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Cal. UIC § 710.5 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 710.5
Section 710.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 709, any public agency, as defined in Section 3501 of the Government Code, may elect to become an employer subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) with respect to all employees who are a part of an appropriate unit established pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, provided the election is the result of a negotiated agreement between the public agency and the recognized employee organization, as those terms are defined in Section 3501 of the Government Code. The public agency employer also may elect to provide coverage to its management and confidential employees and to its employees who are not a part of an appropriate unit, but the election shall not be contingent upon coverage of other employees of the public agency employer.

Upon filing of such an election, the filing entity shall, upon approval by the director, become an employer subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) to the same extent as other employers, and services performed by its employees who are subject to an election under this section shall constitute employment subject to that part.

Sections 986 and 2903 shall apply to an employer making an election pursuant to this section.
Cal. PUC § 103399.6 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 13 / Section 103399.6
Section 103399.6
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum total dollar amount that may be awarded under a single job order contract shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the initial contract term of the job order contract. No single job order may exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000).

(b) Job order contracts may be executed for an initial contract term of no more than 12 months and may be extended or renewed for two subsequent annual terms and a maximum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) over the subsequent two terms of the contract.

(c) Work shall not be split or separated into smaller job orders for the purpose of evading the cost limits of the article.

(d) Dollar amounts specified in this section may be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index.
Cal. BPC § 10171.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2.5 / Section 10171.2
Section 10171.2
Status: in_force

If an applicant for a license has submitted, in good faith, evidence of completion of continuing education which he had reason to believe would qualify him for license renewal, but the commissioner finds that the evidence submitted does not qualify under standards adopted pursuant to this article, the commissioner may, nonetheless, extend the license for 90 days in order to allow the applicant to submit additional evidence of compliance, which satisfies the requirements of this article. When the license is issued during or at the end of the grace period provided for in this section it shall expire four years from the date otherwise applicable if no grace period had been granted.
Cal. BPC § 7414.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10 / Article 12.5 / Section 7414.6
Section 7414.6
Status: in_force

The board may adopt regulations concerning the operation of tanning facilities in licensed establishments.
Cal. PUC § 5393 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 5393
Section 5393
Status: in_force

With the consent of the commission a copy of an insurance policy, certified by the company issuing it to be a true copy of the original policy, or a photostatic copy thereof, or an abstract of the provisions of the policy, or a certificate of insurance issued by the company issuing the policy, may be filed with the commission in lieu of the original or a duplicate or counterpart of the policy.
Cal. HSC § 39054 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39054
Section 39054
Status: in_force

“Truck” means a motor truck as defined in Section 410 of the Vehicle Code.
Cal. WAT § 25552 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 25552
Section 25552
Status: in_force

The notice shall be first published at least 20 days and not more than 30 days before the time fixed for the first meeting of the board as a board of equalization.
Cal. PROB § 21366 — California Code / Code prob / Division 11 / Part 3.7 / Chapter 1 / Section 21366
Section 21366
Status: in_force

“Dependent adult” means a person who, at the time of executing the instrument at issue under this part, was a person described in either of the following:

(a) The person was 65 years of age or older and satisfied one or both of the following criteria:

(1) The person was unable to provide properly for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.

(2) Due to one or more deficits in the mental functions listed in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 811, the person had difficulty managing his or her own financial resources or resisting fraud or undue influence.

(b) The person was 18 years of age or older and satisfied one or both of the following criteria:

(1) The person was unable to provide properly for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.

(2) Due to one or more deficits in the mental functions listed in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 811, the person had substantial difficulty managing his or her own financial resources or resisting fraud or undue influence.
Cal. SHC § 6505.4 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Section 6505.4
Section 6505.4
Status: in_force

For the purpose of giving notice, as required by Section 6505.2, parties of interest are all of the following:

(a) Lienholders of record prior to the issuance of the treasurer’s deed.

(b) Any other person who would be vested with title to all, or any portion, of the property to be sold by redemption of the property.
Cal. HSC § 8781 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 8781
Section 8781
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for a cemetery authority, its officers, employees or agents, or a cemetery broker or salesman to represent that an endowment care fund or any other fund set up for maintaining care is perpetual or permanent.
Cal. LAB § 3092 — California Code / Code lab / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 3092
Section 3092
Status: in_force

A successful graduate of a training program in a particular apprenticeable occupation of a vocational education program meeting the standards of the California State Plan for Vocational Education may receive credit toward a term of apprenticeship if the program is jointly established and approved by a school district, a county superintendent of schools, a public entity conducting a regional occupational center or program, or a private postsecondary vocational school accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Office of Education and the program sponsor of the particular apprenticeable occupation.
Cal. WIC § 14552.2 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 8.7 / Article 3 / Section 14552.2
Section 14552.2
Status: in_force

(a) “Program plan” means a written description of the adult day health care center’s philosophy, objectives, and processes for providing required services to the participant populations.

(b) The program plan shall include any of the following elements, as requested by the California Department of Aging, and shall be submitted as required in Section 14574.1:

(1) The total number of participants the center proposes to serve, or currently serves, daily.

(2) A profile of the participant population the center proposes to serve, or currently serves, that includes a description of the specific medical, social, and other needs of each population.

(3) A description of the specific program elements and services that addresses the medical, social, and other needs of each participant population that the center proposes to serve, or currently serves, as specified in paragraph (2). “Program elements” means the components of an adult day health care program, as specified in Section 14550.

(4) A description of the specialized professional and program staff that will provide, or currently provide, the adult day health care center’s program services, as specified in paragraph (3), and that staff’s responsibilities. The plan shall demonstrate that the adult day health care center is organized and staffed to carry out the requirements as specified in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 1580 of the Health and Safety Code.

(5) An in-service training plan for each center staff member to commence within the first six months of employment. The training plan shall address, at a minimum, the specific medical, social, and other needs of each participant population the center proposes to serve, as specified in paragraph (2).

(6) A sample individual plan of care for each specialty population the adult day health care center proposes to serve, or currently serves, and a sample of a one-week schedule of daily program services for each sample individual plan of care. The individual plan of care shall demonstrate the specific medical, social, and other needs of each participant population the adult day health center proposes to serve.

(7) A plan for a behavior modification program if such a program will be used as a basic intervention for meeting the needs of a special population, such as persons with developmental disabilities or persons with mental disabilities.

(c) This section shall be implemented only to the extent funds are made available for the purposes of this section in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

(d) The implementation of the program plan requirements does not require adoption of regulations pursuant to 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. COM § 1303 — California Code / Code com / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1303
Section 1303
Status: in_force

(a) A “course of performance” is a sequence of conduct between the parties to a particular transaction that exists if:

(1) the agreement of the parties with respect to the transaction involves repeated occasions for performance by a party; and

(2) the other party, with knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection to it, accepts the performance or acquiesces in it without objection.

(b) A “course of dealing” is a sequence of conduct concerning previous transactions between the parties to a particular transaction that is fairly to be regarded as establishing a common basis of understanding for interpreting their expressions and other conduct.

(c) A “usage of trade” is any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation, or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be observed with respect to the transaction in question. The existence and scope of such a usage must be proved as facts. If it is established that such a usage is embodied in a trade code or similar record, the interpretation of the record is a question of law.

(d) A course of performance or course of dealing between the parties or usage of trade in the vocation or trade in which they are engaged or of which they are or should be aware is relevant in ascertaining the meaning of the parties’ agreement, may give particular meaning to specific terms of the agreement, and may supplement or qualify the terms of the agreement. A usage of trade applicable in the place in which part of the performance under the agreement is to occur may be so utilized as to that part of the performance.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f), the express terms of an agreement and any applicable course of performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade must be construed whenever reasonable as consistent with each other. If such a construction is unreasonable:

(1) express terms prevail over course of performance, course of dealing, and usage of trade;

(2) course of performance prevails over course of dealing and usage of trade;

(3) course of dealing prevails over usage of trade.

(f) Subject to Section 2209, a course of performance is relevant to show a waiver or modification of any term inconsistent with the course of performance.

(g) Evidence of a relevant usage of trade offered by one party is not admissible unless that party has given the other party notice that the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise to the other party.
Cal. RTC § 6204 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 6204
Section 6204
Status: in_force

The tax required to be collected by the retailer and any amount unreturned to the customer which is not tax but was collected from the customer under the representation by the retailer that it was tax constitutes debts owed by the retailer to this state.
Cal. FAC § 12804 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 12804
Section 12804
Status: in_force

(a) The director, by regulation, may exempt from all or part of the requirements of this division a liquid chemical sterilant product for use on a critical or semi-critical medical device that is exempt from the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 2 of that act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 (u)), and that has obtained clearance from the federal Food and Drug Administration under subdivision (k) of Section 510 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 306 (k)) if both of the following apply:

(1) The product does not include ethylene oxide as an active ingredient.

(2) The director excludes from the exempting regulation requirements to report pesticide-related illnesses, to collect information and data concerning pesticide-related illnesses, and to transmit that information and data to the appropriate agency or entity for inspection or followup, and other specific requirements of this division that may otherwise be applicable and that are necessary to protect the public health or the environment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director shall retain the authority to regulate any substance exempted pursuant to this section whether registered or not.

(b) On or before July 1, 1998, the director may adopt the regulations authorized under subdivision (a) as emergency regulations. In adopting those regulations as emergency regulations, the director is not required to make the finding required by subdivision (b) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.
Cal. ELEC § 10418 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 3 / Section 10418
Section 10418
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever an election is to be held on the same day as a statewide election, a special election, or an election held pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, the election may be consolidated with the statewide or special election, or the election held pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, as applicable. If consolidated, the consolidated election shall be held and conducted, election boards appointed, voting precincts designated, candidates nominated, ballots printed, polls opened and closed, voter challenges determined, ballots counted and returned, returns canvassed, results declared, certificates of election issued, recounts conducted, election contests presented, and all other proceedings incidental to and connected with the election shall be regulated and done in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the statewide or special election, or the election held pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, as applicable.

(b) The precincts used at the consolidated election shall be those used for the statewide, special, or regularly scheduled election and, where necessary, the county elections official may adjust precinct lines to coincide with the boundaries of the particular jurisdiction.
Cal. LAB § 3823 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 3823
Section 3823
Status: in_force

(a) The administrative director, in coordination with the Bureau of Fraudulent Claims of the Department of Insurance, the Medi-Cal Fraud Task Force, and the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse of the Department of Justice, or their successor entities, shall adopt protocols, to the extent that these protocols are applicable to achieve the purpose of subdivision (b), similar to those adopted by the Department of Insurance concerning medical billing and provider fraud.

(b) An insurer, self-insured employer, third-party administrator, workers’ compensation administrative law judge, audit unit, attorney, or other person that believes that a fraudulent claim has been made by any person or entity providing medical care, as described in Section 4600, shall report the apparent fraudulent claim in the manner prescribed by subdivision (a).

(c) An insurer, self-insured employer, third-party administrator, workers’ compensation administrative law judge, audit unit, attorney, or other person that reports any apparent fraudulent claim under this section shall not be subject to any civil liability in a cause of action of any kind when the insurer, self-insured employer, third-party administrator, workers’ compensation administrative law judge, audit unit, attorney, or other person acts in good faith, without malice, and reasonably believes that the action taken was warranted by the known facts, obtained by reasonable efforts. This section does not abrogate or lessen the existing common law or statutory privileges and immunities of an insurer, self-insured employer, third-party administrator, workers’ compensation administrative law judge, audit unit, attorney, or other person.
Cal. PROB § 3023 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 3023
Section 3023
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), where one or both of the spouses has a conservator, the court in which any of the conservatorship proceedings is pending may hear and determine whether property is community property or the separate property of either spouse when the issue is raised in any proceeding under this division.

(b) Any person having or claiming title to or an interest in the property, at or prior to the hearing on the issue, may object to the hearing if the court is not the proper court under any other provision of law for the trial of an action to determine the issue. If the objection is established, the court shall not hear and determine the issue.

(c)  Except as provided in subdivision (d), if a civil action is pending with respect to the issue and jurisdiction has been obtained in the court in which the civil action is pending, upon request of any party to the civil action, the court shall abate the hearing until the conclusion of the civil action.

(d) The court need not abate the hearing if the court determines that the civil action was filed for the purpose of delay.
Cal. CIV § 1799.85 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 1.84 / Section 1799.85
Section 1799.85
Status: in_force

Any waiver of the provisions of this title is contrary to public policy, and is void and unenforceable.
Cal. CIV § 1799.8 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 1.84 / Section 1799.8
Section 1799.8
Status: in_force

(a) “Precomputed finance charge” means a finance charge which is (1) computed by multiplying the original contract balance by a rate and multiplying that product by the number of payment periods elapsing between the date of the contract and the date of the last scheduled payment and (2) either added to the original contract balance in advance or subtracted from the contract balance.

(b) “Contract” means any agreement (1) providing for the construction, sale, or construction and sale of an entire residence, with or without a parcel of real property or an interest therein, or for the sale of a lot or parcel of real property, including any site preparation incidental to such sale, and (2) where the purchaser is a natural person who enters into such agreement primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(c) No contract as defined in subdivision (b) shall provide for the payment of a precomputed finance charge if the date on which the final installment is due, according to the original terms of the contract, is more than 62 months after the date of the contract.

(d) For purposes of determining whether a contract is covered by this title, the seller may conclusively rely on any written statement of intended purpose signed by the purchaser. Such written statement may be a separate statement signed by the purchaser or may be contained in a credit application or other document signed by the purchaser.

(e) This title shall apply only to contracts entered into on or after January 1, 1983.
Cal. FAC § 66524 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 66524
Section 66524
Status: in_force

“Cartwright Act” means the act set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700), Part 2, Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.