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Cal. BPC § 5641.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 3 / Section 5641.5
Section 5641.5
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit a person from engaging in the practice of, or offering to practice as, a golf course architect.

(b) As used in this section, “golf course architect” means a person who performs professional services such as consultation, investigation, reconnaissance, research, design, preparation of drawings and specifications and responsible supervision, where the dominant purpose of such service is the design of a golf course, in accordance with accepted professional standards of public health and safety.
Cal. PUC § 28860 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 28860
Section 28860
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall not displace, or supplant, the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3610) of Division 4.5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and the impasse resolution and injunctive relief procedures provided for pursuant to Sections 3612 to 3614, inclusive, of the Government Code shall remain exclusive.

(b) The initial determination as to whether the charge of unfair practice is justified and, if so, the appropriate remedy necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, is a matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board, except that in an action to recover damages due to an unlawful strike, the Public Employment Relations Board shall have no authority to award strike-preparation expenses as damages, and shall have no authority to award damages for costs, expenses, or revenue losses incurred during, or as a consequence of, an unlawful strike.
Cal. LAB § 2923 — California Code / Code lab / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 2923
Section 2923
Status: in_force

An employee, unless the term of his service has expired or unless he has a right to discontinue it at any time without notice, shall continue his service after notice of the death or incapacity of his employer, so far as is necessary to protect from serious injury the interests of the employer’s successor in interest, until a reasonable time after notice of the facts has been communicated to such successor. The successor shall compensate the employee for such service according to the terms of the contract of employment.
Cal. PUC § 331.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.3 / Article 1 / Section 331.1
Section 331.1
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, “community choice aggregator” means any of the following entities, if that entity is not within the jurisdiction of a local publicly owned electric utility that provided electrical service as of January 1, 2003:

(a) Any city, county, or city and county whose governing board elects to combine the loads of its residents, businesses, and municipal facilities in a communitywide electricity buyers’ program.

(b) Any group of cities, counties, or cities and counties whose governing boards have elected to combine the loads of their programs, through the formation of a joint powers agency established under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(c) The Kings River Conservation District, the Sonoma County Water Agency, and any California public agency possessing statutory authority to generate and deliver electricity at retail within its designated jurisdiction, provided the entity may only combine the loads of residences, businesses, and governmental facilities of cities and counties within, or contiguous to, its jurisdiction that have, by resolution exercised pursuant to paragraph (12) of subdivision (c) of Section 366.2, requested the agency to implement a community choice aggregation program.
Cal. WIC § 11226 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 11226
Section 11226
Status: in_force

“Appeal proceeding” means an administrative hearing conducted by a hearing officer of the department.
Cal. FAC § 38942 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 38942
Section 38942
Status: in_force

Application for a registered product shall be in the form which shall be prescribed by the department and shall include the ingredients of the product, and the proposed label or labels for the product. The director shall grant such application if he determines that the product will comply or has complied with the provisions of this chapter.
Cal. FAC § 74036 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 74036
Section 74036
Status: in_force

“Production research” means research relating to the production and processing of winegrapes, including, but not limited to, the development of new winegrape products and uses for these products.
Cal. RTC § 21018 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.7 / Section 21018
Section 21018
Status: in_force

(a) A person may file a claim with the board for reimbursement of charges or fees imposed on the person by an unrelated business entity as the direct result of an erroneous levy, erroneous processing action, or erroneous collection action by the board. Charges that may be reimbursed include an unrelated business entity’s usual and customary charge for complying with the levy instructions and reasonable charges for overdrafts that are a direct consequence of the erroneous levy, erroneous processing action, or erroneous collection action and are paid by the person and not waived by the unrelated business entity or otherwise reimbursed. Each claimant applying for reimbursement shall file a claim with the board which shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the board. In order for the board to grant a claim, the board shall determine that all of the following conditions have been satisfied:

(1) The erroneous levy, erroneous processing action, or erroneous collection action was caused by an error made by the board.

(2) Prior to the erroneous levy, erroneous processing action, or erroneous collection action, the person responded to all contacts by the board and provided the board with any requested information or documentation sufficient to establish the person’s position. This provision may be waived by the board for reasonable cause.

(3) The charge or fee has not been waived by the unrelated business entity or otherwise reimbursed.

(b) Claims pursuant to this section shall be filed within 90 days from the date of the erroneous levy, erroneous processing action, or erroneous collection action. Within 30 days from the date the claim is received, the board shall respond to the claim. If the board denies a claim, the claimant shall be notified in writing of the reason or reasons for the denial of the claim. The board may extend the period for filing a claim under this section.

(c) Charges and fees that may be reimbursed under the authority of this section are limited to the usual and customary charges and fees imposed by a business entity in the ordinary course of business.
Cal. FIN § 28158 — California Code / Code fin / Division 12.5 / Chapter 5 / Section 28158
Section 28158
Status: in_force

If, after investigation, the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that a licensee is conducting or has conducted business in an unsafe or injurious manner, the commissioner shall, by written order addressed to the licensee, direct the discontinuance of the unsafe or injurious practices. The order shall be effective immediately, but shall not become final except in accordance with the provisions of Section 28164.
Cal. HSC § 113893 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 113893
Section 113893
Status: in_force

(a) “Restricted food service facility” means either of the following:

(1) A food facility of 20 guestrooms or less that provides overnight transient occupancy accommodations, that serves food only to its registered guests, that serves only a breakfast or similar early morning meal and no other meals, and that includes the price of food in the price of the overnight transient occupancy accommodation.

(2) An agricultural homestay facility that meets all of the following requirements:

(A) Has not more than six guest rooms or accommodates not more than 15 guests.

(B) Provides overnight transient accommodations.

(C) Serves food only to its registered guests and serves meals at any time, and includes the price of food in the price of the overnight transient occupancy accommodation.

(D) Lodging and meals are incidental and not the primary function of the agricultural homestay facility.

(E) The agricultural homestay facility is located on, and is a part of, a farm, as defined in Section 52262 of the Food and Agricultural Code, that produces agricultural products as its primary source of income.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a restricted food service facility may serve light foods or snacks presented to the guest for self-service.

(c) The predominant relationship between the occupants of a restricted food service facility and the permitholder of the facility is that of innkeeper and guest. For purposes of this section, the existence of some other legal relationships as between some occupants and the permitholder shall be immaterial.
Cal. WAT § 1725 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10.5 / Article 1 / Section 1725
Section 1725
Status: in_force

(a) A permittee or licensee may temporarily change the point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use due to a transfer or exchange of water or water rights if the transfer would only involve the amount of water that would have been consumptively used or stored by the permittee or licensee in the absence of the proposed temporary change, would not injure any legal user of the water, and would not unreasonably affect fish, wildlife, or other instream beneficial uses.

(b) The provisions of this article applicable to a permittee or licensee proposing a temporary change apply to a person entitled to the use of water who proposes pursuant to this article a temporary change under Section 1707 and the temporary change shall be deemed a transfer of water or water rights.
Cal. HSC § 25258 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 15 / Section 25258
Section 25258
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

(b) “Menstrual product” means a product used to collect menstruation and vaginal discharge, including, but not limited to, tampons, pads, sponges, menstruation underwear, disks, and menstrual cups, whether disposable or reusable.

(c) “Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” or “PFAS” means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

(d) “Regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” or “regulated PFAS” means the following:

(1) Commencing January 1, 2025, PFAS that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that have a functional or technical effect in the product, including the PFAS components of intentionally added chemicals and PFAS that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical that also have a functional or technical effect in the product.

(2) Commencing January 1, 2027, the presence of PFAS in a product or product component at or above a limit determined by the department, as measured in total organic fluorine.
Cal. FAC § 243 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 243
Section 243
Status: in_force

Any money which is charged and received by the department pursuant to this article shall be remitted to the State Treasury for credit to the current appropriation from the General Fund for the support of the department. The sum so remitted shall be available for expenditure for the support of the department.
Cal. WIC § 14063 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 14063
Section 14063
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “Medi-Cal” means the California Medical Assistance Program.
Cal. WIC § 14169.16 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5.228 / Section 14169.16
Section 14169.16
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall remain operative only until the later of the following:

(1) January 1, 2015.

(2) The date of the last payment of the quality assurance fee payments pursuant to Article 5.229 (commencing Section 14169.31).

(3) The date of the last payment from the department pursuant to this article.

(b) If this article becomes inoperative under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), this article shall be repealed on January 1, 2015, unless a later enacted statute enacted before that date, deletes or extends that date.

(c) If this article becomes inoperative under paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a), this article shall be repealed on January 1 of the year following the date this article becomes inoperative, unless a later enacted statute enacted before that date, deletes or extends that date.
Cal. RTC § 11153 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 5.6 / Section 11153
Section 11153
Status: in_force

A vehicle license fee surcharge ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this part shall be operative on January 1 of the year following adoption of the ordinance or resolution. A local vehicle license fee surcharge shall apply to any original registration occurring on or after that January 1, and to any renewal of registration with an expiration date on or after that January 1.
Cal. WAT § 60620 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 8 / Section 60620
Section 60620
Status: in_force

Any person to whom a contract is awarded shall enter into a bond, to be approved by the district, payable to the district for its use, for 25 percent of the amount of the contract price, conditioned for the full and faithful performance of the contract. The work shall be done under the direction and to the satisfaction of, and be approved by, the district.
Cal. PUC § 103284 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 103284
Section 103284
Status: in_force

The board may contract with any public agency or person to provide transit facilities and services for the district.
Cal. PROB § 267 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 267
Section 267
Status: in_force

(a) “Interest” includes the whole of any property, real or personal, legal or equitable, or any fractional part, share, or particular portion or specific assets thereof, or any estate in any such property, or any power to appoint, consume, apply, or expend property, or any other right, power, privilege, or immunity relating to property.

(b) “Interest” includes, but is not limited to, an interest created in any of the following manners:

(1) By intestate succession.

(2) Under a will.

(3) Under a trust.

(4) By succession to a disclaimed interest.

(5) By virtue of an election to take against a will.

(6) By creation of a power of appointment.

(7) By exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment.

(8) By an inter vivos gift, whether outright or in trust.

(9) By surviving the death of a depositor of a Totten trust account or P.O.D. account.

(10) Under an insurance or annuity contract.

(11) By surviving the death of another joint tenant.

(12) Under an employee benefit plan.

(13) Under an individual retirement account, annuity, or bond.

(14) Under a transfer on death beneficiary designation in a deed or other instrument.

(15) Any other interest created by a testamentary or inter vivos instrument or by operation of law.
Cal. RTC § 24345.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 24345.5
Section 24345.5
Status: in_force

A deduction shall not be allowed for the fee imposed by subsection (a) of Section 9008 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148).
Cal. WAT § 51346.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 51346.5
Section 51346.5
Status: in_force

If the valuation assessment commissioners have utilized land use categories as a basis for the assessment valuation pursuant to Section 51324.5, the board may, without petitioning for the preparation of a new roll under Section 51346, adjust, not more often than annually, the assessment valuations for each parcel of land or subdivided parcel of land within district boundaries to reflect changes in the land use category or type of land use category shown for that parcel on the records of the county assessor, in order to conform to the category currently shown on the records of the county assessor for the respective parcel, in conformity with the report of the commissioners. Any such adjustment to the assessment valuation shall be accomplished by the preparation and filing of a supplement to the operation and maintenance assessment roll to be filed in accordance with Section 51337 upon which shall be endorsed the statement “Adjusted to reflect changes in land use as of (date).”
Cal. PRC § 91031 — California Code / Code prc / Division 50 / Chapter 2 / Section 91031
Section 91031
Status: in_force

Of the funds made available by Section 91030, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Water Resources for projects related to integrated regional water management to improve climate resilience on a watershed basis. The department shall update and revise the guidelines for the integrated regional water management program to address impacts associated with climate risk.
Cal. WIC § 15762 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 13 / Section 15762
Section 15762
Status: in_force

When an allegation of abuse of an elder or dependent adult is reported to a county designated adult protective service agency and an agency social worker has reason to believe an elder or dependent adult has suffered or is at substantial risk of abuse pursuant to Section 15630, the social worker shall attempt to obtain consent to enter and meet privately with the elder or dependent adult about whom the report was made in the residence or dwelling in which the elder or dependent adult resides without the presence of the person’s caretaker, attendant, or family or household member, unless the person requests the presence of the attendant, care giver, or family member, or refuses to meet with the social worker.
Cal. BPC § 19123 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 19123
Section 19123
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article apply only to persons subject to the license provisions of this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 34278 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 34278
Section 34278
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall select from among its commissioners a vice chairman. It also may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, technical experts, and any other officers, agents, and employees that it requires, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, terms of employment, and compensation. The authority shall adopt personnel rules and regulations applying to all employees. Those rules shall contain procedures affecting conflicts of interest, use of funds, and personnel procedures on hiring and firing, including removal of personnel for inefficiency, neglect of duties, or misconduct in office. Those rules and regulations shall be of public record.

(b) An authority may contract with the Department of Housing and Community Development, any city, any county, or any other authority, for the furnishing by the department, city, county, or authority of any necessary staff services associated with or required by an authority and which could be performed by the staff of an authority.
Cal. RTC § 34011.01 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 34011.01
Section 34011.01
Status: in_force

(a) Any amount owed by a cannabis retailer to a distributor in connection with the collection of cannabis excise tax owed prior to January 1, 2023, shall be paid by the retailer to the distributor on or before April 1, 2023. This section shall not be construed to require the department to enforce this obligation.

(b) A cannabis retailer may claim a credit on the cannabis excise tax return for cannabis excise tax amounts paid to a distributor, pursuant to Section 34011, before January 1, 2023, on cannabis or cannabis products sold to a purchaser on or after January 1, 2023, for which the cannabis retailer is responsible for remitting to the department.
Cal. FAC § 21171 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 21171
Section 21171
Status: in_force

Inspection of cattle consists of the examination of the cattle for all brands and marks, and, in the case of unbranded cattle, for natural marks, sex, and breed. It also includes the issuance of a certificate of inspection.
Cal. ELEC § 7230 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 7230
Section 7230
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee, may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention, or by using any other method of selection approved by the committee.
Cal. PRC § 43102 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 43102
Section 43102
Status: in_force

On or before July 1, 1994, the board and the state water board shall jointly develop a plan to implement the changes made to this division and Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code by the act adding this chapter, and shall make recommendations for additional reforms to both statutory law and regulations, which are consistent with the intent specified in Section 43101. In developing an implementation plan, the board and the state water board shall seek the active participation of representatives of local government, other state agencies, the regulated community, environmental organizations, and interested parties. At a minimum, the implementation plan shall include a work plan for revising regulations, a timeline for implementation, and a description of necessary administrative actions.
Cal. FGC § 10740 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 10740
Section 10740
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person other than a legally constituted peace officer or officer or employee of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the department, or of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or county fish and game wardens or their duly authorized representatives, to travel by motor boat, automobile, motorcycle, or other type of motorized vehicle, or, except for emergencies and for rescue and aerial search for rescue purposes, to land an airplane, helicopter, or similar equipment, within the boundaries of a primitive, wilderness, or wild area closed to the above modes of travel as established by a duly authorized officer of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and recorded in the office of the Regional Headquarters of the Pacific-Southwest Region of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and with the department.