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Cal. SHC § 19132 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 19132
Section 19132
Status: in_force

The governing body shall:

(a) Make all rules, regulations and laws necessary for the administration, operation and maintenance of the highway lighting district.

(b) Supervise and plan a system of highway illumination for the district and decide upon the kind of service most feasible for the district. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the board of supervisors from installing and maintaining electric lights on highways in the district for the safety of persons using the roads and bridges and from paying for the same out of the road fund of the county or district road fund.

(c) Indicate the placing and installation of all lights and any and all subsequent additional lights, except that the governing body may authorize a designated officer to indicate the placing and installation of lights in accordance with standards adopted by the governing body.

(d) Receive bids, award and make contracts with lighting companies in the name of the district to its very best advantage for the installation and maintenance of the street lighting system or any portion thereof and for servicing the same, except the governing body may authorize a designated officer to make, execute, and administer such contracts in the name of the district in accordance with this chapter.

(e) Determine the number of employees necessary to properly care for and maintain the system. The governing body shall prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. All district employees shall hold their positions at the pleasure of the governing body.

(f) Designate the hours for lighting the district.

(g) Perform all other acts necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this part.
Cal. RTC § 203.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 203.5
Section 203.5
Status: in_force

Property owned by the California School of Mechanical Arts, California Academy of Sciences, or Cogswell Polytechnical College, or held in trust for the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, or their successors, shall be exempt from taxation as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 4 of Article XIII of the Constitution.
Cal. PCC § 22352 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 5.5 / Section 22352
Section 22352
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to do business solely with those persons and contractors that, subsequent to entering into any contract with a public entity, recognize the importance and urgency of the Year 2000 Problem, respond to inquiries from public entities regarding Year 2000 Problem compliance for all goods or services provided to the state, and participate in the disclosure of information to public entities regarding Year 2000 Problem compliance for all goods and services provided to the state.
Cal. WAT § 13380 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 13380
Section 13380
Status: in_force

Any waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill material permits adopted under this chapter shall be reviewed at least every five years and, if appropriate, revised.
Cal. PUC § 98190 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 98190
Section 98190
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the officers and employees of the district or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to benefits and the amounts thereof provided, that said board shall have no such authority respecting the County Employees’ Retirement Act of 1937.
Cal. WAT § 8002 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 8002
Section 8002
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “city” means any city, town, or municipal corporation incorporated under the laws of this State.
Cal. WIC § 18994.7 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 14.1 / Section 18994.7
Section 18994.7
Status: in_force

The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall provide administrative oversight for the California Families and Children Home Visit Program.
Cal. PRC § 26029 — California Code / Code prc / Division 16 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.5 / Section 26029
Section 26029
Status: in_force

The authority shall not be required to pay any property taxes or assessments upon, or in respect to, a project or any property acquired by or for the authority under the provisions of this division or upon the income therefrom, so long as the authority holds title to such project or the property or facilities comprised in the project. The exemption of the authority from taxation of any project herein provided shall cease forthwith when title to such property is transferred from the authority to any participating party. The provisions of this section shall not exempt any participating party from taxation including, but not limited to, taxation upon a possessory interest, with respect to any project, or the property or facilities comprised in any project, which may otherwise be applicable to such participating party.
Cal. FIN § 550 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 550
Section 550
Status: in_force

In this article:

(a) “Appropriate licensee business” means the business that a licensee may conduct in accordance with the charter or license that the commissioner has issued to that licensee.

(b) “Customer” means a depositor of a bank, a member of a credit union, or a customer of any other licensee.

(c) “Holding company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1280.

(d) “Officer of a subject institution” means any director, officer, official, or employee of the subject institution.

(e) “Person” means a subject institution or a subject person.

(f) “Subject institution” means any of the following:

(1) Licensee.

(2) Subsidiary of a licensee.

(3) Foreign (other state) or foreign (other nation) bank or credit union that maintains an office in this state, with respect to any such office other than a national bank or federal credit union.

(4) Any other person lawfully conducting the business of a bank or credit union in this state other than a national bank or federal credit union.

(g)  “Subject person,” when used with respect to a subject institution, means any of the following:

(1) Director, officer, employee, or agent of the subject institution.

(2) Member, consultant, joint venture partner, or other person that participates in the affairs of a subject institution.

(3) Independent contractor, including any attorney, appraiser, or accountant, who knowingly or recklessly participates in any of the following acts if the act caused or is likely to cause more than a minimal financial loss to, or a significant adverse effect on, the subject institution:

(A) A violation of any applicable law, regulation, or order.

(B) A breach of fiduciary duty.

(C) An unsafe or unsound act.

(h)  “Violation” includes any act performed, alone or with other persons, for or toward causing, bringing about, participating in, counseling, aiding, or abetting a violation of any applicable statute, regulation, provision of a written order issued by the commissioner, or provision of a written agreement made between the commissioner and a subject institution or subject person.
Cal. BPC § 2028.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 2028.5
Section 2028.5
Status: in_force

(a) The board may establish a pilot program to expand the practice of telehealth in this state.

(b) To implement this pilot program, the board may convene a working group of interested parties from the public and private sectors, including, but not limited to, state health-related agencies, health care providers, health plan administrators, information technology groups, and groups representing health care consumers.

(c) The purpose of the pilot program shall be to develop methods, using a telehealth model, to deliver throughout the state health care to persons with chronic diseases as well as information on the best practices for chronic disease management services and techniques and other health care information as deemed appropriate.
Cal. SHC § 1302 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 1302
Section 1302
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall limit or affect the acquisition or construction by the department of bridges upon State highways or of bridges over navigable streams, swamps, navigable estuaries, ponds, or arms of bay.
Cal. HSC § 113740 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 113740
Section 113740
Status: in_force

“CCR” means the California Code of Regulations.
Cal. PUC § 22202 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 22202
Section 22202
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each affected county shall hold a public hearing to consider the objections or protests at the time fixed for the hearing. The hearing may be continued by order of the board of supervisors entered on its minutes.
Cal. BPC § 19814 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 19814
Section 19814
Status: in_force

(a) During their terms of office, the members of the commission shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the chief and each member of the commission shall subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and, in addition, swear that he or she is not, and during his or her term of office shall not be, pecuniarily interested in, or doing business with, any person, business, or organization holding a gambling license.
Cal. HSC § 1611 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 1611
Section 1611
Status: in_force

The department may make rules and regulations governing the transportation or distribution of cultures of micro-organisms which may produce disease in man or animals.
Cal. FGC § 1013 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1013
Section 1013
Status: in_force

In any lease, easement, or right-of-way entered into whereby the department leases real property or obtains a grant of easement or right-of-way in real property for the purpose of constructing, operating, or maintaining a fish screen, fish ladder, fishweir, or fishtrap, the department may agree to indemnify and hold harmless the lessor or grantor by reason of the uses authorized by such lease, easement, or right-of-way. Insurance may be purchased by the Department of General Services to protect the department against loss or expense arising out of such a lease, easement, or right-of-way.
Cal. WIC § 16121.41 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 2.1 / Section 16121.41
Section 16121.41
Status: in_force

The department shall develop curriculum for optional use by counties to inform and educate adoptive families, prior to adoption finalization. The department shall consult with county placing agencies and community partners in the development of this curriculum. The curriculum shall include, at a minimum, education on maintaining Adoption Assistance Program benefits, adolescent development and trauma, the importance of maintaining Medi-Cal, the benefits of using adoption-competent clinicians, and how to secure trauma-informed services. This curriculum shall be developed and distributed to counties no later than January 1, 2028.
Cal. HSC § 44559 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 27 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 44559
Section 44559
Status: in_force

(a)  The Legislature finds and declares that small businesses are responsible for a significant amount of environmental emissions in the state, but are less able than larger businesses to afford the investment in new equipment or process modifications needed to comply with environmental regulations, with regard to controlling emissions, preventing the creation of pollutants, contaminants, or waste products, and remediating contamination of properties with a reasonable potential for economically beneficial reuse. Additionally, small businesses faced with financial pressures will be likely to reduce expenditures to achieve environmental compliance. Better access to capital will allow small businesses to more easily comply with environmental mandates, and to remediate contamination of properties with a reasonable potential of economically beneficial reuse, and to succeed economically, generating additional revenue to state and local governments that can be used for environmental improvements, all to the benefit of all the residents of the state.

(b)  The Legislature also finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the state to expand the Capital Access Loan Program for small business regardless of whether the operations of the small business affect the environment, and to permit business loans to be included in the program for small businesses whose operations do not, necessarily, affect the environment. Small businesses have difficulty gaining access to capital for startup and expansion purposes. Small businesses owned by minorities and women have special capital access difficulties. In addition, small businesses operating in areas affected by military base closures are disadvantaged by limited access to capital. The Legislature finds that improving access to capital for these small businesses will spur investment, create jobs, expand economic opportunities, assist in the recovery of communities affected by defense and aerospace losses, assist in the recovery of neighborhoods and communities affected by contaminated properties that are not being used for economically beneficial purposes but which could be so used if the contamination was remediated, and help sustain and strengthen economic recovery in California.
Cal. RTC § 18761 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 18761
Section 18761
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia disorders are devastating health conditions that cause a loss of intellectual functioning so severe that they interfere with an individual’s daily functioning and eventually result in death. These conditions cause serious financial, social, and emotional hardships on those affected and on their family caregivers.

(b) Between 2008 and 2030 the number of Californians living with Alzheimer’s disease will double in both the general population and among the African American population. In this same period, there is expected to be a tripling of that disease among California’s Latino and Asian Pacific Islander populations.

(c) Among California’s baby boomers 55 years of age and older, their lifetime risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease is one in eight.

(d) Alzheimer’s disease is now the sixth leading cause of death in California.

(e) Families provide almost three-quarters of the value of care for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease in the community and in facilities, amounting to approximately $72.7 billion out of an estimated total cost of $104 billion. These family caregivers are more likely to experience financial hardship, health difficulties, and a negative impact on their ability to work outside the home.

(f) The cost to the Medi-Cal program for an individual with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia is two and one-half times greater than the cost for an individual without a diagnosis of dementia.

(g) While scientists have made great strides in understanding Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia, there is no known prevention or cure at this time.

(h) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to establish a systematic program for the conduct of research regarding the cause, prevention, diagnosis, cure, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. The outcome of this research may have direct effects and consequences on the development of a comprehensive system that will provide diagnoses and treatment to victims of those health problems. This program shall award grants to eligible physicians, hospitals, laboratories, educational institutions, and other organizations and persons for the purpose of enabling those organizations and persons to conduct research.
Cal. WIC § 15847 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3.3 / Chapter 2 / Section 15847
Section 15847
Status: in_force

(a) It shall constitute unfair competition for purposes of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code for an insurer, an insurance agent or broker, or an administrator, as defined in Section 1759 of the Insurance Code, to refer an individual employee or employee’s dependent to the program, or arrange for an individual employee or employee’s dependent to apply to the program, for the purpose of separating that employee or employee’s dependent from group health coverage provided in connection with the employee’s employment.

(b) Any employee described in subdivision (a) shall have a personal right of action to enforce subdivision (a).

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
Cal. PRC § 2791 — California Code / Code prc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 6 / Section 2791
Section 2791
Status: in_force

The board shall seek the recommendations of concerned federal, state, and local agencies, educational institutions, civic and public interest organizations, and private organizations and individuals in the identification of areas of statewide and regional significance.
Cal. FAM § 3004 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 3004
Section 3004
Status: in_force

“Joint physical custody” means that each of the parents shall have significant periods of physical custody. Joint physical custody shall be shared by the parents in such a way so as to assure a child of frequent and continuing contact with both parents, subject to Sections 3011 and 3020.
Cal. PRC § 5080.38 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.2 / Article 2 / Section 5080.38
Section 5080.38
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this article, if title in fee, to the so-called Marconi property, near the community of Marshall in the County of Marin, is acquired at no cost to the state, the department may enter into an operating agreement with a qualified nonprofit organization for the development, improvement, restoration, care, maintenance, administration, and control of the Marconi Conference Center.
Cal. INS § 779.30 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.9 / Section 779.30
Section 779.30
Status: in_force

(a) An individual policy or group certificate may exclude from credit disability insurance coverage only those preexisting illnesses, diseases, or physical conditions for which the debtor actually received medical advice, consultation, or treatment both within six months before and six months after the effective date of the debtor’s coverage and which result in disability commencing within two years of the effective date. This provision shall not preclude the exclusion of other preexisting diseases or physical conditions by name or specific description.

(b) An individual policy or group certificate may exclude from credit life insurance coverage only those preexisting illnesses, diseases, or physical conditions for which the debtor actually received medical advice, consultation, or treatment both within six months before and six months after the effective date of the debtor’s coverage and that result in death within six months after the effective date.

(c) Preexisting condition provisions on revolving accounts for credit disability insurance shall be subject to the limitations of subdivision (a), and for credit life insurance shall be subject to the limitations of subdivision (b).

(d) In the case of revolving accounts, any preexisting condition provision may be applied separately to each charge or advance, in which case the time periods in the applicable subdivision shall be measured from the date of each separate charge or advance.

If any preexisting condition provision is applied to a subsequent charge or advance on a revolving account the consumer shall be given the following notice at least annually:

“NOTICE: THIS INSURANCE MAY NOT COVER AN ADVANCE OR CHARGE UNDER YOUR CREDIT LINE IF YOUR DISABILITY OR DEATH RESULTS FROM A CONDITION FOR WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN A DOCTOR OR CHIROPRACTOR IN THE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE ADVANCE OR CHARGE.”

(e) The notice required by subdivision (d) may be printed on a periodic billing statement or given separately.

(f) Subdivision (d) does not apply to a credit card as defined in Section 1747.02 of the Civil Code.
Cal. RTC § 34012.3 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 34012.3
Section 34012.3
Status: in_force

(a) The cannabis excise tax required to be collected by a cannabis retailer, and any amount not returned to the purchaser that is not tax but was collected from the purchaser under the representation by the cannabis retailer that it was tax, constitutes debt owed by the cannabis retailer to this state.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
Cal. PUC § 33002.3 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Section 33002.3
Section 33002.3
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, “voter” means an owner of real property which is assessed or proposed to be assessed under this chapter and which is within the boundaries of the benefit district.

(b) In any election conducted under this chapter, each voter in the benefit district may cast one vote for each one thousand dollars ($1,000), or fraction thereof, worth of land or improvements owned by the voter in the benefit district as is shown on the most recent equalized assessment roll.
Cal. HSC § 44272.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 8.9 / Article 2 / Section 44272.6
Section 44272.6
Status: in_force

By January 1, 2026, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board and the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall propose to the Legislature alternative funding methodologies or fee structures for funding zero-emission vehicle infrastructure for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles. The proposal shall include an assessment of the economic equity of the alternatives.
Cal. HSC § 33623 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 33623
Section 33623
Status: in_force

By resolution of the legislative body adopted by a two-thirds vote, any money in the redevelopment revolving fund may be paid to the agency, upon such terms and conditions as the legislative body may prescribe for any of the following purposes:

(a)  Deposit in a trust fund to be expended for the acquisition of real property in any project area.

(b)  The clearance of any project area for redevelopment.

(c)  Any expenses necessary or incidental to the carrying out of a redevelopment plan which has been adopted by the legislative body.