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Cal. PRC § 5096.172 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.69 / Article 5 / Section 5096.172
Section 5096.172
Status: in_force

(a) Any Member of the Legislature, the California Coastal Commission, the State Coastal Conservancy, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the State Park and Recreation Commission, or the Secretary of the Resources Agency may nominate, for study by the Department of Parks and Recreation, any project within the coastal zone for acquisition with funds made available for the state park system pursuant to category (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 5096.151. Any of the commissions, and the conservancy, shall make nominations by vote of its membership.

(b) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall study any project so nominated. In addition to the procedures required by Section 5006, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall submit to the Legislature annually a report consisting of a prioritized listing and comparative evaluation of all projects nominated for study, in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) March 1, 1981, for projects nominated prior to January 15, 1981.

(2) November 1, 1981, for projects nominated prior to June 30, 1981, and after January 15, 1981.

(3) November 1, 1982, and each November 1 thereafter for projects nominated during the 12 months ending June 30, 1982, and each June 30 thereafter.

(c) In making the prioritized listing and comparative evaluation of potential acquisition sites, the department shall adhere to the following criteria and priorities:

(1) The first priority for the acquisition of coastal resources is as follows:

(A) Land and water areas best suited to serve the recreational needs of urban populations.

(B) Land and water areas of significant environmental importance, such as habitat protection.

(2) The second priority for the acquisition of coastal resources is as follows:

(A) Land for physical and visual access to the coastline where public access opportunities are inadequate or could be impeded by incompatible uses.

(B) Remaining areas of high recreational value.

(C) Areas proposed as a coastal reserve or preserve, including areas that are or include restricted natural communities, including, but not limited to, ecological areas that are scarce, involving only a limited area; rare and endangered wildlife species habitat; rare and endangered plant species range; specialized wildlife habitat; outstanding representative natural communities; sites with outstanding educational value; fragile or environmentally sensitive resources; and wilderness or primitive areas. Areas meeting more than one of these criteria may be considered as especially important.

(D) Highly scenic areas that are or include landscape preservation projects; open areas identified as being of particular value in providing visual contrast to urbanization, in preserving natural landforms and significant vegetation, in providing attractive transitions between natural and urbanized areas, or as scenic open space; and scenic areas or historical districts designated by cities and counties within the coastal zone.
Cal. WIC § 14570 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 8.7 / Article 4 / Section 14570
Section 14570
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall adopt all necessary rules and regulations providing for quality of care and payment for services rendered under this chapter pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000). All regulations heretofore adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter, and that are in effect immediately preceding the operative date of the amendment of this section enacted by the Legislature during the 1977–78 Regular Session, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended, or repealed by the director.

(b) The director shall establish a distinct organizational entity within the department that shall have primary responsibility for the Adult Day Health Care Medi-Cal program. This entity shall coordinate and direct all departmental activities required by this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 1374.56 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 5 / Section 1374.56
Section 1374.56
Status: in_force

(a)  On and after July 1, 2000, every health care service plan contract, except a specialized health care service plan contract, issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall provide coverage for the testing and treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU) under the terms and conditions of the plan contract.

(b)  Coverage for treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU) shall include those formulas and special food products that are part of a diet prescribed by a licensed physician and managed by a health care professional in consultation with a physician who specializes in the treatment of metabolic disease and who participates in or is authorized by the plan, provided that the diet is deemed medically necessary to avert the development of serious physical or mental disabilities or to promote normal development or function as a consequence of phenylketonuria (PKU).

(c)  Coverage pursuant to this section is not required except to the extent that the cost of the necessary formulas and special food products exceeds the cost of a normal diet.

(d)  For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)  “Formula” means an enteral product or enteral products for use at home that are prescribed by a physician or nurse practitioner, or ordered by a registered dietician upon referral by a health care provider authorized to prescribe dietary treatments, as medically necessary for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU).

(2)  “Special food product” means a food product that is both of the following:

(A)  Prescribed by a physician or nurse practitioner for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU) and is consistent with the recommendations and best practices of qualified health professionals with expertise germane to, and experience in the treatment and care of, phenylketonuria (PKU). It does not include a food that is naturally low in protein, but may include a food product that is specially formulated to have less than one gram of protein per serving.

(B)  Used in place of normal food products, such as grocery store foods, used by the general population.
Cal. WAT § 13490 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6.7 / Section 13490
Section 13490
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to consolidate administrative enforcement authority available to the state board to enforce the terms, conditions, and requirements of its financial assistance programs.
Cal. RTC § 63 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 0.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 63
Section 63
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, a change of ownership shall not include any interspousal transfer, including, but not limited to:

(a) Transfers to a trustee for the beneficial use of a spouse, or the surviving spouse of a deceased transferor, or by a trustee of such a trust to the spouse of the trustor,

(b) Transfers which take effect upon the death of a spouse,

(c) Transfers to a spouse or former spouse in connection with a property settlement agreement or decree of dissolution of a marriage or legal separation, or

(d) The creation, transfer, or termination, solely between spouses, of any coowner’s interest.

(e) The distribution of a legal entity’s property to a spouse or former spouse in exchange for the interest of such spouse in the legal entity in connection with a property settlement agreement or a decree of dissolution of a marriage or legal separation.
Cal. ELEC § 21559 — California Code / Code elec / Division 21 / Chapter 6.6 / Section 21559
Section 21559
Status: in_force

A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this state. A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of three years beginning from the date of appointment to hold appointive federal, state, or local public office, to serve as paid staff for, or as a paid consultant to, the Board of Equalization, United States Congress, the Legislature, or any individual legislator, or to register as a federal, state, or local lobbyist in this state.
Cal. FAC § 29676 — California Code / Code fac / Division 13 / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 29676
Section 29676
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person to do either of the following:

(1) Refuse to submit any container, subcontainer, load, or display of honey to the inspection of any enforcing officer.

(2) Refuse to stop any vehicle which contains any honey, for the purpose of inspection by an enforcing officer.

(b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
Cal. VEH § 9555 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 9555
Section 9555
Status: in_force

Whenever any trailer coach is in this State without the registration fee having first been paid as required by this code, the fee is delinquent.
Cal. HSC § 103550 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 103550
Section 103550
Status: in_force

Any birth, fetal death, death, or marriage record that was registered within a period of one year from the date of the event under the provisions of this part, or any copy of the record or part thereof, properly certified by the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder, is prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts stated therein.
Cal. PRC § 35152 — California Code / Code prc / Division 26 / Chapter 4 / Section 35152
Section 35152
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, and may hold, use, enjoy, and lease or dispose of real and personal property of every kind, and rights in real and personal property, within or without the authority’s jurisdiction, necessary to the full exercise of its powers. The authority may accept and hold open-space easements and purchase development credits wherever the authority may acquire real property.

(b) Priority for open-space acquisition should be focused on those lands closest, most accessible, and visible to the urban area. The remote ranchlands east of the westernmost ridgeline of the Diablo Range shall be acquired as permanent open space only from willing sellers through conservation easement or fee title purchases or the granting of lands or conservation easements by owners to the authority.

(c) Lands subject to the grant of an open-space easement executed and accepted by the authority in accordance with this division are enforceably restricted within the meaning of Section 8 of Article XIII of the California Constitution. An easement or other interest in real property may be dedicated for open-space purposes by the adoption of a resolution by the governing board, and any interest so dedicated may be conveyed only as provided in this section.

(d) The authority shall not validly convey an interest in any real property actually dedicated and used for open-space purposes without the consent of a majority of the voters of the authority voting at a special election called by the governing board and held for that purpose. Consent need not first be obtained for a lease of any real property for a period not exceeding 25 years if that real property remains in open-space or agricultural use for the entire duration of the lease.
Cal. FAC § 74745 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.6 / Article 3 / Section 74745
Section 74745
Status: in_force

The state is not liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter or acts of the commission are limited to the funds collected by the commission. No board member, alternate member, employee, or agent of the commission is responsible individually in any way to any nursery or any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as a principal, agent, or employee, except for his or her own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No board member, alternate member, employee, or agent of the commission, is responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member, alternate member, employee, or agent of the commission. Liability is several and not joint, and no member, alternate member, employee, or agent of the commission is liable for the default of any other member, alternate member, employee, or agent of the commission.
Cal. WAT § 23774 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 23774
Section 23774
Status: in_force

Upon the conclusion of the hearing to form an improvement district an order shall be made by the board either dismissing the proceedings or ordering the improvement to proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as provided in Article 4 of Chapter 1 of this part.
Cal. VEH § 15320 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 15320
Section 15320
Status: in_force

The department shall suspend, revoke, or cancel, the privilege of any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle for the periods specified in this article upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of any court that the person has been convicted of any of the offenses set forth in this article.
Cal. FIN § 1891 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 1891
Section 1891
Status: in_force

Nothing in this division restricts the right of a state international or foreign banking or financing corporation to convert into an international or foreign banking or financing corporation organized under the laws of the United States upon compliance with such laws.
Cal. FAC § 64564 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 64564
Section 64564
Status: in_force

The director may purchase general liability insurance for the council subject to the provisions of this chapter in an amount he or she determines as necessary. The cost of the insurance shall be paid by the council. The insurance policy shall name the director, in his or her official capacity, and the council as insured parties for claims made against the council in its advisory capacity to the director or against the director regarding the activities of the council. The director, after consultation with the Attorney General, may refer claims to the insurance carrier for appropriate action. In the alternative, the director may require that claims be handled in the manner otherwise specified in this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 39606.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 39606.1
Section 39606.1
Status: in_force

(a)  On or before January 1, 1997, the state board shall adopt regulations to designate, and determine the boundaries of, an air basin known as the Mojave Desert Air Basin. The air basin shall have a territory that is based upon similar meteorological and geographical conditions and consideration for political boundary lines. The air basin shall consist of at least all of the following:

(1)  The desert portions of Los Angeles County that, immediately prior to the date of the adoption of the regulations, were within the Southeast Desert Air Basin.

(2)  The desert portions of Kern County that, immediately prior to the date of the adoption of the regulations, were within the Southeast Desert Air Basin.

(3)  Any portion of the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District that, immediately prior to the date of the adoption of the regulations, was within the Southeast Desert Air Basin.

(4)  Any other area contiguous to the areas indicated in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, that the state board determines by a preponderance of the evidence is appropriate for inclusion.

(b)  Areas that, immediately prior to the date of the adoption of the regulations, were within the Southeast Desert Air Basin and are not included in the Mojave Desert Air Basin shall remain in the Southeast Desert Air Basin, subject to Section 39606.
Cal. PUC § 5376 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 5376
Section 5376
Status: in_force

A permit or certificate, or renewal thereof, is effective for three years, unless suspended or revoked by the commission.
Cal. ELEC § 12313 — California Code / Code elec / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 12313
Section 12313
Status: in_force

(a) If any member of a precinct board does not appear at the opening of the polls on the morning of an election, those voters present, including members of the board, shall appoint a voter to fill the vacancy. If none of the members appointed appears at that time, the voters of the precinct present at that time may appoint a board.

(b) This section does not apply to elections conducted using vote centers.
Cal. PCC § 10848 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 8 / Section 10848
Section 10848
Status: in_force

If the control of a contractor is terminated or he or she abandons the work, and the work is performed by day’s labor or informal contract as provided in Section 10845, he or she is not entitled to receive any portion of the amount to be paid under the contract until it is fully completed. After completion, if the unpaid balance exceeds the sum of the amount expended by the state in finishing the work, plus all damages sustained or to be sustained by the state, the excess not otherwise required by law to be retained shall be paid to the contractor, but if such sum exceeds the unpaid balance, the contractor and his or her surety are liable to the state for the excess. If the surety completes the contract work, as provided in Section 10845, such surety shall be subrogated to money due under the contract and to money which shall become due in the course of completion by the surety, to the extent provided by law.
Cal. PRC § 25660 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 7.6 / Article 1 / Section 25660
Section 25660
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Clean energy programs” means the programs described in Section 25660.4.

(b) “Emergency Load Reduction Program” means the Emergency Load Reduction Program established by the Public Utilities Commission in Decision 21-03-056 (March 25, 2021), Decision Directing Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas and Electric Company to Take Actions to Prepare for Potential Extreme Weather in the Summers of 2021 and 2022.

(c) “Financial incentive” includes a contract, grant, loan, rebate, block grant, or other appropriate funding mechanism.

(d) “Under-resourced community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 71130.
Cal. BPC § 17537.15 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 17537.15
Section 17537.15
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, “floral or ornamental products or services” means floral arrangements, cut flowers, floral bouquets, potted plants, balloons, floral designs, and related products and services.

(b) For the purposes of this section, “local telephone number” means a specific telephone number (area code and prefix) assigned for the purpose of completing local calls between a calling party or station and any other party or station within a designated exchange or all of its designated local calling areas. The term “local telephone number” does not include long distance telephone numbers or any toll-free telephone numbers listed in a local telephone directory.

(c) (1) It is an infraction for a provider or vendor of floral or ornamental products or services to misrepresent the geographic location of its business by doing either of the following:

(A) Listing a local telephone number in any advertisement or listing, unless the advertisement or listing identifies the true physical address, including the city, of the provider’s or vendor’s business.

(B) Listing a fictitious business name or an assumed business name in any advertisement or listing if both of the following criteria are met:

(i) The name of the business misrepresents the provider’s or vendor’s geographic location.

(ii) The advertisement or listing does not identify the true physical address, including the city and state, of the provider’s or vendor’s business.

(2) Notwithstanding Sections 17534 and 17534.5, a violation of this section is punishable, exclusively, by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(d) This section does not create or impose any duty or obligation on a person other than a vendor or provider described in subdivision (a).

(e) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) A publisher of a telephone directory or other publication or a provider of a directory assistance service publishing or providing information about another business.

(2) An Internet Web site that aggregates and provides information about other businesses.

(3) An owner or publisher of a print advertising medium providing information about other businesses.

(4) An Internet service provider.

(5) An Internet service that displays or distributes advertisements for other businesses.
Cal. BPC § 18668 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 18668
Section 18668
Status: in_force

Licensed promoters may engage in promotions with other licensed promoters, so long as each promoter holds a valid, unexpired license, and receives the written approval of the commission prior to the promotion. The co-promoters shall file a bond or bonds sufficient to meet the requirements of Section 18680.
Cal. FAC § 6047.89 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 8.7 / Section 6047.89
Section 6047.89
Status: in_force

The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which the district is located shall, upon request of the board, assist the district to the extent possible in all activities undertaken by the district for the control of glassy-winged sharpshooter and Pierce’s disease or other designated pests and diseases.
Cal. BPC § 135.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 135.4
Section 135.4
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a board within the department shall expedite, and may assist, the initial licensure process for an applicant who supplies satisfactory evidence to the board that they have been admitted to the United States as a refugee under Section 1157 of Title 8 of the United States Code, have been granted asylum by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Section 1158 of Title 8 of the United States Code, or they have a special immigrant visa (SIV) that has been granted a status under Section 1244 of Public Law 110-181, under Public Law 109-163, or under Section 602(b) of Title VI of Division F of Public Law 111-8.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as changing existing licensure requirements. A person applying for expedited licensure under subdivision (a) shall meet all applicable statutory and regulatory licensure requirements.

(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.

(d) For purposes of this section, “applicant” refers to an applicant for an individual license and does not refer to applicants for business or entity licenses.
Cal. HSC § 79310 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 15 / Section 79310
Section 79310
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, “small business” is a business that meets the requirements set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 14837 of the Government Code.