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Cal. HSC § 108785 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 108785
Section 108785
Status: in_force

All civil penalties collected pursuant to Section 108780 shall be deposited in the Children’s Poison Protection Act of 1990 Fund, that is hereby created in the State Treasury. Money in the fund shall be allocated by the Emergency Medical Services Authority, when appropriated thereto by the Legislature, to the California Regional Poison Control Centers for the purpose of their poisoning prevention education programs.
Cal. RTC § 3204 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 3204
Section 3204
Status: in_force

The fees, commissions, and expenses incurred by the Department of General Services in the issuance, recordation, and enforcement of the warrant for collection of postponed property taxes shall be added to and become a part of the lien for postponed taxes.
Cal. HSC § 20000 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 14 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 20000
Section 20000
Status: in_force

“District,” as used in this chapter, means a police protection district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
Cal. BPC § 3019 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 3019
Section 3019
Status: in_force

The board shall keep a record of all prosecutions for violations of this chapter and of all applications for licensure and examination.
Cal. PRC § 15025 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.2 / Chapter 5 / Section 15025
Section 15025
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Mercury-added novelty” means a mercury-added product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or adornment. A “mercury-added novelty” includes, but is not limited to, any item intended for use as a practical joke, figurine, adornment, toy, game, card, ornament, yard statue or figure, candle, jewelry, holiday decoration, and item of apparel, including footwear. “Mercury-added novelty” does not include a product that contains no mercury other than in a mercury-added button cell battery.

(b) “Mercury fever thermometer” means a mercury-added product that is used for measuring body temperature. Mercury fever thermometer does not include a digital thermometer that uses mercury-added button cell batteries.

(c) “School” means any school used for the purpose of the education of more than 12 children in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
Cal. RTC § 24404 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 24404
Section 24404
Status: in_force

In the case of farmers, fruit growers, or like associations organized and operated in whole or in part on a cooperative or mutual basis, (a) for the purpose of marketing the products of members or other producers, and turning back to them the proceeds of sales, less the necessary marketing expenses, which may include reasonable reserves, on the basis of either the quantity or the value of the products furnished by them, or (b) for the purpose of purchasing, or producing, supplies and equipment for the use of members or other persons, and turning over such supplies and equipment to them at actual cost, plus necessary expenses, all income resulting from or arising out of such business activities for or with their members carried on by them or their agents; or when done on a nonprofit basis for or with nonmembers.

For the purposes of this section “all income resulting from or arising out of such business activities for or with their members” shall include all amounts, whether or not derived from patronage, allocated to members during the taxable year. Amounts allocated include cash, merchandise, capital stock, revolving fund certificates, certificates of indebtedness, retain certificates, letters of advice, or written instruments which in some other manner disclose to each member the dollar amount allocated to him. Allocations made after the close of the taxable year and on or before the fifteenth day of the ninth month following the close of such year shall be considered as made on the last day of such taxable year to the extent the allocations are attributable to income derived before the close of such year.
Cal. WIC § 4109.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 4109.5
Section 4109.5
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the department proposes the closure of a state hospital, it shall submit as part of the Governor’s proposed budget to the Legislature a complete program, to be developed jointly by the State Department of State Hospitals and the county in which the state hospital is located, for absorbing as many of the staff of the hospital into the local mental health programs as may be needed by the county. Those programs shall include a redefinition of occupational positions, if necessary, and a recognition by the counties of licensed psychiatric technicians for treatment of persons with developmental disabilities, persons with mental health disorders, drug abusers, and alcoholics.

(b) The Director of State Hospitals shall submit all plans for the closure of state hospitals as a report with the department’s budget. This report shall include all of the following:

(1) The land and buildings affected.

(2) The number of patients affected.

(3) Alternative plans for patients presently in the facilities.

(4) Alternative plans for patients who would have been served by the facility assuming it was not closed.

(5) A joint statement of the impact of the closure by the department and affected local treatment programs.

(c) These plans may be submitted to the Legislature until April 1 of each budget year. Plans submitted after that date shall not be considered until the fiscal year following that in which it was submitted.

(d) The plan shall not be placed into effect unless the Legislature specifically approves the plan.

(e) This section shall not apply to the proposed closure of a developmental center.
Cal. WAT § 35526 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 35526
Section 35526
Status: in_force

In addition to, and as an alternative to, the matters contained in this division regarding apportionment of water, the district may by resolution adopt a plan for water allocation which may include a determination as to what portion of district water will be made available for surface delivery and what portion will be devoted to recharge of ground water, may establish limited areas of the district as the areas in which surface delivery of water service will be made available, the quantity which will be made available to each such surface water service area, and the terms upon which such water service will be made available, and may enter into long-term water service contracts with holders of title to land in such surface water service areas which contracts may provide that the obligations are a lien on the landowners’ land in the nature of, and may be collected and enforced in the manner provided in this division for the collection and enforcement of, assessments. If such a contract does so provide, such lien shall have the same force, effect, and priority as an assessment lien as between the contracting landowner and the district, but unless such contract is recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the land is situated, it shall have no force or effect whatever against any person other than a party to the contract unless such person has actual knowledge of the contract and its contents. Such contracts may be acknowledged or proved, certified and recorded in like manner and with like effect as grants of real property, and all statutory provisions relating to the recording or nonrecordation of conveyances of real property, and to the effect thereof, shall apply to such contracts with like effect. Such plan may further provide for allocation of water available to the district on a short-term basis without further notice and hearing. Such matters shall be determined and established in accordance with equitable criteria providing for the economical and efficient distribution and use of water within the district or available for use upon the lands within the district.
Cal. PUC § 2775 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 2775
Section 2775
Status: in_force

No electrical or gas corporation which reduces or discontinues service in accordance with any order of the commission issued pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any damages to any person or property resulting from such reduction or discontinuance.
Cal. HSC § 33420.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 33420.2
Section 33420.2
Status: in_force

Within a project area, an agency may take any actions that the agency determines are necessary to remove graffiti from public or private property upon making a finding that, because of the magnitude and severity of the graffiti within the project area, the action is necessary to effectuate the purposes of the redevelopment plan, and that the action will assist with the elimination of blight, as defined in Section 33031.
Cal. WAT § 31303 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 31303
Section 31303
Status: in_force

Any money belonging to a district may be deposited or invested and drawn out as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, as now or hereafter amended. References in that chapter to “treasurer” shall mean, for the purposes of a district, the auditor thereof and to “auditor” shall mean, for the purposes of a district, the secretary thereof. This section provides for a deposit and investment procedure separate from that provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 31335).
Cal. WIC § 11153.7 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 11153.7
Section 11153.7
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to real property permitted by other provisions of this part, real property owned by the applicant or recipient, or in combination with his spouse, may be retained in an amount not to exceed a market value, less the amount of any encumbrance of record, of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), provided it is being adequately utilized or is producing income reasonably consistent with its value which is used for the support of the applicant or recipient.

(b) If the real property is not producing income reasonably consistent with its value, the applicant or recipient shall be allowed reasonable time to rent, lease or sell the property. If the property cannot be rented, leased or sold on the basis of the market value, the applicant or recipient shall be allowed to submit evidence from a qualified real estate appraiser which indicates the value for which the property can be adequately utilized.

(c) If the applicant or recipient provides evidence that the only method of adequately utilizing the property is sale, the property shall be considered to be adequately utilized provided it is listed with a licensed real estate broker at the market value or the value determined in accordance with subdivision (b) and the applicant or recipient provides evidence that a bona fide and continuous effort is being made to sell the property.

(d) Any mortgage or note secured by a deed of trust not exceeding a market value of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) that is obtained by the applicant or recipient, or in combination with his spouse, through the sale of such real property shall be deemed real property when the income from the same is used to meet the needs of the recipient.

For the purposes of this section, “market value” shall be defined as four times the assessed value.
Cal. HSC § 19820 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 8.5 / Section 19820
Section 19820
Status: in_force

(a)  No person shall sell, or offer for sale, new children’s sleepwear to and including size 14 which does not meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear to and including size 6X, and such other standards as may from time to time be adopted by the federal government. The requirements prescribed by this chapter shall be in addition to those prescribed by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 19810).

(b)  Violation of subdivision (a) is a misdemeanor.

(c)  The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (commencing with Section 11340 of the Government Code), flammability regulations covering such other articles of new children’s clothing to and including size 14 as it shall determine to be in the public interest.

(d)  Violation of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to subdivision (c) is a misdemeanor.
Cal. VEH § 38001 — California Code / Code veh / Division 16.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 38001
Section 38001
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, this division applies to off-highway motor vehicles, as defined in Section 38006, on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, including any land acquired, developed, operated, or maintained, in whole or in part, with money from the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund, except private lands under the immediate control of the owner or his or her agent where permission is required and has been granted to operate a motor vehicle. For purposes of this division, the term “highway” does not include fire trails, logging roads, service roads regardless of surface composition, or other roughly graded trails and roads upon which vehicular travel by the public is permitted.

(b) Privately owned and maintained parking facilities that are generally open to the public are exempt from this division, unless the facilities are specifically declared subject to this division by the procedure specified in Section 21107.8.
Cal. HSC § 4614.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2a / Section 4614.2
Section 4614.2
Status: in_force

Any city may initiate proceedings for the formation of a district and the making of improvements pursuant to this article whenever the governing body of such city determines that it is desirable that a district be organized pursuant to this article. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the procedure for the formation of a district pursuant to this article shall be the same as the procedure which is provided in this chapter where the district is within a single city.
Cal. HSC § 24215 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 1.6 / Section 24215
Section 24215
Status: in_force

The State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Developmental Services, and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in consultation with stakeholders, including at least one member and one advocate of those who were sterilized under California’s eugenics laws between 1909 to 1979, inclusive, and of those who were sterilized without proper authorization while imprisoned in California state prisons after 1979, shall establish markers or plaques at designated sites that acknowledge the wrongful sterilization of thousands of vulnerable people under eugenics policies and the subsequent sterilization of people in California’s women’s prisons caused, in part, by the forgotten lessons of the harms of the eugenics movement.
Cal. ELEC § 18582 — California Code / Code elec / Division 18 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 18582
Section 18582
Status: in_force

(a) A person aggrieved by a violation of Section 18581 may enforce the provisions of this article in a suit at law or in equity, or both. A prevailing plaintiff in such an action shall recover reasonable attorney’s fees, reasonable expert fees, reasonable litigation expenses, and all such fees as are appropriate as part of the costs to be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) An officer holding an election or conducting a canvass may enforce the provisions of this act and may institute an action for equitable relief on behalf of an aggrieved person who is in the officer’s jurisdiction or is eligible to vote in the officer’s jurisdiction.

(c) The Attorney General may enforce the provisions of this act and may institute for the state, or in the name of the state, an action for equitable relief, including an application for a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order, or other order.

(d) A suit brought by an officer holding an election or conducting a canvass or the Attorney General under this section does not preclude a contemporaneous private suit by an aggrieved person to enforce the provisions of this article.

(e) In a suit to enforce the provisions of this article, a court may grant relief enjoining the use or carrying of firearms by a defendant beyond the areas defined in Article 3. This subdivision does not limit the court’s authority to grant any other just and equitable relief.

(f) In order to prevail in a suit to enforce the provisions of this article, a plaintiff need not prove that a defendant intended to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person, except in order to prove an attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce. A court may nonetheless consider evidence of intent in determining the appropriate relief.

(g) The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting the application of any other law, including, but not limited to, the application of a criminal law to a person whose conduct violates Section 18581.
Cal. VEH § 25251.2 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 25251.2
Section 25251.2
Status: in_force

Any motorcycle may be equipped with a means of modulating the upper beam of the headlamp between a high and a lower brightness at a rate of 200 to 280 flashes per minute. Such headlamps shall not be so modulated during darkness.
Cal. MVC § 90 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 90
Section 90
Status: in_force

(a) By July 1, 2015, the department shall develop a transition assistance program for veterans who have been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state. The program shall be designed to assist veterans in successfully transitioning from military to civilian life in California and to complement the transition program offered by the United States Department of Defense. The program shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following California-specific transition assistance information: higher education benefits and program information, vocational training assistance, small business resources and information, health care programs and services, mental health resources and information, military sexual trauma resources and information, and housing information.

(b) The transition assistance program for veterans shall provide information to noncitizens who are leaving military service in California or who have already been discharged from military service in California on how to become United States citizens, including information on where to acquire state legal assistance.
Cal. HSC § 50154 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 50154
Section 50154
Status: in_force

[Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 66.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\n   Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.   See later operative version added by Sec. 67 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.]
(a) The California Housing Finance Agency, within the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, is a primary agency in the implementation of state housing policy. The agency’s role is to make financing opportunities available for the construction, rehabilitation, and purchase of housing for persons and families of low or moderate income by (1) borrowing in the securities markets and relending to housing sponsors, developers, and homeowners and (2) insuring loans made by the agency or by others for the same purposes. In general, the agency pays for its operations out of the excess of its interest revenue from loan repayments over the cost of the money it borrows or, in the case of insurance, by the excess of fees charged for the provision of insurance over the value of claims paid. The agency shall seek to implement the goals, policies, and objectives of the California Statewide Housing Plan and shall annually report on its progress toward compliance with priorities in the California Statewide Housing Plan.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

[Repealed (in Sec. 66) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 67.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.]
(a) The California Housing Finance Agency, within the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, is a primary agency in the implementation of state housing policy. The agency’s role is to make financing opportunities available for the construction, rehabilitation, and purchase of housing for persons and families of low or moderate income by (1) borrowing in the securities markets and relending to housing sponsors, developers, and homeowners and (2) insuring loans made by the agency or by others for the same purposes. In general, the agency pays for its operations out of the excess of its interest revenue from loan repayments over the cost of the money it borrows or, in the case of insurance, by the excess of fees charged for the provision of insurance over the value of claims paid. The agency shall seek to implement the goals, policies, and objectives of the California Statewide Housing Plan and shall annually report on its progress toward compliance with priorities in the California Statewide Housing Plan.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
Cal. HSC § 109051 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 18 / Section 109051
Section 109051
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions:

(a) “DEHP” means Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.

(b) “Intentionally added DEHP” means DEHP that a manufacturer has intentionally added to an intravenous solution container or intravenous tubing product that has a functional or technical effect on the product.

(c) “Intravenous solution containers” means a container used to house medicine, fluid, or nutrition therapy that is intravenously administered to patients in a hospital, outpatient, or other health care facility.

(d) “Intravenous tubing” means any tubing used to intravenously administer fluids, medication, or nutrients directly to an adult, child, or infant.

(e) “Ortho-phthalates” means a class of chemicals that are esters of ortho-phthalic acid, including all of the following:

(1) Benzyl-butyl phthalate (BBP) 85-68-7.

(2) Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) 84-74-2.

(3) Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) 84-61-7.

(4) Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) 117-81-7.

(5) Diethyl phthalate (DEP) 84-66-2.

(6) Di-isobutyl phthalate (DIBP) 84-69-5.

(7) Di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP) 26761-40-0.

(8) Di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) 28553-12-0.

(9) Di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP) 84-75-3.

(10) Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP) 117-84-0.

(11) Di-n-pentyl (DnPP) phthalate 131-18-0.

(12) Diisoheptyl phthalate (DIHP) 71888-89-6.

(f) “Unintentionally added DEHP” means DEHP in an intravenous solution container or intravenous tubing product that is not used for functional or technical effect on the product.
Cal. WIC § 14061 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 14061
Section 14061
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “director” means the State Director of Health Services.