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Cal. VEH § 26520 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 26520
Section 26520
Status: in_force

Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and which are equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes shall be equipped with a properly maintained vacuum gauge of reliable and satisfactory construction, accurate within 10 percent of the actual vacuum in the supply reservoir, and visible and legible to the driver at all times.

This section shall not apply to a two-axle motor truck operated singly.
Cal. PUC § 913.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 913.5
Section 913.5
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Before July 1, 2022, and every three years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on the demand-side management programs it oversees or that are paid for by ratepayers of community choice aggregators, electrical corporations, or gas corporations, including, but not limited to, energy efficiency and demand response programs.

(2) The report shall include a list of all demand-side management programs, inclusive of codes and standards programs, with evaluations for each program that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Program description and target population.

(B) Authorized budgets and actual expenditures.

(C) Projected and actual energy savings over the program cycle.

(D) Projected and actual bill savings to the average participating and the average nonparticipating ratepayer.

(E) Cost-effectiveness analysis, including a total resource cost test and a program administrator cost test.

(F) Public interest impacts, as applicable.

(G) Actual customers served, aggregated by customer class, geographic distribution, and income level.

(H) Peak demand reduction, as applicable.

(I) Total system benefits, as adopted in the commission’s Decision 21-09-037 (September 23, 2021) Decision Adopting Energy Efficiency Goals for 2022-2032.

(3) The commission may provide evaluations at a portfolio level in addition to the individual program evaluation required pursuant to paragraph (2).

(b) In the report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall also report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the targets established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 454.55 and subdivision (a) of Section 454.56. The commission shall include specific strategies for, and an update on, progress toward maximizing the contribution of energy and electricity efficiency bill savings in disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. PRC § 13127 — California Code / Code prc / Division 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 13127
Section 13127
Status: in_force

Callable bonds may be redeemed on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity in such amounts and manner and at such prices as the board may prescribe in the resolution provided for in Section 13125.
Cal. EVID § 765 — California Code / Code evid / Division 6 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 765
Section 765
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall exercise reasonable control over the mode of interrogation of a witness so as to make interrogation as rapid, as distinct, and as effective for the ascertainment of the truth, as may be, and to protect the witness from undue harassment or embarrassment.

(b) With a witness under the age of 14 or a dependent person with a substantial cognitive impairment, the court shall take special care to protect him or her from undue harassment or embarrassment, and to restrict the unnecessary repetition of questions. The court shall also take special care to ensure that questions are stated in a form which is appropriate to the age or cognitive level of the witness. The court may, in the interests of justice, on objection by a party, forbid the asking of a question which is in a form that is not reasonably likely to be understood by a person of the age or cognitive level of the witness.
Cal. BPC § 8664 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 7 / Section 8664
Section 8664
Status: in_force

(a) This section only applies to work conducted under a Branch 1 license.

(b) Before a fine can be levied pursuant to Section 8663, the prime contractor shall be provided notice of the nature of the violation and shall be given an opportunity to be heard, including the right to review the commissioner’s evidence and a right to present evidence on his or her own behalf.

(c) The prime contractor may appeal the fine to the Disciplinary Review Committee and shall be subject to the procedures in Section 8662.

(d) If a fine is ordered, it may not take effect until 20 days after the date of the decision provided that no appeal is filed. If an appeal is filed pursuant to Section 8662, the order shall be stayed until 20 days after the committee has ruled on the appeal.

(e) Once final action is taken pursuant to this section, no other administrative or civil action may be taken by any state governmental agency for the same violation. However, action taken pursuant to this section may be used by the board as evidence of prior discipline, and multiple local actions may be the basis for statewide disciplinary action by the board pursuant to Section 8620. A certified copy of the fine order issued pursuant to this section or Section 8662 shall constitute conclusive evidence of the occurrence of the violation.
Cal. VEH § 11726 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 11726
Section 11726
Status: in_force

Any licensee suffering pecuniary loss because of any willful failure by any other licensee to comply with any provision of Article 1 (commencing with Section 11700) or 3 (commencing with Section 11900) of Chapter 4 of Division 5 or with any regulation adopted by the department or any rule adopted or decision rendered by the board under authority vested in them may recover damages and reasonable attorney fees therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any such licensee may also have appropriate injunctive relief in any such court.
Cal. SHC § 2830 — California Code / Code shc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Section 2830
Section 2830
Status: in_force

When the report has been approved by the legislative body, the fact and date of such approval shall be indorsed thereon, and the report shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative body.
Cal. LAB § 356 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 356
Section 356
Status: in_force

The Legislature expressly declares that the purpose of this article is to prevent fraud upon the public in connection with the practice of tipping and declares that this article is passed for a public reason and can not be contravened by a private agreement. As a part of the social public policy of this State, this article is binding upon all departments of the State.
Cal. WIC § 9716 — California Code / Code wic / Division 8.5 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 9716
Section 9716
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall be responsible for activities that promote the development, coordination, and utilization of resources to meet the long-term care needs of older individuals, consistent with its mission. These responsibilities shall include establishing a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data relative to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities for the purpose of identifying and resolving significant problems. The office shall submit the data to the state agency responsible for licensing or certifying long-term care facilities and to the federal Administration on Aging.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning September 30, 2013, and annually thereafter, the office shall prepare and submit an annual advocacy report in accordance with Section 3058g(h)(1) of Title 42 of the United States Code. The annual advocacy report shall do all of the following:

(1) Describe the activities carried out by the office in the year for which the report is prepared, including, but not limited to, actions taken to carry out the advocacy duties of the office described in Sections 9712.5 and 9726.1 and prescribed by the federal Older Americans Act in Section 3058g(a)(3)(E) and (G) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(2) Contain and analyze the data collected pursuant to Section 3058g(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(3) Evaluate the problems experienced by, and the complaints made by or on behalf of, residents.

(4) Contain recommendations for both of the following:

(A) Improving quality of the care and life of residents.

(B) Protecting the health, safety, welfare, and rights of residents.

(5) (A) Analyze the success of the ombudsman program, including success in providing services to residents of long-term care facilities and other similar adult care facilities.

(B) Identify barriers that prevent the optimal operation of the program.

(6) Provide policy, regulatory, and legislative recommendations to solve identified problems, to resolve complaints, to improve the quality of care and life of residents, to protect the health, safety, welfare, and rights of residents, and to remove the barriers identified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5).

(c) The office shall promptly post the annual advocacy report on its Internet Web site and shall submit it to the Assistant Secretary of the federal Administration on Aging, the Governor, the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Social Services, local ombudsman programs, and other appropriate governmental entities.

(d) The State Ombudsman shall consult with the local ombudsman programs in developing the report.
Cal. HSC § 1399.874 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 11.9 / Section 1399.874
Section 1399.874
Status: in_force

(a) This article does not restrict the director’s enforcement authority under this chapter.

(b) 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 article by means of all-plan letters, methodologies, rules, policies, forms, or similar instructions, without taking regulatory action, until January 1, 2027.
Cal. PUC § 8276 — California Code / Code puc / Division 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 8276
Section 8276
Status: in_force

The commission shall prohibit any public utility that has any retirement funds invested in the government of Libya, or in any corporation based in that country, from including in its plant operating budget any losses incurred as a result of those investments.
Cal. RTC § 17276.22 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 17276.22
Section 17276.22
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 17276.1, 17276.2, 17276.4, 17276.5, 17276.6, or 17276.7 to the contrary, a net operating loss attributable to a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2008, shall be a net operating carryover to each of the 20 taxable years following the year of the loss, and a net operating loss attributable to a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and before January 1, 2019, shall also be a net operating loss carryback to each of the two taxable years preceding the taxable year of loss.
Cal. FAC § 56803 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 56803
Section 56803
Status: in_force

“City” includes city and county.
Cal. FIN § 14100 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 14100
Section 14100
Status: in_force

(a) Credit unions shall be incorporated under the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law of this state.

(b) The Secretary of State shall not file the articles of incorporation of a credit union organized pursuant to subdivision (a) unless the approval of the commissioner is endorsed thereon.

(c) The Secretary of State shall not file articles of incorporation setting forth a name in which “credit union” or related words appear unless the approval of the commissioner is attached. This section shall not apply to the articles of any corporation subject to the California Credit Union Law on which the approval of the commissioner is endorsed.
Cal. FGC § 2127 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2127
Section 2127
Status: in_force

(a) The department may reimburse eligible local entities, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to this section, for costs incurred by the eligible local entities in the administration and enforcement of any provision concerning the possession of, handling of, care for, or holding facilities provided for, a wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118.

(b) The department may enter into memorandums of understanding with eligible local entities for the administration and enforcement of any provision concerning the possession of, handling of, care for, or holding facilities provided for, a wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118.

(c) The commission shall adopt regulations that establish specific criteria an eligible local entity shall meet in order to qualify as an eligible local entity.

(d) For the purposes of this division, “eligible local entity” means a county, local animal control officer, local humane society official, educational institution, or trained private individual that enters into a memorandum of understanding with the department pursuant to this section.
Cal. RTC § 30151 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 30151
Section 30151
Status: in_force

Every distributor, except one to whom a license is issued under Article 1 (commencing with Section 30140), required under Section 30108 to collect the tax imposed under this part from a purchaser shall register with the board and give the names and addresses of all agents operating in this state, the location of all distribution or sales houses or offices or other places of business in this state, and such other information as the board may require.
Cal. SHC § 27173 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Section 27173
Section 27173
Status: in_force

The work of constructing, repairing, relocating, or otherwise providing any of the highways or approaches composed of the structures or improvements mentioned in Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 15 of this code or Article 60 (commencing with Section 20910) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, may be done by any district in cooperation with a city, county, joint highway district, or other district formed for the improvement or building of roads, or in cooperation with the state.

For the purpose of doing work or acquiring rights-of-way therefor, the board may authorize a contract to be entered into between the district and the political subdivision or agency of the state with which it proposes to cooperate, and full power and authority is granted to the city, county, joint highway, or other district, or the Department of Transportation, to enter into the contracts for cooperative work, construction, or purchase of rights-of-way, in such a manner and upon such apportionment of the cost thereof as may be agreed upon between them. For this purpose, the contracting parties may designate engineers, county surveyors, or other necessary officials or employees to take charge of the particular work, and provide for the payment of the cost of the work out of funds contributed by the contracting parties. The plans and specifications for the work shall be approved by both of the contracting parties, and the work may be carried out by either one of the contracting parties as the agent of the other, or it may be carried out under the joint management of both of the contracting parties.

Any project undertaken by a district alone, or in cooperation with any of the agencies mentioned, may be accomplished by federal aid under rules which may be prescribed by the federal agencies involved.

Any work may extend across, through, or within any city, county, joint highway district, or other district, if the work is an extension of an approach to a bridge operated by the district and connects the bridge as a main or alternate route with state highways or other through routes leading to or from the bridge.
Cal. PUC § 27294 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 27294
Section 27294
Status: in_force

(a) If the exclusion is initiated by a city council or a board of supervisors, such legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the proposal to adopt the resolution. A notice of the hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the area proposed to be excluded, or in a newspaper published within the city and county the legislative body of which has initiated the proceedings, in the event that a newspaper is not published in the area.

(b) The notice of the hearing shall be entitled “Proposal to Exclude the ________ Territory from the ________ Transit District.” The territory shall be designated by an appropriate name descriptive of the area proposed to be excluded. The notice shall also contain a description of the area, state the time and place for a hearing by the legislative body, and shall state that all persons interested in the exclusion may attend and be heard. The hearing shall be held not less than 10 days after publication of the required notice.

(c) The legislative body shall conduct the hearing and at its conclusion, or at the conclusion of a further hearing to which adjournment has been made, may adopt the resolution and transmit it to the board.
Cal. FAC § 18727 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 18727
Section 18727
Status: in_force

The director shall require the following classes of persons to keep such records and for such periods as he may specify, to fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their business, and afford to the director and his representatives, access to such places of business, and opportunity, at all reasonable times, to examine the facilities, inventory and such records, to copy the records, and to take reasonable samples of the inventory:

(a) Any person that engages in intrastate commerce in the business of slaughtering any livestock or poultry, or preparing, freezing, packaging or labeling, buying or selling (as brokers, wholesalers or otherwise), transporting, or storing any livestock product or poultry product which is intended for human or animal food.

(b) Any person that engages in intrastate commerce in the business of rendering or in the buying, selling, or transporting of any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, or any part of the carcass of any such animal (including poultry) that died otherwise than by slaughter.
Cal. FAC § 19344 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 19344
Section 19344
Status: in_force

All fresh or frozen meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat, and horsemeat byproducts sold or offered for sale to the public as pet food shall conform to the standards of this chapter or regulations promulgated by the director.
Cal. HSC § 111222 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 14 / Section 111222
Section 111222
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Asian rice-based noodle” is defined as a rice-based pasta that contains rice powder, water, wheat starch, vegetable cooking oil, and optional ingredients to modify the pH or water activity, or to provide a preservative effect. The ingredients shall not include any animal fats or any other products derived from animals. An Asian rice-based noodle is prepared by using a traditional method that includes cooking by steaming at not less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit, for not less than four minutes.

(b) “Korean rice cake” is defined as a confection that contains rice powder, salt, sugar, various edible seeds, oil, dried beans, nuts, dried fruits, and dried pumpkin. The ingredients may not include any animal fats or any other products derived from animals. A Korean rice cake is prepared by using a traditional Korean method that includes cooking by steaming at not less than 275 degrees Fahrenheit, for not less than five minutes, nor more than 15 minutes.

(c) “Vietnamese rice cake,” also known as Bánh Tét or Bánh Chưng, is defined as a confection that contains a combination of rice, beans, and meat or fruit wrapped tightly in banana leaves for cooking. Bánh Tét is a rice cake in a cylindrical shape, and Bánh Chưng is a rice cake in a square shape. A Vietnamese rice cake is prepared using a traditional Vietnamese method that includes cooking by boiling in water for not less than 10 hours. Vietnamese rice cakes are required to be handled, prepared, and stored under sanitary conditions both when they are kept at no more than 70 degrees Fahrenheit upon completion of cooking and after the rice cakes have been cooled to below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Any Vietnamese rice cakes that are unwrapped from the banana leaves after cooking shall be refrigerated.