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Cal. WAT § 35520.16 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 35520.16
Section 35520.16
Status: in_force

The election required by Section 35520.15 shall be called, noticed, and held in the manner provided for bond elections by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 35100) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 35150) of Part 4, except as follows:

(a) The election shall be held on any Tuesday designated by the board which is not an election day designated in Section 1000 of the Elections Code and is not a state holiday or the day before or the day after a state holiday.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 35152.6, unless the voting procedure of the district has been changed from a landowner voting district to a resident voting district pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 35040) of Chapter 1 of Part 4, the qualified voters at the election shall be determined according to Article 1 (commencing with Section 35003) of Chapter 1 of Part 4.
Cal. FAC § 12981 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 10.5 / Section 12981
Section 12981
Status: in_force

The director shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this article. Such regulations shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following subjects:

(a) Restricting worker reentry into areas treated with pesticides determined by the director to be hazardous to worker safety by using either or both of the following:

(1) Time limits.

(2) Pesticide residue levels on treated plant parts determined by scientific analysis to not be a significant factor in cholinesterase depression or other health effects.

When the director has adopted regulations pursuant to both paragraphs (1) and (2), the person in control of the area treated with the pesticide shall have the option of following regulations adopted pursuant to either paragraph (1) or (2). If the person in control of the area treated with the pesticide chooses to follow regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (2), the director may establish and charge the person a fee necessary to cover any costs of analysis or costs incurred by the director or commissioner in carrying out regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (2). The regulations shall include a procedure for the collection of the fee, and the fee shall not exceed actual cost.

(b) Handling of pesticides.

(c) Hand washing facilities.

(d) Farm storage and commercial warehousing of pesticides.

(e) Protective devices, including, but not limited to, respirators and eyeglasses.

(f) Posting, in English and Spanish, of fields, areas, adjacent areas or fields, or storage areas.

The State Department of Health Services shall participate in the development of any regulations adopted pursuant to this article. Such regulations that relate to health effects shall be based upon the recommendations of the State Department of Health Services. The original written recommendations of the State Department of Health Services, any subsequent revisions of those recommendations, and the supporting evidence and data upon which the recommendations were based shall be made available upon request to any person.
Cal. BPC § 25503.33 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 25503.33
Section 25503.33
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a beer manufacturer or winegrower may provide sponsorship funds for or on behalf of a retail on-sale licensee provided each of the following conditions are met:

(1) The on-sale licensee is the owner and manager of outdoor fairs in northern and southern California which have a history-based theme and operate for 6 to 12 weekends in either or both venues and, excluding rain-outs, have an average daily attendance exceeding 10,000 persons.

(2) The sponsorship funds will be provided and used only in connection with specific programs or activities at the outdoor fairs described in paragraph (1).

(3) The sponsorship funds are to sponsor the following programs or activities only:

(i) Signing program for the deaf.

(ii) Docent program for the disabled.

(iii) Public school history program.

(iv) Scholarships and honoraria for the students of the College of Performing Arts.

(v) Contests involving sports, cooking, brewing, costumes, and other skills related to arts and sciences.

(vi) Equestrian exhibits and tournaments.

(4) The on-sale licensee serves other brands of beer or wine in addition to the brand manufactured by the beer manufacturer or produced by the winegrower providing sponsorship funds.

(b) Any provision of sponsorship funds pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be conducted pursuant to a written contract entered into by the beer manufacturer or winegrower and the on-sale licensee.

(c) Any beer manufacturer or winegrower who, through coercion or other illegal means, induces a beer or wine wholesaler to fulfill those contractual obligations entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine in an amount equal to the entire value of the sponsorship funds involved in the contract, plus ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. This person shall also be subject to license revocation pursuant to Section 24200.

(d) The Legislature finds that it is necessary and proper to require a separation between manufacturing interests, wholesale interests, and retail interests in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages in order to prevent suppliers from dominating local markets through vertical integration and to prevent excessive sales of alcoholic beverages produced by overly aggressive marketing techniques. The Legislature further finds that the exception established by this section to the general prohibition against tied interests must be limited to its express terms so as not to undermine the general prohibition, and intends that this section be construed accordingly.
Cal. INS § 358 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 358
Section 358
Status: in_force

A representation is false when the facts fail to correspond with its assertions or stipulations.
Cal. INS § 10295.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2.1 / Section 10295.5
Section 10295.5
Status: in_force

(a) Applications, if any, or forms supporting an application, if any, for accelerated death benefits shall contain clear, unambiguous, short, and simple questions designed to ascertain the health condition of the applicant. Each health-related question shall contain only one health status inquiry and shall require only a “yes” or “no” answer, except that the application may include a request for the name of any prescribed medication and the name of the prescribing physician. If the application requests the name of any prescribed medication or the prescribing physician, then any mistake or omission shall not be used as a basis for the denial of a claim or the rescission of the accelerated death benefit or life insurance policy or certificate.

(b) The following warning shall be printed conspicuously and in close conjunction with the applicant’s signature block:

“Caution: If your answers on this application are misstated or untrue, the insurer may have the right to deny benefits or rescind your accelerated death benefit coverage.”

(c) If an insurer does not complete medical underwriting for the accelerated death benefit separate from underwriting for the life insurance policy and resolve all reasonable questions arising from information submitted on or with an application before issuing the accelerated death benefit, then the insurer may only rescind the accelerated death benefit or life insurance policy or certificate or deny an otherwise valid claim upon clear and convincing evidence of fraud or material misrepresentation of the risk by the applicant. The evidence shall do all of the following:

(1) Pertain to the condition for which benefits are sought.

(2) Involve a chronic condition or involve dates of treatment before the date of application.

(3) Be material to the acceptance for coverage.

(d) An accelerated death benefit may not be field issued.

(e) The contestability period for a life insurance policy or certificate that contains an accelerated death benefit shall comply with paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 10271.

(f) A copy of the completed application shall be delivered to the insured at the time of delivery of the life insurance policy or certificate that contains an accelerated death benefit.
Cal. SHC § 19055 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 19055
Section 19055
Status: in_force

If any person protests against the extent of the district, or against the inclusion of property in the district, the board of supervisors shall have power to make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed district as it finds to be proper and advisable. The board of supervisors shall establish the boundaries of the district in accordance with its findings, but it shall not extend the boundaries of the district, nor shall it modify the boundaries so as to exclude from the proposed district any territory which will be benefited by the improvement. Any territory which in the judgment of the board will not be benefited by the improvement shall not be included within the proposed district.
Cal. BPC § 6012 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 6012
Section 6012
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a general counsel of the State Bar to serve as the chief legal advisor to the board on issues not related to attorney discipline.

(b) The board shall appoint a lawyer admitted to practice in California to serve as general counsel of the State Bar. The general counsel shall be appointed for a term of four years and may be reappointed for additional four-year terms. The general counsel shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The general counsel shall not engage in private practice. The State Bar shall notify the Senate Committee on Rules and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary within seven days of the dismissal or hiring of a general counsel.

(c) The appointment of the general counsel is subject to confirmation by the Senate, and the time limits prescribed in Section 1774 of the Government Code for Senate confirmation and for service in office are applicable to the appointment.

(d) This section applies to persons appointed general counsel on or after January 1, 2024.
Cal. FAC § 52289 — California Code / Code fac / Division 18 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 52289
Section 52289
Status: in_force

The department may post information on its Internet Web site about noncommercial seed sharing activity that includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Germination or varietal purity standards.

(b) Compliance with the federal Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 2321 et seq.).

(c) Best practices for entities participating in noncommercial seed sharing activities, including public disclosure.
Cal. INS § 550 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 550
Section 550
Status: in_force

In case of loss upon an insurance against fire, an insurer is exonerated if notice thereof is not given to him without unnecessary delay by an insured or some person entitled to the benefit of the insurance.
Cal. ELEC § 7402 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 7402
Section 7402
Status: in_force

In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained either wholly or partially within the county. In an Assembly district that lies only partially within a county containing 20 or more Assembly districts, the seven members shall be elected from that portion of the Assembly district contained within the county.
Cal. BPC § 19856 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 19856
Section 19856
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who the commission determines is qualified to receive a state license, having due consideration for the proper protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of the State of California and the declared policy of this state, may be issued a license. The burden of proving his or her qualifications to receive any license is on the applicant.

(b) An application to receive a license constitutes a request for a determination of the applicant’s general character, integrity, and ability to participate in, engage in, or be associated with, controlled gambling.

(c) In reviewing an application for any license, the commission shall consider whether issuance of the license is inimical to public health, safety, or welfare, and whether issuance of the license will undermine public trust that the gambling operations with respect to which the license would be issued are free from criminal and dishonest elements and would be conducted honestly.
Cal. FAC § 78806 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24.5 / Article 1 / Section 78806
Section 78806
Status: in_force

The production and marketing of winegrapes, wine, and winegrape products produced in Mendocino County is hereby declared to be of public interest, therefore it is necessary and appropriate that these provisions be specifically applicable to Mendocino County. This chapter is enacted in the exercise of the police power of this state for the purpose of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state.
Cal. PRC § 29756.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 29756.5
Section 29756.5
Status: in_force

The commission may act as the facilitating agency for the implementation of any joint habitat restoration or enhancement programs located within the primary zone of the Delta, including, but not limited to, a national heritage area designation in the Delta.
Cal. BPC § 11321 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 11321
Section 11321
Status: in_force

(a) No person other than a state licensed real estate appraiser may assume or use that title or any title, designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression of state licensure as a real estate appraiser in this state.

(b) No person other than a licensee may sign an appraisal in a federally related transaction. A trainee licensed pursuant to Section 11327 may sign an appraisal in a federally related transaction if it is also signed by a licensee.

(c) No person other than a licensee holding a current valid license at the residential level issued under this part to perform, make, or approve and sign an appraisal may use the abbreviation SLREA in his or her real property appraisal business.

(d) No person other than a licensee holding a current valid license at a certified level issued under this part to perform, make, or approve and sign an appraisal may use the term “state certified real estate appraiser” or the abbreviation SCREA in his or her real property appraisal business.
Cal. PUC § 18055 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 18055
Section 18055
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that special facts exist with respect to public utility districts in the Lake Tahoe Basin which require the enactment of this chapter, applicable only to such districts. The special facts are as follows:

(a) There is an urgent need for immediate action in providing an adequate system of sewer treatment and export facilities in order to prevent the pollution of the waters of Lake Tahoe.

(b) There are areas in these districts which are and will continue to be required to install sewerage collection systems which cannot now be connected to the major sewerage works and system of the districts.

(c) All areas of these districts are being required to connect to and use the works and system of the districts where they are available to them, but there is no economical means of providing the necessary intervening facilities which will be inviting to the owners of said areas to provide said facilities.

(d) The procedure provided in this chapter will stimulate and engender said purpose and thus help to bring about an early solution to the Lake Tahoe water pollution problem.
Cal. VEH § 565 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 565
Section 565
Status: in_force

“Special construction equipment” is:

(a) Any vehicle used primarily off the highways for construction purposes and which moves only occasionally over the highways and which because of the length, height, width, or unladen weight may not move over the public highways unladen without the permit specified in Section 35780.

(b) Any vehicle which is designed and used primarily either for grading of highways, paving of highways, earth moving, and other construction work on highways, or for construction or maintenance work on railroad rights-of-way, and which is not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and which is only incidentally operated or moved over the highway. It includes, but is not limited to, road and railroad construction and maintenance machinery so designed and used such as portable air compressors, air drills, asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tracktype tractors, crawler tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, paving mixers, road rollers, scarifiers, earth moving scrapers and carryalls, lighting plants, welders, pumps, water wagons, power shovels and draglines, speed swings, skip loaders, weed mowers, self-propelled and tractor-drawn earth moving equipment and machinery, including dump trucks and tractor-dump trailer combinations which either (1) are in excess of 96 inches in width or (2) which, because of their length, height or unladen weight, may not be moved on a public highway without the permit specified in Section 35780 of this code and which are not operated laden except within the boundaries of the job construction site, and other similar types of construction equipment.
Cal. HSC § 50530.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 50530.5
Section 50530.5
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Housing” includes, but is not limited to, manufactured housing.

(b) “Predevelopment loan” means a loan for required expenses, other than administrative and construction, that are incurred by eligible sponsors in the process of, and prior to, securing long-term financing for construction, conversion, preservation, or rehabilitation of assisted housing, and that are recoverable once long-term financing is obtained. The purposes for which predevelopment loans may be made include, but are not limited to, the costs of, or the costs associated with, land purchase or options to buy land; options or deposits to buy or preserve existing government-assisted rental housing for the purpose of preserving the affordability of the units; professional services such as architectural, engineering, or legal services; permit or application fees; and bonding, site preparation, related water or sewer development, or material expenses. In addition, the loans may be made for the purpose of extending the time for exercising an option or extending the time period for repayment of an advance previously obtained. These loan funds may be deposited in banks as compensating balances to establish lines of credit for participating nonprofit corporations.

(c) “Fund” means the Predevelopment Loan Fund, which is replenished continuously by repayments of principal on loans made from the fund.

(d) “Land purchase loan” means a loan for the costs incurred by an eligible sponsor in obtaining an option on, or purchasing suitable land for, the future development of assisted housing, including, but not limited to, costs associated with transfer of title, appraisals, payment of property taxes, surveys, and necessary maintenance of the land.

(e) “Eligible sponsors” means local governmental agencies, nonprofit corporations, including cooperative housing corporations, limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations, and limited partnerships, as defined in subdivision (f).

(f) “Limited partnerships” means limited partnerships where all of the general partners are either nonprofit public benefit corporations, limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations, or a combination of nonprofit public benefit corporations and limited liability companies where all of the members are nonprofit public benefit corporations.

(g) “Local governmental agencies” includes, but is not limited to, the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria or a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.

(h) “Nonprofit corporations” includes, but is not limited to, a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title 25 of the United States Code and Section 50104.6.5.
Cal. FAC § 29554 — California Code / Code fac / Division 13 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 29554
Section 29554
Status: in_force

Every emergency standard which is established pursuant to this article shall be reasonably calculated to effectuate the purposes of the standard which it supersedes. No emergency standard shall be established which tends to lower any standard which relates to carrying or keeping quality of honey.
Cal. FAC § 5930 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 5930
Section 5930
Status: in_force

No later than July 1, 2011, the committee, in consultation with the department, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with citrus pest control districts responsible for funding citrus tristeza virus prevention activities, pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 8401) of Division 4, for the purpose of funding the implementation of the citrus tristeza virus effective plan. The memorandum of understanding shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Language providing that the programs, protocols, and implementation for the citrus tristeza virus effective plan will be developed and approved by the Technical Advisory Committee, or its successor, in consultation with the committee.

(b) Provision for the funding required to implement the citrus tristeza virus effective plan.
Cal. RTC § 41080 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 20 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 41080
Section 41080
Status: in_force

If any person fails to make a return, the department shall make an estimate of the number of access lines or purchases of prepaid mobile telephony services that are subject to the surcharges. The estimate shall be made for the period or periods in respect to which the person failed to make a return and shall be based upon any information which is in the department’s possession or may come into its possession. Upon the basis of this estimate the department shall compute and determine the amounts required to be paid to the state, adding to the sum thus arrived at a penalty equal to 10 percent thereof. One or more determinations may be made for one or for more than one period.