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Cal. HSC § 9630 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 9630
Section 9630
Status: in_force

Floor slabs placed on earth shall be constructed of reinforced concrete designed by a licensed structural or civil engineer to include control joints at appropriate intervals to minimize cracks as well as appropriate vapor and moisture barriers as specified by a licensed geotechnical engineer.
Cal. FGC § 13220 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 10.5 / Section 13220
Section 13220
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 13230, the money in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, commencing with the 2005–06 fiscal year, is available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for all of the following purposes:

(a) To the department for payment of refunds of sums determined by it to have been erroneously deposited in the fund, including, but not limited to, money received or collected in payment of fees, licenses, permits, taxes, fines, forfeitures, or services.

(b) To the department for expenditure in accordance with law for the payment of all necessary expenses incurred in carrying out this code and any other laws for the protection and preservation of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

(c) To the commission for expenditure in accordance with law for the payment of the compensation and expenses of the commissioners and employees of the commission.
Cal. PEN § 13 — California Code / Code pen / Section 13
Section 13
Status: in_force

Whenever in this Code the punishment for a crime is left undetermined between certain limits, the punishment to be inflicted in a particular case must be determined by the Court authorized to pass sentence, within such limits as may be prescribed by this Code.
Cal. WAT § 39010 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39010
Section 39010
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
Cal. RTC § 19175 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 19175
Section 19175
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the penalty imposed by Section 19183 (relating to failure to file information returns), if any person or entity fails to report amounts paid as remuneration for personal services as required under Section 13050 of the Unemployment Insurance Code or Section 18631 on the date prescribed therefor (determined with regard to any extension of time for filing), that person or entity may be liable for a penalty determined under subdivision (b).

(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), the amount determined under this subdivision is the maximum rate under Section 17041 multiplied by the unreported amounts paid as remuneration for personal services.

(c) The penalty imposed by subdivision (a) shall be assessed against that person or entity required to file a return under Section 13050 of the Unemployment Insurance Code or Section 18631.

(d) Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of this chapter (relating to deficiency assessments) shall not apply with respect to the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subdivision (a).

(e) The penalty imposed under subdivision (a) shall be in lieu of the penalty imposed under Section 13052.5 of the Unemployment Insurance Code (relating to unreported compensation). In the event that a penalty is imposed under this section and Section 13052.5 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, only the penalty imposed under Section 13052.5 of the Unemployment Insurance Code shall apply.
Cal. WAT § 23283 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 23283
Section 23283
Status: in_force

A district may issue bonds if required by the contract or without a contract.
Cal. HSC § 112545 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 7 / Section 112545
Section 112545
Status: in_force

The director shall publish and declare reasonable regulations as are consistent with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter providing for adequate cleanliness and sanitation to protect public health.
Cal. FAM § 7647.5 — California Code / Code fam / Division 12 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 1.5 / Section 7647.5
Section 7647.5
Status: in_force

A guardian ad litem may be appointed for the child to represent the best interests of the child in an action brought pursuant to this article.
Cal. ELEC § 9122 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 9122
Section 9122
Status: in_force

If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of the county. The ordinance shall be considered as adopted upon the date the vote is declared by the board of supervisors, and shall go into effect 10 days after that date.
Cal. HSC § 114351 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 114351
Section 114351
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 114095, a warewashing sink may be shared by no more than four temporary food facilities that handle nonprepackaged food if the sink is centrally located and is adjacent to the sharing facilities.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), based on the number and types of utensils used, the local enforcement agency may allow up to eight temporary food facilities to share a warewashing sink when easily accessible and located within 100 feet of each temporary food facility.

(c) Based on local environmental conditions, location, and similar factors, the local enforcement agency may, in lieu of a warewashing sink, allow a temporary food facility operating no more than four hours per day at a single event to provide an adequate supply of utensils and spare utensils when they have been properly washed and sanitized at an approved food facility and are stored and kept free of becoming soiled or contaminated.
Cal. PRC § 9545 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 9545
Section 9545
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 9546, the county shall pay any and all costs attributable to the conduct of district elections and shall be reimbursed for such expenditure the following year by a special assessment levied and collected in the same manner as regular assessments pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 9501), except that the limitations set forth in Section 9505 shall not apply to such assessment.
Cal. PUC § 12820 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 12820
Section 12820
Status: in_force

(a) A district may employ a suitable security force. The employees of the district that are designated by the general manager as security officers shall have the authority and powers conferred by subdivision (a) of Section 830.34 of the Penal Code upon peace officers. The district shall adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code.

(b) Every security officer employed by a district shall conform to the standards for peace officers of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Any officer who fails to conform to these standards shall not continue to have the powers of a security officer.
Cal. HSC § 16002 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 16002
Section 16002
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. RTC § 452 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 452
Section 452
Status: in_force

(a) For the assessment year beginning in 1968 and each assessment year thereafter, the board shall prescribe in detail the content of property statements, including the specific wording, to be used by all assessors in the several counties, and cities and counties, and shall notify assessors of those specifications no later than the August 31 prior to the tax lien date on which they become effective. Each assessor shall incorporate the specifications on the exact form the assessor proposes to use and submit that form to the board for approval prior to use. The property statement shall not include any question that is not germane to the assessment function.

(b) (1) For property statements to be filed in the 2008 assessment year and each assessment year thereafter, the board shall prescribe that the property statement also include the following:

(A) A brief statement noting the obligation to pay use tax on taxable purchases for which sales tax was not applicable.

(B) Information regarding payment of use tax, which information may be limited to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration’s phone number and an internet website address at which specific information and forms for use tax payment may be obtained.

(C) A statement advising the taxpayer that information provided on a property statement may be shared with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

(2) The board shall implement paragraph (1) in a manner that does not increase local costs.
Cal. WIC § 5771.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 5771.1
Section 5771.1
Status: repealed

[Repealed (in Sec. 33) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 34.   (SB 326)   Effective October 12, 2023.   Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.]
(a) The members of the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission established pursuant to Section 5845 are members of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council.

(b) These members serve in an ex officio capacity when the council is performing its statutory duties pursuant to Section 5772.

(c) This membership does not affect the composition requirements for the council specified in Section 5771.

(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026, if amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.

[Amended (as amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 33) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 243, Sec. 11.   (SB 862)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.    Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.    See later operative version added by Sec. 34 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 790.]
(a) The members of the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission established pursuant to Section 5845 are members of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. They serve in an ex officio capacity when the council is performing its statutory duties pursuant to Section 5772. This membership does not affect the composition requirements for the council specified in Section 5771.

(b) If amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election, this section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
Cal. ELEC § 15400 — California Code / Code elec / Division 15 / Chapter 5 / Section 15400
Section 15400
Status: in_force

(a) It is the ministerial and nondiscretionary duty of the governing body to declare elected or nominated to each office voted on at each election under its jurisdiction the person having the highest number of votes for that office, or who was elected or nominated under the exceptions noted in Section 15452.

(b) It is the ministerial and nondiscretionary duty of the governing board to declare the results of each election under its jurisdiction as to each measure voted on at the election.
Cal. FAC § 72133.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 72133.5
Section 72133.5
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall terminate the commission at the end of the current marketing season if requested in writing, within a 90-day period, by at least 51 percent of the eligible producers who are directly affected and who produce at least 51 percent of the volume of the product.

(b) The person or persons originating the request shall file a written notice with the director in a manner that establishes the date a request is initiated. Any person may withdraw his or her name for the petition requesting the termination prior to the time the request is presented to the director. The signatures to the petition requesting the termination need not all be appended to one sheet of paper. Each person signing the petition shall add to his or her signature his or her place of business, giving the street and number. If no street and number exist, then a designation of the place of business shall be given which will enable the location to be readily ascertained.

(c) The petition shall bear a copy of the notice of intention. Signatures shall be secured within the time limit specified in this section.
Cal. HSC § 1276.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 1276.1
Section 1276.1
Status: in_force

In setting personnel standards for licensed health facilities pursuant to Section 1276, the department may set such standards itself or may adopt them by reference to named standard-setting organizations. If the department adopts standards for a category of health personnel by reference to a specified organization, the department shall either:

(a)  List in the regulation the education, training, experience, examinations, or other requirements set by the specified organization; or

(b)  Retain on file and available for public inspection a listing of the education, training, experience, examinations, or other requirements set by the specified organization; or

(c)  Have direct statutory authority or requirement to use the standards of the specified organization.
Cal. PROB § 6204 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 6204
Section 6204
Status: in_force

“Trustee” means both the person so designated in a California statutory will and any other person acting at any time as the trustee under a California statutory will.
Cal. FGC § 1354 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 1354
Section 1354
Status: in_force

The board may authorize the acquisition of such lands or rights in land as may be necessary for the purpose of furnishing public access to lands or waters open to the public for fishing, hunting and shooting. The board may authorize such acquisition by the department.
Cal. WIC § 4659.17 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 5 / Article 2.6 / Section 4659.17
Section 4659.17
Status: in_force

When the department or regional center has perfected a lien upon a judgment or award in favor of a child eligible for the California Early Intervention Program or a consumer against any third party for an injury for which the consumer has received services pursuant to this division, the department or the regional center shall be entitled to a writ of execution as lien claimant to enforce payment of the lien against the third party with interest and other accruing costs as in the case of other executions. In the event the amount of the judgment or award so recovered has been paid to the child or consumer, the department or the regional center shall be entitled to a writ of execution against the child or consumer to the extent of the department’s or the regional center’s lien, with interest and other accruing costs as in the case of other executions.
Cal. PUC § 99217 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 99217
Section 99217
Status: in_force

“Urbanized area” means such an area as defined by Section 101 of Title 23 of the United States Code.
Cal. WAT § 79065.6 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 79065.6
Section 79065.6
Status: in_force

The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, may be used by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency to pay the state’s share of the costs of flood management projects authorized by the United States to improve the level of flood protection in the state capital region.
Cal. BPC § 7591.10 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.6 / Article 2 / Section 7591.10
Section 7591.10
Status: in_force

(a) The director may deny a license, certificate, or registration regulated by this chapter on the grounds that the applicant has done any of the following:

(1) Knowingly made a false statement of fact required to be revealed in the application for a license.

(2) Been convicted of a crime. A conviction within the meaning of this section means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere. Any action which the bureau is permitted to take following the establishment of a conviction may be taken when the time for appeal has elapsed, or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal, or when an order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code.

(3) Done any act involving dishonesty, fraud, or deceit with the intent to substantially benefit himself, herself, or another, or to substantially injure another.

(4) Done any act which if done by a licensee would be grounds for suspension or revocation of a license.

(5) Done any act without a license for which a license is required under this chapter.

(6) Been refused a license under this chapter or had a license revoked.

(7) Been an officer, partner, member, manager, or qualified manager of any person who has been refused a license under this chapter or whose license has been suspended or revoked.

The bureau may deny a license, certificate, or registration pursuant to this section only if the crime or act is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the license, certificate, or registration for which application has been made.

The denial of a license, certificate, or registration shall be in writing and shall describe the basis for the denial. The denial shall inform the applicant that if he or she desires a review by the disciplinary review committee the review shall be requested within 30 days of the issuance of the denial. A review shall be held pursuant to the provisions of Section 7591.19.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no person shall be denied a license, certificate, or registration solely on the basis that he or she has been convicted of a felony, if he or she has obtained a certificate of rehabilitation pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 4852.01) of Title 6 of Part 3 of the Penal Code, or solely on the basis that he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor, if he or she has met all applicable requirements of the criteria of rehabilitation as provided in Section 7591.12.
Cal. PUC § 21402 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 21402
Section 21402
Status: in_force

The ownership of the space above the land and waters of this State is vested in the several owners of the surface beneath, subject to the right of flight described in Section 21403. No use shall be made of such airspace which would interfere with such right of flight; provided, that any use of property in conformity with an original zone of approach of an airport shall not be rendered unlawful by reason of a change in such zone of approach.
Cal. COM § 11212 — California Code / Code com / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 11212
Section 11212
Status: in_force

If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment order that it is obliged by express agreement to accept, the bank is liable for breach of the agreement to the extent provided in the agreement or in this division, but does not otherwise have any duty to accept a payment order or, before acceptance, to take any action, or refrain from taking action, with respect to the order except as provided in this division or by express agreement. Liability based on acceptance arises only when acceptance occurs as stated in Section 11209, and liability is limited to that provided in this division. A receiving bank is not the agent of the sender or beneficiary of the payment order it accepts, or of any other party to the funds transfer, and the bank owes no duty to any party to the funds transfer except as provided in this division or by express agreement.
Cal. INS § 1394 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 1394
Section 1394
Status: in_force

Subscribers liable to assessment under this article shall pay the same without offsetting any claim for unearned premiums or losses payable to or for the account of the subscriber.
Cal. PRC § 35103 — California Code / Code prc / Division 26 / Chapter 1 / Section 35103
Section 35103
Status: in_force

“Authority” means the Santa Clara Valley Open-Space Authority created pursuant to this division in the County of Santa Clara.
Cal. FIN § 5801 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 5801
Section 5801
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person may become a savings and loan holding company, or thereafter register under Section 5804, unless the commissioner approves a completed application. The application shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, contain the following information and any additional information that the commissioner may determine by regulation or by written instructions to be necessary or appropriate to preserve the public interest, the integrity of the state’s savings association system, and to protect the interests of savings account holders, borrowers, and stockholders resident in this state:

(1) The identity, experience, and financial and managerial resources of each acquiring person by whom or on whose behalf the application is made.

(2) The terms, conditions, and method of any proposed acquisition, including copies of all tender offers used or to be used in connection with any proposed acquisition of capital stock.

(3) The source, kind, and amount of the consideration used or to be used in making the acquisition, and, if any part of the consideration has been or is to be borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of making the acquisition, a description of the transaction and the names of all participating persons.

(4) Any plans or proposals that any acquiring person may have to liquidate or convert the association or savings and loan holding company, to sell its assets or merge it with any company, to change the number of its employees in this state or the terms and conditions of their employment, or to make any other substantial change in its business, corporate structure, management or employees upon becoming a holding company.

(5) The names of those officers and directors that the acquiring person proposes to install in any change of managements, and for each of those officers and directors a financial statement, a description of experience in savings association related matters, and a statement as to whether the officer or director ever has been found guilty of misrepresentation, fraud, or financial misdealings.

(6) If any tender offer, request or invitation for tenders or other agreement to acquire control is proposed to be made by means of a registration statement under the federal Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or in circumstances requiring the disclosure of similar information under the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or in an application filed with the Office of Thrift Supervision or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation requiring similar disclosure, that registration statement or application may be filed with the commissioner in lieu of the requirements of this section.

(b) The commissioner may exempt any transaction from the operation of this section if the commissioner determines that regulation of the transaction is not necessary or appropriate.