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Cal. ELEC § 21606 — California Code / Code elec / Division 21 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 21606
Section 21606
Status: in_force

(a) The term of office of any council member who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired shall not be affected by any change in the boundaries of the district from which the council member was elected and that member shall continue to represent the constituents residing in the district boundaries from which the member was elected for the duration of that term of office. This section does not prevent a city council from assigning a city elected official or city official to provide constituent services to residents of an area that is temporarily not represented by a council member due to redistricting.

(b) At the first election for council members in each city following adoption of the boundaries of council districts, excluding a special election to fill a vacancy or a recall election, a council member shall be elected for each district under the new district plan that has the same district number as a district whose incumbent’s term is due to expire. This subdivision does not apply when a city transitions from at-large to district-based elections.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (a), a person is not eligible to hold office as a member of a city council unless that person meets the requirements of Section 201 of the Elections Code and Section 34882 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 42338 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 1.5 / Section 42338
Section 42338
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article limits the existing authority of the district.
Cal. HSC § 18605 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 18605
Section 18605
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt regulations to govern the use and occupancy of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and recreational vehicles. These regulations shall establish minimum requirements to protect the health and safety of the occupants and the public, and shall also provide for the repair or abatement of any unsafe or unsanitary condition of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or recreational vehicle or of the electrical, mechanical, or plumbing installations therein.
Cal. WAT § 35520.20 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 35520.20
Section 35520.20
Status: in_force

The assessment roll as approved by the board shall be conclusive evidence before any court or body that the assessment has been made and levied according to law.
Cal. WIC § 13286 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 13286
Section 13286
Status: in_force

A refugee shall not be denied resettlement anywhere in California based on any criterion, method of administration, or practice that has the purpose or effect of discriminating on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic identified in Section 11135 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 12001 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 4 / Section 12001
Section 12001
Status: in_force

As used in this part, “United States” means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto.
Cal. PUC § 132303 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.7 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 132303
Section 132303
Status: in_force

(a) The county shall conduct an election called by the commission pursuant to Section 132301.

(b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.
Cal. FIN § 6519 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6519
Section 6519
Status: in_force

An association may sell money orders, travel checks, and similar instruments drawn by it on its bank accounts or as agent for any organization empowered to sell the instruments through agents within this state.
Cal. WAT § 78702 — California Code / Code wat / Division 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 78702
Section 78702
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.
Cal. EVID § 451 — California Code / Code evid / Division 4 / Section 451
Section 451
Status: in_force

Judicial notice shall be taken of the following:

(a) The decisional, constitutional, and public statutory law of this state and of the United States and the provisions of any charter described in Section 3, 4, or 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution.

(b) Any matter made a subject of judicial notice by Section 11343.6, 11344.6, or 18576 of the Government Code or by Section 1507 of Title 44 of the United States Code.

(c) Rules of professional conduct for members of the bar adopted pursuant to Section 6076 of the Business and Professions Code and rules of practice and procedure for the courts of this state adopted by the Judicial Council.

(d) Rules of pleading, practice, and procedure prescribed by the United States Supreme Court, such as the Rules of the United States Supreme Court, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Admiralty Rules, the Rules of the Court of Claims, the Rules of the Customs Court, and the General Orders and Forms in Bankruptcy.

(e) The true signification of all English words and phrases and of all legal expressions.

(f) Facts and propositions of generalized knowledge that are so universally known that they cannot reasonably be the subject of dispute.
Cal. FAM § 530 — California Code / Code fam / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 530
Section 530
Status: in_force

(a) No notary public shall issue a confidential marriage license pursuant to this part unless the notary public is approved by the county clerk to issue confidential marriage licenses pursuant to this chapter.

(b) A violation of subdivision (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or six months in jail.
Cal. BPC § 2751 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 2751
Section 2751
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, in its discretion, accept the surrender of a license through a stipulated agreement in the absence of a pleading when the ability of a registered nurse to practice nursing safely is impaired due to mental or physical illness.

(b) This alternative proceeding shall apply only to cases that would otherwise have been processed pursuant to Section 820.

(c) Until the time that the licensee signs the stipulated agreement for license surrender, he or she may elect to have the disciplinary process conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(d) The stipulated agreement in this alternative proceeding shall specify that:

(1) The license surrender shall be public information and shall be considered a disciplinary action.

(2) The licensee may petition the board for reinstatement after a period of not less than one year after the effective date of the decision.

(3) Any reinstatement proceeding shall be conducted pursuant to Section 2760.1.

(4) Upon seeking reinstatement, it is the responsibility of the former licensee to submit competent evidence of the ability to safely and competently practice as a registered nurse.
Cal. BPC § 11326 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 11326
Section 11326
Status: in_force

(a) The county assessor shall, upon request, disclose information, furnish abstracts, copies of maps, construction permits, notices of completion, sales confirmation, and permit access to all records in the county assessor’s office or branch offices, to the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers when it is conducting an investigation related to professional conduct of appraisers.

(b) Whenever the assessor discloses information, furnishes abstracts, and all of the above and permits access to records to the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers, the bureau shall reimburse the assessor for any reasonable cost incurred as a result thereof.
Cal. HSC § 19203 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 19203
Section 19203
Status: in_force

Any new seismic gas shutoff device sold by any person in this state shall, prior to sale, be certified by the State Architect.
Cal. HSC § 39021 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39021
Section 39021
Status: in_force

“Commercial vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 260 of the Vehicle Code.
Cal. WAT § 22232 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 22232
Section 22232
Status: in_force

A district may employ an expert in agriculture and related matters and other employees as may be deemed necessary to do any of the following:

(a) Supervise the construction of works for the irrigation or protection of land.

(b) Advise the owners of land or any persons engaged in farming the land of methods of increasing the productiveness of the land or as to any matters of husbandry.

(c) Conduct experiments as prescribed by the board.

(d) Perform duties for the general welfare of the people of the district as prescribed by the board.
Cal. WAT § 10608.44 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.55 / Chapter 3 / Section 10608.44
Section 10608.44
Status: in_force

Each state agency shall reduce water use at facilities it operates to support urban retail water suppliers in meeting the target identified in Section 10608.16.
Cal. SHC § 18404 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 18404
Section 18404
Status: in_force

Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city taxes are performed for a city by the county assessor and the county tax collector in a manner provided by law, cities and counties may enter into an agreement whereby special assessments may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected and all laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county taxes shall be and are hereby made applicable to such special assessments. The amount of the compensation to be paid a county for the collection of such assessments shall be provided for in the agreement.
Cal. RTC § 6010.50 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6010.50
Section 6010.50
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this part, “sale” and “purchase” do not include any transfer of an endangered or threatened animal or plant species acquired or disposed of through a trade or exchange between nonprofit zoological societies or between a member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) and a nonprofit zoological society.

(b) For purposes of this section and Section 6366.5, “endangered or threatened animal or plant species” means animals or plants that are any of the following:

(1) Listed in Appendix I, II, or III to the Convention for International Trade of Endangered Species.

(2) Listed as endangered or threatened by the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.

(c) For purposes of this section and Section 6366.5, a “nonprofit zoological society” includes both of the following:

(1) A zoological society operated for charitable, educational, or scientific purposes and qualified for exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(2) A zoological park owned or operated by a city, county, or other instrumentality of any state or foreign government.
Cal. FAC § 78882 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24.5 / Article 4 / Section 78882
Section 78882
Status: in_force

(a)  The commission may collect and disseminate to any and all interested parties, vintner market price information based on sales that have occurred in order to prevent unfair trade practices that are detrimental to the Mendocino County winegrape, wine, and winegrape products industries, including, but not limited to, deception and misinformation.

(b) The information reported under this section shall be kept confidential and shall not be made public under any circumstances. Only information that gives industry totals, averages, and other similar data in aggregate, nonindividualized form may be disclosed by the commission. The Legislature finds and declares that this provision is required to ensure that vintner proprietary information shall not be disclosed.

(c) The procedure for the collection and dissemination of information pursuant to this section shall be concurred in by the secretary.
Cal. PCC § 10845 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 8 / Section 10845
Section 10845
Status: in_force

Upon such termination, the trustees may take possession of and use all or any part of the contractor’s materials, tools, equipment, and appliances upon the premises to complete the contract. Thereupon, the trustees may permit the surety to complete or cause the contract work to be completed, or they may direct that all or any part of the work be completed by day’s labor or by employment of other contractors on informal contracts, or both.
Cal. PUC § 24927 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 24927
Section 24927
Status: in_force

All other things being equal, the board shall appoint as general manager some person who has had experience in the construction or management of transit facilities.
Cal. BPC § 7599.32 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.6 / Article 12 / Section 7599.32
Section 7599.32
Status: in_force

(a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30 days of any change of its officers, members, or managers required to be named pursuant to Section 7593.4 or 7593.5 and of any addition of a new partner.

(b) Applications, on forms prescribed by the director, shall be submitted by all new officers, members, managers, and partners. The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if the director determines that the new officer, member, manager, or partner has committed any act which constitutes grounds for the denial of a license pursuant to Section 7591.10.

(c) A notice of warning may be issued for the first violation of this section and a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for each subsequent violation.
Cal. HSC § 1762 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.6 / Section 1762
Section 1762
Status: in_force

(a) In order to obtain a license under the provisions of this chapter to establish, conduct, or maintain a pediatric day health and respite care facility, a person, entity, political subdivision of the state, or governmental agency shall file with the state department a verified application on a form prescribed, prepared, and furnished by the state department, containing information as may be required by the state department for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.

(b) The state department shall initiate an initial licensing inspection of a Transitional Health Care Needs Optional Service Unit within 60 days of receipt of a completed application.
Cal. VEH § 11729 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 11729
Section 11729
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any dealer engaging in a consignment with an owner not licensed as a dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or a distributor branch licensed under this code, and the consignment is not otherwise prohibited by this code, shall execute a consignment agreement as prescribed by Section 11730. The failure of a dealer, when required under this section, to complete and comply with the terms of the prescribed consignment agreement for any vehicle which the dealer agrees to accept on consignment, or to pay the agreed amount to the consignor or his or her designee within 20 days after the date of sale of the vehicle, is cause for suspending or revoking the license of the dealer under paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) of Section 11705.

(b) (1) A dealer conducting retail auction sales on behalf of a fleet owner shall execute a consignment agreement applicable to all vehicles consigned for sale during the term of the agreement which contains, at a minimum, substantially all of the terms, phrases, conditions, and disclosures required by Section 11730, except the following are not required:

(A) The description of a specific vehicle by year, make, identification number, license, state, or mileage.

(B) The information contained in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 11730.

(2) If mutually agreeable, in lieu of the requirements of paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 11730, the consignor may provide the documents necessary to transfer the ownership of the vehicle to the consignee prior to the auction being held.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, “fleet owner” is either of the following:

(A) A person who is the registered or legal owner of 25 or more vehicles registered in this state and is the owner, as recorded in the department’s records, of the vehicles consigned for sale to the dealer.

(B) A bankruptcy trustee who owns or has legal control of the vehicles consigned for sale to the dealer, government agency, or financial institution.
Cal. INS § 10089.1 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8.5 / Section 10089.1
Section 10089.1
Status: in_force

To the extent that the coverage is not already provided in the minimum offer of coverage, every insurer shall offer the following optional coverage as part of the offer of coverage as required by Section 10081 only after the insured has completed and the insurer has verified retrofitting of the residential dwelling as described in subdivision (a) of Section 10089.2:

Coverage in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of reconstruction costs required to bring the residential dwelling on the residential property up to required current local residential dwelling building code standards as required by the local entity as part of the approval of the reconstruction permit process after an earthquake.
Cal. WAT § 25829 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 25829
Section 25829
Status: in_force

The notice for a special rate of assessment hearing shall state all of the following:

(a) Petitions have been presented to the board praying for a determination that certain land, which need not be described in the notice, is entitled to a special rate of assessment.

(b) The names of the petitioners.

(c) The time and place set for the hearing.
Cal. FAC § 3965 — California Code / Code fac / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 3965
Section 3965
Status: in_force

The board may, with the approval of the department:

(a) Fix the term of office, the amount of bond and salary, and prescribe the duties of the secretary and of the treasurer.

(b) Manage the affairs of the association.

(c) Make all necessary bylaws, rules, and regulations for the government of the association.

(d) Delegate, as it may deem advisable, to its officers or employees any of the powers that are vested in the board under subdivision (b). Any delegation of power may be revoked at any time.
Cal. PUC § 90351 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 8 / Chapter 5 / Section 90351
Section 90351
Status: in_force

Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system.

Whenever any such facilities are acquired by the district, the board shall consider and take into account the outstanding obligations and liabilities of the publicly or privately owned public utility by reason of such pension plan and shall negotiate an allowance in the purchase price of such utility for the assumption of such obligations and liabilities when acquiring the facilities.
Cal. BPC § 25506 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 25506
Section 25506
Status: in_force

Except as authorized by this division, no off-sale general licensee, or any officer, director, employee, or agent of such licensee, shall hold any ownership or interest, directly or indirectly, in the business, property, or license of any distilled spirits wholesaler, rectifier, distilled spirits manufacturer, or distilled spirits manufacturer’s agent.
Cal. BPC § 23044 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 23044
Section 23044
Status: in_force

“License” means a license authorized to be issued by the department pursuant to this division.
Cal. PCC § 10295.1 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 10295.1
Section 10295.1
Status: in_force

(a) A state department or agency shall not contract for the purchase of tangible personal property from a vendor, contractor, or an affiliate of a vendor or contractor, unless that vendor, contractor, and all of its affiliates that make sales for delivery into California are holders of a California seller’s permit issued pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6066) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or are holders of a certificate of registration issued pursuant to Section 6226 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. A vendor or contractor that sells tangible personal property to a state department or agency, and each affiliate of that vendor or contractor that makes sales for delivery into California, shall be regarded as a “retailer engaged in business in this state,” and shall be required to collect the California sales or use tax on all its sales into the state in accordance with Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(b) Beginning on and after January 1, 2004, each vendor, contractor, or affiliate of a vendor or contractor that is offered a contract to do business with a state department or state agency shall submit to that state department or agency a copy, as applicable, of that retailer’s seller’s permit or certificate of registration, and a copy of each of the retailer’s applicable affiliate’s seller’s permit or certificate of registration, as described in subdivision (a). This subdivision does not apply to a credit card purchase of goods of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less. The total amount of exemption authorized herein shall not exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per year for each company from which a state agency is purchasing goods by credit card. It shall be the responsibility of each state agency to monitor the use of this exemption and adhere to these restrictions on these purchases.

(c) A state department or state agency is exempted from the provisions of subdivision (a) if the executive director of that state department or agency, or his or her designee, makes a written finding that the contract is necessary to meet a compelling state interest.

(d) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Affiliate of the vendor or contractor” means any person or entity that is controlled by, or is under common control of, a vendor or contractor through stock ownership or any other affiliation.

(2) “Compelling state interest” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:

(A) Ensuring the provision of essential services.

(B) Ensuring the public health, safety, and welfare.

(C) Responding to an emergency, as defined in Section 1102.

(3) “State department or agency” means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, and commission, but does not include the University of California, the California State University, the Legislature, the courts, and any agency in the judicial branch of government.