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Cal. HSC § 114305 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 10 / Section 114305
Section 114305
Status: in_force

(a) During operation, no food intended for retail shall be conveyed, held, stored, displayed, or served from any place other than a mobile food facility, except for the restocking of product in a manner approved by the enforcement agency.

(b) Food preparation counter space shall be provided commensurate with the food operation, adjacent to all cooking equipment.

(c) Except as specified in subdivision (d), food products remaining after each day’s operation shall be stored in an approved commissary or other approved facility.

(d) Potentially hazardous foods held at or above 135ºF on a mobile food facility or mobile support unit shall be destroyed at the end of the operating day.
Cal. PRC § 3641 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 3 / Section 3641
Section 3641
Status: in_force

An agreement for the management, development, and operation of two or more tracts of land in the same field or in the same producing or prospective pool as a unit without regard to separate ownerships, and for the allocation of benefits and costs on a basis set forth in such agreement, shall be valid and binding upon those who consent thereto and may be filed with the supervisor for approval. However, unless and until the agreement qualifies for approval, and is approved, by the supervisor persons who do not consent thereto shall not be bound thereby, nor shall their rights be affected thereby.
Cal. PRC § 512 — California Code / Code prc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 512
Section 512
Status: in_force

For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and maintain exhibits, and perform such acts and carry on such functions as in the opinion of the director will best tend to disseminate such information.

Such publications may be distributed free of charge to public libraries and to other state departments and state officers. The department may exchange copies with contemporary publications.

All money received by the department from the sale of publications shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
Cal. RTC § 20514 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 20514
Section 20514
Status: in_force

(a) Assistance shall not be allowed under this chapter if gross household income, after allowance for actual cash expenditures that are reasonable, ordinary, and necessary to realize income, exceeds thirty-five thousand two hundred fifty-one dollars ($35,251).

(b) With respect to assistance that is provided by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this chapter for the 2002 calendar year and each calendar year thereafter, the gross household income figure that applies to assistance provided by the Franchise Tax Board during that period shall be the gross household income figure that applied to assistance provided by the Franchise Tax Board in the same period in the immediately preceding year, multiplied by an inflation adjustment factor calculated as follows:

(1) On or before February 1 of each year, the Department of Industrial Relations shall transmit to the Franchise Tax Board the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index for all items from June of the second preceding calendar year to June of the immediately preceding calendar year.

(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall add 100 percent to the percentage change figure that is furnished pursuant to paragraph (1) and divide the result by 100.

(3) The Franchise Tax Board shall multiply the gross household income figure that applies in the immediately preceding year by the inflation adjustment factor determined in paragraph (2), and round off the resulting product to the nearest one dollar ($1).
Cal. HSC § 78160 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 78160
Section 78160
Status: in_force

“Site cleanup evaluation” means an evaluation by the department of the effectiveness of a removal or remedial action conducted by a responsible party, to reduce or eliminate actual or potential public health and environmental threats posed by a hazardous substance release site if the action itself is not the subject of oversight by the department.
Cal. MVC § 210 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 210
Section 210
Status: in_force

The National Guard consists of:

(a) General officers.

(b) The several staff corps and departments prescribed in tables of organization of the United States Army or United States Air Force or tables of organization for the National Guard.

(c) The officers and enlisted persons on the retired and the reserve lists.

(d) The organizations forming the National Guard and persons enlisted or commissioned therein.
Cal. INS § 12919 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 12919
Section 12919
Status: in_force

Communications to the commissioner or any person in the commissioner’s office in respect to any fact concerning the holder of, or applicant for, any certificate or license issued under this code are made to the commissioner in official confidence within the meaning of Sections 1040 and 1041 of the Evidence Code. Liability shall not exist and no action or proceeding shall lie for or on account of any communication or the making thereof, but the existence of the communication shall not be deemed to dispense with or nullify any requirement of notice, hearing, or production of evidence before the commissioner as otherwise required by law.
Cal. PUC § 50255 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 50255
Section 50255
Status: in_force

In lieu of selling refunding bonds and using the proceeds to purchase or retire the bonds to be refunded, the board may exchange refunding bonds at not less than par and accrued interest for the bonds so refunded.
Cal. BPC § 4841 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 2.5 / Section 4841
Section 4841
Status: in_force

Any person performing any of the tasks designated by the board pursuant to Section 4836 and any person representing himself or herself as a registered veterinary technician in this state, shall hold a valid unexpired certificate of registration as provided in this article.
Cal. WIC § 991 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 991
Section 991
Status: in_force

Moneys in the fund, up to twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), upon appropriation to the department, shall be available for allocation by the department in accordance with this chapter, for grants to nonprofit organizations for acquiring, renovating, or constructing youth centers. Of these moneys, an amount not to exceed 1 1/2 percent thereof shall be available to the department for administrative costs associated with this article.
Cal. HSC § 1254.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 1254.4
Section 1254.4
Status: in_force

(a) A general acute care hospital shall adopt a policy for providing family or next of kin with a reasonably brief period of accommodation, as described in subdivision (b), from the time that a patient is declared dead by reason of irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, in accordance with Section 7180, through discontinuation of cardiopulmonary support for the patient. During this reasonably brief period of accommodation, a hospital is required to continue only previously ordered cardiopulmonary support. No other medical intervention is required.

(b) For purposes of this section, a “reasonably brief period” means an amount of time afforded to gather family or next of kin at the patient’s bedside.

(c) (1) A hospital subject to this section shall provide the patient’s legally recognized health care decisionmaker, if any, or the patient’s family or next of kin, if available, with a written statement of the policy described in subdivision (a), upon request, but no later than shortly after the treating physician has determined that the potential for brain death is imminent.

(2) If the patient’s legally recognized health care decisionmaker, family, or next of kin voices any special religious or cultural practices and concerns of the patient or the patient’s family surrounding the issue of death by reason of irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain of the patient, the hospital shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate those religious and cultural practices and concerns.

(d) For purposes of this section, in determining what is reasonable, a hospital shall consider the needs of other patients and prospective patients in urgent need of care.

(e) There shall be no private right of action to sue pursuant to this section.
Cal. RTC § 30223 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 30223
Section 30223
Status: in_force

The amount of the determination, exclusive of penalties, shall bear interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date the amount, or any portion thereof, should have been reported until the date of payment.
Cal. UIC § 14040 — California Code / Code uic / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 14040
Section 14040
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Earn and learn” has the same meaning as in subdivision (q) of Section 14005.

(b) “Justice involved” refers to individuals who are on parole, probation, mandatory supervision, or postrelease community supervision and are supervised by, or are under the jurisdiction of, a county or the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

(c) “Prison to employment regional partnership” or “regional partnership” means a partnership established to develop a regional plan that coordinates reentry and workforce services in each of the state’s 14 workforce regions established pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), so that the formerly incarcerated and other justice-involved individuals in these regions can find and retain employment. Partners in a regional partnership shall include local workforce development boards, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Parole Operations, community-based organizations that serve the formerly incarcerated and other justice-involved individuals, and reentry service providers. Partners may include other stakeholders, as specified by the board.

(d) “Prison to employment regional plan” or “regional plan” is the plan developed by a regional partnership to coordinate reentry and workforce services in each of the state’s 14 workforce regions. The prison to employment regional plan is a component of each federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act regional workforce plan.

(e) “Supportive services” are services necessary to enable an individual to successfully participate in, or receive, workforce, education, and other related services authorized under subdivision (c) of Section 1234.3 of the Penal Code, Section 14035 of this code, as well as the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and its corresponding regulations.

(f) “Workforce, education, and related services” include services authorized under subdivision (c) of Section 1234.3 of the Penal Code, Section 14035 of this code, as well the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and its corresponding regulations.
Cal. PUC § 132620 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.7 / Chapter 7 / Section 132620
Section 132620
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the authority.

(b) The executive director is exempt from all civil service provisions and shall be paid a salary established by the board.

(c) The executive director may appoint staff or retain consultants as necessary to carry out the duties of the authority.

(d) All contracts approved and awarded by the executive director shall be awarded in accordance with state and federal laws relating to procurement. Awards shall be based on price or competitive negotiation, or on both of those things.
Cal. PROB § 6380 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 6380
Section 6380
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(a) “International will” means a will executed in conformity with Sections 6381 to 6384, inclusive.

(b) “Authorized person” and “person authorized to act in connection with international wills” means a person who by Section 6388, or by the laws of the United States including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by Foreign Service Regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution of international wills.
Cal. PUC § 559 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 559
Section 559
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in Sections 556 to 558, inclusive, shall limit or modify the duty of a common carrier to establish joint rates, fares, and charges for the transportation of passengers and property over the lines owned, operated, controlled, or leased by it and the lines of other common carriers, or the power of the commission to require the establishment of such joint rates, fares, and charges.

(b) Subdivision (a) is not applicable to network railroad transportation.
Cal. PUC § 103104 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 103104
Section 103104
Status: in_force

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.
Cal. WAT § 1259.2 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 1259.2
Section 1259.2
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall annually prepare a written summary, in chart form, of pending applications to appropriate water in the Counties of Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Humboldt. The summary shall include a description of the status of each pending application, the actions taken in the preceding year, proposed actions for the upcoming year, and the proposed date for final action with regard to that application.

(b) For the purposes of carrying out subdivision (a), the board may post the information described in subdivision (a) on its Web site.
Cal. HNC § 453 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 453
Section 453
Status: in_force

The master of a vessel can hypothecate it upon bottomry only when he can not otherwise relieve the necessities of the vessel, and is unable to reach adequate funds of the owner, or to obtain any funds upon the personal credit of the owner, and when previous communication with the owner is precluded by the urgent necessity of the case.
Cal. BPC § 22411 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 17.5 / Section 22411
Section 22411
Status: in_force

No manufacturer shall sell any appliance in this state unless such appliance has been permanently marked with a serial number unique to that appliance. A marking that is required to be permanent shall be molded, die-stamped, or paint-stenciled or stamped or etched on metal that is permanently secured or indelibly stamped on pressure sensitive labels secured by adhesive that is adequate and suitable for permanent application.

Every manufacturer of an appliance to be sold within this state shall provide on the first page of the warranty or instruction manual, or on a separate card, a description of the appliance providing a space thereon for recording the model number and serial number, the description of the location of such numbers on the appliance, and instructions to the final purchaser of the appliance to record and retain such numbers.
Cal. FAC § 29213 — California Code / Code fac / Division 13 / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 29213
Section 29213
Status: in_force

The disease which is named by the director in a written response to the appeal may be abated pursuant to this chapter. Pending the determination of the director, the time which is specified in the abatement notice shall be extended by the number of hours between the forwarding of the representative specimen and the receipt of the written determination from the director by the inspector, and the service of a copy of the written determination upon the owner or bailee that made the written appeal. If the owner or bailee cannot be found after due diligence, the extended time shall expire when a copy of the director’s determination is served by posting it in the apiary.
Cal. FAM § 9005 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 9005
Section 9005
Status: in_force

(a) Consent of the birth parent to the adoption of the child through a stepparent adoption may not be withdrawn except with court approval. Request for that approval may be made by motion, or a birth parent seeking to withdraw consent may file with the clerk of the court where the adoption petition is pending, a petition for approval of withdrawal of consent, without the necessity of paying a fee for filing the petition. The petition or motion shall be in writing, and shall set forth the reasons for withdrawal of consent, but otherwise may be in any form.

(b) The court clerk shall set the matter for hearing and shall give notice thereof to the probation officer, qualified court investigator, or county welfare department, to the prospective adoptive parent, and to the birth parent or parents by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of each as shown in the proceeding, at least 10 days before the time set for hearing.

(c) The probation officer, qualified court investigator, or county welfare department shall, before the hearing of the motion or petition for withdrawal, file a full report with the court and shall appear at the hearing to represent the interests of the child.

(d) At the hearing, the parties may appear in person or with counsel. The hearing shall be held in chambers, but the court reporter shall report the proceedings and, on court order, the fee therefor shall be paid from the county treasury. If the court finds that withdrawal of the consent to adoption is reasonable in view of all the circumstances and that withdrawal of the consent is in the child’s best interest, the court shall approve the withdrawal of the consent. Otherwise the court shall withhold its approval. Consideration of the child’s best interest shall include, but is not limited to, an assessment of the child’s age, the extent of bonding with the prospective adoptive parent, the extent of bonding or the potential to bond with the birth parent, and the ability of the birth parent to provide adequate and proper care and guidance to the child. If the court approves the withdrawal of consent, the adoption proceeding shall be dismissed.

(e) A court order granting or withholding approval of a withdrawal of consent to an adoption may be appealed in the same manner as an order of the juvenile court declaring a person to be a ward of the juvenile court.
Cal. HSC § 18961 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.7 / Section 18961
Section 18961
Status: in_force

All state agencies that enforce and administer approvals, variances, or appeals procedures or decisions affecting the preservation or safety of the historical aspects of qualified historical buildings or structures shall use the alternative provisions of this part and shall consult with the State Historical Building Safety Board to obtain its review prior to undertaking action or making decisions on variances or appeals that affect qualified historical buildings or structures.
Cal. HSC § 101868 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 101868
Section 101868
Status: in_force

(a)  Any interested person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of stopping or preventing violations or threatened violations of Article 2 (commencing with Section 101861) by the corporation. In addition, the corporation may institute proceedings for declaratory relief, or validation of its policy or policies under Article 2 (commencing with Section 101861). In the event the corporation institutes proceedings, the corporation shall give written notice, to the person or persons with an interest in the corporation’s compliance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 101861), of the right to participate in the proceedings.

(b)  Any interested person, including a corporation subject to this chapter, may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief or mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination as to whether an action taken by the corporation was in violation of Article 2 (commencing with Section 101861). In the event the corporation institutes proceedings, the corporation shall give written notice, to the person or persons with an interest in the corporation’s compliance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 101861), of the right to participate in the proceedings.

(c)  Any action seeking a judicial determination under this section shall be commenced within 30 days from the date the action was taken. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the corporation from curing or correcting an action that is subject to review pursuant to this section. The fact that the corporation takes a subsequent action to cure or correct an action taken pursuant to this section shall not be construed or admissible as evidence of a violation of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall permit discovery of communications that are protected by the attorney-client privilege.

(d)  An action shall not be determined to be null and void if any of the following conditions exist:

(1)  The action taken was in connection with the sale or issuance of notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness or any contract, instrument, or agreement related thereto.

(2)  The action taken gave rise to a contractual obligation.

(3)  The action taken was in substantial compliance with this chapter.

(4)  Invalidation of the action taken would substantially impair the corporation’s ability to accomplish its primary public benefit purposes by either depriving the corporation of a material competitive or economic benefit, or exposing the corporation to a material competitive or economic risk.
Cal. BPC § 7115 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 7115
Section 7115
Status: in_force

Failure in any material respect to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, or to comply with the provisions of Section 7106 of the Public Contract Code, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action.
Cal. PROB § 8576 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 8576
Section 8576
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, service made under Section 8574 has the same legal force and validity as if made personally in this state.

(b) A nonresident personal representative served under Section 8574 may appear and answer the complaint within 30 days from the date of service.

(c) Notice of motion shall be served on a nonresident personal representative under Section 8574 not less than 30 days before the date of the hearing on the motion.