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Cal. PCC § 10108 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10108
Section 10108
Status: in_force

Where the nature of the work in the opinion of the department is such that its services in connection therewith are not required, it may authorize the carrying out of the project directly by the state agency concerned therewith if the estimated cost does not exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000), except that the six hundred thousand dollar ($600,000) limitation shall not apply to a project of a district agricultural association or a project of the State Lands Commission. Any capital outlay project with a total value that does not exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) may be budgeted as a minor capital outlay project. This limit shall be adjusted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10105.

If the estimated total cost of any construction project or work carried out under this section exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the district or agency shall solicit bids in writing and shall award the work to the lowest responsible bidder or reject all bids. However, the director may authorize the district or agency to carry out work in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) under the provisions of this section by day labor if he or she deems that the award of a contract, the acceptance of bids, or the acceptance of further bids is not in the best interests of the state. In no event shall the amount of work performed by day labor under this section exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in the case of district agricultural association fair projects, or thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) in other cases.
Cal. HSC § 50899.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 50899.3
Section 50899.3
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter:

(a) “Department” means the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

(b) “Homelessness” means the same as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program at Section 576.2 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(c) “Continuum of care” means the same as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development at Section 586.2 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(d) “Continuum of care service area” means the entire geographic area within the boundaries of a continuum of care.

(e) “Subrecipient” means an entity that enters into a written agreement with the department to implement activities pursuant to this chapter.

(f) “California ESG Regulations” means the regulations set forth in Section 8400 and following of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, pertaining to the administration of the Federal Emergency Shelter Grants Program.

(g) “Federal ESG Program” means collectively the California ESG Regulations, or the California ESG Guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter, or both, and the federal laws in connection with which the California ESG Regulations were adopted, including Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 11371-11378, incl.), and any amendments thereto, the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. Secs. 11302-11304, incl. and 11360-11378, incl.), and any amendments and any implementing federal regulations thereto.
Cal. HSC § 25210.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 10.01 / Section 25210.7
Section 25210.7
Status: in_force

On and after the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 25210.6, a person may not manage perchlorate materials unless the management complies with the best management practices specified in the regulations adopted by the department.
Cal. HSC § 1231.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1231.5
Section 1231.5
Status: in_force

(a) The department may grant to a PACE program, as defined in Chapter 8.75 (commencing with Section 14591) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, exemptions from the provisions contained in this chapter in accordance with the requirements of Section 100315.

(b) This section shall become inoperative if, and on the date that, subdivision (q) of Section 1206 becomes operative, and, as of January 1 immediately following that date, this section is repealed.
Cal. RTC § 259.7 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 259.7
Section 259.7
Status: in_force

The claim for the veterans’ organization exemption shall show that the property use requirements entitling the property to the exemption are met, and that the claimant has a valid organizational clearance certificate issued pursuant to Section 254.6.
Cal. PUC § 830 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 830
Section 830
Status: in_force

No public utility shall assume any obligation or liability as guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect of the securities of any other person, firm, or corporation, when such securities are payable at periods of more than 12 months after the date thereof, without having first secured from the commission an order authorizing it so to do. Every such assumption made other than in accordance with the order of the commission authorizing it is void.
Cal. WAT § 75612 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 75612
Section 75612
Status: in_force

If no water has been produced from a water-producing facility during the preceding six-month period, a statement shall be filed with the district, setting forth that no water has been produced during such period. Such statement shall be verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury.
Cal. FAC § 61416 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 61416
Section 61416
Status: in_force

The director may revoke or suspend any license of a handler if the director finds as a result of a noticed hearing that the handler has not paid for any manufacturing milk delivered to him or her at the time and in the manner specified in the contract with the producer.
Cal. PRC § 25401.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 5 / Section 25401.2
Section 25401.2
Status: in_force

(a) As part of the report required by Section 25302, the commission shall develop and update an inventory of current and potential cost-effective opportunities in each utility’s service territory to improve efficiencies and to help utilities manage loads in all sectors of natural gas and electricity use. The report shall include estimates of the overall magnitude of these resources, load shapes, and the projected costs associated with delivering the various types of energy savings that are identified in the inventory. The report shall also estimate the amount and incremental cost per unit of potential energy efficiency and load management activities. Where applicable, the inventory shall include data on variations in savings and costs associated with particular measures. The report shall take into consideration environmental benefits as developed in related commission and Public Utilities Commission proceedings.

(b) The commission shall develop and maintain the inventory in consultation with electric and gas utilities, the Public Utilities Commission, academic institutions, and other interested parties.
Cal. WAT § 50300 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 50300
Section 50300
Status: in_force

A petition for the formation of a district, verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners, may be presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting thereof by:

(a) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands, or other lands subject to flood or overflow, susceptible of one mode of reclamation who desire to reclaim the land.

(b) The owners of one-half or more of any body of swamp and overflowed, salt-marsh, or tidelands susceptible of one mode of reclamation, and already reclaimed, or in progress of reclamation, and not included in any district, who desire to form a district for the maintenance, protection, or repair of the reclamation works, in, upon, or appertaining to such body of lands, or for the completion of the reclamation thereof.
Cal. COM § 11202 — California Code / Code com / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 11202
Section 11202
Status: in_force

(a) A payment order received by the receiving bank is the authorized order of the person identified as sender if that person authorized the order or is otherwise bound by it under the law of agency.

(b) If a bank and its customer have agreed that the authenticity of payment orders issued to the bank in the name of the customer as sender will be verified pursuant to a security procedure, a payment order received by the receiving bank is effective as the order of the customer, whether or not authorized, if (i) the security procedure is a commercially reasonable method of providing security against unauthorized payment orders, and (ii) the bank proves that it accepted the payment order in good faith and in compliance with the bank’s obligations under the security procedure and any agreement or instruction of the customer, evidenced by a record, restricting acceptance of payment orders issued in the name of the customer. The bank is not required to follow an instruction that violates an agreement with the customer, evidenced by a record, or notice of which is not received at a time and in a manner affording the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on it before the payment order is accepted.

(c) Commercial reasonableness of a security procedure is a question of law to be determined by considering the wishes of the customer expressed to the bank, the circumstances of the customer known to the bank, including the size, type, and frequency of payment orders normally issued by the customer to the bank, alternative security procedures offered to the customer, and security procedures in general use by customers and receiving banks similarly situated. A security procedure is deemed to be commercially reasonable if (i) the security procedure was chosen by the customer after the bank offered, and the customer refused, a security procedure that was commercially reasonable for that customer, and (ii) the customer expressly agreed in a record to be bound by any payment order, whether or not authorized, issued in its name and accepted by the bank in compliance with the bank’s obligations under the security procedure chosen by the customer.

(d) The term “sender” in this division includes the customer in whose name a payment order is issued if the order is the authorized order of the customer under subdivision (a), or it is effective as the order of the customer under subdivision (b).

(e) This section applies to amendments and cancellations of payment orders to the same extent it applies to payment orders.

(f) Except as provided in this section and in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11203, rights and obligations arising under this section or Section 11203 may not be varied by agreement.
Cal. FAC § 42519 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 42519
Section 42519
Status: in_force

“Processing” means canning, preserving, or fermenting, which materially alters the flavor, keeping quality, or any other property, the extracting of juices or other substances, or the making of any substantial change of form. It does not include refrigeration at temperatures which are above the freezing point nor any other treatment which merely retards or accelerates the natural processes of ripening or decomposition.
Cal. HSC § 44105 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 44105
Section 44105
Status: in_force

The regulations shall specify that the program shall be operated as a privately operated program under the oversight of a state agency to be designated by the Governor. In consultation with the districts and interested parties, the state oversight agency shall be responsible for the implementation of the program, including the following:

(a)  Solicitation and analysis of public comments on the overall program goals, objectives, and design.

(b)  Development of the program structure.

(c)  Overall quality control, including verifying emission reductions and certification of the emission reduction credits.

(d)  Definition of terms such as “high emitter,” “collector interest vehicles,” and “nonrevivable junk certificates.”
Cal. PUC § 90953 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 8 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 90953
Section 90953
Status: in_force

Upon the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not the terms and conditions will be approved and shall hear and determine all objections thereto. Failure of any person interested in the district or in the matter of the proposed annexation on the terms and conditions set forth in the ordinance to show cause in writing pursuant to Section 90952 constitutes an assent on his part to a change in the boundaries of the district upon the terms and conditions set forth.
Cal. FAC § 35015 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 35015
Section 35015
Status: in_force

If the condition of the milk products plant is found to be satisfactory, a milk products plant license shall be issued by the director to the applicant.
Cal. FIN § 12220 — California Code / Code fin / Division 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 12220
Section 12220
Status: in_force

The commissioner may by regulation require licensees to file at such times as he may specify such information as the commissioner may reasonably require regarding any changes in the information provided in any application filed pursuant to this division.
Cal. WIC § 14115.7 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 14115.7
Section 14115.7
Status: in_force

(a) The department, with the assistance of the Controller, shall develop a procedure by which approved claims for services rendered may be reimbursed through a means of electronic transfer of funds to designated providers of services.

(b) The department shall make the electronic transfer of funds for the payment of approved claims for services rendered pursuant to this chapter available to all interested parties for a reasonable initial fee, and an annual subscription fee for system updating, maintenance, and support services provided to users.

(c) The department shall charge fees pursuant to subdivision (b) in an amount which shall recover, as nearly as possible, the cost of provider enrollment, bank transaction charges, and ongoing net support costs for maintenance of the electronic transfer system.

(d) The department shall, in charging fees pursuant to subdivision (b), adjust those fees by the amount of any administrative savings due to the implementation of this section.
Cal. BPC § 12011.7 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 12011.7
Section 12011.7
Status: in_force

“Pallet” means any portable platform upon which containers or material is placed to facilitate handling.
Cal. PUC § 846 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5.5 / Section 846
Section 846
Status: in_force

The authority of the commission to issue financing orders pursuant to Section 841 shall expire on June 30, 2022. The expiration of the authority shall have no effect upon financing orders adopted by the commission pursuant to this article or any transition property arising therefrom, or upon the charges authorized to be levied thereunder, or the rights, interests, and obligations of the electrical corporation or a financing entity or holders of transition bonds pursuant to the financing order, or the authority of the commission to monitor, supervise, or take further action with respect to the order in accordance with the terms of this article and of the order.
Cal. FAM § 3010 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 3010
Section 3010
Status: in_force

(a) The mother of an unemancipated minor child and the father, if presumed to be the father under Section 7611, are equally entitled to the custody of the child.

(b) If one parent is dead, is unable or refuses to take custody, or has abandoned the child, the other parent is entitled to custody of the child.
Cal. BPC § 19292 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 9 / Section 19292
Section 19292
Status: in_force

The employees, representatives, auditors, and inspectors of the bureau may, under its order or direction, inspect and examine any books, accounts, records, memoranda, documents, papers, and correspondence kept by any person, corporation, or person having direct or indirect control over a person or corporation subject to this chapter. A permittee’s failure to allow an inspection pursuant to this section is grounds for suspension or revocation of the permit.
Cal. RTC § 12691 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 12691
Section 12691
Status: in_force

The Controller may recover any refund or part thereof which is erroneously made and any credit or part thereof which is erroneously allowed in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county or city and county in this State in which the Attorney General has an office. The action shall be brought in the name of the State and the Attorney General shall prosecute the action.
Cal. INS § 12693.60 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 6.2 / Chapter 5 / Section 12693.60
Section 12693.60
Status: in_force

(a) Coverage provided to subscribers shall meet the federal coverage requirements in Section 2103 of Title XXI of the Social Security Act. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the covered health benefits provided to subscribers shall be equivalent to those provided to state employees through the Public Employees’ Retirement System for the most recent plan year preceding the applicable program plan year, except that the plans may provide a mechanism for inpatient hospital care provided under the mental health benefit through which applicants may agree to a treatment plan in which each inpatient day may be substituted for two residential treatment days or three day treatment program days.

(b) The adoption and readoption, by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, of regulations to implement the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision, shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary to avoid serious harm to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and 11349.6 of the Government Code, and the board is hereby exempted from the requirement that it describe facts showing the need for immediate action and from review by the Office of Administrative Law.
Cal. MVC § 1820 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 1820
Section 1820
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who willfully wears or uses the badge, lapel button, rosette, or other recognized and estimable insignia of the veterans’ organizations specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1800, unless they are entitled to wear or use it under the rules and regulations and with the express permission of the veterans’ organizations specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1800, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable for a first conviction by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days in the county jail, or a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), except that if the person has been previously convicted of a violation of this section, that conviction shall be specified in the accusation and if found to be true or admitted by the person, a second or succeeding violation of this section is punishable by imprisonment not to exceed six months in the county jail, or a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both fine and imprisonment.

(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution for violation of any other law.
Cal. BPC § 1715.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 1715.5
Section 1715.5
Status: in_force

(a) A licensee shall, upon his or her initial licensure and any subsequent application for renewal, report the completion of any advanced educational program accredited by the Committee on Dental Accreditation in a dental specialty recognized by the American Dental Association.

(b) The licensee shall also report, upon his or her initial licensure and any subsequent application for renewal, the practice or employment status of the licensee, designated as one of the following:

(1) Full-time practice or employment in a dental practice of 32 hours per week or more in California. This reporting requirement shall also apply to a dental auxiliary licensee.

(2) Full-time practice or employment in a dental practice outside of California.

(3) Part-time practice or employment in a dental practice for less than 32 hours per week in California.

(4) Dental administrative employment that does not include direct patient care, as may further be defined by the board.

(5) Retired.

(6) Other practice or employment status, as may be further defined by the board.

(c) Information collected pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be posted on the Internet Web site of the board.

(d) (1) A licensee may report, in his or her application for renewal, and the board shall collect, information regarding the licensee’s cultural background and foreign language proficiency.

(2) Information collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be aggregated on an annual basis, based on categories utilized by the board in the collection of the data, into both statewide totals and ZIP Code of primary practice or employment location totals.

(3) Aggregated information under this subdivision shall be compiled annually, and reported on the Internet Web site of the board on or before July 1 of each year.
Cal. PUC § 8054 — California Code / Code puc / Division 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 8054
Section 8054
Status: in_force

No person shall build or rebuild any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room, used or to be used, to contain, encase, cover, or conduct any wire, cable, or appliance to conduct or handle electricity unless the floor of the subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room is made of stone, concrete, brick, or other similar material not subject to decomposition. This section does not apply to any subway, manhole, chamber, or underground room within which it is not intended or required that any human being perform work or labor or be employed.
Cal. BPC § 2554 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 1 / Section 2554
Section 2554
Status: in_force

Each registrant shall conspicuously and prominently display at each registered location the following consumer information:

“Eye doctors are required to provide patients with a copy of their ophthalmic lens prescriptions as follows:

Spectacle prescriptions: Release upon completion of exam.

Contact lens prescriptions: Release upon completion of exam or upon completion of the fitting process.

Patients may take their prescription to any eye doctor or registered dispensing optician to be filled.

The California State Board of Optometry regulates optometrists and registered dispensing opticians. The California State Board of Optometry receives and investigates all consumer complaints involving the practice of optometry and registered dispensing opticians. Complaints involving a California-licensed optometrist or a registered dispensing optician should be directed to:

California State Board of Optometry

Department of Consumer Affairs

2450 Del Paso Road, Suite 105

Sacramento, CA 95834

Phone: 1-866-585-2666 or (916) 575-7170

Email: optometry@dca.ca.gov

Internet website: www.optometry.ca.gov”