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Cal. BPC § 7803.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12.5 / Article 1 / Section 7803.1
Section 7803.1
Status: in_force

“Geophysicist,” as used in this chapter, refers to a person engaged in the practice of geophysics.
Cal. HSC § 39731 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.2 / Section 39731
Section 39731
Status: in_force

The state board shall do all of the following:

(a) Undertake, in consultation with districts that monitor methane, monitoring and measurements of high-emission methane hot spots in the state using the best available and cost-effective scientific and technical methods.

(b) Consult with federal and state agencies, independent scientific experts, and any other appropriate entities to gather or acquire the necessary information for the purpose of carrying out a life-cycle greenhouse gas emission analysis of natural gas produced and imported into the state using the best available and cost-effective scientific and technical methods.

(c) Update relevant policies and programs to incorporate the information gathered and acquired pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b).

(d) Review, in consultation with independent scientific experts, the most recent available scientific data and reports on the atmospheric reactivity of methane as a precursor to the formation of photochemical oxidants.
Cal. ELEC § 6591 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 6591
Section 6591
Status: in_force

Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
Cal. BPC § 7419 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10 / Article 13 / Section 7419
Section 7419
Status: in_force

A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed by the licensee as provided in this article, but that renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order or judgment by which the license was suspended.
Cal. FGC § 1400 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 4.3 / Article 1 / Section 1400
Section 1400
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. BPC § 1927 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 1927
Section 1927
Status: in_force

A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice shall not do any of the following:

(a) Infer, purport, advertise, or imply that he or she is in any way able to provide dental services or make any type of dental diagnosis beyond evaluating a patient’s dental hygiene status, providing a dental hygiene treatment plan, and providing the associated dental hygiene services.

(b) Hire a registered dental hygienist to provide direct patient services other than a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice.
Cal. RTC § 7071 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 7071
Section 7071
Status: in_force

The tax amnesty program shall be conducted for a two month period beginning February 1, 2005 through March 31, 2005, inclusive, or during a timeframe ending no later than June 30, 2005. The program shall apply to tax liabilities due and payable for tax reporting periods beginning before January 1, 2003.
Cal. HSC § 54012 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 54012
Section 54012
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this part shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 16727 of the Government Code, and all of the provisions of that law as amended from time to time apply to the bonds and to this part, except as provided in Section 54028, and are hereby incorporated in this part as though set forth in full in this part.
Cal. WAT § 1300 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1300
Section 1300
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the receipt of an application for a permit to appropriate water which conforms to the rules and regulations of the board and to law, the board shall issue and deliver a notice of the application (a) to the applicant, (b) to the district attorney of each county wherein the applicant proposes to divert water under the application, and (c) to the board of supervisors of each county wherein the applicant proposes to divert water under the application.
Cal. LAB § 6608 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 6608
Section 6608
Status: in_force

The appeals board or a hearing officer shall, within 30 days after the case is submitted, make and file findings upon all facts involved in the appeal and file an order or decision. Together with the findings or the decision, there shall be served upon all the parties to the proceedings a summary of the evidence received and relied upon and the reasons or grounds upon which the decision was made.
Cal. FAC § 74767 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.6 / Article 4 / Section 74767
Section 74767
Status: in_force

All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the secretary from any source, including all lists of grape rootstock nurseries, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except when required by a court order after a hearing in a judicial proceeding involving this chapter. Information on volume shipments, crop value, and any other related information required for reports to governmental agencies, financial reports to the commission, or aggregate sales and inventory information, and any other information that gives only totals, but excludes individual information, may be disclosed by the commission.
Cal. PROB § 13007 — California Code / Code prob / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 13007
Section 13007
Status: in_force

“Proceeding” means either that a petition is currently pending in this state for administration of a decedent’s estate under Division 7 (commencing with Section 7000), a special administrator for the decedent’s estate has been appointed in this state and is now serving, or a personal representative for the decedent’s estate has been appointed in this state with general powers. “Proceeding” does not include a petition for administration which was dismissed without the appointment of a personal representative, any proceeding under Division 8 (commencing with Section 13000), or any action or proceeding in another state.
Cal. PUC § 7940 — California Code / Code puc / Division 4 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 7940
Section 7940
Status: in_force

A telephone corporation doing business in this state that possesses one or more telephone number prefixes, or portions thereof, shall provide to the commission or its agent, upon request, use information pertaining to both those prefixes in use and those prefixes not in use, according to any schedule established by the commission.
Cal. PUC § 130441 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 130441
Section 130441
Status: in_force

Any action or proceeding wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this article or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the election at which the ordinance is approved; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
Cal. HSC § 37910 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 13 / Chapter 1 / Section 37910
Section 37910
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Marks-Foran Residential Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Cal. PRC § 29204 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 29204
Section 29204
Status: in_force

Not later than July 1, 1978, the commission shall make any necessary changes in the San Francisco Bay Plan and in existing priority use area boundaries established pursuant to Section 66611 of the Government Code. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Title 7.2 (commencing with Section 66600) of the Government Code, such changes shall not require the approval of the Legislature.
Cal. BPC § 7596.8 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.6 / Article 6 / Section 7596.8
Section 7596.8
Status: in_force

(a) The bureau shall not issue a firearm permit if the applicant is prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm pursuant to state or federal law.

(b) Before issuing an initial firearm permit the bureau shall provide the Department of Justice with the name, address, social security number, and fingerprints of the applicant.

(c) The Department of Justice shall inform the bureau, within 60 days from receipt of the information specified in subdivision (b), of the applicant’s eligibility to possess, receive, purchase, or own a firearm pursuant to state and federal law.

(d) An applicant who has been denied a firearm permit based upon subdivision (a) may reapply for the permit after the prohibition expires. The bureau shall treat this application as an initial application and shall follow the required screening process as specified in this section.

(e) The bureau shall not issue a firearm permit pursuant to this chapter to an applicant who, within the past 12 months, has been found incapable of exercising appropriate judgment, restraint, and self-control, for the purposes of carrying and using a firearm during the course of his or her duties, pursuant to the assessment required under Section 7583.47 for a permit associated with a security guard registration.
Cal. FAC § 27598 — California Code / Code fac / Division 12 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 27598
Section 27598
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to deliver any eggs which are subject to a disposal order to any person or destination except the person or destination which is shown on the disposal order, unless he or she is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an enforcing officer.
Cal. RTC § 2861 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 5 / Chapter 3.3 / Section 2861
Section 2861
Status: in_force

The district attorney shall bring suit against the tax collector and his sureties for this amount. The controller or the board of supervisors may require the district attorney to bring this suit if he neglects his duty. After the suit is commenced, no credit shall be made to the tax collector for taxes outstanding.
Cal. MVC § 120 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 120
Section 120
Status: in_force

The militia of the State shall consist of the National Guard, State Guard and the Naval Militia—which constitute the active militia—and the unorganized militia.
Cal. EVID § 1402 — California Code / Code evid / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1402
Section 1402
Status: in_force

The party producing a writing as genuine which has been altered, or appears to have been altered, after its execution, in a part material to the question in dispute, must account for the alteration or appearance thereof. He may show that the alteration was made by another, without his concurrence, or was made with the consent of the parties affected by it, or otherwise properly or innocently made, or that the alteration did not change the meaning or language of the instrument. If he does that, he may give the writing in evidence, but not otherwise.
Cal. INS § 1192.3 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 1192.3
Section 1192.3
Status: in_force

Excess fund investments may be made by a life insurer having admitted assets aggregating in value not less than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) in the following:

(a) Equipment obligations, securities, or certificates of any equipment trust evidencing rights to receive partial payments agreed to be made upon any contract of leasing or conditional sale.

(b) The purchase and ownership of machinery or equipment, which is or will within 30 days after acquisition become subject to contracts for sale or use under which contractual payments may reasonably be expected to return the principal of and provide earnings on the investment within the anticipated useful life of the property which shall be not less than five years.

Except upon the prior approval, in writing, of the commissioner, an investment may not be made under the authority of this section if at the time of the making of such investment it would result in such insurer then owning such obligations, securities, certificates, machinery and equipment in an amount exceeding five percent of such insurer’s admitted assets as determined by the insurer’s last preceding annual statement filed with the commissioner.

Any investment in a single piece of machinery or equipment shall not be made in excess of one percent of the insurer’s admitted assets or 10 percent of the aggregate of the insurer’s capital paid-up and unassigned surplus, whichever is larger.
Cal. BPC § 6044.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 6044.5
Section 6044.5
Status: in_force

(a) When an investigation or formal proceeding concerns alleged misconduct which may subject a licensee to criminal prosecution for any felony, or any lesser crime committed during the course of the practice of law, or in any manner that the client of the licensee was a victim, or may subject the licensee to disciplinary charges in another jurisdiction, the State Bar shall disclose, in confidence, information not otherwise public under this chapter to the appropriate agency responsible for criminal or disciplinary enforcement or exchange that information with that agency.

(b) The Chief Trial Counsel or designee may disclose, in confidence, information not otherwise public under this chapter as follows:

(1) To government agencies responsible for enforcement of civil and criminal laws or for professional licensing of individuals.

(2) To members of the Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission or a review committee thereof as to matters concerning nominees in any jurisdiction.
Cal. RTC § 531 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 531
Section 531
Status: in_force

If any property belonging on the local roll has escaped assessment, the assessor shall assess the property on discovery at its value on the lien date for the year for which it escaped assessment. It shall be subject to the tax rate in effect in the year of its escape except as provided in Section 2905 of this code.

Property shall be deemed to have escaped assessment when its owner fails to file a property statement pursuant to the provisions of Section 441, to the extent that this failure results in no assessment or an assessment at a valuation lower than would have obtained had the property been properly reported. Escape assessments made as the result of an owner’s failure to file a property statement as herein provided shall be subject to the penalty and interest imposed by Sections 463 and 506, respectively. This paragraph shall not constitute a limitation on any other provision of this article.
Cal. FIN § 4051 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.4 / Section 4051
Section 4051
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature intends for financial institutions to provide their consumers notice and meaningful choice about how consumers’ nonpublic personal information is shared or sold by their financial institutions.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting the California Financial Information Privacy Act to afford persons greater privacy protections than those provided in Public Law 106-102, the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and that this division be interpreted to be consistent with that purpose.
Cal. HSC § 43013.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 43013.1
Section 43013.1
Status: in_force

(a)  The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with, and the state board, shall develop a timetable for the removal of MTBE from gasoline at the earliest possible date. In developing the timetable, the commission and the state board shall consider studies conducted by the commission and should ensure adequate supply and availability of gasoline.

(b)  The state board shall ensure that regulations for California Phase 3 Reformulated Gasoline (CaRFG3) adopted pursuant to Executive Order D-5-99 meet all of the following conditions:

(1)  Maintain or improve upon emissions and air quality benefits achieved by California Phase 2 Reformulated Gasoline in California as of January 1, 1999, including emission reductions for all pollutants, including precursors, identified in the State Implementation Plan for ozone, and emission reductions in potency-weighted air toxics compounds.

(2) Provide additional flexibility to reduce or remove oxygen from motor vehicle fuel in compliance with the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a).

(3)  Are subject to a multimedia evaluation pursuant to Section 43830.8.

(c)  On or before April 1, 2000, the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with the Department of Water Resources and the State Department of Health Services, shall identify areas of the state that are most vulnerable to groundwater contamination by MTBE or other ether-based oxygenates. The State Water Resources Control Board shall direct resources to those areas for protection and cleanup on a prioritized basis. Loans for upgrading, replacing, or removing tanks shall be made available pursuant to Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 15399.10) of Part 6.7 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. In identifying areas vulnerable to groundwater contamination, the State Water Resources Control Board shall consider criteria including, but not limited to, any one, or any combination of, the following:

(1)  Hydrogeology.

(2)  Soil composition.

(3)  Density of underground storage tanks in relation to drinking water wells.

(4)  Degree of dependence on groundwater for drinking water supplies.
Cal. ELEC § 2224 — California Code / Code elec / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 2224
Section 2224
Status: in_force

(a) If a voter has not voted in an election within the preceding four years, and the voter’s residence address, name, or party preference has not been updated during that time, the county elections official may send an alternate residency confirmation postcard. The use of this postcard may be sent subsequent to NCOA or county voter information guide returns, but shall not be used in the residency confirmation process conducted under Section 2220. The postcard shall be forwardable, including a postage-paid and preaddressed return form to enable the voter to verify or correct the address information, and shall be in substantially the following form:

“If the person named on the postcard is not at this address, PLEASE help keep the voter rolls current and save taxpayer dollars by returning this postcard to your mail carrier.”

“IMPORTANT NOTICE”

“According to our records you have not voted in any election during the past four years, which may indicate that you no longer reside in ____ County. If you continue to reside in California you must confirm your residency address in order to remain on the active voter list and receive election materials in the mail.”

“If confirmation has not been received within 15 days, you may be required to provide proof of your residence address in order to vote at future elections.”

(b) The use of a toll-free number to confirm the old residence address is optional. A change to a voter’s address shall be received in writing.

(c) A county using the alternate residency confirmation procedure shall notify all voters of the procedure in the county voter information guide or in a separate mailing.

(d) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2020, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
Cal. FGC § 3001 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 3001
Section 3001
Status: in_force

It is unlawful to take birds or mammals with firearms, BB devices as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbows, or with bow and arrow when intoxicated.
Cal. WAT § 35420 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 35420
Section 35420
Status: in_force

All water distributed for irrigation purposes, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be apportioned ratably to each holder of title to land upon the basis of the ratio which the last assessment against his land for district purposes bears to the whole sum assessed in the district for district purposes.
Cal. FGC § 4651.5 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Section 4651.5
Section 4651.5
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall work with landowners to mitigate depredation by sport hunting pursuant to this chapter, including the application of the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program (Article 3 (commencing with Section 1570) of Chapter 5 of Division 2).

(b) The use of poison to take wild pigs is prohibited.

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.
Cal. HSC § 1567.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 1567.4
Section 1567.4
Status: in_force

The State Department of Social Services shall provide, at cost, quarterly to each county and to each city, upon the request of the county or city, and to the chief probation officer of each county and city and county, a roster of all community care facilities licensed as small family homes, short-term residential therapeutic programs, or group homes located in the county, which provide services to wards of the juvenile court, including information as to whether each facility is licensed by the state or the county, the type of facility, and the licensed bed capacity of each such facility. Information concerning the facility shall be limited to that available through the computer system of the State Department of Social Services.
Cal. FIN § 5702 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 5702
Section 5702
Status: in_force

Any executor, administrator, guardian, conservator of a natural person or receiver, and any fiduciary or trustee, and any public corporation, political subdivision, public instrumentality, charitable institution, educational and eleemosynary institution, trust company or financial institution, and any insurance company or cemetery association may, without obtaining court approval:

(a) Vote in person or by proxy in favor of or against converting a state association into a federal association, or may approve or disapprove the determination to so convert.

(b) Exchange any stock, savings accounts, or other rights or claims, for securities issued by the federal association, and hold the securities as legal investments.