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Cal. FAC § 77334 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17 / Article 6 / Section 77334
Section 77334
Status: in_force

(a) All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the director from producers or handlers is confidential and shall not be disclosed except when required in a judicial proceeding.

(b) Information on volume shipments, product value, and any other related information which is required for reports to governmental agencies; financial reports to the commission or aggregate sales and inventory information; and any other information which the commission requires that gives only totals, but excludes individual producer and handler information, may be disclosed by the commission.
Cal. HSC § 16021 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 16021
Section 16021
Status: in_force

Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the inspector on the work and the contractor shall each make a report, duly verified by him or her, showing in his or her own personal knowledge, that the work during the period covered by the report has been performed and that the materials used and installed are in accordance with the approved drawings and specifications, setting forth any detailed statements of fact required by the enforcement agency.

“Personal knowledge” as applied to the inspector, means the actual personal knowledge which is obtained from his or her personal continuous inspection of the work of construction in all stages of its progress at the site where he or she is responsible for inspection and when work is carried out away from the site, that personal knowledge which is obtained from the reporting of others of the testing or inspection of materials and workmanship for compliance with plans, specifications, or applicable standards. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts is required.

“Personal knowledge,” as applied to the contractor, means the personal knowledge which is obtained from the construction of the building. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts is required.
Cal. PRC § 5093.33 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.3 / Section 5093.33
Section 5093.33
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established a California wilderness preservation system to be composed of state-owned areas designated by the Legislature as “wilderness areas” and units of the state park system classified as “state wildernesses” by the State Park and Recreation Commission pursuant to Article 1.7 (commencing with Section 5019.50) of Chapter 1, and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, provide for the protection of such areas, preserve their wilderness character, and provide for the gathering and dissemination of information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness. No state-owned areas shall be designated as “wilderness areas” except as provided for in this chapter or by subsequent legislative enactment.

(b) Notwithstanding the inclusion of an area within the system, a wilderness area shall continue to be subject to the jurisdiction of the state agency or agencies having jurisdiction thereover immediately prior to its inclusion in the system. The secretary shall adopt guidelines for the management of wilderness areas. Each state agency or agencies having jurisdiction over a wilderness area shall adopt regulations for the management of such areas consistent with the guidelines adopted by the secretary and the objectives of this chapter. Such regulations shall include provisions to protect endangered or rare native plant and animal species.

(c) A wilderness area, in contrast to those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. A wilderness area is further defined to mean an area of relatively undeveloped state-owned land which has retained its primeval character and influence or has been substantially restored to a near natural appearance, without permanent improvements or human habitation, other than semi-improved campgrounds and primitive latrines, and which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which:

(1) Appears generally to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticeable.

(2) Has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation.

(3) Has at least 5,000 acres of land, either by itself or in combination with contiguous areas possessing wilderness characteristics, or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition.

(4) May also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
Cal. PRC § 22057 — California Code / Code prc / Division 14 / Chapter 4 / Section 22057
Section 22057
Status: in_force

The commission may appoint technical advisory committees, whose members shall serve without compensation, and prescribe their membership, powers, and duties.
Cal. FAC § 71024 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 9.5 / Article 2 / Section 71024
Section 71024
Status: in_force

“Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.
Cal. FAC § 10351 — California Code / Code fac / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 10351
Section 10351
Status: in_force

All female dairy calves shall be vaccinated by an official veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian, who is authorized by the department, at such ages as are designated by the department. Male dairy calves and beef calves may, at the option of the owner, be vaccinated.
Cal. FIN § 18007 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 18007
Section 18007
Status: in_force

“Charges”, as used in this division, include the aggregate interest, fees, bonuses, commissions, brokerage, discounts, expenses, and other forms of costs charged, contracted for, or received by an industrial loan company or any other person in connection with the investigating, arranging, negotiating, procuring, guaranteeing, making, servicing, collecting, or enforcing of a loan, or for forbearance of money, credit, goods, things in action, or any other service or services rendered.
Cal. UIC § 4551 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 4551
Section 4551
Status: in_force

Federal-state extended benefits are payable from the Unemployment Fund to unemployed individuals who are eligible under this part.
Cal. INS § 10164 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3a / Section 10164
Section 10164
Status: in_force

Any cash surrender value and any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due at any time other than on the policy anniversary, shall be calculated with allowance for the lapse of time and the payment of fractional premiums beyond the last preceding policy anniversary. All values referred to in Sections 10161, 10162, 10163, 10163.1, and 10163.2 may be calculated upon the assumption that any death benefit is payable at the end of the policy year of death. The net value of any paid-up additions, other than paid-up term additions, shall be not less than the amounts used to provide such additions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10161, additional benefits payable (a) in the event of death or dismemberment by accident or accidental means, (b) in the event of total and permanent disability, (c) as reversionary annuity or deferred reversionary annuity benefits, (d) as term insurance benefits provided by a rider or supplemental policy provision to which, if issued as a separate policy, this article would not apply, (e) as term insurance on the life of a child or on the lives of children provided in a policy on the life of a parent of the child, if such term insurance expires before the child’s age is 26, is uniform in amount after the child’s age is one, and has not become paid up by reason of the death of a parent of the child, and (f) as other policy benefits additional to life insurance and endowment benefits, and premiums for all such additional benefits, shall be disregarded in ascertaining cash surrender values and nonforfeiture benefits required by this article, and no such additional benefits shall be required to be included in any paid-up nonforfeiture benefits.
Cal. RTC § 24461 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 8 / Section 24461
Section 24461
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this part, the provisions of Section 633 of Public Law 99-514, relating to effective dates for recognition of gain and loss on distributions of property in liquidation, shall apply except as otherwise provided.

(b) The provisions of Section 633(e) of Public Law 99-514, relating to other transition rules, shall not apply.

(c) The amendments to Section 633 of Public Law 99-514 made by Section 1006(g)(1) to 1006(g)(8), inclusive, of Public Law 100-647, relating to effective dates for recognition of gain and loss on distributions of property in liquidation, are declaratory of existing law and shall be applied in the same manner and for the same periods as specified in Public Law 100-647.
Cal. RTC § 3353 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 3353
Section 3353
Status: in_force

Publication shall be made pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in the county. If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the county, the publication shall be made by posting in three public places in the county. The cost of publication shall be at no more than the rate fixed by the board of supervisors for other county advertising.
Cal. ELEC § 12309 — California Code / Code elec / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 12309
Section 12309
Status: in_force

(a) Following the appointment of members of precinct boards, the elections official shall instruct inspectors so appointed concerning their duties in connection with the conduct of the election, which instruction shall conform to the uniform standards adopted by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 12309.5.

(b) A person may not serve as an inspector of a precinct board at an election unless instruction has been received in accordance with this section except that, in the case of the emergency disability of a regular inspector, substitute inspectors shall be given any instruction found necessary by the elections official.

(c) At the request of the elections official, the legislative body may contract with any qualified person or organization for purposes of instructing inspectors in accordance with this section.

(d) This section shall become operative on June 30, 2005.
Cal. PCC § 10335.7 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 10335.7
Section 10335.7
Status: in_force

“State agency,” as used in this article, means every state office, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, but does not include the Legislature, the courts, or any agency in the judicial branch of government.
Cal. ELEC § 12303 — California Code / Code elec / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 12303
Section 12303
Status: in_force

(a) A person who cannot read or write the English language is not eligible to act as a member of any precinct board.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that non-English-speaking citizens, like all other citizens, should be encouraged to vote. Therefore, appropriate efforts should be made to minimize obstacles to non-English-speaking citizens voting without assistance.

(c) (1) Where the elections official finds that citizens described in subdivision (b) approximate 3 percent or more of the voting-age residents of a precinct, or if interested citizens or organizations provided information that the elections official believes indicates a need for voting assistance for qualified citizens described in subdivision (b), the elections official shall make reasonable efforts to recruit elections officials who are fluent in a language used by citizens described in subdivision (b) and in English. This recruitment shall be conducted through the cooperation of interested citizens and organizations and through voluntarily donated public service notices in the media, including newspapers, radio, television, and the internet, particularly those media that serve the non-English-speaking citizens described in subdivision (b).

(2) (A) Within 150 days following each statewide general election, the county elections official shall report to the Secretary of State the number of individuals recruited to serve as members of precinct boards, including the number of individuals recruited who are fluent in each language required to be represented under Section 14201 and Section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 et seq.). The Secretary of State shall issue uniform standard reporting guidelines.

(B) The Secretary of State shall post all county reports received under subparagraph (A) on the Secretary of State’s internet website within 180 days following each statewide general election.

(3) At each polling place, a member of the precinct board shall identify the languages spoken by the member, other than English, by wearing a name tag, button, sticker, lanyard, or other mechanism, as determined by the county elections official. The text indicating the language skills of the member of the precinct board shall be in the non-English language or languages spoken by that member.

(d) At least 14 days before an election, the elections official shall prepare and make available to the public a list of the precincts to which officials were appointed pursuant to this section, including on the county elections official’s internet website, and the language or languages other than English in which they will provide assistance.
Cal. HSC § 32002.32 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 32002.32
Section 32002.32
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a written argument for or a written argument against the proposed district formation.

Arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be filed with the officials in charge of conducting the election not less than 54 days prior to the date of the district formation election.
Cal. PUC § 22779 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 22779
Section 22779
Status: in_force

The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed 15 percent of the taxable property of the district as shown by the last equalized assessment books of the affected counties.
Cal. FIN § 18316 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 18316
Section 18316
Status: in_force

An industrial loan company may, in addition to the sale of installment investment certificates with loans, sell or negotiate investment certificates either in certificates, or in receipt book form. The certificates may provide for the payment of money at any time, either fixed or uncertain. The company may receive payments therefor in installments or otherwise, with or without an allowance of interest upon such installments.
Cal. UIC § 3651 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 3651
Section 3651
Status: in_force

Claims for extended duration benefits shall be made as provided in this article.
Cal. BPC § 10085.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 10085.6
Section 10085.6
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be unlawful for any licensee who negotiates, attempts to negotiate, arranges, attempts to arrange, or otherwise offers to perform a mortgage loan modification or other form of mortgage loan forbearance for a fee or other compensation paid by the borrower, to do any of the following:

(1) Claim, demand, charge, collect, or receive any compensation until after the licensee has fully performed each and every service the licensee contracted to perform or represented that he, she, or it would perform.

(2) Take any wage assignment, any lien of any type on real or personal property, or other security to secure the payment of compensation.

(3) Take any power of attorney from the borrower for any purpose.

(b) A violation of this section by a natural person who is a licensee is a public offense punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or if by a corporation, the violation is punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). These penalties are cumulative to any other remedies or penalties provided by law.

(c) This section shall apply only to mortgages and deeds of trust secured by residential real property containing four or fewer dwelling units.
Cal. WAT § 12891.2 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 12891.2
Section 12891.2
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the State Controller to make such audit or audits of the books and records of public agencies receiving loans or grants pursuant to this chapter, as he may deem necessary from time to time, for the purposes of determining that the money received by such public agencies as loans or grants hereunder has been expended for the purposes and under the conditions authorized herein. Whenever the State Controller determines that any money paid to such a public agency has been expended by such public agency for purposes not authorized by this chapter, or exceeds the final cost of the project for which a loan or grant was made, or exceeds the final cost of the feasibility report for which a loan was made, the State Controller shall furnish written notice to the department and to the public agency directing the public agency to pay into the State Treasury the amount of such unauthorized expenditures, or the amount in excess of the final authorized cost of the project or the feasibility report. Upon receipt of such notice, such public agency shall, at the time specified therein, pay to the State Treasurer the amount set forth in such notice. Such amount shall, upon order of the State Controller, be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund to be available for the purposes prescribed in Section 12937 of this code.

It shall be the duty of such public agency to make the payments to the State Treasurer as provided in this section, and it shall be the duty of the State Controller to enforce such collection on behalf of the state.
Cal. SHC § 26022 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 26022
Section 26022
Status: in_force

At the time of the filing of the petition for the formation of the district the petitioners shall file a bond with the board of supervisors for not more than three hundred dollars ($300), approved by the board, upon the condition that the petitioners will pay the expense and cost of the election in an amount not exceeding the amount of the bond if the proposition to organize the district is defeated.
Cal. RTC § 226 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 226
Section 226
Status: in_force

(a) Personal property consisting of qualified computer equipment shall be exempt from taxation.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Qualified computer equipment” means all computer equipment of the San Diego Supercomputer Center located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.

(2) “Computer equipment” includes, but is not limited to, any supercomputer and all peripheral computer and other equipment related to the system of which the supercomputer is the principal component and all other equipment that becomes a part of that supercomputer system.
Cal. PUC § 24883 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 24883
Section 24883
Status: in_force

The board is the legislative body of the district and determines all questions of policy.
Cal. BPC § 7158 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 10 / Section 7158
Section 7158
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who shall accept or receive a completion certificate or other evidence that performance of a contract for a work of improvement, including, but not limited to, a home improvement, is complete or satisfactorily concluded, with knowledge that the document is false and that the performance is not substantially completed, and who shall utter, offer, or use the document in connection with the making or accepting of any assignment or negotiation of the right to receive any payment from the owner, under or in connection with a contract, or for the purpose of obtaining or granting any credit or loan on the security of the right to receive any payment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or to imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than one month nor more than one year, or both.

(b) (1) Any person who violates this section as part of a plan or scheme to defraud an owner of a residential or nonresidential structure, including a mobilehome or manufactured home, in connection with the offer or performance of repairs to the structure for damage caused by a natural disaster, shall be ordered by the court to make full restitution to the victim based on the person’s ability to pay, defined as the overall capability of the defendant to reimburse the costs, or a portion of the costs, including consideration of, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) The defendant’s present financial position.

(B) The defendant’s reasonably discernible future financial position, provided that the court shall not consider a period of more than one year from the date of the hearing for purposes of determining the reasonably discernible future financial position of the defendant.

(C) The likelihood that the defendant will be able to obtain employment within one year from the date of the hearing.

(D) Any other factor that may bear upon the defendant’s financial capability to reimburse the county for costs.

(2) In addition to full restitution, and imprisonment authorized by subdivision (a), the court may impose a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), based upon the defendant’s ability to pay. This subdivision applies to natural disasters for which a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code or for which an emergency or major disaster is declared by the President of the United States.

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2021.
Cal. VEH § 26301.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 26301.5
Section 26301.5
Status: in_force

Every passenger vehicle manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1973, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with an emergency brake system so constructed that rupture or leakage-type failure of any single pressure component of the service brake system, except structural failures of the brake master cylinder body or effectiveness indicator body, shall not result in complete loss of function of the vehicle’s brakes when force on the brake pedal is continued.