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Cal. ELEC § 13118 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 2 / Section 13118
Section 13118
Status: in_force

The following rules apply when a person who is a candidate for an office believes that another person with a name that is so similar that it may be confused with the candidate’s name has filed or will file a nomination paper for the same office:

(a) The candidate may, at the time of filing the candidate’s nomination paper, or within five days after the time for filing nomination papers has expired, file with the elections official a statement that shall be in substance as follows:

“I ____, believe that another person, whose name is so similar to mine that it may be confused with mine, has filed or will file a nomination paper for the same office for which I have filed a nomination paper, and I therefore request and direct that the elections official assign a number to each candidate with a similar name to be printed on the ballot as a distinguishing mark.

Name
Candidate for the office

of   ”

(b) The distinguishing mark shall be a number, commencing with the number “1” and continuing in numerical sequence until each candidate with a similar name has been assigned a distinguishing number, and shall be printed at the right of the name on the ballot.

(c) The first candidate who filed the candidate’s nomination papers shall have the number “1” and each subsequent candidate, based on the time of filing the candidate’s nomination papers, shall be assigned the next number in numerical sequence.

(d) In addition to the designated numbers that the elections official shall place on the ballot when the above conditions are met, the elections official shall place on the ballot, immediately preceding the names of the candidates to be voted upon, or on the contest header if there is not sufficient space immediately preceding the name, the following warning:

“Warning!   There are two (or applicable number) candidates for this office with identical names.”

This warning shall also be included, in a prominent manner, on any state voter information guide, county voter information guide, or other mailing sent by the elections official, before the election, to persons eligible to vote for this office.

(e) To determine the order on the ballot for the candidates with similar names, the elections official shall conduct a drawing of the numbers assigned to the candidates in a similar manner as provided for in Section 13112.
Cal. HSC § 129060 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 129060
Section 129060
Status: in_force

Subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 129355 shall apply to any residential or nonresidential alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment program or facility, as certified under Section 11831.5, or licensed under former Section 11834.19; and any facility that provides an organized program of therapeutic, social, and health activities and services to persons with functional impairments, as licensed under Section 1576.
Cal. HSC § 51225 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 51225
Section 51225
Status: in_force

In selecting proposals for financing, the agency shall balance its activity between urban metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and rural metropolitan areas of the state in general proportion to the needs identified in the California Statewide Housing Plan.

Insofar as feasible, the agency shall attempt to provide financing for housing specifically designed for occupancy by particular types of lower income households in general proportion to the proportionate need identified in the California Statewide Housing Plan and shall concentrate financing of construction and rehabilitation and financing for the sale of existing housing in areas of need as identified in the California Statewide Housing Plan or pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 50462.

The agency may also give priority consideration to, and reserve funds for use in connection with, large urban revitalization programs.

To facilitate the implementation of that portion of the agency’s mandate to serve nonmetropolitan and rural metropolitan areas of the state in general proportion to the needs identified in the statewide housing plans, the agency shall, in nonmetropolitan and rural metropolitan areas, actively and aggressively pursue the development and financing of projects in communities of various sizes in general proportion to the communities’ needs. The annual reports required of the agency pursuant to Section 51005 shall specifically enumerate the agency’s progress towards meeting its mandate to serve nonmetropolitan and rural metropolitan areas, and shall assess any obstacles or problems which it has encountered in meeting this mandate, and suggest legislative and administrative solutions to overcome these obstacles or problems.

In enumerating its progress, the agency shall separately assess its progress in meeting the rehabilitation needs of rural areas and the new construction needs of rural areas, and separately assess its progress as to single and multifamily units. The agency shall include in its report an enumeration of its progress in meeting the housing needs of communities of various sizes in rural areas.

In order to facilitate implementation of local housing allocation plans, the agency may contract with a local public entity to reserve a portion of available credit and subsidy assistance for that area for one year. These contracts may be renewed annually by mutual agreement.
Cal. RTC § 37 — California Code / Code rtc / Section 37
Section 37
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all interest and penalties owing due to late payment of supplemental unsecured property tax levies shall be canceled, if such payment is made by December 31, 1981.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all interest and penalties owing on the readjusted amount of any other tax resulting from supplemental unsecured property tax levies shall be canceled, if the payment of such readjusted tax is made by December 31, 1981.

As used in this section, “supplemental unsecured property tax levies” shall mean that amount of property tax levied by any city, county, city and county, and special district which is attributable to that portion of the property tax rate levied on the unsecured roll for the 1978–79 tax year, less the rate for voter-approved indebtedness, which is in excess of four dollars ($4) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value.

As used in this section, “the readjusted amount of any other tax resulting from supplemental unsecured property tax levies” shall mean the difference in any other tax levy between the amount that would have been levied had Article XIII A applied to the 1978–79 unsecured property tax roll and the amount levied using the 1977–78 secured roll property tax rate.
Cal. ELEC § 15101 — California Code / Code elec / Division 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 15101
Section 15101
Status: in_force

(a) An elections official may begin to process vote by mail ballot return envelopes and vote by mail ballots on the date on which the ballots are mailed, which shall not be later than 29 days before the election.

(b) (1) Processing vote by mail ballot return envelopes may include verifying the voter’s signature on the vote by mail ballot return envelope pursuant to Section 3019 and updating voter history records.

(2) Processing vote by mail ballots includes opening vote by mail ballot return envelopes, removing ballots, duplicating any damaged ballots, and preparing the ballots to be machine read, or machine reading them, including processing write-in votes so that they can be tallied by the machine, but under no circumstances may a vote count be accessed or released until 8 p.m. on the day of the election.

(c) Results of any vote by mail ballot tabulation or count shall not be released before the close of the polls on the day of the election.
Cal. HSC § 416.16 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7.5 / Section 416.16
Section 416.16
Status: in_force

The Director of Developmental Services shall have the same powers and duties as those established for guardians and conservators in Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of the Probate Code and shall succeed the State Director of Health as guardian or conservator of developmentally disabled individuals for whom the State Director of Health was appointed guardian or conservator.
Cal. BPC § 6126.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 6126.4
Section 6126.4
Status: in_force

Section 6126.3 shall apply to a person acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant pursuant to Chapter 19.5 (commencing with Section 22440) who advertises or holds himself or herself out as practicing or entitled to practice law, or otherwise practices law.
Cal. PUC § 101288 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 13 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 101288
Section 101288
Status: in_force

If the petition has been executed in the manner provided and by the required number of signers, the secretary of the district shall forthwith transmit to the board and to the general manager a copy of the petition, but without the signatures appended thereto.
Cal. INS § 1067.14 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 14.7 / Section 1067.14
Section 1067.14
Status: in_force

The association shall be exempt from payment of all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its subdivisions, except taxes levied on real property.
Cal. PUC § 3176 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 3176
Section 3176
Status: in_force

An association, in its bylaws, may limit the amount of common stock which any member may own.
Cal. HSC § 120396 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 2 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 120396
Section 120396
Status: in_force

Each degree-granting public postsecondary educational institution that provides on-campus housing in the state shall, beginning with the 2002–03 school year, do all of the following:

(a)  Provide information on meningococcal disease developed pursuant to Section 120395 to each incoming freshman who has been accepted for admission to the postsecondary educational institution and who will be residing in on-campus housing. The information shall include a response form with space in which to indicate that the incoming freshman has received the information about meningococcal disease and the availability of the vaccine to prevent one from contracting the disease. The form shall include space for the incoming freshman to indicate whether or not he or she has chosen to receive the vaccination, and a space for his or her signature.

(b)  Require each incoming freshman to return to the postsecondary educational institution a form with a response as to whether the person received the information, and whether or not the person chooses to receive the vaccination.

(c)  Maintain the completed forms received from students in accord with the institution’s health care records policy.

(d)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the postsecondary educational institution to provide the vaccination to the students.
Cal. FGC § 13100 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 10 / Chapter 2 / Section 13100
Section 13100
Status: in_force

(a) The amounts paid to and retained in the county treasury pursuant to Sections 12009 and 13003 shall be deposited in a county fish and wildlife propagation fund and expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, under the direction of the board of supervisors, pursuant to this chapter.

(b) All proposed expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund shall be reviewed first at a regular meeting of the county board of supervisors or its designated county fish and game commission to ensure compliance with Section 13103.
Cal. PUC § 28746.8 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2.2 / Section 28746.8
Section 28746.8
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this article, candidates for the board shall be nominated, the election held and conducted, and the ballots canvassed in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law.
Cal. WIC § 12550.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 12550.1
Section 12550.1
Status: in_force

(a) Effective July 1, 2001, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following benefits shall be provided under this article:

(1) The maximum amount for purchase, repair, or modification of housing or to prevent foreclosures or for relocation expenses shall be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).

(2) The maximum amount of payment for the purchase, repair or replacement of equipment, including appliances, shall be six hundred dollars ($600).

(3) The maximum amount of payment for the purchase, repair, or replacement of bedding and mattresses shall be three hundred dollars ($300).

(4) The maximum amount of payment for the purchase, repair, or replacement of clothing shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(b) The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this section.
Cal. WIC § 11250 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 11250
Section 11250
Status: in_force

Aid, services, or both shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter, and subject to the regulations of the department, to families with related children under the age of 18 years, except as provided in Section 11253, in need thereof because they have been deprived of parental support or care due to:

(a) The death, physical or mental incapacity, or incarceration of a parent.

(b) The unemployment of a parent or parents.

(c) Continued absence of a parent from the home due to divorce, separation, desertion, or any other reason, except absence occasioned solely by reason of the performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States. “Continued absence” exists when the nature of the absence is such as either to interrupt or to terminate the parent’s functioning as a provider of maintenance, physical care, or guidance for the child, and the known or indefinite duration of the absence precludes counting on the parent’s performance of the function of planning for the present support or care of the child. If these conditions exist, the parent may be absent for any reason, and may have left only recently or some time previously.
Cal. MVC § 212 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 212
Section 212
Status: in_force

The inactive National Guard shall consist of those organizations, officers, and enlisted persons as are authorized and prescribed by the laws of the United States and regulations issued thereunder.
Cal. HSC § 18090.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 18090.7
Section 18090.7
Status: in_force

(a)  In order to continue improving the quality of products and services to its customers in the registration and titling of personal property within its authority, the department, pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, may establish electronic programs to facilitate improved business practices between the department and qualified private industry partners. The programs may include, but are not limited to, programs for the electronic processing of ownership and title documents for manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers, and floating homes, and the payment of related fees.

(b)  The director may establish, by regulation, the maximum amount of a fee that a qualified private industry partner may charge its customers to provide the services authorized under subdivision (a).

(c)  The department may establish, by regulation, a transaction fee that it may charge a qualified private industry partner to pay the costs for the information and services that the department provides to the partner in support of the processing and payment programs authorized under subdivision (a). The transaction fee may not exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs incurred by the department in carrying out this section and Section 18090.6. The transaction fee may be passed to the customer by the private industry partner, but in no event shall the total charge to a customer exceed the amount established by the director under subdivision (b).

(d)  As used in this section, “qualified private industry partner” includes the following entities engaged in the business, or an associated business, of the purchase, sale, or transfer of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers, or floating homes: financial institutions, electronic data processing vendors, information technology contractors, and escrow and title companies.
Cal. HSC § 1578 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.3 / Article 3 / Section 1578
Section 1578
Status: in_force

A provider may share space with another licensed health facility, community care facility, senior center, or other appropriate structure, upon the approval of the department, based upon a determination of all of the following:

(a)  The use of the shared space does not jeopardize the welfare of the participant or other clients.

(b)  The shared use does not exceed occupancy capacity established for fire safety.

(c)  The space used by the adult day health care center is not essential to meet the other program’s licensing requirements.

(d)  Each entity schedules services and activities at separate times. This subdivision shall not apply to space used for meals or for space used by another licensed adult day services program.

For purposes of this section, “shared space” means the mutual use of exits and entrances, offices, hallways, bathrooms, treatment rooms, and dining rooms by an adult day health care center and another program.
Cal. FAC § 56801 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 56801
Section 56801
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 102028 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 14 / Chapter 2 / Section 102028
Section 102028
Status: in_force

“Transportation planning agency” shall have the meaning provided in Section 99214.
Cal. BPC § 7512.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.3 / Article 1 / Section 7512.3
Section 7512.3
Status: in_force

[Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 625, Sec. 18) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 484, Sec. 7.   (SB 1454)   Effective January 1, 2025.   Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.    See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 8 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 484.]
(a) As used in this chapter, “person” includes any individual, firm, company, limited liability company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.

[Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 625, Sec. 19) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 484, Sec. 8.   (SB 1454)   Effective January 1, 2025.   Operative January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.]
(a) As used in this chapter, “person” includes any individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2030.
Cal. WAT § 23907 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 7 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 23907
Section 23907
Status: in_force

The board shall not order any modifications except after publication of the resolution proposing such modifications once in the same newspaper in which the resolution of intention was published, such publication to be at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of hearing on the proposed modifications.
Cal. HSC § 53056 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 53056
Section 53056
Status: in_force

“Financial institution” means any commercial bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, insurance company, industrial loan company, mortgage banker, or California business and industrial development company, in this state.
Cal. RTC § 5766 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Section 5766
Section 5766
Status: in_force

The tax described in this part may be imposed at any time within five years after the tax would have otherwise become due and the penalties shall date from the time described in Section 5763.
Cal. PUC § 5383 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 5383
Section 5383
Status: in_force

The commission shall create the following classifications or types of certificates for charter-party carriers of passengers:

Class A:  from any point or points within the state to other points in or out of this state, including, but not limited to, the conduction of round-trip sightseeing tour service.

Class B:  from any point within the territory of origin specified in the certificate to any points in the state, or territory of origin.

Class C:  services provided incidental to commercial balloon operations, commercial river rafting, or skiing where no additional compensation is provided for the transportation.
Cal. HSC § 51453.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Section 51453.5
Section 51453.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 51452, the sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) which is made available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 100820 of the Education Code, shall be transferred to the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby continuously appropriated to the department for allocation for the agency for administrative costs and to make payments to purchasers of newly constructed residential structures pursuant to Section 51451.5 from that fund, as follows:

(a)  Twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 51451.5, except that if less than 50 percent of these funds are expended within 24 months, all or part of those funds shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 51451.5 at the discretion of the executive director of the agency.

(b)  Twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 51451.5, except that if less than 50 percent of these funds are expended within 24 months, all or part of those funds shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 51451.5 at the discretion of the executive director of the agency.

(c)  If after 48 months, more than 20 percent of the funds identified in subdivisions (a) and (b) are not expended, the executive director of the agency may make all or part of those funds available to the California Homebuyer’s Downpayment Assistance Program, as authorized under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 51500).

(d)  All repayments of disbursed funds pursuant to this chapter or any interest earned from the investment in the Surplus Money Investment Fund or any other moneys accruing to the fund from whatever source shall be returned to the fund and is available for allocation by the agency to the program established pursuant to Section 51451.5.