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Cal. ELEC § 10502 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 4 / Section 10502
Section 10502
Status: in_force

(a) This part shall apply to all districts and agencies whose principal acts so provide. However, the provisions of this part requiring the county elections official to conduct elections shall apply to all resident voting districts and agencies, and, at the discretion of the county elections official, may apply to landowner voting districts, notwithstanding any other provision of law.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the county elections official shall conduct an election on behalf of a landowner voting district if the governing body of the district, by resolution, requests that assistance and agrees to reimburse the county pursuant to Section 10520 and any county ordinances or resolutions consistent therewith. A district making that request shall supply information regarding qualified voters pursuant to Section 10525, and any other pertinent information requested by the county elections official. The election may be conducted by all-mailed ballots at the discretion of the county elections official. The election may not be held on the same date as a regularly scheduled election. The county elections official may rely upon the list of qualified voters and other information supplied by the district and shall not be required to determine the qualified voters. If the district does not supply the required information regarding qualified voters and other pertinent information requested by the county elections official within the time specified in Section 10525, the county elections official shall have no further obligation with respect to the election, and the district shall be responsible for conducting all remaining election activities.

(c) Where this part conflicts with the principal act, this part shall apply and control.

(d) This part shall not apply to the election of elective officers of the district upon formation of the district, except as to the term of office of the officers.
Cal. PRC § 16000 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.3 / Section 16000
Section 16000
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Facilitating the recycling of natural resources is in the best interest of the state.

(b) Facilitating recycling of concrete materials in concrete production reduces waste, truck trips, and emissions, while advancing sustainable practices in concrete manufacture.

(c) Recycling of aggregates from concrete conserves the natural resources of aggregates.

(d) Recycling of water conserves water resources.

(e) Recycling of returned fresh concrete maximizes the reuse of the natural resources of aggregates, water, and cement and conserves embodied energy from concrete production.

(f) This division is intended to encourage the use of recycled concrete as provided in this division.
Cal. PUC § 26656 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 26656
Section 26656
Status: in_force

Provisions may be made (among other things) for payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this part provided for, the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district, the incurring or assumption of indebtedness, or the making of a payment or payments, or the transfer of property, real and personal, and other assets to the district by the territory proposed to be annexed. The boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed need not be coterminous with any election precincts. The terms and conditions shall become effective and be binding upon the district and the territory to be annexed when approved in the manner set forth in this chapter.
Cal. PRC § 5090.03 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.25 / Article 1 / Section 5090.03
Section 5090.03
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 24963 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 24963
Section 24963
Status: in_force

The board, if it declares by resolution that the proposed plan of the project is satisfactory and that the plan is feasible, shall adopt an order determining the amount of bonds that should be issued to raise the money necessary to complete the proposed project. Construction bonds in an amount fixed in the order determining the amount in which they should be issued shall not be issued unless their issuance is authorized at a bond election, and the bonds in the amount fixed shall be issued when their issuance is authorized at a bond election.
Cal. HSC § 7011 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 7011
Section 7011
Status: in_force

(a) “Inurnment” means placing cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a cremated remains container or hydrolyzed human remains container suitable for placement, burial, or shipment.

(b) “Inurnment” also means placing reduced human remains in a reduced human remains container suitable for placement, burial, or shipment.
Cal. PROB § 2341 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 2341
Section 2341
Status: in_force

This article shall become operative on July 1, 2008.
Cal. PCC § 21003 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 68 / Section 21003
Section 21003
Status: in_force

The board shall, in open session, open and examine and declare the same. No proposal or bid shall be considered unless accompanied by such check or such bond in terms satisfactory to the board. The board may reject any and all proposals or bids should it deem it for the public good, and shall reject all proposals or bids other than the lowest regular proposal or bid of any responsible bidder, and may award the contract for said work to the lowest responsible bidder at the price named in his or her bid.

A notice of such award, attested by the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be transmitted to the successful bidder by mail by the clerk of the board of supervisors, and shall also be published and posted in a manner herein provided as to the notice inviting proposals or bids.

The check or bond accompanying such accepted proposal or bid shall be kept by the clerk of said board until the contract for doing said work, as hereinafter provided, has been entered into. Checks or bonds of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned by the clerk of said board. If said successful bidder fails, neglects or refuses for 15 days after being awarded the contract to execute the same, the certified check accompanying his bid, and the amount thereof shall be declared forfeited to the county, and may be collected by it and paid into the interest and sinking fund of the district, and any bond forfeited may be prosecuted, and the amount thereof collected and paid into said fund.

Before being entitled to a contract the bidder to whom the award thereof has been made must advance and pay to the clerk of the board of supervisors, the costs and expenses of publishing and posting the resolutions, notices and orders required under this act to be made, which have been made, given, posted, or published in the proceeding.
Cal. WAT § 79023 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 79023
Section 79023
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund the Technical Assistance Account.
Cal. WIC § 11253 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 11253
Section 11253
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), aid shall not be granted under this chapter to or on behalf of any child who has attained 18 years of age unless all of the following apply:

(1)  The child is less than 19 years of age and is attending high school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training on a full-time basis.

(2) The child can reasonably be expected to complete the educational or training program before the child’s 19th birthday.

(b) (1) On and after January 1, 2012, aid shall be granted under this chapter to or on behalf of any nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, if the nonminor dependent is placed in the approved home of a relative under the supervision of the county child welfare or probation department or Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1, and the nonminor dependent otherwise is eligible pursuant to Section 11403.

(2) The eligible nonminor dependent shall be exempt from identity verification requirements for the CalWORKs program.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, payment of aid under this chapter may be made out of state if the nonminor dependent who is described in subdivision (b) is placed in the approved home of a relative who resides in another state.
Cal. PRC § 9805 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 9805
Section 9805
Status: in_force

The petition, all proceedings in reference to it, the improvement district, and the real property in it shall be designated by a number.
Cal. CORP § 8 — California Code / Code corp / Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS / Section 8
Section 8
Status: in_force

8.

Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means; and when used to describe communications between a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company and its shareholders, members, partners, directors, or managers, writing shall include electronic transmissions by and to a corporation (Sections 20 and 21), electronic transmissions by and to a partnership (Section 16101), and electronic transmissions by and to a limited liability company (Section 17701.02). Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language.

Wherever any notice or other communication is required by this code to be mailed by registered mail by or to any person or corporation, the mailing of such notice or
				  other communication by certified mail shall be deemed to be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of law.
Cal. PROB § 1513.2 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1513.2
Section 1513.2
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent resources are available, the court shall implement procedures, as described in this section, to ensure that every guardian annually completes and returns to the court a status report, including the statement described in subdivision (b). A guardian who willfully submits any material information required by the form which he or she knows to be false shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Not later than one month before the date the status report is required to be returned, the clerk of the court shall deliver a notice pursuant to Section 1215 to the guardian informing the guardian that he or she is required to complete and return the status report to the court. The clerk shall enclose with the letter a blank status report form for the guardian to complete and return. If the status report is not completed and returned as required, or if the court finds, after a status report has been completed and returned, that further information is needed, the court shall attempt to obtain the information required in the report from the guardian or other sources. If the court is unable to obtain this information within 30 days after the date the status report is due, the court shall either order the guardian to make himself or herself available to the investigator for purposes of investigation of the guardianship, or to show cause why the guardian should not be removed.

(b) The Judicial Council shall develop a form for the status report. The form shall include the following statement: “A guardian who willfully submits any material information required by this form which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor.” The form shall request information the Judicial Council deems necessary to determine the status of the guardianship, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) The guardian’s present address and electronic address.

(2) The name and birth date of the child under guardianship.

(3) The name of the school in which the child is enrolled, if any.

(4) If the child is not in the guardian’s home, the name, relationship, address, electronic address, and telephone number of the person or persons with whom the child resides.

(5) If the child is not in the guardian’s home, why the child was moved.

(c) The report authorized by this section is confidential and shall only be made available to persons who have been served in the proceedings or their attorneys. The clerk of the court shall implement procedures for the limitation of the report exclusively to persons entitled to its receipt.
Cal. PUC § 70180 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 70180
Section 70180
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals and any and all other facilities necessary or convenient for transit service within or partly without the district underground, upon or above the ground and under, upon or over public streets or other public ways, or waterways, together with all physical structures necessary or convenient for the access of persons or vehicles thereto and may acquire any interest in or rights to the joint use of any or all of the foregoing; provided that:

(a) Installations in state freeways shall be subject to the approval of the State Department of Public Works and installations in other state highways shall be subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 670), Chapter 3, Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(b) Installations in city streets, parks, or other property devoted to municipal use, shall be subject to the approval of the city council having jurisdiction thereof.

The district may acquire, contract and negotiate for the services of any and all employees of any public or private agency or corporation operating transit facilities within the district.
Cal. PUC § 15846 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 15846
Section 15846
Status: in_force

Before appointment a verification deputy shall make and file with the clerk appointing him an oath as to his age, place of residence, occupation, and whether or not he is a qualified elector residing within the territory of the district, or the proposed district, for which he is appointed.
Cal. FIN § 14315 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 14315
Section 14315
Status: in_force

(a) On taking possession of the business and assets of any credit union as provided in this chapter, the commissioner may proceed to liquidate the credit union in the manner provided by Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 600) of Division 1, and the provisions of that chapter, except Sections 700, 701, 702, and 710, shall apply as if the California credit union were a California state commercial bank, or he or she may appoint a liquidating agent or a liquidating committee of three members of the credit union to liquidate the business and assets of the credit union in the manner provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 15250) of Chapter 9, except that in lieu of the certificate required under Section 15252 the commissioner shall prepare and file in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of commencement of liquidation proceedings upon taking possession of the business and assets, and the commissioner or his authorized deputy shall countersign the certificate referred to in Sections 15257 and 15258 whenever liquidation is involuntary. The commissioner may, however, prepare and file a final certificate whenever he or she retains possession of the assets of any credit union for the purpose of liquidation. The liquidating agent need not be a member of the credit union to be liquidated, and may be a person, firm, or corporation as determined by the commissioner.

(b) If the commissioner takes possession of the property and business of a California credit union pursuant to Section 14313, the commissioner may tender to the National Credit Union Administration an appointment as conservator or receiver of the California credit union. If the National Credit Union Administration accepts the appointment, the National Credit Union Administration shall have, in addition to any powers conferred by federal law, the powers conferred on the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (a).
Cal. RTC § 43802 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 22.1 / Section 43802
Section 43802
Status: in_force

“Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Cal. WIC § 14029.8 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 14029.8
Section 14029.8
Status: in_force

Section 124260 of the Health and Safety Code shall not apply to the receipt of benefits under the Medi-Cal program.
Cal. UIC § 13004.1 — California Code / Code uic / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 13004.1
Section 13004.1
Status: in_force

“Employee” does not include any individual if all of the following conditions exist:

(a) The individual is licensed pursuant to the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code and is performing services in the capacity of a licensee, or the individual is engaged in the trade or business of primarily in-person demonstration and sales presentation of consumer products, including services or other intangibles, in the home or sales to any buyer on a buy-sell basis, a deposit-commission basis, or any similar basis, for resale by the buyer or any other person in the home or otherwise than in a retail or wholesale establishment.

(b) Substantially all of the remuneration (whether or not paid in cash) for the services performed by that individual is directly related to sales or other output (including the performance of services) rather than to the number of hours worked by that individual.

(c) The services performed by the individual are performed pursuant to a written contract between that individual and the person for whom the services are performed and the contract provides that the individual will not be treated as an employee with respect to those services for state tax purposes.
Cal. VEH § 9851 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 9851
Section 9851
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules and regulations for the registration of undocumented vessels belonging to the state, local public agencies, or to the United States without payment of fees specified in this code, except fees for duplicate certificates of ownership, duplicate certificates of number, or substitute current year registration stickers. Any vessel owned by the Department of Boating and Waterways is exempt from any fees specified in this division.
Cal. PRC § 10339 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.4 / Section 10339
Section 10339
Status: in_force

The board may require further information as is reasonably necessary to allow the board to evaluate the proposed acquisition.
Cal. HSC § 39713 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.1 / Section 39713
Section 39713
Status: in_force

(a) The investment plan developed and submitted to the Legislature pursuant to Section 39716 shall allocate a minimum of 25 percent of the available moneys in the fund to projects located within the boundaries of, and benefiting individuals living in, communities described in Section 39711.

(b) The investment plan shall allocate a minimum of 5 percent of the available moneys in the fund to projects that benefit low-income households or to projects located within the boundaries of, and benefiting individuals living in, low-income communities located anywhere in the state.

(c) The investment plan shall allocate a minimum of 5 percent of the available moneys in the fund either to projects that benefit low-income households that are outside of, but within one-half mile of, communities described in Section 39711, or to projects located within the boundaries of, and benefiting individuals living in, low-income communities that are outside of, but within one-half mile of, communities described in Section 39711.

(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Low-income households” are those with household incomes at or below 80 percent of the statewide median income or with household incomes at or below the threshold designated as low income by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s list of state income limits adopted pursuant to Section 50093.

(2) “Low-income communities” are census tracts with median household incomes at or below 80 percent of the statewide median income or with median household incomes at or below the threshold designated as low income by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s list of state income limits adopted pursuant to Section 50093.

(e) Moneys allocated pursuant to one subdivision of this section do not count toward the minimum requirements of any other subdivision of this section.
Cal. BPC § 22600 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 22.5 / Section 22600
Section 22600
Status: in_force

(a) Every publisher shall, prior to including a telephone number for a facsimile machine in any commercial directory of telephone numbers, obtain the written consent of the subscriber who has been assigned the number unless the telephone number for the facsimile machine is obtained from a telephone corporation’s alphabetical or classified directory of telephone numbers.

(b) As used in this section:

(1) “Commercial directory” does not include an alphabetical directory of telephone numbers or a classified directory published by a telephone corporation.

(2) “Telephone number for a facsimile machine” means any number designated in a directory as being for a facsimile machine or any number included in a directory represented to be a directory of telephone numbers for facsimile machines.

(c)  Every publisher shall notify, in writing, all of the subscribers of the facsimile telephone numbers printed in the publisher’s directory of the requirements of this chapter on or before April 1, 1991. Unless the subscriber thereafter notifies the publisher otherwise, telephone numbers for facsimile machines published prior to July 1, 1991, without the written consent of the subscriber, may continue to be published by that publisher. Upon notification by the subscriber that he or she desires to be excluded from the directory, all subsequent volumes of the directory shall exclude the subscriber’s facsimile telephone number.

(d) Every violation of subdivision (a) is an infraction punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500).
Cal. FAC § 6047.70 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 8.7 / Section 6047.70
Section 6047.70
Status: in_force

(a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for a hearing of the petition.

(b) The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, or more than 40 days, after the filing of the petition with the board of supervisors.

(c) The board of supervisors shall order the clerk of the board of supervisors to give notice of the hearing that will do the following:

(1) State the time and place for the hearing that was fixed by the board of supervisors.

(2) State that at the hearing protests will be considered by the board of supervisors.

(3) State that requests in writing for the exclusion of acreage from, or the inclusion of acreage in, the proposed district, will be heard and considered by the board of supervisors.

(4) State that the petition is available for inspection at the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors.

(5) Designate the boundaries of the proposed district in substantially the same way that they are described in the petition.