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Cal. WAT § 13272 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 13272
Section 13272
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any oil or petroleum product to be discharged in or on any waters of the state, or discharged or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged in or on any waters of the state, shall, as soon as (1) that person has knowledge of the discharge, (2) notification is possible, and (3) notification can be provided without substantially impeding cleanup or other emergency measures, immediately notify the Office of Emergency Services of the discharge in accordance with the spill reporting provision of the California oil spill contingency plan adopted pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 8574.1) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(b) The notification required by this section shall not apply to a discharge in compliance with waste discharge requirements or other provisions of this division.

(c) Any person who fails to provide the notice required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day for each day of failure to notify, or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both. Except where a discharge to the waters of this state would have occurred but for cleanup or emergency response by a public agency, this subdivision shall not apply to any discharge to land that does not result in a discharge to the waters of this state. This subdivision shall not apply to any person who is fined by the federal government for a failure to report a discharge of oil.

(d) Notification received pursuant to this section or information obtained by use of that notification shall not be used against any person providing the notification in any criminal case, except in a prosecution for perjury or giving a false statement.

(e) Immediate notification to the appropriate regional board of the discharge, in accordance with reporting requirements set under Section 13267 or 13383, shall constitute compliance with the requirements of subdivision (a).

(f) The reportable quantity for oil or petroleum products shall be one barrel (42 gallons) or more, by direct discharge to the receiving waters, unless a more restrictive reporting standard for a particular body of water is adopted.
Cal. PRC § 42993.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 42993.2
Section 42993.2
Status: in_force

Upon a written finding that a manufacturer, mattress recycling organization, renovator, distributor, recycler, or retailer has not met a material requirement of this chapter, in addition to any other penalties authorized under this chapter, the department may take any of the following actions, after affording the manufacturer, organization, renovator, distributor, recycler, or retailer a reasonable opportunity to respond to, or rebut, the finding, to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter:

(a) Revoke the mattress recycling organization’s plan approval or require the mattress recycling organization to resubmit the plan.

(b) Remove the manufacturer, renovator, or distributor from the department’s internet website and list of compliant manufacturers, renovators, and distributors, as specified in Section 42993.

(c) Require additional reporting requirements relating to compliance with the material requirement identified by the department.
Cal. RTC § 13510 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 8 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 13510
Section 13510
Status: in_force

If the return provided for in Section 13501 is not filed within the time period specified therein or the extension specified in Section 13502, then the personal representative shall pay, in addition to the interest provided in Section 13550, a penalty equal to 5 percent of the tax due pursuant to this part, as finally determined, for each month, or portion thereof, during which that failure to file continues, not exceeding 25 percent in the aggregate, unless it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause. If a similar penalty for failure to timely file the federal estate tax return is waived, that waiver shall be deemed to constitute reasonable cause for purposes of this section.
Cal. HSC § 1280.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 1280.2
Section 1280.2
Status: in_force

(a)  No deficiency cited pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1280 or Section 1280.1 shall be for the failure of a facility to meet the requirements of the California Building Standards Code if, as of January 1, 1994, the hospital building was approved under Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 12.5, or if the hospital building was exempt from that approval under any other provision of law in effect on that date.

(b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that neither the amendments made to Section 1280 by the act that added this section, nor Section 1280.1 shall be construed to require the retrofitting of hospital buildings built prior to January 1, 1994, to meet seismic standards in effect on that date.
Cal. WIC § 5883 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 5883
Section 5883
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall facilitate improved access to relevant client and financial data from all state agencies, including, but not limited to, the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Services, the State Department of Mental Health, the Department of the Youth Authority, and the Department of Finance.

(b) The State Department of Mental Health shall expand the funding allocated to the contract for independent evaluation, as necessary to accommodate the increase in workload created by the addition of new sites.

(c) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall do all of the following:

(1) Develop uniform data collection and reporting measures applicable to all participating counties.

(2) Collect, analyze, and report performance outcome data for participating counties as a group in comparison to state averages.

(3) Offer technical assistance to participating counties related to data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Cal. RTC § 12307 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 12307
Section 12307
Status: in_force

(a) Any insurer that is granted an extension shall pay, in addition to the tax, interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from April 1 until the date of payment.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013.
Cal. HSC § 78060 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 78060
Section 78060
Status: in_force

“Feasibility study” means the identification and evaluation of technically feasible and effective remedial action alternatives to protect public health and the environment, at a hazardous substance release site, or other activities deemed necessary by the department for the development of a remedial action plan.
Cal. PRC § 5012 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 5012
Section 5012
Status: in_force

The department may, upon application by the proper authorities, grant permits and easements for the following purposes and upon the terms as the department may prescribe:

(a) To a public agency for public roads.

(b) To a public agency for public bicycle and pedestrian trails.

(c) To a public agency for utility lines.

(d) For electric, gas, water, sewer, telephone, telegraph and utility lines, and pipelines and structures incidental thereto, to perform a public service or oil or gas pipelines.

(e) To a public agency for channels or facilities for the development of small craft harbors and recreational areas.

(f) (1) To an oil and gas lessee of the state for pipeline right-of-way purposes.

(2) A permit, easement, or right-of-way for oil or gas pipelines shall not be granted pursuant to this section as to land acquired by the state for beach or park purposes by condemnation after September 18, 1959, unless and until a period of 12 calendar months has elapsed following the date of acquisition of the land.
Cal. WAT § 12886 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 12886
Section 12886
Status: in_force

If in order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter it is necessary to construct a project that is larger than one which a public agency proposes to construct, the state may participate in planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining the project, and in so participating shall finance those costs of the project allocated to the state, on terms agreed upon with the agency, to the end that the project shall accomplish the maximum water development objectives at a minimum total expenditure.
Cal. FAC § 62716 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 62716
Section 62716
Status: in_force

Following the required hearing, the director shall submit the pooling plan to producers concerned for their approval or disapproval in a statewide referendum.

The approval or disapproval of individual producers voting in this referendum shall be kept confidential.

Each producer shall have one vote and such vote shall be individually cast so that there will be no block voting. The director shall prepare a ballot. The ballot form shall be substantially as follows:

Ballot

Shall the proposed pooling plan be made effective?

Yes ____  No ____

In addition, the ballot shall include a statement of the voter’s total production during the calendar month next preceding the month of the commencement of the referendum period, where and to whom such production was sold or otherwise disposed, and the producer’s name and address.

The director may reveal the names of producers whose votes have been received to both proponents and opponents of the plan.

The referendum shall be set for a period of 60 days. The director may at his own discretion or upon a proper showing, extend the referendum for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Cal. WAT § 53801 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 10 / Chapter 4 / Section 53801
Section 53801
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the county to which the district is transferred, the officers thereof, and the officers of the district shall thereafter perform all acts required to be performed in connection with the district with the same authority and effect as though the district had been originally organized within that county.
Cal. HSC § 1399.802 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 11.5 / Section 1399.802
Section 1399.802
Status: in_force

(a) Every health care service plan offering plan contracts to individuals shall, in addition to complying with the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder, comply with the provisions of this article.

(b) 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. PUC § 12813 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 12813
Section 12813
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the board may, in its discretion, finance any sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery enterprise, the interest on and retirement of any bonded indebtedness therefor, and provide for the maintenance and operation thereof entirely by the levy and collection of taxes upon the property within the special district for which the enterprise is constructed or operated, or by rates and charges imposed upon the users of the facilities of the enterprise, or by both taxes, rates, and charges, apportionment of expenses among public agencies served, or any combination of the foregoing.
Cal. WAT § 13140 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 13140
Section 13140
Status: in_force

The state board shall formulate and adopt state policy for water quality control. Such policy shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this article and shall be in conformity with the policies set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 13000).
Cal. HSC § 102345 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 102345
Section 102345
Status: in_force

(a)  The local registrar of births and deaths shall transmit each week to the State Registrar all original certificates accepted for registration by him or her during the preceding week.

(b)  This section shall become operative on January 1, 1993.
Cal. VEH § 27426 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 3.6 / Section 27426
Section 27426
Status: in_force

No later than July 1, 2018, the department shall adopt standards and criteria for the implementation of the safety equipment requirements specified in Section 27425.
Cal. PRC § 25661.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 7.6 / Article 1 / Section 25661.5
Section 25661.5
Status: in_force

Of the moneys appropriated for the clean energy programs, the Climate Innovation Program established pursuant to Section 25625.2, the Carbon Removal Innovation Program established pursuant to Section 25688, and the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program established pursuant to Section 25641, the commission may use up to a total of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) for projects consistent with subdivision (f) of Section 63048.93 of the Government Code. The commission, in its sole discretion, shall determine how to allocate those moneys for those programs. The commission may transfer moneys, if necessary, from the source fund of the appropriation to the Climate Catalyst Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 63048.95 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 50013 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 50013
Section 50013
Status: in_force

“Reclamation works” means such public works and equipment as are necessary for the unwatering, watering, or irrigation of district lands and other district operations.
Cal. MVC § 998.088 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 5t / Section 998.088
Section 998.088
Status: in_force

For the purpose of creating a fund to provide farm and home aid for veterans in accordance with the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974 (Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 987.50)), and of all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, the committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in the aggregate amount of not more than five hundred ten million dollars ($510,000,000) in the manner provided herein.
Cal. RTC § 260 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 260
Section 260
Status: in_force

If any person, claiming any exemption named in this article, fails to follow the required procedure, the exemption is waived by the person.
Cal. HSC § 50175 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 1 / Section 50175
Section 50175
Status: in_force

This chapter is enacted in implementation of the Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 (Title XI, Public Law 96-499) and Section 612 of the Tax Reform Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369). Accordingly, the definitions contained in this article and the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to be consistent with the purposes and provisions of those federal acts and in its implementation. This chapter does not apply to any issuance of bonds which is excepted from, or otherwise not affected by, the federal acts.

To the extent that any provision of this chapter is held to be inconsistent with or repugnant to the federal acts, the provision shall be given effect in accordance with its terms to the greatest extent possible and consistent with the federal acts, and the inconsistency shall have no effect on the remaining provisions of this chapter.
Cal. COM § 2510 — California Code / Code com / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 2510
Section 2510
Status: in_force

(1) Where a tender or delivery of goods so fails to conform to the contract as to give a right of rejection the risk of their loss remains on the seller until cure or acceptance.

(2) Where the buyer rightfully revokes acceptance he may to the extent of any deficiency in his effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as having rested on the seller from the beginning.

(3) Where the buyer as to conforming goods already identified to the contract for sale repudiates or is otherwise in breach before risk of their loss has passed to him, the seller may to the extent of any deficiency in his effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as resting on the buyer for a commercially reasonable time.
Cal. INS § 1552 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 1552
Section 1552
Status: in_force

The plan and agreement by which the transaction is to be effected shall be submitted to the commissioner, who shall examine it and require those provisions to be inserted in the agreement and any actions to be taken in connection with the transaction, including, but not limited to, (a) the terms and conditions of the transaction, (b) any fee, commission, right, option, benefit, or other valuable consideration paid or offered to or for the benefit of any director, officer, employee, subscriber, agent, or broker of each domestic reciprocal insurer or the insurer’s attorney-in-fact in connection with the transaction, (c) the contents of the notice of the vote on the transaction by the subscribers of each domestic reciprocal insurer that is a party thereto, (d) the manner and form of voting thereon by the subscribers of each domestic reciprocal insurer, and (e) any other change, that he or she may deem necessary in order that the transaction may be fair, just, and equitable to the subscribers of each domestic reciprocal insurer that is a party to the transaction, and the transaction is otherwise fair, just, and equitable to the parties to the transaction and their respective policyholders, owners, creditors, and the public. The commissioner shall not approve any transaction if the bylaws, rules, regulations, power of attorney, or instrument affecting the voting or distribution rights of subscribers of a domestic reciprocal insurer have been amended to change those rights within one year prior to the date of filing of the plan and agreement with the commissioner. The subscribers of a domestic reciprocal insurer who shall be eligible to participate in the transaction shall be those persons who are current subscribers of the domestic reciprocal insurer at the date the commissioner approves the plan and agreement for submission to the subscribers for approval pursuant to Section 1553, or at another date determined by the commissioner. No director, officer, agent, or employee of the domestic reciprocal insurer or the insurer’s attorney-in-fact shall receive any fee, commission, or other valuable consideration whatsoever, other than regular salary and compensation, for in any manner aiding, promoting, or assisting in the transaction, except as set forth in the plan and agreement approved by the commissioner. This provision shall not be deemed to prohibit the payment of reasonable fees and compensation to attorneys at law, accountants, and actuaries for services performed in the independent practice of their professions, even though they may also be directors of the insurer.
Cal. SHC § 22011 — California Code / Code shc / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22011
Section 22011
Status: in_force

“Lot line” means the boundary line separating that portion of a lot or parcel of land set apart for individual use and occupancy from the street.
Cal. SHC § 217 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 6.5 / Section 217
Section 217
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Adjustment factor“ means the job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the department’s prices as published in the unit price catalog.

(b) “Job order” means a firm, fixed-priced, lump-sum order issued by the department to a job order contractor for a definite project scope or work as compiled from the unit price catalog to be performed pursuant to a job order contract.

(c) “Job order” means a contract, awarded pursuant to this section, between the department and a licensed, bonded, and general liability insured contractor in which the contractor agrees to a fixed-period, fixed-unit price, and indefinite quantity contract that provides for the use of job orders for public works or maintenance projects.

(d) “Project” means the specific requirements and work to be accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an individual job order.

(e) “Unit price catalog” means a book containing specific construction tasks and the unit prices to install or demolish that construction. The listed tasks shall be based on generally accepted industry standards and information, where available, for various items of work to be performed by the job order contractor. The prices shall include the cost of materials, labor, and equipment for performing the items of work. The prices shall not include overhead and profit. All unit prices shall be developed using local prevailing wages.
Cal. MVC § 225 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 225
Section 225
Status: in_force

Warrant officers of the National Guard shall be appointed by the Governor. The classes of persons from which warrant officers may be appointed shall be the same as are provided in the rules and regulations adopted by the United States for the control, administration and government of the National Guard so far as the same are not inconsistent with this code and from former commissioned or warrant officers of the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, or any reserve component thereof, who were honorably separated therefrom but are no longer eligible for federal recognition. Warrant officers shall be separated from the service, discharged and dismissed and shall have the same privileges respecting retirement as commissioned officers, and shall have all other powers, privileges and duties authorized by the laws and regulations of the United States and customs of the service.
Cal. RTC § 865 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 865
Section 865
Status: in_force

When the value of a state assessee’s unitary property that lies in more than one tax-rate area has been underallocated to one or more tax-rate areas and overallocated by a like amount to one or more other tax-rate areas for any reason, the misallocation shall be corrected by the board either by orders directing local auditors to amend the rolls for the fiscal year in which the misallocation is discovered or by changes on the board rolls for the fiscal year succeeding discovery.
Cal. UIC § 821.5 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 821.5
Section 821.5
Status: in_force

The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 1326) of Chapter 5 of this part relating to filing, determination, and payments of unemployment compensation benefit claims, and all other provisions of this part not inconsistent with this article, shall apply to all claims and matters arising under this article.