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Cal. INS § 11658.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 11658.5
Section 11658.5
Status: in_force

(a) (1) An insurer that intends to use a dispute resolution or arbitration agreement to resolve disputes arising in California out of a workers’ compensation insurance policy or endorsement issued to a California employer shall disclose to the employer, contemporaneously with any written quote that offers to provide insurance coverage, that choice of law and choice of venue or forum may be a jurisdiction other than California and that these terms are negotiable between the insurer and the employer. The disclosure shall be signed by the employer as evidence of receipt where the employer accepts the offer of coverage from that insurer.

(2) After compliance with paragraph (1), a dispute resolution or arbitration agreement may be negotiated by the insurer and the employer before any dispute arises.

(b) Nothing in this section is intended to interfere with any authority granted to the Insurance Commissioner under current law.

(c) Failure by the insurer to observe the requirements of subdivision (a) shall result in a default to California as the choice of law and forum for resolution of disputes arising in California.

(d) For purposes of this section, a “California employer” means an employer whose principal place of business is in California and whose California payroll constitutes the majority of the employer’s payroll for purposes of determining premium under the policy.

(e) This section shall apply to workers’ compensation policies issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2012.
Cal. HSC § 1728.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 1728.2
Section 1728.2
Status: in_force

(a)  If a home health agency or an applicant for a license has not been previously licensed, the state department may only issue a provisional license to the agency as provided in this section.

(b)  A provisional license to operate a home health agency shall terminate six months from the date of issuance.

(c)  Within 30 days prior to the termination of a provisional license, the state department shall give the agency a full and complete inspection, and, if the agency meets all applicable requirements for licensure, a regular license shall be issued. If the home health agency does not meet the requirements for licensure but has made substantial progress towards meeting the requirements, as determined by the state department, the initial provisional license shall be renewed for six months.

(d)  If the state department determines that there has not been substantial progress towards meeting licensure requirements at the time of the first full inspection provided by this section, or, if the state department determines upon its inspection made within 30 days of the termination of a renewed provisional license that there is lack of full compliance with the requirements, no further license shall be issued.

(e)  If an applicant for a provisional license to operate a home health agency has been denied provisional licensing by the state department, the applicant may contest the denial by filing a request for a hearing pursuant to Section 100171.

(f)  The department shall not apply less stringent criteria when granting a provisional license pursuant to this section than it applies when granting a permanent license.
Cal. ELEC § 9240 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 9240
Section 9240
Status: in_force

After the petition has been filed as herein provided, the elections official shall examine the petition and certify the results in the same manner as are county petitions in Sections 9114 and 9115 except that, for the purposes of this section, references to the board of supervisors shall be treated as references to the legislative body of the city.
Cal. FIN § 1497 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 1497
Section 1497
Status: in_force

No loan made by any bank in excess of any limitations contained in this division or which is made in violation of any of the provisions of this division shall be invalid or illegal as to the lender for that reason, nor shall any loan made to any bank in excess of the amounts permitted by this division be invalid or illegal as to the lender for that reason.
Cal. PUC § 96121 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 96121
Section 96121
Status: in_force

The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of transit facilities, and may without limitation by any other provisions of this part enter into any contracts and cooperation with and accept cooperation from the state, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, or any public agency in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, and in financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of, any such transit facilities.
Cal. HSC § 26210 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 20 / Section 26210
Section 26210
Status: in_force

A CCEO shall hold a valid certificate designating the person as a CCEO issued by the CACEO, shall at all times remain a member in good standing of the CACEO, and shall be subject to ongoing continuing education and registration requirements as designated by the board’s administrative rules.
Cal. HSC § 38562.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 25.5 / Part 4 / Section 38562.1
Section 38562.1
Status: in_force

(a) If the state board initiates a regulatory process to update the market-based compliance mechanism, consistent with Section 38562, that is expected to be a major regulation as defined in Section 11342.548 of the Government Code, the chairperson of the state board shall present to the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and other relevant policy committees of the Legislature on the current state of the market-based compliance mechanism and provide the rationale for updating the market-based compliance mechanism, including the specific issues that the update is meant to address. The presentation by the chairperson of the state board pursuant to this section shall satisfy the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 9147.10 of the Government Code and subdivision (b) of Section 38531 of this code for the year in which the presentation occurs.

(b) The state board shall transmit the economic analyses required by Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code for a regulatory process subject to subdivision (a) to the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and the relevant budget subcommittees. Within 30 days of that transmittal, if requested by the chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies or the chairs of the relevant policy committees or budget subcommittees of the Legislature, the chairperson of the state board shall make themselves available for a hearing on the proposed regulatory amendments.

(c) The state board shall transmit to the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies and other relevant policy committees of the Legislature the public agenda, when it is available, for the board meeting at which the amendments for a rulemaking under the regulatory process subject to subdivision (a) will be considered by the state board. If requested by the chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies or the chairs of the relevant policy committees or budget subcommittees of the Legislature, the chairperson of the state board shall make themselves available for a hearing on the amendments.

(d) The legislative hearings and notifications in this section shall not delay the state board’s rulemaking process pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2046, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. HSC § 4772 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 4.5 / Section 4772
Section 4772
Status: in_force

In the application of those acts to proceedings under this article the terms used in those acts shall have the following meanings:

(a)  “City council,” and “council,” mean board.

(b)  “City,” and “municipality,” mean district.

(c)  “Clerk,” and “city clerk,” mean secretary.

(d)  “Superintendent of streets,” “street superintendent,” and “city engineer” mean the engineer of the district, or any other person appointed to perform such duties.

(e)  “Tax collector,” means county tax collector.

(f)  “Treasurer,” and “city treasurer,” mean any person or official who has charge of and makes payment of the funds of the district.

(g)  “Right of way,” means any parcel of land through which a right of way has been granted to the district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a sewer.
Cal. SHC § 2954 — California Code / Code shc / Division 4 / Part 7 / Section 2954
Section 2954
Status: in_force

The return postcards shall be filed in the clerk’s office and after the expiration of the 30-day period specified in the Notice of Proposed Assessment all demands for the investigation made to the legislative body shall be computed and it shall by order entered on its minutes determine whether or not the owners of 15 per cent of the area of the proposed assessment district have demanded such investigation. Such determination shall be final and conclusive in the absence of actual fraud.
Cal. FAC § 15080 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 12 / Section 15080
Section 15080
Status: in_force

The manufacturer or guarantor of a seized or held lot found to be in violation may appeal the result of analysis to the secretary in writing within 10 days of receiving the notice of violation. Upon receipt of the appeal, the secretary shall perform an additional analysis of the official sample representing the lot in question. The cost of analysis shall be at the expense of the person that requests the appeal. The findings from the appeal analysis are final.
Cal. UIC § 13070 — California Code / Code uic / Division 6 / Chapter 5 / Section 13070
Section 13070
Status: in_force

(a) The employer shall be liable for the payment of the tax required to be deducted and withheld under Section 13020, and shall not be liable to any person for the amount of such payment.

(b) Whenever any employer or person has withheld any amount pursuant to this division, the amount so withheld shall be held to be a special fund in trust for the State of California.
Cal. PUC § 29037 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 29037
Section 29037
Status: in_force

The district shall not interfere with or exercise any control over any transit facilities now or hereafter owned and operated wholly or partly within the district by any city or public agency, unless by consent of such city or public agency and upon such terms as are mutually agreed upon between the board and such city or public agency.
Cal. HSC § 7954 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 7954
Section 7954
Status: in_force

The cemetery authority shall prepare a complete map or plat describing and showing the location and subdivision into plots of the cemetery lands where remains are reinterred, or a plan of any mausoleum or columbarium in which such remains are interred; and there shall be attached to each plan a description of the name, where known, of each person whose remains are reinterred, and the plot in the cemetery, or the niche or compartment in the mausoleum or columbarium where such remains are reinterred.
Cal. EVID § 1104 — California Code / Code evid / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 1104
Section 1104
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Sections 1102 and 1103, evidence of a trait of a person’s character with respect to care or skill is inadmissible to prove the quality of his conduct on a specified occasion.
Cal. FIN § 16153 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 16153
Section 16153
Status: in_force

A foreign (other state) credit union shall file with the commissioner any other report as the commissioner may from time to time require. Each report shall be in the form, contain the information, and be filed on the date, as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
Cal. WAT § 1056 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1056
Section 1056
Status: in_force

The board and the department may fix reasonable charges for publications issued under their respective authorities.
Cal. HSC § 44380.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 6 / Chapter 5 / Section 44380.5
Section 44380.5
Status: in_force

In addition to the fee assessed pursuant to Section 44380, a supplemental fee may be assessed by the district, the state board, or the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment upon the operator of a facility that, at the operator’s option, includes supplemental information authorized by paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 44360 in a health risk assessment, if the review of that supplemental information substantially increases the costs of reviewing the health risk assessment by the district, the state board, or the office. The supplemental fee shall be set by the state board in the regulation required by subdivision (a) of Section 44380 and shall be set in an amount sufficient to cover the direct costs to review the information supplied by an operator pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 44360.
Cal. FIN § 351 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 351
Section 351
Status: in_force

(a) The chief officer of the Division of Corporations and Financial Institutions is the Senior Deputy Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation for the Division of Corporations and Financial Institutions. The Senior Deputy Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation for the Division of Corporations and Financial Institutions shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The Senior Deputy Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation for the Division of Corporations and Financial Institutions shall receive an annual salary as fixed by the Governor.

(b) The chief officer of the Division of Consumer Financial Protection is the Senior Deputy Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation for the Division of Consumer Financial Protection. The Senior Deputy Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation for the Division of Consumer Financial Protection shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The Senior Deputy Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation for the Division of Consumer Financial Protection shall receive an annual salary as fixed by the Governor.
Cal. HSC § 51687 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 51687
Section 51687
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be inoperative if moneys are not transferred to the fund pursuant to Section 51685.5 for the purposes defined in Section 51680.
Cal. HSC § 25395.75 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.82 / Article 2 / Section 25395.75
Section 25395.75
Status: in_force

(a) “Innocent landowner” means a person who owns a site, did not cause or contribute to a release or threatened release at the site, meets the conditions to qualify as an “innocent landowner” specified in Section 25395.80, and is any one of the following:

(1) A person who, at the time the person acquired the property, made all appropriate inquiries and did not know and had no reason to know of the release or threatened release at the site.

(2) A government entity that acquired property by escheat, or through any another involuntary transfer acquisition, or through the exercise of eminent domain authority by purchase or condemnation, or by means of a lien arising from delinquent taxes, assessments, or charges.

(3) A person who acquired the property by inheritance or bequest.

(4) A person who qualifies for the defense from liability under Section 107(b) of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9607(b)).

(b) For purposes of this section, “release” does not include passive migration.
Cal. FAM § 7882 — California Code / Code fam / Division 12 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 7882
Section 7882
Status: in_force

(a) If the parent of the child or a person alleged to be or claiming to be the parent cannot, with reasonable diligence, be served as provided for in Section 7881, or if the parent’s place of residence is not known to the petitioner, the petitioner or the petitioner’s agent or attorney shall make and file an affidavit stating the name of the parent or alleged parent and their place of residence, if known to the petitioner, and the name of the parent or alleged parent whose place of residence is unknown to the petitioner.

(b) Upon the filing of the affidavit, the court shall make an order that (1) the service shall be made by the publication of a citation requiring the parent or alleged parent to appear at the time and place stated in the citation and (2) the citation shall be published pursuant to Section 6064 of the Government Code in a newspaper to be named and designated in the order as most likely to give notice to the parent or alleged parent to be served.

(c) In case of publication where the residence of a parent or alleged parent is known, the court shall also direct a copy of the citation to be forthwith served upon that parent or alleged parent by mail by deposit in the post office properly addressed and with the postage thereon fully prepaid, directed to that parent or alleged parent at the place of residence. When publication is ordered, service of a copy of the citation in the manner provided for in Section 7881 is equivalent to publication and deposit in the post office.

(d) If one or both of the parents of the child are unknown or if the names of one or both of the child’s parents are uncertain, that fact shall be set forth in the affidavit and the court shall order the citation to be directed to either or both of the child’s parents, naming and otherwise describing the child, and to all persons claiming to be a parent of the child.

(e) Service is complete at the expiration of the time prescribed by the order for publication or when service is made as provided for in Section 7881, whichever event first occurs.
Cal. PROB § 6413 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 6413
Section 6413
Status: in_force

A person who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based on the relationship which would entitle the person to the larger share.
Cal. HSC § 101996 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 7 / Section 101996
Section 101996
Status: in_force

(a) If the university determines at any time that the moneys in the fund are insufficient to establish or sustain the program, the university may terminate the program.

(b) If the fund does not receive five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more by January 1, 2021, or, if at any time, the program administrator determines that the 20-percent limit on administrative costs set forth in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 101991 is inadequate to support the cost of administering the program authorized pursuant to this part, the program administrator may elect to dissolve the program.

(c) All moneys in the fund remaining after expenses are paid shall, prior to dissolution, be allocated to one or more organizations described in subdivision (a) of Section 101994.5.
Cal. GOV § 2 — California Code / Code gov / Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS / Section 2
Section 2
Status: in_force

2.

The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
Cal. WIC § 794 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 20.5 / Section 794
Section 794
Status: in_force

When a minor is permitted to participate in a deferred entry of judgment procedure, the judge shall impose, as a condition of probation, the requirement that the minor be subject to warrantless searches of his or her person, residence, or property under his or her control, upon the request of a probation officer or peace officer. The court shall also consider whether imposing random drug or alcohol testing, or both, including urinalysis, would be an appropriate condition of probation. The judge shall also, when appropriate, require the minor to periodically establish compliance with curfew and school attendance requirements. The court may, in consultation with the probation department, impose any other term of probation authorized by this code that the judge believes would assist in the education, treatment, and rehabilitation of the minor and the prevention of criminal activity. The minor may also be required to pay restitution to the victim or victims pursuant to the provisions of this code.
Cal. FAC § 18972 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4.1 / Article 4 / Section 18972
Section 18972
Status: in_force

The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection of any livestock or poultry product which is slaughtered, processed, or stored in an establishment licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010).
Cal. HSC § 116365.03 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 116365.03
Section 116365.03
Status: in_force

The state board may adopt as an emergency regulation, a regulation, except a regulation that establishes maximum contaminant levels for primary and secondary drinking water standards, that is not more stringent than, and is not materially different in substance and effect than, the requirements of a regulation promulgated pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.). The adoption of a regulation pursuant to this section is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, an emergency regulation adopted by the state board pursuant to this section is not subject to review by the Office of Administrative Law and shall remain in effect until revised by the state board.
Cal. HSC § 1416.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.35 / Article 1 / Section 1416.1
Section 1416.1
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in the State Department of Health Services a Nursing Home Administrator Program (NHAP), which shall license and regulate nursing home administrators.
Cal. LAB § 7915 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 8 / Section 7915
Section 7915
Status: in_force

(a) Any owner or operator of any amusement ride who fails to comply with any provision of this part or any rule, regulation, or safety order adopted pursuant to this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Whenever an owner or operator of any amusement ride fails to pay any fee required under Section 7904 within 60 days after notification, the owner or operator shall pay, in addition to the fee required, a penalty fee equal to 100 percent of the required fee. For purposes of this section, the date of the invoice shall be considered the date of notification.

(c) The division shall not issue any permit to any owner or operator of any amusement ride who fails to pay any fee until the fee is paid.