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Cal. RTC § 19349 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 19349
Section 19349
Status: in_force

A payment not made incident to a bona fide and orderly discharge of an actual liability or one reasonably assumed to be imposed by law, is not an overpayment for the purposes of Section 19340 and interest is not payable thereon.
Cal. BPC § 7077 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 7077
Section 7077
Status: in_force

Every original license, except an additional classification issued pursuant to Section 7059, shall be a probationary license until such time as the license is renewed. If information is brought to the attention of the registrar, during such probationary period, regarding any act or omission of the licensee constituting grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of an application or license, such that, in the registrar’s discretion, it would be proper to revoke the probationary license, the registrar shall forthwith notify the applicant to show cause within not more than 30 days, why the probationary license should not be revoked. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the registrar shall have all the powers granted therein. A probationary license shall not be renewed during the pendency of any proceedings brought pursuant to this section.
Cal. HSC § 1367.215 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 5 / Section 1367.215
Section 1367.215
Status: in_force

(a)  Every health care service plan contract that covers prescription drug benefits shall provide coverage for appropriately prescribed pain management medications for terminally ill patients when medically necessary. The plan shall approve or deny the request by the provider for authorization of coverage for an enrollee who has been determined to be terminally ill in a timely fashion, appropriate for the nature of the enrollee’s condition, not to exceed 72 hours of the plan’s receipt of the information requested by the plan to make the decision. If the request is denied or if additional information is required, the plan shall contact the provider within one working day of the determination, with an explanation of the reason for the denial or the need for additional information. The requested treatment shall be deemed authorized as of the expiration of the applicable timeframe. The provider shall contact the plan within one business day of proceeding with the deemed authorized treatment, to do all of the following:

(1)  Confirm that the timeframe has expired.

(2)  Provide enrollee identification.

(3)  Notify the plan of the provider or providers performing the treatment.

(4)  Notify the plan of the facility or location where the treatment was rendered.

(b)  This section does not apply to coverage for any drug that is prescribed for a use that is different from the use for which that drug has been approved for marketing by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Coverage for different-use drugs is subject to Section 1367.21.

(c)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict in any way the department’s authority to ensure plan compliance with this chapter when a plan provides coverage for prescription drugs.
Cal. PUC § 40085 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 40085
Section 40085
Status: in_force

All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 39750 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 39750
Section 39750
Status: in_force

At the hearing the department shall determine and express by order whether or not the petition and notice complies with this part.
Cal. ELEC § 20444 — California Code / Code elec / Division 20 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 20444
Section 20444
Status: in_force

In no event shall a candidate for public office be required to subscribe to or endorse the code.
Cal. BPC § 20502 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 6 / Section 20502
Section 20502
Status: in_force

Every person who adulterates or dilutes any article mentioned in this chapter and sells or offers for sale the same so diluted or adulterated, as undiluted and unadulterated, every person who sells or offers for sale a different article without informing the purchaser of such difference, and every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. HSC § 55008 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 32 / Part 1 / Section 55008
Section 55008
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers specified in this division shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well-being and prosperity, and for the improvement of their social and economic conditions, and the local agency shall not be required to pay any tax or assessment on any property owned by the local agency under the provisions of this division or upon the income therefrom.
Cal. VEH § 4775 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 6.5 / Section 4775
Section 4775
Status: in_force

No exemption from the payment of any fee imposed by this code is an exemption from the obligation of a registered owner or lessee to pay the full amount of toll evasion penalties and administrative fees pursuant to Section 4770.
Cal. RTC § 20801 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.6 / Chapter 1 / Section 20801
Section 20801
Status: in_force

Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.
Cal. WAT § 20523 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 20523
Section 20523
Status: in_force

“Secretary” means the secretary of the board.
Cal. PUC § 101152 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 13 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 101152
Section 101152
Status: in_force

The board may either itself operate the transit system, or any part thereof, or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all, or any part, of the transit system for the district, or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation for the improvement in transit services, facilities, equipment, or operations being operated and conducted by such agency or corporation, and all of the same either within the district, outside the district, or both.
Cal. PROB § 19518 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 9 / Section 19518
Section 19518
Status: in_force

An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless any of the following occurs:

(a) The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed writing and the modification applies only to the person.

(b) The person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the modification in a signed writing and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.

(c) The court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.
Cal. ELEC § 319 — California Code / Code elec / Division 0.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 319
Section 319
Status: in_force

“Election board” means the board of supervisors of each county, the city council or other governing body of a city, or any board or officer to whom similar powers and duties are given by any charter.
Cal. WAT § 13427 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 2.5 / Section 13427
Section 13427
Status: in_force

No guarantee shall be extended to any applicant unless it executes an agreement with the state board under which the applicant agrees to the following provisions:

(a) To proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the proposed project.

(b) To commence operation of the project on completion, and to properly operate and maintain the work in accordance with applicable provisions of law.

(c) To issue bonds and to levy fines, charges, assessments, or taxes to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as described in the application.

(d) To diligently and expeditiously collect those levies, including timely exercise of available legal remedies in the event of delinquency or default.

(e) To act in accordance with such other provisions as the state board may require.
Cal. WAT § 79573 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26.5 / Chapter 10 / Section 79573
Section 79573
Status: in_force

(a) The purchase price for each acquisition made pursuant to Section 79572 shall not exceed the fair market value of the property as defined in Section 1263.320 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Fair market value shall be determined by an appraisal that is prepared by a licensed real estate appraiser and approved by the Wildlife Conservation Board and the Department of General Services.

(b) All real property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired from willing sellers.
Cal. HSC § 101115 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 101115
Section 101115
Status: in_force

The public health nurse shall attend to matters pertaining to the health and sanitary conditions of the county as the board of supervisors may assign. Compensation for the public health nurse shall be determined by that board.
Cal. HSC § 34401 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 34401
Section 34401
Status: in_force

The property of an authority is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any city, county, or political subdivision of the State. In lieu of such taxes or special assessments the authority may agree to make payments to any city, county, or political subdivision of the State for services, improvements, or facilities furnished by such city, county, or political subdivision for the benefit of a housing project owned by the authority; but in no event shall such payments exceed the estimated cost to such city, county, or political subdivision of the services, improvements, or facilities.
Cal. SHC § 22083 — California Code / Code shc / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 22083
Section 22083
Status: in_force

A proceeding for the planting, maintenance, or removal of trees may also be instituted by a petition to the council of property owners whose property will be among that to be assessed to pay the cost of the proposed improvement. Upon such petition being filed the city forester shall file with the city council a diagram similar to the one accompanying a written proposal of the board for similar improvements, which shall describe the improvement proposed by the petition.
Cal. HSC § 50661.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 50661.7
Section 50661.7
Status: in_force

The Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development may transfer moneys appropriated or otherwise made available for the purposes of the programs established under Sections 50662.7 and 50671.5 between those programs when there is insufficient funding to meet the loan demand in either of those programs and an uncommitted funding balance in the other program.
Cal. ELEC § 17601 — California Code / Code elec / Division 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17601
Section 17601
Status: in_force

(a) The following provisions shall apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Representative.

(b) The following data shall be kept by the elections official, on electronic media, stored and unaltered, for 22 months from the date of the election:

(1) All voting system electronic data.

(2) All ballot on demand system electronic data, if applicable.

(3) All adjudication electronic data.

(4) All remote accessible vote by mail system electronic data, if applicable.

(5) All electronic poll book electronic data, if applicable.

(6) HASH values taken from the voting technology devices, if applicable.

(7) All ballot images.

(c) If a contest is not commenced within the 22-month period, or if a criminal prosecution involving fraudulent use, using the ballot tally system to mark or falsify ballots, or manipulation of the ballot tally system, is not commenced within the 22-month period, either of which may involve the vote count of the precinct from which voted ballots were received, the elections official shall have the backups destroyed.
Cal. BPC § 10209.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 10209.5
Section 10209.5
Status: in_force

The fee for a restricted broker license shall be the same as that for an unrestricted license as provided in Section 10210.
Cal. HSC § 1255.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 1255.5
Section 1255.5
Status: in_force

For purposes of Section 1255, the following definitions apply:

(a)  “Cardiac catheterization” includes an intravascular insertion of a catheter into the heart for the primary definition and diagnosis of an anatomic cardiac lesion. For the purposes of this definition, the insertion of a Swan-Ganz thermodilution cardiac output catheter, a venous line, and a temporary pacemaking electrode catheter are excluded.

(b)  “Cardiac surgery” means surgery on the heart or great vessels requiring a thoracotomy and extracorporeal circulation.

(c)   “Cardiovascular surgery service” means a program of a general acute care hospital which has the capability of performing cardiac catheterizations and cardiac surgery as defined in this section. Under no circumstances shall there exist in a general acute care hospital a cardiac surgery service without a cardiac catheterization laboratory service.

(d)  “Cardiac catheterization laboratory service” means a program of a general acute care hospital which has the capability of performing cardiac catheterization. Cardiac catheterization laboratory service does not include pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory service.

(e)  “Pediatric cardiac surgery service” means a program of a general acute care hospital which has the capability of performing cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery, as defined in this section, for the diagnosis and treatment of congenital defects in children. Cardiac catheterization for pediatric patients shall be performed only in a general acute care hospital that has the capability to perform cardiac surgery on pediatric patients.

(f)  “Intensive care newborn nursery services” means the provision of comprehensive and intensive care for all contingencies of the newborn infant, including intensive, intermediate, and continuing care. Policies, procedures, and space requirements for intensive, intermediate, and continuing care services shall be based upon the standards and recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Perinatal Care, 1983.
Cal. PRC § 6301.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6301.6
Section 6301.6
Status: in_force

If any funds are impounded pursuant to Section 6301.5 under the custody and control of the State of California, such impounded funds may be invested and reinvested by the Director of Finance in bonds or other obligations of the United States. Such securities may be sold or exchanged by the Director of Finance if, in his opinion, such sale or exchange is in the best interests of the State, and shall be sold by him whenever, and to the extent, necessary to effect any required transfer or other disposition of the impounded funds.

Securities purchased or otherwise acquired under the authority of this section shall be deposited and held in the custody and safekeeping of the State Treasurer, in the name of the account in the fund from which the investments were made.

Interest earned or other increment derived from investments made pursuant to this section shall, on order of the State Controller, be deposited in the fund from which the investments were made to the credit of the account covering the impounded funds, in augmentation of such impounded funds.
Cal. WAT § 1428 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 1 / Section 1428
Section 1428
Status: in_force

The board may issue a temporary permit in advance of the notice required by this section. In all cases, whether or not a temporary permit has been issued, the board shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt of an application, issue and deliver to the applicant or permittee a notice of the application or permit, which includes the information required by Section 1301. Publication or posting of the notice shall be as follows:

(a) If the application or permit is for more than three cubic feet per second or for more than 200 acre-feet of storage, and if the permit is to remain in effect for more than 30 days, the notice shall be published by and at the expense of the applicant or permittee at the earliest practicable time, not to exceed 20 days from the date of issuance of the notice, in a newspaper having a general circulation and published within the county wherein the point of diversion lies. Proof of publication shall be by copy of the notice as published and made part of an affidavit filed with the board within 10 days of publication.

(b) In all other cases, unless the permit is to be in effect less than 10 days:

(1) The applicant or permittee shall post the notice in at least two conspicuous places in the locality to be affected by the diversion and use. Notices shall be posted not later than two days after receipt of the notice by the applicant or permittee. An affidavit containing proof of posting shall be filed with the board within seven days of the date of notice.

(2) The board shall send a copy of the notice by registered mail to each person who, in the judgment of the board, could be adversely affected by the temporary diversion and use.

(c) Regardless of the rate of diversion or the amount of storage, if the permit is to be in effect less than 10 days, the board shall exercise its discretion with respect to requiring notice, both before and after issuance of the temporary permit, and may require such proof of notice as it deems appropriate.

(d) Any interested person may file objection to the temporary diversion and use with the board and shall send a copy to the applicant or permittee.

(e) The board shall give prompt consideration to any objection, and may hold a hearing thereon, after notice to all interested persons.

(f) Failure of the permittee to comply with any requirement of this section shall result in the automatic termination of the temporary permit.
Cal. FIN § 50503 — California Code / Code fin / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Section 50503
Section 50503
Status: in_force

(a) It is a violation for any person subject to this law or any director, partner, shareholder controlling an ownership interest of 10 percent or more, trustee, officer, agent, or employee of any such person to do any of the following:

(1) Knowingly or recklessly disburse or cause the disbursal of trust funds, except as permitted by Section 50202, or knowingly or recklessly to direct, participate in, or aid or abet in a material way, any activity that constitutes theft or fraud in connection with any trust fund transaction.

(2) Knowingly or recklessly make or cause to be made any misstatement or omission of a material fact, pertaining to a loan or loan servicing.

(b) Any director, officer, partner, shareholder controlling an ownership interest of 10 percent or more, trustee, or employee of a residential mortgage loan servicer who abstracts or misappropriates money, funds, trust obligations, or property deposited with a licensee, commits a violation of this section. If a violation results in a criminal conviction, the court shall, in addition to any other punishment imposed, order the person to make full restitution. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to repeal, amend, or impair any existing provision of law prescribing a punishment for such an offense.
Cal. PUC § 100401 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 100401
Section 100401
Status: in_force

Notice of holding of the election shall be given by publishing, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the ordinance calling the election in at least one newspaper published within the boundaries of the VTA. No other notice of the election need be given. Except as otherwise provided in the ordinance, the election shall be conducted as other district elections.
Cal. PUC § 8284 — California Code / Code puc / Division 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 8284
Section 8284
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of women, minority, and LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts.

(2) The commission shall adopt the Department of General Services’ disabled veteran business enterprise certification eligibility requirements for verifying and determining the eligibility of disabled veteran business enterprises for procurement contracts, and shall not deem eligible those disabled veteran business enterprises that are not certified by the Department of General Services.

(3) In initially adopting criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts pursuant to paragraph (1), the commission shall adopt the LGBT status qualifiers created by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The commission may update these LGBT status qualifiers as appropriate.

(b) The commission shall add all of the following questions to the verification form described in General Order 156:

(1) Questions about the location of the business enterprise’s headquarters.

(2) Questions about the business enterprise’s operating locations in California.

(3) Questions about the percentage of the business enterprise’s employees that reside in California.

(c) The commission shall develop, and require every electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) and their commission-regulated subsidiaries and affiliates to implement, an outreach program to inform and recruit women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises to apply for procurement contracts under this article.
Cal. WIC § 16167 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 16167
Section 16167
Status: in_force

(a) A toll-free number shall be established for the office.

(b) Social workers and probation officers shall provide foster children with the toll-free telephone number for the office and verbal or written information regarding the existence and purpose of the office.
Cal. RTC § 2051 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 2051
Section 2051
Status: in_force

The last equalized roll means the entire assessment roll as defined in Section 109.
Cal. PUC § 13288 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 13288
Section 13288
Status: in_force

Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the manner in which the refunding was effected (whether by exchange or purchase, and the amount for which so purchased, if any) and by perforating through each bond and each coupon attached thereto the word “canceled” together with the date of cancellation.