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Cal. GOV § 7.6 — California Code / Code gov / Section 7.6
Section 7.6
Status: in_force

(a) If by law, any officer whose office is created by the California Constitution is made a member of a state board, commission, or committee, or of the governing body of any state agency or authority, the officer may designate a deputy of his or her office holding a position specified in subdivision (c) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution to act as the member in the constitutional officer’s place and stead, to all intents and purposes as though the constitutional officer was personally present, including the right of the deputy to be counted in constituting a quorum, to participate in the proceedings of the board, commission, committee, or other governing body, and to vote upon any and all matters. The constitutional officer so designating a deputy shall be responsible for the acts of the deputy acting under the designation in the same manner and to the same extent that the constitutional officer is responsible for the acts of the deputy performing his or her official duties as a deputy of the office of the constitutional officer.

(b) The Lieutenant Governor may designate any person in his or her office holding a position specified in subdivision (c) or (f) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution to act as a deputy for the purposes of this section only. However, the Lieutenant Governor may not appoint a person to act as a deputy for him or her at meetings of the Senate, or of the Regents of the University of California, or of the Trustees of the California State University.

(c) The Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court may designate a judge or employee of a state court or an employee of the Administrative Office of the Courts to act as a deputy for the purposes of this section.

(d) The Attorney General may also designate any employee in his or her office to act as a deputy for the purpose of this section. However, no person designated by the Attorney General pursuant to this section to act as a member on any state board, commission, committee, or governing body of which the Attorney General is presiding officer shall act as presiding officer in his or her place.

(e) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may designate any person in his or her office holding a position specified in Section 2.1 of Article IX of the California Constitution to act as a deputy for the purposes of this section. However, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may not appoint a person to act as a deputy for him or her at meetings of the State Board of Education, of the Regents of the University of California, or of the Trustees of the California State University.

(f) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, not more than one officer subject to this section shall be represented by a deputy subject to this section at any meeting or session of the State Lands Commission.
Cal. HSC § 40441 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 4 / Section 40441
Section 40441
Status: in_force

After adoption of the plan, the south coast district shall have the responsibility for securing the cooperation of other public entities in the implementation of the plan, including all programs, plans, and projects relating to or affecting air quality within the south coast district.

The south coast district board may adopt such rules and regulations as do not conflict with state and federal laws for the coordination of local, state, and federal programs affecting air quality.
Cal. PUC § 1826 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 1826
Section 1826
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission determines, after notice and hearing, that any water or sewer system corporation is unable or unwilling to adequately serve its ratepayers, has been actually or effectively abandoned by its owners, or is unresponsive to the rules or orders of the commission, the commission may petition the superior court for the county within which the corporation has its principal office or place of business for the appointment of a receiver to assume possession of its property and to operate its system upon such terms and conditions as the court shall prescribe. The court may require, as a condition to the appointment of the receiver, that a sufficient bond be given by the receiver and conditioned upon compliance with the orders of the court and the commission, and the protection of all property rights involved. The court shall provide for disposition of the facilities and system in like manner as any other receivership proceeding in this state.
Cal. ELEC § 15553 — California Code / Code elec / Division 15 / Chapter 8 / Section 15553
Section 15553
Status: in_force

(a) In no event shall any individual permit an agent of a law enforcement agency to access, disrupt, modify, or take possession of rosters, combined rosters, or voter lists unless authorized by a court order or to investigate a violation of Section 18560. This subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit an individual, in accordance with a written agreement between the elections official conducting the election and a law enforcement agency pursuant to Section 18544 or Section 18545, to permit agents of that agency to provide logistical, transportation, or security support during the voting period, on election day, or during the canvass of the vote.

(b) For the purposes of this section, “law enforcement agency” means all of the following:

(1) Any law enforcement agency, department, or other entity of the state or any political subdivision thereof, that employs any peace officer described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.

(2) Any law enforcement agency of another state.

(3) Any federal law enforcement agency.
Cal. HSC § 1600.22 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1600.22
Section 1600.22
Status: in_force

“Stationary” means a nonmobile room or building maintained at a fixed address.
Cal. PUC § 130245 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 130245
Section 130245
Status: in_force

(a) An advisory committee shall be created to review issues and make recommendations to the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission regarding the facilities authorized pursuant to Sections 130240 and 130244, including tolls imposed, operations, maintenance, interoperability, and use of toll revenues, and improvements in the State Highway Route 91 corridor, including the identification and siting of alternative highways. The committee shall consist of 10 voting members and three nonvoting members, as follows:

(1) Five members of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority appointed by that board.

(2) Five members of the Riverside County Transportation Commission appointed by that commission.

(3) One member of the San Bernardino Associated Governments appointed by that body, and the district directors of Districts 8 and 12 of the Department of Transportation, all of whom shall be nonvoting members.

(b) The advisory committee shall establish rules for the conduct of committee meetings, which rules shall be approved by both the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission. The authority and the commission may appoint alternates to the committee.

(c) When reviewing the initial toll structure proposed by the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission or any changes to the toll structure, the advisory committee shall place an information item on a regularly scheduled agenda for public comment and consideration of the advisory committee.

(d) The Orange County Transportation Authority shall conduct an audit on an annual basis of the toll revenues collected and expenditures made during its operation of the facilities authorized in Section 130240. The audit shall review revenues and expenditures related to those facilities for consistency with that section and shall be provided to the advisory committee.

(e) The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall conduct an audit on an annual basis of the toll revenues collected and expenditures made during its operation of the facilities authorized in Section 130244. The audit shall review revenues and expenditures related to those facilities for consistency with that section and shall be provided to the advisory committee.

(f) The Orange County Transportation Authority and the Riverside County Transportation Commission shall equally share all costs associated with this section. None of these costs shall be paid from state funds.
Cal. PRC § 29500 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 29500
Section 29500
Status: in_force

In addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from a state, regional, or local agency, on and after January 1, 1978, any person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the marsh shall obtain a marsh development permit.
Cal. VEH § 2429 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 2429
Section 2429
Status: in_force

The department shall develop an “800” telephone number system to facilitate public reporting of violations of Article 2 (commencing with Section 31400) of Chapter 5 of Division 13. The department shall include in the department’s “El Protector Program” public outreach activities that publicize the “800” telephone number system.
Cal. RTC § 6563 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 6563
Section 6563
Status: in_force

(a) The board may decrease or increase the amount of the determination before it becomes final, but the amount may be increased only if a claim for the increase is asserted by the board at or before the hearing. Unless the penalty imposed by Section 6485 or Section 6514 applies to the amount of the determination as originally made or as increased, the claim for increase must be asserted during one of the following applicable periods:

(1) In the case of any taxpayer whose reported gross receipts and total sales price of property sold or purchased by him or her is less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in each calendar quarter of the period or periods to which the determination applies, within three years after the first deficiency determination or within three years after the time tax records requested by the board were made available, whichever is later.

(2) In the case of any other taxpayer, within eight years after the first deficiency determination or within eight years after the time tax records requested by the board were made available, whichever is later.

(b) If the taxpayer and the board mutually agree, the time limits specified in subdivision (a) may be waived.

(c) The board shall specify the information on which it bases its increase.
Cal. PROB § 16064 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 16064
Section 16064
Status: in_force

The trustee is not required to account to a beneficiary as described in subdivision (a) of Section 16062, in any of the following circumstances:

(a) To the extent the trust instrument waives the account, except that no waiver described in subdivision (e) of Section 16062 shall be valid or enforceable. Regardless of a waiver of accounting in the trust instrument, upon a showing that it is reasonably likely that a material breach of the trust has occurred, the court may compel the trustee to account.

(b) As to a beneficiary who has waived in writing the right to an account. A waiver of rights under this subdivision may be withdrawn in writing at any time as to accounts for transactions occurring after the date of the written withdrawal. Regardless of a waiver of accounting by a beneficiary, upon a showing that is reasonably likely that a material breach of the trust has occurred, the court may compel the trustee to account.

(c) In any of the circumstances set forth in Section 16069.
Cal. FAC § 79041 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 79041
Section 79041
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary may require the commission to correct or cease any existing activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in the public interest or that is in violation of this chapter.

(b) If the commission refuses or fails to cease those activities or functions or to make the corrections as required by the secretary, the secretary may, upon written notice, suspend all or a portion of the activities or functions of the commission until the time that the cessation or correction of activities or functions as required by the secretary has been accomplished by the commission.

(c) Actions of the commission in violation of the written notice are without legal force or effect. The secretary, to the extent feasible, shall issue the written notice prior to the commission entering into any contractual relationship affecting the existing or proposed activities or functions that are the subject of the written notice.

(d) Upon service of the written notice, the secretary shall notify the commission in writing of the specific acts that the secretary determines are not in the public interest or are in violation of this chapter, his or her reasons for requiring a cessation or correction of specific existing or proposed activities or functions, and recommendations that will make the activities or functions acceptable.
Cal. PEN § 16 — California Code / Code pen / Section 16
Section 16
Status: in_force

Crimes and public offenses include:

1. Felonies;

2. Misdemeanors; and

3. Infractions.
Cal. BPC § 7585.12 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.5 / Article 5 / Section 7585.12
Section 7585.12
Status: in_force

Any individual who desires certification by the bureau to instruct the baton course shall complete an application for a baton training instructor certificate. An application shall be made on a form provided by the bureau.

An applicant for a baton training instructor certificate shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

(a) Possess an associate of arts degree in the administration of justice or the equivalent thereof.

(b) Possess a baton instructor certificate issued by a federal, state, or local agency or one year of verifiable baton teaching or training experience or the equivalent thereof to be determined by the chief.

(c) The application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in this chapter.

(d) Upon approval by the bureau of an applicant for certification as a baton training instructor, the chief shall issue to the applicant a “Baton Training Instructor Certificate.” The certificate shall be posted at the baton training site.
Cal. HSC § 25411 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.91 / Section 25411
Section 25411
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a)  “Handle” means to use, generate, process, produce, package, treat, store, or dispose of a hazardous material in any fashion.

(b)  “Hazardous material” means any of the following materials:

(1)  A material listed in subdivision (b) of Section 6382 of the Labor Code.

(2)  A material defined in Section 25115, 25117, or subdivision (a) of Section 78075.

(3)  Any other material which the director determines, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if released into the community.

(c)  “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment.
Cal. WAT § 37856 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 8.1 / Chapter 3 / Section 37856
Section 37856
Status: in_force

Lands which were within the Westlands Water District immediately prior to the merger shall, so long as said lands remain in the said district, have a prior right with respect to water to which said district was entitled under any contract with the United States in effect on the date of said merger over (1) lands added to the Westlands Water District as a result of the merger and (2) lands annexed to the said district subsequent to the merger.
Cal. BPC § 8511 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 8511
Section 8511
Status: in_force

“Manufacturer” is a person engaged in the processing of materials used in the practice of pest control, but who does not himself engage in such practice.
Cal. HSC § 101833 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 101833
Section 101833
Status: in_force

Any contract executed by and between the county and the hospital authority shall provide that liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect to its activities pursuant to the contract shall be the liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority, and shall not become the liabilities or obligations of the county. Any contract executed by and between the county and the hospital authority shall provide for the indemnification of the county by the hospital authority for liabilities as specifically set forth in the contract, except that the contract shall include a provision that the county shall remain liable for its own negligent acts. Indemnification by the hospital authority shall not be construed as divesting the county from its ultimate responsibility for compliance with Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Cal. HNC § 103 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 1.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 103
Section 103
Status: in_force

The following streams and waters are also navigable and are public ways:

Johnson’s Creek, from its mouth at San Francisco Bay to Simpson’s Landing.

Keys Creek, also known as the Arroyo de San Antonio, in Marin County, from its mouth at Tomales Bay to the warehouses on the point at Keys embarcadero.

Klamath River, from its mouth in Del Norte County to its confluence with the Shasta River in the county of Siskiyou; but this shall not abrogate or infringe upon mining rights or the rights of locating or operating mining claims on the Klamath River, existing on August 21, 1933, otherwise than by being made subject to the public rights of way herein declared.

Arroyo del Medo, in the county of Santa Clara, from its mouth to the upper line of the town of New Haven.

Mission Creek, in the county of San Francisco.

Mokelumne River, between its mouth and the first falls.

Moro Cojo Slough, in Monterey County, from Salinas River to tidewater.
Cal. BPC § 3672 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.2 / Article 7 / Section 3672
Section 3672
Status: in_force

The income of a naturopathic corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of the shareholder or their shares in the naturopathic corporation.
Cal. MVC § 52 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 52
Section 52
Status: in_force

The Adjutant General succeeds to, and is vested with, the duties, power, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Military Affairs and of the officers and employees of that division. The Adjutant General shall, in addition to all other duties, be the head of the Military Department and shall be responsible for its affairs, functions, duties, funds, and property.
Cal. BPC § 3145.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 3145.5
Section 3145.5
Status: in_force

Administrative fines collected pursuant to Section 3095 shall be deposited in the Optometry Fund. It is the legislative intent that moneys collected as fines and deposited in the fund be used by the board primarily for enforcement purposes.
Cal. WAT § 25650 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 25650
Section 25650
Status: in_force

Each district by its board each year within 15 days after the close of its session as a board of equalization shall levy an annual assessment upon the land within the district in an amount sufficient to raise all of the following:

(a) Interest due or that will become due on all outstanding bonds of the district and interest which the board believes will become due on district bonds authorized but not sold, all respectively before the close of the next ensuing calendar year.

(b) Principal of all bonds of the district that have matured or that will mature before the close of the next ensuing calendar year.

To the extent that provision is otherwise made as permitted by law for the payment of bond principal and interest, levies for principal and interest pursuant to this section need not be made.
Cal. INS § 12921.3 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 12921.3
Section 12921.3
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, in person or through employees of the department, shall receive complaints and inquiries, investigate complaints, prosecute insurers or production agencies when appropriate and according to guidelines determined pursuant to Section 12921.1, and respond to complaints and inquiries by members of the public concerning the handling of insurance claims, including, but not limited to, violations of Article 10 (commencing with Section 1861) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1, by insurers or production agencies, or alleged misconduct by insurers or production agencies.

(b) The commissioner shall not decline to investigate complaints for any of the following reasons:

(1) The insured is represented by an attorney in a dispute with an insurer, or is in mediation or arbitration.

(2) The insured has a civil action against an insurer.

(3) The complaint is from an attorney, if the complaint is based upon evidence or reasonable beliefs about violations of law known to an attorney because of a civil action.

(c) The commissioner may defer the investigation until the finality of a dispute, mediation, arbitration, or civil action involving the claim is known.

(d) The commissioner, as he or she deems appropriate, and pursuant to Section 12921.1, shall provide for the education of, and dissemination of information to, members of the general public or licensees of the department concerning insurance matters.