenerational housing developments on and after January 1, 2022.
Cal. WIC § 14024 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 14024
Section 14024
Status: in_force

When health care services are provided to a person under this chapter who at the time the service is provided has any other contractual or legal entitlement to such services, the director shall have the right to recover from the person, corporation, or partnership who owes such entitlement, the amount which would have been paid to the person entitled thereto, or to a third party in his behalf, or the value of the service actually provided, if the person entitled thereto was entitled to services. The Attorney General may, to recover under this section, institute and prosecute legal proceedings against the person, corporation, or partnership owing such entitlement in the appropriate court in the name of the director.

To the extent permitted by federal law and subject to the director’s prior right to recover upon any contractual or legal entitlement or other third-party liability for the cost incurred in rendering care, the provider of services shall remain entitled to recover remaining unpaid charges to the extent that any third party is obligated to pay the charges by reason of the beneficiary’s other contractual entitlement. Any claim shall not be permitted to the extent that the claim would reduce the director’s right to recover pursuant to Section 14124.78.

The provider of services shall be required to notify the department of any potential contractual or legal entitlement or other third-party liability within 60 days of discovery. A provider who has obtained proof of Medi-Cal eligibility and who makes a claim for payment by any third party shall disclose in the claim that the patient is a Medi-Cal beneficiary.
Cal. BPC § 17554 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.8 / Section 17554
Section 17554
Status: in_force

An educational travel organization may not arrange an educational travel program before the organization involved has first entered into a written contract with the educational institution. The written contract shall include all of the following:

(a) The educational travel organization’s name, trade or business name, business address, and business telephone number, including a 24-hour emergency telephone number or 24-hour emergency contact by pager, voice mail, or other method of 24-hour telecommunications.

(b) An itemized statement of the services to be provided as a part of the program and the agreed cost for the services. The statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) A statement as to whether or not the educational travel organization maintains insurance that supplies coverage in the event of injury to any student traveler. The statement shall include the type and amount of coverage, the policy number and issuer, and the name, address, and telephone number of the person or organization who is able to verify the coverage.

(2) Any additional costs to students.

(3) The qualifications, if any, for experience and training that are required to be met by the educational travel organization’s staff who shall accompany students on the educational travel program.

(c) A written description of the educational program being contracted for, including a copy of all materials to be provided to students.

(d) The number of times the educational travel program or a substantially similar educational travel program that is the subject of the contract has been conducted by the educational travel organization and the number of students who completed that program.

(e) The length of time the educational travel organization has either been arranging or conducting educational travel programs, and, at the option of the educational travel organization, other travel services with substantially similar components.

(f) The name of each owner and principal of the educational travel organization.

(g) A statement as to whether any owner or principal of the educational travel organization has had entered against him or her any judgment, including a stipulated judgment, order, made a plea of nolo contendere, or been convicted of any criminal violation, in connection with the sale of any travel services for a period of 10 years predating the contract.

For purposes of this section, “owner” means a person or organization who owns or controls 10 percent or more of the equity of, or otherwise has claim to 10 percent or more of the net income of, the educational travel organization; and “principal” means an owner, an officer of a corporation, a general partner of a partnership, or a sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship.