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Cal. WAT § 11984 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 4 / Section 11984
Section 11984
Status: in_force

The department is authorized to adopt those rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out, and as are consistent with, this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 20573 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 20573
Section 20573
Status: in_force

Districts governed by this division are subject to the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law.
Cal. RTC § 30243.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 30243.5
Section 30243.5
Status: in_force

In accordance with such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe, the person against whom a jeopardy determination is made may apply for an administrative hearing for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) To establish that the determination is excessive; or

(b) To establish that the sale of property that may be seized after issuance of the jeopardy determination or any part thereof shall be delayed pending the administrative hearing because the sale would result in irreparable injury to the person; or

(c) To request the release of all or a part of the property to the person; or

(d) To request a stay of collection activities.

The application shall be filed within 30 days after service of the notice of jeopardy determination and shall be in writing and state the specific factual and legal grounds upon which it is founded. No security need be posted to file the application and to obtain this hearing. However, if the person does not deposit within the 10-day period prescribed in Section 30243, such security as the board may deem necessary to ensure compliance with this part, the filing of the application shall not operate as a stay of collection activities, except sale of property seized after issuance of the jeopardy determination. Upon a showing of good cause for failure to file a timely application for administrative hearing, the board may allow a filing of the application and grant the person an administrative hearing. The filing of an application pursuant to this section shall not affect provisions of Section 30242 relating to the finality date of the determination or to penalty or interest.
Cal. HSC § 79810 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 7 / Section 79810
Section 79810
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning:

(a) “Easement” means a conservation easement, as defined in Section 815.1 of the Civil Code.

(b) “Environmental assessment” means an investigation of real property, conducted by an independent qualified environmental consultant, to discover the presence or likely presence of a release or a threat of a release of a hazardous substance at, on, to, or from the real property. An environmental assessment shall include, but is not limited to, an investigation of the historical use of the real property, any prior releases, records, consultant reports and regulatory agency correspondence, a visual survey of the real property, and, if warranted, sampling and analytical testing.

(c) “Owner” means either of the following:

(1) An independent special district, as defined in Section 56044 of the Government Code.

(2) An entity or organization that holds an easement.

(d) “Property” means either of the following:

(1) Real property acquired by a special district by means of a gift or donation for which an environmental assessment was completed prior to the transfer or conveyance of the real property to the special district.

(2) An easement for which an environmental assessment was completed prior to the transfer or conveyance of the easement to an entity or organization authorized to accept the easement pursuant to Section 815.3 of the Civil Code.
Cal. HSC § 125291.50 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 125291.50
Section 125291.50
Status: in_force

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds maturing each year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.
Cal. PRC § 42849 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 16 / Article 5 / Section 42849
Section 42849
Status: in_force

(a) “Threaten” or “threat,” for purposes of this article, means a condition creating a substantial probability of harm, when the probability and potential extent of harm make it reasonably necessary to take immediate action to prevent, reduce, or mitigate damages to persons, property, natural resources, or the public health or safety.

(b) If the board finds either an imminent threat to public health, safety, or the environment, or a threat, as defined by subdivision (a), the board may conduct an emergency meeting to determine the legal, enforcement, cleanup, or other necessary actions that may be taken to correct that imminent threat or threat. Such a finding by the board shall be deemed to be an “emergency situation” for purposes of, and in addition to the situations described in, Section 11125.5 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 25299.8 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.7 / Section 25299.8
Section 25299.8
Status: in_force

The repeal and addition of Section 25292.3 and the amendment of Section 25284 by the act adding this section during the 2002 portion of the 2001–02 Regular Session, to eliminate the requirement to acquire and display an upgrade compliance certificate, do not constitute a bar to any action, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, brought for a violation of the law that occurred prior to January 1, 2003.
Cal. WAT § 72674 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 72674
Section 72674
Status: in_force

The petition for annexation shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the district in a sufficient amount to reimburse the district for the expenses of processing and publishing the petition and preparing and making the filings required by law.
Cal. RTC § 60522.3 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 31 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 60522.3
Section 60522.3
Status: in_force

(a) A claim for refund that is otherwise valid under Sections 60522 and 60523 that is made in the case in which the amount of tax determined has not been paid in full shall be deemed to be a timely filed claim for refund with respect to all subsequent payments applied to that determination.

(b) For purposes of this section, “amount of tax determined” means an amount of tax, interest, or penalty, with respect to a single determination made under Article 2 (commencing with Section 60301), Article 3 (commencing with Section 60310), or Article 4 (commencing with Section 60330) of Chapter 6.

(c) This section shall apply to all claims for refund on or after the effective date of the act adding this section.
Cal. FGC § 13010 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 13010
Section 13010
Status: in_force

There is a Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account is the successor to the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund which is hereby abolished. All references in any law to the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account shall be deemed to refer to the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account. All money in the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account on January 1, 1996, shall be transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account. The following subaccounts are created within the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account:

(a) The Oil Pollution Administration Subaccount.

(b) The Oil Pollution Response and Restoration Subaccount.

(c) The Hazardous Materials Administration Subaccount.

(d) The Hazardous Materials Response and Restoration Subaccount.
Cal. SHC § 19306 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 19306
Section 19306
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors determines, with respect to a petition for annexation filed in conformity with this chapter, that

(a) The petition for annexation should be granted in whole or in part, pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 19210), and

(b) It is just and equitable, and in the public interest, that the proposed temporary zone be formed, and

(c) That the petition was signed by resident taxpayers representing 60 percent or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the area therein proposed to be annexed,

the board, in addition to those proceedings required by Chapter 12, shall by resolution entered in its minutes, declare the annexed territory established as a temporary zone with boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of the territory annexed, designating the zone by an identifying name or number; and shall specify the purposes and duration thereof, not to exceed three years from the beginning of the next ensuing fiscal year in which a special tax or assessment levy may be made therein.
Cal. ELEC § 9283 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 9283
Section 9283
Status: in_force

A ballot argument may not be accepted under this article unless accompanied by the printed name and signature or printed names and signatures of the author or authors submitting it, or, if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument.

No more than five signatures shall appear with any argument submitted under this article. In case any argument is signed by more than five authors, the signatures of the first five shall be printed.
Cal. HSC § 125340 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 5.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 125340
Section 125340
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to providing AOP or any alternative method of ovarian retrieval to a research participant for the purposes of medical research or development of medical therapies, a physician and surgeon shall obtain written and oral informed consent for the procedure from the research participant. Informed consent for the purposes of this chapter shall include a signed acknowledgment of the rights contained in the Research Participants Undergoing Oocyte Retrieval for Medical Research Purposes Bill of Rights and comply with the informed consent requirements of the Protection of Human Subjects in Medical Experimentation Act (Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 24170) of Division 20).

(b) The failure to obtain written informed consent from the research participant constitutes unprofessional conduct within the meaning of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code. This section does not relieve the physician and surgeon from other existing duties under the law, including, but not limited to, the duty to obtain a research participant’s informed consent after fully explaining the proposed procedure. The requirement that a physician and surgeon provide the standardized written summary pursuant to Section 125335 is in addition to, and does not supplant, other existing legal requirements regarding informed consent, including, but not limited to, compliance with the Protection of Human Subjects in Medical Experimentation Act (Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 24170) of Division 20).

(c) This chapter does not affect the suitability or availability of oocytes procured for research before January 1, 2007, if the oocytes were donated pursuant to protocols or standards that are generally recognized and accepted by national or international scientific bodies.

(d) A written document required pursuant to this section shall adhere to simplified reading standards, including, but not limited to, those generally accepted and required for government publications, and in layperson’s language. The document shall be made available in languages spoken by research participants in the study if their proficiency is largely in a language other than English. All information in the written informed consent document shall also be conveyed to the research participant orally in easy to understand and nontechnical terms.

(e) Research conducted pursuant to this chapter shall adhere to federal regulations governing informed consent pursuant to Section 46.116 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(f) This section does not limit or expand the right of an injured research participant to recover damages under any applicable law.
Cal. PRC § 4114.4 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 4114.4
Section 4114.4
Status: in_force

(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in coordination with the United States Forest Service and other relevant state, federal, tribal, local, and private cooperators, shall identify and map a comprehensive network of potential operational delineations that can be used for strategic wildfire response or the proactive use of prescribed fire. This effort shall use existing tools, including, but not limited to, open-source tools, and build on existing plans, including, but not limited to, community wildfire protection plans, CAL-FIRE unit fire plans, and potential operational delineations for wildfires of the United States Forest Service.

(2) The map described in paragraph (1) shall comply with both of the following:

(A) Be included in outreach efforts for state programs related to fire planning and community engagement efforts, such as, but not limited to, the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program (Article 11 (commencing with Section 4208)).

(B) Be assessed for potential impacts on tribal cultural resources and sensitive species in areas where there will be significant ground disturbance. The department, through local units of the department, shall engage with and consult tribal entities in the region for input on the potential network of delineations described in paragraph (1). Tribal leadership in this process shall be supported and engaged with to the extent feasible. If an appropriation by the Legislature has been made for these purposes, state resources may be used to support tribal engagement in developing, reviewing, and assessing proposed locations. This subparagraph does not alter any duty by the department to consult with tribal governments during a wildfire event.

(b) (1) In order to provide a nuanced understanding of postfire conditions, on or before July 1, 2025, and updated annually thereafter, the Fire and Resource Assessment Program in the department shall develop maps of the severity of impacts from wildfires that includes fires of significant size across all land ownerships. To the extent feasible, in developing the maps described in this paragraph, the department shall collaborate with the United States Forest Service, the United States Geological Survey, and other relevant parties, and shall, where appropriate, use data from existing sources, including from the Burn Severity Portal maintained by the United States Geological Survey. For purposes of complying with this paragraph, the department may contract with a third party.

(2) The department shall make the maps described in paragraph (1) available to the public on its internet website.

(c) The department shall annually review the effects of recent fires in the context of community safety and ecological restoration goals to identify priority opportunities for prescribed fire that can further manage hazardous fuel conditions.
Cal. SHC § 27007 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 27007
Section 27007
Status: in_force

No irregularity or informality in conducting any district election which has been otherwise fairly conducted shall invalidate or affect the election.
Cal. RTC § 7083 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 7083
Section 7083
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish the position of the Taxpayers’ Rights Advocate. The advocate or his or her designee shall be responsible for facilitating resolution of taxpayer complaints and problems, including any taxpayer complaints regarding unsatisfactory treatment of taxpayers by board employees, and staying actions where taxpayers have suffered or will suffer irreparable loss as the result of those actions. Applicable statutes of limitation shall be tolled during the pendency of a stay. Any penalties and interest which would otherwise accrue shall not be affected by the granting of a stay.

(b) The advocate shall report directly to the executive officer of the board.
Cal. UIC § 2675 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 2675
Section 2675
Status: in_force

(a) An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits under this part if he or she has willfully, for the purpose of obtaining benefits, either made a false statement or representation, with actual knowledge of the falsity thereof, or withheld a material fact in order to obtain any benefits under this part.

(b) An individual disqualified under subdivision (a) under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, shall be ineligible to receive benefits from the date the disqualifying determination was issued and for not less than seven nor more than 35 subsequent days for which he or she is otherwise eligible for benefits under this part. When successive disqualifications under subdivision (a) occur, the director may extend the period of ineligibility for an additional period not to exceed 56 days.

(c) If all or any of the assessed days of ineligibility cannot be served because the individual is no longer otherwise eligible for benefits under this part, the assessed days of ineligibility shall be applied to any subsequent disability benefit period for which he or she is otherwise eligible for benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied, however, to any day of eligibility which falls beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date upon which the determination was mailed or served by the department.

(d) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to disqualifying determinations issued on or after January 1, 1992.
Cal. ELEC § 10734 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 10734
Section 10734
Status: in_force

A special primary election shall not be held for a special general election conducted pursuant to this chapter. Candidates at the special general election shall be nominated in the manner set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 8000) of Part 1 of Division 8, except that nomination papers shall not be circulated more than 46 days before the special general election, shall be left with the county elections official for examination not less than 39 days before the special general election, and shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than 35 days before the special general election.
Cal. HSC § 129932 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 129932
Section 129932
Status: in_force

(a)  Each member shall be appointed by the director for a term of four years and shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until one year has elapsed since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed, whichever first occurs. No person shall serve as a member of the board for more than two consecutive terms. The director may remove any member of the board for neglect of duty or other just cause.

(b)  The terms of the appointive members of the board who are in office before January 1, 1994, shall expire as follows:

(1)  The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1994.

(2)  The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1995.

(3)  The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1996.

(4)  The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1997.

(5)  The terms of three members shall expire January 1, 1998.

(6)  The terms of three members shall expire January 1, 1999.
The terms shall expire in the same relative order as the original appointment dates.

(c)  Vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
Cal. PROB § 2022 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 2022
Section 2022
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Title 15 (commencing with Section 7001) of the United States Code), but does not modify, limit, or supersede subdivision (c) of Section 101 of that act, which is codified as subdivision (c) of Section 7001 of Title 15 of the United States Code, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in subdivision (b) of Section 103 of that act, which is codified as subdivision (b) of Section 7003 of Title 15 of the United States Code.
Cal. BPC § 26228.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 10 / Chapter 22 / Article 8 / Section 26228.1
Section 26228.1
Status: in_force

If an association issues nonpar value stock, the issuance of the stock shall be governed by the terms of all general laws that cover the issuance of nonpar value stock in domestic corporations.
Cal. WIC § 11263 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 11263
Section 11263
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Sections 11253 and 11455, no person over the age of 18 years is a needy child within the meaning of this chapter.
Cal. FAC § 67114 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 67114
Section 67114
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any section, clause, or part of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid as applied to any person or as applied under certain circumstances, that decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any other persons or under any other circumstance.