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Cal. SHC § 36523 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 36523
Section 36523
Status: in_force

Notice of a public hearing held under Section 36524, 36541, 36542, or 36550 shall be given by both of the following:

(a) Publishing the resolution of intention in a newspaper of general circulation in the city once, for at least seven days before the public hearing.

(b) Mailing of a complete copy of the resolution of intention by first-class mail to each business owner in the area within seven days of the city council’s adoption of the resolution of intention.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), in the case of an area established primarily to promote tourism, a copy of the resolution of intention shall be mailed by first-class mail within seven days of the city council’s adoption of the resolution of intention, to the owner of each business in the area which will be subject to assessment.
Cal. RTC § 18664 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 18664
Section 18664
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Section 3406 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the backup withholding, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(2) For purposes of this section, the term “reportable payment,” as defined in Section 3406(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall include payments of items of income as defined in Section 18662, and any regulations thereunder, with respect to rents, prizes and winnings, compensation for services, including bonuses, and other fixed or determinable annual or periodic gains, profits, and income.

(3) This section shall not apply to either of the following:

(A) Payment of interest and dividends.

(B) Any release of loan funds made by a financial institution in the normal course of business.

(4) For the purposes of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), “financial institution” means any of the following:

(A) A depository institution, as defined in Section 1813(c) of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(B) An institution-affiliated party, as defined in Section 1813(u) of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(C) Any federal credit union or state credit union, as defined in Section 1752 of Title 12 of the United States Code, including an institution-affiliated party of a credit union, as defined in Section 1786(r) of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(b) The amount of tax to be withheld shall be computed by applying a rate of 7 percent to the reportable payment.

(c) Where withholding under both this section and other provisions of this article would otherwise be required, withholding shall only be required under this section.

(d) Any payer required to withhold tax pursuant to this section shall notify the payee of such withholding at a time and in a manner as may be prescribed in forms and instructions by the Franchise Tax Board.

(e) This section shall apply to payments made on or after January 1, 2010.
Cal. PCC § 10307 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 10307
Section 10307
Status: in_force

The director shall establish statewide acquisition standards, the purpose of which shall be to ensure the necessary quality of goods acquired by or under the supervision of the department and to permit the consolidation of acquisitions in order to effect greater economies in state contracting.
Cal. BPC § 22453.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 20 / Section 22453.1
Section 22453.1
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 22453, any person registered pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) instead of the fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) otherwise required by Section 22453.
Cal. WIC § 5358.2 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 5358.2
Section 5358.2
Status: in_force

If a conservatee requires medical treatment and the conservator has not been specifically authorized by the court to require the conservatee to receive medical treatment, the conservator shall, after notice to the conservatee, obtain a court order for that medical treatment, except in emergency cases in which the conservatee faces loss of life or serious bodily injury. The conservatee, if he or she chooses to contest the request for a court order, may petition the court for hearing which shall be held prior to granting the order.
Cal. LAB § 9253 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 14 / Section 9253
Section 9253
Status: in_force

This part, or any related health and safety standard, does not prevent or limit an employer, contracting entity, or entertainment events vendor from adopting stricter safety standards.
Cal. FIN § 100004 — California Code / Code fin / Division 25 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 100004
Section 100004
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any law the commissioner shall have the authority to conduct investigations and examinations of an applicant or licensee as follows:

(1) For purposes of determining whether an applicant is eligible for a license, or that a licensee is complying with the provisions of this division or any regulation or order of the commissioner, the commissioner may access, receive, and use any books, accounts, records, files, documents, information, or evidence that relates to debt collection, including, but not limited to, any of the following relating to the intent to, or the practice of, collecting consumer debt:

(A) Criminal, civil, and administrative history information.

(B) Personal history and experience information, including, but not limited to, independent credit reports obtained from a consumer reporting agency.

(C) Any other documents, information, or evidence that the commissioner deems relevant to the inquiry or investigation regardless of the location, possession, control, or custody of those documents, information, or evidence.

(2) For the purposes of investigating violations or complaints arising under this division, the commissioner may direct, subpoena, or order the attendance of, and examine under oath, any person whose testimony may be required about the consumer debt or account of the debtor.

(b) In making any examination or investigation authorized by this section, the commissioner may control access to any documents and records of the licensee or person under examination or investigation. The commissioner may take possession of the documents and records or place a person in exclusive charge of the documents and records in the place where they are usually kept. During the period of control, no person shall remove or attempt to remove any of the documents and records except pursuant to a court order or with the consent of the commissioner. Unless the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe the documents or records of a licensee have been, or are at risk of being, altered or destroyed for purposes of concealing a violation of this division, the licensee or owner of the documents and records shall have access to the documents or records as necessary to conduct their ordinary business affairs.

(c) The commissioner may permit affiliated companies to be subject to a single examination. The department shall list all affiliated company names on the license and shall post them on the department’s internet website.
Cal. PRC § 48661 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 48661
Section 48661
Status: in_force

(a) On and after July 1, 1992, the department shall annually inspect used oil recycling facilities.

(b) Within 135 days following inspection, the department shall submit a report to the board, describing all of the following:

(1) Any violations of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) Any corrective actions ordered or agreed to by the department.

(3) Progress by the facility in correcting violations identified in previous inspections.

(c) In the report required by subdivision (b), the department shall specifically state whether any of the following occurred:

(1) The department has identified violations of subdivision (c) of Section 25250.1 of the Health and Safety Code regarding achievement of minimum standards of purity for recycled oil.

(2) The department has identified violations of regulations requiring financial responsibility assurance for liability, closure, and postclosure obligations.

(3) Where prior contamination has been identified, the facility has an approved corrective action plan and has not been found to be in violation of its requirements.

(4) The department has identified violations that meet the criteria for class 1 violations, as defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
Cal. WAT § 56103 — California Code / Code wat / Division 17 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 56103
Section 56103
Status: in_force

No assessment or bond hereafter levied or issued shall become a lien and no person shall be deemed to have notice thereof until a certified copy of said assessment and the diagram thereto attached shall be recorded in the office of the county surveyor, if the improvement district or any part thereof is in unincorporated territory, and with the superintendent of streets of the city or cities, if the improvement district or any part thereof is in incorporated territory.
Cal. MVC § 987.80 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 3.1 / Section 987.80
Section 987.80
Status: in_force

(a) The department may insure and keep insured against fire or other hazards all buildings, fences, other permanent improvements, or crops situated upon any property which has reverted to and is under the control of the department, or may do the work and supply the materials necessary to keep the buildings, fences, and other improvements situated upon the property in good order and repair. The department may lease or let the property, in whole or in part, upon any terms that the department determines to be proper. In the case of a farm, the department may cultivate the farm or harvest the crop.

(b) Whenever the department determines to lease or let any reverted property pursuant to subdivision (a), the department may give first priority to public or private organizations serving homeless veterans if the property is zoned for that use and all state and local building permit and use conditions are met. The department may give second priority to a public housing authority organized pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 34200) of Part 2 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code) for leasing or letting to persons of low income, as defined in Section 34213 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. PRC § 6006 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6006
Section 6006
Status: in_force

The repeal of Chapter 303 of the Statutes of 1921 and of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 1923 effected by the State Lands Act of 1938 shall not affect any existing rights thereunder or any permit, lease, or agreement entered into under any provision of either chapter, nor shall it affect the rights or duties of any purchaser of State lands prior to June 11, 1938, the effective date of the State Lands Act of 1938.
Cal. BPC § 6746.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 6746.1
Section 6746.1
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter pertaining to licensure of professional engineers, other than civil engineers, do not apply to employees in the communications industry, nor to the employees of contractors while engaged in work on communications equipment. However, those employees may not use any of the titles listed in Sections 6732, 6736, and 6736.1, unless licensed.
Cal. BPC § 17535.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 17535.5
Section 17535.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who intentionally violates any injunction issued pursuant to Section 17535 shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for each violation. Where the conduct constituting a violation is of a continuing nature, each day of such conduct is a separate and distinct violation. In determining the amount of the civil penalty, the court shall consider all relevant circumstances, including, but not limited to, the extent of harm caused by the conduct constituting a violation, the nature and persistence of such conduct, the length of time over which the conduct occurred, the assets, liabilities and net worth of the person, whether corporate or individual, and any corrective action taken by the defendant.

(b) The civil penalty prescribed by this section shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in any county in which the violation occurs or where the injunction was issued in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General or by any district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction within his jurisdiction without regard to the county from which the original injunction was issued. An action brought pursuant to this section to recover such civil penalties shall take special precedence over all civil matters on the calendar of the court except those matters to which equal precedence on the calendar is granted by law.

(c) If such an action is brought by the Attorney General, one-half of the penalty collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, and one-half to the State Treasurer. If brought by a district attorney or county counsel, the entire amount of the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment is entered. If brought by a city attorney or city prosecutor, one-half of the penalty shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered and one-half to the city.

(d) If the action is brought at the request of a board within the Department of Consumer Affairs or a local consumer affairs agency, the court shall determine the reasonable expenses incurred by the board or local agency in the investigation and prosecution of the action.

Before any penalty collected is paid out pursuant to subdivision (c), the amount of such reasonable expenses incurred by the board shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the special fund of the board described in Section 205. If the board has no such special fund, the moneys shall be paid to the State Treasurer. The amount of such reasonable expenses incurred by a local consumer affairs agency shall be paid to the general fund of the municipality or county which funds the local agency.
Cal. WIC § 14022.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 14022.1
Section 14022.1
Status: in_force

Any nursing facility or any category of intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled participating in the Medi-Cal program shall supply to the department full and complete information as to the identity (a) of each person having, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest of 10 percent or more in the facility, or, who is owner, in whole or part, of any mortgage, deed of trust, note, or other obligation secured, in whole or part, by the facility, or any of the property or assets of the facility, (b) in case a facility is organized as a corporation, of each officer and director of the corporation, and (c) in case a facility is organized as a partnership, of each partner; and shall promptly report any changes which would affect the current accuracy of the information so required to be supplied.
Cal. BPC § 12024.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 12024.3
Section 12024.3
Status: in_force

(a) For commodities prepackaged and sold or offered for sale on the same premises, a violation of Section 12024 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding one year, or by both, if any of the following occurs:

(1) The violation is willful.

(2) The total monetary value of the shortage, calculated on the basis of the average error of an individual lot, exceeds two dollars ($2), as determined pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12211.

(3) The total monetary value of shortages, calculated on the basis of the average error of each individual lot, as determined from a sample of packages selected pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12211, within all lots found to be in violation of Section 12024 at a single location, exceeds ten dollars ($10).

(b) For commodities prepackaged and sold or offered for sale on the same premises, a violation of Section 12024 is an infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), if the violation is of less monetary value than that specified in subdivision (a) and it is not willful.
Cal. FAC § 79430 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 27 / Article 2 / Section 79430
Section 79430
Status: in_force

“Nursery products” means any plant for planting, propagation, or ornamentation, but does not include flowers as defined in Section 77911 or grape rootstock as defined in Section 74718.
Cal. HSC § 32504 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 23.5 / Section 32504
Section 32504
Status: in_force

The trustee may in the name of the hospital grant, receive, and hold gifts of property, and sue and defend in relation to the trust property and all matters affecting the hospital.
Cal. HSC § 39037.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39037.1
Section 39037.1
Status: in_force

“Marine vessel” means any tugboat, tanker, freighter, passenger ship, barge, or other boat, ship, or watercraft, except those used primarily for recreation.
Cal. PUC § 22153 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 22153
Section 22153
Status: in_force

Each resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the county concerned. The board of supervisors may order it published in more than one newspaper. Publication shall be at least 20 days before the date of hearing. The publication of the resolution constitutes the notice of the hearing.
Cal. RTC § 7286.65 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1.7 / Chapter 2.95 / Section 7286.65
Section 7286.65
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, a joint powers authority formed pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code), the board may, by resolution and consistent with subdivision (b), submit to the voters of the Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara a regional measure proposing only a retail transactions and use tax, at a rate not to exceed 0.125 percent and in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of this code) and Article XIII C of the California Constitution, with net revenues from the tax to be used by the board for the operating and capital purposes of the Caltrain rail service.

(b) The measure shall only be submitted to the voters upon approval by the boards of supervisors of the Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, consistent with each county’s applicable procedures, and approval by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Mateo County Transit District, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority by a majority vote of each transportation entity’s governing board.

(c) The measure shall be approved if two-thirds of all of the voters voting on the measure approve it.

(d) The board may impose a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to subdivision (a) that, in combination with all taxes imposed in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251)), exceeds the limit established in Section 7251.1.
Cal. FAC § 61991 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 61991
Section 61991
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 61992, the director shall, prior to the formulation of a stabilization and marketing plan for market milk for any marketing area, conduct a public hearing in the area for the purpose of determining whether or not the formulation of a stabilization and marketing plan for market milk for such area is desired by producers whose major interest in the market milk business is in the production of market milk for the marketing area and that both:

(a) Represent not less than 65 percent of the total number of producers whose major interest in the market milk business is in the production of market milk for the marketing area.

(b) Produce not less than 65 percent of the total volume of the market milk produced for the marketing area by all such producers.
Cal. SHC § 27564 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 27564
Section 27564
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) Automatic vehicle identification systems when used for toll collection can speed up the flow of traffic at toll facilities and reduce collection costs.

(b) More than one system and technology is available.

(c) Currently, the department and the district operate toll bridges and other entities may soon operate toll roads or bridges.

(d) There are no permanent automatic vehicle identification systems for toll collection in the state at this time and none of the facility operators have selected a system or technology for future implementation.

(e) It is in the best interest of vehicle owners and operators that the automatic vehicle identification systems and technology used by all toll facility operators are compatible with one another.

(f) Compatible automatic vehicle identification systems can be selected for statewide use without requiring the purchase and installation from a single vendor or producer.
Cal. HSC § 34366 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 34366
Section 34366
Status: in_force

Any authority may submit to the Attorney General any bonds to be issued pursuant to this chapter after all proceedings for their issuance have been taken. Upon such submission the Attorney General shall examine into and pass upon the validity of the bonds and the regularity of all proceedings in connection with them. If the proceedings conform to this chapter and are otherwise regular in form and if the bonds when delivered and paid for will constitute binding and legal obligations of the authority enforceable according to their terms, the Attorney General shall certify in substance upon the back of each bond that it is issued in accordance with the Constitution and state laws.
Cal. RTC § 50127 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 26 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 50127
Section 50127
Status: in_force

The fees, commissions, and expenses are the obligation of the person required to pay any amount under this part and may be collected from the person by the warrant or in any other manner provided in this part for the collection of the fee.
Cal. LAB § 7687 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 7687
Section 7687
Status: in_force

If the inspection shows a tank or boiler to be in an unsafe or dangerous condition, the division may issue a preliminary order requiring such repairs or alterations to be made to it as are necessary to render it safe, and may order its use discontinued until the repairs or alterations are made or the dangerous or unsafe condition is remedied.
Cal. WAT § 74001 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 74001
Section 74001
Status: in_force

This division shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes and intent hereof.