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Cal. PEN § 7.5 — California Code / Code pen / Section 7.5
Section 7.5
Status: in_force

Whenever any offense is described in this code, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code), or the Welfare and Institutions Code, as criminal conduct and as a violation of a specified code section or a particular provision of a code section, in the case of any ambiguity or conflict in interpretation, the code section or particular provision of the code section shall take precedence over the descriptive language. The descriptive language shall be deemed as being offered only for ease of reference unless it is otherwise clearly apparent from the context that the descriptive language is intended to narrow the application of the referenced code section or particular provision of the code section.
Cal. PRC § 75029.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 43 / Chapter 2 / Section 75029.5
Section 75029.5
Status: in_force

The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available to the state board for grants to public agencies and non-profit organizations for projects that reduce the discharge of pollutants from agricultural operations into surface waters of the state.
Cal. HNC § 1712 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1712
Section 1712
Status: in_force

When designated by the legislative body pursuant to Section 53398.62 of the Government Code, the harbor agency shall prepare a proposed infrastructure financing plan, as provided in Section 53398.63 of the Government Code, for a seaport infrastructure financing district covering a port or harbor infrastructure.
Cal. PROB § 13655 — California Code / Code prob / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 13655
Section 13655
Status: in_force

(a) If proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased spouse are pending at the time a petition is filed under this chapter, or if the proceedings are not pending and if the petition filed under this chapter is not filed with a petition for probate of the deceased spouse’s will or for administration of the estate of the deceased spouse, notice of the hearing on the petition filed under this chapter shall be given as provided in Section 1220 to all of the following persons:

(1) Each person listed in Section 1220 and each person named as executor in any will of the deceased spouse.

(2) All devisees and known heirs of the deceased spouse and, if the petitioner is the trustee of a trust that is a devisee under the will of the decedent, all persons interested in the trust, as determined in cases of future interests pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 15804.

(b) The notice specified in subdivision (a) shall also be delivered as provided in subdivision (a) to the Attorney General, addressed to the office of the Attorney General at Sacramento, if the petitioner bases the allegation that all or part of the estate of the deceased spouse is property passing to the surviving spouse upon the will of the deceased spouse and the will involves or may involve either of the following:

(1) A testamentary trust of property for charitable purposes other than a charitable trust with a designated trustee, resident in this state.

(2) A devise for a charitable purpose without an identified devisee or beneficiary.
Cal. FAC § 77581 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 18 / Article 4 / Section 77581
Section 77581
Status: in_force

The commission may enter into contracts to receive or render services in formulating and conducting plans and programs and any other contracts or agreements that the commission may deem necessary for carrying out this chapter.
Cal. ELEC § 2157.2 — California Code / Code elec / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 2157.2
Section 2157.2
Status: in_force

In order that a voter be fully informed of the permissible uses of personal information supplied by him or her for the purpose of completing a voter registration affidavit, local elections officials shall post on any local elections official’s Internet Web site relating to voter information, and the Secretary of State shall print in the state voter information guide and post on his or her Internet Web site, a statement identical or substantially similar to the following:

“Information on your voter registration affidavit will be used by elections officials to send you official information on the voting process, such as the location of your polling place and the issues and candidates that will appear on the ballot. Commercial use of voter registration information is prohibited by law and is a misdemeanor. Voter information may be provided to a candidate for office, a ballot measure committee, or other persons for election, scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State. Driver’s license and social security numbers, or your signature as shown on your voter registration card, cannot be released for these purposes. If you have any questions about the use of voter information or wish to report suspected misuse of such information, please call the Secretary of State’s Voter Protection and Assistance Hotline.

“Certain voters facing life-threatening situations may qualify for confidential voter status. For more information, please contact the Secretary of State’s Safe At Home program or visit the Secretary of State’s Internet Web site.”
Cal. FAC § 79048 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 79048
Section 79048
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Any handler member and his or her alternate on the commission shall be an individual handler or an employee or representative of one or more handlers who have an ownership interest in a handling facility or who can document a substantial financial interest in processing or causing to be processed sea urchin for market.

(2) Qualifications of handler members and their alternates shall be maintained during their entire term of office.

(b) Any handler member or his or her alternate shall not have been convicted within the two years prior to election to the commission of a violation of any law related to the business of commercially handling any fish or seafood products, not including any technical reporting or paperwork violation.
Cal. WAT § 48056 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 10 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 48056
Section 48056
Status: in_force

The assent shall be acknowledged by the several holders of the bonds, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as the acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property.
Cal. WAT § 75630 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 75630
Section 75630
Status: in_force

The superior court of the county in which a water-producing facility within the district lies may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district of a petition or complaint setting forth that the person named therein as defendant is the operator of a water-producing facility which has not been registered with the district, or that such defendant is delinquent in the payment of a ground water charge.

Such temporary restraining order shall be returnable to the court on or before 10 days after its issuance.

Service of process is completed by posting a copy of the summons and complaint upon the water-producing facility or the parcel of land upon which it is located and by personal service upon the named defendant.
Cal. PCC § 20812 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 53 / Section 20812
Section 20812
Status: in_force

(a) A district board may contract for special services. These contracts shall be with persons specially trained, experienced, expert, and competent to perform the special services. The special services shall be limited to the fields of accounting, administration, ambulance, architecture, custodial, economics, engineering, finance, insurance, labor relations, law, maintenance, mechanics, medicine, planning, science, technology, and other services which are incidental to the operation of the district.

(b) In the case of a district which has a final budget in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000), the district shall follow the contracting and purchasing procedures which apply to the county government of its principal county or the procedures in subdivision (c).

(c) In the case of a district which has a final budget less than one million dollars ($1,000,000), the district shall follow the procedures of this subdivision.

(1) When the expenditure required for the service contract exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), it shall be contracted for and let to the lowest responsible bidder. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the district board may accept the one it chooses.

(2) The notice inviting bids shall set a date for the opening of bids. The first publication or posting of the notice shall be at least 10 days before the date of opening the bids. Notice shall be published at least twice, at least five days apart, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, or if there is none, it shall be posted in at least three public places in the district. The notice shall distinctly state the service to be performed.

(3) The district board may reject any bids. If the district board rejects all bids, it may either readvertise or adopt a resolution, by two-thirds vote, declaring that the service can be performed more economically by the district’s employees or obtained at a lower price in the open market. Upon adoption of the resolution, the district board may undertake the service contract without further complying with this section.

(4) If no bids are received, the district board may undertake the service contract without further complying with this section.

(5) In the case of an emergency, the district board shall respond to the emergency pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050) if notice for bids to let contracts will not be given.
Cal. SHC § 27222 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Section 27222
Section 27222
Status: in_force

The board shall give notice of the holding of the election.

The notice shall:

(a) Refer to the resolution adopted by the board calling the election.

(b) Specify the precincts or consolidated precincts in each county or portion of a county which are adopted for the purposes of the election.

(c) Designate the location of the balloting places, and the names of the officers selected to conduct the election, who shall consist of one inspector and two judges in each precinct.
Cal. FIN § 18342 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 18342
Section 18342
Status: in_force

Industrial loan companies have the powers specified in this division. In addition, industrial loan companies have the general powers conferred upon corporations by the General Corporation Law. The powers granted, including those granted by the General Corporation Law, are subject to the supervision and control of, and the conditions imposed by, the commissioner.
Cal. UIC § 1267 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1.5 / Section 1267
Section 1267
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, with respect to an unemployed individual otherwise eligible for benefits, those benefits shall not be denied to an individual for any week because he or she is in eligible training or retraining, as described in Section 1269 or 1269.1, or because of the application to any such week in training or retraining of any law of this state relating to availability for work, active search for work, refusal to accept work, or for leaving his or her most recent work, if continuing the most recent work would require the individual to terminate his or her training or retraining course of instruction. The individual is considered to be in training or retraining during regularly scheduled vacation or recess periods, such as Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays, or semester breaks, but not during a summer vacation period. As used in this article, “individual” includes an exhaustee as defined in Section 3503, and any individual claiming federal-state extended benefits under Part 4 (commencing with Section 4001), and anyone receiving federally funded unemployment compensation benefits.
Cal. LAB § 4555.5 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 4555.5
Section 4555.5
Status: in_force

Whenever a petition to reduce an award, based upon a permanent disability rating which has become final, is denied, the appeals board may order the petitioner to pay to the injured employee all costs incident to the furnishing of X-rays, laboratory services, medical reports, and medical testimony incurred by such employee in connection with the proceeding on such petition.
Cal. RTC § 3700 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 6 / Chapter 7 / Section 3700
Section 3700
Status: in_force

Upon providing notice to the board of supervisors as required by Section 3698, the tax collector shall forward one copy to the clerk or secretary of the governing board of each taxing agency, other than the county, having the right to levy taxes or assessments on the property and may forward one copy to each nonprofit organization that has submitted, within one year prior to the next scheduled tax sale or prior to July 31 of the current calendar year, a written request to the tax collector for notification. The copy or copies shall be mailed, sent electronically, or delivered at least 30 days before the first publication or posting of the notice of intended sale. However, where the tax collector has on file a consent from each taxing agency, the tax collector may proceed to publish or post the notice of sale.
Cal. WAT § 13247 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 13247
Section 13247
Status: in_force

State offices, departments, and boards, in carrying out activities which may affect water quality, shall comply with water quality control plans approved or adopted by the state board unless otherwise directed or authorized by statute, in which case they shall indicate to the regional boards in writing their authority for not complying with such plans.
Cal. HSC § 11714 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.2 / Section 11714
Section 11714
Status: in_force

(a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a claim under this division shall not be brought more than one year after the defendant furnishes the specified illegal controlled substance. A cause of action accrues under this division when a person who may recover has reason to know of the harm from use of an illegal controlled substance that is the basis for the cause of action and has reason to know that the use of an illegal controlled substance is the cause of the harm.

(b)  For a defendant, the statute of limitations under this section does not expire until one year after the individual potential defendant is convicted of a criminal offense involving an illegal controlled substance or as otherwise provided by law.
Cal. WAT § 55000 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 55000
Section 55000
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the County Waterworks District Law.
Cal. RTC § 24902 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 24902
Section 24902
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this part, on the sale or exchange of property the entire amount of the gain or loss, determined under Section 24901, shall be recognized.
Cal. WIC § 1001.7 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1001.7
Section 1001.7
Status: in_force

Every person who, having been previously convicted of a felony and confined in any state prison in this state, without the consent of the officer in charge of any California Youth Authority institution comes upon the grounds of any such institution, or lands belonging or adjacent thereto, in the nighttime, and who refuses or fails to leave upon being requested to do so by an employee of the institution, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. BPC § 17531.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 17531.5
Section 17531.5
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, in any newspaper, magazine, circular, form letter, or any open publication, published, distributed, or circulated in the State of California, including over the Internet, or on any billboard, card, label, or other advertising medium, or by means of any other advertising device, to advertise, call attention to, or give publicity to the sale of any merchandise, which merchandise is surplus materials as defined in the federal Surplus Property Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 1622 et seq.), unless there is conspicuously displayed directly in connection with the name and description of that merchandise and each specified article, unit, or part thereof, a direct and unequivocal statement, phrase, or word which will clearly indicate that the merchandise or each article, unit, or part thereof so advertised is or consists of surplus materials as defined in the federal Surplus Property Act of 1944.
Cal. PRC § 30108.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 2 / Section 30108.5
Section 30108.5
Status: in_force

“Land use plan” means the relevant portions of a local government’s general plan, or local coastal element which are sufficiently detailed to indicate the kinds, location, and intensity of land uses, the applicable resource protection and development policies and, where necessary, a listing of implementing actions.
Cal. HSC § 18953 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.7 / Section 18953
Section 18953
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this part to provide means for the preservation of the historical value of qualified historical buildings or structures and, concurrently, to provide reasonable safety from fire, seismic forces or other hazards for occupants of these buildings or structures, and to provide reasonable availability to and usability by, the disabled.
Cal. RTC § 41144 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 41144
Section 41144
Status: in_force

A certificate by the department or an employee of the department stating that a notice required by this part was given by mailing or personal service shall be prima facie evidence in any administrative or judicial proceeding of the fact and regularity of the mailing of personal service in accordance with any requirement of this part for the giving of notice. Unless otherwise specifically required, any notice required by this part to be mailed or served may be given by mailing or personal service in the manner provided for giving notice of a deficiency determination.
Cal. SHC § 19232 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 13 / Section 19232
Section 19232
Status: in_force

At least 10 days before the time fixed for the hearing the board of supervisors shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in the newspaper circulated in the district which the board believes will best serve to give notice to the inhabitants of the district of the proposed withdrawal of territory. The notice shall also be posted at least one week prior to the time fixed for the hearing in three public places within the district, one of which shall be within the portion of the district proposed to be withdrawn.
Cal. FGC § 12150.5 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 12150.5
Section 12150.5
Status: in_force

Any person whose license has heretofore been revoked pursuant to Section 12150 may, upon petition, obtain a new trial in the court which originally revoked his license. Such trial shall be with a jury if requested as provided in Section 12150, and shall be to determine if the revocation was based on an intentional or grossly negligent act or an act committed while under the influence of alcohol, in which case the petition shall be denied. If however, it was based on a negligent act not amounting to gross negligence the court may review and redetermine the length of time for which no license should be issued such person. The court may authorize the issuance of a license to the person after such time as the court shall determine to be proper in light of the circumstances.
Cal. PROB § 8908 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 8908
Section 8908
Status: in_force

A probate referee who appraises property in the estate shall, upon demand by the personal representative or by a beneficiary:

(a) Provide any appraisal report or backup data in the possession of the probate referee used by the referee to appraise an item of property. The probate referee shall not disclose any information that is required by law to be confidential. The probate referee shall provide the appraisal report or backup data without charge. The cost of providing the appraisal report or backup data shall not be allowed as an expense of appraisal but is included in the commission for services of the probate referee.

(b) Justify the appraisal of an item of property if the appraisal is contested, whether by objection pursuant to Section 8906, by tax audit, or otherwise. The probate referee may be entitled to an additional fee for services provided to justify the appraisal, to be agreed upon by the personal representative or beneficiary and referee. If the personal representative or beneficiary and the probate referee are unable to agree, the court shall determine what fee, if any, is appropriate.
Cal. BPC § 12719 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 12719
Section 12719
Status: in_force

When the weight or measure of a vehicle, container, or pallet and its net contents has been recorded on a weighmaster certificate, it is unlawful for any person to remove a part of, or add to, the net contents, before the contents are delivered to the buyer or consignee, unless a correct weighmaster certificate is obtained.
Cal. INS § 10177.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 10177.5
Section 10177.5
Status: in_force

A self-insured employee welfare benefit plan which is written or issued for delivery outside California in a state the laws of which require recognition of psychologists licensed in such state for services performed within the scope of psychological practice shall not be deemed to prohibit the insured from selecting a psychologist licensed in California to perform services in California which are covered under the terms of the policy even though such psychologist is not licensed in the state in which the insurance is written or issued for delivery.