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Cal. PUC § 90951 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 8 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 90951
Section 90951
Status: in_force

The ordinance together with a notice fixing the time and place for hearing thereon shall be published in the district pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. A copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the secretary of the district. The time fixed for hearing shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the ordinance.
Cal. WAT § 33105 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 33105
Section 33105
Status: in_force

This part shall be given a liberal construction for the purpose of sustaining any and all proceedings taken hereunder.
Cal. BPC § 2954.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6.6 / Article 3.5 / Section 2954.5
Section 2954.5
Status: in_force

(a) Effective January 1, 2026, an applicant for registration as a research psychoanalyst, as a condition of licensure, shall complete a minimum of six contact hours of coursework or applied experience in aging and long-term care, which may include, but is not limited to, the biological, social, and psychological aspects of aging. This coursework shall include instruction on the assessment and reporting of, as well as treatment related to, elder and dependent adult abuse and neglect.

(b) In order to satisfy the coursework requirement of this section, the applicant shall submit to the board a transcript indicating completion of this coursework. In the absence of this coursework title in the transcript, the applicant shall submit a written certification from the registrar, department chair, or training director of the educational institution or program from which the applicant graduated stating that the coursework required by this section is included within the institution’s required curriculum for graduation at the time the applicant graduated, or within the coursework, that was completed by the applicant.

(c) (1) If an applicant does not have coursework pursuant to this section, the applicant may obtain evidence of compliance as part of their applied experience in a practicum, internship, or other qualifying supervised professional experience.

(2) To satisfy the applied experience requirement of this section, the applicant shall submit to the board a written certification from the director of training for the program or primary supervisor where the qualifying experience occurred stating that the training required by this section is included within the applied experience.

(d) If an applicant does not meet the curriculum or coursework requirement pursuant to this section, the applicant may obtain evidence of compliance by taking a continuing education course that meets the requirements of subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 2954.2 and that qualifies as a learning activity category specified in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 2954.2. To satisfy this requirement, the applicant shall submit to the board a certification of completion.

(e) A written certification made or submitted pursuant to this section shall be done under penalty of perjury.
Cal. PUC § 50503 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Section 50503
Section 50503
Status: in_force

The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county elections and in addition the following:

Shall the San Joaquin Regional Transit District be dissolved? YES
NO
Cal. PRC § 71450 — California Code / Code prc / Division 34 / Part 7 / Section 71450
Section 71450
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) “30x30 goal” means the goal to conserve 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030 established in subdivision (b) and by Executive Order No. N-82-20.

(2) “Pathways to 30x30 Report” means the report entitled “Pathways to 30x30 California: Accelerating Conservation of California’s Nature” that was issued by the Natural Resources Agency on April 22, 2022.

(b) It is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030.
Cal. CORP § 3 — California Code / Code corp / Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS / Section 3
Section 3
Status: in_force

3.

All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code, continue to hold them according to their former tenure.
Cal. HSC § 52525 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 52525
Section 52525
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the First-Time Home Buyers Bond Act of 1982.
Cal. BPC § 7611.8 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 1.5 / Section 7611.8
Section 7611.8
Status: in_force

“Crematory licensee” shall mean a corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 7712) and shall mean a cemetery licensee for purposes of disciplinary action under Article 6 (commencing with Section 7686).
Cal. HSC § 1399.846 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 11.8 / Section 1399.846
Section 1399.846
Status: in_force

For the purposes of determining eligibility for small employer coverage, a sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse are not employees with respect to a sole proprietorship that consists only of the sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse. A partner and a partner’s spouse are not employees of a partnership that consists solely of partners and their spouses. Employer group health care service plans shall not be issued, marketed, or sold to a sole proprietorship or partnership without employees directly or indirectly through any arrangement. Only individual health care service plans shall be sold to any entity without employees.
Cal. ELEC § 13103 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 2 / Section 13103
Section 13103
Status: in_force

Every ballot shall contain all of the following:

(a) The title of each office, arranged to conform as nearly as practicable to the plan set forth in this chapter.

(b) The names of all qualified candidates, except that:

(1) Instead of the names of candidates for delegate to the national conventions, there shall be printed the names of the presidential candidates to whom they are pledged or the names of candidates for chairmen of party national convention delegations.

(2) Instead of the names of candidates for presidential electors, there shall be printed in pairs the names of the candidates of the respective parties for President and Vice President of the United States. These names shall appear under the title “President and Vice President.”

(c) The titles and summaries of measures submitted to vote of the voters.
Cal. FGC § 10653 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 10653
Section 10653
Status: in_force

In the San Francisco Fish and Game Refuge, birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles legally possessed may be carried openly by persons traveling through the refuge on public roads, between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour after sunset.
Cal. PRC § 708 — California Code / Code prc / Division 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 708
Section 708
Status: in_force

For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may issue publications, construct and maintain exhibits, and perform such acts and carry on such functions as in the opinion of the director will best tend to disseminate such information.

Such publications may be distributed free of charge to public libraries and to other state departments and state officers. The department may exchange copies with contemporary publications.

All money received by the department from the sale of publications shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
Cal. BPC § 7587.14 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.5 / Article 7 / Section 7587.14
Section 7587.14
Status: in_force

The director may assess administrative fines of fifty dollars ($50) against any licensee, registrant, or firearms qualification cardholder for each violation for failure to notify the bureau within 30 days of any change of residence or business address. The principal place of business may be at a home or at a business address, but it shall be the place at which the licensee maintains a permanent office.
Cal. INS § 1722 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 11 / Section 1722
Section 1722
Status: in_force

If a natural person while licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1831) of this part, Part 5 (commencing with Section 12140) of Division 2, or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 5 enters the military service of the United States and is in that service at a time prescribed for the filing of a renewal application, the filing of that application is waived, and the license held by that licensee at the time of the licensee’s entry into military service shall remain in force during the period of that military service and until the end of the license year in which the licensee is released from that service, but not for less than six months after that release. During that period, the licensee may secure a license of the type held by the licensee upon entry into military service upon the filing of an application and paying the fee therefor without the necessity of taking an examination or paying a penalty.
Cal. PRC § 32567 — California Code / Code prc / Division 22.7 / Chapter 4 / Section 32567
Section 32567
Status: in_force

The conservancy shall determine acquisition priorities and may acquire real property or any interest in real property within the Baldwin Hills, southern Ballona Creek Watershed, and Upper Dominguez Channel area from willing sellers and at fair market value or on other mutually acceptable terms, upon a finding that the acquisition is consistent with the purposes of the conservancy. The conservancy may acquire the property itself, or may coordinate the acquisition with other public agencies with appropriate responsibility and available funding or land to exchange. The overall objectives of the land acquisition program shall be to assist in accomplishing land transactions that are mutually beneficial to the landowners and the conservancy, and that meet the conservancy’s purposes. Neither the conservancy nor the State Public Works Board shall exercise the power of eminent domain for the purposes of this division. The conservancy shall have the first right of refusal to acquire, at the cost of acquisition, surplus public lands suitable for park and open space within the conservancy’s territory, and may accept private or public lands offered for recreational trails.
Cal. BPC § 11415.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Section 11415.1
Section 11415.1
Status: in_force

(a) If the bureau mailed one or more itemized lists of deficiencies to a claimant as provided by subdivision (a) of Section 11414, and if, after an unreasonable length of time the bureau has received no response to the latest list of deficiencies, the bureau may notify the claimant that unless the application is substantially complete within a specified period of time of not less than 30 days, the application will be denied.

(b) The determination of what constitutes an unreasonable length of time shall be within the discretion of the chief, taking into account the degree of difficulty in meeting the deficiencies specified. An “unreasonable length of time” shall not be deemed to be less than six months after the last mailing of a list of deficiencies.

(c) If the claimant has not received a response after the passing of the deadline specified by the bureau pursuant to subdivision (a), the bureau may deny the application.
Cal. HSC § 131380 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 112 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 131380
Section 131380
Status: in_force

(a) All data collected pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential.

(b) For any disclosure authorized by Section 131375, the disclosing entity shall only include data relevant and necessary for the approved purpose of the requested disclosure.

(c) An entity authorized pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 131375 that receives confidential data from the department shall do all of the following:

(1) Agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality of the data before confidential data is disclosed.

(2) Ensure that a patient’s rights to confidentiality shall not be violated in any manner.

(3) Not disclose the data to any other entity.

(4) Safeguard the confidential data from unauthorized disclosure.

(5) Only use the disclosed data for an approved purpose.

(d) An entity authorized pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 131375 that receives confidential data from the department shall comply with the requirements set forth by the Center for Data Insights and Innovation in Sections 130206, 103206.1, and 103206.2.

(e) The furnishing of confidential data to an entity in accordance with this section will not expose any person, agency, or entity furnishing data to liability, and shall not be considered a waiver of any privilege or a violation of a confidential relationship.

(f) (1) The department shall maintain an accurate record of all persons who are given access to confidential data. The record shall include all of the following:

(A) The name of the person authorizing access.

(B) The name, title, address, and organizational affiliation of the person given access.

(C) The dates of access.

(D) The specific purpose for which the data is to be used.

(2) The record of access shall be open to public inspection during normal operating hours of the department.

(g) The confidential data shall be exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and from subpoena. The confidential data shall not be disclosed, discoverable, or compelled to be produced in any civil, criminal, administrative, or other proceeding, and shall not be deemed admissible as evidence in any civil, criminal, administrative, or other tribunal or court for any reason.

(h) This section does not prohibit the publication by the department of reports and statistical compilations that do not in any way identify individual cases or individual sources of information.
Cal. LAB § 1428 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 4.2 / Section 1428
Section 1428
Status: in_force

An employer shall not conduct any janitorial business without complying with the registration requirements of this part. The commissioner may revoke a registration if the commissioner finds an employer to be out of compliance with any requirement of this part or to have failed to satisfy any of the conditions of Section 1429.
Cal. PRC § 4656.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 4656.1
Section 4656.1
Status: in_force

The board may establish rules and regulations, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, for the preservation, protection, and use of state forests and for the promotion and protection of public health and safety within state forests.
Cal. FAC § 5430 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 5430
Section 5430
Status: in_force

If the notice to abate is recorded before the commissioner incurs the expense of abatement, the amount which is incurred or expended by the county in the abatement is a lien on the land against which the expense is chargeable. In a case pursuant to Section 5494, the total expense shall be prorated and chargeable against each parcel of land in proportion to the acreage of such parcel which is served by water from the canal or ditch that is involved.
Cal. BPC § 19481 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 19481
Section 19481
Status: in_force

In performing its responsibilities, the board shall do all of the following:

(a) Establish safety standards governing the uniformity and content of the track base and racing surface, inner and outer rails, gates and gaps, turf, access and egress to the track, lighting for night racing, equipment for horse and rider, drainage, communications, veterinary services, medical and ambulance services, and other track facilities in order to improve the safety of horses, riders, and workers at the racetrack.

(b) Designate a steward at all horse racing meetings to be responsible for enforcing compliance with safety standards.
Cal. PUC § 29660 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 10.5 / Article 1 / Section 29660
Section 29660
Status: in_force

One or more special service districts for any of the purposes in which the district is authorized to engage may be created within the boundaries of the district. Such special service districts may consist of one or more cities, with or without unincorporated territory, or unincorporated territory alone. Cities or unincorporated territory included within a special service district may be in the same or separate counties and need not be contiguous. No city shall be divided in the formation of such special service district, but a city may be in more than one special service district formed under this chapter.
Cal. WIC § 16933 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4.7 / Chapter 4 / Section 16933
Section 16933
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall distribute those moneys appropriated from the Physician Services Account and the Unallocated Account in the fund to counties that are eligible to participate in the CMSP pursuant to Section 16809 on the basis of the percentages obtained by dividing the population of each county that is eligible to participate in the CMSP pursuant to Section 16809 by the total population of all counties that are eligible to participate in the CMSP pursuant to Section 16809, as reported in the most recent annual Department of Finance Research Unit report E-1.

(b) Each county shall use moneys allocated from the Unallocated Account in the fund pursuant to, and for the purposes specified in, Article 4 (commencing with Section 16960) of Chapter 5, and to expand emergency medical transportation services.

(c) Counties shall use moneys allocated from the Physician Services Account in the fund the following ways to provide medically necessary emergency, obstetric, or pediatric services, or all of them, to patients who cannot afford to pay for those services, and for whom payment will not be made through any private coverage or by any program funded in whole or in part by the federal government:

(1) Establishment and administration of a Physician Services Account in the county emergency medical services fund in accordance with Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 16951) of Chapter 5.

(2) Contracting with the department for the administration of all Physician Services Account moneys specified in this subdivision pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 16952.

(3) The reimbursement or support of services, either directly or by contract, which are provided by physicians or groups of physicians.

(d) Moneys allocated from the Physician Services Account in the fund shall be used to provide reimbursement for services provided on or after July 1, 1989.
Cal. PRC § 8508 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 8508
Section 8508
Status: in_force

This article is an exercise of the police power of the State, for the protection of the economic welfare and peace of the people of the State, and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes. Nothing in this article shall be construed as amending or repealing existing law regarding the grazing use of the public lands or of water for the purpose of watering livestock or as modifying or compromising any valid rights or priorities as may exist therein at the time of its enactment.
Cal. FAC § 78644 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24 / Article 3 / Section 78644
Section 78644
Status: in_force

The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to this chapter. However, a court may, if it finds that the secretary acted arbitrarily or capriciously in restricting the activities or functions of the commission, relieve the commission of the responsibility for payment of the secretary’s legal costs with regard to that action.
Cal. HSC § 6650 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 6650
Section 6650
Status: in_force

The term of bonds issued shall not exceed forty years.
Cal. VEH § 9871.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 9871.5
Section 9871.5
Status: in_force

Upon application for renewal of registration of an undocumented vessel, the applicant is required to furnish the hull identification number if the records of the department do not contain such number. If the vessel does not have a hull number, the department may assign an appropriate hull identification number.
Cal. PUC § 15793 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 15793
Section 15793
Status: in_force

When the board of supervisors has completed its examination of the certificates, and has made the order provided in Section 15791, it shall forthwith attach together the duplicate certificates in two rolls, each roll to contain one of each of the certificates and a copy of the order of the board of supervisors, duly certified under the hand and official seal of the clerk of the board of supervisors.
Cal. BPC § 3703 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.3 / Article 1 / Section 3703
Section 3703
Status: in_force

(a) The settings in which respiratory care may be practiced include licensed health care facilities, hospitals, clinics, ambulatory or home health care, physicians’ offices, nurse practitioners’ offices, and public or community health services. Respiratory care may also be provided during the transportation of a patient, and under any circumstances where an emergency necessitates respiratory care.

(b) The practice of respiratory care shall be performed under the supervision of a medical director in accordance with a prescription of a physician and surgeon or pursuant to respiratory care protocols as specified in Section 3702.
Cal. WAT § 10840 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.8 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 10840
Section 10840
Status: in_force

Every agricultural water supplier shall prepare its plan pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 10825).
Cal. RTC § 19170 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 19170
Section 19170
Status: in_force

(a) An income tax preparer that is subject to Section 18621.9 is liable for a penalty in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each acceptable individual income tax return prepared by that income tax preparer that is not electronically filed, unless it is shown that the failure to electronically file that acceptable individual income tax return is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect.

(b) For purposes of this section, reasonable cause includes, but is not limited to, a taxpayer’s election not to electronically file an acceptable individual income tax return in compliance with Section 18621.9.

(c) This section shall apply to acceptable individual income tax returns required to be filed on or after January 1, 2005.