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Cal. LAB § 10010 — California Code / Code lab / Division 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 10010
Section 10010
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established in state government a panel to conduct a study regarding the creation of an Association of Cooperative Labor Contractors for the purpose of facilitating the growth of democratically run high-road cooperative labor contractors. The panel shall be assisted in this task by staff from the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or a subsidiary department thereof selected by the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.

(b) The panel shall consist of all of the following members:

(1) The secretary or the director of a subsidiary department thereof selected by the secretary.

(2) The Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

(3) An appointee of the Speaker of the Assembly.

(4) An appointee of the President pro Tempore of the Senate.

(5) A representative from the Future of Work Commission selected by the Governor.

(c) In preparing the study, the panel may retain outside experts on high-road jobs, worker cooperatives, business formation, and other topics pertinent to the association.

(d) The study shall consider, at a minimum, how to do all of the following:

(1) Advance the goals of the Future of Work Commission within the association.

(2) Incentivize the growth of the association and its members.

(3) Promote tenets of democratic worker control, including, but not limited to, uniform hiring and ownership eligibility criteria, worker-owners working most hours worked, most voting ownership interest being held by worker-owners, most voting power being held by worker-owners, and worker-owners exercising their vote on a one-person, one-vote basis.

(4) Ensure that the association’s members offer high-road jobs, which include, but are not limited to, jobs with the right to organize and participate in labor organizations and jobs with minimum labor standards, such as a minimum wage in excess of the otherwise applicable minimum wage, a compensation ratio between the highest and lowest paid employees, minimum health expenditures, minimum retirement expenditures, and protections for individuals who have gone through the criminal justice system.

(e) In preparing the study, the panel shall engage in a stakeholder process by which it consults with, at a minimum, organized labor, worker cooperatives, and business groups that can assess the opportunities and challenges associated with expanding workplace democracy in the major sectors of the economy throughout the state.

(f) The panel shall complete the study and make it publicly available on the internet no later than June 30, 2024.
Cal. RTC § 30180 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 5 / Section 30180
Section 30180
Status: in_force

Articles 2 (commencing with Section 30201), 3 (commencing with Section 30221), and 4 (commencing with Section 30241) of Chapter 4 and Sections 30185, 30362, and 30366 do not apply to amounts due or paid with respect to purchases made of stamps or meter register settings. The remedies of the state provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 30301) and the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 30361), except for Sections 30362 and 30366, apply to amounts due or paid with respect to purchases made of stamps or meter register settings.
Cal. SHC § 104.1 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 104.1
Section 104.1
Status: in_force

(a) (1) For purposes of environmental mitigation pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 104, the department may create an endowment or enter one or more agreements with the transferee of an environmental mitigation property or another party or parties to provide funding for the establishment, preservation, restoration, and maintenance of the property consistent with any permit conditions, mitigation requirements imposed by state or federal law, conditions imposed by a state or federal agency, or advance mitigation requirements. This authority includes, but is not limited to, the requirements of Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 65965) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, as applicable.

(2) Where feasible, a governmental entity holding property pursuant to paragraph (1) shall have the principal responsibility for natural resource protection or conservation. A governmental entity holding property pursuant to this section shall be approved through the due diligence process set forth in Section 65967 of the Government Code. For federally imposed mitigation requirements, the department is subject to Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 65965) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, as applicable, to the extent not in conflict with federal law or regulation.

(b) (1) This section shall remain in effect only until December 31, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.

(2) Endowments or agreements entered into pursuant to this section before December 31, 2033, shall remain in effect beyond that date.
Cal. COM § 15103 — California Code / Code com / Division 15 / Section 15103
Section 15103
Status: in_force

The owner of an interest (other than a security interest) in an uncertificated security (paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of Section 8102) whose interest was acquired prior to January 1, 1985, or was acquired after January 1, 1985, in an uncertificated security issued in respect of a security in which the owner had such an interest, shall not be required to take any action under Section 8313 or otherwise to preserve or protect that ownership interest, which shall remain effective and enforceable to the same extent it was prior to January 1, 1985, in the absence of that action. However, if a security interest first attaches to the security or any other interest in the security first becomes effective after that date, the provisions of Division 8 (commencing with Section 8101) as revised shall govern the rights and obligations of all persons with respect to those interests. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the rights and obligations of all persons with respect to uncertificated securities issued prior to January 1, 1985, shall be governed by Division 8 (commencing with Section 8101) as revised by Chapter 927 of the Statutes of 1984. All references in this section to Division 8 (commencing with Section 8101) or a section thereof are references to Division 8 (commencing with Section 8101) as revised by Chapter 927 of the Statutes of 1984.
Cal. HSC § 44058 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 44058
Section 44058
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this chapter, or any order, rule, or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both, in lieu of the imposition of the civil penalties.
Cal. PCC § 21290 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 95 / Section 21290
Section 21290
Status: in_force

(a) By the unanimous consent of the whole board in cases of emergency, except for compliance with subdivision (b), the board may proceed at once to replace or repair any and all structures without adopting the plans, specifications, strain sheets, or working details or giving notice for bids to let contracts. The work may be done by day labor under the direction of the board, by contract, or by a combination of the two. If the work is done wholly or in part by contract, the contractor shall be paid the actual cost of material and labor expended by him or her in doing the work, plus not more than 15 percent to cover all profits, supervisions, use of machinery and tools, and other expenses. No more than the lowest current market prices shall be paid for materials.

(b) In case of an emergency, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).
Cal. EVID § 411 — California Code / Code evid / Division 3 / Chapter 5 / Section 411
Section 411
Status: in_force

Except where additional evidence is required by statute, the direct evidence of one witness who is entitled to full credit is sufficient for proof of any fact.
Cal. BPC § 7581.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.5 / Article 2 / Section 7581.4
Section 7581.4
Status: in_force

Except in cases where licensees are required to comply with the provisions of Section 7581.3, where a hearing is held under this chapter to determine whether an application for a license should be granted or to determine the qualifications of a licensee’s manager, the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the director shall have all of the powers granted therein.
Cal. RTC § 107.10 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 107.10
Section 107.10
Status: in_force

For purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 107, there is no independent possession or use of land or improvements if that possession or use is a tenancy in a residential unit of a publicly owned housing project by a low-income household, as defined by Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, rented at affordable rents as described in Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. HSC § 25403.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.10 / Section 25403.6
Section 25403.6
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 25403.4, notwithstanding any other state law or policy, a local agency that undertakes and completes a cleanup, or otherwise causes a cleanup to be undertaken and completed pursuant to this chapter shall not be liable based on its ownership of property after a release occurred, for any costs that any responsible party for that release incurs to investigate or clean up the release or to compensate others for the effects of that release.

(b) Except as provided in Section 25403. 2, this article does not limit the powers of the state board or a regional board to enforce Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code.
Cal. BPC § 6159.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 9.6 / Section 6159.5
Section 6159.5
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Legal aid programs provide a valuable service to the public by providing free legal services to the poor.

(b) Private, for-profit organizations that have no lawyers have been using the name “legal aid” in order to obtain business from people who believe they are obtaining services from a nonprofit legal aid organization.

(c) Public opinion research has shown that the term “legal aid” is commonly understood by the public to mean free legal assistance for the poor.

(d) Members of the public seeking free legal assistance are often referred by telephone and other directory assistance information providers to for-profit organizations that charge a fee for their services, and there are a large number of listings in many telephone directories for “legal aid” that are not nonprofit but are actually for-profit organizations.

(e) The Los Angeles Superior Court has held that there is a common law trademark on the name “legal aid,” which means legal services for the poor provided by a nonprofit organization.

(f) The public will be benefited if for-profit organizations are prohibited from using the term “legal aid,” in order to avoid confusion.
Cal. FAM § 150 — California Code / Code fam / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 150
Section 150
Status: in_force

“Support” refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. It also includes past due support or arrearage when it exists. “Support,” when used with reference to a minor child or a child described in Section 3901, includes maintenance and education.
Cal. FAM § 9203.1 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 9203.1
Section 9203.1
Status: in_force

(a) The department or a licensed adoption agency shall, upon the request of a prospective adoptive parent, disclose an adoption homestudy and any updates to an adoption homestudy to a county or licensed foster family agency for the purpose of approving the prospective adoptive parent as a resource family pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (p) of Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(b) The department shall prescribe the form of the request described in subdivision (a).

(c) The department or a licensed adoption agency shall respond to a request made pursuant to subdivision (a) within 20 working days of receiving it.

(d) The department or a licensed adoption agency may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of processing requests made pursuant to subdivision (a). The department or a licensed adoption agency shall waive fees authorized by this subdivision for any person who is receiving public assistance pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Cal. VEH § 26452 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 26452
Section 26452
Status: in_force

All motor vehicles shall be so equipped as to permit application of the brakes at least once for the purpose of bringing the vehicle to a stop within the legal stopping distance after the engine has become inoperative.
Cal. WIC § 14132.07 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 14132.07
Section 14132.07
Status: in_force

(a) A Medi-Cal managed care plan shall not restrict the choice of the qualified provider from whom a beneficiary enrolled in the managed care plan may receive family planning services covered by the Medi-Cal program pursuant to subdivision (n) of Section 14132.

(b) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section:

(1) “Medi-Cal managed care plan” means an applicable organization or entity that contracts with the department to provide services to enrolled Medi-Cal beneficiaries pursuant to any of the following:

(A) Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 14087.3).

(B) Article 2.8 (commencing with Section 14087.5).

(C) Article 2.81 (commencing with Section 14087.96).

(D) Article 2.82 (commencing with Section 14087.98).

(E) Article 2.91 (commencing with Section 14089).

(F) Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200).

(2) “Qualified provider” means a provider that is licensed to furnish family planning services, is an enrolled Medi-Cal provider, and is willing to furnish family planning services to an enrollee. A qualified provider may be an out-of-plan or out-of-network provider.

(c) A Medi-Cal managed care plan shall reimburse an out-of-plan or out-of-network qualified provider at the applicable fee-for-service rate.

(d) If federal approval is required to implement this section, the section shall be implemented only to the extent that federal approval is obtained.
Cal. PRC § 43500 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 43500
Section 43500
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the long-term protection of air, water, and land from pollution due to the disposal of solid waste is best achieved by requiring financial assurances of the closure and postclosure maintenance of solid waste landfills.
Cal. HSC § 53572 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 14 / Section 53572
Section 53572
Status: in_force

As used in this part:

(a) “Affordable rental housing” means a rental housing development, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 50675.2, with a majority of its rents restricted to levels that are affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093, but neither definition is restrictive to only projects with five or more units.

(b) “Local public employees” includes employees of any city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, charter city and county, special district, or any combination thereof.

(c) “Nonprofit organization employee” includes employees of a nonprofit organization operating early childhood, prekindergarten, or schoolage childcare, classrooms, or programs, or expanded learning classrooms and programs, on school district property with funding from the State Department of Education, the federal Head Start program, or other public funding targeted to children from families of low and moderate income.

(d) “Teacher” and “school district employee” mean any person employed by any of the following:

(1) A unified school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

(2) An elementary school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 8, inclusive.

(3) A high school district maintaining grades 9 to 12, inclusive, including, but not limited to, certificated and classified staff.
Cal. WAT § 81602 — California Code / Code wat / Division 31.7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 81602
Section 81602
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.
Cal. HSC § 6823 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Section 6823
Section 6823
Status: in_force

The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint acquisition or construction or use of any sewer or sewers or other works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from the district and such other area as may be designated in said contract, when in the judgment of the legislative body of said district it is for the best interests of the district so to do. Any such contract may provide for the construction and maintenance of such sewer or sewers, or such other works or facilities, and for the payment by or for the parties thereto of such proportionate part of the cost of the acquisition, construction or maintenance of such sewer or sewers or other works or facilities as may be stated in said contract, the payments to be made at such times and in such amounts as may be provided by said contract. Any such contract may provide for the joint use of any sewer or sewers, works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from such area for each of the parties thereto as may be described in the contract.

Any district which has acquired or constructed or which proposes to acquire or construct, any sewer or sewers, or works or other facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste, may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation for the use of any such sewer or sewers, works or facilities by any such county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from any area designated by such person, firm or corporation so contracting, upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in said contract.
Cal. BPC § 2864 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 2 / Section 2864
Section 2864
Status: in_force

Every licensee under this chapter may be known as a licensed vocational nurse and may place the letters “L.V.N.” after the licensee’s name.
Cal. PRC § 44150 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 44150
Section 44150
Status: in_force

(a) The enforcement agency shall not issue or revise a solid waste facilities permit for any proposed project which proposes to use transformation, as defined in Section 40201, unless the project complies with all of the following conditions:

(1) The proposed project meets all of the requirements specified in this chapter.

(2) The proposed project is consistent with state solid waste management policy as set forth in Section 40051.

(3) The proposed project has a defined source of waste, including waste available from existing solid waste transfer and processing stations.

(4) The proposed project is guaranteed, by contract or other commitments, more than sufficient quantities of waste to maintain the project’s economic feasibility for the life of the bonded indebtedness of the project. This guarantee shall not include any materials which will be recycled pursuant to paragraph (5).

(5) The proposed project, and any contracts or commitments the project has entered into for the provision of waste, uses front-end recycling methods or programs to remove all recyclable materials from the waste stream prior to transformation to the maximum extent feasible.

(6) If the proposed project is a thermal powerplant, the thermal powerplant has been specifically included in an adopted and approved revision of the countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan prepared pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 41750) of Part 2.

(7) The ash or other residue generated from the transformation project is routinely tested at least once a month, and, notwithstanding Section 25143.5 of the Health and Safety Code, if hazardous wastes are present, the ash or residue is sent to a Class 1 hazardous waste disposal facility.

(b) Facilities for the recovery of methane gas are not subject to this section.
Cal. HNC § 462 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 462
Section 462
Status: in_force

Of two or more bottomry liens on the same subject, the latter in date has preference, if created out of necessity.
Cal. FAM § 8619.5 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 8619.5
Section 8619.5
Status: in_force

Whenever a final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been vacated or set aside or the adoptive parent voluntary consents to termination of parental rights to the child, a biological parent or prior Indian custodian may petition for return of custody and the court shall grant that petition unless there is a showing, in a proceeding subject to the provisions of Section 1912 of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.), that the return of custody is not in the best interest of the child.
Cal. WIC § 10401 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.8 / Chapter 23 / Section 10401
Section 10401
Status: in_force

Actions as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 10392 shall remain in effect during the appeal process. However, local contracting agencies may continue to operate under the contract during an appeal of termination, unless the action is an immediate termination action taken pursuant to Sections 10398 and 10399, in which case a contracting agency shall not continue to operate under the contract after the effective date given in the notice of immediate termination.