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Cal. WAT § 75165.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 75165.1
Section 75165.1
Status: in_force

A petition signed by holders of title or evidence of title of land representing at least fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed valuation of taxable land in the special improvement district may be presented to the board of directors requesting that the special improvement district be governed by a board of trustees to be elected by qualified electors in the special improvement district in lieu of the board of directors. The last equalized county assessment roll of the county in which the greater portion of the lands within the special improvement district are situated shall be prima facie evidence of ownership for purposes of this section, and a finding by the board of directors as to the sufficiency of the signatures based on certification by the secretary of the district shall be conclusive.
Cal. FAC § 55701 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 6 / Article 10.5 / Section 55701
Section 55701
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or any horse, mule, or other equine, whether living or dead.

(b) “Meatpacker” means an establishment where livestock are either slaughtered, the carcasses thereof are prepared, or meat is processed and where state or federal inspection is maintained.
Cal. BPC § 22251.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 14 / Section 22251.2
Section 22251.2
Status: in_force

(a) The California Tax Education Council, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 22251, shall carry out the responsibilities and duties set forth in this chapter.

(b) Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the council in exercising its registration and disciplinary authority, and any other functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.

(c) The council shall be governed by a board of directors comprised of the following:

(1) Not more than one representative from each California nonprofit corporation in good standing that chooses to participate in the council and that represents tax preparers, enrolled agents, attorneys, or certified public accountants with a membership in California of at least 400 in each of the previous three calendar years.

(2) Not more than one representative from each for-profit tax preparation corporation in good standing that chooses to participate in the council and that had at least 400 employees or franchisees, which number can include the employees of a franchisee, in California during the previous calendar year and that has been operating in California for the last three years.

(3) Six individuals who are tax preparers pursuant to Section 22255 and are appointed through a process established by the council to the board of directors with full voting privileges to serve terms as determined by the council, with their initial terms being served on a staggered basis. A person exempt from the requirements of this chapter pursuant to Section 22258 is not eligible for appointment to the council, other than an employee of an individual in an exempt category.

(d) The meetings of the board of directors shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The board of directors may adopt additional policies and procedures that provide greater transparency to registrants and the public than required by the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.

(e) The council may take any reasonable actions to carry out the responsibilities and duties set forth in this chapter, including, but not limited to, hiring staff and entering into contracts.

(f) The council shall issue registrations, deny applications, and discipline registrants as authorized by this chapter. The council may adopt bylaws, rules, regulations, and procedures necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(g) The council shall establish application fees, renewal fees, delinquent fees, and other fees related to the regulatory cost of providing services and carrying out the council’s responsibilities and duties pursuant to this chapter. These fees shall not exceed the reasonable cost to the council of providing those services and carrying out those responsibilities and duties.
Cal. RTC § 62.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 0.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 62.5
Section 62.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a change in ownership shall not include a transfer of a floating home marina to a nonprofit corporation, stock cooperative corporation, limited equity stock cooperative, or other entity formed by the tenants of a floating home marina for the purpose of purchasing the floating home marina, provided that the individual tenants who were renting at least 51 percent of the berths in the floating home marina prior to the transfer participate in the transaction through the ownership of an aggregate of at least 51 percent of the voting stock of, or other ownership or membership interests in, the entity that acquires the floating home marina.

(b) (1) If the transfer of a floating home marina has been excluded from a change in ownership pursuant to subdivision (a) and the floating home marina has not been converted to condominium, stock cooperative ownership, or limited equity cooperative ownership, any transfer of shares of the voting stock of, or other ownership or membership interests in, the entity that acquired the floating home marina in accordance with subdivision (a) shall be a change in ownership of a pro rata portion of the real property of the floating home marina, unless the transfer is for the purpose of converting the floating home marina to condominium, stock cooperative ownership, or limited equity cooperative ownership, or is excluded from change in ownership by Section 62, 63, 63.1, or 63.2.

(2) A floating home marina that does not utilize recorded deeds to transfer ownership interest in the berths shall file, by February 1 of each year, a report with the county assessor’s office containing all of the following information:

(A) The full name and mailing address of each owner, stock holder, or holder of an ownership interest in the floating home marina.

(B) The situs address, including berth number and dock, of each unit.

(C) The date the ownership interest was acquired.

(D) The Department of Housing and Community Development decal number or serial number, or both.

(3) Within 30 days of a change in ownership, the new resident owner or other purchaser or transferee of a floating home within a floating home marina that does not utilize recorded deeds to transfer ownership interest in the berths, shall file a change in ownership statement described in either Section 480 or 480.2.

(c) For purposes of this section, both of the following shall apply:

(1) “Floating home marina” has the same meaning as defined in Section 800.4 of the Civil Code.

(2) “Pro rata portion of the real property” means the total real property of the floating home marina multiplied by a fraction consisting of the number of shares of voting stock, or other ownership or membership interests, transferred divided by the total number of outstanding issued or unissued shares of voting stock of, or other ownership or membership interests in, the entity that acquired the floating home marina in accordance with subdivision (a).
Cal. HSC § 79075 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 79075
Section 79075
Status: in_force

The department may not expend funds from the state account for the purposes specified in Section 79450 where the injury, degradation, destruction, or loss to natural resources, or the release of a hazardous substance from which the damages to natural resources resulted, has occurred prior to September 25, 1981.
Cal. SHC § 566 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 566
Section 566
Status: in_force

Route 266 is from the Nevada state line easterly of Oasis to the Nevada state line northerly of Oasis.
Cal. WAT § 37969 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 8.2 / Chapter 6 / Section 37969
Section 37969
Status: in_force

In addition to any other authority, the district may order that an extraction surcharge or late penalty be a personal obligation of the operator or an assessment against the property on which the extraction facility is located. The assessment constitutes a lien upon the property, and the lien attaches upon recordation in the office of the county recorder. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for those taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to an assessment, except that, if any real property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon prior to the date on which the first installment of the taxes would become delinquent, the lien that would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to the real property and an assessment relating to the property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
Cal. WIC § 16135.30 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 2.3 / Section 16135.30
Section 16135.30
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subdivisions (b) and (c) shall control the placement of a child pursuant to this chapter.

(b) A county may place children who are alcohol or controlled substance exposed or HIV positive in prospective adoptive homes pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) If a county makes a placement pursuant to subdivision (b), a preadoptive parent trained by health care professionals may provide specialized in-home health care to that child who was placed in their home for the purpose of adoption.
Cal. WIC § 1912 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 1912
Section 1912
Status: in_force

The Department of the Youth Authority shall, as resources are available, conduct an assessment of the feasibility and costs of developing and implementing a statewide juvenile information system, to include information on the offenses, characteristics, and dispositions of individual youths from referral to probation through discharge from the Department of the Youth Authority and for a period of time after discharge. This system shall be designed to ensure that the Department of the Youth Authority receives the information needed for each person committed to it, in order to plan properly for his or her program of training and treatment. This system shall also be designed to permit the Department of the Youth Authority to obtain information on subsequent offenses and other characteristics after release from Youth Authority institutions and after discharge from parole, for use in evaluating the department’s programs.
Cal. WAT § 36251 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 36251
Section 36251
Status: in_force

In the event the board determines to provide for the issuance of general obligation bonds under the provisions of this chapter, it shall prepare and adopt a plan of works and an estimate of the amount of money necessary to raise for such purposes for which bonds may be issued. The estimate required pursuant to this section shall include every expense of the district which it is probable will be incurred and become payable before the expiration of one year from the completion of the works, including the interest on any bonds of the district to be due and payable prior to the date for which the money of the district then in the treasury or thereafter to be received from an assessment previously levied is inadequate.
Cal. PRC § 7555 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 7555
Section 7555
Status: in_force

(a) In a case in which the state has sold lands acquired by it as swamp and overflowed lands, the person claiming or deraigning title to any lands through or under a purchase of the lands from the state may bring suit against the state in a court of competent jurisdiction of the state to establish the boundaries of, and to quiet title to, the land or a portion of the land, and may prosecute the suit to final judgment. The complaint in the action shall contain a plat of the property described in the complaint, which plat shall show the location of the property in respect to a section corner, the location of which is shown on an approved United States government township plat, or in respect to a monument that has been established by reference to a section corner.

(b) Service of summons in the suits shall be made upon the Chair of the State Lands Commission and upon the Attorney General, and the Attorney General shall represent the state in the suits.

(c) Costs against the state shall not be allowed in the suit.
Cal. WAT § 39933 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 39933
Section 39933
Status: in_force

If upon the canvass it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are “Water storage district—No,” the result shall be declared and recorded in the records kept by the department.
Cal. WAT § 55704 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 55704
Section 55704
Status: in_force

All taxes pursuant to this chapter shall be levied and collected at the time and in the same manner as the general tax levy for county purposes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to be used for the payment of the principal and interest on bonds, or paid into the county treasury to the credit of the proper fund of the district.
Cal. FIN § 7505 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 7505
Section 7505
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an association may originate, invest in, sell, purchase, service, participate, or otherwise deal in loans (including construction loans) on the security of real property for primarily residential (other than a one- to four-unit dwelling) or nonresidential use, subject to the limitations of this article.

(b) An association’s aggregate investment in real property loans for primarily nonresidential use under this section shall not exceed 40 percent of assets.
Cal. BPC § 7182 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 7182
Section 7182
Status: in_force

A “site surveillance technician” means any person who acts as an independent onsite representative of an asbestos consultant who monitors the asbestos abatement activities of others, provides asbestos air monitoring services for area and personnel samples, and performs building surveys and contract administration at the direction of an asbestos consultant.
Cal. HSC § 25268 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.65 / Section 25268
Section 25268
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as infringing on the right of any agency to obtain from the administering agency for a site the information that may be necessary for the agency to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter, including, but not limited to, its responsibilities under Section 25263, subdivisions (a), (c) and (d) of Section 25264, and Section 25265.
Cal. HSC § 1338.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 9 / Section 1338.3
Section 1338.3
Status: in_force

The State Director of Health Services may adopt emergency regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code to implement this article. The adoption of the regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, emergency regulations adopted by the State Department of Health Services in order to implement this article shall not be subject to the review and approval of the Office of Administrative Law. These regulations shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.
Cal. HSC § 1520.11 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 1520.11
Section 1520.11
Status: in_force

(a)  A corporation that applies for licensure with the department shall list the facilities that any member of the board of directors, an executive director, or any officer has been licensed to operate, been employed in, or served as a member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer.

(b)  The department shall not issue a provisional license or license to any corporate applicant that has a member of the board of directors, an executive director, or an officer, who is not eligible for licensure pursuant to Section 1520.3 or Section 1558.1.

(c)  The department may revoke the license of any corporate licensee that has a member of the board of directors, an executive director, or an officer, who is not eligible for licensure pursuant to Section 1520.3 or Section 1558.1.

(d)  Prior to instituting an administrative action pursuant to either subdivision (b) or (c), the department shall notify the applicant or licensee of the person’s ineligibility to be a member of the board of directors, an executive director, or an officer of the applicant or licensee. The licensee shall remove the person from that position within 15 days or, if the person has client contact, he or she shall be removed immediately upon notification.
Cal. FAC § 59732 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 59732
Section 59732
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the marketing program committee which is occasioned by the expiration of term of office shall be filled from eligible lists of producers selected in each district obtained as provided in Sections 59721 to 59729, inclusive. Any vacancy which is occasioned by the death or resignation of any member, or by removal for incompetence, inattention, or neglect of duties as a member of the marketing program committee, by the director, or by a member who ceases to qualify as a producer or handler of the commodity which is concerned, shall be filled from persons who remain on the eligible lists of producers from which the appointments for the current term were made, or from new lists which are obtained as provided in Sections 59721 to 59729, inclusive.
Cal. WIC § 4753 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 8 / Section 4753
Section 4753
Status: in_force

By January 1, 1979, the department shall implement the evaluation system for all programs under its jurisdiction.
Cal. WAT § 10727.8 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.74 / Chapter 6 / Section 10727.8
Section 10727.8
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to initiating the development of a groundwater sustainability plan, the groundwater sustainability agency shall make available to the public and the department a written statement describing the manner in which interested parties may participate in the development and implementation of the groundwater sustainability plan. The groundwater sustainability agency shall provide the written statement to the legislative body of any city, county, or city and county located within the geographic area to be covered by the plan. The groundwater sustainability agency may appoint and consult with an advisory committee consisting of interested parties for the purposes of developing and implementing a groundwater sustainability plan. The groundwater sustainability agency shall encourage the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic elements of the population within the groundwater basin prior to and during the development and implementation of the groundwater sustainability plan. If the geographic area to be covered by the plan includes a public water system regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, the groundwater sustainability agency shall provide the written statement to the commission.

(b) For purposes of this section, interested parties include entities listed in Section 10927 that are monitoring and reporting groundwater elevations in all or a part of a groundwater basin managed by the groundwater sustainability agency.
Cal. WIC § 19801 — California Code / Code wic / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 19801
Section 19801
Status: in_force

An independent living center shall:

(a) Be a private, nonprofit organization controlled by a board of directors. A majority of the board shall be comprised of individuals with disabilities.

(b) Be staffed by persons trained to assist persons with disabilities in achieving social and economic independence. The staff shall include as large a proportion as is practicable of individuals with disabilities.

(c) Provide, but not be limited to, the following services to individuals with disabilities:

(1) Peer counseling.

(2) Advocacy.

(3) Attendant referral.

(4) Housing assistance.

(5) Information and referral.

(d) Provide other services and referrals as may be deemed necessary, such as transportation, job development, equipment maintenance and evaluation, training in independent living skills, mobility assistance, assistive technology, and communication assistance. Assistive technology may include information and outreach about appropriate assistive technology devices or services and referrals that will enable individuals to gain access to assistive technology in order to meet their needs and expand options for independence and productivity. Assistive technology activities shall involve collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation and the nonprofit contractor selected to implement the federal Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-394), which shall serve as the framework for offering assistance to individuals with disabilities.

(e) Promote and practice the independent living philosophy of:

(1) Consumer control of the center regarding decisionmaking, service delivery, management, and establishment of the policy and direction of the center.

(2) Self-help and self-advocacy.

(3) Development of peer relationships and peer role models.

(4) Equal access of individuals with disabilities to society and to all services, programs activities, resources, and facilities, whether public or private and regardless of the funding source.
Cal. PRC § 5001.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 5001.2
Section 5001.2
Status: in_force

The director shall promote and regulate the use of the state park system in a manner that conserves the scenery, natural and historic resources, and wildlife in the individual units of the system for the enjoyment of future generations.