Cal. CORP § 9221 — California Code / Code corp / Title 1 / Division 2 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 9221
Section 9221
Status: in_force

(a) The board may declare vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by a final order of court, or convicted of a felony, or, if at the time a director is elected, the bylaws provide that a director may be removed for missing a specified number of board meetings, fails to attend the specified number of meetings.

(b) As provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 9151, the articles or bylaws may prescribe the qualifications of the directors. Unless otherwise provided by the articles or bylaws, the board, by a majority vote of the directors who meet all of the required qualifications to be a director, may declare vacant the office of any director who fails or ceases to meet any required qualification that was in effect at the beginning of that director’s current term of office.
Cal. GOV § 900 — California Code / Code gov / Title 1 / Division 3.6 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 900
Section 900
Status: in_force

Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this part.
Cal. GOV § 3524.54 — California Code / Code gov / Title 1 / Division 4 / Chapter 10.4 / Section 3524.54
Section 3524.54
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with any member of the board, or any of its agents, in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Cal. PEN § 28 — California Code / Code pen / Part 1 / Title 1 / Section 28
Section 28
Status: in_force

(a) Evidence of mental disease, mental defect, or mental disorder shall not be admitted to show or negate the capacity to form any mental state, including, but not limited to, purpose, intent, knowledge, premeditation, deliberation, or malice aforethought, with which the accused committed the act. Evidence of mental disease, mental defect, or mental disorder is admissible solely on the issue of whether or not the accused actually formed a required specific intent, premeditated, deliberated, or harbored malice aforethought, when a specific intent crime is charged.

(b) As a matter of public policy there shall be no defense of diminished capacity, diminished responsibility, or irresistible impulse in a criminal action or juvenile adjudication hearing.

(c) This section shall not be applicable to an insanity hearing pursuant to Section 1026.

(d) Nothing in this section shall limit a court’s discretion, pursuant to the Evidence Code, to exclude psychiatric or psychological evidence on whether the accused had a mental disease, mental defect, or mental disorder at the time of the alleged offense.
Cal. PEN § 2695.3 — California Code / Code pen / Part 3 / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 2695.3
Section 2695.3
Status: in_force

The advocate shall coordinate with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in order to provide each inmate who is a veteran with access to earned veterans’ benefits.
Cal. EDC § 5380 — California Code / Code edc / Title 1 / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 5380
Section 5380
Status: in_force

Any election officer serving at any school district election or community college district election may be paid out of the funds of the district as compensation for his or her services as an election officer a sum determined by the county elections official and approved by the county board of supervisors, not to exceed the amount paid from the county treasury to officers of the preceding general election. In districts in which the polls are kept open less than 12 hours, the maximum compensation for election officers shall be the sum bearing the same relation to the amount paid to election officers of the last preceding general election as the number of hours the polls were open at the election bears to the number of hours the polls were open in the preceding general election.
Cal. GOV § 3599.78 — California Code / Code gov / Title 1 / Division 4 / Chapter 12.5 / Section 3599.78
Section 3599.78
Status: in_force

This chapter does not modify or eliminate any existing wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment for employees. All existing wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment for employees shall remain in effect unless and until changed in accordance with the employer’s procedures or pursuant to a memorandum of understanding or agreement between the employer and a recognized employee organization.
Cal. PEN § 11418.5 — California Code / Code pen / Part 4 / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4.6 / Section 11418.5
Section 11418.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who knowingly threatens to use a weapon of mass destruction, with the specific intent that the statement as defined in Section 225 of the Evidence Code or a statement made by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened, a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety, or for his or her immediate family’s safety shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year or in the state prison for 3, 4, or 6 years, and by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).

(b) For the purposes of this section, “sustained fear” can be established by, but is not limited to, conduct such as evacuation of any building by any occupant, evacuation of any school by any employee or student, evacuation of any home by any resident or occupant, any isolation, quarantine, or decontamination effort.

(c) The fact that the person who allegedly violated this section did not actually possess a biological agent, toxin, or chemical weapon does not constitute a defense to the crime specified in this section.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent punishment instead pursuant to any other provision of law that imposes a greater or more severe punishment.
Cal. GOV § 6022 — California Code / Code gov / Title 1 / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 6022
Section 6022
Status: in_force

Upon proof of the publication of the petition and notice, the court shall set the petition for hearing. Any person may appear and contest the petition either prior to or on the day set for the hearing or the day to which it is continued.
Cal. EDC § 17323 — California Code / Code edc / Title 1 / Division 1 / Part 10.5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3.5 / Section 17323
Section 17323
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article:

(a) “Construction or alteration” means any construction of, addition to, reconstruction of, or structural alteration to any private school structure.

(b) “Enforcement agency” means the agency of a city, city and county, or county responsible for building safety within its jurisdiction.

(c) “Private school structure” means any building used for educational purposes through the 12th grade by 50 or more persons for more than 12 hours per week or 4 hours in any one day. Any structure owned or operated by a public school district shall not be affected by this article.

(d) “Structural engineer” means a person authorized to use the title of structural engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

(e) “Engineer of record” means the architect, if no structural engineer or civil engineer has been retained for the structural design.

(f) “Electrical engineer” means an electrical engineer, as defined in Section 6702.1 of Chapter 7 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

(g) “Mechanical engineer” means a mechanical engineer, as defined in Section 6702.2 of Chapter 7 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

(h) “Qualified inspector” means a person who is currently certified by the International Conference of Building Officials or who has demonstrated his or her competence to the satisfaction of the enforcement agency as having expertise and experience in the particular type of construction or operation requiring inspection.
Cal. CORP § 5065 — California Code / Code corp / Title 1 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Section 5065
Section 5065
Status: in_force

“Person,” in addition to those entities specified in Section 18 and unless otherwise expressly provided, includes any association, business corporation, company, corporation, corporation sole, domestic corporation, estate, foreign corporation, foreign business corporation, individual, joint stock company, joint venture, mutual benefit corporation, public benefit corporation, religious corporation, partnership, government or political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.
Cal. CORP § 10821 — California Code / Code corp / Title 1 / Division 2 / Part 11 / Article 2 / Section 10821
Section 10821
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, as to a health care service plan which is formed under or subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) or Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of this division, all references to the Attorney General contained in Part 2 or Part 3 of this division shall, in the case of health care service plans, be deemed to refer to the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
Cal. GOV § 3544.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 1 / Division 4 / Chapter 10.7 / Article 5 / Section 3544.1
Section 3544.1
Status: in_force

The public school employer shall grant a request for recognition filed pursuant to Section 3544, unless any of the following apply:

(a) The public school employer doubts the appropriateness of a unit.

(b) Another employee organization either files with the public school employer a challenge to the appropriateness of the unit or submits a competing claim of representation within 15 workdays of the posting of notice of the written request. The claim shall be evidenced by current dues deductions authorizations or other evidence such as notarized membership lists, or membership cards, or petitions signed by employees in the unit indicating their desire to be represented by the organization. The evidence shall be submitted to the board, and shall remain confidential and not be disclosed by the board. The board shall obtain from the employer the information necessary for it to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this section and shall report to the employee organizations seeking recognition and to the public school employer as to the adequacy of the evidence. If the claim is evidenced by the support of at least 30 percent of the members of an appropriate unit, a question of representation exists and the board shall conduct a representation election pursuant to Section 3544.7, unless subdivision (c) or (d) of this section applies.

(c) There is currently in effect a lawful written agreement negotiated by the public school employer and another employee organization covering any employees included in the unit described in the request for recognition, unless the request for recognition is filed less than 120 days, but more than 90 days, prior to the expiration date of the agreement.

(d) The public school employer has, within the previous 12 months, lawfully recognized another employee organization as the exclusive representative of any employees included in the unit described in the request for recognition.
Cal. EDC § 17351 — California Code / Code edc / Title 1 / Division 1 / Part 10.5 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 17351
Section 17351
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, the Department of General Services shall adopt regulations for the safety of design and construction of factory-built buildings for use as school buildings, and shall prescribe procedures for the plans, specifications, methods of construction, and estimates of cost of a factory-built school building to be submitted to the department for approval as provided in Section 17352. Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, such regulations shall comply with but not be limited by the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 17260) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 17280) of this chapter.

The Department of General Services shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code for the purposes described in this section.
Cal. EDC § 12052 — California Code / Code edc / Title 1 / Division 1 / Part 8 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 12052
Section 12052
Status: in_force

In accepting the benefits of the acts of Congress referred to in Section 12050, the people of the state agree to comply with all of the provisions and to observe all of the requirements of those acts.
Cal. GOV § 1040 — California Code / Code gov / Title 1 / Division 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1040
Section 1040
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require fingerprint images and associated information from an employee or prospective employee whose duties include or would include any of the following:

(1) Access to confidential information in a database of the department.

(2) Access to confidential or sensitive information provided by a member of the public including, but not limited to, a credit card number or social security account number.

(3) Access to cash, checks, or other accountable items.

(4) Responsibility for the development or maintenance of a critical automated system.

(5) Making decisions regarding the issuance or denial of a license, endorsement, certificate, or indicia.

(b) The fingerprint images and associated information of an employee or prospective employee of the Department of Motor Vehicles whose duties include or would include those specified in subdivision (a), or any person who assumes those duties, may be furnished to the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining information as to the existence and nature of a record of state or federal level convictions and state or federal level arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that the applicant was released on bail or on his or her own recognizance pending trial. Requests for federal level criminal offender record information, received by the Department of Justice, pursuant to this section, shall be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the Department of Justice.

(c) The Department of Justice shall respond to the Department of Motor Vehicles with information as provided under subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.

(d) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall request subsequent arrest notification, from the Department of Justice, as provided under Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code, for applicants described in subdivision (a).

(e) The Department of Justice may assess a fee sufficient to cover the processing costs required under this section, as authorized pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.

(f) This section does not apply to an employee of the Department of Motor Vehicles whose appointment occurred prior to January 1, 2005.

(g) The Department of Motor Vehicles may investigate the criminal history of persons applying for employment in order to make a final determination of that person’s fitness to perform duties that would include any of those specified in subdivision (a).
Cal. GOV § 1454 — California Code / Code gov / Title 1 / Division 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1454
Section 1454
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided, the official bonds of state officers prescribed by law shall be approved by either the Governor or the Director of General Services and filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State.
Cal. EDC § 21101 — California Code / Code edc / Title 1 / Division 1 / Part 12 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 21101
Section 21101
Status: in_force

The grantor may designate in the grant:

(a) The nature, object, and purposes of the institution to be founded, endowed, and maintained.

(b) The name by which it shall be known.

(c) The powers and duties of the trustees, and the manner in which they shall account, and to whom, if accounting is required. Such powers and duties shall not be exclusive of other powers and duties which may be necessary to enable the trustees to fully carry out the objects of the grant.

(d) The mode and manner, and by whom, the successors to the trustee or trustees named in the grant are to be appointed.

(e) Such rules and regulations for the management of the property conveyed as the grantor may elect to prescribe. Such rules shall, unless the grantor otherwise prescribes, be deemed advisory only, and shall not preclude the trustees from making such changes as new conditions may from time to time require.

(f) The place where and the time when the buildings necessary and proper for the institution shall be erected, and the character and extent thereof.
Cal. EDC § 8482.6 — California Code / Code edc / Title 1 / Division 1 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 22.5 / Section 8482.6
Section 8482.6
Status: in_force

[Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 399, Sec. 3.   (AB 1567)   Effective January 1, 2017.   Section operative July 1, 2017, by its own provisions.   See prevailing version added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 470, Sec. 8.2]
(a) Every pupil attending a school operating a program pursuant to this article is eligible to participate in the program, subject to program capacity. A program established pursuant to this article is not required to charge family fees or conduct individual eligibility determinations based on need or income. If a program established pursuant to this article does charge family fees, the program shall not charge a fee to a family for a child if the program knows that the child is a homeless youth, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a), or for a child who the program knows is in foster care.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2017.

[Amended (as added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 470, Sec. 8.2) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 5.   (AB 130)   Effective July 9, 2021.]
Every pupil attending a school operating a program pursuant to this article is eligible to participate in the program, subject to program capacity. A program established pursuant to this article may charge family fees. Programs that charge family fees shall waive the cost of these fees for pupils who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, for a child that is a homeless youth, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a), or for a child who the program knows is in foster care. A program that charges family fees shall schedule fees on a sliding scale that considers family income and ability to pay.
Cal. EDC § 16556 — California Code / Code edc / Title 1 / Division 1 / Part 10 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 16556
Section 16556
Status: in_force

The governing board of each school district to which an apportionment has been made under this chapter shall expend the moneys in the state school construction fund of the district only for the purposes for which the moneys were apportioned to the district and for no other purpose and shall make any reports relating to the expenditure of the moneys that the board and the Controller shall require.