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Cal. PRC § 8755 — California Code / Code prc / Division 7.8 / Chapter 2 / Section 8755
Section 8755
Status: in_force

(a) The administrator and the executive officer of the commission shall confer and propose, and the commission shall adopt, rules, regulations, guidelines, and commission leasing policies for reviewing the location, type, character, performance standards, size, and operation of all existing and proposed marine terminals within the state, whether or not on lands leased from the commission, and all other marine facilities on lands under lease from the commission to minimize the possibilities of a discharge of oil. Rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted by the commission shall not conflict with regulations of the administrator or the Coast Guard. The commission shall ensure that the rules, regulations, guidelines, and commission lease covenants provide the best achievable protection of public health and safety and the environment. Any rules, regulations, and guidelines governing the location of a marine terminal on lands under lease from a local government or port district shall not include provisions for review by the commission of any specific location, provided the location chosen or approved by the local government meets standards specified in the rules, regulations, and guidelines.

(b) This section shall not apply to any aboveground oil storage tank located entirely onshore which is subject to inspection programs and regulation under Chapter 6.67 (commencing with Section 25270) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code. This section shall include pipelines that are within or part of marine terminals. This section shall not apply to pipelines that are used exclusively to transport petroleum products and are subject to the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal under either state or federal law.

(c) The commission shall consult with the administrator and other affected local and federal agencies with respect to the rules, regulations, and guidelines. The consultation with the administrator shall ensure, at a minimum, consistency with the requirements for vessels that the administrator adopts under Section 8670.17 of the Government Code.

(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2012.
Cal. VEH § 27316.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 27316.5
Section 27316.5
Status: in_force

(a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all type 2 school pupil activity buses, manufactured on or after July 1, 2004, purchased or leased for use in California shall be equipped at all designated seating positions with a combination pelvic and upper torso passenger restraint system.

(b) For purposes of this section, a “passenger restraint system” is either of the following:

(1) A restraint system that is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 209, for a type 2 seatbelt assembly, and with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 210, as those standards were in effect on the date that the school pupil activity bus was manufactured.

(2) A restraint system certified by the school pupil activity bus manufacturer that is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222 and incorporates a type 2 lap-shoulder restraint system.

(c) No person, school district, or organization, with respect to a type 2 school pupil activity bus equipped with passenger restraint systems pursuant to this section, may be charged for a violation of this code or any regulation adopted thereunder requiring a passenger to use a passenger restraint system, if a passenger on the school pupil activity bus fails to use or improperly uses the passenger restraint system.
Cal. SHC § 977 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 977
Section 977
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county desiring to act under section 976 may, by unanimous vote of its membership, determine what real property is necessary and proper for the uses and purposes of county highways. Any county thus desiring to purchase or lease with the consent of the owner, or to obtain, hold, improve or maintain, real property or an interest therein situated within an adjoining county shall first obtain the consent by resolution of the board of supervisors of the adjoining county.
Cal. VEH § 36520 — California Code / Code veh / Division 16 / Chapter 5 / Section 36520
Section 36520
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 26706 relating to windshield wipers shall not apply to implements of husbandry.
Cal. BPC § 4999.30 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 4999.30
Section 4999.30
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not practice or advertise the performance of professional clinical counseling services without a license issued by the board, and shall pay the license fee required by this chapter.
Cal. SHC § 26088 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 26088
Section 26088
Status: in_force

The election board shall publicly canvass the votes immediately after the closing of the polls, and shall make return of the election within 24 hours thereafter to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors at its first meeting after receiving the returns shall canvass the same and shall make, sign and deliver a certificate of election to the person elected.
Cal. HSC § 50740 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 50740
Section 50740
Status: in_force

(a) The Rental Housing Construction Incentive Fund established in the State Treasury is hereby renamed the Rental Housing Construction Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Housing and Community Development, and, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), shall be utilized for purposes of this chapter, Section 50775.5, and Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 50880). All interest or other increment resulting from investment or deposit of moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. Except as described in subdivision (d), moneys in the fund shall not be subject to transfer to any other fund pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 16300) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, except the Surplus Money Investment Fund.

(b) An amount not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000) of the moneys from the fund utilized by the agency for development costs which is repaid to the agency or disencumbered on or after July 1, 1983, shall be deposited in a separate account and utilized and apportioned in accordance with the following percentages as it becomes available:

(1) Fifty percent of the moneys shall be transferred by the agency to the department and deposited in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund, established pursuant to Section 50661, and utilized for making deferred payment loans for residential hotels as authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 50661 and for purposes of subdivision (c) of that section.

(2) Twenty-five percent of the moneys shall be transferred by the agency to the department for deposit in the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund, established pursuant to Section 50800.5.

(3) Twenty-five percent of the moneys shall be transferred by the agency to the department for deposit in the annuity fund, established pursuant to Section 50738.5.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with the date of the act adding this subdivision, appropriations authorized for support of the department from the Family Housing Demonstration Account shall instead be authorized for expenditure from the Rental Housing Construction Fund.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the moneys in the Rental Housing Construction Fund for loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code. However, interest shall be paid on all moneys loaned to the General Fund from the Rental Housing Construction Fund. Interest payable shall be computed at a rate determined by the Pooled Money Investment Board to be the current earning rate of the fund from which loaned. This subdivision does not authorize any transfer that will interfere with the carrying out of the object for which the Rental Housing Construction Fund was created.
Cal. ELEC § 12286 — California Code / Code elec / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 12286
Section 12286
Status: in_force

(a) At least 29 days prior to the election, the elections official shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish a convenient number of election precincts within the affected jurisdiction.

(2) Define the precinct boundaries.

(3) Designate a polling place for each precinct.

(4) Appoint for each precinct a precinct board pursuant to Sections 12302 to 12304, inclusive.

(5) Notify the members of each precinct board of their appointment and the location of the precinct and polling place where they will serve.

(b) The elections official, in establishing precincts and defining their boundaries, shall, to the extent practicable, provide for a single polling place where a voter entitled to vote in more than one district may cast all of his or her ballots.

(c) In a landowner voting district, the county elections official shall designate the polling place at which a nonresident landowner shall vote.

(d) This section does not apply to elections conducted using vote centers.
Cal. BPC § 17762 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 17762
Section 17762
Status: in_force

Any trading stamp company shall redeem upon presentation any trading stamp that it has issued, either in merchandise, service, or cash, at the option of the rightful holder. However, if the trading stamp company only offers to redeem the trading stamp in cash, the rightful holder of the trading stamp shall not have the option of receiving merchandise or service and shall only receive a cash redemption. Trading stamps shall only be presented for redemption in cash in an amount aggregating not less than one dollar ($1).
Cal. SHC § 188.61 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 188.61
Section 188.61
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order to provide maximum safety for the traveling public and to ensure continuous and unimpeded operation of the state’s transportation network, the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge are each in need of a seismic safety retrofit.

(b) The Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge are hereby deemed to be part of the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program described in Section 188.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 188.6 or any other provision of law, the cost overrun savings described in that subdivision shall not be shared between the state and the Bay Area Toll Authority, but shall instead be transferred to the Bay Area Toll Account, and are hereby appropriated to the authority for expenditure on the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge seismic safety retrofit projects. All other funds required to complete the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge seismic safety retrofit projects shall be provided by the authority. The authority may increase the amount of the tolls collected on the toll bridges described in Section 30910 pursuant to Sections 30918 and 31011 for the purpose of completing these projects.

(c) All of the requirements of Sections 30952.05, 30952.1, 30952.2, and 30952.3 shall also be applied to the seismic retrofit of the Antioch Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge. The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee, established by Section 30952.1, shall have project oversight and control responsibilities for these projects to the same extent as for the Benicia-Martinez Bridge project.

(d) All maintenance expenditures required to be funded by Section 188.4 with authority toll revenues shall be funded from toll revenues remaining after provision is made for payment of all obligations of the authority that are secured by a pledge of toll revenues.
Cal. PROB § 8224 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 8224
Section 8224
Status: in_force

The testimony of each witness in a proceeding concerning the execution or provisions of a will, the testamentary capacity of the decedent, and other issues of fact, may be reduced to writing, signed by the witness, and filed, whether or not the will is contested. The testimony so preserved, or an official reporter’s transcript of the testimony, is admissible in evidence in any subsequent proceeding concerning the will if the witness has become unavailable as a witness within the meaning of Section 240 of the Evidence Code.
Cal. FAC § 16443 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 16443
Section 16443
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, bring an action in the name of the people of this state in the superior court for an injunction against any person violating any provision of this part or any regulation which is duly issued by the director pursuant to it.

Any proceedings pursuant to this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525), Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The director shall not, however, be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show lack of adequate remedy at law or to show or tending to show irreparable damage or loss.
Cal. PUC § 50079 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 50079
Section 50079
Status: in_force

The board may provide by resolution, under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, for the payment of demands against the district without prior specific approval thereof by the board if the demand is for a purpose for which an expenditure has been previously approved by the board and in an amount no greater than the amount so authorized, and if the demand is approved by the general manager.
Cal. BPC § 26190.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 10 / Chapter 19 / Section 26190.5
Section 26190.5
Status: in_force

The department shall contract with the California Cannabis Research Program, known as the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, and formerly known as the California Marijuana Research Program, authorized pursuant to Section 11362.9 of the Health and Safety Code, to develop a study that identifies the impact that cannabis has on motor skills.
Cal. PRC § 13102 — California Code / Code prc / Division 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 13102
Section 13102
Status: in_force

The copy of the resolution published shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the clerk that:

(a) The hearing referred to in the resolution will be had at the time and place specified in the resolution.

(b) At that time and place any person interested, including all persons owning property in the district, will be heard upon the question stated in the resolution.
Cal. WIC § 14110.7 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 14110.7
Section 14110.7
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall adopt regulations increasing the minimum number of equivalent nursing hours per patient required in skilled nursing facilities to 3.2, in skilled nursing facilities with special treatment programs to 2.3, in intermediate care facilities to 1.1, and in intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled to 2.7.

(b) (1) The director shall adopt regulations that shall establish the minimum number of equivalent nursing hours per patient required in the following, for the first year of implementation of the first year of rates established pursuant to this article:

(A) 2.6 hours for skilled nursing facilities.

(B) 1.9 hours for skilled nursing facilities with special treatment programs.

(C) 0.9 hours for intermediate care facilities.

(D) 2.2 hours for intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled.

(2) The staffing standards established by paragraph (1) shall become effective concurrently with the establishment of the first reimbursement rates under this article.

(3) The director shall adopt regulations that establish the minimum number of equivalent nursing hours per patient required in skilled nursing facilities at 2.7 for the second year of implementation of rates established pursuant to this article.

(c) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(A) The one-year transition phase from 2.6 to 2.7 equivalent nursing hours allows ample time to restructure staffing.

(B) The 4 percent augmentation to reimburse for direct patient care, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 14126.60, provides funds to cover additional expenses, if any, incurred by facilities to implement this staffing standard.

(2) Subject to the appropriation of sufficient funds, the department may adopt regulations to increase the minimum number of equivalent nursing hours required of facilities subject to this section per patient beyond 2.7 nursing hours per patient day.

(d) (1) The department shall identify those skilled nursing facilities that are in compliance with the 3.0 minimum double nursing hour standards, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1276.5 of the Health and Safety Code, but have actual staffing ratios below 2.5, as of July 1, 1990, and shall not enforce the 2.7 equivalent nursing hours with respect to those facilities until the third year of implementation of the rates established under this article.

(2) The department shall periodically review facilities that have actual staffing ratios described in paragraph (1) to ensure that they are making sufficient progress toward 2.7 hours.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), commencing January 1, 2000, the minimum number of nursing hours per patient day required in skilled nursing facilities shall be 3.2, without regard to the doubling of nursing hours as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1276.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and except as set forth in Section 1276.9 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. RTC § 32468 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 32468
Section 32468
Status: in_force

Procedures of the board, relating to appeals staff review conferences before a staff attorney or supervising tax auditor independent of the assessing department, shall include all of the following:

(a) Any conference shall be held at a reasonable time at a board office that is convenient to the taxpayer.

(b) The conference may be recorded only if prior notice is given to the taxpayer and the taxpayer is entitled to receive a copy of the recording.

(c) The taxpayer shall be informed prior to any conference that he or she has a right to have present at the conference his or her attorney, accountant, or other designated agent.
Cal. HSC § 80025 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 80025
Section 80025
Status: in_force

Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 78420 and subdivision (c) of Section 80020, the administrator of the fund may expend the money in the fund for all of the following purposes:

(a) To pay claims for reimbursement of all, or any part of, the orphan share at a site paid by the responsible party filed pursuant to Sections 80040, 80045, and 80050.

(b) For the costs of implementing this chapter.

(c) To pay the reasonable costs of the department and the regional board for performance of its duties under this chapter, including, but not limited to, its participation in the orphan share determination process set forth in Section 80070, unless those costs are paid by a potentially responsible party under an agreement specified in subdivision (c) of Section 80040. The expenditures from the fund for purposes of this subdivision shall not exceed 5 percent of the total amount appropriated from the fund in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section for that fiscal year.

(d) To pay the portion of costs attributable to the orphan share incurred by the department and the regional boards to oversee actions of potentially responsible parties, unless those costs are paid by a potentially responsible party under an agreement specified in subdivision (c) of Section 80040.
Cal. HSC § 1596.608 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.35 / Section 1596.608
Section 1596.608
Status: in_force

(a)  (1)  The department may revoke a provider’s trustline registration for any of the following:

(A)  Procuring trustline registration by fraud or misrepresentation.

(B)  Knowingly making or giving any false statement or information in conjunction with the application for issuance of trustline registration.

(C)  Criminal conviction unless an exemption is granted pursuant to Section 1596.871.

(D)  Incident of child abuse or neglect or other conduct that poses a threat to the health and safety of any person who is or may become a client.

(2)  The hearing to revoke the trustline registration shall be conducted in accordance with Section 1596.887.

(b)  The trustline provider’s registration shall be considered forfeited under the following conditions:

(1)  The trustline provider has had a license or certificate of approval revoked, suspended, or denied as authorized under Section 1534, 1550, 1568.082, 1569.50, or 1596.885.

(2)  The trustline provider has been denied employment, residence, or presence in a facility based on action resulting from an administrative hearing pursuant to Section 1558, 1568.092, 1569.58, or 1596.8897.

(3)  The trustline provider fails to maintain a current mailing address with the department.
Cal. RTC § 19309 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 19309
Section 19309
Status: in_force

Section 19306 shall apply to any claim filed, or credit or refund allowed or made, before the execution of an agreement pursuant to Section 19308.
Cal. EVID § 1410 — California Code / Code evid / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1410
Section 1410
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the means by which a writing may be authenticated or proved.