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Cal. HSC § 1527.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2.5 / Section 1527.3
Section 1527.3
Status: in_force

The fund shall not be liable for any of the following:

(a) Any loss arising out of a dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or intentional act of a foster parent.

(b) Any occurrence that does not arise from the foster-care relationship.

(c) Any bodily injury arising out of the operation or use of any motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft owned or operated by, or rented or loaned to, any foster parent.

(d) Any loss arising out of licentious, immoral, or sexual behavior on the part of a foster parent intended to lead to, or culminating in, any sexual act.

(e) Any allegation of alienation of affection against a foster parent.

(f) Any loss or damage arising out of occurrences prior to October 1, 1986.

(g) Exemplary damages.

(h) Any liability of a foster parent that is uninsured due solely to the foster parent’s failure to obtain insurance specified in Section 676.7 of the Insurance Code. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to expand the liability of the fund with respect to insured foster parents.
Cal. PROB § 8542 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 8542
Section 8542
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk shall issue letters to the special administrator after both of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The special administrator gives any bond that may be required by the court under Section 8480.

(2) The special administrator takes the usual oath attached to or endorsed on the letters.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the public administrator.

(c) The letters of a special administrator appointed to perform a particular act shall include a notation of the particular act the special administrator was appointed to perform.
Cal. RTC § 24451 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 8 / Section 24451
Section 24451
Status: in_force

Subchapter C of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to corporate distributions and adjustments, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
Cal. FAC § 75535 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 13.5 / Article 3 / Section 75535
Section 75535
Status: in_force

The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to this chapter. However, a court, if it finds that the secretary acted arbitrarily or capriciously in restricting the activities or functions of the commission, may relieve the commission of the responsibility for payment of the secretary’s legal costs with regard to that action.
Cal. FAC § 11501.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 11501.5
Section 11501.5
Status: in_force

The director, and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director, shall enforce this division and the regulations which are issued pursuant to it.
Cal. LAB § 79 — California Code / Code lab / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 79
Section 79
Status: in_force

There is in the Department of Industrial Relations the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall be under the direction of an executive officer known as the Chief, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation of the Senate, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Director of Industrial Relations. The annual salary of the chief shall be determined by the Department of Finance.
Cal. INS § 12880.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 9 / Section 12880.5
Section 12880.5
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules and regulations, as are necessary to administer this part, in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
Cal. INS § 10738 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 10738
Section 10738
Status: in_force

The board shall make available to small employers marketing materials that accurately summarize the benefits plans and rates that are offered by the carrier through the program.
Cal. PRC § 4126 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 4126
Section 4126
Status: in_force

The board shall include within state responsibility areas all of the following lands:

(a) Lands covered wholly or in part by forests or by trees producing or capable of producing forest products.

(b) Lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, undergrowth, or grass, whether of commercial value or not, which protect the soil from excessive erosion, retard runoff of water or accelerate water percolation, if such lands are sources of water which is available for irrigation or for domestic or industrial use.

(c) Lands in areas which are principally used or useful for range or forage purposes, which are contiguous to the lands described in subdivisions (a) and (b).
Cal. WAT § 72740.8 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 72740.8
Section 72740.8
Status: in_force

After the consolidation of the improvement districts pursuant to this chapter, all taxes levied for the carrying out of its purpose shall be levied exclusively upon the taxable property in the consolidated improvement district. The taxable property within the boundaries of each participating improvement district shall continue to be taxed for any indebtedness and liabilities of the district contracted for that participating improvement district, to the same extent that the property would be taxable for that purpose if the consolidation had not occurred.
Cal. FIN § 22470 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 22470
Section 22470
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Upon the request of a person who has obtained a police report pursuant to Section 530.6 of the Penal Code, a finance lender engaged in the business of making consumer loans shall provide to the person, or to a law enforcement officer specified by the person, copies of all application forms or application information containing the person’s name, address, or other identifying information pertaining to the application filed with the finance lender by an unauthorized person in violation of Section 530.5 of the Penal Code.

(2) Before providing copies pursuant to paragraph (1), the finance lender shall inform the requesting person of the categories of identifying information that the unauthorized person used to complete the application, and shall require the requesting person to provide identifying information in those categories and a copy of the police report.

(3) The finance lender shall provide copies of all forms and information required by this section, without charge, within 10 business days of receipt of the person’s request and submission of the required copy of the police report and identifying information.

(b) (1) Before a finance lender provides copies to a law enforcement officer pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), the finance lender may require the requesting person to provide them with a signed and dated statement by which the person does all of the following:

(A) Authorizes disclosure for a stated period.

(B) Specifies the name of the agency or department to which the disclosure is authorized.

(C) Identifies the type of records that the person authorizes to be disclosed.

(2) The finance lender shall include in the statement to be signed by the requesting person a notice that the person has the right at any time to revoke the authorization.

(c) As used in this section, “law enforcement officer” means a peace officer as defined by Section 830.1 of the Penal Code.
Cal. BPC § 24202 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 7 / Section 24202
Section 24202
Status: in_force

(a) All state and local law enforcement agencies shall immediately notify the department of any arrests made by them for violations over which the department has jurisdiction which involve a licensee or licensed premises. Notice shall be given within 10 days of the arrest. The department shall promptly cause an investigation to be made as to whether grounds exist for suspension or revocation of the license or licenses of the licensee.

(b) The department may not open or add an entry to a file or initiate an investigation of a licensee or suspend or revoke a license (1) solely because the licensee or an agent acting on behalf of the licensee has reported to a state or local law enforcement agency that suspected controlled substance violations have taken place on the licensed premises or (2) solely based on activities constituting violations described in such a report, unless the violations reported occurred with the actual knowledge and willful consent of the licensee.
Cal. FAC § 46011 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 10 / Section 46011
Section 46011
Status: in_force

This act shall not apply to the term “natural” when used in the labeling or advertising of a product.
Cal. PRC § 3911 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 3911
Section 3911
Status: in_force

Within 90 days after the posting of his or her notice of location upon a lode mining claim, placer claim, tunnel right or location, or millsite claim or location, the locator shall record, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the claim is situated, a true copy of the notice together with a statement by the locator of the markings of the boundaries as required by this chapter and the character of the markings, which statement also shall include the section or sections, township, range, and meridian of the United States survey within which all, or any part, of the claim is located.

Any person who willfully makes a false statement with respect to any mining claim on the posted location notice or on the recorded notice, or accompanying statement, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Cal. BPC § 8730 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 8730
Section 8730
Status: in_force

The following persons are not required to be licensed under this chapter:

(a) Officers and employees of the United States of America, practicing solely as those officers or employees, except when surveying the exterior boundaries of federal lands in this state.

(b) Insofar as he or she acts in the following capacity:

(1) Any state, county, city, city and county, or district employee directly responsible to a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer.

(2) Any subordinate to a land surveyor or civil engineer licensed or registered as required by the laws of this state insofar as he or she acts as a subordinate.

(c) Any officer or employee of an electric, gas, or telephone corporation, as defined in Sections 218, 222, and 234, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code, with annual revenues of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) or more, whenever he or she prepares a legal description of an easement for utility distribution lines and service facilities, provided the following conditions are met:

(1) Each description identifies the corporation that prepared the description and states that it was prepared pursuant to this exemption.

(2) Each corporation has in its employ, or on contract, an individual authorized to practice land surveying who shall be responsible for establishing criteria for determining the qualifications of technical specialists preparing those legal descriptions, specifying the format and information to be shown on maps or documents containing those descriptions, and capable of answering questions regarding the preparation of those descriptions.

(d) Any state, county, city, or city and county public safety employee investigating any crime or infraction for the purpose of determining or prosecuting a crime or infraction. This exemption shall not permit a public safety employee to offer or perform land surveying as defined in Section 8726 for any purpose other than determining or prosecuting a crime or infraction.
Cal. HSC § 11641 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 12 / Section 11641
Section 11641
Status: in_force

The Department of Justice shall establish a Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program to assist state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in apprehending and prosecuting persons involved in the unlawful manufacture of controlled substances.
Cal. HSC § 53101 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 53101
Section 53101
Status: in_force

The Solar and Energy Conservation Mortgage Corporation is hereby created for the following purposes:

(a)  To facilitate financing of energy conservation measures and structural improvements.

(b)  To provide liquidity for loans made by member financial institutions for such purpose.

(c)  To provide that such loans shall be financed by private capital to the maximum extent feasible.
Cal. HSC § 109500 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 109500
Section 109500
Status: in_force

As used in this article, “DMSO” means dimethyl sulfoxide.
Cal. BPC § 5108 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 5108
Section 5108
Status: in_force

In connection with any investigation or action authorized by this chapter, the board may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony pertinent or material to its inquiry, investigation, hearing, proceeding, or action conducted in any part of the state.
Cal. PUC § 29128 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 29128
Section 29128
Status: in_force

The district’s taxes levied pursuant to this article shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected, the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the chief financial officer of the district, under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes. The district may adopt the alternative procedure of tax collection and apportionment established by Chapter 3 (commencing at Section 4701) of Part 8 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and any amendments to that chapter. If the district adopts that alternative procedure, the district may thereafter abandon the alternative procedure at the end of any fiscal year of the district.
Cal. PUC § 105076 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 16 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 105076
Section 105076
Status: in_force

The district shall be considered the succeeding agency to the “Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Authority” for the purpose of receiving funds available under paragraph (30) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 of the Government Code.
Cal. PROB § 4406 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 4406
Section 4406
Status: in_force

(a) If a third person to whom a properly executed statutory form power of attorney under this part is presented refuses to honor the agent’s authority under the power of attorney within a reasonable time, the third person may be compelled to honor the agent’s authority under the power of attorney in an action brought against the third person for this purpose, except that the third person may not be compelled to honor the agent’s authority if the principal could not compel the third person to act in the same circumstances.

(b) If an action is brought under this section, the court shall award attorney’s fees to the agent if the court finds that the third person acted unreasonably in refusing to accept the agent’s authority under the statutory form power of attorney.

(c) For the purpose of subdivision (b), and without limiting any other grounds that may constitute a reasonable refusal to accept an agent’s authority under a statutory form power of attorney, a third person shall not be deemed to have acted unreasonably in refusing to accept an agent’s authority if the refusal is authorized or required by state or federal statute or regulation.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), a third person’s refusal to accept an agent’s authority under a statutory form power of attorney under this part shall be deemed unreasonable if the only reason for the refusal is that the power of attorney is not on a form prescribed by the third person to whom the power of attorney is presented.

(e) The remedy provided in this section is cumulative and nonexclusive.
Cal. PRC § 5102 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 5102
Section 5102
Status: in_force

When, in the opinion of the board of supervisors or other governing body, the devises, bequests, donations, and gifts received are sufficient for the purpose, it may erect the monument.
Cal. BPC § 19240 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 2 / Section 19240
Section 19240
Status: in_force

(a) Each original application for issuance of a permit under this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars ($500). The holder of a permit issued by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to former Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 5101) of Division 2 of the Public Utilities Code that is valid and effective as of July 1, 2018, shall not be required to submit a new application fee until the time the permitholder submits a new application.

(b) An application for transfer of a permit shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(c) The fees described in this section shall be superseded by the fees adopted by the bureau on or before January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 19288.

(d) All fees paid to the bureau under this chapter shall be deposited in the fund.
Cal. VEH § 5006 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 5006
Section 5006
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue distinctive license plates for motor vehicles owned or leased by an honorary consular officer or a similar official when the department is otherwise satisfied that the issuance of the license plates is in order. An honorary consular officer or similar official is a citizen of the United States, or a permanent resident of this country, who is appointed by a foreign country for the purpose of facilitating and promoting the interest of that country.

(b) The motor vehicles for which the license plates are issued shall be subject to all regular license and registration fees. In addition to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal of registration, the additional fees specified in Sections 5106 and 5108, as applicable, shall be paid, and shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund.
Cal. PUC § 100602 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 9 / Section 100602
Section 100602
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the amount of a special benefit assessment, the board shall measure the benefit to real property in the benefit district or zones therein according to the procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution.

(b) The special benefit assessment constitutes a charge imposed on particular real property for a VTA project of direct benefit to that property, and does not constitute ad valorem taxes or any other form of general tax levy applying a given rate to the assessed valuation of all taxable property within the boundaries of the VTA.

(c) The VTA shall possess all powers necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for, the collection, enforcement, administration, or distribution of the special benefit assessment in accordance with California law.

(d) The revenue from a special benefit assessment, which is imposed pursuant to this chapter, or from bonds secured by the special benefit assessment, for the purpose of financing a rail transit station or rail transit related facility located within the benefit district, shall be used only for financing of the facility for which it was levied, and that revenue shall not be used for any other purpose or the payment of any other expense of the VTA, including, but not limited to, transit, transportation, or operating expense.
Cal. HSC § 11999.12 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.8 / Section 11999.12
Section 11999.12
Status: in_force

The department shall conduct periodic audits of the expenditures made by any county that is funded, in whole or in part, with funds provided by this act. Counties shall repay to the department any funds that are not spent in accordance with the requirements of this act. The department may require a corrective action by the county in the place of repayment, as determined by the department.
Cal. BPC § 7506.8 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 7 / Section 7506.8
Section 7506.8
Status: in_force

(a) The director may refuse to register any applicant if the individual has failed to pay any or all fines assessed pursuant to Section 7501.7 and not resolved in accordance with that section, or has committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be grounds for refusing to issue a license or for the suspension or revocation of a license under this chapter, or has committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a license under Section 480.

The denial shall be in writing and shall describe the basis for the denial. The denial shall inform the applicant that if he or she desires a hearing to contest the denial, the hearing shall be requested of the director, in writing, within 30 days of the issuance of the denial.

When a hearing is held under this section, it 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.

(b) The director may suspend or revoke a registration if the registrant has committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be grounds for refusing to issue a license or for the suspension or revocation of a license under this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 98340 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 98340
Section 98340
Status: in_force

The bonds may be issued and sold for not less than their par value, but otherwise as the board determines. Before selling any bonds, or any part thereof, the board shall give notice inviting sealed bids in such manner as the board may prescribe. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received, or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to the price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either again give notice inviting bids or sell the bonds at private sale.