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Cal. PUC § 142260 — California Code / Code puc / Division 15 / Chapter 6 / Section 142260
Section 142260
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members, approve the updated expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 142258.

(b) The authority may amend the expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 142258, if required, subject to all of the following conditions:

(1) The authority shall take all appropriate actions to give highest priority to the projects in the initial expenditure plan, and if any amendments delay or delete any project in the initial plan, the authority shall hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution initiating the amendments that specifically detail the reason why the amendments are necessary relative to conditions beyond the control of the authority.

(2) The authority shall notify the transportation planning agency, the board of supervisors, and the city council of each city in the county and provide them with a copy of the proposed amendments.

(3) The amendment is approved by the board of supervisors.

(4) The amendment is approved by a majority of the cities constituting a majority of the population residing in the incorporated areas of the county.

(c) The proposed amendments shall become effective immediately upon completion of the approval process in subdivision (b).
Cal. WAT § 39928 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 39928
Section 39928
Status: in_force

At the formation election there shall be elected a board of directors corresponding in number to the number of divisions in the district.
Cal. WIC § 14166.10 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5.2 / Section 14166.10
Section 14166.10
Status: in_force

(a) Payments to private hospitals under the demonstration project shall include, as applicable, all of the following:

(1) Payments under selective provider contracts with the department negotiated by the California Medical Assistance Commission in accordance with Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081).

(2) Disproportionate share hospital replacement payments under Section 14166.11.

(3) Supplemental payments under Section 14166.12.

(4) Payments to distressed hospitals as negotiated by the California Medical Assistance Commission pursuant to Section 14166.23.

(5) Payments of amounts described in Section 14166.14.

(b) Payments under subdivision (a) shall be in addition to other payments that may be made in accordance with law.
Cal. FAC § 6025.3 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 6.5 / Section 6025.3
Section 6025.3
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, “research” means basic and applied research. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is also original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge, but it is conducted to solve practical problems or objectives.
Cal. WIC § 12200.02 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 12200.02
Section 12200.02
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in subdivision (b), on the first day of the month following 90 days after enactment of the act that adds this section:

(1) The maximum aid payment for a married couple, in accordance with Section 12200, shall be reduced to equal the minimum amount required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(2) (A) The maximum aid payment under this article for an individual, in accordance with Section 12200, shall be reduced by 0.6 percent.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in no event shall payments under this paragraph be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the reductions required by this section shall not apply to payments made pursuant to subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200.
Cal. INS § 10489.9 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3a / Section 10489.9
Section 10489.9
Status: in_force

(a) If in any contract year the gross premium charged by any life insurer on any policy or contract is less than the valuation net premium for the policy or contract calculated by the method used in calculating the reserve thereon but using the minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest, the minimum reserve required for such policy or contract shall be the greater of either the reserve calculated according to the mortality table, rate of interest, and method actually used for such policy or contract, or the reserve calculated by the method actually used for such policy or contract but using the minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest and replacing the valuation net premium by the actual gross premium in each contract year for which the valuation net premium exceeds the actual gross premium. The minimum valuation standards of mortality and rate of interest referred to in this section are those standards stated in Sections 10489.2, 10489.3, and 10489.4.

(b) For a life insurance policy issued on or after January 1, 1986, for which the gross premium in the first policy year exceeds that of the second year and for which no comparable additional benefit is provided in the first year for such excess and that provides an endowment benefit or a cash surrender value or a combination thereof in an amount greater than such excess premium, the foregoing provisions of this section shall be applied as if the method actually used in calculating the reserve for such policy were the method described in Section 10489.5, ignoring the second paragraph of Section 10489.5. The minimum reserve at each policy anniversary of such a policy shall be the greater of the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with Section 10489.5, including the second paragraph of that section, and the minimum reserve calculated in accordance with this section.
Cal. FIN § 1424 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 1424
Section 1424
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall issue administrative regulations to define a reasonable time for permitting customers to draw on items received for deposit in the customer’s account. It is the public policy of this state to provide retail banking customers with the right to withdraw against items deposited with any depository institution located in this state within a reasonable period of time.
Cal. FAC § 75525 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 13.5 / Article 2 / Section 75525
Section 75525
Status: in_force

“Sale” means the point at which the producer transfers title of apples in exchange for financial compensation or other valuable consideration. A sale may occur even though the purchased apples are not placed in normal marketing channels.
Cal. FIN § 18 — California Code / Code fin / Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS / Section 18
Section 18
Status: in_force

18.

“Person” includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind.
Cal. FAC § 73068 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 73068
Section 73068
Status: in_force

“Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale of navel oranges.
Cal. BPC § 8770.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 8770.6
Section 8770.6
Status: in_force

The use of the word “certify” or “certification” by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying or the preparation of maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other surveying documents only constitutes an expression of professional opinion regarding those facts or findings which are the subject of the certification, and does not constitute a warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied.
Cal. HSC § 18866.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.3 / Chapter 5 / Section 18866.1
Section 18866.1
Status: in_force

Enforcement agencies responsible for the enforcement of this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this part shall maintain all records on file of special occupancy park inspections.
Cal. PUC § 70272 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 8 / Section 70272
Section 70272
Status: in_force

The resolution shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board.
Cal. VEH § 26707 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Section 26707
Section 26707
Status: in_force

Windshield wipers required by this code shall be maintained in good operating condition and shall provide clear vision through the windshield for the driver. Wipers shall be operated under conditions of fog, snow, or rain and shall be capable of effectively clearing the windshield under all ordinary storm or load conditions while the vehicle is in operation.
Cal. SHC § 2851 — California Code / Code shc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Section 2851
Section 2851
Status: in_force

The clerk of the legislative body shall give notice of the hearing by mailing a copy of the notice, postage prepaid, to all persons owning real property which is proposed to be assessed to pay any part of the cost of the work, whose names and addresses appear on the last equalized city or county assessment roll, as the case may be, available on the date the report is commenced, at his address as shown upon such roll or as known to the clerk.
Cal. HSC § 101849.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 101849.3
Section 101849.3
Status: in_force

Upon transfer of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, the county shall establish baseline data reporting requirements for each of the General Hospital and the Family Care Centers inpatient facilities consistent with data reporting requirements of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, including, but not limited to, monthly average daily census by facility for all of the following:

(a)  Acute care, excluding newborns.

(b)  Newborns.
Cal. INS § 10119.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10119.5
Section 10119.5
Status: in_force

(a) No individual or group policy of health insurance that is issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after July 1, 2003, that provides maternity coverage shall contain a copayment or deductible for inpatient hospital maternity services that exceeds the most common amount of the copayment or deductible contained in the policy for inpatient services provided for other covered medical conditions or contain a copayment or deductible for ambulatory care maternity services that exceeds the most common amount of the copayment or deductible contained in the policy for ambulatory care services provided for other covered medical conditions.

(b) No group or blanket policy of health insurance that provides maternity benefits for a person covered continuously from conception shall be issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state if it contains any exclusion, reduction, or other limitations as to coverage, deductibles, or coinsurance provisions, as to involuntary complications of pregnancy, unless the provisions apply generally to all benefits paid under the policy.

(c) For purposes of this section, involuntary complications of pregnancy shall include, but not be limited to, puerperal infection, eclampsia, cesarean section delivery, ectopic pregnancy, and toxemia.

(d) This section shall not apply to Medicare supplement, vision-only, or Champus-supplement insurance, or to hospital indemnity, accident-only, and specified disease insurance that does not pay benefits on a fixed benefit, cash payment only basis.

(e) This section shall not permit copayments or deductibles in the Medi-Cal program that are not otherwise authorized under state or federal law.

(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2003.
Cal. HNC § 6896 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 6896
Section 6896
Status: in_force

It may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to carry out any of its purposes.
Cal. HSC § 1569.1515 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.2 / Article 2 / Section 1569.1515
Section 1569.1515
Status: in_force

(a)  A corporation that applies for licensure with the department shall list the facilities that any member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer has been licensed to operate, been employed in, or served as a member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer.

(b)  The department shall not issue a provisional license or license to any corporate applicant that has a member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer who is not eligible for licensure pursuant to Sections 1569.16 and 1569.59.

(c)  The department may revoke the license of any corporate licensee that has a member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer who is not eligible for licensure pursuant to Sections 1569.16 and 1569.59.

(d)  Prior to instituting an administrative action pursuant to either subdivision (b) or (c), the department shall notify the applicant or licensee of the person’s ineligibility to be a member of the board of directors, an executive director, or an officer of the applicant or licensee, and shall give the applicant or licensee 15 days to remove the person from that position.
Cal. HSC § 115190 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 9 / Chapter 8 / Article 13 / Section 115190
Section 115190
Status: in_force

If the department determines that the object, building, structure, or premises does not warrant decontamination because of its low value, it shall so notify in writing the person who had control of the object, building, structure, or premises. The person so notified may decontaminate the object, building, structure, or premises, but if he or she fails to do so within 15 days after the notice, the department may cause the object, building, structure, or premises to be disposed of as radioactive waste.
Cal. WAT § 50302 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 50302
Section 50302
Status: in_force

The petition shall be published once a week for two weeks preceding the hearing thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in the principal county with a notice of the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors.
Cal. BPC § 8000 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 8000
Section 8000
Status: in_force

(a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Court Reporters Board of California, which consists of five members, three of whom shall be public members and two of whom shall be holders of certificates issued under this chapter who have been actively engaged as shorthand reporters within this state for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
Cal. SHC § 25440 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 25440
Section 25440
Status: in_force

Funding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be in substantially the following form (filling in blanks as appropriate):

FUNDING BOND

Joint Highway District No. ___ of the State of California

$____  Bond No. ___  Serial ___.

Under and by virtue of Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, the treasurer of Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California will pay to the bearer, out of the fund hereinafter designated, at the office of the treasurer of said district, on the ____ day of ____, 20__, the sum of ____ dollars, in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest thereon in like lawful money at the rate of ____ per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the second day of January and the second day of July in each year from the date hereof (except the last installment thereof, which shall be payable at the maturity of this bond), upon presentation and surrender, as they respectively become due, of the proper interest coupons hereto attached, the first of which is for interest from date hereof to the next date of interest payment, and the last for interest to maturity hereof from the last preceding date of interest payment. This bond is issued under and in conformity with the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, and is one of a series of bonds of like date and effect numbered from one to ____ consecutively. It is hereby certified, recited, and declared that all proceedings, acts, and things required by law precedent to or in the issuance of this bond have been regularly had, done, and performed, and this bond is by law made conclusive evidence thereof.

This bond is payable out of the “Joint Highway District No. ____ of the State of California Funding Bond Redemption Fund,” exclusively, as the same appears upon the books of the treasurer of that district, and in accordance with the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code special assessment taxes will be levied and collected upon the lands within Funding District No. ____ in that joint highway district in an amount clearly sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds as the bonds become due and payable.

In witness whereof the board of directors of the district has caused this bond to be signed by the treasurer of the district attested by the secretary of the board and the official seal of the district to be affixed hereto this ____ day of ____, 20__.

(SEAL) Treasurer of Joint Highway District
No. ___ of the State of California.
Attest:

Secretary of the Board of Directors.
Cal. FAM § 5244 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 5 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 5244
Section 5244
Status: in_force

A reference to the local child support agency in this chapter applies only when the local child support agency is otherwise ordered or required to act pursuant to law. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to mandate additional enforcement or collection duties upon the local child support agency beyond those otherwise imposed by law.
Cal. PRC § 25506.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 6 / Section 25506.5
Section 25506.5
Status: in_force

The commission shall request the Public Utilities Commission, for sites and related facilities requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to make comments and recommendations regarding the design, operation, and location of the facilities designated in the notice in relation to the economic, financial, rate, system reliability, and service implications of the proposed facilities.
Cal. WIC § 14138.16 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4.1 / Section 14138.16
Section 14138.16
Status: in_force

(a) For the duration of the APM project, the department shall establish a risk corridor structure for the principal health plans relating only to the APM supplemental capitation payments pursuant to Section 14138.15, to the extent consistent with principles of actuarial soundness and in accordance with Section 438.6(b)(1) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(b) The risk sharing of the costs under this section shall be constructed by the department with input from affected stakeholders so that it is symmetrical with respect to risk and profit. The department shall develop and specify the terms of the risk corridor in a form and manner specified by the department through all-plan letters or other technical guidance that shall be deemed incorporated into the contracts between each affected principal health plan and the department.
Cal. PRC § 25327 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 4 / Section 25327
Section 25327
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) There is insufficient information available to fully realize the potential of solar photovoltaic energy generation to serve low-income customers, including those in disadvantaged communities.

(2) There is insufficient understanding of the barriers to access for low-income customers to all forms of renewable energy being generated in the state.

(3) There is insufficient understanding of the barriers to access for low-income customers to energy efficiency investments.

(4) There is insufficient understanding of the barriers to access for low-income customers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission transportation options.

(b) On or before January 1, 2017, the commission, with input from relevant state agencies and the public, shall conduct and complete a study on both of the following:

(1) Barriers to, and opportunities for, solar photovoltaic energy generation as well as barriers to, and opportunities for, access to other renewable energy by low-income customers.

(2) Barriers to contracting opportunities for local small businesses in disadvantaged communities.

(c) On or before January 1, 2017, the commission, with input from relevant state agencies and the public, shall develop and publish a study on barriers for low-income customers to energy efficiency and weatherization investments, including those in disadvantaged communities, as well as recommendations on how to increase access to energy efficiency and weatherization investments to low-income customers.

(d) On or before January 1, 2017, the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the commission and with input from relevant state agencies and the public, shall develop and publish a study on barriers for low-income customers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission transportation options, including those in disadvantaged communities, as well as recommendations on how to increase access to zero-emission and near-zero-emission transportation options to low-income customers, including those in disadvantaged communities.
Cal. FAC § 2285 — California Code / Code fac / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 2285
Section 2285
Status: in_force

For the purpose of developing necessary information and securing the best results for agriculture in this state, the commissioner may correspond and meet with any interested individual, agency, group, association, or educational institution with an interest in, or information regarding, agricultural practices, as resources allow. As used in this section “agriculture” includes, but is not limited to, developments and issues regarding all agricultural practices, traditional and alternative pest control methodology, and other areas of agriculture resource management. The California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association may provide a forum by which a commissioner keeps informed and may facilitate discussions with other associations, institutions, agencies, organizations, or groups relating to resource management and protection for agriculture.