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Cal. PUC § 98194 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 98194
Section 98194
Status: in_force

Liabilities accruing under the retirement system because of benefits other than such as are the equivalent of contributions by the members, with accumulated interests, shall be met by contributions by the district. Prior service or other liabilities of the district may be met by annual appropriation instead of by one appropriation for the total of the liabilities; but until the present value of regular contributions for current service, together with assets then available, equals the present value of all allowances and benefits granted or to be granted under the system, the appropriation for any one year when added to any unused balance of any previous appropriations for such purpose shall not be less than the amount disbursed during that year on account of prior service or other liabilities of the district.
Cal. FAC § 38702 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 26 / Section 38702
Section 38702
Status: in_force

Sour cream dressing shall be labeled with the term “sour cream dressing” and with the name and address of the distributor.
Cal. FGC § 12166 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 12166
Section 12166
Status: in_force

A termination of probation and dismissal of charges pursuant to Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code or a dismissal of charges pursuant to Section 1203.4a of the Penal Code does not affect either a past revocation or suspension of any license or permit to take fish or game or the authority of the commission or a court to revoke or suspend a license or permit to take fish and game.
Cal. VEH § 40261 — California Code / Code veh / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 40261
Section 40261
Status: in_force

(a) Within 10 days from the mailing of a notice of delinquent toll evasion violation, any person or his or her agent, may request by mail or in person a photostatic copy or an electronically produced facsimile of the original notice of toll evasion violation. The issuing agency may charge a fee sufficient to recover the actual cost of providing the copy, not to exceed two dollars ($2). Within 15 days of the request, the processing agency shall mail or otherwise provide the copy. Until the issuing agency complies with a request for a copy of the original notice of toll evasion violation, the processing agency may not proceed pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 22651, or Section 22651.7 or 40267.

(b) If the description of the vehicle on the notice of toll evasion violation does not match the department’s corresponding vehicle registration record, the processing agency may, on written request of the person, cancel the notice of toll evasion violation without the necessity of an appearance by that person.
Cal. PRC § 29012 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 29012
Section 29012
Status: in_force

This division shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes and objectives.
Cal. PUC § 130110 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 130110
Section 130110
Status: in_force

(a) For employees of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority not in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization, the authority shall establish retirement benefits pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 30400) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 30430) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 10.

(b) Retirement benefits for employees of the authority and any organizational unit of the authority in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 30450) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 10.

(c) Retirement benefits for employees of the authority and any organizational unit of the authority in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization that was created on or after January 1, 1999, for the purpose of representing managerial employees or supervisorial employees, shall be established pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the authority or any organizational unit of the authority and that labor organization.
Cal. FIN § 1328 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 1328
Section 1328
Status: in_force

(a) A bank or trust company may engage in the business of renting safe deposit boxes and may receive personal property for safekeeping and storage on its banking premises.

(b) A copy of any safe deposit rental agreement, or personal property safekeeping and storage agreement, which is prepared by the bank or trust company and signed by the customer shall be delivered to the customer at the time the agreement is signed if the agreement is signed at a place of business of the bank or trust company. If the agreement is not signed at a place of business of the bank or trust company, the bank or trust company shall mail or deliver a copy of the agreement to the customer within 10 calendar days after the bank or trust company receives it. The contract shall not contain any blank spaces to be filled in after the customer signs the contract. If more than one customer has signed the agreement, the bank or trust company may comply with this section by mailing or delivering the copy to any one of the customers who reside at the same address. A copy shall also be mailed or delivered to any other customer who has signed the agreement and who does not reside at the same address. As used in this section, “copy” means a reproduction, facsimile, or duplicate. A bank or trust company which fails to comply with this section is liable to its customer for any actual damages suffered by the customer as a result of that failure. The remedy provided by this section is nonexclusive and is in addition to any remedies or penalties available under other laws of this state.
Cal. BPC § 22589.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 22.2.9 / Section 22589.3
Section 22589.3
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Any social media platform that violates a requirement of this chapter shall be liable for ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation and for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and any civil remedies, penalties, or sanctions for harms caused by the social media platform’s failure to comply with this chapter, which damages shall be adjudicated and awarded apart from any harms attributable to the existence of the reported content alone and which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by any person set forth in Section 22589.2.

(2) In a successful action brought to enforce this chapter, the court may order injunctive relief to obtain compliance with this chapter and may award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailing plaintiff.

(b) For purposes of this section, each day a social media platform is in violation of a requirement of this chapter constitutes a separate violation.

(c) (1) The remedies provided by this section are in addition to any other civil, criminal, and administrative remedies, penalties, or sanctions provided by law and do not supplant, but are cumulative to, other remedies, penalties, or sanctions.

(2) The duties and obligations imposed by this section are cumulative with any other duties or obligations imposed under other law and shall not be construed to relieve any party from any duties or obligations imposed under other law.

(3) This section does not impose liability on a social media platform if such liability is prohibited by Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
Cal. HSC § 11832.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.5 / Part 2 / Chapter 7.1 / Section 11832.2
Section 11832.2
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this chapter, “alcohol or other drug program” or “program” means a business entity with a physical location in the State of California that provides one or more of the following services to clients:

(1) Treatment services.

(2) Recovery services.

(3) Withdrawal management services.

(4) Medications for addiction treatment.

(b) An individual health care practitioner duly licensed and regulated under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code, acting within the scope of their license or certificate is not a program as described in subdivision (a).
Cal. FAC § 55647 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 6 / Article 9 / Section 55647
Section 55647
Status: in_force

This article does not impair or affect the right of any claimant that possesses a lien to maintain a personal action to recover such debt against a processor, either in an action to foreclose his lien or in a separate action. He is not required to state in his affidavit to procure an attachment that his demand is not secured by a lien.
Cal. FAC § 20015 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 20015
Section 20015
Status: in_force

“Registered feedlot” means a feedlot defined in Section 20013 that is registered with the bureau in accordance with Sections 21081 and 21082.
Cal. ELEC § 10553 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 4 / Section 10553
Section 10553
Status: in_force

The county elections official shall immediately make and deliver to each person elected a certificate of election signed by the county elections official.
Cal. WAT § 50153 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 50153
Section 50153
Status: in_force

Any landowner may maintain an action on behalf of his district in the superior court of the county in which any part of the district is situated against a member of the board and his sureties upon his bond for any improper disbursement from the revolving fund.
Cal. INS § 985.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 985.5
Section 985.5
Status: in_force

In the case of the insolvency of an admitted insurer, the commissioner shall prepare a report, which shall be a public record, with respect to the causes and factors which contributed to that insolvency. The report shall be submitted to the Governor and to the Legislature no later than one year from the date of the insolvency.
Cal. PUC § 30908 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 30908
Section 30908
Status: in_force

After the expiration of three years after a bond election the board may determine, by ordinance adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the board, that any or all of the bonds authorized at said election remaining unsold shall not be issued or sold. When the ordinance takes effect, the authorization to issue said bonds shall become void.
Cal. PRC § 71305 — California Code / Code prc / Division 34 / Part 4 / Section 71305
Section 71305
Status: in_force

(a) The Environmental Education Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. Moneys in the account may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended by the department for the purposes of this part. The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall administer this part, including, but not limited to, the account.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department may accept and receive federal, state, and local funds and contributions of funds from a public or private organization or individual. The account may also receive proceeds from a judgment, settlement, fine, penalty, or other mechanism, in state or federal court, when the funds are contributed or the judgment specifies that the proceeds are to be used for the purposes of this part. The account may receive those funds, contributions, or proceeds from judgments, that are specifically designated for use for environmental education purposes. Private contributors shall not have the authority to further influence or direct the use of their contributions.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that requires the development of, or encourages the promotion of, environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils, may contribute to the account.

(d) The department shall immediately deposit any funds contributed pursuant to subdivision (b) into the account.

(e) The Legislature finds and declares that the maintenance of the account is of the utmost importance to the state and that it is essential that any moneys in the account be used solely for the purposes authorized in this section and not be used, loaned, or transferred for any other purposes. Further, state agencies that promote environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils will benefit from the environmental curriculum adopted pursuant to this part and should provide equitable and balanced support for the program.
Cal. FAC § 72033 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 72033
Section 72033
Status: in_force

“Producer” or “grower” means any person who is engaged, within this state, in the business of producing wheat for market during any of the preceding three marketing seasons, and who shall, upon request, provide proof of commodity sale.
Cal. SHC § 8770 — California Code / Code shc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Section 8770
Section 8770
Status: in_force

If it appears to the treasurer that there is danger of an ultimate loss accruing to the bondholders for any reason, he or she shall withhold payment on all matured bonds and interest and report the facts to the legislative body so that proper action may be taken by that body to equitably protect all bondholders.
Cal. WAT § 30290 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 30290
Section 30290
Status: in_force

If it determines that an election should be held, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of the election to be held in the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether or not it shall be formed.
Cal. HSC § 25285 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.7 / Section 25285
Section 25285
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 25285.1, a permit to operate issued by the local agency pursuant to Section 25284 shall be effective for five years. This subdivision does not apply to unified program facility permits.

(b) A local agency shall not issue or renew a permit to operate an underground storage tank to either of the following:

(1) A person operating an underground storage tank while a red tag is affixed pursuant to Section 25292.3.

(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a facility while that facility is subject to an enforcement action seeking to impose administrative liability, civil liability, or criminal liability, pursuant to this chapter or any regulation implementing this chapter, unless the underlying violation or violations that are the subject of that enforcement action have been corrected or otherwise resolved to the satisfaction of the local agency.

(B) A local agency may, but is not required to, issue a permit or renew a permit for a facility, after consultation with the board, while that facility is subject to an enforcement action, as described in subparagraph (A), if the facility is appealing, petitioning, or otherwise seeking reconsideration of the enforcement action.

(c) Except as provided in Section 25404.5, a local agency shall not issue or renew a permit to operate an underground storage tank to any person who has not paid the fee and surcharge required by Section 25287.
Cal. INS § 10169.1 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.5 / Section 10169.1
Section 10169.1
Status: in_force

(a) If there is an imminent and serious threat to the health of the insured, as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 10169.3, all necessary information and documents shall be delivered to an independent medical review organization within 24 hours of approval of the request for review. In reviewing a request for review, the department may waive the requirement that the insured follow the insurer’s grievance process in extraordinary and compelling cases, where the commissioner finds that the insured has acted reasonably.

(b) The department shall expeditiously review requests and immediately notify the insured in writing as to whether the request for an independent medical review has been approved, in whole or in part, and, if not approved, the reasons therefor. The insurer shall promptly issue a notification to the insured, after submitting all of the required material to the independent medical review organization, that includes an annotated list of documents submitted and offer the insured the opportunity to request copies of those documents from the insurer. The department shall promptly approve insured requests whenever the insurer has agreed that the case is eligible for an independent medical review. The department shall not refer coverage decisions for independent review. To the extent an insured request for independent review is not approved by the department, the insured request shall be treated as an immediate request for the department to review the grievance.

(c) An independent medical review organization, specified in Section 10169.2, shall conduct the review in accordance with Section 10169.3 and any regulations or orders of the commissioner adopted pursuant thereto. The organization’s review shall be limited to an examination of the medical necessity of the disputed health care services and shall not include any consideration of coverage decisions or other contractual issues.
Cal. LAB § 3501 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 3501
Section 3501
Status: in_force

(a) A child under the age of 18 years, or a child of any age found by any trier of fact, whether contractual, administrative, regulatory, or judicial, to be physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon a deceased employee-parent with whom that child is living at the time of injury resulting in death of the parent or for whose maintenance the parent was legally liable at the time of injury resulting in death of the parent.

(b) A spouse to whom a deceased employee is married at the time of death shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee if the surviving spouse earned thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or less in the twelve months immediately preceding the death.
Cal. HSC § 100170 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 100170
Section 100170
Status: in_force

(a) The department may commence and maintain all proper and necessary actions and proceedings for any or all of the following purposes:

(1) To enforce its regulations.

(2) To compel the performance of any act specifically enjoined upon any person, officer, or board, by any law of this state relating to its powers and duties.

(b) It may defend all actions and proceedings involving its powers and duties.

(c) In all actions and proceedings it shall sue and be sued under the name of the department.
Cal. WIC § 18102 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 18102
Section 18102
Status: in_force

The members of the county board of public welfare shall serve without compensation, and no person shall be appointed or shall serve on such board who is in any manner officially connected with any charitable or correctional institution within the county and supported wholly or partly at public expense.
Cal. WIC § 5330 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 5330
Section 5330
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may bring an action against an individual who has willfully and knowingly released confidential information or records concerning him or her in violation of this chapter, or of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11860) of Part 3 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, for the greater of the following amounts:

(1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.

(b) Any person may bring an action against an individual who has negligently released confidential information or records concerning him or her in violation of this chapter, or of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11860) of Part 3 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, for both of the following:

(1) One thousand dollars ($1,000). In order to recover under this paragraph, it shall not be a prerequisite that the plaintiff suffer or be threatened with actual damages.

(2) The amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.

(c) Any person may, in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, bring an action to enjoin the release of confidential information or records in violation of this chapter, and may in the same action seek damages as provided in this section.

(d) In addition to the amounts specified in subdivisions (a) and (b), the plaintiff shall recover court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees as determined by the court.
Cal. VEH § 41601.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 41601.5
Section 41601.5
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, “agency” includes the Regents of the University of California.
Cal. RTC § 214.08 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 214.08
Section 214.08
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, both of the following shall apply:

(1) Any outstanding ad valorem tax, interest, or penalty that was levied between January 1, 2012, and January 1, 2015, as a result of a PILOT agreement shall be canceled, and any tax, interest, or penalty, as so levied, that was paid prior to January 1, 2015, shall be refunded.

(2) On or after January 1, 2015, an escape or supplemental assessment shall not be levied on the basis that payments made under a PILOT agreement were, or are being, used in a manner incompatible with the certification requirement contained in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 214.

(b) An inference shall not be drawn from the enactment of this section with regard to whether the law, as it read prior to January 1, 2015, authorized a local government to enter into a PILOT agreement or impose a PILOT fee.
Cal. WAT § 80825 — California Code / Code wat / Division 29.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 80825
Section 80825
Status: in_force

(a) If the department has executed an agreement with the commission pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 80821, the department may recover its costs, as a revenue requirement, in the amounts sufficient and at the times necessary to fund the revenue requirement established pursuant to Section 80842, and shall advise the commission and each voluntarily participating local publicly owned electric utility, as the department determines to be appropriate and subject to the terms of the agreement.

(b) For purposes of this division and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a), the commission’s authority as set forth in Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code shall apply.