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Cal. BPC § 494.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 494.6
Section 494.6
Status: in_force

(a) A business license regulated by this code may be subject to suspension or revocation if the licensee has been determined by the Labor Commissioner or the court to have violated subdivision (b) of Section 244 of the Labor Code and the court or Labor Commissioner has taken into consideration any harm such a suspension or revocation would cause to employees of the licensee, as well as the good faith efforts of the licensee to resolve any alleged violations after receiving notice.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a licensee of an agency within the Department of Consumer Affairs who has been found by the Labor Commissioner or the court to have violated subdivision (b) of Section 244 of the Labor Code may be subject to disciplinary action by his or her respective licensing agency.

(c) An employer shall not be subject to suspension or revocation under this section for requiring a prospective or current employee to submit, within three business days of the first day of work for pay, an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form.
Cal. WAT § 71671 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 71671
Section 71671
Status: in_force

The revenues from the rates and charges for services and facilities furnished pursuant to this article may be used for the following purposes:

(a) To pay the operating and maintenance expenses of the facilities.

(b) To provide a reasonable surplus for improvements, extensions, and enlargements.

(c) To pay the interest on any bonded debt for the facilities.

(d) To provide a sinking or other fund for the payment of the principal of such bonded debt as it becomes due.
Cal. WAT § 85204 — California Code / Code wat / Division 35 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 85204
Section 85204
Status: in_force

The council shall establish and oversee a committee of agencies responsible for implementing the Delta Plan. Each agency shall coordinate its actions pursuant to the Delta Plan with the council and the other relevant agencies.
Cal. PRC § 5096.136 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.68 / Section 5096.136
Section 5096.136
Status: in_force

All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state, conditional or unconditional, for park, conservation, recreation, or other purposes for which real property may be acquired or developed pursuant to this chapter, may be accepted and received on behalf of the state by the appropriate department head with the approval of the Director of Finance. Such grants, gifts, devises, or bequests shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for expenditure for the purposes provided in Sections 5096.124 and 5096.125.
Cal. WAT § 31142.34 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 9.3 / Section 31142.34
Section 31142.34
Status: in_force

If, after the hearing, the general manager determines that a public nuisance exists, the district shall, by certified mail, send a notice to the record owner requiring that the record owner abate the public nuisance within a specified time. The notice shall state that, unless the public nuisance is abated within the time specified by the district, the district may abate the public nuisance and the costs of the abatement will be assessed against the property.
Cal. FGC § 301 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 301
Section 301
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt regulations that it deems necessary for the disposition of birds or mammals that are killed accidentally.
Cal. COM § 3110 — California Code / Code com / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3110
Section 3110
Status: in_force

(a) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable is determined by the intent of the person, whether or not authorized, signing as, or in the name or behalf of, the issuer of the instrument. The instrument is payable to the person intended by the signer even if that person is identified in the instrument by a name or other identification that is not that of the intended person. If more than one person signs in the name or behalf of the issuer of an instrument and all the signers do not intend the same person as payee, the instrument is payable to any person intended by one or more of the signers.

(b) If the signature of the issuer of an instrument is made by automated means, such as a check-writing machine, the payee of the instrument is determined by the intent of the person who supplied the name or identification of the payee, whether or not authorized to do so.

(c) A person to whom an instrument is payable may be identified in any way, including by name, identifying number, office, or account number. For the purpose of determining the holder of an instrument, the following rules apply:

(1) If an instrument is payable to an account and the account is identified only by number, the instrument is payable to the person to whom the account is payable. If an instrument is payable to an account identified by number and by the name of a person, the instrument is payable to the named person, whether or not that person is the owner of the account identified by number.

(2) If an instrument is payable to:

(A) A trust, an estate, or a person described as trustee or representative of a trust or estate, the instrument is payable to the trustee, the representative, or a successor of either, whether or not the beneficiary or estate is also named.

(B) A person described as agent or similar representative of a named or identified person, the instrument is payable to the represented person, the representative, or a successor of the representative.

(C) A fund or organization that is not a legal entity, the instrument is payable to a representative of the members of the fund or organization.

(D) An office or to a person described as holding an office, the instrument is payable to the named person, the incumbent of the office, or a successor to the incumbent.

(d) If an instrument is payable to two or more persons alternatively, it is payable to any of them and may be negotiated, discharged, or enforced by any or all of them in possession of the instrument. If an instrument is payable to two or more persons not alternatively, it is payable to all of them and may be negotiated, discharged, or enforced only by all of them. If an instrument payable to two or more persons is ambiguous as to whether it is payable to the persons alternatively, the instrument is payable to the persons alternatively.
Cal. INS § 756 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.1 / Section 756
Section 756
Status: in_force

When the premium on a policy insuring an employer is based upon the amount or segregation of the employer’s payroll, and the employer, personally or knowingly through his or her employee, procures a lower premium by willfully misrepresenting the amount or segregation, that misrepresentation is an unlawful act as to the employer.

In addition to any penalty provided by law, the employer in that case is liable to the state in an amount 10 times the difference between the lower premium paid and the premium properly payable. The commissioner shall collect the amount so payable and may bring a civil action in his or her name as commissioner to enforce collection unless the misrepresentation is made to, and the lower premium procured from the State Compensation Insurance Fund. In the latter case the liability to the state under this section shall be enforced in a civil action in the name of the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any amount so collected shall become a part of that fund.
Cal. HSC § 118925 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 118925
Section 118925
Status: in_force

(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to smoke a tobacco product in any vehicle of a passenger stage corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) except to the extent permitted by federal law, in any aircraft except to the extent permitted by federal law, on a public transportation system, as defined by Section 99211 of the Public Utilities Code, or in any vehicle of an entity receiving any transit assistance from the state.

(2) (A) For purposes of this subdivision, “smoke” has the same meaning as in subdivision (c) of Section 22950.5 of the Business and Professions Code.

(B) For purposes of this subdivision, “tobacco product” means a product or device as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 22950.5 of the Business and Professions Code.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to smoke any plant product other than a tobacco product in any vehicle of a passenger stage corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) except to the extent permitted by federal law, in any aircraft except to the extent permitted by federal law, on a public transportation system, as defined by Section 99211 of the Public Utilities Code, or in any vehicle of an entity receiving any transit assistance from the state.
Cal. FAM § 3453.5 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 3453.5
Section 3453.5
Status: in_force

(a) A law of another state that authorizes a state agency to remove a child from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care is against the public policy of this state and shall not be enforced or applied in a case pending in a court in this state.

(b) For the purpose of this subdivision, “gender-affirming health care” and “gender-affirming mental health care” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 16010.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Cal. PUC § 240302 — California Code / Code puc / Division 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 240302
Section 240302
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in the ordinance, shall state the nature of the tax to be imposed, the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, the purposes for which the revenue derived from the tax will be used, and shall set a term during which the tax will be imposed.

(b) The purposes for which the tax revenues may be used may include, but are not limited to, the administration of this division, including legal actions related thereto, the construction, capital acquisition, maintenance, and operation of streets, roads, highways, including state highways, and public transit systems. These purposes include expenditures for the planning, environmental reviews, engineering and design costs, and related right-of-way acquisition.

(c) The ordinance shall contain an expenditure plan which shall include the allocation of revenues for the purposes authorized by this section and shall include, at a minimum, the following provisions:

(1) The proportional distribution of the revenues among various purposes.

(2) The specific projects to be funded under the state highway and freeway portion.

(3) The formula for distribution of the city and county portion, which may be amended by voter approval.

(d) Following adoption of the ordinance by the voters, the expenditure plan may only be amended, if required, by the following process:

(1) Initiation of amendment by the commission, reciting findings of necessity.

(2) Approval by the board of supervisors.

(3) Approval by a majority of the cities constituting a majority of the incorporated population.
Cal. FAC § 62149 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 12 / Section 62149
Section 62149
Status: in_force

The decision may include an order refusing to grant or renew the license applied for, or affixing other conditional and probationary orders that may be proper for the enforcement of any of the following:

(a) This chapter or any stabilization and marketing plan formulated pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 61301).

(c) Any regulation duly adopted by the director pursuant to Section 61891.

(d) Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 62700) or any pooling plan established thereunder.
Cal. CIV § 43.98 — California Code / Code civ / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 43.98
Section 43.98
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any consultant on account of any communication by that consultant to the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care or any other officer, employee, agent, contractor, or consultant of the Department of Managed Health Care, when that communication is for the purpose of determining whether health care services have been or are being arranged or provided in accordance with the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code) and any regulation adopted thereunder and the consultant does all of the following:

(1) Acts without malice.

(2) Makes a reasonable effort to obtain the facts of the matter communicated.

(3) Acts with a reasonable belief that the communication is warranted by the facts actually known to the consultant after a reasonable effort to obtain the facts.

(4) Acts pursuant to a contract entered into on or after January 1, 1998, between the Commissioner of Corporations and a state licensing board or committee, including, but not limited to, the Medical Board of California, or pursuant to a contract entered into on or after January 1, 1998, with the Commissioner of Corporations pursuant to Section 1397.6 of the Health and Safety Code.

(5) Acts pursuant to a contract entered into on or after July 1, 2000, between the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care and a state licensing board or committee, including, but not limited to, the Medical Board of California, or pursuant to a contract entered into on or after July 1, 1999, with the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care pursuant to Section 1397.6 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) The immunities afforded by this section shall not affect the availability of any other privilege or immunity which may be afforded under this part. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the laws regarding the confidentiality of medical records.
Cal. WAT § 50977 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Section 50977
Section 50977
Status: in_force

The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the contract.
Cal. BPC § 3046 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 3046
Section 3046
Status: in_force

In order to obtain a license to practice optometry in California, an applicant shall be a natural person, have graduated from an accredited school of optometry, have passed the required examinations for licensure, not have met any of the grounds for denial established in Section 480, and not be currently required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code. The proceedings under this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 46178 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 46178
Section 46178
Status: in_force

Where any tract of land consists of more than one section, the apportionment to that tract of land shall be made according to legal subdivisions or to other boundaries sufficient to identify the land in subdivisions not greater than one section in area. Any failure or defect in complying with this requirement shall not invalidate the apportionment or the assessment.
Cal. VEH § 24408 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 24408
Section 24408
Status: in_force

(a) Every new motor vehicle registered in this state after January 1, 1940, which has multiple-beam road lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the headlamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted.

(b) The indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped. Any such lamp on the exterior of the vehicle shall have a light source not exceeding two candlepower, and the light shall not show to the front or sides of the vehicle.

(c) This section does not apply to an autonomous vehicle, as defined in Section 38750, that is not capable of operation by a human driver seated in the vehicle, provided that this exemption is consistent with, or authorized by, any applicable federal law, regulation, or exemption thereto.
Cal. RTC § 55162 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 30 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 55162
Section 55162
Status: in_force

The department may pay or advance to the sheriff, marshal, or Department of the California Highway Patrol the same fees, commissions, and expenses for their services as are provided by law for similar services pursuant to writ of execution. The department, and not the court, shall approve the fees for publication in a newspaper.
Cal. VEH § 34501.16 — California Code / Code veh / Division 14.8 / Section 34501.16
Section 34501.16
Status: in_force

(a) Every employer of a commercial driver shall provide information to that employee at the time of hiring and to all employed commercial drivers annually, concerning all of the following:

(1) The prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle with over 0.04 percent or more, by weight, alcohol in his or her blood on and after January 1, 1992.

(2) The requirement to be placed out of service for 24 hours if the person’s blood-alcohol concentration is tested to be 0.01 percent or more, by weight, on and after January 1, 1992.

(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall include the information prescribed in subdivision (a), together with information concerning the alcohol concentration in a person’s blood resulting from consumption of alcoholic beverages, in each publication of the commercial driver’s handbook published after January 1, 1990.

(c) This section shall remain operative until the director determines that federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) do not require the state to implement the prohibitions and requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).

(d) The director shall submit a notice of the determination under subdivision (c) to the Secretary of State, and this section shall be repealed upon the receipt of that notice.
Cal. FAM § 3604 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 3604
Section 3604
Status: in_force

An order made pursuant to this chapter does not prejudice the rights of the parties or the child with respect to any subsequent order which may be made.
Cal. WAT § 7032 — California Code / Code wat / Division 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 7032
Section 7032
Status: in_force

No conduit shall be laid, constructed, or maintained so as to obstruct any highway.
Cal. PRC § 75122 — California Code / Code prc / Division 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 75122
Section 75122
Status: in_force

The members of the council shall elect a chair of the council every two years.
Cal. PUC § 90192 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 8 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 90192
Section 90192
Status: in_force

The person to fill any vacancy on the board shall serve temporarily to fill the unexpired term or until a successor is regularly elected at the next election within that jurisdiction whichever occurs first.
Cal. VEH § 11302.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 11302.5
Section 11302.5
Status: in_force

(a) After the filing of an accusation under this chapter, the director may enter into a stipulated compromise settlement agreement with the consent of the licensee on terms and conditions mutually agreeable to the director, the respondent licensee, and the accuser without further hearing or appeal. The agreement may include, but is not limited to, a period of probation or monetary penalties, or both. The monetary penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation, and it shall be based on the nature of the violation and the effect of the violation on the purposes of this chapter.

(b) A compromise settlement agreement may be entered before, during, or after the hearing, but is valid only if executed and filed pursuant to subdivision (d) before the proposed decision of the hearing officer, if any, is adopted or the case is decided.

(c) The department shall adopt, by regulation, a schedule of maximum and minimum amounts of monetary penalties, the payment of which may be included as a term or condition of a compromise settlement agreement entered under subdivision (a). Any monetary penalty included in a compromise settlement agreement shall be within the range of monetary penalties in that schedule.

(d) Any compromise settlement agreement entered under this section shall be signed by the director, the respondent licensee, and the accuser, or by their authorized representatives. The director shall file, or cause to be filed, the agreement with the Office of Administrative Hearings, together with the department’s notice of withdrawal of the accusation or statement of issues upon which the action was initiated.

(e) If the respondent licensee fails to perform all of the terms and conditions of the compromise settlement agreement, the agreement is void and the department may take any action authorized by law notwithstanding the agreement, including, but not limited to, refiling the accusation or imposing license sanctions.
Cal. COM § 9409 — California Code / Code com / Division 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 9409
Section 9409
Status: in_force

(a) A term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, regulation, custom, or practice applicable to the letter of credit which prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of an applicant, issuer, or nominated person to a beneficiary’s assignment of or creation of a security interest in a letter-of-credit right is ineffective to the extent that the term or rule of law, statute, regulation, custom, or practice does, or would do, either of the following:

(1) It would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right.

(2) It provides that the assignment or the creation, attachment, or perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the letter-of-credit right.

(b) To the extent that a term in a letter of credit is ineffective under subdivision (a) but would be effective under law other than this division or a custom or practice applicable to the letter of credit, to the transfer of a right to draw or otherwise demand performance under the letter of credit, or to the assignment of a right to proceeds of the letter of credit, all of the following rules apply with respect to the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right:

(1) It is not enforceable against the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee beneficiary.

(2) It imposes no duties or obligations on the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee beneficiary.

(3) It does not require the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee beneficiary to recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the secured party, or accept payment or other performance from the secured party.
Cal. INS § 12693.20 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 6.2 / Chapter 3 / Section 12693.20
Section 12693.20
Status: in_force

The Healthy Families Program is hereby created and shall be administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board.