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Cal. INS § 10600 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 10600
Section 10600
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be referred to as the “Health Insurance Disclosure Act of 1974.”
Cal. RTC § 55336 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 30 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 55336
Section 55336
Status: in_force

(a) At least 30 days prior to the filing or recording of liens under Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 7150) or Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 7220) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the department shall mail to the taxpayer a preliminary notice. The notice shall specify the statutory authority of the department for filing or recording the lien, indicate the earliest date on which the lien may be filed or recorded, and state the remedies available to the taxpayer to prevent the filing or recording of the lien. In the event tax liens are filed for the same liability in multiple counties, only one preliminary notice shall be sent.

(b) The preliminary notice required by this section shall not apply to jeopardy determinations issued under Article 4 (commencing with Section 55101) of Chapter 3.

(c) If the department determines that filing a lien was in error, it shall mail a release to the taxpayer and the entity recording the lien as soon as possible, but not later than seven days, after this determination and receipt of lien recording information. The release shall contain a statement that the lien was filed in error. In the event the erroneous lien is obstructing a lawful transaction, the department shall immediately issue a release of lien to the taxpayer and the entity recording the lien.

(d) When the department releases a lien erroneously filed, notice of that fact shall be mailed to the taxpayer and, upon the request of the taxpayer, a copy of the release shall be mailed to the major credit reporting companies in the county where the lien was filed.

(e) (1) The department may release or subordinate a lien if the department determines any of the following:

(A) Release or subordination will facilitate the collection of the tax liability.

(B) Release or subordination will be in the best interest of the state and the taxpayer.

(C) Release or subordination will be in the best interest of the state and another person that is not the taxpayer but that holds an interest with the taxpayer in the property that is subject to the lien.

(2) The amendments added to this subdivision do not constitute a change in, and are declaratory of, existing law.
Cal. RTC § 6364 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6364
Section 6364
Status: in_force

There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part, the gross receipts from the sale in this state of and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of:

(a) Nonreturnable containers when sold without the contents to persons who place the contents in the container and sell the contents together with the container.

(b) Containers when sold with the contents if the sales price of the contents is not required to be included in the measure of the taxes imposed by this part.

(c) Returnable containers when sold with the contents in connection with a retail sale of the contents or when resold for refilling.

(d) Containers, when sold or leased without the contents to persons who place food products for human consumption in the container for shipment, provided the food products will be sold, whether in the same container or not, and whether the food products are remanufactured or repackaged prior to sale.

(e) For purposes of this section, “returnable containers” means containers of a kind customarily returned by the buyer of the contents for reuse. All other containers are “nonreturnable containers.”
Cal. HSC § 113070 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 113070
Section 113070
Status: in_force

An annual license or registration certificate shall be issued only when the following provisions have been met:

(a)  Inspection of the manufacturing facilities demonstrates that they are properly equipped and are operated in a sanitary manner.

(b)  In the case of an out-of-state manufacturer, the application for a registration certificate is accompanied by a certificate issued by a federal, state, or local health agency certifying that the processed pet foods manufactured conform to the requirements of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder.

(c)  The applicant submits to the department the label that would be attached to the container of each type of processed pet food and a complete list of the pet food ingredients thereof in their order of predominance by weight.
Cal. WAT § 36424 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 4.9 / Section 36424
Section 36424
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that provision has otherwise been made by the board, as may be permitted by law, for the payment of the principal of and interest upon general obligation bonds and warrants of said district for such improvement district as they become due and also for the payment of operating expenses of said improvement district, the annual estimate made by the board of the sum required by the district to discharge all of its obligations shall, in addition to the other amounts required to be included therein, include an amount sufficient to pay the principal of general obligation bonds and warrants of the district for said improvement district and the interest thereon as the same becomes due and also to pay operating expenses for said improvement district.
Cal. HSC § 42402.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 42402.1
Section 42402.1
Status: in_force

(a)  Any person who negligently emits an air contaminant in violation of this part or any rule, regulation, permit, or order of the state board or of a district, including a district hearing board, pertaining to emission regulations or limitations is liable for a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

(b)  Any person who negligently emits an air contaminant in violation of Section 41700 that causes great bodily injury, as defined by Section 12022.7 of the Penal Code, to any person or that causes the death of any person, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

(c)  Each day during any portion of which a violation occurs is a separate offense.
Cal. INS § 8073 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 8073
Section 8073
Status: in_force

If in any case there is a failure of the parties to agree upon the amount of such loss they may submit the question of the amount to arbitration. In that event the president of the reinsurer shall appoint one disinterested person to act as an arbitrator, and the member shall appoint another.
Cal. FAC § 29023 — California Code / Code fac / Division 13 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 29023
Section 29023
Status: in_force

In making his or her selection of the membership of the board, the director shall take into consideration the recommendations of the beekeeping industry, including, but not limited to, the California State Beekeeper’s Association.
Cal. RTC § 12411 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 12411
Section 12411
Status: in_force

A duplicate copy of each tax return received by the commissioner shall be promptly forwarded to the board.
Cal. WIC § 1722 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.5 / Section 1722
Section 1722
Status: in_force

(a) Any rules and regulations, including any resolutions and policy statements, promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Hearings shall be promulgated and filed pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall, to the extent practical, be stated in language that is easily understood by the general public.

(b) The Board of Juvenile Hearings shall maintain, publish, and make available to the general public a compendium of its rules and regulations, including any resolutions and policy statements, promulgated pursuant to this section.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), the chairperson may specify an effective date that is any time more than 30 days after the rule or regulation is filed with the Secretary of State. However, no less than 20 days prior to that effective date, copies of the rule or regulation shall be posted in conspicuous places throughout each institution and shall be mailed to all persons or organizations who request them.
Cal. PRC § 31008 — California Code / Code prc / Division 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 31008
Section 31008
Status: in_force

“Coastal resource enhancement project” means an action taken by a public agency, including the conservancy, or a nonprofit organization, to restore, as nearly as possible, degraded natural areas to their original condition or to enhance the resource values of a coastal zone.
Cal. PRC § 25711.7 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 8.1 / Section 25711.7
Section 25711.7
Status: in_force

(a) The Public Utilities Commission shall not require the collection of funds pursuant to its Decision 12-05-037 (May 24, 2012), Phase 2 Decision Establishing Purposes and Governance for Electric Program Investment Charge and Establishing Funding Collections for 2013–2020, as corrected by Decision 12-07-001 (July 3, 2012), Order Correcting Error, and as modified by Decision 13-04-030 (April 18, 2013), Order Modifying Decision (D.) 12-05-037, and Denying Rehearing of Decision, as Modified, in an annual amount greater than the amount specified in those decisions.

(b) This section does not modify, alter, or, in any way, affect the operation of Section 25712.
Cal. LAB § 850 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 850
Section 850
Status: in_force

No person employed to sell at retail drugs and medicines or to compound physicians’ prescriptions shall perform any work in any store, dispensary, pharmacy, laboratory, or office for more than an average of nine hours per day, or for more than 108 hours in any two consecutive weeks or for more than 12 days in any two consecutive weeks, except that any registered pharmacist may be so employed and may perform such work for the full period of time permitted by this section.
Cal. PUC § 30200 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 30200
Section 30200
Status: in_force

All powers, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the district shall be exercised and performed by and through a board of directors; provided, however, that the exercise of any and all executive, administrative, and ministerial power may be delegated and redelegated by the board of directors to any of the offices and officers created pursuant to this part or created by the board of directors acting pursuant to this part.
Cal. VEH § 11505 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 11505
Section 11505
Status: in_force

(a) The department, upon granting a license shall issue to the applicant a license containing the applicant’s name and address and the general distinguishing number assigned to the applicant.

(b) When the department has issued a license pursuant to subdivision (a), the licensee may apply for and the department shall issue special plates which shall have displayed thereon the general distinguishing number assigned to the applicant. Each plate so issued shall also contain a number or symbol identifying the plate from every other plate bearing a like general distinguishing number.

(c) The department shall also furnish books and forms as it may determine necessary, which books and forms are and shall remain the property of the department and may be taken up at any time for inspection.
Cal. HSC § 26134 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 26134
Section 26134
Status: in_force

(a)  The department shall make available to the public upon request, information about contracting for the removal of mold in a building or surrounding environment, including all of the following:

(1)  Recommended steps to take when contracting with a company to remove mold.

(2)  Existing laws, regulations, and guidelines developed by the department, pertaining to permissible exposure limits to mold infestation, identification, and remediation.

(3)  Basic health information as contained in existing mold publications.

(b)  All mold remediation guidelines published by the department shall be reviewed at least once every five years and revised, as necessary based upon the availability of new scientific data.

(c)  (1)  The State Department of Health Services shall develop public education materials and resources to inform the public about the health effects of molds, methods to prevent, identify and remediate mold growth, resources to obtain information about molds, and contact information for individuals, organizations, or government entities to assist with public concerns about molds.

(2)  The department shall make its public education materials available to public health officers, environmental health officers, commercial and residential landlord organizations, homeowners’ organizations, and tenants’ organizations. These materials shall be readily available to the general public.

(3)  These materials shall be comprehensible to the general public.

(4)  These materials shall be produced to include other languages, in addition to English, to accommodate the diverse multicultural population of California.

(5)  These materials shall be made available on the department’s Internet Web site.
Cal. WAT § 75613 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 75613
Section 75613
Status: in_force

The ground water charge is payable to the district on or before the last date upon which the water production statement is required to be filed and is computed by multiplying the production in acre-feet of water for each classification as disclosed in the statement by the ground water charge for each classification of water.
Cal. INS § 1749 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 13.5 / Section 1749
Section 1749
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require all new applicants for license to meet prelicensing education standards as follows:

(1) An applicant for license as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, life agent, accident and health or sickness agent, personal lines broker-agent, or limited lines automobile insurance agent shall be required to complete 12 hours of study on ethics and this code. The 12-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud. If an applicant seeks a license for more than one of the following license types: property broker-agent license, casualty broker-agent license, life license, accident and health or sickness license, or personal lines broker-agent license, the applicant shall only be required to complete one 12-hour course on ethics and this code, which shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud. The curriculum for satisfying this requirement shall be approved by the curriculum board and submitted to the commissioner for final approval.

(2) An applicant for a property broker-agent license, casualty broker-agent license, life agent license, accident and health or sickness license, personal lines broker-agent license, or limited lines automobile insurance agent license, who is currently licensed as a nonresident in this state shall be required to complete the 12-hour course of study on ethics and this code, as required by this section. The 12-hour ethics course shall include one hour of study on insurance fraud.

(b) Review and approval of prelicensing courses not conducted in a classroom shall include an evaluation of the safeguards in place to ensure that the student completing the course is the person enrolled in the course, methods used to monitor the student’s attendance are adequate, methods for the student to interact with the entity providing the training exist, and methods used to record the times spent completing the course are adequate.

(c) Prelicensing certificates of completion expire three years from the completion date of the course, whether or not a license is issued.
Cal. VEH § 40616 — California Code / Code veh / Division 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 40616
Section 40616
Status: in_force

Any person willfully violating a written promise to correct or willfully failing to deliver proof of correction of violation is guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of correction may consist of a certification by an authorized representative of one of the following agencies that the alleged violation has been corrected:

(a) Brake, lamp, smog device, or muffler violations may be certified as corrected by any station licensed or contracted to inspect and certify for the violation pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 9888.5) of Chapter 20.3 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code or Section 27150.2.

(b) Driver license and registration violations may be certified as corrected by the Department of Motor Vehicles or by any clerk or deputy clerk of a court.

(c) Any violation may be certified as corrected by a police department, the California Highway Patrol, sheriff, marshal, or other law enforcement agency regularly engaged in enforcement of the Vehicle Code.
Cal. RTC § 259.15 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 259.15
Section 259.15
Status: in_force

(a) (1) For the 2018–19 fiscal year to the 2027–28 fiscal year, the claim for welfare exemption on a property that is eligible for and has received low-income housing tax credits pursuant to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing credit, including Section 42(g)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of units occupied by individuals whose incomes rise above limit, in addition to giving any other information as prescribed by the board, when claiming an exemption for units pursuant to subclause (I) of clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 214, shall be accompanied by an affidavit that provides the information set forth in subdivision (b).

(2) For the 2022–23 fiscal year through the 2027–28 fiscal year, when claiming a welfare exemption for units pursuant to clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 214, in addition to giving any other information as prescribed by the board, the claim for welfare exemption shall be accompanied by an affidavit that provides the information set forth in subdivision (b).

(3) Beginning with the 2024–25 fiscal year, when claiming a welfare exemption for units pursuant to subclause (II) of clause (iii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 214, in addition to giving any other information as prescribed by the board, the claim for welfare exemption shall be accompanied by an affidavit that provides the information set forth in subdivision (b).

(b) The affidavits required in subdivision (a) shall include the following information:

(1) A list of all units, for which exemption is claimed, in which the unit will continue to be treated as a low-income unit if the occupant initially met the income limitation and the unit continues to be rent restricted.

(2) All of the following nonpersonally identifiable information about the occupants of the units listed pursuant to paragraph (1):

(A) The unit name or number.

(B) The actual household income of the occupant.

(C) The maximum rent that may be charged to the occupant.

(D) The actual rent charged to the occupant.

(E) The percentage of area median income, or other determinant factor, from which the maximum rent that may be charged to the occupant is derived.

(c) The affidavits required to accompany the claim for welfare exemption pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public disclosure.
Cal. HSC § 1792.8 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 6 / Section 1792.8
Section 1792.8
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this article, “actuarial study” means an analysis that addresses the current actuarial financial condition of a provider that is performed by an actuary in accordance with accepted actuarial principles and the standards of practice adopted by the Actuarial Standards Board. An actuarial study shall include all of the following:

(1) An actuarial report.

(2) A statement of actuarial opinion.

(3) An actuarial balance sheet.

(4) A cohort pricing analysis.

(5) A cashflow projection.

(6) A description of the actuarial methodology, formulae, and assumptions.

(b) “Actuary” means a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries who is qualified to sign a statement of actuarial opinion.

(c) “Type A contract” means a continuing care contract that has an up-front entrance fee and includes provision for housing, residential services, amenities, and unlimited specific health-related services with little or no substantial increases in monthly charges, except for normal operating costs and inflation adjustments.
Cal. RTC § 38552 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 18.5 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 38552
Section 38552
Status: in_force

Notice of the sale and the time and place thereof shall be given to the delinquent person and to all persons who have an interest of record in the property in writing at least 20 days before the date set for the sale in the following manner: The notice shall be personally served or enclosed in an envelope addressed to the taxpayer or other person at his or her last known address or place of business in this state. If not personally served, the notice shall be deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city in which the property or a part thereof is situated if any part thereof is situated in a city or, if not, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the property or a part thereof is located. Notice shall also be posted in both of the following manners:

(a) One public place in the city in which the interest in property is to be sold if it is to be sold in a city or, if not to be sold in a city, one public place in the county in which the interest in the property is to be sold.

(b) One conspicuous place on the property.

The notice shall contain a description of the property to be sold, a statement of the amount due, including taxes, interest, penalties, and costs, the name of the delinquent, and the further statement that unless the amount due is paid on or before the time fixed in the notice for the sale, the property, or so much of it as may be necessary, will be sold in accordance with law and the notice.
Cal. PUC § 25336 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 25336
Section 25336
Status: in_force

If any member withdraws from the retirement system prior to retirement the total amount contributed by him with such interest as may be credited thereto shall be returned to him; provided, however, that the board may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a member, whose district service is terminated except by death or retirement, may elect to leave his contributions and interest thereon in the retirement fund, and the terms and conditions upon which a retirement allowance may be made to him after such termination.
Cal. VEH § 38230 — California Code / Code veh / Division 16.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 9 / Section 38230
Section 38230
Status: in_force

In addition to the fees imposed by Section 38225, there shall be paid a four-dollar ($4) fee for the issuance or renewal of identification for every off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification. The fee imposed by this section is in lieu of all taxes according to value levied for state or local purposes.