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Cal. MVC § 998.094 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 5t / Section 998.094
Section 998.094
Status: in_force

(a) So long as bonds authorized under this article are outstanding, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, at the close of each fiscal year, require a survey of the financial condition of the Division of Farm and Home Purchases, together with a projection of the division’s operations, to be made by an independent public accountant of recognized standing. The results of each survey and projection shall be reported in writing by the public accountant to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the California Veterans Board, the appropriate policy committees dealing with veterans affairs in the Senate and the Assembly, and the committee.

(b) The Division of Farm and Home Purchases shall reimburse the public accountant for these services out of money that the division may have available on deposit with the Treasurer.
Cal. WAT § 25827 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 25827
Section 25827
Status: in_force

A fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the secretary before the filing of each petition for a special rate of assessment. The money shall be applied to the cost of the publication of the notice and other expenses of the hearing. If there is any balance after the conclusion of the hearing, it shall be returned to the petitioner or divided among the petitioners contributing thereto in proportion to the respective areas described in their petitions.
Cal. WAT § 31524 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 31524
Section 31524
Status: in_force

“Clerk” refers to the secretary of the board of directors of the county water district.
Cal. FAC § 56802 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 56802
Section 56802
Status: in_force

“Association” means an association of produce dealers which is organized to carry out the responsibilities of produce dealers which are imposed by this chapter.
Cal. COM § 7404 — California Code / Code com / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 7404
Section 7404
Status: in_force

A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this division is not liable for the goods even if:

(1) the person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure the document or to dispose of the goods; or

(2) the person to which the bailee delivered the goods did not have authority to receive the goods.
Cal. RTC § 6368.9 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6368.9
Section 6368.9
Status: in_force

(a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part, the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, qualified equipment purchased by a qualified person at the end of the term of a lease or sublease of qualified equipment pursuant to any exercise of a purchase option under the lease or sublease, provided the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) As of the date the lease or sublease was entered into, the qualified person and qualified equipment were otherwise eligible for exemption under Section 6368.8, as that section read on that same date.

(2) The lease or sublease was entered into before the repeal date of Section 6368.8.

(b) For purposes of this section, “qualified equipment” and “qualified person” have the same meanings as defined in Section 6368.8, as that section read on the date the lease or sublease was entered into.

(c) This section shall only become operative if Section 6368.8 is repealed and, in that event, shall become operative on the date that section is repealed.
Cal. BPC § 7507.125 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 7507.125
Section 7507.125
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter prohibits the using or taking of personal effects that are connected, adjoined, or affixed to the collateral through an unbroken sequence, if that use or taking is reasonably necessary to effectuate the recovery in a safe manner or to protect the collateral or personal effects. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the removal of a locking mechanism or security device on the collateral, before, during, or after a repossession. No storage fee shall be charged for the first week on any personal effects used to effectuate a recovery pursuant to this section. Any personal effects used or taken pursuant to this section shall be processed in a reasonably expedient manner pursuant to Sections 7507.9 and 7507.10.
Cal. MVC § 345 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 345
Section 345
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the State Militia Disability Equality Act.
Cal. HSC § 1797.230 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2.5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1797.230
Section 1797.230
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A county may contract for emergency ambulance services with a fire agency that will provide those services, in whole or in part, through a written subcontract with a private ambulance service.

(2) This subdivision is declaratory of existing law regarding a county’s powers and authority to contract for emergency ambulance services.

(b) For purposes of this section, “fire agency” means a fire protection district, including a fire protection district that is governed by the county’s board of supervisors, a joint powers agency created for the provision of fire protection services, a city, a special district that provides fire protection services, or a local agency authorized by statute to provide fire protection services.

(c) On and after January 1, 2022, a county shall not enter into or renew a contract for emergency ambulance services unless the county board of supervisors has adopted, by ordinance or resolution, a written policy setting forth issues to be considered for inclusion in the county contract for emergency ambulance services, which may include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Employment retention requirements for the employees of the incumbent ambulance service.

(2) Demonstrated experience serving similar populations and geographic areas.

(3) Diversity and equity efforts addressing the unique needs of vulnerable and underserved populations of the service area.

(4) Financial requirements, including requiring a private ambulance service provider to show proof of insurance and bonding.

(5) A description of the ambulance service provider’s public information and education activities and community involvement.

(d) If a county contracts for emergency ambulance services as described in this section, the county contract shall demonstrate how the county contract will provide for the payment of comparable wages and benefits to all ambulance service employees that are generally consistent with those provided to ambulance service employees in the same geographic region. The county contract shall also demonstrate that the staffing levels for ambulance service employees will be comparable to the staffing levels under the county’s previous contract.

(e) The requirements of this section are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the county’s board of supervisors.

(f) This section shall not supersede Section 1797.201 and shall not alter, modify, abridge, diminish, or enlarge the requirements for creating, establishing, or maintaining an exclusive operating area under Section 1797.224.
Cal. WAT § 80122 — California Code / Code wat / Division 27 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 80122
Section 80122
Status: in_force

The department may do any of the following as may be, in the determination of the department, necessary for the purposes of this division:

(a) Hire and appoint employees as required, at salary levels determined by the director to be competitive to attract and retain persons with the necessary expertise and skills. Prior to hiring or appointing an employee at a salary in excess of a salary approved by the Department of Human Resources, the director shall submit the proposed salary to the Director of Finance who shall submit it to the Legislature in accordance with Section 27.00 of the annual Budget Act. No excess salary authorized under this section may be paid on or after January 1, 2003. The excess portion of a salary authorized under this section may not be considered salary in the calculation of final compensation for purposes of benefits under the Public Employees’ Retirement System.

(b) Engage the services of private parties to render professional and technical assistance and advice and other services in carrying out the purposes of this division.

(c) Contract for the services of other public agencies.

(d) The State Personnel Board and the Department of Human Resources shall assist the department in expediting the hiring of personnel necessary and desirable for the timely and successful implementation and administration of the department’s duties and responsibilities pursuant to this division.
Cal. FIN § 1684 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 19 / Article 2 / Section 1684
Section 1684
Status: in_force

(a) (1) No foreign (other state) bank may merge as the surviving corporation with a California bank, except that an insured foreign (other state) bank may do so in accordance with federal law, the law of the domicile of the foreign (other state) bank, this chapter, and Division 1.6 (commencing with Section 4800).

(2) No foreign (other state) bank may purchase the whole business unit of a California bank, except that an insured foreign (other state) bank may do so in accordance with federal law, the law of the domicile of the foreign (other state) bank, this chapter, and Division 1.6 (commencing with Section 4800).

(3) No foreign (other state) bank that does not already maintain a California branch office may establish or maintain a California branch office except in the manner described in paragraph (1) or (2) and in accordance with federal law, the law of the domicile of the foreign (other state) bank, and this chapter.

(b) This section constitutes:

(1) An election to permit early interstate merger transactions pursuant to Section 44(a)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1831u(a)(3)).

(2) An express prohibition against interstate branching through the acquisition of a branch business unit located in this state of a California bank (without acquisition of the whole business unit of the California bank) pursuant to Section 44(a)(4) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1831u(a)(4)).
Cal. ELEC § 14313 — California Code / Code elec / Division 14 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 14313
Section 14313
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor and the issuance of an executive order authorizing an emergency worker to cast a ballot outside of his or her home precinct, elections officials in the counties included in the executive order shall, upon demand, issue to an emergency worker a provisional ballot that may be identical to the provisional ballot offered to other voters in the county, using a process to be determined by the elections official. The elections official shall transmit for processing any ballot cast, including any materials necessary to process the ballot, pursuant to this section to the elections official in the county where the voter is registered to vote.

(b) To be counted, a ballot cast pursuant to this section shall satisfy both of the following requirements:

(1) Be cast by the voter no later than the close of the polls on election day.

(2) Be received by the county elections official where the voter is registered on or before the 10th day following the date of the election.

(c) Upon receipt of the returned ballot, the elections official shall process the ballot pursuant to the procedures in subdivision (c) of Section 14310.

(d) If the requirements in subdivisions (b) and (c) are met and the ballot is eligible to be counted, the ballot shall be duplicated and all other materials preserved according to the procedures set forth in this code.

(e) “Emergency worker” for the purposes of this section means a person who is officially engaged in responding to the proclaimed state of emergency and whose vocation has been identified in an executive order relating to the state of emergency.
Cal. BPC § 8505.13 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 8505.13
Section 8505.13
Status: in_force

A registered company shall maintain a log of each fumigation job performed by it in this state. The log shall be in the form required by the regulations of the board and shall be preserved for a period of at least three years, during which time it shall be available at all times during business hours for inspection by the board and its authorized representatives.
Cal. FAC § 77447 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17.5 / Article 3 / Section 77447
Section 77447
Status: in_force

The state shall not be liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter or acts of the commission shall be limited to the funds collected by the commission. No member of the commission, alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, shall be personally liable on the contracts of the commission and no member, alternate member, or employee of the commission shall be responsible individually in any way to any producer, processor, shipper or any other person for error in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, or employee, except for his or her own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No member or alternate member shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any member or alternate member of the commission. The liability of the members and alternate members shall be several and not joint, and no member or alternate member shall be liable for the default of any other member or alternate member.
Cal. WAT § 51332 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 51332
Section 51332
Status: in_force

At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall hear any evidence offered in support of the written objections and may modify or amend the assessment valuations.
Cal. PRC § 2761 — California Code / Code prc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 2761
Section 2761
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 1, 1977, and, at a minimum, after the completion of each decennial census, the Office of Planning and Research shall identify portions of the following areas within the state that are urbanized or are subject to urban expansion or other irreversible land uses that would preclude mineral extraction:

(1) Standard metropolitan statistical areas and other areas for which information is readily available.

(2) Other areas as may be requested by the board.

(b) In accordance with a time schedule, and based upon guidelines adopted by the board, the State Geologist shall classify, on the basis solely of geologic factors, and without regard to existing land use and land ownership, the areas identified by the Office of Planning and Research, any area for which classification has been requested by a petition that has been accepted by the board, or any other areas as may be specified by the board, as one of the following:

(1) An area that contains mineral deposits and is not of regional or statewide significance.

(2) An area that contains mineral deposits and is of regional or statewide significance.

(3) An area that contains mineral deposits, the significance of which requires further evaluation.

(c) The State Geologist shall require the petitioner to pay the reasonable costs of classifying an area for which classification has been requested by the petitioner.

(d) The State Geologist shall transmit the information to the board for incorporation into the state policy and for transmittal to lead agencies.

(e) The board shall transmit mineral resource information on areas classified by the State Geologist pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), or on applicable areas designated by the board pursuant to Section 2790, or both, to a lead agency or a metropolitan planning organization within 30 days of receiving a request for the mineral resource information identified within the jurisdiction of the lead agency or the metropolitan planning organization.
Cal. WAT § 2763 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 2763
Section 2763
Status: in_force

On the day set for hearing all parties in interest who have filed notices of exceptions shall appear in person, or by counsel, and the court shall hear the matter or set the time for hearing, and shall continue the hearing until all exceptions are disposed of.
Cal. SHC § 2551.5 — California Code / Code shc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Section 2551.5
Section 2551.5
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors, and the city councils of the cities in the county, may authorize the members of the service authority to receive for each attendance at meetings of the service authority, and for each day any member is engaged in authorized service authority business other than attendance at meetings of the service authority, the maximum sum of one hundred dollars ($100), but not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any calendar month, and to be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
Cal. ELEC § 8451 — California Code / Code elec / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 8451
Section 8451
Status: in_force

Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.
Cal. SHC § 1465 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 2 / Section 1465
Section 1465
Status: in_force

(a) Permittees may excavate openings in county highways to make repairs in cases of emergency requiring immediate action. In such cases the appropriate representative of the road commissioner shall be promptly notified of any such action, and such permittee, at his own expense, shall immediately replace such county highway in as good condition as before such excavation.

(b) A public agency supplying water service to its inhabitants may, within its corporate limits, excavate a county highway without a permit in cases of emergency requiring immediate action; but in such cases the county highway shall, at the expense of the public agency, be replaced in as good condition as before such excavation.
Cal. FIN § 4879.16 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.6 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 4879.16
Section 4879.16
Status: in_force

Promptly after a sale becomes effective, the seller shall:

(a) Surrender to its regulator for cancellation the certificates of authority or licenses issued to it by the regulator that relate to the partial business unit sold.

(b) File with its regulator any report regarding the sale that the regulator may require.
Cal. HSC § 103475 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 103475
Section 103475
Status: in_force

If, upon the hearing, the allegations of the petition are established to the satisfaction of the court, the court may make an order determining that the birth, death, or marriage did in fact occur at the time and place shown by the proofs adduced at the hearing.
Cal. HSC § 39719.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.1 / Section 39719.1
Section 39719.1
Status: in_force

(a) Of the amount loaned from the fund to the General Fund pursuant to Item 3900-011-3228 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013, four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) shall be available to the High-Speed Rail Authority pursuant to subdivision (b).

(b) The portion of the loan from the fund to the General Fund described in subdivision (a) shall be repaid to the fund as necessary based on the financial needs of the high-speed rail project. Beginning in the 2015–16 fiscal year, and in order to carry out the goals of the fund in accordance with the requirements of Section 39712, the amounts of all the loan repayments, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, are continuously appropriated from the fund to the High-Speed Rail Authority for the following components of the initial operating segment and Phase I Blended System as described in the 2012 business plan adopted pursuant to Section 185033 of the Public Utilities Code:

(1) Acquisition and construction costs of the project.

(2) Environmental review and design costs of the project.

(3) Other capital costs of the project.

(4) Repayment of any loans made to the authority to fund the project.
Cal. WIC § 14100.8 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 14100.8
Section 14100.8
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, “provider of home health agency services” means a home health agency that is licensed by the department under Section 1726 of the Health and Safety Code that meets the requirements for the medicaid program under Subpart A (commencing with Sec. 441.10) of Part 441 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, that meets the requirements for the Medicare program under Part 484 (commencing with Sec. 481.1) and Part 489 (commencing with Sec. 489.1) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, and that is enrolled as a provider in the Medi-Cal program. In the event of inconsistent requirements between the medicaid and Medicare programs, medicaid requirements shall take precedence.

(b) Within 90 days after the effective date of a final federal regulation requiring that a provider of home health agency services must acquire a surety bond in order to participate in the medicaid or Medicare program, each provider of home health agency services shall obtain, and thereafter maintain, a surety bond meeting the requirements of the final federal regulation, as amended, as a condition of participation in the Medi-Cal program.

(c) Any entity that has applied to become a provider of home health agency services less than 90 days prior to the date that the final federal regulation described in subdivision (b) becomes effective shall submit a surety bond within 90 days of the effective date of the regulation.

(d) Failure of a provider of home health agency services to obtain and maintain a surety bond as required in this section shall result in denial or recoupment of Medi-Cal reimbursement for services provided during the period for which a surety bond should have been in effect.

(e) Failure of a provider of home health agency services to obtain and maintain a surety bond as required in this section shall result in automatic termination of the provider’s participation in the Medi-Cal program.
Cal. PUC § 13653 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 8 / Article 8 / Section 13653
Section 13653
Status: in_force

No public agency or portion thereof shall be annexed to a special district unless the legislative body thereof shall by resolution consent.
Cal. FAC § 63129 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 63129
Section 63129
Status: in_force

The director shall amend any existing marketing order exclusively affecting processing strawberries in a manner necessary to conform to this chapter without the necessity of complying with any provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 58601) of Part 2 including those sections relating to the amendment of a marketing order.
Cal. WAT § 71989 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 71989
Section 71989
Status: in_force

After the formation of the revenue improvement district pursuant to this chapter, all proceedings for the purpose of a revenue bond election by the revenue improvement district shall be limited, and shall apply only to the revenue improvement district.