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Cal. WIC § 5369 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 5369
Section 5369
Status: in_force

When a conservatee who has criminal charges pending against him and has been found mentally incompetent under Section 1370 of the Penal Code recovers his mental competence, the conservator shall certify that fact to the court, sheriff, and district attorney of the county in which the criminal charges are pending and to the defendant’s attorney of record.

The court shall order the sheriff to immediately return the defendant to the court in which the criminal charges are pending. Within two judicial days of the defendant’s return, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the defendant is entitled to be admitted to bail or released upon his own recognizance pending conclusion of criminal proceedings.
Cal. PCC § 20736 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 47 / Section 20736
Section 20736
Status: in_force

(a) All construction authorized under this article that exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) shall be awarded upon competitive bidding. Notice of the proposed letting of such a contract shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the district or, if there is none, of general circulation in the county, the first publication to be at least two weeks prior to the opening of bids. The notice inviting bids shall set a date for the opening of bids. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. In its discretion, the board may reject any bids presented and readvertise. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the board may accept the one it chooses. If no bids are received, the board may have the work done directly by purchasing the materials and hiring the labor.

(b) If all bids are rejected, the board may adopt a resolution, by four-fifths vote, declaring that the work can be performed more economically by hiring day labor, or that the materials or supplies can be furnished at a lower price in the open market, and may have the work done in the manner stated in the resolution in order to take advantage of this lower cost.

(c) If there is an emergency, the board may, by four-fifths vote adopt a resolution declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health, or property, and expend any sum required in the emergency without submitting the expenditure to the bidding procedure set forth. If notice for bid to let contracts will not be given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).

(d) The board may negotiate with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof, the state or any department or agency thereof, or any local public agency for the purpose of assisting the district in the performance of any of the work authorized by this article and, without advertising for bids, may cause the district to contribute to the United States, the State of California, or any local public agency all or any portion of the estimated cost of any work authorized by this article which is to be done by or under contract with the United States, the State of California, or any local public agency.
Cal. INS § 13553 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 13553
Section 13553
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to identify and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.

(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and either 12 months thereafter, or the insurer may provide a copy of the settlement to the Department of Child Support Services.

(c) If a central reporting organization identifies a claimant who is also an obligor, the central reporting organization shall notify the Department of Child Support Services, and the Department of Child Support Services shall follow the requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 13550.
Cal. VEH § 12950.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 12950.5
Section 12950.5
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require digitized signatures on each driver’s license. A digitized signature is an electronic representation of a handwritten signature.

(b) The department shall provide to the Secretary of State the digitized signature of every person who registers to vote on the voter registration card provided by the department.

(c) The department shall provide the Secretary of State with change-of-address information for every voter who indicates that he or she desires to have his or her address changed for voter registration purposes.
Cal. WAT § 71314 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 71314
Section 71314
Status: in_force

A district may insure its directors, officers, assistants, employees, agents, and deputies for injury, death, or disability incurred while engaged in the business of the district and the cost of such insurance is a proper charge against the district. Such insurance is in addition to any compensation secured under the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code and inuring to the benefit of the director, officer, deputy, assistant, employee, or agent, or his beneficiary or heir.
Cal. FAC § 78405 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 78405
Section 78405
Status: in_force

“Fiscal year” means from April 1 of a year to March 31, inclusive, of the next succeeding year.
Cal. PUC § 50004 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 50004
Section 50004
Status: in_force

“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
Cal. HSC § 115015 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 9 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 115015
Section 115015
Status: in_force

The department may limit the number of licenses issued pursuant to Sections 114990, 115010, and 115020 authorizing the receipt of radioactive material from other persons for disposal on land.
Cal. WAT § 36435 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 4.9 / Section 36435
Section 36435
Status: in_force

After adopting the resolution ordering the improvement district formed, the board may provide for the issuance of warrants of the district for the improvement district in an amount not exceeding the estimate stated in the resolution ordering the improvement district formed, such warrants to be payable from assessments to be levied and collected upon the lands within said improvement district.
Cal. RTC § 7286.75 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1.7 / Chapter 2.985 / Section 7286.75
Section 7286.75
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the City of West Sacramento may levy a transactions and use tax at a rate of 0.25 percent or 0.5 percent, if an ordinance proposing that tax is approved by a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the city council and the tax is approved by either a two-thirds or a majority vote of qualified voters of the city voting in an election on the issue, as determined by the ordinance proposing the tax and establishing how the revenues derived from the tax shall be expended.

(b) Any transactions and use tax imposed pursuant to this section shall be levied in accordance with Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251).
Cal. WAT § 8563 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 8563
Section 8563
Status: in_force

The board shall keep full and correct minutes of all proceedings and transactions of all meetings of the board.
Cal. ELEC § 10204.4 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.2 / Section 10204.4
Section 10204.4
Status: in_force

Each state legislator is hereby instructed to use all of his or her delegated powers to pass the Article V application to Congress set forth in Section 10204.3, and to ratify, if proposed by Congress, the Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2.
Cal. WAT § 351 — California Code / Code wat / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 351
Section 351
Status: in_force

(a) Except in the event of a wildfire, a deenergization event, or a breakage or failure of a dam, pump, pipeline, or conduit causing an immediate emergency, the governing body of a public water supplier shall make a declaration pursuant to Section 350 only after a public hearing at which consumers of the water supply shall have an opportunity to be heard to protest the declaration and to present their respective needs to the governing board.

(b) For purposes of this section, a “deenergization event” means a planned power outage, undertaken by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by utility equipment, pursuant to Public Utilities Commission Resolution ESRB-8 and any decisions issued by the commission, the former Wildfire Safety Division, as set forth in former Section 326 of the Public Utilities Code, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or any other agency with authority over electrical corporations. A deenergization event commences when an electrical corporation provides notice to any state agency or political subdivision of the potential need to initiate a planned deenergization of the electrical grid, and ceases when the electrical corporation restores electrical services to all deenergized customers, or at such time as the electrical corporation cancels the deenergization event for some or all of its affected customers, and rescinds the notice of the potential need to initiate the deenergization event. A deenergization event does not include any planned outages in connection with regular utility work.
Cal. WIC § 9159 — California Code / Code wic / Division 8.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 9159
Section 9159
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall do all of the following:

(1) Maintain or enter into contracts directly with nonprofit CRCs to provide direct services to caregivers throughout the state in the existing geographic service areas.

(2) Require the CRCs to maintain a CRC Operations Manual that defines CRC services and procedures and identifies CRC duties and responsibilities.

(b) The department may enter into any contracts under this chapter on a bid or noncompetitive bid basis. These contracts shall be exempt from Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
Cal. FAC § 56632.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 19 / Section 56632.5
Section 56632.5
Status: in_force

It is a misdemeanor for any person licensed as a cash buyer to buy or otherwise take title to, or possession of, any farm product from a licensee or a producer of such product, except by cash payment of the full agreed price to the licensee or producer at the time of obtaining possession or control.
Cal. WAT § 75472 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 8 / Chapter 5 / Section 75472
Section 75472
Status: in_force

The district may, by resolution of the board, provide a procedure for and collect the charges by way of the tax bills of the county in which the district is located. The charges shall appear as a separate item on the tax bill, shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county ad valorem property taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for those taxes.

The district shall, on or before August 1st of each year, certify to the county auditor the charges to be collected. The county may deduct from the revenue so collected for the district an appropriate amount for the billing and collection services rendered to the district.
Cal. BPC § 23102 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 23102
Section 23102
Status: in_force

(a) On the death, insolvency or incompetency to act of a natural person who is a licensee, the privileges of the license may be exercised by a competent surviving colicensee for thirty (30) days or until an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, receiver, trustee or assignee for the benefit of creditors of the estate of the deceased, incompetent or insolvent licensee has been appointed, whichever first occurs. If there is no competent surviving colicensee, the privileges of the license may be exercised by any person acting on behalf of the deceased or incompetent licensee or his estate.

(b) At the end of the period permitted by subsection (a) of this section the privileges of the license may be exercised for sixty (60) days without transfer and thereafter upon transfer by the administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, receiver, trustee or assignee for the benefit of creditors of the estate of the deceased, incompetent or insolvent licensee, acting jointly with any competent surviving colicensee if such joint action is required by law. The sixty (60) day period provided for in this subsection may be extended by the department for good cause.

(c) If prior to the expiration of the period permitted by subsection (b) and any extension thereof there has been filed and is pending an application to transfer the license pursuant to Section 24071 or otherwise, the persons exercising the privilege of the license under subsection (b) may continue to do so until such application is finally granted or denied.

(d) If the license was issued to a taxpayer as defined in Section 32005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the person exercising the privileges of the license hereunder shall be deemed to be a taxpayer and shall file an appropriate bond for the purposes of Part 14 (commencing at Section 32001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
Cal. PCC § 12101.2 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 12101.2
Section 12101.2
Status: in_force

The Department of General Services shall prenegotiate the repetitively used terms and conditions in the state’s model contract with each interested vendor who bids or proposes on electronic data processing or telecommunications procurements. The contract language shall be kept on file, as a matter of public record, and shall remain operational until either the state or the vendor provides 30 days’ notice to the other party that new negotiations are deemed appropriate.

If, for a particular procurement, the state seeks to make any further changes to either the negotiated or the standard contract language, or both, it shall identify those changes to each bidder or proposer prior to the due date for the bid or proposal. If for a particular procurement, a bidder or proposer seeks to propose a negotiated change or standard contract language change, it shall make this identification within the timeframe identified in the solicitation document.
Cal. SHC § 9513 — California Code / Code shc / Division 11.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 9513
Section 9513
Status: in_force

The curative clauses of this division are cumulative and each of them is to be given full force and effect.
Cal. HSC § 40921 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 10 / Section 40921
Section 40921
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 40918, 40919, 40920, and 40920.5, the designation of a district’s air pollution as “moderate,” “serious,” “severe,” or “extreme” for an area which is a receptor of transported air pollutants shall be based on violations of state ambient air quality standards which would occur without regard to the transport contribution.
Cal. FAM § 915 — California Code / Code fam / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 915
Section 915
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of this part, a child or spousal support obligation of a married person that does not arise out of the marriage shall be treated as a debt incurred before marriage, regardless of whether a court order for support is made or modified before or during marriage and regardless of whether any installment payment on the obligation accrues before or during marriage.

(b) If property in the community estate is applied to the satisfaction of a child or spousal support obligation of a married person that does not arise out of the marriage, at a time when nonexempt separate income of the person is available but is not applied to the satisfaction of the obligation, the community estate is entitled to reimbursement from the person in the amount of the separate income, not exceeding the property in the community estate so applied.

(c) Nothing in this section limits the matters a court may take into consideration in determining or modifying the amount of a support order, including, but not limited to, the earnings of the spouses of the parties.
Cal. HSC § 110680 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 110680
Section 110680
Status: in_force

Any food is misbranded if its labeling or packaging does not conform to the requirements of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 110290).
Cal. PRC § 4583.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 7 / Section 4583.2
Section 4583.2
Status: in_force

The registered professional forester who prepared the timber harvesting plan and or any other registered professional forester who is employed by the owner or operator, shall report to the owner and operator if there are deviations of any sort from the plan that in the forester’s judgment threaten the attainment of the resource conservation standards or other regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. INS § 1560.16 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 1560.16
Section 1560.16
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have the authority from time to time, to make, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The commissioner shall also have the authority to charge and collect from the insurer for the actual amount of expenses reasonably incurred by the state in discharge of the commissioner’s duties hereunder.
Cal. HSC § 16019 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 16019
Section 16019
Status: in_force

A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the qualifications specified in Sections 16017 and 16018 shall obtain necessary qualified personnel to meet the requirements of this chapter by contracting with other public agencies, private sector firms, or individuals qualified to perform the necessary services.
Cal. VEH § 25110 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 25110
Section 25110
Status: in_force

(a) The following vehicles may be equipped with utility flood or loading lamps mounted on the rear, and sides, that project a white light illuminating an area to the side or rear of the vehicle for a distance not to exceed 75 feet at the level of the roadway:

(1) Tow trucks that are used to tow disabled vehicles may display utility floodlights, but only during the period of preparation for towing at the location from which a disabled vehicle is to be towed.

(2) Ambulances used to respond to emergency calls may display utility flood and loading lights, but only at the scene of an emergency or while loading or unloading patients.

(3) Firefighting equipment designed and operated exclusively as such may display utility floodlamps only at the scene of an emergency.

(4) Vehicles used by law enforcement agencies or organizations engaged in the detoxification of alcoholics may display utility flood or loading lights when loading or unloading persons under the influence of intoxicants for transportation to detoxification centers or places of incarceration.

(5) Vehicles used by law enforcement agencies for mobile blood alcohol testing, drug evaluation, or field sobriety testing .

(6) Vehicles used by publicly or privately owned public utilities may display utility flood or loading lights when engaged in emergency roadside repair of electric, gas, telephone, telegraph, water, or sewer facilities.

(b) Lamps permitted under subdivision (a) shall not be lighted during darkness, except while the vehicle is parked, nor project any glaring light into the eyes of an approaching driver.
Cal. WAT § 36513 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 36513
Section 36513
Status: in_force

At the time and place of the hearing, anyone interested in the petition for exclusion may appear before the board of the district and urge or oppose its approval. After the hearing, if the board of the district determines that it is for the best interests of the distribution district that the land requested to be excluded, or any portion thereof, should be excluded, the board of the district shall make an order excluding the land, or portion thereof, and cause it to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which the excluded land is located.
Cal. LAB § 7803 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 7 / Section 7803
Section 7803
Status: in_force

Every employer who engages in any business requiring any employee to handle or use any volatile flammable liquid or to work in the close proximity of any such liquid in sufficient quantity and under conditions affording opportunity for the person or clothing becoming ignited shall provide adequate means of extinguishment whereby such employee may extinguish flames on his person or clothing.
Cal. PRC § 13170 — California Code / Code prc / Division 11 / Chapter 10 / Section 13170
Section 13170
Status: in_force

In a fund called the “Resort Improvement District General Fund,” the treasurer shall place and keep the money levied by the board for that fund.
Cal. FAC § 79655 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 28 / Article 4 / Section 79655
Section 79655
Status: in_force

The commission may employ a person to serve at the pleasure of the commission as president and chief executive officer of the commission, and other personnel, including legal counsel, necessary to carry out this chapter. The commission may retain a management firm or the staff from any board, commission, or agency of the state or federal government to perform the functions prescribed by this section under the control of the commission. If any person employed by the commission engages in any conduct that the secretary determines is not in the public interest or that he or she determines is in violation of this chapter, the secretary shall notify the commission of the conduct and request that corrective and, if appropriate, disciplinary action be taken by the commission. If the commission fails or refuses to correct the situation or to take disciplinary action satisfactory to the secretary, the secretary may suspend or discharge the person.
Cal. EVID § 351.4 — California Code / Code evid / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 351.4
Section 351.4
Status: in_force

(a) In a criminal action, evidence of a person’s immigration status shall not be disclosed in open court by a party or their attorney unless the judge presiding over the matter first determines that the evidence is admissible in an in camera hearing requested by the party seeking disclosure of the person’s immigration status.

(b) This section does not do any of the following:

(1) Apply to cases in which a person’s immigration status is necessary to prove an element of an offense or an affirmative defense.

(2) Limit discovery in a criminal action.

(3) Prohibit a person or their attorney from voluntarily revealing the person’s immigration status to the court.
Cal. HNC § 6241 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 6241
Section 6241
Status: in_force

These appointments shall be made within thirty days after the formation of the district.