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Cal. PRC § 9163 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 9163
Section 9163
Status: in_force

(a) Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for forming the district. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the territory proposed to be included in the district. If the territory proposed to be included in the district is located in more than one county, publication of the notice shall be made in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties.

(b) The notice shall be signed by at least one, but not more than three, chief petitioners and shall be in substantially the following form:

“Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition

Notice is hereby given of the intention to circulate a petition proposing to form the ____ (name of the district). The reasons for the proposal are: ____.‛

(c) Within five days after the date of publication, the chief petitioners shall file with the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the principal county a copy of the notice together with an affidavit made by a representative of the newspaper in which the notice was published certifying to the fact of publication.

(d) After the filing required pursuant to subdivision (c), the petition may be circulated for signatures.
Cal. HSC § 40719 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Section 40719
Section 40719
Status: in_force

(a)  Except as provided in subdivision (d), every district board which has adopted an emergency episode plan for ozone or oxidant may conduct hearings on the adoption and implementation of intermittent transportation controls which shall be applicable, upon order of the district board, during periods in the months of June to October, inclusive, when an air pollution emergency, as defined in the Air Pollution Emergency Plan of the state board, has been called.

(b)  The district board, in cooperation with representatives of industry, transportation, and local governments in the district, shall conduct the hearings pursuant to subdivision (a) to define and designate the necessary transportation controls. The district board shall prepare and submit to the Legislature within one year a report on the findings from the hearings.

(c)  The district board shall incorporate its findings and determinations into the district air quality management plan.

(d)  Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, in that portion of the bay district which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the commission, at the request of the bay district, shall undertake those duties and responsibilities set forth in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, that relate to the conduct of hearings and the adoption and implementation of intermittent transportation controls and that relate to making recommended findings and determinations for the bay district for incorporation into the bay district’s air quality management plan.
Cal. RTC § 8130 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 8130
Section 8130
Status: in_force

Interest shall be paid upon any overpayment of any amount of tax at the modified adjusted rate per month established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the first day of the month following the period during which the overpayment is made. In addition, a refund or credit shall be made of any interest imposed upon the claimant with respect to the amount being refunded or credited.

The interest shall be paid as follows:

(a) In the case of a refund, to the last day of the month following the date upon which the person making the overpayment, if he or she has not already filed a claim, is notified by the board that a claim may be filed or the date upon which the claim is approved by the board, whichever date is the earlier.

(b) In the case of a credit, to the same date as that to which interest is computed on the tax or amount against which the credit is applied.
Cal. WAT § 31149.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 31149.1
Section 31149.1
Status: in_force

A district may, by using any water or water supplies furnished to the district or used by the district, construct, maintain, and operate one or more plants for the generation of hydroelectric power from the water, and the transmission lines for the conveyance thereof.

“Plant for the generation of hydroelectric power” includes water driven generators and appurtenant facilities for the generation of electric power and structures for the protection of the generators on appurtenant facilities.

The plant or plants so constructed shall be operated in a manner which is compatible with the proper operation of the district’s water storage, transmission, and distribution system. Construction of the plant or plants and transmission lines may be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds or any other method of financing district works authorized in this division.
Cal. WAT § 55200 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 55200
Section 55200
Status: in_force

A separate petition for the formation of a zone or zones within a proposed district for any of the purposes specified in Section 55650 may be presented to the board of supervisors at the same time and in conjunction with a formation petition.
Cal. UIC § 13001 — California Code / Code uic / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 13001
Section 13001
Status: in_force

The definitions set forth in Sections 126, 127, 129, 133, 134, and 144 shall apply to this division.
Cal. ELEC § 10730 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 10730
Section 10730
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter provides the procedures for nomination and election of candidates at a special election to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives caused by a catastrophe.

(b) The procedures provided by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10700) shall apply to special elections to the extent those provisions are not inconsistent with this chapter or Section 8 of Title 2 of the United States Code.
Cal. FIN § 14002.5 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 14002.5
Section 14002.5
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all provisions of law applicable to nonprofit mutual benefit corporations generally (including, but not limited to, the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code)) shall apply to credit unions. However, whenever any provision of this division applicable to credit unions is inconsistent with any provision of law applicable to nonprofit mutual benefit corporations generally, the provision of this division shall apply and the inconsistent provision of law applicable to nonprofit mutual benefit corporations generally shall not apply to a credit union.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), the following provisions of the Corporations Code are not applicable to credit unions:

(1) Section 7131.

(2) Subdivision (a) of Section 7132.

(3) Section 7142.

(4) Subdivision (c) of Section 7223.

(5) Subdivision (c) of Section 7225.

(6) Article 4 (commencing with Section 7240) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Title 1.

(7) Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 8110) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 1.

(8) Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 8610) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 1.

(9) Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 8710) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 1.
Cal. HSC § 1367.47 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 5 / Section 1367.47
Section 1367.47
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum amount a health care service plan may require an enrollee to pay at the point of sale for a covered prescription drug is the lesser of the following:

(1) The applicable cost-sharing amount for the prescription drug.

(2) The retail price.

(b) A health care service plan shall not require a pharmacist or pharmacy to charge or collect from an enrollee a cost-sharing amount that exceeds the total retail price for the prescription drug.

(c) The payment rendered shall constitute the applicable cost sharing and shall apply to the deductible, if any, and also to the maximum out-of-pocket limit in the same manner as if the enrollee had purchased the prescription drug by paying the cost-sharing amount.
Cal. PUC § 141005 — California Code / Code puc / Division 14 / Section 141005
Section 141005
Status: in_force

The Coachella Valley Intermodal Transportation Authority is hereby created to serve as the governing agency for its 11 separate districts, recognized in that capacity by the Coachella Valley Association of Governments, the Riverside County Transportation Commission, and the United States Department of Transportation, for the following purposes:

(a) Serving as the primary authority for managing and operating intermodal passenger transportation and related infrastructure.

(b) Serving as the primary authority for intermodal less-than-carload freight transportation and related infrastructure within the Coachella Valley and eastern Riverside County.

(c) Serving as the primary authority for facilities and services and related infrastructure.

(d) Establishing, maintaining, and operating an independent political and administrative structure by which to implement passenger and freight transportation initiatives.

(e) Completing planning and environmental studies to ascertain project feasibility.

(f) Being available for designation as the lead agency for purposes of environmental review, entitlement permitting, and public participation.

(g) Acquiring, by grant, purchase, condemnation, gift, devise, or lease, and holding, using, selling, leasing or disposing of, any real and personal property necessary for the full exercise, or convenient or useful for the carrying on of, any of the authority’s powers.

(h) Fixing rates, parking fees, charges, or rents for the use of any facilities acquired, constructed, operated, or maintained by the authority or any of its districts, and modifying the same at its pleasure, subject to any contractual obligation that may be entered into by the authority with respect to the fixing of those rates, fees, charges, or rents.

(i) Obtaining funds for, and sustaining the planning, development, maintenance, and operation of, the Coachella Valley and City of Blythe Intermodal Transportation Center.

(j) Accepting gifts, subventions, grants, rebates, and subsidies from any source.

(k) Entering into indentures.

(l) Issuing tax-exempt revenue bonds and coupons.

(m) Spending moneys and incurring indebtedness to fulfill its purposes.
Cal. WIC § 1784.2 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.2 / Section 1784.2
Section 1784.2
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of the Youth Authority shall provide grants from funds made available for this purpose, for the development, implementation, and support of juvenile justice community resource programs.

(b) Any public or private nonprofit agency that does not directly deliver services may apply to the director for funding as a juvenile justice community resource program pursuant to this article.

(c) Funding may consist of organizational and program grants.

(1) As used in this article, “organizational grants” means grants for the purpose of funding community organization efforts in order to develop a bank of public and private agencies, and other community resources, to provide services needed by youthful offenders and to provide financial support to the referral program. An applicant may receive only one organizational grant, which may not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).

(2) As used in this article, “program grants” means grants to support the operating costs of the referral programs. A program grant may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per applicant per year. As a further limitation, beginning in the second year of the program grant, the amount of the program grant may not exceed a prescribed percentage of the referral program’s operating budget, as follows: 50 percent in the second year of the program grant, 33 percent in the third year, 25 percent in the fourth year, and 20 percent in the fifth and subsequent years of the program grant.

(d) The director shall consider all of the following factors, together with any other circumstances he or she deems appropriate, in selecting applicants to receive funds pursuant to this article.

(1) The stated goals of applicants.

(2) The number of youthful offenders to be served and the needs of the community.

(3) Evidence of community support, including, but not limited to, business, labor, professional, educational, charitable, and social service groups.

(e) In addition to the factors specified in subdivision (d), in selecting applicants to receive program grants, the director shall also consider all of the following:

(1) Description of the number and type of service providers available.

(2) Existence of support and involvement by participants in the local juvenile justice system, including law enforcement, probation, prosecution, and the judiciary.

(3) The organizational structure of the agency which will operate the program.

(4) Specific plans for meeting the percentage of local funding of operating costs as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).

(f) After consultation with the advisory committee, and upon evaluation of all applicants pursuant to the above criteria and any other criteria established by the advisory committee, the director shall select the public or private nonprofit agencies which he or she deems qualified to receive funds for the establishment and operation of the programs.

(g) The initial evaluation, selection, and funding of applicants shall take place prior to January 1, 1986.
Cal. PRC § 25470 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 5.7 / Section 25470
Section 25470
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Act” means the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

(b) “Allocation” means a loan of funds by the Department of General Services pursuant to the procedures specified in this chapter.

(c) “Building” means any existing structure that includes a heating or cooling system, or both. Additions to an existing building shall be considered part of that building rather than a separate building.

(d) “Department” means the Department of General Services.

(e) “Energy audit” means a determination of the energy consumption characteristics of a building that does all of the following:

(1) Identifies the type, size, and energy use level of the building and the major energy using systems of the building.

(2) Determines appropriate energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures.

(3) Indicates the need, if any, for the acquisition and installation of energy conservation measures.

(f) “Energy conservation maintenance and operating procedure” means a modification or modifications in the maintenance and operations of a building, and any installations therein, based on the use time schedule of the building that are designed to reduce energy consumption in the building and that require no significant expenditure of funds.

(g) “Energy conservation measure” means an installation or modification of an installation in a building that is primarily intended to reduce energy consumption or allow the use of a more cost-effective energy source.

(h) “Energy conservation project” means an undertaking to acquire and to install one or more energy conservation measures in a building, and technical assistance in connection with that undertaking.

(i) “Fund” means the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund or the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund.

(j) “Project” means a purpose for which an allocation may be requested and made under this chapter. Those purposes shall include energy audits, energy conservation and operating procedures, and energy conservation measures in existing buildings, and energy conservation projects.

(k) “State agency” means a unit of state government, including any department, agency, board, or commission under the State of California.

(l) “State-owned building” means a building that is primarily occupied by offices or agencies of a unit of state government and includes those properties owned by the State of California.
Cal. FAC § 12992 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 11 / Section 12992
Section 12992
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to sell any adulterated or misbranded pesticide.

In any prosecution of any agent or dealer under this section it is a complete defense to prove that the adulterated or misbranded pesticide that is the basis of the prosecution was guaranteed by the party from whom the agent or dealer purchased it to be not adulterated or misbranded.
Cal. PUC § 50242 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 50242
Section 50242
Status: in_force

The board may at any time prior to the issuance and sale of any bonds provide for the call and redemption of any or all of the bonds on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity at not exceeding the par value and accrued interest plus a premium of not exceeding 5 percent upon the principal amount of the bonds, in which event the call price fixed by the board shall be set forth on the face of the bond. Notice of such redemption shall be published. If there is no newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, then the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the county in which the district or any part thereof is situated. The first publication shall be at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the redemption. After the date fixed for such redemption interest on the bonds thereafter shall cease.
Cal. HSC § 1349 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 3 / Section 1349
Section 1349
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to engage in business as a plan in this state or to receive advance or periodic consideration in connection with a plan from or on behalf of persons in this state unless such person has first secured from the director a license, then in effect, as a plan or unless such person is exempted by the provisions of Section 1343 or a rule adopted thereunder. A person licensed pursuant to this chapter need not be licensed pursuant to the Insurance Code to operate a health care service plan or specialized health care service plan unless the plan is operated by an insurer, in which case the insurer shall also be licensed by the Insurance Commissioner.
Cal. VEH § 35104 — California Code / Code veh / Division 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 35104
Section 35104
Status: in_force

The limitations as to width do not apply to the following vehicles except that these vehicles shall not exceed a width of 120 inches:

(a) Special mobile equipment.

(b) Special construction or highway maintenance equipment.

(c) Motor vehicles designed for, and used exclusively to, haul feed for livestock that are exempted from registration by subdivision (c) of Section 36102, except when operated on a highway during darkness.
Cal. FGC § 5001 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 5001
Section 5001
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 5000 do not prohibit the possession of any tortoise (Gopherus) when the owner can demonstrate that such tortoise was legally acquired and possessed before the effective date of this section. The owner of a tortoise which may be possessed under this section shall mark or otherwise identify such tortoise to the satisfaction of the department, and shall not transfer such tortoise to any other person without prior approval of the department.
Cal. INS § 1874.86 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 4.5 / Section 1874.86
Section 1874.86
Status: in_force

Each insurer subject to this article shall report, at the request of the commissioner, but not more than annually, to the department on the following:

(a) The number of vehicles inspected pursuant to Section 1874.85 and the percentage that this number represents of the total number of vehicles for which it paid a claim for the cost of auto body repairs in the prior calendar year.

(b) The results of the inspections, including the nature of any fraud uncovered, and whether or not legal action was pursued.

The department shall make the information provided pursuant to this section available to the California Highway Patrol and the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
Cal. RTC § 18881 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 3 / Article 17 / Section 18881
Section 18881
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a degenerative disease of the motor nerves that causes progressive weakness of all voluntary muscles. People with ALS become unable to move, swallow, speak, and breathe without assistance, usually remaining fully aware of what is happening to them and their families.

(b) ALS is a fatal disease. There is no cure and only a few drug therapies, none of which allow for meaningful life extension. Most ALS patients die within two to five years of symptom onset. Every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed with ALS, and every 90 minutes someone dies of the disease. ALS knows no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries, often striking people at midlife and at the height of family, career, and financial responsibilities.

(c) The devastating physical, emotional, and financial effects caused by the progression of ALS and the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week caregiving required impact not only the patient, but the entire family. ALS is a family disease, and the need for a coordinated effort on the part of the research and clinical care community in California is essential.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to establish a systematic program to bring together California’s academic, clinical, and scientific infrastructure to advance our collective understanding of the causes, cures, and prevention of ALS. The outcome of this collaboration may have direct effects and consequences on the development of a comprehensive system that may identify the causes, cures, and prevention of ALS, as well as improving the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of victims of ALS. This program shall underwrite the costs of bringing together California’s physicians, hospitals, laboratories, educational institutions, and other organizations and persons for the purpose of enabling organizations and persons to advance ideas and activities that will better our understanding of ALS clinical care and explore opportunities that science can play in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ALS.
Cal. VEH § 9556 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 9556
Section 9556
Status: in_force

Whenever any person or organization authorized by the department under Section 4610 receives an application for renewal of registration accompanied by the proper fee and endorses a receipt or validates a registration card or potential registration card in respect to the application for renewal of registration prior to midnight on the date registration expires in any year, the application and payment of fees shall not be deemed delinquent or subject to penalty, except that the person or organization so receiving the application and fees shall transmit the application and fees to the department as promptly as practicable in the immediate course of business.

This section shall become operative on March 8, 1976, unless a later enacted statute, which is chaptered before March 8, 1976, deletes or extends such date.