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Cal. HSC § 1339.51 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 11 / Section 1339.51
Section 1339.51
Status: in_force

(a)  (1)  Beginning July 1, 2004, a hospital, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), shall make a written or electronic copy of its charge description master available, either by posting an electronic copy of the charge description master on the hospital’s Internet Web site, or by making one written or electronic copy available at the hospital location.

(2)  A small and rural hospital, as defined in Section 124840, shall be exempt from paragraph (1).

(b)  For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)  “Charge description master” means a uniform schedule of charges represented by the hospital as its gross billed charge for a given service or item, regardless of payer type.

(2)  “Hospital” means a hospital, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250, that uses a charge description master.

(3)  “Office” means the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.

(c)  The hospital shall post a clear and conspicuous notice in its emergency department, if any, in its admissions office, and in its billing office that informs patients that the hospital’s charge description master is available in the manner described in subdivision (a).

(d)  Any information about charges provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include information about where to obtain information regarding hospital quality, including hospital outcome studies available from the office and hospital survey information available from the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Cal. PUC § 523 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 523
Section 523
Status: in_force

When approved by the commission, a common carrier may give free or reduced rate transportation between points within this state to:

(a) Its officers, agents, employees, and members of their families.

(b) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation.

(c) Persons injured in accidents or wrecks, and physicians and nurses attending such persons.
Cal. WAT § 85210 — California Code / Code wat / Division 35 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 85210
Section 85210
Status: in_force

The council has all of the following powers:

(a) To sue or be sued.

(b) To enter into contracts.

(c) To employ the services of public, nonprofit, and private entities.

(d) To delegate administrative functions to council staff.

(e) To employ its own legal staff or contract with other state or federal agencies for legal services, or both. The council may employ special legal counsel with the approval of the Attorney General.

(f) To receive funds, including funds from private and local governmental sources, contributions from public and private sources, as well as state and federal appropriations.

(g) To disburse funds through grants, public assistance, loans, and contracts.

(h) To request reports from state, federal, and local governmental agencies on issues related to the implementation of the Delta Plan.

(i) To adopt regulations or guidelines as needed to carry out the powers and duties identified in this division.

(j) To comment on state agency environmental impact reports for projects outside the Delta that the council determines will have a significant impact on the Delta.

(k) To hold hearings in all parts of the state necessary to carry out the powers vested in it, and for those purposes has the powers conferred upon the heads of state departments pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Any hearing by the council may be conducted by any member of the council, or other designee, upon authorization of the council, and he or she shall have the powers granted to the council by this section, provided that any final action of the council shall be taken by a majority of the membership of the council at a meeting duly called and held.
Cal. WIC § 4659.14 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 5 / Article 2.6 / Section 4659.14
Section 4659.14
Status: in_force

In the event of judgment or award in a suit or claim against a third party or carrier:

(a) If the action or claim is prosecuted by the child or consumer alone, the court or agency shall first order paid from any judgment or award the reasonable litigation expenses incurred in preparation and prosecution of the action or claim, together with reasonable attorney’s fees, when an attorney has been retained. After payment of these expenses and attorney’s fees the court or agency, on the application of the department or the regional center, shall allow as a lien against the amount of the settlement, judgment, or award, the reasonable value of additional services provided to the child under the California Early Intervention Program or consumer under this division, as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4659.12.

(b) If the action or claim is prosecuted both by the consumer or child and the department or regional center, the court or agency shall first order paid from any judgment or award the reasonable litigation expenses incurred in preparation and prosecution of the action or claim, together with reasonable attorney’s fees based solely on the services rendered for the benefit of the child or consumer. After payment of these expenses and attorney’s fees, the court or agency shall apply out of the balance of the judgment or award an amount sufficient to reimburse the department the full amount of the reasonable value of services provided.
Cal. BPC § 9889.16 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 20.3 / Article 8 / Section 9889.16
Section 9889.16
Status: in_force

Whenever a licensed adjuster in a licensed station upon an inspection or after an adjustment, made in conformity with the instructions of the bureau, determines that the lamps or the brakes upon any vehicle conform with the requirements of the Vehicle Code, the adjuster shall, when requested by the owner or driver of the vehicle, issue a certificate of adjustment on a form prescribed by the director, which certificate shall contain the date of issuance, the make and registration number of the vehicle, the name of the owner of the vehicle, and the official license of the station.
Cal. HSC § 1797.105 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2.5 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1797.105
Section 1797.105
Status: in_force

(a)  The authority shall receive plans for the implementation of emergency medical services and trauma care systems from local EMS agencies.

(b)  After the applicable guidelines or regulations are established by the authority, a local EMS agency may implement a local plan developed pursuant to Section 1797.250, 1797.254, 1797.257, or 1797.258 unless the authority determines that the plan does not effectively meet the needs of the persons served and is not consistent with coordinating activities in the geographical area served, or that the plan is not concordant and consistent with applicable guidelines or regulations, or both the guidelines and regulations, established by the authority.

(c)  A local EMS agency may appeal a determination of the authority pursuant to subdivision (b) to the commission.

(d)  In an appeal pursuant to subdivision (c), the commission may sustain the determination of the authority or overrule and permit local implementation of a plan, and the decision of the commission is final.
Cal. HSC § 102515 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 102515
Section 102515
Status: in_force

The certificate of finding shall be handled in the same manner and shall serve all the purposes of a certificate of live birth.
Cal. FAC § 12883 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 12883
Section 12883
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 12884 , a pesticide is also misbranded when the label fails to state one of the following:

(a) The name and percentage of each active ingredient, together with the total percentage of the inert ingredients, in the pesticide.

(b) The name of each active ingredient, together with the name of each and the total percentage of the inert ingredients, if there are any, in the pesticide.

A pesticide that is sold only as a spray adjuvant is not misbranded if the total percentage of the constituents ineffective as a spray adjuvant is stated on the label without mention of the terms “active ingredient” or “inert ingredient” in lieu of one of the options required by this section.
Cal. PUC § 105310 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 16 / Chapter 8 / Section 105310
Section 105310
Status: in_force

To assist in the operation of a service zone, the board may appoint one or more advisory groups composed of persons who reside in or own property in the zone.
Cal. VEH § 35755 — California Code / Code veh / Division 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 35755
Section 35755
Status: in_force

Whenever a state highway bridge is in a dangerous or weak condition, the Department of Transportation may temporarily erect suitable signs at all entrances to such bridge specifying the maximum weight which the bridge may safely sustain. Under no circumstances shall the maximum weight limit so fixed and posted pursuant to this section remain in effect for more than 90 days.
Cal. BPC § 4082 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 4082
Section 4082
Status: in_force

When called upon by an inspector, the owner or manager of any entity licensed by the board, or other store, shop, building, or premises retailing, wholesaling, or storing drugs or devices shall furnish the inspector with the names of the owner or owners, manager or managers, and employees together with a brief statement of the capacity in which these persons are employed on the premises.
Cal. WAT § 5003 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 5 / Section 5003
Section 5003
Status: in_force

No prescriptive right that might otherwise accrue to extract ground water shall arise or accrue to, nor shall any statute of limitations operate in regard to the ground water in the four counties after the year 1956 in favor of any person required to file a notice of extraction and diversion of water, until that person files with the board the first “Notice of Extraction and Diversion of Water” substantially in the form mentioned in Section 5002. As to each person who fails to file that notice by the end of the year in 1957, it shall be deemed for the period from that time until the first notice of the person is filed, that no claim of right to the extraction of ground water from any source in the four counties has been made by the person, and that water extracted by the person from the ground water source during that period has not been devoted to or used for any beneficial use. The beneficial use of water from any ground water source within the four counties in any year by the person shall be deemed not to exceed the quantity reported in the notice filed for that year.
Cal. FAC § 62181 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 13 / Section 62181
Section 62181
Status: in_force

The bonds provided for in this article are required for each handler and apply to all purchases of milk by that handler. A handler bonded under this article is not required to be separately bonded under Section 61405.
Cal. BPC § 23663 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 23663
Section 23663
Status: in_force

Alcoholic beverages which are consigned to a destination within this State shall be presumed to be for delivery or use within this State.
Cal. PROB § 20 — California Code / Code prob / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 20
Section 20
Status: in_force

Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this part govern the construction of this code.
Cal. HSC § 117125 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 117125
Section 117125
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may stock with fish any body of water opened to public fishing pursuant to this article.
Cal. ELEC § 2103 — California Code / Code elec / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2103
Section 2103
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the election board of each county, in order to promote and encourage voter registrations, shall establish a sufficient number of registration places throughout the county, and outside the county courthouse, for the convenience of persons desiring to register, to the end that registration may be maintained at a high level.

(b) It is also the intent of the Legislature that county elections officials, in order to promote and encourage voter registrations, shall enlist the support and cooperation of interested citizens and organizations in such a way as to reach most effectively every resident of the county.

(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that non-English-speaking citizens, like all other citizens, should be encouraged to vote. Therefore, appropriate efforts should be made to minimize obstacles to registration by citizens who lack sufficient skill in English to register without assistance.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that county elections officials be permitted to distribute affidavits of registration and voter registration cards, in all languages required by Section 203 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10503) or Section 4(f)(4) (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10303(f)(4)) of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, by using the county’s Internet Web site.
Cal. INS § 13855 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Section 13855
Section 13855
Status: in_force

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. PUC § 2774.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 2774.1
Section 2774.1
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The commission shall require an electrical corporation to include in an annual reliability report, required pursuant to Decision 96-09-045, as amended, or a decision that supersedes Decision 96-09-045, information on the reliability of service to end use customers that identifies, but is not limited to, the frequency and duration of interruptions in services. This information shall indicate areas with both the most frequent and longest outages, using local areas determined by the commission. The commission, in consultation with the electrical corporation, shall ensure that the geographical boundaries of local areas do not split up circuits for reporting purposes, if the electrical corporation aggregates data by circuits. The information shall be sufficiently aggregated to both maintain electrical system security, and be of use and relevance to affected customers of the electrical corporation.

(2) Before July 1, 2014, the commission shall determine the local areas for the purposes of paragraph (1).

(3) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall apply to annual reports due after July 1, 2014.

(4) The electrical corporation shall conspicuously post on its Internet Web site the annual report required pursuant to Decision 96-09-045, as amended, or a decision that supersedes Decision 96-09-045.

(b) (1) The commission shall use the information contained in an electrical corporation’s annual reliability report to require cost-effective remediation of reliability deficiencies if the report, or more than one report, identifies repeated deficiencies in the same local area as determined by the commission pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). In requiring cost-effective remediation, the commission shall consult with the electrical corporation and consider mitigating factors that may impede an electrical corporation from implementing required cost-effective remediation, including, but not limited to, local permitting matters or other events or conditions or public policy considerations that may present higher priority safety or reliability issues.

(2) The commission may suspend the requirements of paragraph (1) if the commission finds that expenditures by the electrical corporation to comply with that paragraph are not justified or that the remediation measures undertaken by the electrical corporation are not effective at improving reliability.

(c) (1) The commission may order an electrical corporation to make more frequent trend analyses of local area service reliability and to make those analyses publicly available.

(2) The information made publicly available shall provide sufficient confidentiality for purposes of protecting electrical system security.

(3) The commission may make those analyses publicly available.
Cal. BPC § 7503.7 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 4 / Section 7503.7
Section 7503.7
Status: in_force

The form and content of the license shall be determined by the director in accordance with Section 164.
Cal. FAC § 53425 — California Code / Code fac / Division 18 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 53425
Section 53425
Status: in_force

Any decision of the director pursuant to this article is subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction.
Cal. RTC § 17073.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 17073.5
Section 17073.5
Status: in_force

(a) A taxpayer may elect to take a standard deduction as follows:

(1) In the case of a taxpayer, other than a head of a household or a surviving spouse (as defined in Section 17046) or a married couple filing a joint return, the standard deduction shall be one thousand eight hundred eighty dollars ($1,880).

(2) In the case of a head of household or a surviving spouse (as defined in Section 17046) or a married couple filing a joint return, the standard deduction shall be three thousand seven hundred sixty dollars ($3,760).

(b) The standard deduction provided for in subdivision (a) shall be in lieu of all deductions other than those which are to be subtracted from gross income in computing adjusted gross income under Section 17072.

(c) (1) The provisions of this section shall be applied in lieu of the provisions of Sections 63(c) and 63(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to standard deductions.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Section 63(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to limitations on the standard deduction of certain dependents, and Section 63(c)(6)of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to certain individuals not eligible for the standard deduction, shall apply, except as otherwise provided. For purposes of this paragraph, the amount specified in Section 63(c)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be adjusted for inflation in accordance with the provisions of Section 63(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(d) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1988, the Franchise Tax Board shall recompute the standard deduction amounts prescribed in subdivision (a). That computation shall be made as follows:

(1) The California Department of Industrial Relations shall transmit annually to the Franchise Tax Board the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index for all items from June of the prior calendar year to June of the current calendar year, no later than August 1 of the current calendar year.

(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall compute an inflation adjustment factor by adding 100 percent to that portion of the percentage change figure which is furnished pursuant to paragraph (1) and dividing the result by 100.

(3) The Franchise Tax Board shall multiply the standard deduction amounts in the preceding taxable year by the inflation adjustment factor determined in paragraph (2), and round off the resulting products to the nearest one dollar ($1).

(4) In computing the standard deduction amounts pursuant to this subdivision, the amount provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall be twice the amount provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
Cal. SHC § 9075 — California Code / Code shc / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 9075
Section 9075
Status: in_force

In the event that the discharge of the bonds of any nonconsenting holders at less than the par value thereof has been authorized by any final decree or order confirming a plan of readjustment under any bankruptcy laws of the United States in any proceedings initiated under the authority of this division or otherwise the legislative body may perform all acts and do all things necessary for the discharge of the bonds in accordance with the decree or order.
Cal. BPC § 7736 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 9 / Section 7736
Section 7736
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article the term “trustee” shall mean any banking institution or trust company legally authorized and empowered by the State of California to act as trustee in the handling of trust funds or not less than three persons one of whom may be an employee of the funeral establishment; the word “trustor” shall mean any person who pays the money or deposits the securities used for those preneed arrangements; the term “beneficiary” shall be the person for whom the funeral services are arranged; the words “corpus of the trust” shall include all moneys paid and securities delivered by the trustor pursuant to the provisions of the article.
Cal. WIC § 14005.24 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 14005.24
Section 14005.24
Status: in_force

The department shall instruct counties, by means of an all county letter or similar instruction, as to the process that is to be used to ensure that each child, physical custody of whom has been voluntarily surrendered pursuant to Section 1255.7 of the Health and Safety Code, shall be determined eligible for benefits under this chapter for, at a minimum, a period of time commencing on the date physical custody is surrendered and ending on the earliest of the following dates:

(a) The last day of the month following the month in which the child was voluntarily surrendered under Section 1255.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) The date the child is reclaimed under Section 1255.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) The date the child ceases to reside in California.
Cal. WIC § 5877 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 10 / Section 5877
Section 5877
Status: in_force

(a) For system of care counties, or as part of the county program proposal to apply for status as a system of care county, requests may be made for waivers from those state regulations that appear to prevent interagency coordination or collaboration in interagency case management and other service delivery capabilities.

(b) The state regulation or regulations shall be specifically identified in the waiver request, with a statement of the reason why the identified regulation or regulations should be waived and, where applicable, the following:

(1) An assurance as to how planned interagency collaborative activities can meet the program intent of the regulation or regulations.

(2) An explanation as to why the identified regulation or regulations would create duplication of effort with an interagency collaborative approach.

(3) An explanation as to how a waiver of the regulation or regulations would not hinder the ability of the involved state agency’s fiscal accountability or responsibility for federal moneys, and how granting of the waiver would support achievement of estimated cost avoidance, and result in decreased use of group homes, children and adolescent state hospital programs, nonpublic school residential placement, and juvenile justice reincarcerations, and in improved school attendance or performance.
Cal. ELEC § 10226.5 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 10226.5
Section 10226.5
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall establish uniform filing forms for candidates to use when filing nomination papers pursuant to Section 10226 and a declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 10226.3.