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Cal. WAT § 8162 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 8162
Section 8162
Status: in_force

From and after the date of transfer such flood control district is solely liable for the payment of the principal upon the general obligation bonds of any such drainage improvement district and upon bonds of such district secured by and payable out of a fund derived from specific or direct assessments which are a lien upon particular parcels of land, issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and for the payment of interest upon the bonded debt of any such drainage district represented by coupons maturing subsequent to the date of transfer.
Cal. ELEC § 14253 — California Code / Code elec / Division 14 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 14253
Section 14253
Status: in_force

In the event that the precinct board determines that persistent challenging of voters is resulting in a delay of voting sufficient to cause voters to forego voting because of insufficient time or for fear of unwarranted intimidation, the board shall discontinue all challenges, and so note on the roster.
Cal. VEH § 38090 — California Code / Code veh / Division 16.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 38090
Section 38090
Status: in_force

If any identification certificate or identification plate or device is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued, as shown by the records of the department, shall immediately make application for and may, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the department, obtain a duplicate or substitute or a new identification under a new number, as determined to be most advisable by the department. An application for a duplicate identification certificate is not required in conjunction with any other application.
Cal. FAM § 9328 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 9328
Section 9328
Status: in_force

(a) At the hearing the court shall examine the parties, or the counsel of any party not present in person.

(b) If the court is satisfied that the adoption will be in the best interests of the persons seeking the adoption and in the public interest and that there is no reason why the petition should not be granted, the court shall approve the adoption agreement and make an order of adoption declaring that the person adopted is the child of the adoptive parent. Otherwise, the court shall withhold approval of the agreement and deny the petition.

(c) In determining whether or not the adoption of any person pursuant to this part is in the best interests of the persons seeking the adoption or the public interest, the court may consider evidence, oral or written, whether or not it is in conformity with the Evidence Code.
Cal. SHC § 19184 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 19184
Section 19184
Status: in_force

The special tax shall be levied, computed, entered, collected, and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, by the same persons and with the same penalties and priority of lien as other taxes for county purposes and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund of the district and shall be used only for the payment of the expenses of the district.
Cal. FAC § 3332.6 — California Code / Code fac / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 3332.6
Section 3332.6
Status: in_force

The California Exposition and State Fair may enter into a joint powers agreement with a joint powers authority created pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code for the purpose of planning, designing, and constructing real property improvements, including new construction, alteration, extension, betterment, and repair, and the purchase of fixed and movable equipment. The planning, designing, and constructing of these improvements shall be undertaken in accordance only with those restrictions applicable to the joint powers authority.
Cal. BPC § 2060 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 2060
Section 2060
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter applies to any practitioner located outside this state, when in actual consultation, whether within this state or across state lines, with a licensed practitioner of this state, or when an invited guest of the California Medical Association or the California Podiatric Medical Association, or one of their component county societies, or of an approved medical or podiatric medical school or college for the sole purpose of engaging in professional education through lectures, clinics, or demonstrations, if he or she is, at the time of the consultation, lecture, or demonstration a licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed doctor of podiatric medicine in the state or country in which he or she resides. This practitioner shall not open an office, appoint a place to meet patients, receive calls from patients within the limits of this state, give orders, or have ultimate authority over the care or primary diagnosis of a patient who is located within this state.
Cal. FAC § 74825 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.7 / Article 2 / Section 74825
Section 74825
Status: in_force

“Grape concentrate” or “concentrate” means unfermented grape juice from which the major portion of the original water content has been removed.
Cal. RTC § 6814 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 7 / Section 6814
Section 6814
Status: in_force

(a) The obligation of the successor shall be enforced by serving a notice of successor liability on the person. The notice shall be served in the manner prescribed for service of a notice of a deficiency determination, not later than three years after the date the board is notified of the purchase of the business or stock of goods. The successor may petition for reconsideration in the manner provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 6561) of Chapter 5 of this part. The notice shall become final and the amount due and payable in the manner provided in that article except that no additional penalty shall apply if not paid when due and payable. The provisions of this chapter with respect to the collection of any amount required to be paid under this part shall apply when the notice becomes final.

(b) (1) If the board finds that a successor’s failure to withhold a sufficient amount of the purchase price to cover the amount owed by the former owner is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the successor’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of willful neglect, the successor may be relieved of any penalty included in the notice of successor liability.

(2) Any successor seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the board a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which he or she bases his or her claim for relief.
Cal. FAC § 10496 — California Code / Code fac / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 10496
Section 10496
Status: in_force

(a) An owner who fails to achieve eradication of brucellosis in his or her herd is responsible for the costs of maintaining the required testing schedule after 24 months from the date of an order to hold issued by the director pursuant to Section 9565. Evidence of eradication shall consist of a release from a hold issued by the director pursuant to Section 9567.

(b) If the director requires an infected herd to be officially adult vaccinated to control the spread of the disease, the time interval provided in subdivision (a) shall be extended from 24 to 28 months.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), the owner of a herd which, on the effective date of this section, is under an order to hold, issued by the director prior to that effective date, shall be subject to this section 24 months from that effective date or 28 months from that effective date for officially adult vaccinated herds.

(d) This section shall not apply to the owner of a herd that has been granted a continuation of indemnity payments as provided by Section 10406.5.
Cal. WAT § 33160 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 33160
Section 33160
Status: in_force

The surviving district contains an improvement district, designated “Storm Water Unit,” which consists of land in the storm water district at the time of the merger plus inclusions, and less exclusions, of land thereafter made pursuant to law.
Cal. WAT § 1227.2 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.6 / Section 1227.2
Section 1227.2
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), any use for which a statement is submitted to the board pursuant to Section 1227.1 has a priority for the appropriation of water as of the date of initial use of the water, except that all permits and licenses issued by the board on applications, including those filed by the department pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 6, filed prior to July 1, 1984, have priority over any water right claimed by the United States pursuant to this article. Any use for which a statement is required shall be subject to Article 3 (commencing with Section 11460) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 6, in a like manner as the Central Valley Project.

(b) The scope of any appropriative right recognized pursuant to this article, including terms and conditions judged necessary by the board to best develop, conserve, and utilize the appropriated water in the public interest, shall be determined when that scope is at issue in any of the following proceedings:

(1) A proceeding upon an application, permit, or license of another, pursuant to this part, where the United States is a protestant or interested party.

(2) A proceeding to determine all rights to water of a stream system pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2500) of Part 3.

(3) A general adjudication of water rights commenced in the courts of this state.

(4) A proceeding to determine whether the board should commence an action pursuant to Section 1052, whether the United States is a complainant or a respondent.

(5) A proceeding under Section 275 and rules of the board in implementation thereof, whether the United States is a complainant or a respondent.

(c) The board shall, following any determination pursuant to subdivision (b), issue evidence of the scope of the right so determined; provided, that in no event, either prior or subsequent to the determination, shall the right exceed the amount of water that may be reasonably used without waste and under reasonable methods of use and diversion.
Cal. RTC § 17952 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 11 / Section 17952
Section 17952
Status: in_force

For purposes of computing “taxable income of a nonresident or part-year resident” under paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) of Section 17041, income of nonresidents from stocks, bonds, notes, or other intangible personal property is not income from sources within this state unless the property has acquired a business situs in this state, except that if a nonresident buys or sells such property in this state or places orders with brokers in this state to buy or sell such property so regularly, systematically, and continuously as to constitute doing business in this state, the profit or gain derived from such activity is income from sources within this state irrespective of the situs of the property.
Cal. RTC § 18621.9 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 18621.9
Section 18621.9
Status: in_force

(a) If an income tax return preparer prepared more than 100 timely original individual income tax returns that were filed during any calendar year that began on and after January 1, 2003, and if in the current calendar year that income tax preparer prepares one or more acceptable individual income tax returns using tax preparation software, then, for that calendar year and for each subsequent calendar year thereafter, all acceptable individual income tax returns prepared by that income tax preparer shall be filed using electronic technology, as defined in Section 18621.5.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Income tax preparer” means a person that meets both of the following:

(A) Any person that prepares, in exchange for compensation, or who employs another person to prepare, in exchange for compensation, any return for the tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) (hereafter Part 10). A person that only performs those acts described in clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 7701(a)(36)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the preparation of a return for the tax imposed by Part 10, is not an income tax preparer for purposes of this section or for purposes of Section 19170.

(B) Any person that prepares returns for the tax imposed by Part 10 that is also required, by this article, to include an identification number on any return prepared by that tax preparer for the tax imposed by Part 10.

(2) “Original individual income tax return” means any return that is required, by Section 18501, to be made with respect to the tax imposed by Part 10. For purposes of subdivision (a), a “timely” original individual tax return means any original individual tax return that is filed, without regard to extensions, during the calendar year for which that tax return is required to be filed.

(3) “Acceptable individual income tax return” means any original individual tax return that is authorized by the Franchise Tax Board to be filed using electronic technology, as defined in Section 18621.5. For purposes of this section, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to any rule, notice, or guideline issued by the Franchise Tax Board that identifies a tax return as an acceptable individual income tax return.

(4) “Tax preparation software” means any computer software program intended for accounting, tax return preparation, or tax compliance.

(c) Subdivision (a) shall cease to apply to an income tax preparer if, during the previous calendar year, that income tax preparer prepared no more than 25 original individual income tax returns.

(d) (1) This section applies to acceptable individual income tax returns required to be filed on and after January 1, 2004.

(2) This section may not be interpreted to require electronic filing of acceptable individual income tax returns that are required to be filed before January 1, 2004.
Cal. PRC § 26017 — California Code / Code prc / Division 16 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 26017
Section 26017
Status: in_force

The authority, no later than March 31 of each year, shall submit to the Legislature a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year ending December 31. Such report shall include (a) a listing of the applications received, (b) a listing of the applications accepted for financing, (c) a specification of bonds sold, interest rates thereon, and whether bond sales were pursuant to public bid or were negotiated, (d) a specification of the amount of bonds authorized but currently unsold, (e) a projection of the authority’s needs and requirements for the coming year, and (f) a report of revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year.
Cal. HSC § 9600 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 9600
Section 9600
Status: in_force

No mausoleum or columbarium shall be constructed and no existing building or structure shall be altered for use as a mausoleum or columbarium unless the entire building or structure, including any portion to be used for any other purpose, is in conformity with the minimum requirements set forth in this chapter. Any addition to or alteration of any existing mausoleum or columbarium shall conform to the minimum requirements set forth in this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 32121.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 23 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 32121.3
Section 32121.3
Status: in_force

(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district, or any affiliated nonprofit corporation upon a finding by the board of directors of the district that it will be in the best interests of the public health of the communities served by the district and in order to obtain a licensed physician and surgeon to practice in the communities served by the district, may do any of the following:

(1)  Guarantee to a physician and surgeon a minimum income for a period of no more than three years from the opening of the physician and surgeon’s practice.

(2)  Guarantee purchases of necessary equipment by the physician and surgeon.

(3)  Provide reduced rental rates of office space in any building owned or leased by the district or any of its affiliated entities, or subsidize rental payments for office space in any other buildings, for a term of no more than three years.

(4)  Provide other incentives to a physician and surgeon in exchange for consideration and upon terms and conditions the hospital district’s board of directors deems reasonable and appropriate.

(b)  Any provision in a contract between a physician and surgeon and a hospital district or affiliated nonprofit corporation is void which does any of the following:

(1)  Imposes as a condition any requirement that the patients of the physician and surgeon, or a quota of the patients of the physician and surgeon, only be admitted to a specified hospital.

(2)  Restricts the physician and surgeon from establishing staff privileges at, referring patients to, or generating business for another entity.

(3)  Provides payment or other consideration to the physician and surgeon for the physician and surgeon’s referral of patients to the district hospital or an affiliated nonprofit corporation.

(c)  Contracts between a physician and surgeon and a hospital district or affiliated nonprofit corporation that provide an inducement for the physician and surgeon to practice in the community served by the district hospital shall contain both of the following:

(1)  A provision which requires the inducement to be repaid with interest if the inducement is repayable.

(2)  A provision which states that no payment or other consideration shall be made for the referral of patients to the district hospital or an affiliated nonprofit corporation.

(d)  To the extent that this section conflicts with Section 650 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 650 of the Business and Professions Code shall supersede this section.

(e)  The Legislature finds that this section is necessary to assist district hospitals to attract qualified physicians and surgeons to practice in the communities served by these hospitals, and that the health and welfare of the residents in these communities require these provisions.
Cal. HSC § 100863 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 100863
Section 100863
Status: in_force

The department shall appoint a multidisciplinary committee to assist, advise, and make recommendations regarding technical, scientific, and administrative matters concerning the accreditation or certification of environmental laboratories. Appointments to the committee shall be made from lists of nominees solicited by the department, and shall provide adequate representation of interested parties and environmental laboratories subject to this chapter. Subcommittees of the committee may be appointed consisting of committee members and other persons having particular knowledge of a subject area, for the purpose of assisting the department on special problems and making recommendations to the committee for consideration in the establishment of rules and regulations. The department shall determine the terms of office of appointees to the committee and any subcommittee. Members of the committee and of any subcommittee shall serve without compensation and shall pay their own expenses incurred as a result of attending meetings or engaging in any other activity pursuant to this section.
Cal. INS § 785 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 6.3 / Section 785
Section 785
Status: in_force

(a) All insurers, brokers, agents, and others engaged in the transaction of insurance owe a prospective insured who is 65 years of age or older, a duty of honesty, good faith, and fair dealing. This duty is in addition to any other duty, whether express or implied, that may exist.

(b) Conduct of an insurer, broker, or agent, or other person engaged in the transaction of insurance, during the offer and sale of a policy or certificate previous to the purchase is relevant to any action alleging a breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.

(c) Except where explicitly provided to the contrary, this article shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) Medicare supplement insurance as defined in subdivision (m) of Section 10192.4.

(2) Long-term care insurance as defined in Section 10231.2.

(3) Disability coverage provided through the insured’s employer or former employer.

(4) Disability insurance policies or certificates principally designed to provide coverage for accidents or expenses incurred while traveling if the premium for the policy or certificate is ten dollars ($10) or less.

(5) Blanket disability insurance as defined in Section 10270.3.

(6) Credit disability insurance as defined in Section 779.2.

(7) Accidental death insurance.

(8) Until January 1, 2002, disability policies or certificates that are sold through direct response methods of delivery.

(9) Disability income insurance as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 799.01.

(d) Provided that the requirements of Section 10296 are met, this article shall not apply to transportation ticket policies and baggage insurance policy types allowable for sale by travel agents pursuant to Section 1753.
Cal. BPC § 4341 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 20 / Section 4341
Section 4341
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prescription drugs or devices may be advertised if the advertisement conforms with the requirements of Section 651.
Cal. FGC § 10840 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 10840
Section 10840
Status: in_force

The California Sea Otter Game Refuge consists of and includes the following:

All that portion of Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties between Carmel River on the north and Santa Rosa Creek on the south, lying west of the Monterey-Cambria Pines Highway, also known as California Highway No. 1.
Cal. HSC § 104336 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 104336
Section 104336
Status: in_force

The University of California may establish a spinal cord injury research fund, independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private funds for the purpose of implementing this chapter.
Cal. INS § 25 — California Code / Code ins / Section 25
Section 25
Status: in_force

“Nonadmitted,” in relation to a person, means not entitled to transact insurance business in this State, whether by reason of failure to comply with conditions precedent thereto, or by reason of inability so to comply.
Cal. WAT § 1610 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 1610
Section 1610
Status: in_force

If the determination of the board as to completion is favorable to the permittee, the board shall issue a license which confirms the right to the appropriation of such an amount of water as has been determined to have been applied to beneficial use.
Cal. WAT § 35175 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 35175
Section 35175
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the manner in which elections are conducted in the Irvine Ranch Water District. For purposes of this chapter, “district” means the Irvine Ranch Water District. In all other respects, the district shall continue to be operated, managed, and governed as a California water district in accordance with this division and other applicable provisions of law.