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Cal. PUC § 270.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 270.1
Section 270.1
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may authorize the trustee of the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust to transfer to the Deaf Equipment Acquisition Fund Trust (DEAF Trust) money sufficient to cover the costs of the programs as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 278, including, but not limited to, all costs specified in subdivision (c) of Section 278. The amount of any transfer of money authorized may not exceed the cost of operating the programs for six months. The commission shall also establish other terms of the transfer, as it determines to be appropriate.

(b) The commission shall reimburse the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust for any transfer of money to the DEAF Trust authorized pursuant to subdivision (a), with interest as determined by the commission.

(c) A sum equivalent to the amount of money transferred to the Deaf Equipment Acquisition Fund Trust (DEAF Trust) pursuant to subdivision (a) is hereby appropriated from the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund to the commission, for allocation to the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust, for purposes of subdivision (b).

(d) Funds may not be transferred from the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust to the DEAF Trust pursuant to subdivision (a) after September 30, 2001.

(e) Commencing on October 1, 2001, and until a date not later than June 30, 2002, reimbursements made to the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) shall be deposited in a separate memorandum account within the DEAF Trust, subject to the terms specified in subdivision (b).

(f) On July 1, 2002, any funds in the DEAF Trust deposited in the memorandum account for purposes of reimbursing the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust shall revert to the Controller for deposit in the California High-Cost Fund-B Trust Committee Fund in the State Treasury rather than the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.

(g) Commencing on July 1, 2003, any funds remaining in the DEAF Trust, exclusive of those identified in subdivision (f), shall revert to the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund in the State Treasury.
Cal. PUC § 7718 — California Code / Code puc / Division 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 10 / Section 7718
Section 7718
Status: in_force

(a) The Railroad Accident Prevention and Immediate Deployment Force is hereby created in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The force shall be responsible for providing immediate onsite response capability in the event of large-scale releases of toxic materials resulting from surface transportation accidents and for implementing the state hazardous materials incident prevention and immediate deployment plan. This force shall act cooperatively and in concert with existing local emergency response units. The force shall consist of representatives of all of the following:

(1) Department of Fish and Game.

(2) California Environmental Protection Agency.

(3) State Air Resources Board.

(4) California Integrated Waste Management Board.

(5) California regional water quality control boards.

(6) Department of Toxic Substances Control.

(7) Department of Pesticide Regulation.

(8) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

(9) State Department of Public Health.

(10) Department of the California Highway Patrol.

(11) Department of Food and Agriculture.

(12) Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

(13) Department of Parks and Recreation.

(14) Public Utilities Commission.

(15) Any other potentially affected state, local, or federal agency.

(16) Office of Emergency Services.

(b) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall develop a state railroad accident prevention and immediate deployment plan in cooperation with the State Fire Marshal, affected businesses, and all of the entities listed in paragraphs (1) to (17), inclusive, of subdivision (a).

(c) The plan specified in subdivision (b) shall be a comprehensive set of policies and directions that every potentially affected state agency and business shall follow if there is a railroad accident to minimize the potential damage to the public health and safety, property, and the environment that might result from accidents involving railroad activities in the state.
Cal. WIC § 14087.9725 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.81 / Section 14087.9725
Section 14087.9725
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed as amending the requirements of Section 17000.

(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to preclude the department from expanding Medi-Cal managed care in ways other than those expressly provided in this article.
Cal. MVC § 1840 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Section 1840
Section 1840
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall develop guidance policies relative to the release of veterans who are inmates. The policies shall be developed with the intent to assist veterans who are inmates in pursuing claims for federal veterans’ benefits, or in establishing rights to any other privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided under federal or state law because of honorable service in the military. In developing the policies, the department may coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the county veterans service officer or veterans service organizations.
Cal. LAB § 7383 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 7383
Section 7383
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall require all crane employers to disclose all of their previous business identities within the previous 10 years. The disclosure shall be made to the division on forms provided by the division. The division shall maintain the confidentiality of this information.

(b) The division shall consider the violations of safety and health orders and standards of the previous business identities when assessing penalties against a crane employer for current violations.

(c) For purposes of this section “business identities” means current and previous business affiliations in the construction industry which involve the use of cranes. These shall include, but not be limited to, fictitious business names and corporate names.

(d) The purpose of this section is to enable the division to get a complete safety record of crane employers when assessing penalties for the violation of safety orders.
Cal. HSC § 110818 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 110818
Section 110818
Status: in_force

Water, including substances dissolved in water, shall not be a prohibited material, even if it contains incidental contamination from a prohibited material, if the prohibited material was not added by, or under the direction or control of, the person in control of the product.
Cal. FAC § 10 — California Code / Code fac / Section 10
Section 10
Status: in_force

Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required by this code, it shall be in writing unless it is expressly provided that it may be oral.
Cal. INS § 928 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 10.3 / Section 928
Section 928
Status: in_force

(a) An admitted insurer shall not undertake any single risk or accept reinsurance on any single risk when its liability thereon in excess of the amount reinsured by reinsurance authorized for annual statement credit under this code exceeds 10 percent of its capital and surplus as shown by its last statement on file in the office of the commissioner.

(b) This section shall apply to any class or classes of insurance specified in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Part 1 of Division 1, except:

(1) Life, as defined in Section 101.

(2) Title, as defined in Section 104.

(3) Surety, as defined in Section 105.

(4) Mortgage Guaranty, as defined in Section 119.

(5) Financial Guaranty, as defined in Section 124.
Cal. WAT § 72076 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 8 / Chapter 6 / Article 7 / Section 72076
Section 72076
Status: in_force

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall, by resolution, determine the following:

(a) The amount of the total debt service on any bond indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter and the amount of the maintenance and operation costs to be paid by each improvement district established hereunder, in accordance with the estimated benefits to be received by the landowners, water users, and inhabitants of each such improvement district.

(b) The method of payment of such debt service and maintenance and operation costs in each such improvement district.
Cal. ELEC § 13246 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 13246
Section 13246
Status: in_force

The device for marking the ballot may be of any size, shape, or form, and the impression made on the ballot may be in the form of a cross, square, circle, rectangle, or any other design that will clearly indicate the choice of the voter. Any type of ink or other substance that will clearly show the voter’s choice may be used in or in conjunction with the marking device.
Cal. SHC § 30102.5 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 30102.5
Section 30102.5
Status: in_force

Consistent with Section 30918, the Bay Area Toll Authority shall fix the rates of the toll charge, except as provided in Sections 30921 and 30923, and may grant reduced-rate and toll-free passage on the state-owned toll bridges within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Cal. HSC § 18934.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 18934.7
Section 18934.7
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt, approve, codify, and publish by reference in the California Building Standards Code the building standards in Appendix Chapter 1 of the International Existing Building Code of the International Code Council to provide minimum standards for buildings specified in that appendix, except for buildings subject to building standards adopted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910).
Cal. INS § 1704.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 1704.5
Section 1704.5
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a licensed life agent may present a proposal for insurance to a prospective policyholder on behalf of a life insurer for which the life agent is not specifically appointed, and may also transmit an application for insurance to that insurer. If a policy of insurance is issued pursuant to that application, the insurer is considered to have authorized the agent to act on its behalf, and the insurer is responsible for all actions of the agent that relate to the application and policy as if the agent had been duly appointed for the insurer. Not more than 14 days after the life agent submits an application for insurance to the insurer for which the insurer issues a policy, the insurer shall forward to the commissioner a notice of appointment of the life agent as the insurer’s agent in accordance with the requirements of this article. Nothing in this section obliges an insurer to accept an application for underwriting from a life agent. Any payments made by the prospective policyholder prior to issuance of the policy shall be made only in the form of a draft, check, cashier’s check, traveler’s check, money order, or similar instrument made payable to the insurer to which the application is transmitted.

(b) A licensed life agent who is not specifically appointed for a particular life insurer may not (1) present a proposal to a prospective policyholder for insurance with that insurer or (2) transmit an application for insurance to that insurer if the insurer requires all its life agents to represent only that insurer or a group of affiliated insurers of which that insurer is a member or to submit risks to that insurer or group of affiliated insurers prior to submitting them to other insurers.
Cal. SHC § 31477 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 31477
Section 31477
Status: in_force

(a) SANDAG may enter into one or more agreements with the County of San Diego or a city within the County of San Diego to accept fees imposed by that city or the county pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code) or the Mitigation Fee Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 66000), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 66010), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 66012), Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 66016), and Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 66020) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code), to reimburse SANDAG for costs it has or will incur to mitigate development that will have a negative impact on the movement of people or goods in or along the State Route 11 corridor or the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry.

(b) Fees paid to a city or the county and transferred to SANDAG pursuant to this section shall be expended by SANDAG solely for the construction or reimbursement for construction of the improvement serving the area to be benefited and from which the fees transferred from the city or county were collected.

(c) The agreement may provide for the acceptance of considerations in lieu of the payment of fees.

(d) If the provisions of this section, or provisions implementing this section contained in any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section, are held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this section or of the ordinance adopted pursuant thereto, which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this section and of an ordinance adopted pursuant thereto are severable.
Cal. BPC § 5058.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 5058.1
Section 5058.1
Status: in_force

A person or firm may not use any title or designation in connection with the designation “certified public accountant” or “public accountant” that is false or misleading.

The board may adopt regulations covering the use of titles or designations.
Cal. BPC § 6180.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 6180.5
Section 6180.5
Status: in_force

If the court finds that one or more of the events stated in Section 6180 has occurred, and that supervision of the courts is warranted because the affected attorney has left an unfinished client matter for which no other active licensee of the State Bar has with consent of the client agreed to assume responsibility, or that the interest of one or more of the clients of the attorney or one or more other interested persons or entities will be prejudiced if the proceeding herein provided is not maintained, it may make an order assuming jurisdiction over the attorney’s practice pursuant to this article. If the person to whom the order to show cause is directed does not appear the court may make its order upon the verified application or such proof as it may require. Thereupon the court shall appoint one or more active licensees of the State Bar to act under its direction to mail a notice of cessation of law practice pursuant to Section 6180.1 and may order such appointed attorneys to do one or more of the following:

(a) Examine the files and records of the law practice, and obtain information as to any pending matters which may require attention.

(b) Notify persons and entities who appear to be clients of the attorney of the occurrence of the event or events stated in Section 6180 and inform them that it may be to their best interest to obtain other legal counsel.

(c) Apply for an extension of time pending employment of such other counsel by the client.

(d) With the consent of the client, file notices, motions and pleadings on behalf of the client where jurisdictional time limits are involved and other legal counsel has not yet been obtained.

(e) Give notice to the depositor and appropriate persons and entities who may be affected, other than clients, of the occurrence of such event or events.

(f) Arrange for the surrender or delivery of clients’ papers or property.

(g) Arrange for the appointment of a receiver, where applicable, to take possession and control of any and all bank accounts relating to the affected attorney’s practice of law, including the general or office account and the clients’ trust account.

(h) Do such other acts as the court may direct to carry out the purposes of this article.

The court shall have jurisdiction over the files and records and law practice of the affected attorney for the limited purposes of this section, and may make all orders necessary or appropriate to exercise this jurisdiction. The court shall provide a copy of any order issued pursuant to this article to the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar.
Cal. BPC § 18734 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 18734
Section 18734
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall designate the scoring officials for each contest.

(b) The referee may render a decision at the end of a boxing contest if authorized by a representative of the commission.

(c) The commission may require that judges be used in conjunction with the referee at any boxing contest.
Cal. RTC § 18720 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 18720
Section 18720
Status: in_force

(a) Any individual may designate on the tax return that a contribution in excess of the tax liability, if any, be made to the California Pediatric Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, established pursuant to Section 18721. That designation is to be used as a voluntary checkoff on the tax return.

(b) The contributions shall be in full dollar amounts and may be made individually by each signatory on a joint return.

(c) A designation under subdivision (a) shall be made for any taxable year on the original return for that taxable year, and once made shall be irrevocable. In the event that payments and credits reported on the return, together with any other credits associated with the taxpayer’s account, do not exceed the taxpayer’s liability, the return shall be treated as though no designation has been made.

(d) In the event a taxpayer designates a contribution to more than one account or fund listed on the tax return, and the amount available for designation is insufficient to satisfy the total amount designated, the contribution shall be allocated among the designees on a pro rata basis.

(e) When another voluntary contribution designation is removed from the tax return, or as soon as space is available, whichever occurs first, the Franchise Tax Board shall revise the forms of the return to include a space labeled the “California Pediatric Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund” to allow for the designation permitted under subdivision (a). The forms shall also include in the instructions information that the contribution may be in the amount of one dollar ($1) or more and that the contribution shall be used to support research relating to the cure, screening, and treatment of pediatric cancers.

(f) A deduction shall be allowed under Article 6 (commencing with Section 17201) of Chapter 3 of Part 10 for any contribution made pursuant to subdivision (a).
Cal. LAB § 6359.3 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 6359.3
Section 6359.3
Status: in_force

This part, or any related health and safety standard, does not prevent or limit an employer, contractor, or fabrication shop from adopting stricter safety standards.
Cal. WAT § 48226 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 10 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 48226
Section 48226
Status: in_force

The failure of any interested person to show cause in writing as provided in this article shall be an assent on his part to a change of the boundaries of the district as prayed for in the petition, or to any such change thereof as will include a part of the land.
Cal. HNC § 76.6 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 76.6
Section 76.6
Status: in_force

Loans made under this article shall include, but are not limited to, the following terms and conditions:

(a) The minimum annual rate of interest charged by the division for a loan shall be set annually by the division and shall be a rate equal to 1 percent per annum plus the prime or base rate of interest.

(b) The division shall require collateral in a minimum amount of 110 percent of the loan.

(c) The repayment period of a loan shall not exceed 20 years, or be longer than the length of the borrower’s leasehold estate, including renewal options, if the loan is based upon a leasehold estate of the borrower.

(d) All loans shall amortize the principal over the term of the loan. However, a loan shall become due and payable in full if the borrower sells or otherwise transfers the recreational marina developed with divisional funds, unless the transfer is, by reason of the death of the borrower, to the borrower’s heirs.

(e) The division’s loans shall not be subordinated to any future loans obtained by a private marina owner, except in those cases involving loans acquired for refinancing previous senior loans.

(f) The division may allow assumption of loans from the original borrower by future parties, subject to completion of the application process and upon approval by the division.

(g) The division may, upon written request by the borrower, restate an existing loan.
Cal. PROB § 6121 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 6121
Section 6121
Status: in_force

A will executed in duplicate or any part thereof is revoked if one of the duplicates is burned, torn, canceled, obliterated, or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking it, by either (1) the testator or (2) another person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s direction.
Cal. WIC § 4406 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.1 / Part 1 / Section 4406
Section 4406
Status: in_force

The State Department of Developmental Services succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State Department of Health with respect to developmental disabilities on the date immediately prior to the date this section becomes operative.
Cal. SHC § 229.28 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 3 / Section 229.28
Section 229.28
Status: in_force

The number of generic tourist oriented directional signs shall not exceed three signs on an approach to an intersection from either direction. If more signs are requested than authorized by this section, the department shall select the three facilities or attractions receiving the highest rankings based on existing criteria and point ranking systems developed for other business signing programs. Based on the rankings, an existing sign posted pursuant to this chapter may be displaced by a new sign at the end of a two-year contract.
Cal. BPC § 8651 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 7 / Section 8651
Section 8651
Status: in_force

The performing or soliciting of structural pest control work, the inspecting for structural or household pests, or the applying of any pesticide for the purpose of eliminating, exterminating, controlling, or preventing structural or household pests in branches of pest control other than those for which the operator, field representative, or applicator is licensed or the company is registered is a ground for disciplinary action.
Cal. PUC § 15968 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 15968
Section 15968
Status: in_force

Immediately after receiving his or her certificate of election and before assuming the duties of office, each director shall take and subscribe an official oath and file it in the office of the board.