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Cal. BPC § 25245 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 25245
Section 25245
Status: in_force

(a) Any wine labeled with a viticultural area appellation of origin established pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 9.1) of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations that is located entirely within the “Lodi” viticultural area shall bear the designation “Lodi” on the label in direct conjunction therewith in a type size not smaller than 1mm less than that of said viticultural area designation, provided neither designation is smaller than 2mm on containers of more than 187ml or smaller than 1mm on containers of 187ml or less.

(b) The department may suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates this section.

(c) This section shall not apply to any wine labeled with a viticultural area appellation of origin established pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 9.1) of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations when the name of the appellation includes the term “Lodi.”

(d) This section applies only to wine that is bottled on or after January 1, 2009.
Cal. FAC § 76289 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 15 / Article 4 / Section 76289
Section 76289
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 director. A summary of the audit shall be made a part of an annual report to all producers, copies of which shall also be submitted to the Legislature and the department. In addition, the director may, as he or she determines necessary, conduct or cause to be conducted a fiscal and compliance audit of the commission.
Cal. WAT § 24654 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 24654
Section 24654
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall keep a record showing all of the following:

(a) Number and amount of each registered warrant.

(b) Date of its issuance.

(c) Person in whose favor it was issued.

(d) Date of its presentation for payment.
Cal. PROB § 374 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 374
Section 374
Status: in_force

A substitute fiduciary or an original fiduciary reinstated under Section 373 is not liable for the acts or omissions of the predecessor fiduciary.
Cal. RTC § 17220 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 17220
Section 17220
Status: in_force

(a) Section 164(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the deductibility of state, local, and foreign income, war profits, and excess profits taxes, shall not apply.

(b) Section 164(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to general sales taxes, shall not apply.

(c) Section 164(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the limitation on individual deductions for taxable years 2018 to 2025, shall not apply.

(d) In addition to the provisions of Section 164(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to deduction denied in case of certain taxes, no deduction shall be allowed for any tax imposed under Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 17935), Chapter 10.6 (commencing with Section 17941), or Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 17948) of this part or under Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
Cal. HSC § 41803 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 41803
Section 41803
Status: in_force

No authorization, however, under Section 41802 or 41804.5 shall be granted after such date as the state board may determine, based upon a finding that an alternative method of disposal has been developed which is technologically and economically feasible.
Cal. BPC § 2081 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 2081
Section 2081
Status: in_force

Each application submitted shall be made upon an electronic online form, or on another form provided by the board, and each application form shall contain a legal verification by the applicant certifying under penalty of perjury that the information provided by the applicant is true and correct and that any information in supporting documents provided by the applicant is true and correct.
Cal. BPC § 7611.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 1.5 / Section 7611.6
Section 7611.6
Status: in_force

The definitions in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code are applicable to this act.
Cal. RTC § 43515 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 22 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 43515
Section 43515
Status: in_force

The board shall prepare and publish brief but comprehensive statements in simple and nontechnical language that explain procedure, remedies, and the rights and obligations of the board and taxpayers. As appropriate, statements shall be provided to taxpayers with the initial notice of audit, the notice of proposed additional taxes, any subsequent notice of tax due, or other substantive notices. Additionally, the board shall include this language for statements in the annual tax information bulletins that are mailed to taxpayers.
Cal. PRC § 44206 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 44206
Section 44206
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this article shall limit or expand, or be construed to limit or expand, the jurisdiction of any state agency specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203 or any tribal agency with respect to any solid waste facility located in Indian country, including, but not limited to, the enforcement powers and procedures available to the state or any tribe with respect to those facilities to the extent not preempted by federal law, including, but not limited to, powers and procedures contained in state or tribal statutes or regulations.

(b) The cooperative agreement shall provide that the state may exercise its enforcement powers over any solid waste facility project on Indian country where a cooperative agreement has been executed, subject to all of the following requirements:

(1) A violation or threatened violation of any standard or requirement set forth in Section 44203 or its functional equivalent in the cooperative agreement, or any condition set forth in a cooperative agreement or permit for the facility, has occurred or is occurring. For purposes of this paragraph, “threatened violation” means a condition creating a substantial probability of harm, when the probability and potential extent of harm make it reasonably necessary to take immediate action to prevent, reduce, or mitigate damages to persons, property, or natural resources.

(2) The violation or violations have been brought to the attention of the tribe and to the owner and operator of the solid waste facility, through written notice from the appropriate agency. The notice shall identify the specific violation or violations which are occurring or have occurred and a specific corrective or enforcement action or range of actions, including sufficient penalties. The notice shall include a specific and reasonable timeframe in which to take appropriate corrective or enforcement action.

(3) The tribe, after receiving the notice, has failed to take the action or actions, or to take other reasonable action to abate or correct the violation or violations, in a reasonable time.

(c) The functionally equivalent provisions of tribal or federal permits, as determined sufficient pursuant to Section 44205, together with any cooperative agreement approved pursuant to this article, shall collectively be deemed to constitute permits issued under state law for all purposes of enforcing state law.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), each of the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203 may immediately exercise its enforcement powers over any solid waste facility project on Indian country where a cooperative agreement has been executed, if, in the judgment of the public agency, immediate state action is required to avoid an imminent and substantial threat to public health and safety or to the environment. The state shall notify the tribe prior to taking any action pursuant to this subdivision.
Cal. HSC § 42705.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 42705.6
Section 42705.6
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Refinery-related community air monitoring system” means equipment that measures and records air pollutant concentrations in the ambient air at or near sensitive receptor locations near a petroleum refinery and that may be useful for estimating associated pollutant exposures and health risks and in determining trends in air pollutant levels over time.

(2) “Fence-line monitoring system” means equipment that measures and records air pollutant concentrations at or adjacent to a petroleum refinery and that may be useful for detecting or estimating the quantity of fugitive emissions, gas leaks, and other air emissions from the refinery.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 42708, and on or before January 1, 2020, a refinery-related community air monitoring system shall be installed near each refinery that is consistent with the requirements and guidance applicable to the siting of air quality monitors as established by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and that meets all of the following requirements:

(1) A district shall design, develop, install, operate, and maintain the refinery-related community air monitoring system, which shall be operated and maintained in accordance with guidance from the appropriate district. A district may contract with a third party to implement this paragraph.

(2) The refinery-related community air monitoring system shall include equipment capable of measuring compounds emitted to the atmosphere from refinery processes, as determined by the appropriate district.

(c) On or before January 1, 2020, the owner or operator of a petroleum refinery shall develop, install, operate, and maintain a fence-line monitoring system in accordance with guidance developed by the appropriate district.

(d) The district and the owner or operator of a petroleum refinery shall collect real-time data from the refinery-related community air monitoring system and the fence-line monitoring system and shall maintain records of that data. To the extent feasible, the data generated by these systems shall be provided to the public as quickly as possible in a publicly accessible format.

(e) Guidance developed by a district pursuant to this section shall take into account technological capabilities and incorporate input from affected parties and, to the extent feasible, shall be informed by refinery-related guidance in the monitoring plan prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42705.5.

(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the owner or operator of a petroleum refinery shall be responsible for the costs associated with implementing this section.

(2) To the extent a refinery-related community air monitoring system is intentionally utilized by a district to monitor emissions from sources under its jurisdiction other than a petroleum refinery, the district shall ensure the costs of the system are shared in a reasonably equitable manner.
Cal. PUC § 180259 — California Code / Code puc / Division 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 180259
Section 180259
Status: in_force

Delivery of any bonds may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
Cal. WAT § 6028 — California Code / Code wat / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 6028
Section 6028
Status: in_force

No action shall be brought against the state or the department or its agents or employees for the recovery of damages caused by the partial or total failure of any dam or reservior or through the operation of any dam or reservoir upon the ground that such defendant is liable by virtue of any of the following:

(a) The approval of the dam or reservoir.

(b) The issuance or enforcement of orders relative to maintenance or operation of the dam or reservoir.

(c) Control and regulation of the dam or reservoir.

(d) Measures taken to protect against failure during an emergency.
Cal. VEH § 27366 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 3.3 / Section 27366
Section 27366
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall do the following:

(1) Prepare and disseminate materials for the purpose of educating the public about the importance of using passenger restraints for infants and children under 15 years of age. These materials shall include, but are not limited to, audiovisual aids and written materials that explain the effects of motor vehicle accidents on infants and children and the reduction in risk of injury or death as a result of the utilization of passenger restraints for infants and children.

(2) As funding is available, produce and administer a billboard campaign stressing the importance of utilizing child passenger restraint systems and instructing the public on where to obtain those systems.

(b) The department, the Office of Traffic Safety, and the State Department of Health Services shall meet annually to coordinate, share information about, and outline the programs that each organization is pursuing in the area of child passenger restraint systems.
Cal. PUC § 27509 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 27509
Section 27509
Status: in_force

In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to carry, no subsequent election for the dissolution of the district shall be called until after the expiration of one year from the date of the prior election.
Cal. WIC § 14000.6 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 14000.6
Section 14000.6
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of Medicare Innovation and Integration is hereby established within the department.

(b) The office shall do all of the following:

(1) Provide focused leadership and expertise on innovative models for Medicare beneficiaries in California, including Medicare-only beneficiaries, and individuals dually eligible for the Medicare and Medi-Cal programs.

(2) Support new and existing models and strategies to benefit Medicare-only beneficiaries in California, in collaboration with local, state, and federal partners and other stakeholders.

(3) Consider and develop strategies for Medicare and Medi-Cal enrollment, benefits, health care delivery systems, and data sharing and reporting, to improve health outcomes, quality, equity, and cost effectiveness.

(4) Develop innovative approaches to integrated models of care and coordinated access to long-term services and supports for Medicare-only beneficiaries and dually eligible beneficiaries.
Cal. WAT § 33217 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 9.1 / Chapter 2 / Section 33217
Section 33217
Status: in_force

The new district is a public agency of the State and shall in all respects be operated, managed and governed as provided by law for county water districts generally.
Cal. BPC § 22475 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 20.5 / Section 22475
Section 22475
Status: in_force

(a) A magazine distributor, or any person, firm, or corporation representing a magazine distributor shall clearly and conspicuously place the subscription expiration date on all magazine renewal notices mailed to its subscribers or direct subscribers to refer to the magazine’s mailing label to find the subscription expiration date.

(b) All magazine mailing labels shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the subscription expiration date.
Cal. BPC § 23506 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 23506
Section 23506
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensed craft distiller or one or more of its direct or indirect subsidiaries of which the licensed craft distiller owns not less than a 51-percent interest, who manufactures or produces, bottles, processes, imports, or sells distilled spirits under a craft distiller’s license or any other license issued pursuant to this division, or any officer or director of, or any person holding any interest in, those persons may serve as an officer or director of, and may hold the ownership of any interest or any financial or representative relationship in, any on-sale license, or the business conducted under that license, provided that, except in the case of a holder of on-sale general licenses for airplanes and duplicate on-sale general licenses for air common carriers, all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The on-sale licensee purchases all alcoholic beverages sold and served only from California wholesale licensees.

(2) The number of distilled spirits items by brand offered for sale by the on-sale licensee that are manufactured, produced, bottled, processed, imported, or sold by the licensed craft distiller or by the subsidiary of which the licensed craft distiller owns not less than 51 percent, or by any officer or director of, or by any person holding any interest in, those persons does not exceed 15 percent of the total distilled spirits items by brand listed and offered for sale by the on-sale licensee selling and serving that distilled spirit. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), distilled spirits sold pursuant to this provision may be purchased from a California licensed craft distiller so long as the distilled spirits purchased are produced or bottled by, or produced and packaged for, the same licensed craft distiller that holds an interest in the on-sale license and such direct sales do not involve more than two on-sale licenses in which the licensed craft distiller or any person holding an interest in the licensed craft distiller holds any interest, directly or indirectly, either individually or in combination or together with each other in the aggregate.

(3) None of the persons specified in this section may have any of the interests specified in this section in more than two on-sale licenses.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a licensee that has an interest in one or more on-sale retail licenses pursuant to this section may continue to hold that interest in the event the licensee no longer qualifies as a craft distiller, provided that the interest was held, or an application was pending, at a time when the licensee did hold a craft distiller’s license pursuant to Section 23502. Nothing in this subdivision is intended to prevent the department from denying a pending application for any reason other than the change in license of the licensee.
Cal. PRC § 7305 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 7305
Section 7305
Status: in_force

When payment has been made for land sold under this article, the purchaser shall be entitled to a patent.
Cal. BPC § 11269 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 11269
Section 11269
Status: in_force

(a) A member of an association including associations that provide for unequal assessments against members, shall be entitled to one vote for each time-share interest owned.

(b) An association may have two classes of members for voting purposes according to the following provisions:

(1) Each time-share interest owner other than the developer of the time-share plan shall be a class A member. If a time-share interest is owned by more than one person, each time-share interest owner shall be a class A member, but only one vote may be cast for each interest.

(2) The developer shall be the class B member and shall have one vote for each time-share interest owned by him or her which has been authorized to be offered for sale by the issuance of a public report.

(3) Class B membership shall be automatically converted to class A membership, and class B membership shall thereafter cease to exist, when the total outstanding votes held by the class B member falls below 20 percent of the total voting power of the association.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided, no regulation which requires the approval of a prescribed percentage of the voting power residing in members other than the developer or a prescribed percentage of the voting power of class A members, for action to be taken by the association, is intended to preclude the developers from casting votes attributable to the time-share interests which he or she owns. Governing instruments may specify the following with respect to approval of action by the membership of the association other than an action to enforce an obligation of the developer:

(1) In those associations in which class A and class B memberships exist, the vote or written assent of a prescribed percentage of the class A voting power and the vote or written assent of the class B member.

(2) In those associations in which a single class of voting membership exists, either as originally established or after the conversion of the class B membership to class A memberships, the vote or written assent of a prescribed percentage of the total voting power of the association and the vote or written assent of a prescribed percentage of the voting power of members other than the developer.
Cal. PUC § 8386.2 — California Code / Code puc / Division 4.1 / Chapter 6 / Section 8386.2
Section 8386.2
Status: in_force

(a)  The commission shall require a safety culture assessment of each electrical corporation to be conducted by an independent third-party evaluator. The commission shall set the schedule for each assessment, including updates to the assessment at least every five years. The electrical corporation shall not seek reimbursement for the costs of the assessment from ratepayers.

(b) The office shall conduct a wildfire-focused safety culture assessment of each electrical corporation at least once every two years.
Cal. HSC § 50400 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 50400
Section 50400
Status: in_force

[Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 76.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\n   Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.   See later operative version added by Sec. 77 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.]
(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

[Repealed (in Sec. 76) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 77.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.]
(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the California Housing and Homelessness Agency.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
Cal. PRC § 14595 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.1 / Chapter 8.5 / Section 14595
Section 14595
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that the redemption of beverage container material imported from out of state, previously redeemed containers, rejected containers, and line breakage presents a significant threat to the integrity of the beverage container recycling program and fund. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature that no refund value or other recycling program payments be paid to any person for this material. It is further the intent of the Legislature that any person participating in conduct intended to defraud the state’s beverage container recycling program shall be held accountable for that conduct.