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Cal. PRC § 6009 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6009
Section 6009
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Upon admission to the United States, and as incident of its sovereignty, California received title to the tidelands, submerged lands, and beds of navigable lakes and rivers within its borders, to be held subject to the public trust for statewide public purposes, including commerce, navigation, fisheries, and other recognized uses, and for preservation in their natural state.

(b) The state’s power and right to control, regulate, and utilize its tidelands and submerged lands when acting within the terms of the public trust is absolute.

(c) Tidelands and submerged lands granted by the Legislature to local entities remain subject to the public trust, and remain subject to the oversight authority of the state by and through the State Lands Commission.

(d) Grantees are required to manage the state’s tidelands and submerged lands consistent with the terms and obligations of their grants and the public trust, without subjugation of statewide interests, concerns, or benefits to the inclination of local or municipal affairs, initiatives, or excises.

(e) The purposes and uses of tidelands and submerged lands is a statewide concern.
Cal. WAT § 22554 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 22554
Section 22554
Status: in_force

The notice of intention to lease the use of water shall state all of the following:

(a) The board will receive sealed proposals for the lease.

(b) The lease will be let to the highest responsible bidder.

(c) The time and place of opening the proposals.
Cal. WAT § 21577 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 21577
Section 21577
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall thereupon find whether or not there are less than 2,500 acres in the district, less than 100 electors residing in it, and only three divisions in it.
Cal. PUC § 913.3 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 913.3
Section 913.3
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 454.5 and Section 583, no later than May 1 of each year, the commission shall release to the Legislature for the preceding calendar year the costs of all electricity procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources, including unbundled renewable energy credits, and all costs for utility-owned generation approved by the commission.

(1) For power purchase contracts, the commission shall release costs in an aggregated form categorized according to the year the procurement transaction was approved by the commission, the eligible renewable energy resource type, including bundled renewable energy credits, the average executed contract price, and average actual recorded costs for each kilowatthour of production. Within each renewable energy resource type, the commission shall provide aggregated costs for different project size thresholds.

(2) For each utility-owned renewable generation project, the commission shall release the costs forecast by the electrical corporation at the time of initial approval and the actual recorded costs for each kilowatthour of production during the preceding calendar year.

(b) The commission shall report all electrical corporation revenue requirement increases associated with meeting the renewables portfolio standard, as defined in Section 399.12, including direct procurement costs for eligible renewable energy resources and renewable energy credits.

(c) The commission shall report all cost savings experienced, or costs avoided, by electrical corporations as a result of meeting the renewables portfolio standard.

(d) This section does not require the release of the terms of any individual electricity procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources, including unbundled renewable energy credits, approved by the commission. The commission shall aggregate data to the extent required to ensure protection of the confidentiality of individual contract costs even if this aggregation requires grouping contracts of different energy resource type. The commission shall not be required to release the data in any year when there are fewer than three contracts approved.
Cal. VEH § 467 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 467
Section 467
Status: in_force

(a) A “pedestrian” is a person who is afoot or who is using any of the following:

(1) A means of conveyance propelled by human power other than a bicycle.

(2) An electric personal assistive mobility device.

(b) “Pedestrian” includes a person who is operating a self-propelled wheelchair, motorized tricycle, or motorized quadricycle and, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian, as specified in subdivision (a).
Cal. HSC § 110525 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 110525
Section 110525
Status: in_force

The department may, by regulation, establish definitions and standards of identity and quality for wine. Such definitions and standards may incorporate in whole or in part, the regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, pertaining to the standards of identity and quality for wine. Standards of identity and quality for wine adopted pursuant to this section may differ from or be inconsistent with the standards promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. No standard of size, type, or fill of container for any wine subject to the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code, shall be adopted, but containers of wine sold in this state shall conform to the then current standards for the containers, including standards of fill, established by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
Cal. PUC § 12901 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 12901
Section 12901
Status: in_force

The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district, under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes. The district may adopt the alternative procedure of tax collection and apportionment established by Chapter 3, Part 8, Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and any amendments thereof; provided, however, that the district may thereafter abandon said alternative procedure at the end of any fiscal year of the district.
Cal. FIN § 31823 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 31823
Section 31823
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any licensee, directly or indirectly, to provide financing assistance to any associate of another licensee if any associate of the first licensee receives, has received, or is about to receive, directly or indirectly, financing assistance or a commitment for financing assistance from such other licensee.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensee, directly or indirectly, to provide financing assistance to any associate of another licensee if any associate of the first licensee receives, has received, or is about to receive, directly or indirectly financing assistance or a commitment for financing assistance from a third licensee pursuant to any contract, understanding, or arrangement among such licensees.
Cal. PRC § 7957 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 7957
Section 7957
Status: in_force

Certified copies of the decree entered in the suit shall be filed in the office of the county recorder and in the office of the commission.
Cal. PRC § 9186 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 9186
Section 9186
Status: in_force

The notice of the election published pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 9181 shall contain all of the following:

(a) The date of the election.

(b) The name of the proposed district.

(c) The purposes for which the district is to be formed.

(d) A statement that the first directors will be elected at that election or will be appointed, as the case may be, if the district is formed.

(e) A description of the boundaries of the proposed district.
Cal. FAC § 79423 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 79423
Section 79423
Status: in_force

“Commission” means the California Nursery Producers Commission.
Cal. LAB § 2775 — California Code / Code lab / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 2775
Section 2775
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this article:

(1) “Dynamex” means Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903.

(2) “Borello” means the California Supreme Court’s decision in S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341.

(b) (1) For purposes of this code and the Unemployment Insurance Code, and for the purposes of wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission, a person providing labor or services for remuneration shall be considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(A) The person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact.

(B) The person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business.

(C) The person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as that involved in the work performed.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any exceptions to the terms “employee,” “employer,” “employ,” or “independent contractor,” and any extensions of employer status or liability, that are expressly made by a provision of this code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, or in an applicable order of the Industrial Welfare Commission, including, but not limited to, the definition of “employee” in subdivision 2(E) of Wage Order No. 2, shall remain in effect for the purposes set forth therein.

(3) If a court of law rules that the three-part test in paragraph (1) cannot be applied to a particular context based on grounds other than an express exception to employment status as provided under paragraph (2), then the determination of employee or independent contractor status in that context shall instead be governed by the California Supreme Court’s decision in S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341 (Borello).
Cal. WIC § 14132.05 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 14132.05
Section 14132.05
Status: in_force

The department shall provide the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the Legislature with a copy of their submittal to the federal Health Care Financing Administration pertaining to any evaluation completed regarding the Family PACT federal waiver required by subdivision (aa) of Section 14132.
Cal. PROB § 8110 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 8110
Section 8110
Status: in_force

At least 15 days before the hearing of a petition for administration of a decedent’s estate, the petitioner shall deliver notice of the hearing pursuant to Section 1215 on all of the following persons:

(a) Each heir of the decedent, so far as known to or reasonably ascertainable by the petitioner.

(b) Each devisee, executor, and alternative executor named in any will being offered for probate, regardless of whether the devise or appointment is purportedly revoked in a subsequent instrument.
Cal. BPC § 6732 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 6732
Section 6732
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for anyone other than a professional engineer licensed under this chapter to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents with the seal or stamp of a professional engineer, or in any manner, use the title “professional engineer,” “licensed engineer,” “registered engineer,” or “consulting engineer,” or any of the following branch titles: “agricultural engineer,” “chemical engineer,” “civil engineer,” “control system engineer,” “electrical engineer,” “fire protection engineer,” “industrial engineer,” “mechanical engineer,” “metallurgical engineer,” “nuclear engineer,” “petroleum engineer,” or “traffic engineer,” or any combination of these words and phrases or abbreviations thereof unless licensed under this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 6480 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 6480
Section 6480
Status: in_force

(a)  The officers of the district are an assessor and five members of the board.

(b)  Any member of the legislative body of a city whose territory is encompassed, in whole or in part, by the boundaries of the district is not disqualified from holding office as a member of the board solely because of his membership on such legislative body.
Cal. WAT § 11127 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 11127
Section 11127
Status: in_force

The department shall be regarded as performing a governmental function in carrying out the provisions of this part.
Cal. BPC § 26222.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 10 / Chapter 22 / Article 2 / Section 26222.1
Section 26222.1
Status: in_force

An exemption under law that applies to a cannabis product in the possession, or under the control, of the individual cultivator, shall apply similarly and completely to the cannabis product that is delivered by its cultivator members that are in the possession, or under the control, of the association.
Cal. PUC § 730 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 730
Section 730
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall, upon a hearing, determine the kind and character of facilities and the extent of the operation thereof, necessary reasonably and adequately to meet public requirements for service furnished by common carriers between any two or more points, and shall fix and determine the just, reasonable, and sufficient rates for such service. Whenever two or more common carriers are furnishing service in competition with each other, the commission may, after hearing, when necessary for the preservation of adequate service and when public interest demands, prescribe uniform rates, classifications, rules, and practices to be charged, collected, and observed by all such common carriers.

(b) Subdivision (a) is not applicable to network railroad transportation.
Cal. EVID § 1225 — California Code / Code evid / Division 10 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 1225
Section 1225
Status: in_force

When a right, title, or interest in any property or claim asserted by a party to a civil action requires a determination that a right, title, or interest exists or existed in the declarant, evidence of a statement made by the declarant during the time the party now claims the declarant was the holder of the right, title, or interest is as admissible against the party as it would be if offered against the declarant in an action involving that right, title, or interest.
Cal. PUC § 30301 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 30301
Section 30301
Status: in_force

The secretary, general manager, general counsel, treasurer, and auditor shall be full-time officers and shall be appointed by and may be removed by the affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the board. All other officers and employees shall be appointed by the general manager and shall serve at his pleasure, subject to the provisions of this part relating to personnel.
Cal. HSC § 1385.06 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 6.2 / Section 1385.06
Section 1385.06
Status: in_force

(a) A filing submitted under this article shall be actuarially sound.

(b) (1) The plan shall contract with an independent actuary or actuaries consistent with this section.

(2) A filing submitted under this article shall include a certification by an independent actuary or actuarial firm that the rate increase is reasonable or unreasonable and, if unreasonable, that the justification for the increase is based on accurate and sound actuarial assumptions and methodologies. Unless PPACA requires a certification of actuarial soundness for each large group contract, a filing submitted under Section 1385.04 shall include a certification by an independent actuary, as described in this section, that the aggregate or average rate increase is based on accurate and sound actuarial assumptions and methodologies.

(3) The actuary or actuarial firm acting under paragraph (2) shall not be an affiliate or a subsidiary of, nor in any way owned or controlled by, a health care service plan or a trade association of health care service plans. A board member, director, officer, or employee of the actuary or actuarial firm shall not serve as a board member, director, or employee of a health care service plan. A board member, director, or officer of a health care service plan or a trade association of health care service plans shall not serve as a board member, director, officer, or employee of the actuary or actuarial firm.

(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to permit the director to establish the rates charged subscribers and enrollees for covered health care services.
Cal. FAC § 17004 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 17004
Section 17004
Status: in_force

The director may take up estray animals whose owners are unknown and cannot be located.
Cal. PUC § 100111 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 100111
Section 100111
Status: in_force

The VTA may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
Cal. CIV § 17 — California Code / Code civ / Section 17
Section 17
Status: in_force

Wherever any notice or other communication is required by this code to be mailed by registered mail, the mailing of such notice or other communication by certified mail shall be deemed to be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of law.
Cal. HSC § 25515.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.95 / Article 1 / Section 25515.4
Section 25515.4
Status: in_force

A person who willfully prevents, interferes with, or attempts to impede the enforcement of this article by any authorized representative of a unified program agency is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. FAC § 18906 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 18906
Section 18906
Status: in_force

The director may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any proceeding or investigation pending under this chapter at any stage of such proceeding or investigation. Such depositions may be taken before any person designated by the director and having power to administer oaths. Such testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition, or under his direction and shall then be subscribed by the deponent. Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the director as previously provided.
Cal. WAT § 31706 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 31706
Section 31706
Status: in_force

All district taxes shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and form as county taxes and shall be paid to the district for which they were levied and collected.
Cal. BPC § 17533.7 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 17533.7
Section 17533.7
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association to sell or offer for sale in this state any merchandise on which merchandise or on its container there appears the words “Made in U.S.A.,” “Made in America,” “U.S.A.,” or similar words if the merchandise or any article, unit, or part thereof, has been entirely or substantially made, manufactured, or produced outside of the United States.

(b) This section shall not apply to merchandise made, manufactured, or produced in the United States that has one or more articles, units, or parts from outside of the United States, if all of the articles, units, or parts of the merchandise obtained from outside the United States constitute not more than 5 percent of the final wholesale value of the manufactured product.

(c) (1) This section shall not apply to merchandise made, manufactured, or produced in the United States that has one or more articles, units, or parts from outside of the United States, if both of the following apply:

(A) The manufacturer of the merchandise shows that it can neither produce the article, unit, or part within the United States nor obtain the article, unit, or part of the merchandise from a domestic source.

(B) All of the articles, units, or parts of the merchandise obtained from outside the United States constitute not more than 10 percent of the final wholesale value of the manufactured product.

(2) The determination that the article, unit, or part of the merchandise cannot be made, manufactured, produced, or obtained within the United States from a domestic source shall not be based on the cost of the article, unit, or part.

(d) This section shall not apply to merchandise sold for resale to consumers outside of California.

(e) For purposes of this section, merchandise sold or offered for sale outside of California shall not be deemed mislabeled if the label conforms to the law of the forum state or country within which they are sold or offered for sale.
Cal. FIN § 22001 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 22001
Section 22001
Status: in_force

(a) This division shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:

(1) To ensure an adequate supply of credit to borrowers in this state.

(2) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing loans made by finance lenders.

(3) To foster competition among finance lenders.

(4) To protect borrowers against unfair practices by some lenders, having due regard for the interests of legitimate and scrupulous lenders.

(5) To permit and encourage the development of fair and economically sound lending practices.

(6) To encourage and foster a sound economic climate in this state.

(7) To protect property owners from deceptive and misleading practices that threaten the efficacy and viability of property assessed clean energy financing programs.

(b) Consumer loans, as defined in Sections 22203 and 22204, are subject to this chapter, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 22200), Article 1 (commencing with Section 22700) of Chapter 4, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 22750) of Chapter 4.

(c) Commercial loans, as defined in Section 22502, are subject to this chapter, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 22500), Article 1 (commencing with Section 22700) of Chapter 4, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 22780) of Chapter 4.

(d) A program administrator, as defined in Section 22018, is subject to this chapter, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 22680), and Article 1 (commencing with Section 22700) of Chapter 4.

(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2019.
Cal. PRC § 30917 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20.4 / Chapter 3 / Section 30917
Section 30917
Status: in_force

The board shall provide opportunity for public review and comment in awarding funds pursuant to this chapter, and may, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy, adopt regulations to implement this chapter.