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Cal. FAC § 79081 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 25 / Article 4 / Section 79081
Section 79081
Status: in_force

The commission may approve payment of a stipend to commission members of not more than one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) for each day a member is on official commission business pursuant to Section 79055, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any single month.
Cal. BPC § 4050 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 4050
Section 4050
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, “state agency” includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, authority, and commission.

(b) In recognition of and consistent with the decisions of the appellate courts of this state, the Legislature hereby declares the practice of pharmacy to be a profession.

(c) Pharmacist practice is a dynamic, patient-oriented health service that applies a scientific body of knowledge to improve and promote patient health by means of patient-care activities to optimize appropriate drug use, drug-related therapy, disease management and prevention, and communication for clinical and consultative purposes. Pharmacist practice is continually evolving to include more sophisticated and comprehensive patient care activities.

(d) The Legislature further declares that pharmacists are health care providers who have the authority to provide health care services.

(e) No state agency other than the board may define or interpret this chapter and its regulations for those licensed pursuant to this chapter or develop standardized procedures or protocols pursuant to this chapter, unless so authorized by this chapter, or specifically required under state or federal law.
Cal. HSC § 33842 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 33842
Section 33842
Status: in_force

Assessments levied under this chapter shall be subject to all the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with Section 101) of the Revenue and Taxation Code applicable to the collection, penalties, costs, or other charges resulting from delinquency, redemption, and sale for nonpayment of taxes on the county tax roll.
Cal. LAB § 1132.6 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 1132.6
Section 1132.6
Status: in_force

“Strike” means any concerted act of more than 50 percent of the bargaining unit employees in a lawful refusal of such employees under applicable state or federal law to perform work or services for an employer, other than work stoppages based on conflicting union jurisdictions or work stoppages unauthorized by the proper union governing body.
Cal. PCC § 10820 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 7 / Section 10820
Section 10820
Status: in_force

Every contract awarded under this chapter shall be submitted to the Attorney General or the attorney appointed according to law and authorized to represent the trustees. Such a contract is not binding on the state until the appropriate attorney finds it to be in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, and endorses such finding thereon.

A certified copy of each contract shall be filed with the Controller, but the failure to so file does not invalidate it.
Cal. BPC § 22904 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 28 / Section 22904
Section 22904
Status: in_force

Every supplier shall provide to its dealers, on an annual basis, an opportunity to return a portion of their surplus parts inventory for credit. The surplus procedure shall be administered as follows:

(a) The supplier may notify its dealers of a time period, of at least 90 days’ duration, during which time dealers may submit their surplus parts list and return their surplus parts to the supplier. A supplier may choose to designate a different period of time for each dealer to return surplus parts.

(b) If a supplier has not notified a dealer of a specific time period for returning surplus parts within the preceding 12 months, then it shall authorize and allow the dealer’s surplus parts return request within 60 days after receipt of that request from the dealer.

(c) Pursuant to the provisions of this section, a supplier shall allow surplus parts return authority on a dollar value of parts equal to 10 percent of the total dollar value of parts purchased by the dealer from the supplier during the 12-month period immediately preceding the notification to the dealer by the supplier of the surplus parts return program, or the month the dealer’s return request is made, whichever is applicable.

(d) Returned parts shall be in new and unused condition and shall have been purchased by the dealer from the supplier to whom they are returned. Obsolete and superseded parts may be returned if listed in the supplier’s current returnable parts list or if those parts have not been the subject of a supplier’s return program at the date of the notification to the dealer by the supplier of the surplus parts return program, or the date of the dealer’s parts return request, whichever is applicable.

(e) The minimum lawful credit to be allowed for returned parts shall be 95 percent of the current net parts cost, as listed in the supplier’s current returnable parts list at the date of the notification to the dealer by the supplier of the surplus parts return program, or the date of the dealer’s parts return request, whichever is applicable.

(f) The annual parts return provided for in this section may be waived by a dealer.

(g) If an outstanding balance is owed to the supplier, the supplier may credit the dealer’s account within 30 days after the supplier’s receipt of the dealer’s returned parts. If no balance exists, the supplier shall pay the dealer within 30 days after the supplier’s receipt of the dealer’s returned parts. If a supplier refuses to credit the dealer’s account or pay the dealer for returned parts covered by this section within 30 days of the supplier’s receipt of returned parts, the supplier shall be liable for 110 percent of the total current net parts cost, plus interest at the statutory rate from the payment due date until the date of payment, and actual costs for any court or arbitration proceeding, including costs for attorney’s fees and arbitrators.
Cal. UIC § 710.7 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 710.7
Section 710.7
Status: in_force

(a) The State of California, as defined as an employer in Section 3513 of the Government Code, may elect to become an employer subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) with respect to all employees who are part of an appropriate unit established pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, provided the election is the result of a negotiated agreement between the State of California and the recognized employee organization, as those terms are defined in Section 3513 of the Government Code. The State of California may elect to provide coverage to its management and confidential employees and to its employees who are not part of an appropriate unit, provided that the election is not contingent upon coverage of other employees of the State of California.

(b) Upon filing of the election, the filing entity shall, upon approval by the director, become an employer subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) to the same extent as other employers, and services performed by its employees including those with civil service or tenure positions who are subject to an election under this section shall constitute employment subject to that part.

(c) Sections 986 and 2903 apply to an employer making an election pursuant to this section.
Cal. INS § 10489.97 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3a / Section 10489.97
Section 10489.97
Status: in_force

(a) A company shall establish reserves using a principle-based valuation that meets the following conditions for policies or contracts as specified in the valuation manual:

(1) Quantify the benefits, guarantees, and the funding associated with the contracts and their risks at a level of conservatism that reflects conditions that include unfavorable events that have a reasonable probability of occurring during the lifetime of the contracts. For policies or contracts with significant tail risk, reflects conditions appropriately adverse to quantify the tail risk.

(2) Incorporate assumptions, risk analysis methods, and financial models and management techniques that are consistent with, but not necessarily identical to, those utilized within the company’s overall risk assessment process, while recognizing potential differences in financial reporting structures and any prescribed assumptions or methods.

(3) Incorporate assumptions that are derived in one of the following manners:

(A) The assumption is prescribed in the valuation manual.

(B) For assumptions that are not prescribed, the assumptions shall:

(i) Be established utilizing the company’s available experience, to the extent it is relevant and statistically credible.

(ii) To the extent that company data is not available, relevant, or statistically credible, be established utilizing other relevant, statistically credible experience.

(4) Provide margins for uncertainty, including adverse deviation and estimation error, such that the greater the uncertainty the larger the margin and resulting reserve.

(b) A company using a principle-based valuation for one or more policies or contracts subject to this section as specified in the valuation manual shall do the following:

(1) Establish procedures for corporate governance and oversight of the actuarial valuation function consistent with those described in the valuation manual.

(2) Provide to the commissioner and the board of directors of the company an annual certification of the effectiveness of the internal controls with respect to the principle-based valuation. The controls shall be designed to ensure that all material risks inherent in the liabilities and associated assets subject to such valuation are included in the valuation, and that valuations are made in accordance with the valuation manual. The certification shall be based on the controls in place as of the end of the preceding calendar year.

(3) Develop, and file with the commissioner upon request, a principle-based valuation report that complies with standards prescribed in the valuation manual.

(c) A principle-based valuation may include a prescribed formulaic reserve component.
Cal. FAM § 8925 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 8925
Section 8925
Status: in_force

A Hague adoption certificate or, in outgoing cases, a Hague custody declaration, obtained pursuant to Part 97 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be recognized as a final valid adoption for purposes of all state and local laws.
Cal. BPC § 310 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 310
Section 310
Status: in_force

The director shall have the following powers and it shall be his duty to:

(a) Recommend and propose the enactment of such legislation as necessary to protect and promote the interests of consumers.

(b) Represent the consumer’s interests before federal and state legislative hearings and executive commissions.

(c) Assist, advise, and cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies and officials to protect and promote the interests of consumers.

(d) Study, investigate, research, and analyze matters affecting the interests of consumers.

(e) Hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, take testimony, compel the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, and call upon other state agencies for information.

(f) Propose and assist in the creation and development of consumer education programs.

(g) Promote ethical standards of conduct for business and consumers and undertake activities to encourage public responsibility in the production, promotion, sale and lease of consumer goods and services.

(h) Advise the Governor and Legislature on all matters affecting the interests of consumers.

(i) Exercise and perform such other functions, powers and duties as may be deemed appropriate to protect and promote the interests of consumers as directed by the Governor or the Legislature.

(j) Maintain contact and liaison with consumer groups in California and nationally.
Cal. WIC § 4504 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 1.3 / Section 4504
Section 4504
Status: in_force

The professional person in charge of the facility or his designee may, for good cause, deny a person any of the rights specified under subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 4503. To ensure that these rights are denied only for good cause, the Director of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations specifying the conditions under which they may be denied. Denial of a person’s rights shall in all cases be entered into the person’s treatment record and shall be reported to the Director of Developmental Services on a quarterly basis. The content of these records shall enable the Director of Developmental Services to identify individual treatment records, if necessary, for future analysis and investigation. These reports shall be available, upon request, to Members of the Legislature. Information pertaining to denial of rights contained in the person’s treatment record shall be made available, on request, to the person, his attorney, his parents, his conservator or guardian, the State Department of Developmental Services, and Members of the Legislature.
Cal. PUC § 170024 — California Code / Code puc / Division 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 170024
Section 170024
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request of the board of directors of the authority, and with the consent of any labor organization acting as the exclusive representative of employees of the authority whose rights are governed by a collective bargaining agreement, the board may enter into a contract to enroll those employees as members of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) or another retirement system.

(b) A contract to enroll employees in CalPERS shall be subject to the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code and, where permitted by the law governing that system, shall receive full reciprocity with public employees’ retirement systems in which they previously participated.

(c) Employees transferred from any existing retirement system or pension plan to CalPERS or any other retirement system by operation of this section shall receive benefits immediately after enrollment in, or transfer to, the system that are equal to the benefits the employees would have been entitled to immediately before enrollment in, or transfer to, the system.
Cal. BPC § 23042 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 23042
Section 23042
Status: in_force

“Board” means the State Board of Equalization, in the exercise of the powers and duties with respect to excise taxes reserved to it by Section 22 of Article XX of the Constitution.
Cal. WAT § 35886 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Section 35886
Section 35886
Status: in_force

The board may execute the contract on behalf of the district if two-thirds of the votes cast at the election favor the contract.
Cal. BPC § 3530 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7.7 / Article 5 / Section 3530
Section 3530
Status: in_force

(a) A person whose license or approval has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, including modification or termination of probation, after a period of not less than the following minimum periods has elapsed from the effective date of the decision ordering that disciplinary action:

(1) At least three years for reinstatement of a license or approval revoked for unprofessional conduct, except that the board may, for good cause shown, specify in a revocation order that a petition for reinstatement may be filed after two years.

(2) At least two years for early termination of probation of three years or more.

(3) At least one year for modification of a condition, or reinstatement of a license or approval revoked for mental or physical illness, or termination of probation of less than three years.

(b) The petition shall state any facts as may be required by the board. The petition shall be accompanied by at least two verified recommendations from physicians licensed either by the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board who have personal knowledge of the activities of the petitioner since the disciplinary penalty was imposed.

(c) The petition may be heard by the board. The board may assign the petition to an administrative law judge designated in Section 11371 of the Government Code. After a hearing on the petition, the administrative law judge shall provide a proposed decision to the board that shall be acted upon in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(d) The board or the administrative law judge hearing the petition, may consider all activities of the petitioner since the disciplinary action was taken, the offense for which the petitioner was disciplined, the petitioner’s activities during the time the license was in good standing, and the petitioner’s rehabilitative efforts, general reputation for truth, and professional ability. The hearing may be continued, as the board or administrative law judge finds necessary.

(e) The board or administrative law judge, when hearing a petition for reinstating a license or approval or modifying a penalty, may recommend the imposition of any terms and conditions deemed necessary.

(f) No petition shall be considered while the petitioner is under sentence for any criminal offense, including any period during which the petitioner is on court-imposed probation or parole. No petition shall be considered while there is an accusation or petition to revoke probation pending against the person. The board may deny, without a hearing or argument, any petition filed pursuant to this section within a period of two years from the effective date of the prior decision following a hearing under this section.

(g) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter Sections 822 and 823.
Cal. WAT § 11225 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 11225
Section 11225
Status: in_force

The unit designated as Friant Dam consists of a dam, reservoir, and one or more hydroelectric power plants to be located on the San Joaquin River at or near Friant.
Cal. RTC § 19763 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 9.5 / Article 3 / Section 19763
Section 19763
Status: in_force

(a) This article does not apply to violations of this part for which, as of July 31, 2011, any of the following applies:

(1) A criminal complaint was filed against the taxpayer in connection with an abusive tax avoidance transaction, transactions, or unreported income from the use of an offshore financial arrangement or arrangements.

(2) The taxpayer is the subject of a criminal investigation in connection with an abusive tax avoidance transaction, transactions, or unreported income from the use of an offshore financial arrangement or arrangements.

(b) No refund or credit shall be allowed with respect to any penalty paid prior to the time the taxpayer participates in the voluntary compliance initiative authorized by this article.

(c) For purposes of this article, an “abusive tax avoidance transaction” has the same meaning as in Section 19777, as amended by the act adding this section.
Cal. BPC § 4999.129 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 16 / Article 7 / Section 4999.129
Section 4999.129
Status: in_force

The board may formulate and enforce any rule or regulation to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including as follows:

(a) Any rule or regulation that requires that the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a professional clinical counselor corporation shall include a provision that requires the capital stock of the corporation owned by a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, or a deceased person to be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of the corporation within the timeframe that the rule or regulation requires.

(b) Any rule or regulation that requires that a professional clinical counselor corporation shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against the corporation by its patients arising out of the rendering of professional services.
Cal. PRC § 5093.40 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.3 / Section 5093.40
Section 5093.40
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Cal. BPC § 7029 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 7029
Section 7029
Status: in_force

A joint venture license is a license issued to any combination of individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, or other joint ventures, each of which holds a current, active license in good standing. A joint venture license may be issued in any classification in which at least one of the entities is licensed. An active joint venture license shall be automatically suspended by operation of law during any period in which any member of the entity does not hold a current, active license in good standing.
Cal. SHC § 5878 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 5878
Section 5878
Status: in_force

The postal card shall contain a notice to construct the sidewalks or curbs as the case may be, and the superintendent of streets shall, immediately upon the mailing of the notice, cause a copy thereof, printed on a card of not less than 8 inches by 10 inches in size, to be posted in a conspicuous place on the property.
Cal. PRC § 25902 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 10 / Section 25902
Section 25902
Status: in_force

Any evaluations in the reports required by Section 25309 and any findings and determinations on the notice of intent pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500) shall not be construed as a final evaluation, finding, or determination by the commission and a court action may not be brought to review any such evaluation, finding, or determination.
Cal. FAC § 401 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 401
Section 401
Status: in_force

The department shall promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state.
Cal. VEH § 13003 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 13003
Section 13003
Status: in_force

(a) If an identification card issued under this code is lost, destroyed, mutilated, or a new true full name is acquired, the person to whom it was issued shall make application for an original identification card as specified in Section 13000. The fee provided in Section 14902 shall be paid to the department upon application for the card. Every identification card issued pursuant to this section shall expire as provided in Section 13002 and shall be deemed an original identification card for that purpose.

(b) A person in possession of a valid identification card who has been informed either by the department or by a law enforcement agency that the document is mutilated shall surrender the identification card to the department not later than 10 days after that notification.

(c) For purposes of this section a mutilated identification card is one that has been damaged sufficiently to render any or all of the elements of identity set forth in Sections 13005 and 13005.5 unreadable or unidentifiable through visual, mechanical, or electronic means.