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Cal. ELEC § 13282 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 13282
Section 13282
Status: in_force

Whenever the Attorney General prepares a condensed ballot title and summary, the Attorney General shall file a copy of the condensed ballot title and summary with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall make a copy of the condensed ballot title and summary as required by subdivision (c) of Section 9051 available for public examination prior to the printing of the ballot label on any ballot. The public shall be permitted to examine the condensed ballot title and summary for at least 20 days, and the Secretary of State may consolidate the examination requirement under this section with the public examination requirements set forth in Section 9092. A voter may seek a writ of mandate requiring a condensed ballot title and summary, or portion thereof, to be amended or deleted. The provisions set forth in Section 9092 concerning the issuance of the writ and the nature of the proceedings shall be applicable to this section.
Cal. WAT § 1226 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.5 / Section 1226
Section 1226
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary and beneficial to the state to clear up many heretofore uncertain conditions of water rights which are the result of a large number of dams and other water impoundment structures which have been constructed for livestock watering use, including domestic and recreational use which is incidental to livestock use; that these structures have been constructed, many at the urging of local, state and federal government, as a matter of practical necessity by the owners or users of the land on which they exist; that these structures have been built without clearly defined water rights as a result of the uncertainty of the state law and the lack of information by the owners as to proper procedures by which to obtain a water right; and that it is in the interest of the state to clarify the right to the water impounded by these structures.
Cal. WAT § 12925 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 7.6 / Article 1 / Section 12925
Section 12925
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing Act.
Cal. WAT § 70041.4 — California Code / Code wat / Division 19 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 70041.4
Section 70041.4
Status: in_force

The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question.

The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following in the order prescribed:

(a) The complete text of the proposition.

(b) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the local agency formation commission.

(c) The argument for the proposed district formation.

(d) The argument against the proposed district formation.

The elections officials shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the district formation election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.
Cal. ELEC § 354 — California Code / Code elec / Division 0.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 354
Section 354
Status: in_force

“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
Cal. CIV § 14 — California Code / Code civ / Section 14
Section 14
Status: in_force

(a) Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word person includes a corporation as well as a natural person; county includes city and county; writing includes printing and typewriting; oath includes affirmation or declaration; and every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is embraced by the term “testify,” and every written one in the term “depose”; signature or subscription includes mark, when the person cannot write, his name being written near it, by a person who writes his own name as a witness; provided, that when a signature is by mark it must in order that the same may be acknowledged or may serve as the signature to any sworn statement be witnessed by two persons who must subscribe their own names as witnesses thereto.

(b) The following words have in this code the signification attached to them in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:

(1) The word “property” includes property real and personal.

(2) The words “real property” are coextensive with lands, tenements, and hereditaments.

(3) The words “personal property” include money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.

(4) The word “month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.

(5) The word “will” includes codicil.

(6) The word “section” whenever hereinafter employed refers to a section of this code, unless some other code or statute is expressly mentioned.

(7) The word “spouse” includes a registered domestic partner, as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
Cal. HSC § 78615 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 10 / Section 78615
Section 78615
Status: in_force

Any removal or remedial action taken or contracted by the department pursuant to Section 78870 or 78875 is exempt from this article.
Cal. BPC § 5490.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 5490.5
Section 5490.5
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, “message center” is an advertising display where the message is changed more than once every two minutes, but no more than once every four seconds.

(b) On-premise message centers visible to traffic from any interstate or primary highway shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) The display may not include any message that is in motion or appears to be in motion.

(2) The display may not change the intensity of illumination.

(3) The display may not change the message more than once every four seconds.
Cal. ELEC § 336 — California Code / Code elec / Division 0.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 336
Section 336
Status: in_force

The “official summary date” is the date a circulating title and summary of a proposed initiative measure is delivered or mailed by the Attorney General to the proponents of the proposed measure.
Cal. SHC § 30312 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 30312
Section 30312
Status: in_force

If the bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter for the acquisition or construction of the transportation facilities or additional transportation facilities do not include the toll bridge or other highway crossing to which such transportation facilities or additional transportation facilities relate, the provisions of this article with respect to the receipt and disposition of the proceeds from the sale of bonds, the acquisition and construction funds referred to, the receipt and disposition of tolls, the toll revenue funds, and the other provisions with respect to the receipt and disbursement of money and funds are applicable to the money or funds relating to such transportation facilities or additional transportation facilities.
Cal. WAT § 13999.15 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 15 / Section 13999.15
Section 13999.15
Status: in_force

Upon request of the board or department, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized under this chapter in order to make those arrangements, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to make those arrangements progressively, and it shall not be necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued shall be sold at any one time.
Cal. PUC § 13151 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 9 / Section 13151
Section 13151
Status: in_force

Without limiting in any way the generality of its power, the board is expressly authorized, in its discretion, to provide, in connection with any issue of bonds under this chapter all the matters contained in this article.
Cal. SHC § 792 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 792
Section 792
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of such petition, if the department determines that public necessity and convenience will be served thereby, it may cooperate with the petitioning county or counties, in any manner agreeable to all parties, for the purpose of procuring preliminary estimates of the cost of the proposed project. After such preliminary estimates are made and submitted to it, the department may enter into an agreement with any petitioner or with the several petitioners for the purpose of securing detailed surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates of the cost of the proposed project.
Cal. SHC § 26063 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 26063
Section 26063
Status: in_force

At the election there shall be elected one member of the commission, whose term of office shall be for four years and until the election, or appointment, and qualification of his successor.
Cal. WAT § 4228 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 4228
Section 4228
Status: in_force

In all cases where a water right is owned by two or more persons, they shall pay in proportion to their respective interests in the water right, and, when the extent of the several interests is known to the department, the statement prepared by the department shall contain an apportionment of the amount to be paid by the various owners of the water right.
Cal. INS § 12975.8 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 12975.8
Section 12975.8
Status: in_force

(a) The Insurance Fund shall, in addition to the funds specified in Section 12975.7, consist of all of the following:

(1) All moneys appropriated to the fund in accordance with law.

(2) All moneys deposited into the State Treasury from any source whatever in payment of lawful fees or reimbursements collected by the Department of Insurance.

(3) The balance remaining in the Insurance Fund at the end of the fiscal year, whether the moneys received are from an appropriation, fees, or from reimbursements for services rendered.

(b) (1) All moneys in the Insurance Fund credited to the Seismic Safety Account shall be subject to an annual appropriation each fiscal year for the purposes specified in Section 12975.9.

(2) All other moneys in the Insurance Fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation each fiscal year for the support of the Department of Insurance.

(3) If the current cash balance in the Seismic Safety Account is not adequate to fund the amount appropriated from it in the annual Budget Act, the Insurance Fund, upon enactment of the Budget Act, shall loan to the account the amount of the appropriation, and one half of this amount shall be transferred to the Seismic Safety Commission. The second half of the appropriated amount shall be transferred to the Seismic Safety Commission from the Seismic Safety Account on or before December 31 of each year. This loan shall be repaid by revenues collected pursuant to Section 12975.9.

(c) Any balance remaining in the Insurance Fund at the end of the fiscal year may be carried forward to the next succeeding fiscal year.

(d) Whenever the balance in the Insurance Fund is not sufficient to cover cashflow in the payment of authorized expenditures, the department may borrow funds as may be necessary from whatever source and under terms and conditions as may be determined by the Director of Finance. Repayment shall be made from revenues received by the department for the same fiscal year for which the loan is made.
Cal. RTC § 34019.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 34019.5
Section 34019.5
Status: in_force

Contracts entered into or amended by the State Department of Health Care Services to implement and administer the programs identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 34019 shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Section 19130 of the Government Code, Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, shall be exempt from the State Administrative Manual, and shall not be subject to the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
Cal. HSC § 50197.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 50197.3
Section 50197.3
Status: in_force

A mortgage credit certificate may be issued under a mortgage credit certificate program by a local agency pursuant to this chapter and the federal act, as defined by subdivision (g) of Section 50172.
Cal. HSC § 34367 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 34367
Section 34367
Status: in_force

Subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon him, an obligee may:

(a)  By proper proceeding compel the authority and its commissioners, officers, agents, or employees to perform each and every provision contained in any contract of the authority with or for his benefit, and require the carrying out of any or all the covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon it by this chapter.

(b)  By proper proceeding enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of his rights by the authority.
Cal. RTC § 13810 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 8 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 13810
Section 13810
Status: in_force

When the Controller claims that a decedent was domiciled in this state at the time of his or her death and the taxing authorities of another state or states make a like claim on behalf of their state or states, the Controller may make a written agreement of compromise with the other taxing authorities and the executor or administrator that a certain sum shall be accepted in full satisfaction of any and all death taxes imposed by this state, including any interest to the date of filing the agreement. The agreement shall also fix the amount to be accepted by the other states in full satisfaction of death taxes. The executor or administrator is hereby authorized to make that agreement. Either the Controller or the executor or administrator shall file the agreement, or a duplicate, with the authority that would be empowered to determine death taxes for this state if there had been no agreement; and thereupon the tax shall be deemed conclusively fixed as therein provided. Unless the tax is paid within 90 days after filing the agreement, interest shall thereafter accrue upon the amount fixed in the agreement but the time between the decedent’s death and the filing shall not be included in computing the interest.
Cal. PUC § 130300 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 130300
Section 130300
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares:

(a) That the near-term programming and budgeting requirements of state and federal law is a cooperative intergovernmental planning process intended to determine the foreseeable capital and operational needs of a multimodal transportation system.

(b) That there is an absence of an adequate forum in which local officials may exercise leadership in multimodal transportation planning and programming.

(c) Therefore, it is in the public interest to define the roles of various public entities with respect to long-range system planning and short-range capital and service planning and programming processes.
Cal. WIC § 4684.83 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 6 / Article 3.6 / Section 4684.83
Section 4684.83
Status: in_force

The enhanced behavioral supports home provider shall be responsible for coordinating the development and updating of each consumer’s individual behavior supports plan with the consumer’s individual behavior supports team. The initial individual behavior supports plan shall be developed within one week of the consumer’s admission to the enhanced behavioral supports home.
Cal. FAC § 74097 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 74097
Section 74097
Status: in_force

The commission may appoint committees composed of both members and nonmembers of the commission.
Cal. WAT § 81319 — California Code / Code wat / Division 31 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 81319
Section 81319
Status: in_force

Not later than 10 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution required by Section 81318, the governing body of each public entity shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County.
Cal. PUC § 98249 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 98249
Section 98249
Status: in_force

At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence.
Cal. PCC § 20511 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 31 / Section 20511
Section 20511
Status: in_force

At any time after the installment assessment becomes delinquent, the superintendent of streets may call for bids for such improvement and may fix a date, not less than 20 nor more than 30 days after the publication of a notice inviting bids for such improvement, for the receipt of such bids at his office at an hour not later than 10 a.m. on such date. Such notice shall be published once in a daily or weekly newspaper published and circulated in the city and designated by the city council for that purpose.
Cal. WAT § 75610 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 75610
Section 75610
Status: in_force

The district, after the levying of the ground water charge, shall give notice thereof to each operator of each water-producing facility in the zone or zones as disclosed by the records of the district, which notice shall state the rate for each class of water of the ground water charge for each acre-foot of water to be produced during the ensuing water year. The notice may be sent by postal card or by other first-class mail and with postage prepaid by the district.
Cal. WIC § 11520.3 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 9 / Section 11520.3
Section 11520.3
Status: in_force

The department shall develop a research design to ensure a thorough evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of the CalWORKs program. Effects shall include, but not be limited to, employment, earnings, self-sufficiency, child care, child support, child well-being, family structure, and impacts on local government. Child well-being shall include entries into foster care, at-risk births, school achievement, child abuse reports, and rates of child poverty.
Cal. HNC § 416 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.5 / Section 416
Section 416
Status: in_force

The invoice shall show the repairperson’s business name and address.

If the repairperson’s telephone number is on the invoice, it shall be the telephone number that appears in any advertisement or on an advertising sign, and shall be the same number as that listed for the repairperson’s firm name and address in the telephone directory, or on the telephone company records if the number is assigned to the repairperson subsequent to the publication of the telephone directory.
Cal. WAT § 53245 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 53245
Section 53245
Status: in_force

The holder of a mutilated or defaced warrant shall, at the time of filing the application for a duplicate, deliver the mutilated or defaced warrant to the board for cancellation.
Cal. PUC § 275 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 275
Section 275
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee, which is an advisory board to advise the commission regarding the development, implementation, and administration of a program to provide for transfer payments to small independent telephone corporations providing local exchange services in high-cost rural and small metropolitan areas in the state to create fair and equitable local rate structures, as provided for in Section 275.6, and to carry out the program pursuant to the commission’s direction, control, and approval.

(b) All revenues collected through surcharges authorized by the commission to fund the program specified in subdivision (a) shall be submitted to the commission pursuant to a schedule established by the commission. The commission shall transfer the moneys received to the Controller for deposit in the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund. All interest earned by moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the fund.

(c) Moneys appropriated from the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund to the commission shall be utilized exclusively by the commission for the program specified in subdivision (a), including all costs of the board and the commission associated with the administration and oversight of the program and the fund.

(d) The Legislature finds and declares that, because maintenance of universal public switched telephone network service throughout the state and maintenance of public safety answering points in high-cost areas of the state rely on appropriations from the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund, maintaining adequate funding levels for the fund is critical to public health and safety.
Cal. RTC § 7336 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 7336
Section 7336
Status: in_force

“Removal” means any physical transfer of motor vehicle fuel, and any use of motor vehicle fuel other than as a material in the production of motor vehicle fuel. However, motor vehicle fuel is not removed when it evaporates or is otherwise lost or destroyed.
Cal. HSC § 33371 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 33371
Section 33371
Status: in_force

Before entering into any or certain types of contracts in connection with the redevelopment plan, the legislative body may require the agency to submit such contracts to the legislative body and obtain its approval.
Cal. PUC § 99236 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 99236
Section 99236
Status: in_force

No funds from the fund shall be budgeted, allocated, or expended for any project which calls for any change in passenger train stations or loading platforms used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, unless the change has been submitted to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for review and comment which may include a recommendation for a modification in the change. If the agency submitting the change elects not to accept the recommendation of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it shall submit the matter to the director who shall determine whether the disputed recommendation for a modification in the change shall be followed by the agency.