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Cal. LAB § 7870 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 7.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 7870
Section 7870
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the availability of federal funds to carry out the purposes of this part, the division shall annually fix and collect reasonable fees for consultation, inspection, adoption of standards, and other duties conducted pursuant to this part. The fees shall be adopted by March 31, 2014. All revenue collected from these fees shall be deposited into the Occupational Safety and Health Fund. The fees shall be sufficient to support, at a minimum, the annual cost of 15 positions. The expenditure of these funds shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other measure.
Cal. PROB § 19021 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 19021
Section 19021
Status: in_force

The petition shall be filed in that county as may be determined pursuant to Section 19003. In the event this action seeks approval of allocation to two or more trusts for which the notice proceeding in Section 19003 would prescribe superior courts for more than one county, the court located in the county so prescribed for the trustee initiating the proceeding under this chapter shall have jurisdiction.
Cal. GOV § 16.5 — California Code / Code gov / Section 16.5
Section 16.5
Status: in_force

(a) In any written communication with a public entity, as defined in Section 811.2, in which a signature is required or used, any party to the communication may affix a signature by use of a digital signature that complies with the requirements of this section. If a public entity elects to use a digital signature, that digital signature shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature if and only if it embodies all of the following attributes:

(1) It is unique to the person using it.

(2) It is capable of verification.

(3) It is under the sole control of the person using it.

(4) It is linked to data in such a manner that if the data are changed, the digital signature is invalidated.

(5) It conforms to regulations adopted by the Secretary of State. Initial regulations shall be adopted no later than January 1, 1997. In developing these regulations, the secretary shall seek the advice of public and private entities, including, but not limited to, the Department of Information Technology, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of General Services. Before the secretary adopts the regulations, he or she shall hold at least one public hearing to receive comments.

(b) The use or acceptance of a digital signature shall be at the option of the parties. Nothing in this section shall require a public entity to use or permit the use of a digital signature.

(c) Digital signatures employed pursuant to Section 71066 of the Public Resources Code are exempted from this section.

(d) “Digital signature” means an electronic identifier, created by computer, intended by the party using it to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature. For purposes of this section, a digital signature is a type of “electronic signature” as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 1633.2 of the Civil Code.

(e) Nothing in this section shall limit the right of a public entity or government agency to use and accept an “electronic signature” as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 1633.2 of the Civil Code.

(f) Regulations adopted by the Secretary of State to implement this section apply only to a public entity’s use of a “digital signature” and not to use of any other type of “electronic signature” authorized in the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).
Cal. RTC § 5091 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 9 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 5091
Section 5091
Status: in_force

(a) If a public entity proposes to acquire property for a public use that will make the property exempt from taxation, the public entity shall give notice to the county assessor, the county tax collector, and to any public entities whose taxes are not collected by the county tax collector but who at the time exercise the right of assessment and taxation.

(b) The notice shall be given within a reasonable time following the initial budgeting of funds for the proposed acquisition, and shall state all of the following:

(1) The approximate extent of the proposed project.

(2) The estimated time of completion of all acquisitions necessary for the proposed project.

(c) This section creates no rights or liabilities and does not affect the validity of any property acquisitions by negotiated purchase or eminent domain.
Cal. HSC § 128680 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 128680
Section 128680
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(a) Significant changes have taken place in recent years in the health care marketplace and in the manner of reimbursement to health facilities by government and private third-party payers for the services they provide.

(b) These changes have permitted the state to reevaluate the need for, and the manner of data collection from health facilities by the various state agencies and commissions.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that as a result of this reevaluation that the data collection function be consolidated in a single state agency. It is the further intent of the Legislature that the single state agency only collect that data from health facilities that are essential. The data should be collected, to the extent practical on consolidated, multipurpose report forms for use by all state agencies.

(d) It is the further intent of the Legislature to eliminate the California Health Facilities Commission, the State Advisory Health Council, and the California Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission, and to consolidate data collection and planning functions within the office.

(e) It is the Legislature’s further intent that the review of the data that the state collects be an ongoing function. The office shall annually review this data for need and shall revise, add, or delete items as necessary. The office shall consult with affected state agencies and the affected industry when adding or eliminating data items. However, the office shall neither add nor delete data items to the Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record or the quarterly reports without prior authorizing legislation, unless specifically required by federal law or judicial decision.

(f) The Legislature recognizes that the authority for the California Health Facilities Commission is scheduled to expire January 1, 1986. It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this chapter, to continue the uniform system of accounting and reporting established by the commission and required for use by health facilities. It is also the intent of the Legislature to continue an appropriate, cost-disclosure program.
Cal. HNC § 736 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 736
Section 736
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall adopt regulations setting forth the fees to be charged and collected under this article. The fees shall be sufficient to reimburse the division for the reasonable costs of implementing this article.

(b) A criminal records investigation fee shall be collected for both a salesperson’s and broker’s license in an amount determined by the Department of Justice, or by any other state or federal custodian of criminal records from which the division has requested information concerning an applicant’s criminal record, not to exceed the amount needed to reimburse the division for conducting the criminal records investigation.

(c) The following fees shall apply until such time that the division adopts regulations pursuant to subdivision (a):

(1) Two hundred dollars ($200) for each original broker’s license.

(2) Seventy-five dollars ($75) per year for the renewal of an original broker’s license.

(3) One hundred dollars ($100) for each original salesperson’s license.

(4) Fifty dollars ($50) per year for the renewal of an original salesperson’s license.

(5) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for a salesperson’s temporary license.

(6) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license obtained by a broker for a branch office and for each renewal thereof.

(7) Ten dollars ($10) for each transfer of a salesperson’s license for each change of employment.

(8) Ten dollars ($10) for each duplicate license.

(9) Ten dollars ($10) for each substitution of a name in the license of a corporation or a partnership.

(10) Ten dollars ($10) for the granting of each certificate of convenience under Section 727.

(11) Twenty-five dollars ($25) for each examination.
Cal. WAT § 342 — California Code / Code wat / Division 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 6 / Section 342
Section 342
Status: in_force

All work paid for from such appropriation shall be executed by or under the direction of the California Debris Commission, according to plans approved by the Department of Water Resources.
Cal. RTC § 5815 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 13 / Chapter 3 / Section 5815
Section 5815
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a manufactured home otherwise subject to taxation pursuant to this part, which has been removed from its situs and returned to a dealer’s established place of business for purposes of resale, shall not be subject to property taxation during the period it is held in the dealer’s inventory, provided it remains personal property.
Cal. VEH § 11503.1 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 11503.1
Section 11503.1
Status: in_force

Any of the causes specified in this chapter as a cause to suspend or revoke the license issued to an automobile dismantler is cause to refuse to issue a license to an automobile dismantler.
Cal. WAT § 5001 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 5 / Section 5001
Section 5001
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), each person who, after 1955, extracts ground water in excess of 25 acre-feet in any year shall file with the board a “Notice of Extraction and Diversion of Water” (hereinafter called “notice”) in the form provided in Section 5002, as provided in subdivision (b).

(b) (1) For extractions after December 31, 1955, and before January 1, 2021, the notice shall be filed before March 1 of the year after the extraction.

(2) For extractions after December 31, 2020, and before October 1, 2021, the notice shall be filed before February 1, 2022.

(3) For extractions after September 30, 2021, the notice shall include extractions during the one-year period from October 1 of each year through September 30, inclusive, of the following year, and shall be filed before February 1 of the year after that one-year period.

(c) No notice need be filed with respect to, and there shall not be required to be included in a notice, any of the following:

(1) Information concerning the extraction or diversion of water from a source from which less than 10 acre-feet has been taken during the year.

(2) Information concerning a taking or diversion of surface water for the purpose of generating electrical energy and other nonconsumptive uses, and for incidental uses in connection with that taking or diversion.

(3) Information concerning extractions or diversions of water that are included in annual reports filed with a court or the board by a watermaster appointed by a court or pursuant to statute to administer a final judgment determining rights to water, which reports identify the persons who have extracted or diverted water and give the general place of use and the quantity of water that has been extracted or diverted from each source.
Cal. FAC § 6292.1 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 6292.1
Section 6292.1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law.
Cal. PUC § 16479 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 16479
Section 16479
Status: in_force

If the Board of Directors of the Tahoe City Public Utility District or of the North Tahoe Public Utility District determines to use all or any portion of a surplus remaining in the improvement fund from any assessment proceeding to improve the sewer system within district’s jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 10427 of the Streets and Highways Code, all of the surpluses to be used for the maintenance of the improvements may be transferred by the legislative body to a single fund for the maintenance and operation of the sewer system without regard to the proportion of the funds so created attributable to each proceeding from which the surplus arose.

The board of directors shall transfer to such single fund the same percentage of the surplus from each improvement fund. The fact that in one or more of such improvement funds no surplus exists shall not prevent the board of directors from proceeding pursuant to this section as to all improvement funds in which a surplus does exist if a surplus of no less than 2 1/2 percent of the total cost exists in no less than 75 percent of such funds.

This section, applicable only to the Tahoe City Public Utility District and the North Tahoe Public Utility District, is necessary because of unique and special fiscal management problems of improvement districts in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Cal. PUC § 100060.2 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 100060.2
Section 100060.2
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, the term of office for each director shall be two years and until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor. A successor shall be appointed not later than 30 days immediately upon the expiration of a director’s term. A vacancy exists whenever a director ceases to hold office on the city council or board of supervisors from which he or she was appointed. Any vacancy shall, within 60 days of its occurrence, be filled for the balance of the term by the body that made the original appointment.
Cal. PUC § 21015 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 21015
Section 21015
Status: in_force

“Operation of aircraft” or “operate aircraft” means the use, navigation, or piloting of aircraft in the air space over this State or upon any airport within this State.
Cal. INS § 1749.33 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 13.5 / Section 1749.33
Section 1749.33
Status: in_force

(a) A life agent licensee shall satisfactorily complete 24 hours of instruction, of which three hours shall be in ethics, prior to renewal of the license. On and after March 1, 2023, the three-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud. These hours of instruction may be completed at any time prior to renewal of the license.

(b) An accident and health or sickness agent licensee shall satisfactorily complete 24 hours of instruction, of which three hours shall be in ethics, prior to renewal of the license. On and after March 1, 2023, the three-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud. These hours of instruction may be completed at any time prior to renewal of the license.

(c) An agent licensed as both a life agent and as an accident and health or sickness agent shall satisfactorily complete a total of 24 hours of instruction, of which three hours shall be in ethics, prior to renewal of the license. On and after March 1, 2023, the three-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud. These hours of instruction may be completed at any time prior to renewal of the license.

(d) Any accident and health or sickness agent who wishes to sell 24-hour care coverage, as defined in Section 1749.02, shall complete a course, program of instruction, or seminar of an approved continuing education provider on workers’ compensation and general principles of employer liability, which shall be completed by examination approved by the commissioner as part of the continuing education course, program of instruction, or seminar prior to selling this coverage. The required number of instruction hours shall be equal to but no greater than that required by the curriculum board for the continuing education requirements of a property broker-agent or a casualty broker-agent on these subjects. For resident licensees, this requirement shall count toward the licensee’s continuing education requirement, but may still result in completing more than the minimum number of continuing education hours set forth in this section. This section does not authorize an accident and health or sickness agent to satisfy the obligations set forth in this section by other than a proctored examination administered or approved by the department.
Cal. RTC § 5765 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Section 5765
Section 5765
Status: in_force

(a) The assessor may perform audits of the books and records of any owner of racehorses subject to the tax imposed by this part in the county to determine if the correct information has been reported and the proper amount of tax has been paid.

(b) In those cases wherein the board determines that an audit would have been required under Section 469 if the racehorses were subject to property taxation, rather than to the provisions of this part, the assessor shall perform such audits of the books and records of the owners of racehorses subject to the tax imposed by this part as the board by rules and regulations may prescribe.
Cal. FAM § 6910 — California Code / Code fam / Division 11 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 6910
Section 6910
Status: in_force

The parent, guardian, or caregiver of a minor who is a relative of the minor and who may authorize medical care and dental care under Section 6550, may authorize in writing an adult into whose care a minor has been entrusted to consent to medical care or dental care, or both, for the minor.
Cal. HNC § 7140 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7140
Section 7140
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers expressly granted in this part or in any other law or necessarily implied therefrom. The district has the power generally to perform all acts necessary to carry out fully the provisions, powers and purposes of this part.
Cal. FAC § 14090 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 3.4 / Section 14090
Section 14090
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a private applicator to possess, use, or supervise the use of a restricted material in accordance with Section 14015 unless that person has a valid private applicator certificate.
Cal. RTC § 23037 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 23037
Section 23037
Status: in_force

“Taxpayer” means any person subject to the tax imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 23101), Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 23400), or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501).
Cal. WIC § 4304 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 4304
Section 4304
Status: in_force

The primary purpose of a state hospital is the medical and nursing care of patients with mental health disorders. The efforts and direction of the officers and employees of each state hospital shall be directed to this end.
Cal. BPC § 23.9 — California Code / Code bpc / Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS / Section 23.9
Section 23.9
Status: in_force

23.9.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any individual who, while imprisoned in a state prison or other correctional institution, is trained, in the course of a rehabilitation program approved by the particular licensing agency concerned and provided by the prison or other correctional institution, in a particular skill, occupation, or profession for which a state license, certificate, or other evidence of proficiency is required by this code shall not, when released from the prison or institution, be denied the right to take the next regularly scheduled state examination or any examination thereafter required to obtain the license, certificate, or other evidence of proficiency and shall not be denied such license,
						certificate, or other evidence of proficiency, because of that individual’s imprisonment or the conviction from which the imprisonment resulted, or because the individual obtained the individual’s training in prison or in the correctional institution, if the licensing agency, upon recommendation of the Adult Authority or the Department of the Youth Authority, as the case may be, finds that the individual is a fit person to be licensed.
Cal. SHC § 25360 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 1 / Chapter 15.5 / Section 25360
Section 25360
Status: in_force

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
Cal. FAM § 2312 — California Code / Code fam / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 2312
Section 2312
Status: in_force

A marriage may be dissolved on the grounds of permanent legal incapacity to make decisions only upon proof, including competent medical or psychiatric testimony, that the spouse was at the time the petition was filed, and remains, permanently lacking the legal capacity to make decisions.
Cal. WAT § 71617 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 71617
Section 71617
Status: in_force

The rates for water in each improvement district may vary from the rates of the district and from other improvement districts therein.
Cal. HSC § 36132 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 7.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 36132
Section 36132
Status: in_force

The boards shall meet as often as the coordinator determines is necessary with mayors of cities with Model Cities programs and their citizens group, with members of the city demonstration agencies, and with the appropriate federal officials in order to do all of the following:

(a)  Assist Model Cities programs with the design, development, and operation of community projects.

(b)  Provide information to local Model Cities programs regarding the availability of state and federal assistance.

(c)  Assist in coordinating the functions of local, state, and federal agencies in Model Cities programs to achieve locally defined objectives.

(d)  Report annually to the coordinator on the county’s participation in the Model Cities program.