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Cal. HSC § 1357.615 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 3.17 / Section 1357.615
Section 1357.615
Status: in_force

(a) At least 20 business days prior to renewing or amending a small employer health care service plan contract subject to this article, a plan shall file a notice of material modification with the director in accordance with the provisions of Section 1352. The notice of material modification shall include a statement certifying that the plan is in compliance with subdivision (i) of Section 1357.600 and Section 1357.612. The certified statement shall set forth the standard employee risk rate for each risk category and the highest and lowest risk adjustment factors that will be used in setting the rates at which the contract will be renewed or amended. Any action by the director, as permitted under Section 1352, to disapprove, suspend, or postpone the plan’s use of a plan contract shall be in writing, specifying the reasons that the plan contract does not comply with the requirements of this chapter.

(b) Prior to making any changes in the risk categories, risk adjustment factors or standard employee risk rates filed with the director pursuant to subdivision (a), the plan shall file as an amendment a statement setting forth the changes and certifying that the plan is in compliance with subdivision (i) of Section 1357.600 and Section 1357.612. A plan may commence utilizing the changed risk categories set forth in the certified statement on the 31st day from the date of the filing, or at an earlier time determined by the director, unless the director disapproves the amendment by written notice, stating the reasons therefor. If only the standard employee risk rate is being changed, and not the risk categories or risk adjustment factors, a plan may commence utilizing the changed standard employee risk rate upon filing the certified statement unless the director disapproves the amendment by written notice.

(c) Periodic changes to the standard employee risk rate that a plan proposes to implement over the course of up to 12 consecutive months may be filed in conjunction with the certified statement filed under subdivision (a) or (b).

(d) Each plan shall maintain at its principal place of business all of the information required to be filed with the director pursuant to this section.

(e) Each plan shall make available to the director, on request, the risk adjustment factor used in determining the rate for any particular small employer.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the director’s authority to enforce the rating practices set forth in this article.
Cal. RTC § 24368.1 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 24368.1
Section 24368.1
Status: in_force

(a) Section 167(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain term interests not depreciable, shall apply.

(b) The provisions of Section 7622(b) of Public Law 101-239, relating to the effective date of changes in treatment of transfers of franchises, trademarks, and trade names, shall apply.

(c) The provisions of Section 7645(b) of Public Law 101-239, relating to the effective date of disallowance of depreciation for certain term interests, shall apply.
Cal. HSC § 25998.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 15 / Section 25998.2
Section 25998.2
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17960) of Part 1.5 of Division 13.
Cal. HSC § 103449 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 8 / Section 103449
Section 103449
Status: in_force

(a)  When a new birth certificate is established pursuant to this article, the State Registrar shall so inform the local registrar and the county recorder whose records contain copies of the original certificate, who shall forward those copies to the State Registrar for filing with the original certificate, if he or she determines that it is practical for him or her to do so.

(b)  If the local registrar or county recorder determines that it would be impractical to forward the copies of the original certificate to the State Registrar, he or she shall cover and seal the copies in a manner that does not deface or destroy them, and shall forward a verified statement of this action to the State Registrar.
Cal. PRC § 5845.8 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 10.5 / Section 5845.8
Section 5845.8
Status: in_force

To the extent feasible, in administering the program, the board shall give preference to projects that utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps or Community Conservation Corps, as defined in Section 14507.5.
Cal. HNC § 81.2 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 81.2
Section 81.2
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt a seal.
Cal. WAT § 10851 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.8 / Chapter 4 / Section 10851
Section 10851
Status: in_force

The California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) does not apply to the preparation and adoption of plans pursuant to this part. This part does not exempt projects for implementation of the plan or for expanded or additional water supplies from the California Environmental Quality Act.
Cal. HSC § 44274.10 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 8.9 / Article 4 / Section 44274.10
Section 44274.10
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Financing tools” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Capital instruments, which are financing instruments that increase access to capital or other resources or reduce the cost of capital, or both, such as interest rate reductions, public-backed “soft” loans, grants, bonds, and investment aggregation, also known as warehousing.

(2) Risk reduction instruments, which are financing instruments that reduce exposure to risk or uncertainty, such as performance guarantees and asset residual value guarantees.

(3) Cost smoothing instruments, which are financing instruments that reduce and smooth up-front or recurrent costs, or both, such as operational leasing, all-inclusive leasing, also known as wet leasing, lease-purchase agreements, and on-bill financing.

(b) “Fleet” means one or more vehicles under common control or ownership.

(c) “Medium- and heavy-duty vehicle” includes, but is not limited to, trucks, buses, and vehicles used for construction and earth moving purposes.

(d) “Nonfinancial supports” means technical support, such as supports for technical management of electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, technical assistance for financing approaches, battery health programs, and creation of residual markets, or policy action, such as policy measures to enable financing or encourage fleet transitions.

(e) “Program” means the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program established pursuant to Section 44274.11.

(f) “Underserved community” means any of the following communities:

(1) A low-income community as defined by paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 39713.

(2) A community identified as a disadvantaged community by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 39711.

(3) A community selected by the state board pursuant to Section 44391.2.

(4) A community located on lands belonging to a federally recognized California Native American tribe.
Cal. PRC § 701.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 701.6
Section 701.6
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 2007, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may be referred to, where appropriate and as determined by the director, as CAL-FIRE.

(b) No existing supplies, forms, insignias, signs, or logos shall be destroyed or changed as a result of the authorization to use CAL-FIRE where appropriate to refer to the department, and they shall continue to be used until exhausted or unserviceable.
Cal. HSC § 1363.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 4 / Section 1363.3
Section 1363.3
Status: in_force

(a) The department may develop standard templates for a schedule of benefits, an explanation of benefits, a cost-sharing summary, or any similar document. The standard template or templates may include standard definitions, notice and explanatory language, benefit and limitation descriptions, and any other information or formatting in the template that the director determines would provide the public, subscribers, and enrollees with a full and fair disclosure of the provisions of the plan in readily understood language and in a clearly organized manner. The department shall consult with the Department of Insurance and interested stakeholders in developing standard templates under this section.

(b) The department may require health care service plans to utilize the standard templates developed by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) for any schedule of benefits, explanation of benefits, cost-sharing summaries, or similar documents published or distributed.

(c) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement, interpret, or make specific this section by means of issuing and modifying templates and all-plan letters or similar instructions, without taking regulatory action.

(d) The director may require a health care service plan to file any document the health care service plan developed using a standard template developed by the department for compliance review.
Cal. SHC § 35417 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 35417
Section 35417
Status: in_force

The provisions of the ordinance, resolution, or indenture shall constitute covenants for the benefit and protection of the holders of the bonds, and any holder may enforce the covenants by mandamus or other appropriate remedy.
Cal. HSC § 32002.31 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 32002.31
Section 32002.31
Status: in_force

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the county or principal county in which the territory or major portion of the territory of the proposed district is located. Such written notice shall include the name and a description of the proposed district, and may be in the form of a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body calling the district formation election.

The executive officer, within five days after being notified that a district formation election has been called, shall submit to the commission, for its approval or modification, an impartial analysis of the proposed district formation.

The impartial analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length and shall include a specific description of the boundaries of the district proposed to be formed.

The local agency formation commission, within five days after the receipt of the executive officer’s analysis, shall approve or modify the analysis and submit it to the officials in charge of conducting the district formation election.
Cal. COM § 9342 — California Code / Code com / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9342
Section 9342
Status: in_force

This division does not require a bank to enter into an agreement of the kind described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9104, even if its customer so requests or directs. A bank that has entered into such an agreement is not required to confirm the existence of the agreement to another person unless requested to do so by its customer.
Cal. BPC § 23428.24 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 23428.24
Section 23428.24
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article “club” also means any bona fide nonprofit social organization which has more than 350 members and which has as the owner, lessee, or occupant thereof operated an establishment for its members and which has been in existence for more than five years and whose purpose is to foster and develop social relations among its members and to foster pride in the national origin of its members by promoting appreciation of such national origin and its contribution to the American social order.

It shall be unlawful for any club licensed pursuant to this section to make any discrimination, distinction, or restriction against any person on account of such person’s color, race, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, or age.
Cal. CIV § 4285 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 4285
Section 4285
Status: in_force

A condominium plan shall contain all of the following:

(a) A description or survey map of a condominium project, which shall refer to or show monumentation on the ground.

(b) A three-dimensional description of a condominium project, one or more dimensions of which may extend for an indefinite distance upwards or downwards, in sufficient detail to identify the common area and each separate interest.

(c) A certificate consenting to the recordation of the condominium plan pursuant to this act that is signed and acknowledged as provided in Section 4290.
Cal. BPC § 17511.9 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.4 / Section 17511.9
Section 17511.9
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 17511.8, any person, including, but not limited to, the seller, a salesperson, agent or representative of the seller, or an independent contractor, who willfully violates any provision of this article or who directly or indirectly employs any device, scheme, or artifice to deceive in connection with the offer or sale by any telephonic seller, or who willfully, directly, or indirectly, engages in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person in connection with a sale by any telephonic seller shall, upon conviction, be punished as follows:

(a) By a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each unlawful transaction.

(b) By imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year.

(c) By both the fine and imprisonment specified in subdivisions (a) and (b).
Cal. BPC § 7593 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.6 / Article 4 / Section 7593
Section 7593
Status: in_force

An application for an alarm company operator license shall be made in writing to, and filed with, the chief in the form that may be required by the director and shall be accompanied by the original license fee prescribed by this chapter. The chief may require the submission of any other relevant information, evidence, statements, or documents.

Every application for an alarm company operator license shall state, among other things that may be required, the name of the applicant with the name under which the applicant will do business, and the location by street and number, and city of the office of the business for which the license is sought. All information obtained on the application shall be confidential pursuant to the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and shall not be released to the public except for the registrant’s full name, the employer’s name and address, and the registration number. Nothing in this section shall preclude the release of information to the public regarding the status of an operator’s license, or the release of information to law enforcement agencies or other governmental agencies for other authorized purposes.

No license shall be issued in any fictitious name which may be confused with or which is similar to any federal, state, county, or municipal governmental function or agency or to any law enforcement agency, or in any name which may tend to describe any business function or enterprise not actually engaged in by the applicant.
Cal. HSC § 6515 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6515
Section 6515
Status: in_force

It may make and accept contracts, deeds, releases, and documents that, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the powers of the district.
Cal. INS § 1071.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 15 / Section 1071.5
Section 1071.5
Status: in_force

Every insurer which withdraws as an insurer, or is required to withdraw as an insurer, from this State shall, prior to such withdrawal, discharge its liabilities to residents of this State. In the case of its policies insuring residents of this State it shall cause the primary liabilities under such policies to be reinsured and assumed by another admitted insurer. In the case of such policies as are subject to cancellation by the insurer, it may cancel such policies pursuant to the terms thereof in lieu of such reinsurance and assumption.
Cal. HSC § 6760 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 6760
Section 6760
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable, but not later than the third Monday in August, after the taxes have been computed and extended on the assessment roll, verified by the district assessor and signed by the president and secretary of the board, the board shall transmit, or cause the district assessor to transmit, the roll or a duplicate to the tax collector of the county.
Cal. HSC § 121325 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 4 / Chapter 14 / Section 121325
Section 121325
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trial Grant Award for the Prevention of Maternal Transmission of HIV Infection. Moneys within the AIDS Clinical Trials Testing Fund, established in accordance with Section 121260, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be available to the department for the purposes of this chapter, that shall include a one-time amount of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the department to develop and process the request for proposal as specified in subdivision (a). Grant awards shall be made available to not more than three manufacturers of an AIDS vaccine approved by the FDA for clinical trials in HIV-positive pregnant women. The purpose is to expedite the completion of an AIDS vaccine to prevent maternal transmission of HIV. The funds are to be used for FDA approved clinical trials.

(a)  The department shall issue a request for proposal (RFP) for the clinical trials of an AIDS vaccine to prevent maternal transmission of HIV infection.

(1)  The RFP shall be based on the criteria provided in subdivision (d).

(2)  Upon issuing the RFP, the department shall publish this fact along with the deadline for grant proposals in the newspapers with the greatest circulation in the major cities of the state, as determined by the department. Additionally, upon issuing the RFP, the same information shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly for publishing in the respective journals of each house of the Legislature.

(b)  Any manufacturer may submit a proposal for the grant award in the response to the RFP issued by the department.

(c)  The department, taking into consideration the committee’s recommendations, shall, for purposes of this chapter, award grants to no more than three California manufacturers after receiving the committee’s recommendations.

(d)  The department, making use of an RFP, shall include a clear description of the criteria to be used to select the projects that will receive funding pursuant to this chapter. The committee shall make recommendations to the department regarding the content of the RFP. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1)  The potential of the grant recipient to develop a vaccine for the prevention of maternal transmission of HIV infection.

(2)  The financial, technical, and managerial commitment of the grant recipient to the development of the vaccine.

(3)  The commitment of the grant recipient to agree to provide medical treatment, either directly or through reasonable health insurance coverage, to the participant for any injury caused by the AIDS vaccine in the clinical trial. This agreement shall also be included as part of the participant’s informed consent pursuant to Section 121305.

(e)  Grant awards may be made without limitation on the amount of funding from the AIDS Clinical Trials Testing Fund that may be allocated to a single manufacturer, provided that the committee has determined that the grant award is in the public interest.
Cal. WIC § 11450.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 11450.5
Section 11450.5
Status: in_force

For purposes of computing and paying aid grants under this chapter, the director shall adopt regulations establishing a budgeting system consistent with Sections 11265.1, 11265.2, and 11265.3. Nothing in this section, or Sections 11004, 11257 and 11450, or any other provision of this code, shall be interpreted as prohibiting the establishment of, or otherwise restricting the operation of, any budgeting system adopted by the director.
Cal. HSC § 39753 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 39753
Section 39753
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for purposes of this chapter be provided in the annual Budget Act. The state board may use not more than 10 percent of the rice straw technology demonstration cost-sharing funds for administrative and project review costs in carrying out the grant program.
Cal. HSC § 104666 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 104666
Section 104666
Status: in_force

This article does not prohibit a public entity from voluntarily enacting more stringent restrictions on ultraprocessed foods, restricted school foods, or ultraprocessed foods of concern.
Cal. FAM § 9321.5 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 9321.5
Section 9321.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 9321, a person who is a resident of this state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court in any of the following:

(1) The county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides.

(2) The county in which the proposed adoptee was born or resides at the time the petition was filed.

(3) The county in which an office of the public or private agency that placed the proposed adoptee for foster care or adoption as a minor or dependent child is located.

(b) A petitioner who is not a resident of this state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court in a county specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).
Cal. PRC § 25960 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 25960
Section 25960
Status: in_force

No new residential-type gas appliance that is equipped with a pilot light shall be sold in the state after an alternate means has been certified by the commission. This prohibition shall become operative 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been demonstrated and certified by the commission as an alternate means. The commission may determine, after demonstration, that there is no feasible alternative means to the use of pilot light or that the use of a pilot light is necessary for public health and safety.