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Cal. WIC § 4791 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 9 / Section 4791
Section 4791
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2013, regional centers may temporarily modify personnel requirements, functions, or qualifications, or staff training requirements for providers, except for licensed or certified residential providers, whose payments are reduced by 1.25 percent pursuant to the amendments to Section 10 of Chapter 13 of the Third Extraordinary Session of the Statutes of 2009, as amended by the act amending this section.

(b) A temporary modification pursuant to subdivision (a), effective during any agreed upon period of time from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2013, may only be approved when the regional center determines that the change will not do any of the following:

(1) Adversely affect the health and safety of a consumer receiving services or supports from the provider.

(2) Result in a consumer receiving services in a more restrictive environment.

(3) Negatively impact the availability of federal financial participation.

(4) Violate any state licensing or labor laws or other provisions of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations not eligible for modification pursuant to this section.

(c) A temporary modification pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be described in a written services contract between the regional center purchasing the services and the provider, and a copy of the written services contract and any related documentation shall be retained by the provider and the regional center purchasing the services from the provider.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the department shall suspend, from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2013, the requirements described in Sections 56732 and 56800 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations requiring community-based day programs and in-home respite agencies to conduct annual reviews and to submit written reports to vendoring regional centers, user regional centers, and the department.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2013, a residential service provider, vendored by a regional center and whose payment is reduced by 1.25 percent pursuant to the amendments to Section 10 of Chapter 13 of the Third Extraordinary Session of the Statutes of 2009, as amended by the act amending this section, shall not be required to complete quarterly and semiannual progress reports required in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 56026 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations. During program review, the provider shall inform the regional center case manager of the consumer’s progress and any barrier to the implementation of the individual program plan for each consumer residing in the residence.
Cal. FAM § 50 — California Code / Code fam / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 50
Section 50
Status: in_force

Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions and rules of construction in this part govern the construction of this code.
Cal. FAC § 13121 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 14 / Section 13121
Section 13121
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Birth Defect Prevention Act of 1984.
Cal. PRC § 4799.06 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 4799.06
Section 4799.06
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Urban Forestry Act of 1978.
Cal. LAB § 5601 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 5601
Section 5601
Status: in_force

The provisions of Title 6.5 (commencing with Section 481.010) of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as far as applicable, shall govern the proceedings upon attachment, the appeals board being substituted therein for the proper court.
Cal. PROB § 661 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 661
Section 661
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the creating instrument otherwise provides, a general or special power of appointment that is a discretionary power, whether testamentary or otherwise, may be released, either with or without consideration, by a written instrument signed by the powerholder and delivered as provided in subdivision (c).

(b) A releasable power may be released with respect to the whole or any part of the appointive property and may also be released in such manner as to reduce or limit the permissible appointees. No partial release of a power shall be deemed to make imperative the remaining power that was not imperative before the release unless the instrument of release expressly so provides. No release of a power that is not presently exercisable is permissible where the donor designated persons or a class to take in default of the powerholder’s exercise of the power unless the release serves to benefit all persons designated as provided by the donor.

(c) A release shall be delivered as follows:

(1) If the creating instrument specifies a person to whom a release is to be delivered, the release shall be delivered to that person, but delivery need not be made as provided in this paragraph if the person cannot with due diligence be found.

(2) In a case where the property to which the power relates is held by a trustee, the release shall be delivered to the trustee.

(3) In a case not covered by paragraph (1) or (2), the release may be delivered to any of the following:

(A) A person, other than the powerholder, who could be adversely affected by the exercise of the power.

(B) The county recorder of the county in which the powerholder resides or in which the deed, will, or other instrument creating the power is filed.

(d) A release of a power of appointment that affects real property or obligations secured by real property shall be acknowledged and proved, and may be certified and recorded, in like manner and with like effect as grants of real property, and all statutory provisions relating to the recordation or nonrecordation of conveyances of real property and to the effect thereof apply to a release with like effect, without regard to the date when the release was delivered, if at all, pursuant to subdivision (c). Failure to deliver, pursuant to subdivision (c), a release that is recorded pursuant to this subdivision does not affect the validity of any transaction with respect to the real property or obligation secured thereby, and the general laws of this state on recording and its effect govern the transaction.

(e) This section does not impair the validity of a release made before July 1, 1970.
Cal. WAT § 55552 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 55552
Section 55552
Status: in_force

If at the election a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the incurring of the bonded indebtedness, then the board shall enter an order to that effect upon its minutes, and shall thereupon be authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said district for the amount voted, payable out of the funds of the district.
Cal. PROB § 6225 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 6225
Section 6225
Status: in_force

Only the texts of property disposition clauses and the mandatory clauses shall be considered in determining their meaning. Their titles shall be disregarded.
Cal. WAT § 50817 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 50817
Section 50817
Status: in_force

Any interested person may contest a special election within 20 days after the filing of the certificate with the county elections official by bringing suit in the superior court of the principal county. Unless contested, the declaration of the result by the election board is final and conclusive.
Cal. HSC § 116577 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 116577
Section 116577
Status: in_force

(a)  Each person shall reimburse the state board for actual costs incurred by the state board for any of the following enforcement activities related to that person:

(1)  Preparing, issuing, and monitoring compliance with, an order or a citation.

(2)  Preparing and issuing public notification.

(3)  Conducting a hearing pursuant to Section 116625.

(b)  The state board shall submit an invoice for these enforcement costs to the person that requires payment before September 1 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the costs were incurred. The invoice shall indicate the total hours expended, the reasons for the expenditure, and the hourly cost rate of the state board. The costs set forth in the invoice shall not exceed the total actual costs to the state board of enforcement activities specified in this section.

(c)  Notwithstanding the reimbursement of enforcement costs of the local primacy agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 116595 by a public water system under the jurisdiction of the local primacy agency, a public water system or other person shall also reimburse enforcement costs, if any, incurred by the state board pursuant to this section.

(d)  “Enforcement costs,” as used in this section, does not include “litigation costs” pursuant to Section 116585.

(e)  The state board shall not be entitled to enforcement costs pursuant to this section if a court determines that enforcement activities were in error.

(f) Payment of the invoice shall be made within 90 days of the date of the invoice. Failure to pay the invoice within 90 days shall result in a 10-percent late penalty that shall be paid in addition to the invoiced amount.

(g) The state board may, at its sole discretion, waive payment by a public water system of all or any part of the invoice or penalty.
Cal. HSC § 5473.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 5473.7
Section 5473.7
Status: in_force

Thereafter the amount of the charges shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same persons as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes for the entity, and shall be delinquent at the same time and thereafter be subject to the same delinquency penalties.
Cal. FAC § 77482 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17.5 / Article 6 / Section 77482
Section 77482
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to strawberries produced only for a producer’s home use or to strawberries that are used only for ornamental purposes.
Cal. WAT § 60388 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 60388
Section 60388
Status: in_force

From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to taxation thereafter for the purposes of said district, including the payment of bonds and other obligations of such district at the time authorized or outstanding, and the board of the district shall be empowered to do all things necessary to enforce and make effective the terms and conditions of annexation fixed as hereinabove authorized.
Cal. ELEC § 6580 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 6580
Section 6580
Status: in_force

This article applies to the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the primary ballot, to the nomination of a slate of delegates pledged to the candidacy of a particular candidate, and to the nomination of a slate of delegates not expressing a preference for a particular candidate.
Cal. BPC § 1724.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 1724.5
Section 1724.5
Status: in_force

The amount of fees payable in connection with permits issued under Section 1701.5 is as follows:

(a) The initial permit fee is an amount equal to the renewal fee for the applicant’s license to practice dentistry in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which the permit is issued, except that, if the permit will expire less than one year after its issuance, then the initial permit fee is an amount equal to 50 percent of the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which the permit is issued.

(b) The renewal and delinquency fees shall be fixed by the board at not more than the then current amount of the renewal fee for a license to practice dentistry nor less than five dollars ($5).
Cal. HSC § 108265 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 108265
Section 108265
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to refuse to permit entry or inspection authorized by Section 108370 or to permit access to and copying of any record as authorized by Section 108300.
Cal. PUC § 29542 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 29542
Section 29542
Status: in_force

The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and in addition shall set forth the proposition of annexation substantially as follows:

Shall the County of ________________ be annexed to San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District in accordance with and subject to all the terms and conditions of an agreement of annexation dated _________ now on file in the office of the Clerk of _______________ County? YES
NO
Cal. WAT § 12672 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 12672
Section 12672
Status: in_force

The Ventura County Flood Control District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation, required by Section 3 of the act of Congress approved December 22, 1944 (Public, Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session), will be furnished by the Ventura County Flood Control District in connection with the flood control project adopted and authorized in Section 12671.
Cal. PRC § 32320 — California Code / Code prc / Division 22.3 / Chapter 3 / Section 32320
Section 32320
Status: in_force

There is in the Natural Resources Agency the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, which is created as a state agency to work in collaboration and cooperation with local governments and interested parties.
Cal. PUC § 12751 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 12751
Section 12751
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specified in Section 12751.5, the purchase of all supplies and materials, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or in a district that has a population of 250,000 or more, when the expenditure required exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code at least 10 days before bids are received. The district may reject any and all bids and readvertise in its discretion. The board may authorize the general manager to determine, in the discretion of the general manager, whether to reject all bids and whether, after the bids have been rejected, to readvertise.

(b) The dollar limit identified in subdivision (a) shall annually be adjusted upward or downward to reflect the percentage change in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services for the United States, as published by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The annual adjustments shall be rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Cal. WIC § 14106 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 14106
Section 14106
Status: in_force

If a Medi-Cal provider negotiates a rate of payment for inpatient, outpatient, or ancillary services with a prepaid health plan under contract with the department pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of this part which is lower than or equal to the lesser of reasonable costs, customary charges, or the schedule of maximum allowances, the rate shall not affect the director’s determination of reasonable costs, customary charges, or schedule of maximum allowances.
Cal. WAT § 36497 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 36497
Section 36497
Status: in_force

Upon a change or resubdivision upon the assessment book of the district of any parcel of land in a distribution district, the board upon its own initiative or upon petition of the owner of the parcel so changed or resubdivided, may reapportion the distribution district assessment upon the parcel, and the order of reapportionment shall be recorded in the same manner as the order levying the original assessment.
Cal. HSC § 1686 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 1686
Section 1686
Status: in_force

The State Department of Health Services shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1685, issue certificates of registration to school audiometrists and to qualified supervisors of health, pursuant to Sections 11751 and 11823 of the Education Code. The department shall prescribe such qualifications as may be necessary for the testing of the hearing of schoolchildren.

Candidates for registration who present evidence of having satisfactorily completed the required training in audiology and audiometry at an accredited university or college, as prescribed by the State Department of Health Services, may be issued certificates of registration without further examination.

The state department shall require a registration fee not in excess of ten dollars ($10) for each certificate issued. Such fee shall be based upon a determination by the department as to the amount that is reasonably necessary to pay for the costs of the issuance of certificates of registration.
Cal. PROB § 19008 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 19008
Section 19008
Status: in_force

If there is no proceeding to administer the probate estate of the deceased settlor, and if the trustee does not file a proposed notice to creditors pursuant to Section 19003 and does not publish notice to creditors pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19040), then the liability of the trust to any creditor of the deceased settlor shall be as otherwise provided by law.
Cal. FAC § 71027 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 9.5 / Article 2 / Section 71027
Section 71027
Status: in_force

“Hundredweight” or “Cwt.” are synonymous and mean 100 pounds avoirdupois, excluding tare.
Cal. INS § 10192.7 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 10192.7
Section 10192.7
Status: in_force

A policy or certificate shall not be advertised, solicited, or issued for delivery as a Medicare supplement policy or certificate prior to January 1, 2001, unless it meets or exceeds requirements applicable pursuant to this code that were in effect prior to that date.
Cal. INS § 10123.185 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10123.185
Section 10123.185
Status: in_force

(a) Every policy of disability insurance that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses and is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state and certificate of group disability insurance issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state pursuant to a master group policy issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in another state on or after January 1, 1994, shall be deemed to include coverage for services related to diagnosis, treatment, and appropriate management of osteoporosis. The services may include, but need not be limited to, all Food and Drug Administration approved technologies, including bone mass measurement technologies as deemed medically appropriate.

(b) This section shall not apply to specified accident, specified disease, hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, or long-term care health insurance policies.
Cal. WAT § 25804 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 25804
Section 25804
Status: in_force

Annual installments of an improvement district assessment shall be entered in the assessment book by the secretary.
Cal. PUC § 1766 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 1766
Section 1766
Status: in_force

(a) Under no circumstance shall the Supreme Court or court of appeal stay or suspend any order or decision by the commission authorizing an increase or decrease in rates or changing any rate classification.

(b) If a commission order or decision authorizing any increase or decrease in rates, or changing any rate classification, is set aside by the Supreme Court or court of appeal, the matter shall be referred back to the commission for further action consistent with the order of the court. The commission, in taking this further action, shall not authorize refunds, and any relief ordered by the commission that shall have the effect of increasing or decreasing rates shall be prospective only.
Cal. HSC § 53571 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 14 / Section 53571
Section 53571
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this part is to facilitate the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable rental housing for teachers, school district employees, and nonprofit organization employees to allow teachers, school district employees, and nonprofit organization employees to access and maintain housing stability.

(b) A program established under this part shall be restricted to teachers, school district employees, and nonprofit organization employees, except that a school district may allow local public employees or other members of the public to occupy housing created through this part, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

(c) A school district shall retain the right to prioritize school district employees over local public employees or other members of the public to occupy housing.

(d) A program established under this part shall provide teachers, school district employees, and nonprofit organization employees with a right of first refusal to occupy housing acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved under this part. Teachers or school district employees shall be prioritized before nonprofit organization employees.

(e) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall only apply to housing made available or a contract for housing entered into, amended, or extended under this part on or after January 1, 2025.
Cal. FAC § 77253 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 77253
Section 77253
Status: in_force

The commission or the secretary may bring an action for judicial relief from the secretary’s written notice, or from noncompliance by the commission with the written notice, as the case may be, in a court of competent jurisdiction, which may issue a temporary restraining order, permanent injunction, or other applicable relief.
Cal. HSC § 1267.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 1267.7
Section 1267.7
Status: in_force

The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Developmental Services shall jointly develop and implement licensing and Medi-Cal regulations appropriate to intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative facilities. These regulations shall ensure that residents of these facilities are assured appropriate developmental and supportive health services in the most normal, least restrictive physical and programmatic environments appropriate to individual resident needs. Regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall include provision for maximum utilization of generic community resources in the provision of services to residents and participation of the residents in community activities.