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Cal. HSC § 33769 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 33769
Section 33769
Status: in_force

(a) An agency shall require that any residence that is constructed with financing obtained under this chapter shall be open, upon sale or rental of any portion thereof, to all regardless of any basis listed in subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 12955 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926, 12926.1, subdivision (m) and paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 12955, and Section 12955.2 of the Government Code. The agency shall also require that contractors and subcontractors engaged in residential construction financed under this chapter shall provide equal opportunity for employment, without discrimination as to any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, and except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code. All contracts and subcontracts for residential construction financed under this chapter shall be let without discrimination as to any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code and except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code. It shall be the policy of an agency financing residential construction under this chapter to encourage participation by minority contractors, and the agency shall adopt rules and regulations to implement this section.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), with respect to familial status, subdivision (a) shall not be construed to apply to housing for older persons, as defined in Section 12955.9 of the Government Code. With respect to familial status, nothing in subdivision (a) shall be construed to affect Sections 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.10, 51.11, and 799.5 of the Civil Code, relating to housing for senior citizens. Subdivision (d) of Section 51 and Section 4760 of the Civil Code and subdivisions (n), (o), and (p) of Section 12955 of the Government Code shall apply to subdivision (a).
Cal. FAC § 14558 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 14558
Section 14558
Status: in_force

“Registrant” means any person who has registered a packaged agricultural mineral, beneficial substance, organic input material, or specialty fertilizer.
Cal. FGC § 2208 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 2208
Section 2208
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this article, except as provided in subdivision (b), the term “circus” means a performance before a live audience in which entertainment consisting of a variety of acts, such as acrobats, aerialists, clowns, jugglers, or stunts, is the primary attraction or principal business.

(b) The term “circus” does not include a rodeo, as defined in Section 596.7 of the Penal Code.
Cal. BPC § 5680.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 6 / Section 5680.1
Section 5680.1
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing of an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, and payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees. If the license is renewed more than 30 days after its expiration, the licenseholder, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which the application is filed, on the date on which all renewal fees are paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the date provided in Section 5680 that next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not again renewed.
Cal. FAC § 77284 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 77284
Section 77284
Status: in_force

The commission may appoint its own officers, including a chairperson, one or more vice chairpersons, and other officers as it deems necessary. The officers shall have the powers and duties delegated to them by the commission.
Cal. PROB § 4306 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 4306
Section 4306
Status: in_force

(a) If an attorney-in-fact furnishes an affidavit pursuant to Section 4305, whether voluntarily or on demand, a third person dealing with the attorney-in-fact who refuses to accept the exercise of the attorney-in-fact’s authority referred to in the affidavit is liable for attorney’s fees incurred in an action or proceeding necessary to confirm the attorney-in-fact’s qualifications or authority, unless the court determines that the third person believed in good faith that the attorney-in-fact was not qualified or was attempting to exceed or improperly exercise the attorney-in-fact’s authority.

(b) The failure of a third person to demand an affidavit pursuant to Section 4305 does not affect the protection provided the third person by this chapter, and no inference as to whether a third person has acted in good faith may be drawn from the failure to demand an affidavit from the attorney-in-fact.
Cal. BPC § 1606 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1606
Section 1606
Status: in_force

The board shall elect a president, a vice president and a secretary from its membership. This section controls over the provisions of section 107 of this code with respect to the selection of officers.
Cal. HSC § 101985 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 101985
Section 101985
Status: in_force

It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to create an environment in which philanthropy and voluntarism in the health care field and the vast benefits arising from it for the citizens of California can be encouraged. The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of this state that philanthropic support for health care be encouraged and expanded, especially in support of experimental and innovative efforts to improve the health care delivery system.
Cal. PUC § 130109.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Section 130109.1
Section 130109.1
Status: in_force

Upon creation of the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and on the effective date of a contract with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, existing balances in the Ventura County Association of Governments Account in the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund shall be transferred to the commission’s account in that fund.
Cal. HNC § 6245 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 6245
Section 6245
Status: in_force

The term of office of each commissioner is four years from the time of his appointment, except that the chairman first appointed shall hold office for two years, and the remaining commissioners first appointed to the board shall classify themselves by lot, so that they hold office respectively for one, two, three, and four years.
Cal. FAC § 55863.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 6 / Article 16 / Section 55863.5
Section 55863.5
Status: in_force

Any person who has applied for and obtained a license as agent, in the manner and upon the payment of the fee which is set forth in Section 55861, whose principal has applied for and obtained a conjunctive dealer's, commission merchant's, broker's, or cash buyer’s license, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be licensed to represent his principal under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 56101) of this division, and no other fee shall be required of such agent.
Cal. HSC § 115195 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 9 / Chapter 8 / Article 13 / Section 115195
Section 115195
Status: in_force

If the department causes the object, building, structure or premises to be decontaminated, the department shall, upon the completion of the decontamination, return the impounded article or seized building, structure, or premises to the person who had control of the article, building, structure, or premises prior to the impounding or seizure. The person who has control of the object, building, structure, or premises and was responsible for its contamination shall pay the department for the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the department in seizing and decontaminating or in seizing and disposing of the object, building, structure, or premises.
Cal. HNC § 7023.5 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 7023.5
Section 7023.5
Status: in_force

If, prior to the time fixed for the hearing, the owners of taxable real property in the proposed district having an assessed valuation of more than one-half of the assessed valuation of all taxable real property in the proposed district have filed with the clerk of the body conducting the hearing written protest or objection to the formation of the district, the body conducting the hearing shall so find and the proceeding shall be terminated and no further proceedings shall be had or taken pursuant to the petition. If the proceeding is so terminated by the filing of a written majority protest or objection, a new petition for the same or substantially the same district may not be filed until the expiration of two years from the date of the finding that such protest or objection has been filed.
Cal. WIC § 5256.6 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 5256.6
Section 5256.6
Status: in_force

If at the conclusion of the certification review hearing the person conducting the hearing finds that there is probable cause that the person certified is, as a result of a mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, then the person may be detained for involuntary care, protection, and treatment related to the mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism pursuant to Sections 5250 and 5270.15.
Cal. INS § 11091 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 6 / Section 11091
Section 11091
Status: in_force

No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this State without a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner. Any such society may receive a certificate of authority to transact business in this State upon a showing that its assets are invested in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and filing with the commissioner:

(a) A duly certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation;

(b) A copy of its constitution and laws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer;

(c) A power of attorney to the commissioner as prescribed in Section 11104;

(d) A statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the commissioner, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state satisfactory to the commissioner;

(e) A valuation report prepared and executed in accordance with Section 11133 of this chapter;

(f) A certificate from the proper official of its home state, territory, province or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business therein;

(g) Copies of its certificate forms;

(h) Such other information as the commissioner may deem necessary to a proper exhibit of its plan of operation; and

(i) Payment of the fee specified in Section 11090.

Any foreign or alien society desiring admission to this State shall have the qualifications required of domestic societies organized under this chapter.

If the commissioner refuses to issue such license, he shall reduce his refusal to writing, file the same in his office and furnish a copy thereof, together with a statement of his reason therefor, to the secretary or corresponding officer of the society.
Cal. BPC § 4944 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 4944
Section 4944
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall have the authority to investigate and evaluate each and every applicant applying for a license to practice acupuncture and to make the final determination of the admission of the applicant to the examination, or for the issuance of a license, in conformance with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) The board shall investigate and evaluate each school or college applying for approval under Section 4939 and may utilize and contract with consultants to evaluate those training programs. This subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2017.

(c) The board may delegate to the executive officer or other official of the board its authority under this section in routine matters.
Cal. PRC § 3207 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 3207
Section 3207
Status: in_force

(a) Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may be terminated and canceled and the surety relieved of all obligations thereunder when the well or wells covered by such bond have been properly abandoned pursuant to Section 3208, or another valid bond has been substituted therefor. Should the person who has filed a blanket bond properly abandon a portion of his or her wells covered by the bond, the bond may be terminated and canceled and the surety relieved of all obligations thereunder upon the filing by such person of an individual bond for each well that is still not abandoned. Liability as to individual wells that have been properly abandoned under a blanket bond may also be terminated.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
Cal. RTC § 60522.2 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 31 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 60522.2
Section 60522.2
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 60522, a refund of an overpayment of any tax, penalty, or interest collected by the board by means of levy, through the use of liens, or by other enforcement procedures, shall be approved if a claim for a refund is filed within three years of the date of an overpayment.
Cal. PROB § 1051 — California Code / Code prob / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1051
Section 1051
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of a stipulation to the contrary between parties who have filed pleadings in a proceeding under this code, there shall be no ex parte communications between any party, or attorney for the party, and the court concerning a subject raised in those pleadings, except as permitted or required by law.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in any case upon which the court has exercised its jurisdiction, the court may refer to the court investigator or take other appropriate action in response to an ex parte communication regarding either or both of the following:

(1) A fiduciary, as defined in Section 39, about the fiduciary’s performance of their duties and responsibilities.

(2) A person who is the subject of a conservatorship or guardianship proceeding under Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400).

(c) An action by the court pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be consistent with due process and the requirements of this code. The court shall disclose the ex parte communication to all parties and counsel. The court may, for good cause, dispense with the disclosure if necessary to protect the ward or conservatee from harm.

(d) If the court imposes a penalty, including, but not limited to, a surcharge, punishment for contempt, suspension, or removal, on a professional fiduciary, the court shall report that action to the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau. If the court reports an action taken under this section, the court shall provide the bureau, at no charge, with access to the information, including confidential information, regarding its investigation of the professional fiduciary contained in the court records. The bureau shall maintain the confidentiality of the information, as required by paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 6580 of the Business and Professions Code or any other applicable state or federal law.

(e) A superior court shall not be required to perform any duties imposed by this section until the Legislature makes an appropriation identified for this purpose.
Cal. SHC § 757 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 757
Section 757
Status: in_force

The remedies provided in this article for the removal of junkyards are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
Cal. WIC § 1723 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.5 / Section 1723
Section 1723
Status: in_force

(a) The powers and duties of the board described in subdivision (a) of Section 1719 shall be exercised and performed by the board or its designee, as authorized by this article.

(b) All other powers conferred to the board concerning wards under the jurisdiction of the division may be exercised through subordinates or delegated to the division under rules established by the board. Any person subjected to an order of those subordinates or of the division pursuant to that delegation may petition the board for review. The board may review those orders under appropriate rules and regulations.

(c) All board designees shall be subject to the training required pursuant to Section 1724.
Cal. RTC § 4653.7 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 8 / Chapter 1a / Section 4653.7
Section 4653.7
Status: in_force

Amounts paid as penalties for failure to provide change-in-ownership statements shall be distributed to the county general fund.

This section shall also apply to those penalties when collected from entries on the unsecured roll.
Cal. PRC § 8653 — California Code / Code prc / Division 7.5 / Section 8653
Section 8653
Status: in_force

“Construction already underway” means all projects of the California Highway Commission for which agreements exist as of May 1, 1974.
Cal. FAC § 46012 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 10 / Section 46012
Section 46012
Status: in_force

Article 14 (commencing with Section 43031) of Chapter 2 applies to any food product that is represented as organically produced by any person who is not registered as required by this chapter or any product that is not in compliance with this chapter or Article 7 (commencing with Section 110810) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code. The secretary, agricultural commissioners, and the director shall be considered enforcing officers for purposes of those provisions of law under their respective jurisdiction.
Cal. HSC § 117555 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 13 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 117555
Section 117555
Status: in_force

A person who places, deposits, or dumps, or who causes to be placed, deposited, or dumped, or who causes or allows to overflow, sewage, sludge, cesspool or septic tank effluent, accumulation of human excreta, or solid waste, in or upon a street, alley, public highway, or road in common use or upon a public park or other public property other than property designated or set aside for that purpose by the governing board or body having charge of the property, or upon private property without the owner’s consent, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

This section does not apply to the placing, depositing, or dumping of solid waste upon private property by the owner, or a person authorized by the owner, of the private property, except that the placing, depositing, or dumping of the solid waste shall not create a public health and safety hazard, nuisance, or a fire hazard, as determined by a local enforcement agency, as defined in Section 40130 of the Public Resources Code, local health department, local fire department or fire district, or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Cal. RTC § 8149.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 8149.5
Section 8149.5
Status: in_force

Failure to bring suit or action within the time specified in this article constitutes a waiver of all demands against the State on account of any alleged claim.
Cal. VEH § 15027 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 15027
Section 15027
Status: in_force

(a) This compact shall become effective as to any state in which this compact becomes effective as the law of that state.

(b) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing this compact as the law of that state, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until six months after the executive head of the withdrawing state has given notice of the withdrawal to the executive heads of all other party states. No withdrawal shall affect the validity or applicability by the licensing authorities of states remaining party to the compact of any report of conviction occurring prior to the withdrawal.
Cal. FAC § 9212.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 2 / Section 9212.5
Section 9212.5
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The department shall discontinue its licensing program for commercial blood banks for animals that produce canine blood and blood component products sourced from captive closed-colony dogs within 18 months of making a finding and provision of notice as follows:

(A) Based on the quarterly reports required under Section 4920.6 of the Business and Professions Code, subdivision (c) of Section 9252, and subdivision (b) of Section 9253, every three months, the secretary shall calculate the total estimated amount of canine blood sold in California that quarter by community blood banks and, separately, the total estimated amount of canine blood that closed-colony blood banks sold in the state during the same period. This information shall be publicly posted on the department’s internet website along with annual totals compiled each year.

(B) If the secretary finds that community blood banks sold an annual amount of canine blood in California that equals or exceeds the annual amount closed-colony blood banks sold in four consecutive quarters, then the secretary shall provide notice on the department’s internet website that discontinues its licensing program for closed-colony blood banks for dogs within 18 months from the date of that notice.

(2) The calculation of canine blood pursuant to this subdivision shall be done separately, with whole blood, packed red blood cells, and fresh frozen plasma being measured as separate amounts in estimated milliliters based on weight in grams.

(3) For purposes of this section, “canine blood” means whole blood, packed red blood cells, and fresh frozen plasma.

(b) Upon enactment of this section, the secretary shall not accept any new applications to license a commercial blood bank for animals that produces canine blood or blood component products sourced from captive closed-colony dogs.

(c) Closed-colony blood banks may transition to community-sourced models and continue to operate in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 4920) of Chapter 11 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
Cal. BPC § 2198.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 10.5 / Section 2198.1
Section 2198.1
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, “cultural and linguistic competency” means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Direct communication in the patient-client primary language.

(b) Understanding and applying the roles that culture, ethnicity, and race play in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical care.

(c) Awareness of how the health care providers and patients attitudes, values, and beliefs influence and impact professional and patient relations.