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Cal. WAT § 31702.3 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 31702.3
Section 31702.3
Status: in_force

On or before September 1 of each year, the board shall fix the rates of taxation in not to exceed four decimals, which it shall require for each of its purposes for said year, making due allowance for delinquency as fixed by law or by the board, and immediately certify said rates to the county auditor. These acts by the board are a valid assessment of the property and a valid levy of the taxes so fixed.
Cal. PROB § 5626 — California Code / Code prob / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 5626
Section 5626
Status: in_force

(a) A revocable transfer on death deed is not effective unless the deed is recorded on or before 60 days after the date it was acknowledged before a notary.

(b) The transferor is not required to deliver a revocable transfer on death deed to the beneficiary during the transferor’s life.

(c) The beneficiary is not required to accept a revocable transfer on death deed from the transferor during the transferor’s life.

(d) (1) Subdivision (a) does not require the recordation of the “Common Questions” language that is specified in subdivision (b) of Section 5642. The failure to record that part of the statutory form has no effect on the effectiveness of a revocable transfer on death deed.

(2) (A) This subdivision applies to a revocable transfer on death deed executed on or after July 9, 2018.

(B) This subdivision applies to a revocable transfer on death deed executed before July 9, 2018, only if the transferor was alive on July 9, 2018.
Cal. HSC § 1192 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 1.7 / Section 1192
Section 1192
Status: in_force

The provisions of this division are severable. If any provision of this division or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Cal. HSC § 111923 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 111923
Section 111923
Status: in_force

The Industrial Hemp Enrollment and Oversight Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. All money received by the department pursuant to Section 111923.5 shall be deposited into this fund and shall be expended by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out and implement this chapter. Moneys in this fund shall not be redirected for any other purpose.
Cal. WAT § 81402 — California Code / Code wat / Division 31 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 81402
Section 81402
Status: in_force

The board shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings. All meetings of the board shall be called and held in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
Cal. WAT § 23877 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 23877
Section 23877
Status: in_force

The same proceedings shall be had on the improvement district inclusion petition as upon the original petition for the formation of an improvement district.
Cal. WAT § 13164 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 13164
Section 13164
Status: in_force

The state board shall formulate, adopt and revise general procedures for the formulation, adoption and implementation by regional boards of water quality control plans. During the process of formulating or revising such procedures, the state board shall consult with and evaluate the recommendations of any affected regional boards.
Cal. PRC § 31155 — California Code / Code prc / Division 21 / Chapter 4 / Section 31155
Section 31155
Status: in_force

Proceeds from the sale or lease of lands acquired under the provisions of Section 31150 shall be deposited with the conservancy and, after transmission of any payments required by Section 31154, shall be available for expenditure when appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of funding the programs specified in this division.
Cal. HSC § 110025 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 110025
Section 110025
Status: in_force

(a)  “Substantial evidence” means evidence consisting of adequate and well-controlled investigations, including clinical investigations, by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug or device involved, on the basis that it could be fairly and responsibly concluded by the experts that the drug or device will have the effect it purports or is represented to have under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling, proposed labeling, or advertising of any drug or device.

(b)  If the department determines, based on relevant science, that data from one adequate and well-controlled clinical investigation, and confirming evidence, obtained prior to or after the investigation, sufficiently establish effectiveness, then the department may consider that data and evidence, to constitute substantial evidence for purposes of the preceding sentence.
Cal. PUC § 120050.2 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 120050.2
Section 120050.2
Status: in_force

The board consists of 15 members selected as follows:

(a) One member of the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors, appointed by the board of supervisors.

(b) One member of each city council appointed individually by the city councils of the Cities of Coronado, El Cajon, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, Poway, and Santee.

(c) Four members of the City Council of the City of San Diego, one of whom shall be the mayor, and two members of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, one of whom shall be the mayor, each appointed by their respective city council.

(d) The chairperson of the board shall be selected by a two-thirds vote of the board, a quorum being present. The chairperson shall serve for a term of two years, except that he or she is subject to removal at any time by a two-thirds vote of the board, a quorum being present.
Cal. INS § 12921.15 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 12921.15
Section 12921.15
Status: in_force

(a) On or before July 1, 1999, the commissioner shall prepare a written report, to be made available by the department to interested individuals upon written request, that details complaint and enforcement information on individual insurers in accordance with guidelines established under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 12921.1. The report shall be made available by mail through the department’s consumer toll-free telephone number and through the department’s Internet website and transmitted via electronic mail if the individual has the ability to obtain the report in this manner. No complaint information shall be included in the report required by this section that has not been provided to the insurer in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 12921.1

(b) The commissioner may also, if deemed appropriate, publish the record of complaints against the production agency that have been determined by the department to be justified and that will assist the public in selecting a production agency. No complaint data shall be published that has not been provided to the production agency in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 12921.1.
Cal. HSC § 23 — California Code / Code hsc / Section 23
Section 23
Status: in_force

“State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of Columbia and the territories.
Cal. BPC § 19409.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 19409.5
Section 19409.5
Status: in_force

“Harness horse racing” is that form of horseracing in which “standardbred horses” as defined in Section 19409 are harnessed to a sulky or similar vehicle, and are raced at either the trotting or pacing gait.
Cal. ELEC § 2267 — California Code / Code elec / Division 2 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 2267
Section 2267
Status: in_force

(a) If the records of a person designated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265 constitute a completed voter registration application, the Secretary of State shall register the person to vote, or, as applicable, preregister the person to vote, unless any of the following conditions is satisfied:

(1) The person’s records, as described in Section 2265, reflect that the person affirmatively declined to become registered or preregistered to vote during a transaction with the department.

(2) The person’s records, as described in Section 2265, do not reflect that the person has attested to meeting all voter eligibility requirements specified in Section 2101 or, as applicable, all preregistration eligibility requirements in subdivision (d) of Section 2102.

(3) The Secretary of State determines that the person is ineligible to vote or, as applicable, will be ineligible to vote when the person reaches 18 years of age.

(b) If a person who is registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter does not provide a party preference, the person’s party preference shall be designated as “Unknown” on a voter registration index under Article 5 (commencing with Section 2183) of Chapter 2, and the person shall otherwise be treated as a “No Party Preference” voter.

(c) If the Secretary of State receives from the department pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265 the records of a person who is currently registered to vote, the Secretary of State shall use the information in the records to update the voter’s registration information. If the Secretary of State does not receive information for the voter pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265 for which space is provided on the voter registration application, but that information was provided in the voter’s previous voter registration application, that information from the voter’s previous voter registration application shall remain part of the voter’s record.
Cal. HSC § 35805 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 35805
Section 35805
Status: in_force

As used in this part:

(a)  “Agency” means the Business and Consumer Services Agency.

(b)  “Fair market value” means the most probable price which a property should bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller each acting prudently and knowledgeably, and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus. The use of this definition of fair market value by a financial institution in an appraisal made at any time on or after July 1, 1986, does not violate the provisions of this part.

(c)  “Financial institution” includes any bank, savings and loan association, or other institution in this state, including a public agency, that regularly makes, arranges, or purchases loans for the purchase, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, or refinancing of housing accommodations.

(d)  “Housing accommodation” includes any improved or unimproved real property, or portion thereof, that (1) is used or is intended to be used as a residence, and (2) is or will be occupied by the owner, and (3) contains not more than four dwelling units. “Housing accommodation” shall also include any residential dwelling containing not more than four dwelling units where the owner thereof, whether or not the owner will occupy the property, applies or has applied for a secured home improvement loan from a financial institution, the proceeds of which loan will be used to improve the security property.

(e)  “Secretary” means the Secretary of Business and Consumer Services.

(f) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
Cal. BPC § 5082 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 5082
Section 5082
Status: in_force

An applicant for a certified public accountant license shall have successfully passed an examination in subjects the board deems appropriate, and in the form and manner that the board deems appropriate. The board may, by regulation, prescribe the methods for applying for and conducting the examination, including methods for grading and determining a passing grade.
Cal. WAT § 31154 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 31154
Section 31154
Status: in_force

If any provision of the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law is held unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the adoption by reference in this article of the remaining portions of that law.
Cal. BPC § 11320.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 11320.5
Section 11320.5
Status: in_force

No person or entity shall act in the capacity of an appraisal management company or represent itself to the public as an appraisal management company, either in its advertising or through its business name, without a certificate of registration from the bureau.
Cal. WAT § 75933 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 10 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 75933
Section 75933
Status: in_force

Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district after hearing thereon held at the time the petition is presented to the board as provided in Section 75927. No petition for inclusion may be granted unless and until the board finds that the inclusion in the district of the lands described in said petition, or of some portion or portions thereof, will be for the best interests of the district and that the lands proposed to be included shall be benefited by such inclusion. The petition may be granted in its entirety or only as to the part of the territory proposed to be included for which such a finding of benefit is made. If the petition be denied either as to the whole or part of the territory to be included, no new petition for the inclusion of such territory shall be filed within six months after such denial. In granting such petition, such board of directors may fix in said ordinance the terms and conditions upon which such annexation may occur, and such terms and conditions may provide, among other things, for the levy by such district of special taxes upon the real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property within such annexed area or areas in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this act authorized to be levied by such district, and in case such terms and conditions shall provide for the levy of such special taxes, the board, in fixing such terms and conditions, shall specify the aggregate amount to be so raised and the number of years prescribed for raising such aggregate sum and that substantially equal annual levies will be made for the purpose of raising such sum over the period so prescribed.
Cal. PRC § 3630 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 1 / Section 3630
Section 3630
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the management, development, and operation of lands as a unit for the production of oil and gas aids in preventing waste, increases the ultimate recovery of oil and gas, and facilitates increased concurrent use of surface lands for other beneficial purposes.
Cal. PUC § 100171 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 100171
Section 100171
Status: in_force

The VTA may obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Cal. RTC § 453 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 453
Section 453
Status: in_force

The assessor may request any person found within his county to make and subscribe an affidavit, showing his name, place of residence or place of business, and whether he is the owner of any taxable property.
Cal. WAT § 55400 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 55400
Section 55400
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter the following terms used in the Improvement Act of 1911 shall mean and include that which this article states each means and includes.
Cal. RTC § 7077 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 7077
Section 7077
Status: in_force

The board shall adequately publicize the tax penalty amnesty program so as to maximize public awareness of the participation in the program. The board shall coordinate to the highest degree possible its publicity efforts and other actions taken in implementing this article with similar programs administered by the Franchise Tax Board.
Cal. PUC § 99696 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 99696
Section 99696
Status: in_force

The people of California hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this part are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitation imposed by that article.
Cal. MVC § 71 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 71
Section 71
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the board shall select one of their members to serve as chairperson, who shall hold office as chairperson at the pleasure of the board.

(b) The chairperson of the board, with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the board, shall appoint an executive officer, who shall attend all meetings of the board, keep a full and true record of all its proceedings, preserve at its general office all its books, documents, and papers, and perform other duties that the board may prescribe.

(c) The department shall provide the board with adequate office and meeting space at no cost to the board. This space shall be easily accessible to disabled veterans.
Cal. INS § 1025.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1025.5
Section 1025.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1021 to 1025, inclusive, the commissioner may, in lieu of requiring claimants to file separate claims:

(a) File a claim himself or herself on behalf of all claimants for return premiums.

(b) Permit any assignee of the right of the insured to a return premium by virtue of a valid assignment, as security or otherwise, made prior to an order under Section 1011 or a seizure under Section 1013, whichever is earlier in time in the particular case, to file one claim as assignee on behalf of all insureds having assigned rights to the assignee, which shall set forth such information as may be required under Section 1023.

(c) Permit the California Insurance Guarantee Association under subdivision (b) of Section 1063.4, or the California Life and Health Insurance Guarantee Association under paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 1067.07 to file one claim, for its association, combining all assigned claims and setting forth the information that the commissioner may require under Section 1023.
Cal. RTC § 195.86 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 195.86
Section 195.86
Status: in_force

By September 30, 2001, the auditor of the County of Napa, which was the subject of the Governor’s Proclamation of a state of emergency for the earthquake occurring in September 2000, shall certify to the Director of Finance an estimate of the total amount of the reduction in property tax revenues on both the regular secured roll and the supplemental roll for the 2000–01 fiscal year resulting from the reassessment by the county assessor pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 170 of those properties that are eligible properties as a result of that disaster, except that the amount certified shall not include any estimated property tax revenue reductions to school districts (other than basic state aid school districts) and county offices of education. For purposes of this section, “basic state aid school district” means any school district that does not receive a state apportionment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 42238 of the Education Code, but receives from the state only a basic apportionment pursuant to Section 6 of Article IX of the California Constitution.
Cal. PRC § 26501 — California Code / Code prc / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 26501
Section 26501
Status: in_force

“Board of directors” means the governing body of the district.
Cal. PCC § 22162.7 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 22162.7
Section 22162.7
Status: in_force

(a) Upon approval of the governing body, the Orange County Flood Control District, as defined in Chapter 36 of the Orange County Flood Control Act, Sections 1 to 23 of the Orange County Flood Control Act, Water Code Appendix, may use the design-build contracting process described in this chapter to award a contract for flood protection improvements.

(b) In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 22164, for a project authorized under subdivision (a), the Orange County Flood Control District shall be responsible for the performance of, and county employees in Orange County Public Works may perform, project development services, including performance specifications, preliminary engineering, procurement services and the preparation of project reports, and construction inspection services, excluding specialty bridge inspectors. The county shall also be the responsible agency for, and county employees in Orange County Public Works may perform, the preparation of documents that may include, but need not be limited to, the size, type, and desired design character of the project, performance specifications covering quality of materials, equipment, and workmanship, preliminary plans, and any other information deemed necessary to describe adequately the needs of the Orange County Flood Control District.

(c) For a project authorized under subdivision (a), the district shall be limited to no more than twelve projects in excess of five million dollars ($5,000,000) prior to January 1, 2025.
Cal. RTC § 19054 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 19054
Section 19054
Status: in_force

(a) If on any return or claim for refund of taxes imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), there is an overstatement of the credit for income tax withheld, or of the amount paid as estimated income tax, the amount so overstated which is allowed against the tax shown on the return or which is allowed as a credit or refund may be assessed by the Franchise Tax Board in the same manner as is provided by Section 19051 in the case of a mathematical error appearing on the return.

(b) No unpaid amount of estimated tax under Section 19025 or 19136 shall be assessed.