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Cal. WAT § 12670.8 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 12670.8
Section 12670.8
Status: in_force

(a) The project for flood protection measures on the Upper Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in a report dated August 19, 1998, or as that report may be subsequently modified, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state cooperation, upon the recommendation and advice of the department. The department may pay 50 percent of the nonfederal capital costs of the recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features of the project.

(b) The Santa Clara Valley Water District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that local cooperation required by the final report of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers will be furnished by the district in connection with the project for flood control adopted and authorized in subdivision (a).

(c) The Santa Clara Valley Water District, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall carry out the plans and project and may make modifications and amendments to the plans as necessary to carry out the plans for the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this chapter.
Cal. INS § 796.04 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 6.8 / Section 796.04
Section 796.04
Status: in_force

A health insurer that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses that authorizes a specific type of treatment for services covered under a policyholder’s contract or plan by a provider shall not rescind or modify this authorization after the provider renders the health care service in good faith and pursuant to the authorization for any reason, including, but not limited to, the insurer’s subsequent rescission, cancellation, or modification of the insured’s or policyholder’s contract or the insurer’s subsequent determination that it did not make an accurate determination of the insured’s eligibility. This section shall not be construed to expand or alter the benefits available or the terms and conditions of the contract as may be agreed upon between a policyholder, certificate holder, or trust, and the insurer. The Legislature finds and declares that by adopting the amendments made to this section by Assembly Bill 1324 of the 2007–08 Regular Session it does not intend to instruct a court as to whether or not the amendments are existing law.
Cal. HSC § 13960 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 2.7 / Chapter 11 / Section 13960
Section 13960
Status: in_force

(a)  The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all fire protection districts.

(b)  Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1960) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code applies to all fire protection districts.
Cal. FIN § 1646 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 1646
Section 1646
Status: in_force

A bank holding a safe-deposit box originally rented from, or personal property against which a safekeeping or storage receipt was issued by, a predecessor in interest, or a bank holding the contents of such box, shall be entitled to the remedies as to such box or the contents thereof or as to the safekeeping or storage of such property in like manner and to the same extent as if such box had been rented from or such safekeeping or storage of personal property had been received by such bank in the first instance.
Cal. BPC § 1670 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 1670
Section 1670
Status: in_force

Any licentiate may have his license revoked or suspended or be reprimanded or be placed on probation by the board for unprofessional conduct, or incompetence, or gross negligence, or repeated acts of negligence in his or her profession, or for the issuance of a license by mistake, or for any other cause applicable to the licentiate provided in this chapter. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.
Cal. RTC § 19064 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 19064
Section 19064
Status: in_force

(a) If any person initiates a motion to quash a subpoena, as provided by Sections 7465 to 7476, inclusive, of the Government Code, and that person is the person with respect to whose liability the subpoena is issued (or is the agent, nominee, or other person acting under the direction or control of that person), then the running of any period of limitations under Section 19057 (relating to deficiency assessments), Section 19087 (relating to false or fraudulent returns), or Section 19704 (relating to criminal prosecutions) with respect to that person shall be suspended for the period during which a proceeding, and appeals therein, with respect to the enforcement of the subpoena is pending.

(b) In the absence of the resolution of the subpoenaed person’s response to a subpoena issued under Section 19504 (power of examination), the running of any period of limitations under Section 19057 (relating to deficiency assessments), Section 19087 (relating to false or fraudulent returns), or Section 19704 (relating to criminal prosecutions) with respect to any person whose liability the subpoena was issued (other than a person taking action as provided by subdivision (a)) shall be suspended for the period beginning on the date which is six months after the service of the subpoena and ending with the final resolution of that response.

(c) The amendments made by the act adding this subdivision are operative for any subpoena served after the effective date of the act adding this subdivision.
Cal. WAT § 72770 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 11.6 / Section 72770
Section 72770
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 71274, no ordinance, motion, or resolution relating to the ethics, compensation, or benefits of the members of the Central Basin Municipal Water District board of directors shall be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of two-thirds of the members of the board.
Cal. INS § 10119.3 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10119.3
Section 10119.3
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agent or broker who assists an applicant in submitting an application to a health insurer has the duty to assist the applicant in providing answers to health questions accurately and completely.

(b) An agent or broker who assists an applicant in submitting an application to a health insurer shall attest on the written application to both of the following:

(1) That to the best of his or her knowledge, the information on the application is complete and accurate.

(2) That he or she explained to the applicant, in easy-to-understand language, the risk to the applicant of providing inaccurate information and that the applicant understood the explanation.

(c) If, in an attestation required by subdivision (b), a declarant willfully states as true any material fact he or she knows to be false, that person shall, in addition to any applicable penalties or remedies available under current law, be subject to a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Any public prosecutor may bring a civil action to impose that civil penalty. These penalties shall be paid to the Insurance Fund.

(d) A health insurance application shall include a statement advising declarants of the civil penalty authorized under this section.
Cal. WIC § 10836 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.7 / Section 10836
Section 10836
Status: in_force

In developing and implementing the EVV system, the department shall adhere to all of the following general principles:

(a) The EVV system shall be developed and implemented in a manner and timeframe that avoids payment of the federal financial participation penalties, as described in the federal 21st Century Cures Act.

(b) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act, the EVV system shall be developed through a collaborative stakeholder process, and be as minimally burdensome to providers and consumers as is necessary to comply with the federal mandate to implement electronic visit verification.

(c) Consistent with the United States Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring (1999) 527 U.S. 581, the EVV system shall not infringe upon the rights of In-Home Supportive Services program consumers.

(d) The department shall collaborate with stakeholders to identify the least intrusive manner to record the location of in-home supportive service delivery at the time service begins and ends each day, to the extent necessary to comply with the federal 21st Century Cures Act and related federal guidance.

(e) To the maximum extent possible, the EVV system shall leverage the existing electronic and telephonic timesheet systems.

(f) The EVV system shall utilize the maximum flexibility allowed by the federal government in the definitions of the terms “personal care services,” “location of services,” and “start and stop time of each service.”

(g) The department shall not implement a violations policy or process for in-home supportive service providers as part of electronic visit verification. Social workers shall continue to do individual assessments, and information from electronic visit verification shall not be used to reduce a consumer’s hours.

(h) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act, in-home supportive service providers and recipients shall be provided with training on the use of the EVV system.

(i) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act and related federal guidance, live-in in-home supportive service providers shall not be subject to electronic visit verification requirements.
Cal. RTC § 13409 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 13409
Section 13409
Status: in_force

“Gross estate” means “gross estate” as defined in Section 2031 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended or renumbered.
Cal. HSC § 34147 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1.7 / Chapter 4 / Section 34147
Section 34147
Status: in_force

The commission may accept financial assistance from public or private sources for the purposes of this part.
Cal. PUC § 15952 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 15952
Section 15952
Status: in_force

A director at large shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district.
Cal. BPC § 5536.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 5536.4
Section 5536.4
Status: in_force

(a) No person may use an architect’s instruments of service, as those professional services are described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 5500.1, without the consent of the architect in a written contract, written agreement, or written license specifically authorizing that use.

(b) An architect shall not unreasonably withhold consent to use their instruments of service from a person for whom the architect provided the services. An architect may reasonably withhold consent to use the instruments of service for cause, including, but not limited to, lack of full payment for services provided or failure to fulfill the conditions of a written contract.
Cal. BPC § 851 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 851
Section 851
Status: in_force

A healing arts licensure board or examining committee may by regulation require an applicant for licensure or certification to meet the standards of a specified private voluntary association or professional society when either of the following conditions is met:

(a) There is direct statutory authority or requirement that the board or examining committee utilize the standards of the specified private voluntary association or professional society; or

(b) The board or examining committee specifies in the regulation the amount of education, training, experience, examinations, or other requirements of the private voluntary association or professional society, which standards shall be consistent with the provisions of law regulating such licensees, and the board or examining committee adopts such standards in public hearing. The board or examining committee may, by regulation, require an applicant to successfully complete an examination conducted by or created by a relevant national certification association, testing firm, private voluntary association, or professional society.

Nothing in this section authorizes the Medical Board of California to limit the licensure of physicians and surgeons by specialty.
Cal. WAT § 1026 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 1026
Section 1026
Status: in_force

The lead agency shall not approve a water lease until 30 days after the board provides written public notice, including notice by personal delivery or registered mail to legal users of water which may be affected by the lease, as identified by the board, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and any party requesting special notice of water leases pursuant to this chapter. The water lessor shall pay a reasonable fee, in an amount determined by the state board, for the cost of providing the notice.
Cal. HNC § 868 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 868
Section 868
Status: in_force

If a voyage is broken up before departure of the vessel, the seamen shall be paid for the time they have served, and they may retain for their indemnity any advances they may have received.
Cal. HSC § 8574 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 8574
Section 8574
Status: in_force

For a violation of any provision of Section 8573, the bureau may temporarily suspend or permanently revoke the license of any cemetery licensee and may order the reservation or escrowing of assets of the cemetery authority to the extent deemed necessary to satisfy the cost of construction of the structure or building.
Cal. UIC § 803.2 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 803.2
Section 803.2
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a nonprofit organization which elected reimbursement financing under Section 803 and which has acquired a previously accumulated favorable reserve account under Section 712 or 713 shall be liable for the reimbursement of benefits pursuant to such election for any benefits chargeable to the reserve account and based upon wages paid prior to such election, to the extent that such benefits exceed the previously accumulated favorable reserve account.
Cal. PUC § 3341.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1.5 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 3341.1
Section 3341.1
Status: in_force

In connection with an enterprise, the authority may do any or all of the following:

(a) Acquire any enterprise by gift, purchase, or eminent domain as necessary to achieve the purposes of the authority pursuant to Sections 3310 and 3352.

(b) Construct or improve any enterprise. By gift, lease, purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, it may acquire any real or personal property, for an enterprise, except that no property of a state public body may be acquired without its consent. The authority may sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in such property. It may lay out, open, extend, widen, straighten, establish, or change the grade of any real property or public rights-of-way necessary or convenient for any enterprise.

(c) Operate, maintain, repair, or manage all or any part of any enterprise, including the leasing for commercial purposes of surplus space or other space that is not economic to use for such enterprise.

(d) Adopt reasonable rules or regulations for the conduct of the enterprise.

(e) Prescribe, revise, and collect charges for the services, facilities, or energy furnished by the enterprise. The charges shall be established and adjusted so as to provide funds sufficient with other revenues and moneys available therefor, if any, to (1) pay the principal of and interest on outstanding bonds of the authority financing such enterprise as the same shall become due and payable, (2) create and maintain reserves, including, without limitation, operating and maintenance reserves and reserves required or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or trust agreement securing such bonds, and (3) pay operating and administrative costs of the authority.

(f) Execute all instruments, perform all acts, and do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted by this article.
Cal. CIV § 51.5 — California Code / Code civ / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 51.5
Section 51.5
Status: in_force

(a) No business establishment of any kind whatsoever shall discriminate against, boycott or blacklist, or refuse to buy from, contract with, sell to, or trade with any person in this state on account of any characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51, or of the person’s partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers, managers, superintendents, agents, employees, business associates, suppliers, or customers, because the person is perceived to have one or more of those characteristics, or because the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

(b) As used in this section, “person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company.

(c) This section shall not be construed to require any construction, alteration, repair, structural or otherwise, or modification of any sort whatsoever, beyond that construction, alteration, repair, or modification that is otherwise required by other provisions of law, to any new or existing establishment, facility, building, improvement, or any other structure, nor shall this section be construed to augment, restrict, or alter in any way the authority of the State Architect to require construction, alteration, repair, or modifications that the State Architect otherwise possesses pursuant to other laws.
Cal. HSC § 79365 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 16 / Section 79365
Section 79365
Status: in_force

The department shall, as soon as the information is available, report the location of a removal action that will be carried out pursuant to Section 79360, and the time that the removal action will be carried out, to the local environmental health officer within whose jurisdiction the removal action will take place, if the local environmental officer does both of the following:

(a) Requests, in writing, that the department report this information to the local environmental health officer.

(b) Provides the department with a single 24-hour telephone number to which the information can be reported.
Cal. WIC § 11477.02 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 11477.02
Section 11477.02
Status: in_force

Prior to referral of any individual or recipient, or that person’s case, to the local child support agency for child support services under Section 17400 or 17404 of the Family Code, the county welfare department shall determine if an applicant or recipient has good cause for noncooperation, as set forth in Section 11477.04. If the applicant or recipient claims a good cause exception at any subsequent time to the county welfare department or the local child support agency, the local child support agency shall suspend child support services until the county welfare department determines the good cause claim, as set forth in Section 11477.04. If good cause is determined to exist, the local child support agency shall suspend child support services until the applicant or recipient requests their resumption, and shall take such other measures as are necessary to protect the applicant or recipient and the children. If the applicant or recipient is the parent of the child for whom aid is sought and the parent is found to have not cooperated without good cause as provided in Section 11477.04, the applicant’s or recipient’s family grant shall be reduced by 25 percent for such time as the failure to cooperate lasts.
Cal. FAC § 61418 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 61418
Section 61418
Status: in_force

If the respondent does not comply with any conditional or probationary orders, the director may suspend or revoke the license in accordance with the procedure provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. FAC § 74702.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.6 / Article 1 / Section 74702.5
Section 74702.5
Status: in_force

The successes that the grape rootstock industry has enjoyed have come in part through a commitment to industry funded research, which has led to significant improvements in the quality and variety of the grapes and grape products available to consumers. The establishment of the commission is intended to enhance this research effort and move the grape rootstock industry toward its potential, resulting in increased consumer value and enhanced grower returns.
Cal. BPC § 4842 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 2.5 / Section 4842
Section 4842
Status: in_force

The board may deny a registered veterinary technician application if the applicant has done any of the following:

(a) Committed any act that would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of registration under this chapter.

(b) While unregistered, committed, or aided and abetted the commission of, any act for which a certificate of registration is required by this chapter.

(c) Knowingly made any false statement in the application.

(d) Been convicted of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a registered veterinary technician.

(e) Committed any act that resulted in a revocation by another state of the applicant’s license, registration, or other procedure by virtue of which one is licensed or allowed to practice veterinary technology in that state.