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Cal. HSC § 40500 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 7 / Section 40500
Section 40500
Status: in_force

(a)  In accordance with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in Section 40402, the south coast district board shall establish rules and regulations for the granting of variances by the hearing board from Section 41701 or from any standards for the discharge of air contaminants that the south coast district may adopt. The south coast district board shall not limit the opportunity for any person to petition for a variance or for the hearing board to hear and grant variances beyond the limitations expressly stated in Section 42350.

(b)  The rules and regulations shall include a schedule of fees, which shall be based upon the number of sources to which the variances apply and the extent that the amount of emissions from the sources exceeds the required standards, for the filing of applications for variances. All applicants shall pay the fees required by the rules and regulations, including, notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code, an applicant that is a publicly owned public utility. A variance may be granted by the hearing board after a public hearing and upon filing, with appropriate fees, of a variance petition with the hearing board.
Cal. FAM § 7132 — California Code / Code fam / Division 11 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 7132
Section 7132
Status: in_force

(a) A petition to rescind a declaration of emancipation on the ground that the minor is indigent and has no means of support may be filed by the minor declared emancipated, by the minor’s conservator, or by the district attorney of the county in which the minor resides. The petition shall be filed in the county in which the minor or the conservator resides.

(b) The minor may be considered indigent if the minor’s only source of income is from public assistance benefits. The court shall consider the impact of the rescission of the declaration of emancipation on the minor and shall find the rescission of the declaration of emancipation will not be contrary to the best interest of the minor before granting the order to rescind.
Cal. FIN § 1611 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 16 / Article 5 / Section 1611
Section 1611
Status: in_force

A bank or trust company shall not mingle trust funds received by it with other assets of the corporation or association and such funds shall not be used in the conduct of its business except to the extent that such funds are deposited with the same corporation or association in accordance with the provisions of this division. Any officer of any bank or association who knowingly violates or consents to the violation of this section is guilty of a felony.
Cal. HSC § 1748 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.5 / Article 2 / Section 1748
Section 1748
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or (d) of Section 1747, no person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency shall establish, conduct, maintain, or represent itself as a hospice agency unless a license has been issued under this chapter. Multiple locations need not obtain a separate license. Multiple locations shall be listed on the license of the parent agency and each shall pay a licensing fee in the amount prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 1750.

(b) Any person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency desiring a license to establish a hospice agency shall file with the department a verified application on forms prescribed and furnished by the department that contain any information as may be required by the department for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.

(c) Any hospice agency that is not required to obtain a license under this chapter shall disclose in all advertisements and information provided to the public all of the following information:

(1) It is not required to be licensed and is not regulated by the department.

(2) Any complaint against the hospice agency should be directed to the local district attorney and the department.

(3) Any complaint against personnel licensed by a board or committee within the Department of Consumer Affairs and employed by the hospice agency should be directed to the respective board or committee. Any complaint against a certified home health aide or certified nurse assistant shall be directed to the department.

The address and telephone number of any state agency, board, or committee which is responsible for addressing complaints shall be provided by the hospice agency, upon request, to any patient of the hospice agency.

(d) A license shall not be transferable.

(e) The department shall not approve a change of ownership of a licensed hospice agency within five years of the date a license was initially issued to the licensee. Only the person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency issued a license for the purposes of operating a hospice agency may use that license during the five-year period.

(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (e), the department may make an exception for extenuating circumstances and approve a change of ownership within the five-year period if the hospice agency demonstrates and provides evidence to the department of either of the following:

(1) The need to ensure continuity of care for existing patients of the hospice agency.

(2) Both a financial hardship and an unmet need of hospice services in the geographic area the hospice agency would serve.
Cal. ELEC § 14404 — California Code / Code elec / Division 14 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 14404
Section 14404
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately upon the arrival of the hour when the polls are required by law to be closed on election day, the elections official conducting the election shall openly, in the elections official’s main office, in the presence of any persons who are present to observe, according to the procedure set forth in Section 14403, proceed to render every unused ballot remaining in the control of the elections official unusable. The elections official shall forthwith make and file an affidavit, in writing, as to the number of ballots destroyed. If the procedure in subdivision (c) of Section 14403 is used, the tamperproof seal shall be signed by the elections official and at least one deputy or assistant elections official or registrar. The sealed container shall then be placed, with the sealed containers containing unused ballots from the precincts, in a security area by the elections official until disposition is made pursuant to Section 17301 or 17302.

Alternatively, the elections official may, immediately upon the arrival of the hour when the polls are closed, recycle for any other lawful purpose any unused ballots remaining in the control of the elections official that clearly identify the election for which they were prepared. No later than 30 days following the last day to certify the official results of the election, the elections official shall make and file an affidavit, in writing, as to the number of ballots recycled. At the elections official’s discretion, the unused ballots may be recycled up to six months following an election or at the conclusion of an election contest proceeding, whichever is later.

(b) This section does not apply to elections conducted using vote centers.
Cal. FAC § 34008 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 34008
Section 34008
Status: in_force

(a) All market milk and market milk products, and all milk for manufacturing purposes and manufactured milk products, shall be pasteurized at the plant where processed and packaged unless otherwise provided in this division.

(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Licensed milk products plants that are used exclusively for the preparation of ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen dairy dessert, or frozen dessert that is manufactured on the premises from ice cream mix, frozen yogurt mix, frozen dairy dessert mix, or frozen dessert mix that is supplied by a licensed milk products plant.

(2) Products sold through soft-serve establishments pursuant to Section 33704, including frozen yogurts and frozen dairy desserts.

(3) Frozen and semifrozen products sold through establishments issued a limited frozen manufacturing permit pursuant to Section 35016.

(4) Goat milk cheese produced at a licensed milk products plant, excluding cottage cheese, manufactured from curds, provided the curds were made only from goat milk that has been pasteurized, ultrapasteurized, or aseptically processed, as defined in Sections 34001, 34001.5, and 39701, respectively, at either of the following:

(A) A licensed milk products plant.

(B) A milk products plant that meets sanitation requirements substantially similar to those established by Article 3 (commencing with Section 33761) of Chapter 6, and that is registered as a food facility with the United States Food and Drug Administration in accordance with the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 350d).

(c) The secretary may, by regulation, provide for additional exemptions from this section.
Cal. WIC § 11487.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 11487.5
Section 11487.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Sections 11487 and 15204.5, the department shall implement a program in any participating county whereby the county shall be reimbursed for overpayment recoveries under Section 11004 as follows:

(1) Reimbursement shall be made to a participating county based on a plan of operations for a program of overpayment recoveries that is approved by the department. No operating plan shall be approved by the department unless the plan contains assurances that the participating county will maintain a centralized unit or designate a person or persons to perform the overpayment recovery activities.

(2) Reimbursement shall be made for all allowable administrative costs incurred, as defined by the department, to make a recovery of overpayments under Section 11004, not to exceed the state’s share of the overpayments recovered by the county.

(b) For purposes of this section, “participating county” means any county in which the welfare director applies to the department for participation in the program prescribed by this section.

(c) This section shall be implemented when both of the following have occurred:

(1) The federal government has made funding available for the activities described in this section.

(2) The Department of Finance has examined the annual projection of costs and savings for these activities certified by the director, and has determined that during each fiscal year in which the director proposes to implement these provisions the savings to the General Fund from increased overpayment recoveries equals or exceeds the additional costs to the state.
Cal. WIC § 361.7 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 361.7
Section 361.7
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 361.5, a party seeking an involuntary foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights over, an Indian child shall provide evidence to the court that active efforts have been made to provide remedial services and rehabilitative programs designed to prevent the breakup of the Indian family and that these efforts have proved unsuccessful. The active efforts shall be documented in detail in the record.

(b) What constitutes active efforts shall be assessed on a case-by-case basis. The active efforts shall be made in a manner that takes into account the prevailing social and cultural values, conditions, and way of life of the Indian child’s tribe. Active efforts shall utilize the available resources of the Indian child’s extended family, tribe, tribal and other Indian social service agencies, and individual Indian caregiver service providers.

(c) A foster care placement or guardianship shall not be ordered in the proceeding in the absence of a determination, supported by clear and convincing evidence, including testimony of a qualified expert witness, as defined in Section 224.6, that the continued custody of the child by the parent or Indian custodian is likely to result in serious emotional or physical damage to the child.
Cal. HSC § 113949.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 113949.1
Section 113949.1
Status: in_force

(a) When a local health officer is notified of an illness that can be transmitted by food in a food facility or by an employee of a food facility, the local health officer shall inform the local enforcement agency. The local health officer or the local enforcement agency, or both, shall notify the person in charge of the food facility and shall investigate conditions and may, after the investigation, take appropriate action, and for reasonable cause, require any or all of the following measures to be taken:

(1) The immediate restriction or exclusion of any food employee from the affected food facility.

(2) The immediate closing of the food facility until, in the opinion of the local enforcement agency, the identified danger of disease outbreak has been addressed. Any appeal of the closure shall be made in writing within five days to the applicable local enforcement agency.

(3)  Any medical evaluation of any employee, including any laboratory test or procedure, that may be indicated. If an employee refuses to participate in a medical evaluation, the local enforcement agency may require the immediate exclusion of the refusing employee from that or any other food facility until an acceptable medical evaluation or laboratory test or procedure shows that the employee is not infectious.

(b) For purposes of this section, “illness” means a condition caused by any of the following infectious agents:

(1) Salmonella typhi.

(2) Salmonella spp.

(3) Shigella spp.

(4) Entamoeba histolytica.

(5) Enterohemorrhagic or shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli.

(6) Hepatitis A virus.

(7) Norovirus.

(8) Other communicable diseases that are transmissible through food.
Cal. BPC § 7507.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 7507.4
Section 7507.4
Status: in_force

A licensed repossession agency or its registrants shall not make demand for payment in lieu of repossession and shall not sell collateral recovered under this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 2822 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 2822
Section 2822
Status: in_force

The commission shall approve and establish standby charges for electrical corporations. The commission may act in this regard on its own motion or on application of an electrical corporation or a private energy producer.
Cal. PUC § 103553 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 103553
Section 103553
Status: in_force

The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds, notes, or certificates of the district.
Cal. WAT § 74435 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 74435
Section 74435
Status: in_force

If another district is annexed to a district pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 75940) of Part 10 of this division the board of the annexing district shall reestablish the boundaries of the divisions and election precincts within the district in the same manner as provided in Section 74434.
Cal. PUC § 1757.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 1757.1
Section 1757.1
Status: in_force

(a) In any proceeding other than a proceeding subject to the standard of review under Section 1757, review by the court shall not extend further than to determine, on the basis of the entire record which shall be certified by the commission, whether any of the following occurred:

(1) The order or decision of the commission was an abuse of discretion.

(2) The commission has not proceeded in the manner required by law.

(3) The commission acted without, or in excess of, its powers or jurisdiction.

(4) The decision of the commission is not supported by the findings.

(5) The order or decision was procured by fraud.

(6) The order or decision of the commission violates any right of the petitioner under the Constitution of the United States or the California Constitution.

(b) In reviewing decisions pertaining solely to water corporations, the review shall not be extended further than to determine whether the commission has regularly pursued its authority, including a determination whether the order or decision under review violates any right of the petitioner under the Constitution of the United States or this state.

(c) No new or additional evidence shall be introduced upon review by the court. The findings and conclusions of the commission on findings of fact shall be final and shall not be subject to review except as provided in this article. The questions of fact shall include ultimate facts and findings and conclusions of the commission on reasonableness and discrimination.
Cal. PRC § 6243 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.4 / Section 6243
Section 6243
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6870) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 or any other provision of law, no state agency or state officer shall enter into any new lease for the extraction of oil or gas from the California Coastal Sanctuary, unless the President of the United States has found a severe energy supply interruption and has ordered distribution of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve pursuant to Section 6241(d) of Title 42 of the United States Code, the Governor finds that the energy resources of the sanctuary will contribute significantly to the alleviation of that interruption, and the Legislature subsequently acts to amend this chapter to allow that extraction.
Cal. WIC § 14146.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4.6 / Section 14146.5
Section 14146.5
Status: in_force

This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
Cal. HSC § 33799 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 33799
Section 33799
Status: in_force

An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of any issuance or proposed issuance of revenue bonds under this chapter and the legality and validity of all proceedings previously taken or proposed in a resolution of an agency to be taken for the authorization, issuance, sale, and delivery of the revenue bonds and for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon.
Cal. BPC § 2306 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 12 / Section 2306
Section 2306
Status: in_force

If a licensee’s right to practice medicine is suspended, he or she shall not engage in the practice of medicine during the term of such suspension. Upon the expiration of the term of suspension, the certificate shall be reinstated by the Division of Medical Quality, unless the licensee during the term of suspension is found to have engaged in the practice of medicine in this state. In that event, the division shall revoke the licensee’s certificate to engage in the practice of medicine.
Cal. FAC § 5022 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 5022
Section 5022
Status: in_force

This division shall not be construed to conflict with any other law which provides for the extermination or control of ground squirrels or other animal pests. If any proceedings are commenced, however, pursuant to this division, this division and no other law applies to such proceedings.
Cal. INS § 10100.1 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 10100.1
Section 10100.1
Status: in_force

The facility, subject to the approval of the Insurance Commissioner, may provide for the equitable distribution of risks provided for in this chapter by means of assignment to individual members of such facility or by a pool or association of insurers participating in such facility.
Cal. BPC § 3711 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.3 / Article 2 / Section 3711
Section 3711
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall be the following: one physician and surgeon, four respiratory care practitioners, each of whom shall have practiced respiratory care and four public members who shall not be licensed by the board.
Cal. INS § 10755.18.7 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 8.02 / Article 2 / Section 10755.18.7
Section 10755.18.7
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit the applicability of any other provision of the Insurance Code unless such provision is in conflict with the requirements of this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 13858 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 10.5 / Section 13858
Section 13858
Status: in_force

The Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Governor, the State Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Director of Water Resources, and the State Director of Health Services or their designated representatives. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
Cal. INS § 6050 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 6050
Section 6050
Status: in_force

Where the amount of insurance in policies already written equals the amount limited by the provisions of this article, no additional insurance shall be written by such insurer on country property within a radius of one hundred feet of an existing risk. Such radius shall continue at not less than seventy-five feet during the life of the policy, unless insurance within the radius is covered by reinsurance.
Cal. FAC § 59287 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 22 / Section 59287
Section 59287
Status: in_force

The owner of the lot shall have, in the case of a perishable commodity not to exceed 48 hours, and in the case of a nonperishable commodity not to exceed 72 hours, from the time of serving such notice of noncompliance for reconditioning or for the correction of the deficiencies which are noted in the notice of noncompliance. If such lot is reconditioned or the deficiencies are corrected the enforcing officer shall remove the warning tags or markings and release the lot for marketing or may, with the consent of the owner of such lot, divert the lot to other lawful uses or destroy it.
Cal. PROB § 10302 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 10302
Section 10302
Status: in_force

(a) If it is shown that it will be to the advantage of the estate, the court or judge may by order shorten the time of notice of sale to not less than five days.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if the court or judge makes an order under subdivision (a), notice of sale shall be published as provided in Section 10300 except that the publication shall be pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code.

(c) In a case described in Section 10301, if the court makes an order under subdivision (a), notice of sale shall be posted as provided in Section 10301 except that the notice of sale shall be posted at least five days before the sale instead of 15 days as required by Section 10301.