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Cal. FIN § 18149 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 18149
Section 18149
Status: in_force

When the commissioner has approved an application for permission to establish a branch office and the applicant pays to the commissioner an additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for a certificate of authorization to transact business, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authorization to transact business authorizing the opening and operation of the branch office and specifying the date on which and the conditions under which it may be opened and the place where it will be located.
Cal. HSC § 112610 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 7 / Section 112610
Section 112610
Status: in_force

The department, after notice and hearing, may revoke the license issued for any frozen food locker plant for failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter. The proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the department shall have all the powers granted therein.
Cal. HSC § 38599.10 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 25.5 / Part 8 / Section 38599.10
Section 38599.10
Status: in_force

For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Access” means that an individual who lives in an under-resourced, tribal, or low-income community could reasonably access all services and resources needed to compete for a job, including overcoming barriers to employment or attaining a high-quality job.

(b) “Administering agencies” means state agencies administering grant programs funded by moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

(c) “Applicant” means an entity applying for resources from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

(d) “Community workforce agreement” means a project labor agreement that includes a targeted hire plan.

(e) “Contractor” means an individual identified pursuant to Section 3353 of the Labor Code.

(f) “Employee” means an individual identified pursuant to Sections 3351 to 3352.94, inclusive, of the Labor Code.

(g) “Employer” means an entity or individual that compensates an employee.

(h) “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” means the fund created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.

(i) “High-quality job” means a job that facilitates economic mobility by providing retirement benefits, vacation and sick leave, training opportunities, and wages at or above the average median wage of a region.

(j) “Job” means full- or part-time employment for a person who is considered an employee.

(k) “Labor agency” means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.

(l) “Prevailing wage” means the basic hourly rate paid on public works projects to a majority of workers engaged in a particular craft, classification, or type of work within the locality of a project and in the nearest labor market area.

(m) “Procurement” means a process by which an entity solicits competitive bids for a project or service.

(n) “Project labor agreement” has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

(o) “Retirement benefits” means an employer-provided retirement plan that is partially or fully paid for by the employer.

(p) “Targeted hire plan” means a strategy from an applicant to demonstrate how the applicant will create jobs for under-resourced, tribal, and low-income communities, and how the applicant will ensure access to those jobs.

(q) “Tribal” or “tribe” means either of the following:

(1) A federally recognized tribal government located in California that is identified on the most recent list published in the Federal Register by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.

(2) A nonfederally recognized tribal government located in California, including those listed on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission.

(r) “Under-resourced, tribal, and low-income community” means either of the following:

(1) A community identified pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 71130 of the Public Resources Code.

(2) Members of a tribe.
Cal. ELEC § 6647 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 6647
Section 6647
Status: in_force

The alternate of any delegate who is unable to attend the convention shall attend the convention in his or her place and shall otherwise discharge the duties of that delegate. An alternate shall not vote in place of the delegate whom he or she represents when the delegate is occupying his or her seat at the convention.
Cal. FAC § 77089 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16.5 / Article 4 / Section 77089
Section 77089
Status: in_force

The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings which shall be subject to an annual audit by an auditing firm selected by the commission with the concurrence of the secretary. A summary of the audit shall be reported to all producers, copies of which shall also be submitted to the department. In addition, the secretary may, as he or she determines necessary, conduct or cause to be conducted a fiscal and compliance audit of the commission.
Cal. HSC § 6610 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 6610
Section 6610
Status: in_force

Notice of bond elections shall be given by posting notices, signed by not less than a majority of the board, in three public places in the district, at least one of which shall be in each county in which the district is located, not less than 20 days before the election, and by publishing the notice not less than once a week for three successive weeks before the election in a newspaper published in the district, if there is one, and if not, in a newspaper published in each county in which the district is located.
Cal. WIC § 11021 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 11021
Section 11021
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual who is an applicant for, or recipient of, aid or assistance under a state plan approved under Title IV, X, XIV, XVI, or XIX of the federal Social Security Act; assistance funded by payments under Title V or XX of the federal Social Security Act; or of benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program established by Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act shall:

(a) Be required as a condition of eligibility for or of continuing to receive that aid, assistance, or benefit, to make an election to receive funds according to Section 10113.1 of the Insurance Code, or to receive funds under an accelerated death benefit under a policy of life insurance.

(b) By reason of failure to make such an election, be denied or suffer a reduction in the amount of aid, assistance, or benefits, unless that individual would thereby exceed federal eligibility limits under Title IV, X, XIV, XVI, or XIX of the federal Social Security Act, assistance funded by payments under Title V or XX of the federal Social Security Act, or of benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program established by Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act.

For purposes of this section, “accelerated death benefit” means any payment made by the life insurer under the terms of a life insurance policy while the insured individual is alive as a result of a recalculation of the insured individual’s life expectancy by the life insurer.
Cal. FAC § 44971 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 44971
Section 44971
Status: in_force

(a) The handling and marketing of avocados is affected with the public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted for the protection of the avocado industry and for the purposes of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state.

(b) Avocados produced in this state which are being prepared for market shall be certified as complying with the maturity and quality provisions established by regulations of the director.
Cal. SHC § 22574 — California Code / Code shc / Division 15 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 22574
Section 22574
Status: in_force

The diagram and assessment may classify various areas within an assessment district into different zones where, by reason of variations in the nature, location, and extent of the improvements, the various areas will receive differing degrees of benefit from the improvements. A zone shall consist of all territory which will receive substantially the same degree of benefit from the improvements.
Cal. BPC § 7538 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.3 / Article 3 / Section 7538
Section 7538
Status: in_force

[Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 625, Sec. 29) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 484, Sec. 19.   (SB 1454)   Effective January 1, 2025.   Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.    See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 20 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 484.]
(a) After a hearing the director may deny a license unless the applicant makes a showing satisfactory to the director that the applicant, if an individual, and the applicant’s qualified manager have not, or, if the applicant is a person other than an individual, that its qualified manager and each of its officers, partners, members, or managers have not:

(1) Committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be a ground for the suspension or revocation of a license under this chapter.

(2) Committed any act constituting dishonesty or fraud.

(3) Committed any act or crime constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480, including illegally using, carrying, or possessing a deadly weapon.

(4) Been refused a license under this chapter or had a license revoked.

(5) Been an officer, partner, qualified manager, member, or manager of any person who has been refused a license under this chapter or whose license has been revoked.

(6) While unlicensed committed, or aided and abetted the commission of, any act for which a license is required by this chapter.

(7) Knowingly made any false statement in their application.

(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. 30) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 484, Sec. 20.   (SB 1454)   Effective January 1, 2025.   Operative January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.]
(a) After a hearing the director may deny a license unless the applicant makes a showing satisfactory to the director that the applicant, if an individual, and the applicant’s qualified manager have not, or, if the applicant is a person other than an individual, that its qualified manager and each of its officers and partners have not:

(1) Committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be a ground for the suspension or revocation of a license under this chapter.

(2) Committed any act constituting dishonesty or fraud.

(3) Committed any act or crime constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480, including illegally using, carrying, or possessing a deadly weapon.

(4) Been refused a license under this chapter or had a license revoked.

(5) Been an officer, partner, or qualified manager of any person who has been refused a license under this chapter or whose license has been revoked.

(6) While unlicensed committed, or aided and abetted the commission of, any act for which a license is required by this chapter.

(7) Knowingly made any false statement in their application.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2030.
Cal. WAT § 8853 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 8853
Section 8853
Status: in_force

At any time within 30 days after the assessment list has been filed in the office of the county treasurer, the whole amount of the assessment upon any tract of land therein separately assessed may be paid in cash to the county treasurer.
Cal. BPC § 5405.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 5405.5
Section 5405.5
Status: in_force

In addition to those displays permitted pursuant to Section 5405, displays erected and maintained pursuant to regulations of the director, which will not be in violation of Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code, and which identify the location of a farm produce outlet where farmers sell directly to the public only those farm or ranch products they have produced themselves, may be placed or maintained within 660 feet from the edge of the right-of-way so that the copy of the display is visible from a highway.

The advertising displays shall indicate the location of the farm products but not the price of any product and shall not be larger than 150 square feet.
Cal. FAC § 64307 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 64307
Section 64307
Status: in_force

The secretary, by action prosecuted by the secretary, may recover any unpaid assessments. In any action, a certificate of the secretary that shows the amount, including the penalty, determined by the secretary to be required to be paid by the person required to pay this amount is prima facie evidence of the delinquency. The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.
Cal. HSC § 40232 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 40232
Section 40232
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 41705, the bay district board shall establish standards for the emission of identifiable odor-causing substances. Exceptions or variances may be granted from such standards in a manner provided by the bay district board. No person shall discharge from any source any contaminant which violates such standards.
Cal. FIN § 50512 — California Code / Code fin / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Section 50512
Section 50512
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly alter, destroy, mutilate, conceal, cover up, falsify, or make a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the administration or enforcement of any provision of this division.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make an untrue statement to the commissioner during the course of licensing, investigation, or examination, with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the administration or enforcement of any provision of this division.
Cal. HSC § 111150 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 12 / Section 111150
Section 111150
Status: in_force

(a)  All sources of bottled water, vended water, and water dispensed by a retail water facility shall be monitored annually for the presence of volatile organic compounds of potential public health concern, as specified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Tables 2 and 14 contained in Volume 50 of the Federal Register on pages 46904, 46923, and 46924 on November 13, 1985, or as reasonably specified by the department as a condition of licensure.

(b)  In lieu of source water monitoring required by this section, a water bottler, water vendor, or a retail water facility may document that the source monitoring required by this section is conducted by another entity approved by the department, or may comply with the treatment requirements of subdivision (c).

(c)  Detection in the source water of a volatile organic compound, except trihalomethanes, for which source monitoring is required pursuant to this section shall be followed immediately by a program of periodic monitoring by the water bottler, water vendor, or retail water facility to confirm the presence or absence in the source water of the volatile organic compound. If the volatile organic compound is confirmed to be present in the source water it shall be treated using granular activated carbon treatment or an equivalent treatment operated in accordance with good manufacturing practices as provided in Section 129.80 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations until the time that the concentration of the volatile organic compound does not exceed either one part per billion, or any United States Environmental Protection Agency or United States Food and Drug Administration level for drinking water, or a maximum contaminant level established by the department for bottled water.

(d)  The department may exempt any water bottler, water vendor, or retail water facility from the monitoring requirements of this section for any source based on a showing satisfactory to the department that the source (1) does not contain the volatile organic compound for which monitoring is required and (2) is not vulnerable to contamination by the volatile organic compound because for surface water sources the compounds are not applied, manufactured, stored, disposed or shipped upstream, and for groundwater sources, the compounds are not applied, manufactured, stored, disposed, or shipped in the groundwater recharge basin.
Cal. WAT § 8995 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 8995
Section 8995
Status: in_force

Any reclamation district, levee district, drainage district, or municipal corporation, wholly or partly within the drainage district, may, with the permission of the board, acquire by grant or eminent domain or otherwise, any right of way or other easement included in any of the plans for controlling the flood waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers or their tributaries to be carried out by the board pursuant to the provisions of this part.
Cal. PCC § 20204.3 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 6.5 / Section 20204.3
Section 20204.3
Status: in_force

All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this article shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of security:

(a) Cash.

(b) A cashier’s check made payable to the district.

(c) A certified check made payable to the district.

(d) A bidder’s bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the district.

Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the district beyond 60 days from the time the award is made.
Cal. PRC § 42704.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 42704.6
Section 42704.6
Status: in_force

(a) A local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway shall, to the extent feasible and cost effective, apply standard specifications that allow for the use of recycled materials in streets and highways.

(b) The standard specifications described in subdivision (a) shall allow recycled materials at a level no less than the level allowed in the department’s standard specifications, as those standard specifications may be amended or updated from time to time, for all of the following:

(1) Recycled base and subbase materials as set forth in Sections 25-1.02 and 26-1.02 of the department’s standard specifications.

(2) Reclaimed asphalt pavement and other materials in asphalt as set forth in Section 39-2.02B of the department’s standard specifications.

(3) Reclaimed aggregate, fly ash, returned plastic concrete, and other materials in concrete as set forth in Sections 90-1.02, 90-2.02, and 90-9 of the department’s standard specifications.

(c) If a local agency’s standard specifications do not allow for the use of recycled materials at a level that is equal to or greater than the level allowed in the department’s standard specifications, as described in subdivision (b), on the basis that the use of those recycled materials at those levels is not feasible, a person bidding on a contract advertised by the local agency to supply materials subject to those specifications may request the local agency to provide the reason for that determination. The local agency shall provide the reason for that determination via email correspondence to the person’s official point of contact specified in the request.

(d) This section does not prohibit a local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway from exceeding the maximum level allowed in the department’s standard specifications for the use of materials described in subdivision (b).

(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Transportation.

(2) “Local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway” does not include any special district, any city whose population, according to the most recent census, is equal to or less than 25,000 people, or any county whose population, according to the most recent census, is equal to or less than 100,000 people.
Cal. FAC § 39822 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 13 / Section 39822
Section 39822
Status: in_force

UHT dairy spread shall contain not less than 30 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer and emulsifier combined by weight, unless otherwise stated on the label.
Cal. SHC § 8500 — California Code / Code shc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Section 8500
Section 8500
Status: in_force

This division may be cited as the Improvement Bond Act of 1915.
Cal. FAC § 77841 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 19 / Article 6 / Section 77841
Section 77841
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, prior to the beginning of each marketing year, or as soon thereafter as possible, shall establish the assessment for the following marketing season, which shall not exceed five dollars ($5) per hundredweight for dates handled.

(b) An assessment greater than the amount provided in subdivision (a) may not be imposed unless and until, a greater assessment amount is approved by a 2/3 vote of the membership of the commission.
Cal. SHC § 6780 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 6780
Section 6780
Status: in_force

Whenever any railroad track of any description exists upon any street which has been paved, macadamized, graveled, capped, or oiled either for the whole, or any portion of, the width of the roadway thereof along or near the line of the railroad track, and the roadbed thereof has not been improved similarly in all respects to and with the same materials as the street along the line of the track; or where any portion of the roadbed, whether so improved or not is out of repair or is not on the official grade of the street or has small hummocks or ridges or loose rock upon or along the roadbed or the materials composing the roadbed next to the rails of the track are not flush with the top of the rails or the sides thereof, the legislative body may, by resolution, require and order the person having or owning the railroad track to improve the roadbed thereof by making repairs or by bringing the roadbed to the official grade or removing the hummocks or ridges or loose rock upon or along the roadbed or making the roadbed and the materials thereof flush with the top or sides of the rails of the track.
Cal. FAC § 79939 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 30 / Article 3 / Section 79939
Section 79939
Status: in_force

The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out their duties and responsibilities under this chapter. However, a court may, if it finds that the secretary acted arbitrarily or capriciously in restricting the activities or functions of the commission, relieve the commission of the responsibility for payment of the secretary’s legal costs with regard to that action.