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Cal. SHC § 5686 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 5686
Section 5686
Status: in_force

For all purposes and in all cases where a verification is required under this division, such verification may be made before the superintendent of streets who is hereby authorized to administer oaths for that purpose, or before any other person authorized to administer oaths.
Cal. WIC § 1753.4 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1753.4
Section 1753.4
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to Section 1753.3 the Director of the Youth Authority may enter into a long-term agreement not to exceed 20 years with a city, county, or city and county to place parole violators in a facility which is specially designed and built for the incarceration of parole violators and state youth authority wards.

(b) The agreement shall provide that persons providing security at the facilities shall be peace officers who have completed the minimum standards for the training of local correctional peace officers established under Section 6035 of the Penal Code.

(c) In determining the reimbursement rate pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), the director shall take into consideration the costs incurred by the city, county, or city and county for services and facilities provided, and any other factors which are necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of the respective parties.

(d) The Director of the Youth Authority, to the extent possible, shall select city, county, or city and county facilities in areas where medical, food, and other support services are available from nearby existing prison facilities.

(e) The Director of the Youth Authority, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into an agreement to lease state property for a period not in excess of 20 years to be used as the site for a facility operated by a city, county, or city and county authorized by this section.

(f) No agreement may be entered into under this section unless the cost per ward in the facility is no greater than the average costs of keeping a ward in a comparable Youth Authority facility, as determined by the Director of the Youth Authority.
Cal. WAT § 36550 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 36550
Section 36550
Status: in_force

As used in this part “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county.
Cal. HSC § 51334 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 3 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 2 / Section 51334
Section 51334
Status: in_force

The agency may, in conjunction with the financing of multifamily rental housing pursuant to this chapter, finance the development of commercial property for lease, subject to all of the following conditions:

(a)  No more than 10 percent of the proceeds of any revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be used to develop the commercial property for lease.

(b)  The commercial property developed will be located on the same parcel or on a parcel adjacent to a multifamily rental housing development.

(c)  As a condition of such financing, any lease payments collected in excess of payments necessary for debt service, operating expenses and any required reserves related to such property, shall be used to reduce rents on units reserved for occupancy by lower-income households and very low income households in a multifamily rental housing development.
Cal. HSC § 42323 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 1.3 / Section 42323
Section 42323
Status: in_force

(a)  For purposes of subdivision (b), “small business stationary source” means a source which meets all of the following criteria:

(1)  The source is owned or operated by a person who employs 100 or fewer individuals.

(2)  The source is a small business as defined under the federal Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 631, et seq.).

(3)  The source emits less than 10 tons per year of any single pollutant and less than 20 tons per year of all pollutants.

(b)  In addition to the requirements of Section 42322, every district shall establish a small business assistance program for small business stationary sources located within the district’s jurisdiction. A small business assistance program adopted pursuant to this section shall consist of all of the following:

(1)  The development of a standardized permit application form which is written in clear and understandable language and provides small business persons with adequate information to complete and return the form.

(2)  To the extent that a district determines that it will not adversely affect public health or the environment, the consolidation of the authority to construct and permit to operate into a single permit process in order to reduce processing times and paperwork for small business stationary sources.

(3)  The establishment of expedited variance procedures for small businesses and the provision of technical assistance for applicants on the processing of variances.

(4)  The designation of a single person or office within the district which shall serve as a point of initial access and accessibility to the district for small business persons.

(5)  Upon the approval of the district board at a duly noticed public hearing, the establishment of surcharges on permit fees levied on sources regulated by the district, to be used for the establishment of a small business economic assistance program.

(c)  This section does not apply to county air pollution control districts in counties that have a population of less than 250,000 persons.
Cal. PCC § 12156 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 12156
Section 12156
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no state agency shall purchase any printer or duplication cartridge for which the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, retailer, or remanufacturer places restrictions on the recycling or remanufacturing of that cartridge by any other person. For purposes of this section, these restrictions include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Reducing the price of the cartridge in exchange for any agreement not to remanufacture the cartridge.

(2) A licensing agreement on the cartridge that forbids remanufacturing.

(3) Any contract that forbids the remanufacturing or recycling of the cartridge.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, retailer, or remanufacturer who establishes a recycling or remanufacturing program that is available to its customers may enter into signed agreements with those customers consenting to the return of the used cartridge to the manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, retailer, or remanufacturer, only for either of the following purposes:

(1) Recycling and remanufacturing, for purposes of making the remanufactured cartridge available for purchase.

(2) Recycling.

(c) Each state agency shall print a statement on the cover of its printer or duplicator cartridge bid packages, or in some other noticeable place in the bid packet, notifying all bidders that it is unlawful to prohibit a printer or duplication cartridge that is sold to the state from being recycled or remanufactured, except as specified in subdivision (b).

(d) This section does not authorize any violation of the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code) or the Unfair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code).

(e) As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) “Printer or duplication cartridge” means a cartridge, including, but not limited to, a toner or ink cartridge, used in printer or duplication equipment for business or personal use.

(2) “Recycled” means a printer or duplication cartridge that would otherwise become solid waste, but which has undergone a process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, or reconstituting, and which has been returned for the manufacture of new products or the remanufacture of used cartridges.

(3) “Remanufactured” means a printer or duplication cartridge that has served its intended end use, but, rather than being discarded or disposed of, has instead been restored, renovated, repaired, or recharged, without substantial alteration of its form.
Cal. FAC § 20433 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 20433
Section 20433
Status: in_force

Each sheriff, member of the California Highway Patrol, and other peace officer shall cooperate and assist in enforcing this division.
Cal. HSC § 1799.105 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2.5 / Chapter 9 / Section 1799.105
Section 1799.105
Status: in_force

(a)  A poison control center which (1) meets the minimum standards for designation and operation established by the authority pursuant to Section 1798.180, (2) has been designated a regional poison control center by the authority, and (3) provides information and advice for no charge on the management of exposures to poisonous or toxic substances, shall be immune from liability in civil damages with respect to the emergency provision of that information or advice, for acts or omissions by its medical director, poison information specialist, or poison information provider as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c).

(b)  Any poison information specialist or poison information provider who provides emergency information and advice on the management of exposures to poisonous or toxic substances, through, and in accordance with, protocols approved by the medical director of a poison control center specified in subdivision (a), shall only be liable in civil damages, with respect to the emergency provision of that information or advice, for acts or omissions performed in a grossly negligent manner or acts or omissions not performed in good faith. This subdivision shall not be construed to immunize the negligent adoption of a protocol.

(c)  The medical director of a poison control center specified in subdivision (a) who provides emergency information and advice on the management of exposures to poisonous or toxic substances, where the exposure is not covered by an approved protocol, shall be liable only in civil damages, with respect to the emergency provision of that information or advice, for acts or omissions performed in a grossly negligent manner or acts or omissions not performed in good faith. This subdivision shall neither be construed to immunize the negligent failure to adopt adequate approved protocols nor to confer liability upon the medical director for failing to develop or approve a protocol when the development of a protocol for a specific situation is not practical or the situation could not have been reasonably foreseen.
Cal. HSC § 39619.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 39619.5
Section 39619.5
Status: in_force

The state board shall develop and conduct an expanded and revised program of monitoring of airborne fine particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM 2.5). The program shall be designed to accomplish all of the following:

(a) The monitoring method selected shall be capable of accurately representing the spectrum of compounds that comprise PM 2.5 in the atmosphere of regions where monitoring is conducted, including nitrates and other inorganic compounds, as well as carbonaceous materials.

(b) To the extent feasible, the state board shall consider approved federal particulate methods in selecting a monitoring method for the program.

(c) The monitoring network used in the program shall site monitors so as to characterize population exposure, background conditions, and transport influence, and attain any other objective identified by the state board as necessary to understand conditions and to provide information for the development of control strategies.

(d) Portable monitors shall be used in locations not now monitored for PM 10, but where elevated PM 2.5 might be expected.

(e) During the initial two years of expanded monitoring, PM 2.5 monitoring shall be done at one or more of the highest level PM 10 sites in any region that violates the federal ambient air quality standard for PM 10, to enable a determination of the correlation between levels of PM 10 and PM 2.5.

(f) In regions where ambient source characterization studies for PM 2.5 have not been completed, the state board shall work with the district to develop and conduct those studies.

(g) The state board shall place on its Web site, updated at a minimum January 1 of each year, the status and results of the airborne fine particulate air pollution monitoring program.
Cal. INS § 753 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 753
Section 753
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any insurance agent or broker, or any insurance solicitor employed thereby, to receive any financial benefit from an automobile repair facility or any other form of direct or indirect consideration from any person for referring insureds to that person or that person’s designee for vehicle repairs covered under the automobile comprehensive coverage, property damage coverage, or automobile collision coverage, of an insurance policy issued through the insurance agent or broker or by an insurer represented by the insurance agent.

(b) Subdivision (a) applies with respect to commercial and noncommercial policies of automobile insurance.

(c) For purposes of this section, “financial benefit” means the receiving of any commission or gratuity, discount on repair costs, free repairs, or employment by a repair facility.
Cal. BPC § 2084.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 2084.5
Section 2084.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a medical school or medical school program accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools, or the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation shall be deemed to meet the requirements of Section 2084.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
Cal. FIN § 8500 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 8500
Section 8500
Status: in_force

(a) Every federal association and the holders of stock, shares, share accounts, savings accounts, and certificate accounts issued by any federal association have all the rights, powers, and privileges, and are entitled to the same exemptions and immunities granted, respectively, to associations organized under the laws of this state and to the holders of their stock, membership accounts, and savings accounts.

(b) This section is in addition and supplemental to any provision that, by specific reference, is applicable to federal associations and their members or stockholders.
Cal. PRC § 5408 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 5408
Section 5408
Status: in_force

Failure of any public entity or public utility to comply with any provision of this chapter shall not affect the validity of an acquisition by such entity or utility.
Cal. INS § 4097.05 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 4097.05
Section 4097.05
Status: in_force

A plan of conversion adopted by a medical malpractice mutual insurer to establish a mutual holding company shall provide that the medical malpractice mutual insurer will become a stock insurer, that the members of the medical malpractice mutual insurer will become members of a mutual holding company, that the mutual holding company will acquire at least 51 percent of the voting stock of the stock holding company, and that the stock holding company will acquire all of the voting stock of the converted insurer.
Cal. PRC § 5924 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5.8 / Chapter 3 / Section 5924
Section 5924
Status: in_force

(a) Any lands acquired pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5907 or pursuant to other sections of this act for acquisition of other lands of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation shall be subject to this section. After that acquisition, the state shall convey title to all those lands to the United States in trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as part of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation on the conditions that (1) the lands be administered by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as additions to the existing tribal reserves established by Section 3(c) of the act of September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 603, P.L. 86-339), (2) the lands be open to the public, subject to reasonable restrictions such as those presently in effect for the above existing tribal reserves, and (3) the lands be used for protection of wildlife habitat and other resources, preservation of open space, recreation, preservation of the native palms and other plants and animals native to the area, and the preservation in place or respectful public display, at the option of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, of the archeological and cultural resources of the lands.

Existing tribal reserve lands shall not be acquired, and acquisition within the reservation shall be limited to the southerly three-fourths of Section 2 and Sections 3, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 26, 29, 34, and 36 of Township 5 south; range 4 east, San Bernardino base and meridian, unless otherwise approved by the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation Tribal Council. No acquisition within the boundaries of the Aqua Caliente Indian Reservation shall be made without the approval of the Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council.

(b) Lands acquired pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall not be acquired through the use of eminent domain.

(c) Reasonable public access to lands acquired in fee with funds made available pursuant to this division shall be provided except where that access may interfere with habitat protection.
Cal. HSC § 50199.15 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.6 / Section 50199.15
Section 50199.15
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall annually submit to the Legislature by April 1 of each year a report specifying, with respect to its activities under this chapter during the previous calendar year, (1) the total amount of low-income housing credits allocated by the committee, (2) the total number of units assisted by the credit that are, or are to be, occupied by households whose income is 60 percent or less of area median gross income, (3) the amount of the credit allocated to each project, the other financing available to the project, and the number of units that are, or are to be, therein occupied by households whose income is 60 percent or less of area median gross income, and (4) sufficient information to identify the project.

(b) The committee shall also include in its annual report to the Legislature, an aggregation of the information which shall be submitted annually by housing sponsors for all projects which have received an allocation in previous years, specifying all of the following:

(1) Information sufficient to identify the project.

(2) The total number of units in the project.

(3) The total number of units assisted by the credit that are required to be occupied by households whose income is 60 percent or less of the area median gross income as a condition of receiving a tax credit.

(4) The total number of units assisted by the credit that are occupied by households whose income is 60 percent or less of the area median gross income.

(c) The committee shall also include in its annual report to the Legislature, any recommendations for improvement in the low-income housing tax credit.

(d) Commencing in the 2025 calendar year, the committee shall include in its annual report to the Legislature an aggregation of the information submitted by housing sponsors for all projects that have received an allocation on or after January 1, 2024, pursuant to the requirements of Section 50199.23.
Cal. WAT § 71733 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 71733
Section 71733
Status: in_force

The general manager of the district shall submit a quarterly report to the district’s board detailing all of the district’s contracts, contract amendments, and contract and amendment dollar amounts.
Cal. RTC § 19551.2 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 19551.2
Section 19551.2
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 19542, the Franchise Tax Board shall, upon request, when necessary for Employment Development Department (EDD) unemployment program administration, disclose to the EDD return or return information described in subdivision (b) in the records of the Franchise Tax Board, through information sharing agreements or data interfaces. These EDD unemployment programs include, but are not limited to, the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, Section 2102 of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 9021), and any extension of this program, and the federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance program, Section 410 of the federal Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5177).

(b) The return and return information authorized to be disclosed pursuant to this section are limited to information necessary to verify income, which may include, but not be limited to, earnings, identifying information, net profit and loss, self-employment, or other information needed for administration of the unemployment programs administered by the EDD.
Cal. FGC § 8492 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 12 / Section 8492
Section 8492
Status: in_force

The department shall take the steps it determines are necessary to prevent overfishing of crayfish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Those steps may include, but are not limited to, submitting to the Legislature proposed legislation to place limitations on the commercial crayfishing in that area.
Cal. WAT § 24003 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 24003
Section 24003
Status: in_force

Land upon which the assessment for improvement district warrants, including any interest, or for any other obligation payable out of the assessment, has been paid pursuant to Section 24002 shall not be subject to further assessments levied for the purposes of the improvement, but it shall remain liable for any assessments levied for operation and for any supplemental or additional improvement district assessments levied.
Cal. BPC § 467.7 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 467.7
Section 467.7
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the parties have agreed to a binding award, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person who voluntarily enters the dispute resolution process from revoking his or her consent, withdrawing from dispute resolution, and seeking judicial or administrative redress.

(b) In cases in which a criminal complaint has been filed by a prosecutor, other than for an infraction, the advice of counsel shall be obtained before any dispute resolution process is initiated. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to preclude a defendant from knowingly and voluntarily waiving the right to counsel. A defendant who indicates a desire to waive the right to counsel shall be encouraged to consult with the public defender or private counsel before waiving that right.