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Cal. ELEC § 16203 — California Code / Code elec / Division 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 16203
Section 16203
Status: in_force

An election shall not be set aside on account of illegal votes, unless it appears that a number of illegal votes has been given to the person whose right to the office is contested or who has been certified as having tied for first place, which, if taken from him, would reduce the number of his legal votes below the number of votes given to some other person for the same office, after deducting therefrom the illegal votes which may be shown to have been given to that other person.
Cal. HSC § 78075 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 78075
Section 78075
Status: in_force

(a) “Hazardous substance” means:

(1) Any substance designated pursuant to Section 1321(b)(2)(A) of Title 33 of the United States Code.

(2) Any element, compound, mixture, solution, or substance designated pursuant to Section 102 of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9602).

(3) Any hazardous waste having the characteristics identified under or listed pursuant to Section 6921 of Title 42 of the United States Code, but not including any waste the regulation of which under the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.) has been suspended by act of Congress.

(4) Any toxic pollutant listed under Section 1317(a) of Title 33 of the United States Code.

(5) Any hazardous air pollutant listed under Section 7412 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(6) Any imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture with respect to which the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has taken action pursuant to Section 2606 of Title 15 of the United States Code.

(7) Any hazardous waste or extremely hazardous waste as defined by Sections 25117 and 25115, respectively, unless expressly excluded.

(b) “Hazardous substance” does not include:

(1) Petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction of crude oil that is not otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous substance in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a), and natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel (or mixtures of natural gas and synthetic gas usable for fuel).

(2) Ash produced by a resource recovery facility utilizing a municipal solid waste stream.

(3) Nontoxic, nonflammable, noncorrosive stormwater runoff drained from underground vaults, chambers, or manholes into gutters or storm sewers.
Cal. HSC § 1363.03 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 4 / Section 1363.03
Section 1363.03
Status: in_force

(a)  Every health care service plan that covers prescription drug benefits and that issues a card to enrollees for claims processing purposes shall issue to each of its enrollees a uniform card containing uniform prescription drug information. The uniform prescription drug information card shall, at a minimum, include the following information:

(1)  The name or logo of the benefit administrator or health care service plan issuing the card, which shall be displayed on the front side of the card.

(2)  The enrollee’s identification number, or the subscriber’s identification number when the enrollee is a dependent who accesses services using the subscriber’s identification number, which shall be displayed on the front side of the card.

(3)  A telephone number that pharmacy providers may call for assistance.

(4)  Information required by the benefit administrator or health care service plan that is necessary to commence processing the pharmacy claim, except as provided for in paragraph (5).

(5)  A health care service plan shall not be required to print any of the following information on a member card:

(A)  Any number that is the same for all of its members, provided that the health care service plan provides this number to the pharmacy on an annual basis.

(B)  Any information that may result in fraudulent use of the card.

(C)  Any information that is otherwise prohibited from being included on the card.

(b)  Beginning July 1, 2002, the new uniform prescription drug information card required by subdivision (a) shall be issued by a health care service plan to an enrollee upon enrollment or upon any change in the enrollee’s coverage that impacts the data content or format of the card.

(c)  Nothing in this section requires a health care service plan to issue a separate card for prescription drug coverage if the plan issues a card for health care coverage in general and the card is able to accommodate the information required by subdivision (a).

(d)  This bill shall not apply to a nonprofit health care service plan with at least 3.5 million enrollees that owns or operates its own pharmacies and that provides health care services to enrollees in a specific geographic area through a mutually exclusive contract with a single medical group.

(e)  “Card” as used in this section includes other technology that performs substantially the same function as a card.

(f)  For purposes of this section, if a health care service plan delegates responsibility for issuing the uniform prescription drug information card to a contractor or agent, then the contract between the health care service plan and its contractor or agent shall require compliance with this section.
Cal. BPC § 7029.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 7029.5
Section 7029.5
Status: in_force

Every C-36 plumbing contractor, C-45 sign contractor, and C-57 well-drilling contractor licensed under this chapter shall have displayed on each side of each motor vehicle used in his or her business, for which a commercial vehicle registration fee has been paid pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 9400) of Chapter 6 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code, his or her name, permanent business address, and contractor’s license number, all in letters and numerals not less than 1 1/2 inches high.

The identification requirements of this section shall also apply to any drill rig used for the drilling of water wells.

Failure to comply with this section constitutes a cause for disciplinary action.
Cal. VEH § 27158.1 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 27158.1
Section 27158.1
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing one year after the effective date of a regulation implementing the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 44150) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code), a legal owner or registered owner of a nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 14,000 pounds shall maintain a Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Compliance Certificate, as described in Section 44152 of the Health and Safety Code, or a facsimile or electronic copy of that certificate of compliance, with the vehicle for which the certificate is issued.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply when a Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Compliance Certificate is necessarily removed from the vehicle for the purpose of renewal or when the vehicle is left unattended.

(c) A violation of this section shall be cited in accordance with Section 40610.
Cal. PRC § 40201 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 40201
Section 40201
Status: in_force

“Transformation” means incineration, pyrolysis, distillation, or biological conversion other than composting. “Transformation” does not include composting, gasification, EMSW conversion, or biomass conversion.
Cal. BPC § 4054 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 4054
Section 4054
Status: in_force

Section 4051 shall not apply to a manufacturer or wholesaler that provides dialysis drugs and devices directly to patients.
Cal. HSC § 1416.77 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.35 / Article 5 / Section 1416.77
Section 1416.77
Status: in_force

The program may deny, or may suspend or revoke, a nursing home administrator license or participation in specific training program areas under this chapter upon any of the following grounds:

(a)  Misappropriation of funds or property of the facility, the patients, or of others.

(b)  Using fraud, deception, or misrepresentation in applying for the AIT Program, the examination for licensure, or any other program functions provided for in this chapter.

(c)  Procuring a nursing home license by fraud, deception, or misrepresentation.

(d)  Impersonating any applicant or acting as a proxy for an applicant in an examination.

(e)  Impersonating any licensed nursing home administrator.

(f)  Treating or attempting to treat any physical or mental condition without having a valid license to do so.

(g)  Violating Section 650 of the Business and Professions Code, any provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation of the program adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(h)  Lack of any qualification requirement for a license, participation in the AIT Program or preceptor program.

(i)  A pattern of failure to report changes under Section 1416.60 to the program without just cause.

(j)  Failure to comply with this chapter or the laws, rules, and regulations relating to health facilities.

(k)  The commission of any dishonest, corrupt, or fraudulent act or any act of physical or mental, including sexual, abuse of any person in connection with the administration of, or any patient in, a nursing home.

( l)  Violation by the licensee of any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.

(m)  Aiding, abetting, or conspiring with another person to violate provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.

(n)  Violation of the examination security agreement.
Cal. PUC § 11934 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 11934
Section 11934
Status: in_force

The board may consolidate any of the district offices in one person.
Cal. SHC § 22031 — California Code / Code shc / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 22031
Section 22031
Status: in_force

The board may establish rules and regulations relating to the planting, maintenance and removal of the said trees and may recommend to the city council the enactment of any ordinances the board deems necessary to protect such trees.
Cal. VEH § 26700 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Section 26700
Section 26700
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a passenger vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and every bus, motortruck or truck tractor, and every firetruck, fire engine or other fire apparatus, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be equipped with an adequate windshield.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any vehicle issued identification plates pursuant to Section 5004 which was not required to be equipped with a windshield at the time it was first sold or registered under the laws of this state, another state, or foreign jurisdiction.

(c) This section does not apply to an autonomous vehicle, as defined in Section 38750, that is not capable of operation with a human occupant in the vehicle, provided that this exemption is consistent with, or authorized by, any applicable federal law, regulation, or exemption thereto.
Cal. WAT § 8841 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 8841
Section 8841
Status: in_force

The approved map shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the land indicated on the map is situated.
Cal. PUC § 98170 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 4 / Section 98170
Section 98170
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following:

(a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed to them by this chapter.

(b) Refuse or fail to meet and negotiate in good faith with the district concerning any of the employees of which it is the exclusive representative.

(c) Refuse to participate in good faith in mutually agreed upon impasse procedures.
Cal. BPC § 1265.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 1265.3
Section 1265.3
Status: in_force

(a) On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall consult with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purpose described in subdivision (b).

(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, shall make a determination whether Section 1265.2 conforms to the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 as amended by Section 353 of the federal Public Health Service Act.

(2) If the department determines Section 1265.2 conforms to the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 as amended by Section 353 of the federal Public Health Service Act, it shall communicate this finding in a letter to the Legislature and to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. FAC § 6213 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 6213
Section 6213
Status: in_force

(a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included.

(b) It is a sufficient designation of the boundaries of a proposed district to recite that all the grape acreage in the county is to be included in the district, or that all the grape acreage in a designated area within the county is to be included in the district.

(c) If either designation is used, the outside boundary of the area so designated is the boundary of the district, and the district shall include all area within the outside boundary.
Cal. HSC § 44297 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Article 13 / Section 44297
Section 44297
Status: in_force

(a) The state board, acting within its existing authority, shall, at its first opportunity following January 1, 2005, revise the grant criteria and guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 44287 to incorporate projects described in subdivision (c).

(b) The guidelines may define eligible costs to include monitoring and verifying compliance with this article.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a project that meets either of the following criteria constitutes a heavy-duty fleet modernization project and thus is eligible for funding under the program, if it complies with the guidelines established by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a):

(1) Replaces an old engine or vehicle with a newer engine or vehicle certified to more stringent emissions standards than the engine or vehicle being replaced, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 44281.

(2) Provides the equivalent emission reductions as would be gained by a project that combines both of the following:

(A) The purchase of a new very low or zero-emission covered vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 44281.

(B) The replacement of an old engine or vehicle with a newer engine or vehicle certified to more stringent standards than the engine or vehicle being replaced, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 44281.

(d) In establishing guidelines pursuant to subdivision (a), the state board shall consider any existing heavy-duty fleet modernization program carried out by a district. The state board shall design a program that, to the extent feasible, includes fleet owners, independent truck owners, heavy-duty vehicle dealers, districts, and other participants it determines appropriate from existing local programs.

(e) The grants provided pursuant to this article shall provide moneys to offset the incremental cost of projects that reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM).

(f) The state board shall determine an appropriate weighted cost-effectiveness standard for projects intended to reduce particulate matter.
Cal. FGC § 13201 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 10 / Chapter 3 / Section 13201
Section 13201
Status: in_force

In establishing the appropriate programs or activities for this system, the department shall consider the following programs or activities:

(a) Freshwater fisheries activities.

(b) Marine fisheries activities.

(c) Wildlife management activities.

(d) Planning and environmental review.

(e) Law enforcement.

(f) Nongame and endangered species.

(g) General administration.
Cal. FAM § 6211 — California Code / Code fam / Division 10 / Part 1 / Section 6211
Section 6211
Status: in_force

“Domestic violence” is abuse perpetrated against any of the following persons:

(a) A spouse or former spouse.

(b) A cohabitant or former cohabitant, as defined in Section 6209.

(c) A person with whom the respondent is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship.

(d) A person with whom the respondent has had a child, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child of the female parent under the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12).

(e) A child of a party or a child who is the subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child to be protected.

(f) Any other person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree.
Cal. MVC § 810 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 810
Section 810
Status: in_force

In those instances where a financial obligation covered by this chapter is sold, any requirement to defer payments as specified in this chapter transfers to the purchaser of the obligation.
Cal. PRC § 21165 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 6 / Section 21165
Section 21165
Status: in_force

(a) When a project is to be carried out or approved by two or more public agencies, the determination of whether the project may have a significant effect on the environment shall be made by the lead agency, and that agency shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, the environmental impact report for the project, if a report is required by this division. In the event that a dispute arises as to which is the lead agency, any of the disputing public agencies, or in the case of a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065 the applicant for such project, may submit the question to the Office of Planning and Research, and the Office of Planning and Research shall designate, within 21 days of receiving the request, the lead agency, giving due consideration to the capacity of that agency to adequately fulfill the requirements of this division.

(b) For the purposes of this section, a “dispute” means a contested, active difference of opinion between two or more public agencies as to which of those agencies shall prepare any necessary environmental document. A dispute exists where each of those agencies claims that it either has or does not have the obligation to prepare that environmental document. The Office of Planning and Research shall not designate a lead agency in the absence of such a dispute.
Cal. PRC § 26014 — California Code / Code prc / Division 16 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 26014
Section 26014
Status: in_force

When the principal of and interest on bonds of the authority issued to finance or refund the cost of a particular project for a participating party shall have been fully paid and retired or when adequate provision shall have been made for the payment and retirement of the same, and all other conditions of the resolution, indenture, or agreement authorizing and securing the same shall have been satisfied and the lien of such resolution, indenture, or agreement shall have been released in accordance with the provisions thereof, the authority is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the authority, to execute such deeds and conveyances as are necessary or required to convey title to such project to such participating party.
Cal. BPC § 8536 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 8536
Section 8536
Status: in_force

No manufacturer, his or her agents or employees, nor any person who is a consultant of or connected with any manufacturer, shall be appointed to the board.
Cal. BPC § 2565 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 3 / Section 2565
Section 2565
Status: in_force

The amount of fees prescribed in connection with the registration of dispensing ophthalmic businesses shall be as set forth in this section.

(a) The application and registration fee shall be a minimum of five hundred dollars ($500) and shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600).

(b) The biennial renewal fee shall be a minimum of three hundred dollars ($300) and shall not exceed four hundred dollars ($400).

(c) The delinquency fee shall be a minimum of fifty dollars ($50) and shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75).

(d) The fee for replacement of a lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

(e) The California State Board of Optometry may periodically revise and fix by regulation the fees specified in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), and these revised fees shall not exceed the reasonable regulatory cost.
Cal. FAM § 3132 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 3132
Section 3132
Status: in_force

In performing the functions described in Sections 3130 and 3131, the district attorney shall act on behalf of the court and shall not represent any party to the custody proceedings.
Cal. HSC § 18870.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.3 / Chapter 7 / Section 18870.3
Section 18870.3
Status: in_force

(a)  Funds collected by the department pursuant to this part shall be deposited into the Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks Revolving Fund established pursuant to Section 18502.5. Moneys deposited in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation, to the department for expenditure in carrying out the provisions of this part and Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200). The department shall, by January 1, 2003, establish procedures that permit the identification of revenues received by the fund and expenditures paid out of the fund as they relate to mobilehome parks and special occupancy parks.

(b)  Notwithstanding any maximum fees set by this part, the department may set, by regulation, fees charged by the department for all permits and for the department’s activities required by this part. The fees shall be set with the primary objective that the aggregate revenue deposited in the Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks Revolving Fund by or on behalf of special occupancy parks shall not, on an annual basis, exceed the costs of the department’s activities mandated by this part.

(c)  No proposed increase in fees may be effective any sooner than 45 days after written notification thereof is provided to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the State Auditor. Upon receipt of the notification, the State Auditor may prepare a report to the Legislature that indicates whether the proposed increase is appropriate and consistent with this part.

(d)  The total money contained in the Mobilehome Parks and Special Occupancy Parks Revolving Fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of money needed for the department’s operating expenses for one year for the enforcement of this part and Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200). If the total money contained in the fund exceeds this amount, the department shall make appropriate reductions in the schedule of fees authorized by this section, Section 18502.5, or both.