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Cal. PRC § 3784 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 5 / Section 3784
Section 3784
Status: in_force

Whenever the supervisor receives notification from the Department of Fish and Game pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1016 of the Fish and Game Code that an oil sump constitutes an immediate and grave danger to wildlife, he shall forthwith give written notice of such immediately dangerous condition to the owner, lessee, operator, or person responsible for the existence of the condition and set forth the immediately dangerous condition as specified by the Department of Fish and Game. The owner, lessee, operator, or person responsible shall, within 10 days from the date of such notification, or such longer period as may be mutally agreed upon pursuant to Section 3784.5 by the supervisor, the Department of Fish and Game, and the owner, lessee, operator, or person responsible, clean up or abate the condition to the satisfaction of the supervisor and the Department of Fish and Game. If the owner, lessee, operator, or person responsible does not clean up or abate the condition to the satisfaction of the supervisor and the Department of Fish and Game within the required period of time, the supervisor shall forthwith order the closure of the oil and gas production operation maintaining the oil sump.
Cal. SHC § 5896.11 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 28 / Section 5896.11
Section 5896.11
Status: in_force

If the city furnishes electric or communication service by means of electric or communication facilities owned or operated by the city, the legislative body, in the resolution ordering work, may provide that the work or improvement of conversion shall be performed for the price or prices specified in the resolution by the city or any department, agency, commission, or officer of the city having the duty of furnishing the service. To that extent, the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 1100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code requiring competitive bidding and the award of the contract to the lowest responsible bidder shall be inapplicable.
Cal. RTC § 23311 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 23311
Section 23311
Status: in_force

(a) If a qualified entity, as defined by Section 23310, has been dissolved or canceled as described by Section 23310, but continues to do business within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 23101, or has any remaining assets which were not disclosed by the qualified entity at the time of request for abatement under Section 23310, the total tax, interest, and penalties that were abated pursuant to Section 23310 shall be immediately due and payable. In addition, a penalty in an amount equal to 50 percent of the total tax abated pursuant to Section 23310, plus accrued interest payable pursuant to Section 19101 on that amount for the period or periods beginning on the last date prescribed by law for the payment of that tax, determined without regard to extensions, and ending on the date the tax was abated, shall be imposed.

(b) The penalty imposed by this section is in addition to any other penalty imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401) and Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).

(c) Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of Chapter 4 of Part 10.2, relating to deficiency assessments, shall not apply with respect to the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subdivision (a) or to previously abated tax, interest, and penalties that are due and payable pursuant to this section.
Cal. PROB § 15002 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 1 / Section 15002
Section 15002
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that the common law rules governing trusts are modified by statute, the common law as to trusts is the law of this state.
Cal. WAT § 71723 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 71723
Section 71723
Status: in_force

The contracts with other public agencies, private corporations, or persons may provide for contributions to be made by each party thereto, for the division and apportionment of the expenses of the acquisitions and operations, and for the division and apportionment of the benefits, the services, and products therefrom. Such contracts may also provide for an agency to effect the acquisitions and to carry on the operations, and shall provide in the powers and methods of procedure for such agency the method by which the agency may contract. Such contracts may contain such other and further covenants and agreements as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes thereof.
Cal. LAB § 1062 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 1062
Section 1062
Status: in_force

(a) An employee, who was not offered employment or who has been discharged in violation of this chapter by a successor contractor or successor subcontractor, or an agent of the employee may bring an action against a successor contractor or successor subcontractor in any superior court of the State of California having jurisdiction over the successor contractor or successor subcontractor. Upon finding a violation of this chapter, the court shall award backpay, including the value of benefits, for each day during which the violation has occurred and continues to occur. The amount of backpay shall be calculated as the greater of either of the following:

(1) The average regular rate of pay received by the employee during the last three years of the employee’s employment in the same occupation classification multiplied by the average hours worked during the last three years of the employee’s employment.

(2) The final regular rate of pay received by the employee at the time of termination of the predecessor contract multiplied by the number of hours usually worked by the employee.

(b) The court may order a preliminary or permanent injunction to stop the continued violation of this chapter.

(c) If the employee is the prevailing party in the legal action, the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney’s fees and costs as part of the costs recoverable.

(d) In the absence of a claim by an employee that he or she was terminated in violation of this chapter, an employee may not maintain a cause of action under this chapter solely for the failure of an employer to provide a written performance evaluation.
Cal. WAT § 37210 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 7.5 / Section 37210
Section 37210
Status: in_force

As used in this part, “assessment” includes “standby charges” and other charges levied for the use of district water.
Cal. FIN § 31821 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 31821
Section 31821
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may, by such regulations or orders as he or she deems necessary and appropriate, either unconditionally or upon specified terms and conditions and for specified periods, exempt from the provisions of this article any person or transaction or class of persons or transactions, if the commissioner finds such action to be in the public interest and that the regulation of such persons or transactions is not necessary for the purposes of this division.

(b) In exempting from the provisions of this article any person or transaction or class of persons or transactions, the commissioner shall give due consideration to any conflict of interest provision of federal law or regulation applicable to such person or transaction governing participants in federal financing programs.
Cal. FAC § 21856 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 21856
Section 21856
Status: in_force

(a) The judge before whom any person is tried for the wrongful taking, possessing, killing, or slaughter of cattle without the consent of the owner or the person lawfully in possession of those cattle may, upon the conviction of the person tried, order the forfeiture of any device or apparatus that is designed to be, or is capable of being, used to commit the offense charged, and which was used in committing the offense charged. “Device or apparatus” includes, but is not limited to, any vehicle that is used or intended for use in taking, possessing, harboring, or transporting the cattle.

(b) Any device or apparatus ordered forfeited shall be sold, used, or destroyed by the department.

(c) The provisions in this section authorizing a judge to order the forfeiture of a device or apparatus are also applicable to the judge, referee, or juvenile hearing officer in a juvenile court action brought under Section 258 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(d) For purposes of this section, a plea of nolo contendere or no contest, or forfeiture of bail, constitutes a conviction.

(e) Neither the disposition of the criminal action other than by conviction nor the discretionary refusal of the judge to order forfeiture upon conviction impairs the right of the department to commence proceedings to order the forfeiture of property pursuant to any other provision of law.
Cal. FAC § 78829 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24.5 / Article 2 / Section 78829
Section 78829
Status: in_force

“High proof” means an alcoholic distillate or a mixture of distillates obtained from the fermented juice, mash, or wine of fresh winegrapes or from the residue thereof.
Cal. PCC § 21360 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 101 / Section 21360
Section 21360
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by the Mariposa County Water Agency, as provided for in Chapter 2036 of the Statutes of 1959.
Cal. RTC § 1139 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 1139
Section 1139
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this article, when the owner or master of a taxable vessel gives written notice of its habitual place of mooring when not in service to the assessor of the county where the vessel is documented, the vessel shall be assessed only in the county where habitually moored.
Cal. PRC § 5096.1175 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.68 / Section 5096.1175
Section 5096.1175
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law, or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
Cal. HSC § 116063 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 116063
Section 116063
Status: in_force

Any nuisance maintained in violation of this article may be abated or enjoined in an action brought by a local health officer, or the department, or it may be summarily abated in the manner provided by law for the summary abatement of other public nuisances dangerous to health.
Cal. PRC § 42422 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 7.5 / Article 3 / Section 42422
Section 42422
Status: in_force

Within 12 months of the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 42420.2, a program operator shall develop and submit to the department a complete stewardship plan, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, for the collection, transportation, and recycling, and the safe and proper management, of covered batteries in the state in an economically efficient and practical manner. No stewardship program serving more than one producer may limit its collection, transportation, and recycling of covered batteries to covered batteries of the producers participating in that stewardship program.
Cal. FAC § 52262 — California Code / Code fac / Division 18 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 52262
Section 52262
Status: in_force

“Farm” means a place of agricultural production which has annual sales of agricultural products of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more.
Cal. FAC § 5924 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 5924
Section 5924
Status: in_force

In determining whether this article shall become inoperative, the secretary shall find that at least 40 percent of the total number of producers from the list established by the secretary participated in the referendum, and that either one of the following occurred:

(a) Fifty-five percent or more of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this article, and the producers who voted paid a majority of the assessment dollars on citrus fruit in the preceding marketing season that were paid by all the producers who voted in the referendum.

(b) A majority of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this article, and the producers who voted paid 55 percent or more of the assessment dollars on citrus fruit in the preceding marketing season that were paid by all the producers who voted in the referendum.
Cal. BPC § 1954 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 1954
Section 1954
Status: in_force

(a) It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to perform, or hold himself or herself out as able to perform, professional services beyond the scope of his or her license and field of competence, as established by his or her education, experience, and training. This includes, but is not limited to, using an instrument or device in a manner that is not in accordance with the customary standards and practices of the dental hygiene profession.

(b) This section shall not apply to research conducted by accredited dental schools or dental hygiene schools, or to research conducted pursuant to an investigational device exemption issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Cal. VEH § 35406 — California Code / Code veh / Division 15 / Chapter 4 / Section 35406
Section 35406
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet beyond the foremost part of the front tires of the vehicle or the front bumper of the vehicle, if it is equipped with a front bumper.

(b) When the load is composed solely of vehicles, the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles shall not extend more than four feet beyond the foremost part of the front tires of the vehicle or the front bumper of the vehicle, if it is equipped with a front bumper.
Cal. ELEC § 6041 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 6041
Section 6041
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is generally advocated for or recognized throughout the United States or California as actively seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party for President of the United States. The Secretary of State shall include as criteria for selecting candidates the fact of qualifying for funding under the Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1974, as amended.

On or before the 88th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and distribute to the news media for publication a list of the selected candidates that the Secretary of State intends to place on the ballot at the following presidential primary election.
Cal. PRC § 31403 — California Code / Code prc / Division 21 / Chapter 9 / Section 31403
Section 31403
Status: in_force

The department or the conservancy may not acquire any public access site under the power of eminent domain unless such acquisition is approved by the Legislature as part of its annual approval of the Budget Act.
Cal. PRC § 3656 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 3 / Section 3656
Section 3656
Status: in_force

No unit agreement approved by the supervisor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall effect or result in, or be construed to effect or result in, the alienation, transfer, or change of any title or ownership, legal or equitable, of any person or party in or to any tract of land or the mineral rights therein to any other person or party.
Cal. HSC § 80500 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 80500
Section 80500
Status: in_force

The department may approve all, or part of, a loan request pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 80480), except the maximum amount of a loan approved pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 80480) shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).
Cal. PRC § 3724.4 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 3724.4
Section 3724.4
Status: in_force

The proposal, and all other data submitted as required by Sections 3724.1, 3724.2, and 3724.3, shall be maintained in a confidential status as provided for in Section 3752.
Cal. FAC § 62765 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 3.6 / Section 62765
Section 62765
Status: in_force

The Department of Food and Agriculture, after consulting with its dairy advisory committee, shall complete a study of various proposals affecting regulated milk pricing and pooling programs by April 15, 2002. In particular, it shall study the following:

(a) The impact of the current federal forward price contract program on the regulated pricing and pooling programs operating in federal milk marketing orders and review other risk management tools available to dairy farmers and dairy processors.

(b) The impact of current forward price contract programs administered by California dairy farmer cooperatives on participating producers, on proprietary processors in procuring milk, and on affected products in the marketplace and the comparability of those programs with those operating within federal milk marketing orders.

(c) The impact of the various forward contract programs in use or proposed on pool revenue and price when those contracts are performed within the California milk pooling program.

(d) The impact of the various forward contract programs in use or proposed on pool revenue and price when those contracts are performed outside the California milk pooling program.

(e) The study may also include a review of the impact of requiring class 2 and 3 milk to be reported to the pool.

(f) A review of the advantages and disadvantages of a protein pricing payment system that is similar to the system used in federal milk marketing orders.

(g) This study shall be submitted to the respective chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources and the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
Cal. WAT § 12878.6 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 1 / Section 12878.6
Section 12878.6
Status: in_force

If, within 30 days after conclusion of the hearing held pursuant to Section 12878.4 of this code, the governing body of the local agency has not given assurances satisfactory to the board or department that the said local agency will correct the deficiencies and maintain and operate the project works in accordance with the standards established by the federal regulations, or that such local agency does not desire to continue to operate and maintain such unit, or that there is no such local agency obligated to so maintain and operate such unit, the board or department shall establish the amount of money necessary to maintain the unit during the current and ensuing fiscal year and shall proceed with the formation of a maintenance area in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Cal. ELEC § 4005.6 — California Code / Code elec / Division 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 4005.6
Section 4005.6
Status: in_force

An election conducted pursuant to Section 4005 is subject to the following requirements:

(a) The provisions of Sections 14200 and 14201 that apply to polling places also apply to vote centers.

(b) Prior to every election, the county elections official shall determine if a voter has previously identified a preferred language other than English to the elections official or to the Secretary of State. If the voter’s precinct is required to have a facsimile copy of the ballot in the voter’s preferred language pursuant to Section 14201, the county elections official shall send to the voter by regular mail or electronic mail a facsimile copy of the ballot in that language. The voter shall receive the facsimile copy of the ballot before vote centers open pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 4005. The facsimile copy of the ballot shall be sufficiently distinct in appearance from a regular ballot to prevent voters from attempting to vote on the facsimile copy.
Cal. LAB § 213 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 213
Section 213
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in Section 212 shall:

(a) Prohibit an employer from guaranteeing the payment of bills incurred by an employee for the necessaries of life or for the tools and implements used by the employee in the performance of his or her duties.

(b) Apply to counties, municipal corporations, quasi-municipal corporations, or school districts.

(c) Apply to students of nonprofit schools, colleges, universities, and other nonprofit educational institutions.

(d) Prohibit an employer from depositing wages due or to become due or an advance on wages to be earned in an account in any bank, savings and loan association, or credit union of the employee’s choice with a place of business located in this state, provided that the employee has voluntarily authorized that deposit. If an employer discharges an employee or the employee quits, the employer may pay the wages earned and unpaid at the time the employee is discharged or quits by making a deposit authorized pursuant to this subdivision, provided that the employer complies with the provisions of this article relating to the payment of wages upon termination or quitting of employment.
Cal. FGC § 2209 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 2209
Section 2209
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not sponsor, conduct, or operate a circus in this state that uses any animal other than a domestic dog, domestic cat, or domesticated horse.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not exhibit or use any animal other than a domestic dog, domestic cat, or domesticated horse in a circus in this state.