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Cal. ELEC § 4107 — California Code / Code elec / Division 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 4107
Section 4107
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of the Marina County Water District in the County of Monterey may adopt a resolution requiring its general district election to be held on the same day as the statewide direct primary election or the day of the statewide general election.

(b) If an election is held pursuant to subdivision (a), and the election is consolidated with another election, Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 shall govern the consolidation, and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the election, Section 10002 shall apply to that election.

(c) If, pursuant to subdivision (a), a general district election is held on the same day as a statewide election, those officers whose four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the resolution, expired on the first Friday in December following the general district election in an odd-numbered year shall, instead, either continue in their offices until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the general district election or, at the option of the governing board, cease to hold office prior to the expiration of their four-year term and upon the qualification of their successors at the time prescribed by the governing board.
Cal. FAM § 4303 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 4303
Section 4303
Status: in_force

(a) The obligee spouse, or the county on behalf of the obligee spouse, may bring an action against the obligor spouse to enforce the duty of support.

(b) If the county furnishes support to a spouse, the county has the same right as the spouse to whom the support was furnished to secure reimbursement and obtain continuing support. The right of the county to reimbursement is subject to any limitation otherwise imposed by the law of this state.

(c) The court may order the obligor to pay the county reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs in a proceeding brought by the county under this section.
Cal. BPC § 6132 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 6132
Section 6132
Status: in_force

Any law firm, partnership, corporation, or association which contains the name of an attorney who is disbarred, or who resigned with charges pending, in its business name shall remove the name of that attorney from its business name, and from all signs, advertisements, letterhead, and other materials containing that name, within 60 days of the disbarrment or resignation.
Cal. FAC § 62305 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 17 / Section 62305
Section 62305
Status: in_force

A local advisory board established pursuant to this article shall consist of seven members who shall be producers that supply market milk to the particular marketing area. A regional advisory board may consist of any number of members who are producers that supply market milk to any of the marketing areas in the region, but shall consist of not less than one member from each such marketing area in the region. The director may appoint one additional member on each such board who shall be a public member.

Upon the director’s request, each board shall submit to the director the names of three or more natural persons, each of whom shall be a citizen and resident of this state and not a producer, shipper, or processor nor financially interested in any producer, shipper, or processor, for appointment by the director as a public member of the board. The director may appoint one of the nominees as the public member on the board. If all nominees are unsatisfactory to the director, the board shall continue to submit lists of nominees until the director has made a selection. Any vacancy in the office of the public member of the board shall be filled by appointment by the director from the nominee or nominees similarly qualified submitted by the board. The public member of each board shall represent the interests of the general public in all matters coming before the board and shall have the same voting and other rights and immunities as other members of the board.
Cal. PCC § 10262.5 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 10262.5
Section 10262.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a prime contractor or subcontractor shall pay to any subcontractor, not later than seven days after receipt of each progress payment, the respective amounts allowed the contractor on account of the work performed by the subcontractors, to the extent of each subcontractor’s interest therein. In the event that there is a good faith dispute over all or any portion of the amount due on a progress payment from the prime contractor or subcontractor to a subcontractor, then the prime contractor or subcontractor may withhold no more than 150 percent of the disputed amount.

Any contractor who violates this section shall pay to the subcontractor a penalty of 2 percent of the amount due per month for every month that payment is not made. In any action for the collection of funds wrongfully withheld, the prevailing party shall be entitled to his or her attorney’s fees and costs.

(b) This section shall not be construed to limit or impair any contractual, administrative, or judicial remedies otherwise available to a contractor or a subcontractor in the event of a dispute involving late payment or nonpayment by a contractor or deficient subcontract performance or nonperformance by a subcontractor.

(c) On or before September 1 of each year, the head of each state agency shall submit to the Legislature a report on the number and dollar volume of written complaints received from subcontractors and prime contractors on contracts in excess of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), relating to violations of this section.
Cal. WAT § 31670 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 31670
Section 31670
Status: in_force

The board shall meet at the time and place set for the hearing and proceed in the order it deems proper to hear the petitions and shall hear all competent and relevant evidence offered in support of any petition or in opposition to it and may adjourn the hearing from time to time.
Cal. PRC § 4789.4 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 4789.4
Section 4789.4
Status: in_force

(a) Based on a review of the assessment prepared pursuant to Section 4789.3, and consistent with Sections 740 and 4513, the board shall prepare a forest resource policy statement.

(b) Such policy statement shall recognize distinct differences between the various public and various private owners of forest resources in the state and should include, insofar as is possible, the following:

(1) A delineation of specific needs and opportunities for promoting both public and private forest resource management programs in California.

(2) A discussion of priorities for accomplishment of program opportunities, with specified costs, results, and possible constraints on implementation.

(3) An analysis of the relation of the alternative forest resource policies to employment opportunities in California.
Cal. PRC § 5038.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.4 / Section 5038.2
Section 5038.2
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, the length of the term of any concession contract or approval within the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park in effect on the effective date of this section shall, at the request of the concessionaire, be extended by the department or its designee until January 1, 1989. Any contract extended pursuant to this subdivision shall be renegotiated, if necessary, to ensure that the rental rates in the contract on January 1, 1988, accurately reflect current commercial rental market rates.

(b) The Director of Parks and Recreation shall prepare a progress report on the status of the negotiations with the City of Los Angeles to arrange for a long-term administration of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park by either the City of Los Angeles or the state, and the administration of a concession operation therein by a master concessionaire, and shall submit the report to the Legislature on or before July 1, 1988.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any provision of law except subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 5080.20, if applicable, any concession contract or approval extended or renegotiated pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may be superseded by the agreement to implement the procedure specified in Section 5038.1, when that agreement is executed and approved by the state.
Cal. VEH § 25251.4 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 25251.4
Section 25251.4
Status: in_force

Any motor vehicle may also be equipped with a theft alarm system which flashes any of the lights required or permitted on the motor vehicle and which operates as specified in Article 13 (commencing with Section 28085) of Chapter 5 of this division.
Cal. PRC § 32113 — California Code / Code prc / Division 22 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 32113
Section 32113
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this division do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the authority, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or any of its political subdivisions, other than the authority, but are payable solely from the funds provided therefor under this division. All the bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the following effect:

“Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of California is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on this bond.”

The issuance of bonds under this division shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. Nothing in this section shall prevent, or be construed to prevent, the authority from pledging its full faith and credit to the payment of bonds or issue of bonds authorized pursuant to this division.
Cal. PRC § 29201 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 29201
Section 29201
Status: in_force

In carrying out its responsibilities under this division, and in addition to the specific powers and duties of the commission under Chapters 5 (commencing with Section 29400) and 6 (commencing with Section 29500), the commission may do all of the following:

(a) Accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from any person.

(b) Appoint committees from its membership and appoint advisory committees from other interested public and private groups.

(c) Contract for or employ any professional services required by the commission or for the performance of work and services which in its opinion cannot satisfactorily be performed by its officers and employees or by other federal, state, or local governmental agencies.

(d) Sue or be sued in all actions and proceedings and in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction, including prohibitory and mandatory injunctions to restrain violations of this division.

(e) Adopt regulations consistent with this division.

(f) Do such other things as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this division and are consistent with this division.
Cal. BPC § 3610 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.2 / Article 1 / Section 3610
Section 3610
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Naturopathic Doctors Act.
Cal. COM § 4207 — California Code / Code com / Division 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 4207
Section 4207
Status: in_force

(a) A customer or collecting bank that transfers an item and receives a settlement or other consideration warrants to the transferee and to any subsequent collecting bank that all of the following are applicable:

(1) The warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the item.

(2) All signatures on the item are authentic and authorized.

(3) The item has not been altered.

(4) The item is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment (subdivision (a) of Section 3305) of any party that can be asserted against the warrantor.

(5) The warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted draft, the drawer.

(6) If the item is a demand draft, creation of the item according to the terms on its face was authorized by the person identified as drawer.

(b) If an item is dishonored, a customer or collecting bank transferring the item and receiving settlement or other consideration is obliged to pay the amount due on the item (1) according to the terms of the item at the time it was transferred, or (2) if the transfer was of an incomplete item, according to its terms when completed as stated in Sections 3115 and 3407. The obligation of a transferor is owed to the transferee and to any subsequent collecting bank that takes the item in good faith. A transferor cannot disclaim its obligation under this subdivision by an indorsement stating that it is made “without recourse” or otherwise disclaiming liability.

(c) A person to whom the warranties under subdivision (a) are made and who took the item in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, but not more than the amount of the item plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.

(d) The warranties stated in subdivision (a) cannot be disclaimed with respect to checks. Unless notice of a claim for breach of warranty is given to the warrantor within 30 days after the claimant has reason to know of the breach and the identity of the warrantor, the warrantor is discharged to the extent of any loss caused by the delay in giving notice of the claim.

(e) A cause of action for breach of warranty under this section accrues when the claimant has reason to know of the breach.

(f) If the warranty in paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) is not given by a transferor or collecting bank under applicable conflict of law rules, then the warranty is not given to that transferor when that transferor is a transferee nor to any prior collecting bank of that transferee.
Cal. FIN § 22301 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 22301
Section 22301
Status: in_force

(a) No licensee shall directly or indirectly charge, contract for, or receive any interest or charge of any nature with respect to a loan of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more unless the loan is made.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), whenever a loan of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more is not consummated because of the borrower’s failure to disclose outstanding liens or other information essential to making the loan or solely because of the borrower’s failure to complete the loan in accordance with the loan application, a licensee may charge, contract for, and receive an amount equal to the actual expenses incurred by the licensee in connection with the preparation for the loan.
Cal. HSC § 8136 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 8136
Section 8136
Status: in_force

Any city, including a chartered city, that owns and operates a cemetery may maintain a proceeding in the superior court of the county in which the cemetery is located to have any plot in the cemetery declared abandoned if the present owner of the plot is unknown to the city and a period of at least 50 years has passed since any portion of the plot has been used for interment purposes. The proceeding shall be initiated and conducted in the same manner as prescribed by Section 9069, except that any reference in that section to a public cemetery district shall be deemed to be a reference to the city for purposes of this section.
Cal. RTC § 9270 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 9270
Section 9270
Status: in_force

(a) An officer or employee of the board acting in connection with any law administered by the board shall not knowingly authorize, require, or conduct any investigation of, or surveillance over, any person for nontax administration related purposes.

(b) Any person violating subdivision (a) shall be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, including dismissal from office or discharge from employment.

(c) This section shall not apply with respect to any otherwise lawful investigation concerning organized crime activities.

(d) This section is not intended to prohibit, restrict, or prevent the exchange of information if the person is being investigated for multiple violations that include use fuel tax violations.

(e) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Investigation” means any oral or written inquiry directed to any person, organization, or governmental agency.

(2) “Surveillance” means the monitoring of persons, places, or events by means of electronic interception, overt or covert observations, or photography, and the use of informants.
Cal. PROB § 5146 — California Code / Code prob / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 5146
Section 5146
Status: in_force

Except to the extent the terms of the account or deposit agreement expressly provide otherwise, a financial institution “receives” an order or notice under this part when it is received by the particular office or branch office of the financial instutition where the account is carried.
Cal. INS § 442 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 442
Section 442
Status: in_force

A particular form of words is not necessary to create a warranty.
Cal. WAT § 70031 — California Code / Code wat / Division 19 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 70031
Section 70031
Status: in_force

The formation petition shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and shall pray that it be incorporated into a district.
Cal. BPC § 10073.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 10073.5
Section 10073.5
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, the department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice for any employee, prospective employee, contractor, subcontractor, or volunteer whose duties include, or would include, access to criminal offender record information. The Department of Justice shall provide a state- or federal-level response pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.

(b) (1) The department shall require a services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement that includes, or would include, access to criminal offender record information to include a provision requiring the contractor to agree to perform criminal background checks on its employees and subcontractors who will have access to information described in subdivision (a) as part of their services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement with the department.

(2) This subdivision shall only apply to a services contract, interagency agreement, or public entity agreement that is entered into, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 2024.

(c) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Access” means the ability to view electronically or on paper.

(2) “Criminal offender record information” means the same as defined in Section 11075 of the Penal Code.
Cal. RTC § 102 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 102
Section 102
Status: in_force

Nothing in this division shall be construed to permit double taxation.
Cal. WAT § 52757 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 52757
Section 52757
Status: in_force

The board may, by resolution adopted prior to the time of issuing any refunding bonds, provide for the call and redemption thereof, in numerical order, or by lot, as prescribed in the resolution, on any interest payment date prior to their fixed maturity, at not exceeding the par value thereof and accrued interest, in which event a statement to that effect shall appear on the face of the refunding bond.
Cal. RTC § 2960 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 2960
Section 2960
Status: in_force

On payment of the price bid for property sold, the delivery of the property with a bill of sale vests title in the purchaser.
Cal. PRC § 30940 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20.4 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 30940
Section 30940
Status: in_force

(a) The board may award grants to public agencies or nonprofit organizations for the purposes of improving agricultural water quality through monitoring, demonstration projects, research, construction of agricultural drainage improvements, and for projects to reduce pollutants in agricultural drainage water through reuse, integrated management, or treatment. Grants made pursuant to this section may be used to provide matching funds for federal grant programs. The board, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture and the program advisory review board established pursuant to Section 593 of the Food and Agricultural Code, shall develop criteria for evaluating projects considered for grants under this section.

(b) (1) On or before June 30, 2005, the board, in consultation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, shall adopt guidelines for a dairy water quality improvement grant program that provides competitive grants for projects, including water quality planning and regional and on-farm projects, and projects undertaken by dairy operators, to reduce threats to, or impairment of, water quality from dairy operations.

(2) In order to be eligible for a grant pursuant to this subdivision, a dairy operator shall have completed the environmental stewardship short course of the dairy quality assurance program, unless the board finds and determines that the operator has taken other similar actions to mitigate adverse environmental effects of its dairy operation.

(c) The board shall specify a matching fund requirement, as a condition of providing grants under subdivision (a) or (b).
Cal. RTC § 422.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1.5 / Section 422.5
Section 422.5
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, open-space land is “enforceably restricted” within the meaning of Section 8 of Article XIII of the California Constitution if it is subject to an agricultural conservation easement.
Cal. EVID § 631 — California Code / Code evid / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 631
Section 631
Status: in_force

Money delivered by one to another is presumed to have been due to the latter.
Cal. RTC § 6241 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 6241
Section 6241
Status: in_force

For the purpose of the proper administration of this part and to prevent evasion of the use tax and the duty to collect the use tax, it shall be presumed that tangible personal property sold by any person for delivery in this State is sold for storage, use, or other consumption in this State until the contrary is established. The burden of proving the contrary is upon the person who makes the sale unless he takes from the purchaser a certificate to the effect that the property is purchased for resale.