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Cal. FIN § 22159 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 22159
Section 22159
Status: in_force

(a) Each finance lender, broker, and program administrator licensee shall file an annual report with the commissioner, on or before March 15th, giving the relevant information that the commissioner reasonably requires concerning the business and operations conducted by the licensee or authorized by the program administrator licensee within the state during the preceding calendar year for each licensed place of business. The individual annual reports filed pursuant to this section shall be made available to the public for inspection except, upon request in the annual report to the commissioner, the balance sheet contained in the annual report of a sole proprietor or any other nonpublicly traded person. “Nonpublicly traded person” for purposes of this section means persons with securities owned by 35 or fewer individuals. The report shall be made under oath and in the form prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) A licensee shall make other special reports that may be required by the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner may require a licensee that employs one or more mortgage loan originators to submit to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry reports of condition, which shall be in the form and shall contain the information as the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry may require.

(d) The commissioner may by rule or order require a mortgage loan originator to submit reports of condition to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, in lieu of the reports of condition required of his or her employer pursuant to subdivision (c).

(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2019.
Cal. WAT § 52550 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 8 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 52550
Section 52550
Status: in_force

The board, in lieu of exchanging refunding bonds for outstanding bonds, may declare by resolution that it will be for the best interests of the district to sell all or any specific portion of the refunding bonds.
Cal. RTC § 24949.1 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 24949.1
Section 24949.1
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this part, the sale or exchange of livestock (other than poultry) held by a taxpayer for draft, breeding, or dairy purposes in excess of the number the taxpayer would sell if he or she followed his or her usual business practices shall be treated as an involuntary conversion to which Sections 24943 to 24949, inclusive, apply if the livestock are sold or exchanged by the taxpayer solely on account of drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions.

(b) (1) In the case of drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions described in subdivision (a) that result in the area being designated as eligible for assistance by the federal government, subdivision (b) of Section 24944 shall be applied with respect to any converted property by substituting “four years” for “two years.”

(2) The Franchise Tax Board may extend the period for replacement under Sections 24943 to 24949, inclusive (after the application of paragraph (1)), for the additional time as the Franchise Tax Board determines appropriate if the weather-related conditions that resulted in the application of paragraph (1) continue for more than three years.
Cal. VEH § 9558 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 9558
Section 9558
Status: in_force

If a check in payment of a fee or penalty is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn on its first presentation, the person tendering the check remains liable for the payment of the fee, or fee and penalty, as if he had not tendered the check. The department in its discretion may redeposit a check in payment of the fee, or the fee and penalty, not more than once without assessing additional penalties.
Cal. WIC § 10470 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.8 / Chapter 30 / Section 10470
Section 10470
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that funds be appropriated for capital outlay for purposes of providing facilities for child care and development services provided pursuant to this part, including, but not limited to, all of the following purposes:

(a) For the purchase of relocatable facilities by the state for lease to qualifying contracting agencies in areas with no available economically practical or feasible child care and development facilities.

(b) For renovation and repair of child care and development facilities in order to comply with state and local health and safety standards and licensing requirements, without unnecessarily increasing the value of the facility.
Cal. VEH § 34000 — California Code / Code veh / Division 14.7 / Article 1 / Section 34000
Section 34000
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide additional protection to the public and reduce the risk of possible hazards in the highway transportation of hazardous waste and of flammable and combustible liquids in tank vehicles. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall place as a high priority the random inspection of cargo tanks and hazardous waste transport vehicles and containers for compliance with this code.
Cal. INS § 11012 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 11012
Section 11012
Status: in_force

No such preliminary certificate shall be valid after one year from its date, or after such further period, not exceeding one year, as may be authorized by the commissioner, upon cause shown, unless the 500 applicants hereinafter required have been secured and the organization has been completed as provided in this article. The articles of incorporation and all other proceedings thereunder shall become null and void in one year from the date of the preliminary certificate, or at the expiration of the extended period, unless the society shall have completed its organization and received a certificate of authority to do business as hereinafter provided.
Cal. SHC § 11311 — California Code / Code shc / Division 13 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 11311
Section 11311
Status: in_force

Following the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body shall by resolution either abandon the proceeding taken pursuant to this part or determine that the pedestrian mall shall be established.
Cal. VEH § 2902 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 2902
Section 2902
Status: in_force

To the maximum extent permitted by federal law and regulations and the laws of this state, the Governor may delegate to the Secretary of Transportation and the highway safety representative the authority necessary to administer the program, and the secretary and the representative may exercise this authority once delegated.
Cal. HSC § 100895 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 100895
Section 100895
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who knowingly does any of the following acts may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day of violation, by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment:

(1) Makes any false statement or representation in any application, record, report, or other document submitted, maintained, or used for the purposes of compliance with this article.

(2) Has in his or her possession any record required to be maintained pursuant to this article that has been altered or concealed.

(3) Destroys, alters, or conceals any record required to be maintained pursuant to this article.

(4) Withholds information regarding an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or safety when the information has been requested by the state board in writing and is required to carry out the state board’s responsibilities pursuant to this article.

(b) A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a) is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16, 20, or 24 months or in a county jail for not more than one year, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per day of violation, or by both that imprisonment and fine.

(c) An ELAP certified or TNI accredited laboratory, upon suspension, revocation, or withdrawal of its ELAP certification or TNI accreditation, shall do all of the following:

(1) Discontinue use of all catalogs, advertising, business solicitations, proposals, quotations, or their materials that contain reference to their past certification or accreditation status.

(2) Return its ELAP certificate or its TNI accreditation to the state board.

(3) Cease all testing of samples for regulatory purposes.

(d) The penalties cited in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall also apply to TNI accredited laboratories.
Cal. WAT § 20824 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 20824
Section 20824
Status: in_force

If the department reports within the specified time that the supply of water available for the use of the proposed district or that may be acquired by any practicable means, including the condemnation of existing rights, is not sufficient or that the project is not feasible for any other reason, the hearing of the petition shall be continued for not more than two months and shall then be dismissed unless within the period of the continuance either:

(a) The board of supervisors is petitioned in writing by three-fourths of the holders of title to land to grant the petition.

(b) The board of supervisors, if not so petitioned, modifies the project proposed in the petition to conform to the recommendations made by the department for the proposed district.
Cal. PUC § 50077 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 50077
Section 50077
Status: in_force

The board may from time to time contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which cannot satisfactorily be performed by the regular employees of the district.
Cal. FAM § 3140 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 3140
Section 3140
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), before granting or modifying a custody order in a case in which one or both parents of the child have not appeared either personally or by counsel, the court shall require the parent, petitioner, or other party appearing in the case to submit a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate to the court. The court or its designee shall forward the certified copy of the birth certificate to the local police or sheriff’s department which shall check with the National Crime Information Center Missing Person System to ascertain whether the child has been reported missing or is the victim of an abduction and shall report the results of the check to the court.

(b) If the custody matter before the court also involves a petition for the dissolution of marriage or the adjudication of paternity rights or duties, this section applies only to a case in which there is no proof of personal service of the petition on the absent parent.

(c) For good cause shown, the court may waive the requirements of this section.
Cal. HSC § 124930 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 124930
Section 124930
Status: in_force

(a) For any condition detected as part of a child health and disability prevention screen for any child eligible for services under Section 104395, if the child was screened by the clinic or upon referral by a child health and disability prevention program provider, unless the child is eligible to receive care with no share of cost under the Medi-Cal program, is covered under another publicly funded program, or the services are payable under private coverage, a clinic shall, as a condition of receiving funds under this article, do all of the following:

(1) Insofar as the clinic directly provides these services for other patients, provide medically necessary followup treatment, including prescription drugs.

(2) Insofar as the clinic does not provide treatment for the condition, arrange for the treatment to be provided.

(b) (1) If any child requires treatment the clinic does not provide, the clinic shall arrange for the treatment to be provided, and the name of that provider shall be noted in the patient’s medical record.

(2) The clinic shall contact the provider or the patient or his or her guardian, or both, within 30 days after the arrangement for the provision of treatment is made, and shall determine if the provider has provided appropriate care, and shall note the results in the patient’s medical record.

(3) If the clinic is not able to determine, within 30 days after the arrangement for the provision of treatment is made, whether the needed treatment was provided, the clinic shall provide written notice to the county child health and disability prevention program director, and shall also provide a copy to the state director of the program.
Cal. SHC § 18308 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 18308
Section 18308
Status: in_force

“Contract year” means a period of 12 months.
Cal. WAT § 31020 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 31020
Section 31020
Status: in_force

A district may do any act necessary to furnish sufficient water in the district for any present or future beneficial use.
Cal. PUC § 912 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 912
Section 912
Status: in_force

A summary of the audits conducted by the commission pursuant to Section 314.5 shall be provided annually to the Legislature. The commission may provide this information as part of its annual report delivered pursuant to Section 910.
Cal. RTC § 11576 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 6 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 11576
Section 11576
Status: in_force

In any judgment, interest shall be allowed at the adjusted annual rate established pursuant to Section 19521 upon the amount found to have been illegally collected from the date of payment of the amount to the date of allowance of credit on account of the judgment or to a date preceding the date of the refund warrant by not more than 30 days, the date to be determined by the board.
Cal. FAC § 19034 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4.1 / Article 10 / Section 19034
Section 19034
Status: in_force

In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the department may bring an action in superior court and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. Any proceeding under the provisions of this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The department shall not, however, be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show lack of adequate remedy at law or to show or tending to show irreparable damage or loss. The court may require such acts or course of conduct as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 56075 — California Code / Code wat / Division 17 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 56075
Section 56075
Status: in_force

The resolution calling the election shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper having a general circulation in the district and designated by the district board. No other notice of the election need be given.
Cal. WIC § 1763 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1763
Section 1763
Status: in_force

The authority shall keep written records of all examinations and of the conclusions predicated thereon and of all orders concerning the disposition or treatment of every person subject to its control. After five years from the date on which the jurisdiction of the authority over a ward is terminated the authority may destroy such records. For the purposes of this section “destroy” means destroy or dispose of for the purpose of destruction.
Cal. SHC § 2561.5 — California Code / Code shc / Division 3 / Chapter 15 / Section 2561.5
Section 2561.5
Status: in_force

(a) Funding for the freeway service patrols established pursuant to this chapter shall be provided, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. In addition, the appropriate regional or local entity shall ensure that local resources are expended on freeway service patrols in an amount not less than 25 percent of the amount provided from the State Highway Account.

(b) In locations where a freeway service patrol exists, the department shall coordinate and integrate the funds appropriated pursuant to this section into the existing program. In the allocation of these funds, no local entity may be penalized for having an existing freeway service patrol program.

(c) No state funding may be released prior to the execution of the agreement developed under Section 2561.3.

(d) No program funded under this chapter may supplant emergency response towing services provided by the department as of January 1, 1992.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that funding provided under subdivision (a) of Section 2560.5 be consistent from year to year in order to facilitate the awarding of multiyear contracts between participating regional and local entities and providers of freeway patrol services. The department shall only recognize multiyear contract commitments equal to or less than three years. If new freeway service patrol regional or local entity programs are added to the baseline funding allocation, as described in Section 2560.5, those programs shall be phased in so as not to impact the multiyear contract commitments. However, once a new application from an eligible regional or local entity is submitted and approved, the share of the baseline funding allocation to the regional or local agency shall be phased in within three years of the date the application is approved.
Cal. PCC § 10353.5 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 10353.5
Section 10353.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any contract for legal services shall contain the following provisions:

(1) The contractor shall agree to adhere to legal cost and billing guidelines designated by the state agency.

(2) The contractor shall adhere to litigation plans designated by the state agency.

(3) The contractor shall adhere to case phasing of activities designated by the state agency.

(4) The contractor shall submit and adhere to legal budgets as designated by the state agency.

(5) The contractor shall maintain legal malpractice insurance in an amount not less than the amount designated by the state agency.

(6) The contractor shall submit to legal bill audits and law firm audits if requested by the state agency. The audits may be conducted by employees or designees of the state agency or by any legal cost control providers retained by the state agency for that purpose.

(b) A contractor may be required to submit to a legal cost and utilization review, as determined by the state agency.

(c) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Legal bill audits,” means an evaluation and analysis of the reasonableness of particular legal bills submitted to a state agency for reimbursement.

(2) “Law firm audit,” means a review of law firm files applicable to legal services provided to a state agency for a particular time period.

(3) “Legal cost and utilization review,” means a review performed by the state agency or its legal cost provider of the utilization and billing practices of a contractor for the purpose of developing or revising guidelines to be followed prospectively by the contractor in representing the state agency.

(4) “Contract for legal service,” shall include any contract between a state agency and any law firm, professional corporation, law firm partnership, or individual attorney to perform legal work on behalf of the state agency.

(5) “Legal cost control provider,” means any corporation, professional corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship which possesses the following qualifications:

(A) Maintains an office in the state.

(B) Is authorized to do business in the state.

(C) Has existed as a legal cost control provider for at least two complete, successive years, as evidenced by filings of tax returns.

(D) All legal cost control services are provided by attorneys.

(E) All attorneys providing the legal cost control services are admitted to practice in this state.

(F) All attorneys have been admitted to practice in this state for a minimum of five years prior to the performance of any legal cost control services for any state agency.

(G) Any legal cost control provider shall maintain professional liability insurance in the amount designated by the state agency.
Cal. BPC § 4434 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9.5 / Section 4434
Section 4434
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, an entity conducting a pharmacy audit shall keep confidential any information collected during the course of the audit and shall not share any information with any person other than the carrier, pharmacy benefit manager, or third-party payer for which the audit is being performed. An entity conducting a pharmacy audit shall have access only to previous audit reports relating to a particular pharmacy conducted by or on behalf of the same entity. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to authorize access to information that is otherwise prohibited by law. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit any employer, trust fund, government agency, or any other entity for which the audit is being performed from disclosing its general opinions or conclusions regarding the business practices of the pharmacy based on the audit.

(b) An entity that is not a carrier or pharmacy benefit manager and that is conducting a pharmacy audit on behalf of a carrier or pharmacy benefit manager shall, prior to conducting the audit, notify the pharmacy in writing that the entity and the carrier or pharmacy benefit manager have executed a business associate agreement or other agreement as required under state and federal privacy laws.

(c) An entity conducting a pharmacy audit shall, prior to leaving a pharmacy at the end of an onsite portion of the audit, provide the pharmacist in charge with a complete list of records reviewed to allow the pharmacy to account for disclosures as required by state and federal privacy laws.