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Cal. PUC § 98360 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 98360
Section 98360
Status: in_force

All bonds including refunding bonds issued by a district are legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and for the State School Fund and for all sinking funds under the control of the State Treasurer. Whenever any money or funds may be invested in or loaned upon the security of the bonds of the district; and whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, or school districts by law may be used as security for the faithful performance or execution of any court or private trust or of any other act, bonds of the district may be used.
Cal. PROB § 10551 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 10551
Section 10551
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers granted to the personal representative by other sections of this chapter, the personal representative has all the powers that the personal representative could exercise without court supervision under this code if the personal representative had not been granted authority to administer the estate under this part.
Cal. PUC § 29175 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 29175
Section 29175
Status: in_force

The district may provide for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds at any place within the State of California, or at any other place within the United States, which the district may designate. The place of payment shall be specified in the bonds and payment shall be made in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.
Cal. FAC § 79447 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 27 / Article 3 / Section 79447
Section 79447
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of the public member to continue in his or her position due to a change in status making him or her ineligible to serve, or due to death, removal, resignation, or disqualification, may be filled upon appointment by the secretary, from nominees recommended by the commission, of another eligible person for the unexpired portion of the term. The person shall fulfill all the qualifications set forth in this article as required for the member whose office he or she is to occupy.
Cal. FAC § 78655 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24 / Article 3 / Section 78655
Section 78655
Status: in_force

No member or alternate of the commission or member of a committee established by the commission who is a nonmember of the commission shall receive a salary. Each member of the commission and each alternate serving in place of a member, except ex officio members who are officers or employees of a public agency, and each member of a committee established by the commission who is a nonmember of the commission, may receive reasonable and necessary traveling expenses and meal allowances as approved by the commission for each day spent in actual attendance at, or in traveling to and from, meetings of the commission or committees of the commission, or on special assignment for the commission.
Cal. PROB § 1461.5 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1461.5
Section 1461.5
Status: in_force

Notice of the time and place of hearing on a petition, report, or account, and a notice of the filing of an inventory, together with a copy of the petition, report, inventory, or account, shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 to the office of the Veterans Administration having jurisdiction over the area in which the court is located at least 15 days before the hearing, or within 15 days after the inventory is filed, if both of the following conditions exist:

(a) The guardianship or conservatorship estate consists or will consist wholly or in part of any of the following:

(1) Money received from the Veterans Administration.

(2) Revenue or profit from such money or from property acquired wholly or in part from such money.

(3) Property acquired wholly or in part with such money or from such property.

(b) The petition, report, inventory, or account is filed under any one or more of the following provisions: Section 1510, 1601, 1820, 1861, 1874, 2422, or 2423; Article 7 (commencing with Section 2540) of Chapter 6 of Part 4; Section 2570, 2571, 2580, 2592, 2610, 2613, or 2620; Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2640) of Part 4; Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 2670) of Part 4; Section 3080 or 3088; or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3100) of Part 6.
Cal. HSC § 1443 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 1443
Section 1443
Status: in_force

The board may provide for transporting the needy sick to and from hospitals to which they may be sent by authority of the board, and may provide for transporting indigents to other counties or states when such indigents will thereby cease to become public charges, or when friends or relatives of such indigents agree to assume the cost and expense of the care and maintenance of such indigents, or when such indigents are legally public charges in the places to which they are so transported.
Cal. LAB § 1727 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1727
Section 1727
Status: in_force

(a) Before making payments to the contractor of money due under a contract for public work, the awarding body shall withhold and retain therefrom all amounts required to satisfy any civil wage and penalty assessment issued by the Labor Commissioner under this chapter. The amounts required to satisfy a civil wage and penalty assessment shall not be disbursed by the awarding body until receipt of a final order that is no longer subject to judicial review.

(b) If the awarding body has not retained sufficient money under the contract to satisfy a civil wage and penalty assessment based on a subcontractor’s violations, the contractor shall, upon the request of the Labor Commissioner, withhold sufficient money due the subcontractor under the contract to satisfy the assessment and transfer the money to the awarding body. These amounts shall not be disbursed by the awarding body until receipt of a final order that is no longer subject to judicial review.
Cal. WAT § 375.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 375.5
Section 375.5
Status: in_force

(a) A public entity may undertake water conservation and public education programs in conjunction with school districts, public libraries, or any other public entity.

(b) (1) A public entity may undertake water conservation and public education programs using an information booklet or materials for use in connection with the use or transfer of real estate containing up to four residential units. For the purposes of this subdivision, the public entity may use water conservation materials prepared by the department.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before December 31, 2007, a review of the program be conducted to obtain information on both of the following matters:

(A) The extent to which public entities have undertaken water conservation and public education programs referred to in paragraph (1).

(B) The extent to which water conservation may be attributable to the implementation of water conservation and public education programs referred to in paragraph (1).

(c) A public entity may take into account any programs undertaken pursuant to this section in a rate structure design implemented pursuant to Section 375.

(d) The Legislature finds and declares that a program undertaken pursuant to this section is in the public interest, serves a public purpose, and will promote the health, welfare, and safety of the people of the state.
Cal. WIC § 10277.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.8 / Chapter 10 / Section 10277.5
Section 10277.5
Status: in_force

(a) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) was previously appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Social Services in the 2023−24 fiscal year for a one-time contribution payable to Child Care Provider United – California (CCPU), or its designee, for the establishment of the CCPU Retirement Trust.

(b) Eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) was previously appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Social Services in the 2023−24 fiscal year for a lump-sum contribution to the trust established pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of providing retirement benefits to family childcare providers, as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 10421. An appropriation to the trust established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not require the state to assume any administrative or fiduciary responsibilities related to the trust, which shall be the sole responsibilities of CCPU and its designated trust administrator.

(c) In accordance with the memorandum of understanding between CCPU and the State of California, entered into on August 7, 2025, CCPU shall provide the state with an annual report detailing the distribution of funds from the prior year and any remaining balance. Reports may be submitted no later than June 30 of each year until July 1, 2028.

(d) (1)  Beginning July 1, 2025, and once for each year until July 1, 2028, funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services in Schedule (3) of Item 5180 of the annual Budget Act, upon approval by the Department of Finance, to make a single contribution of additional funding to the trust established pursuant to subdivision (a) to restore the balance to eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) within 90 days of receiving the annual report described in subdivision (c) if the remaining balance reported in the report is less than eighty million dollars ($80,000,000), in accordance with the memorandum of understanding between the State of California and CCPU entered into on August 7, 2025.

(2) Thirty days prior to making the additional contribution specified in paragraph (1), the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance shall provide a notice to the Senate Health and Human Services budget subcommittees, Assembly and Senate Education budget subcommittees, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office of the intended amount of the additional contribution for purposes of implementing paragraph (1).

(e) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 10426, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature.
Cal. PCC § 20654 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 41 / Section 20654
Section 20654
Status: in_force

(a) In an emergency when any repairs, alterations, work, or improvement is necessary to any facility of the college, or to permit the continuance of existing college classes, or to avoid danger to life or property, the board may by unanimous vote, with the approval of the county superintendent of schools, do either of the following:

(1) Make a contract in writing or otherwise on behalf of the district for the performance of labor and furnishing of materials or supplies for the purpose without advertising for or inviting bids.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 20655, authorize the use of day labor or force account for the purpose.

(b) Nothing in this section shall eliminate the need for any bonds or security otherwise required by law.
Cal. PRC § 3763 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 3763
Section 3763
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code only in an appeal from an order in the following circumstances:

(1) Issued pursuant to a Section 3755 finding that the operator’s wells are deserted and should be plugged and abandoned.

(2) Rescinding an injection project approval for a project that has already commenced.

(b) An order issued pursuant to Section 3743 shall satisfy the requirement of Section 11503 of the Government Code that an accusation be filed.

(c) For an appeal of an order that is not described in subdivision (a), a hearing shall be conducted by the director in accordance with Sections 3764 and 3765.

(d) For an appeal of an order that is described in subdivision (a) and is also an emergency order for remedial work, a hearing shall be conducted by the director in accordance with Sections 3764 and 3765 for the limited purpose of considering the emergency order for remedial work. All other penalties and requirements imposed by the order shall be considered at a hearing provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. FIN § 31054 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31054
Section 31054
Status: in_force

“Subsidiary”, when used with respect to a specified person other than a natural person, means any person other than a natural person controlled by such specified person, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries.
Cal. PUC § 70014 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 70014
Section 70014
Status: in_force

Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under the provisions of this part, except in the single instance provided in Section 70243, the signature may be made by the use of a plate bearing facsimilies of such signatures.
Cal. SHC § 8252 — California Code / Code shc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 8252
Section 8252
Status: in_force

If at the time of the election to dissolve the district there is outstanding any bonded indebtedness of the district, the vote to dissolve shall dissolve the district for all purposes except the levy and collection of taxes for the payment of that outstanding indebtedness. From the time of dissolution until the bonded indebtedness, together with interest thereon, is fully paid, the board shall constitute ex officio the commission and shall levy such taxes and perform such other acts as may be necessary to raise the money for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of the district.
Cal. BPC § 5353 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 5353
Section 5353
Status: in_force

The application shall be filed on a blank to be furnished by the director or by his agent. It shall set forth the name and address of the applicant and shall contain a general description of the property upon which it is proposed to place the advertising display for which a permit is sought and a diagram indicating the location of the proposed advertising display on the property, in such a manner that the property and the location of the proposed advertising display may be readily ascertained and identified.
Cal. PRC § 29003 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 29003
Section 29003
Status: in_force

The Legislature further finds and declares that, in order to preserve the integrity and assure continued wildlife use of the Suisun Marsh, including the preservation of its waterfowl-carrying capacity and retention of the diversity of its flora and fauna, there is a need for all of the following:

(a)  Provisions for establishment and maintenance of adequate water quality.

(b) Improvement of present water management practices, including drainage and other water control facilities within the Suisun Marsh.

(c) Establishment of criteria for the production of valuable waterfowl food plants.

(d) Provisions for future supplemental water supplies and related facilities to assure that adequate water quality will be achieved within the wetland areas.

(e) Development and implementation of plans and policies to protect the marsh from degradation by excessive human use.

(f) Definition and establishment of a buffer area consisting of upland areas that have high wildlife values themselves and also contribute to the integrity and continued wildlife use of the wetlands within the marsh.
Cal. HSC § 114311 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 10 / Section 114311
Section 114311
Status: in_force

Mobile food facilities not under a valid permit as of January 1, 1997, from which nonprepackaged food is sold shall provide handwashing facilities. The handwashing facilities shall be separate from the warewashing sink.

(a) The handwashing sink shall have a minimum dimension of nine inches by nine inches in length and width and five inches in depth and be easily accessible by food employees.

(b) The handwashing facility shall be separated from the warewashing sink by a metal splashguard with a height of at least six inches that extends from the back edge of the drainboard to the front edge of the drainboard, the corners of the barrier to be rounded. No splashguard is required if the distance between the handwashing sink and the warewashing sink drainboards is 24 inches or more.

(c) This section shall not apply to mobile food facilities handling only whole produce or the bulk dispensing of nonpotentially hazardous beverages.
Cal. FAC § 18656 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 18656
Section 18656
Status: in_force

“Container” or “package” means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover.
Cal. WAT § 31638 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 6 / Chapter 7 / Section 31638
Section 31638
Status: in_force

The district may, in any court having jurisdiction, bring suit against any producer to enjoin any water production in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and to collect any delinquent replenishment assessments, interest or penalties. The court may award interest, cost and attorney’s fees on any judgment.
Cal. WIC § 14110.05 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 14110.05
Section 14110.05
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall ensure that nursing facility applicants have access to assistance in identifying and securing the information necessary to complete the Medi-Cal application and to make the eligibility determination.

(b) The department shall ensure that Medi-Cal applications for nursing facility residents are processed in a timely manner in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations.
Cal. HSC § 43840 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 43840
Section 43840
Status: in_force

(a)  The Legislature finds and declares that emission of air pollutants from motor vehicles is a major contributor to air pollution within the State of California and, therefore, declares its policy to encourage the testing of various types of vehicle fuels, which would contribute substantially to the protection and preservation of the public health and well-being.

(b)  The Legislature further finds and declares that programs to expand the use of alcohols as substitutes for gasoline and other petroleum-based fuels can offer significant environmental benefits while reducing the nation’s dependence on imported crude oil.

(c)  The Legislature further finds and declares that pure alcohol fuels burn cleanly and that motor vehicles fueled with alcohol can be modified at reasonable cost to burn alcohol fuels without decreasing efficiency and without creating air quality problems.
Cal. ELEC § 9269 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 9269
Section 9269
Status: in_force

Upon the completion of the canvass of votes, the governing body of a city or city and county shall pass a resolution reciting the fact of the election and such other matters as are enumerated in Section 10264. The elections official of the city or city and county shall then cause the adopted measures to be submitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to Sections 34459 and 34460 of the Government Code.
Cal. FAC § 75116 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 75116
Section 75116
Status: in_force

If the director finds that a favorable vote has not been given as provided in Section 75112, he or she shall so certify and declare this chapter to be inoperative.
Cal. BPC § 2881 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 4 / Section 2881
Section 2881
Status: in_force

An approved school of vocational nursing is one which has been approved by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, gives a course of instruction in vocational nursing of not less than 1,530 hours or 50 semester units approved by the board pursuant to Section 2882 whether the same be established by the State Board of Education, other educational institutions, or other public or private agencies or institutions and is affiliated or conducted in connection with one or more hospitals.

One hour of instruction for purposes of computing the total hours of instruction or for calculating semester units as specified in this section shall consist of not less than 50 minutes of actual class time.
Cal. FAC § 79622 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 28 / Article 2 / Section 79622
Section 79622
Status: in_force

“Hive products” means materials collected or generated by honeybees, other than bees and honey, including, but not limited to, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly, venom, and propolis.
Cal. BPC § 2533.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.3 / Article 4 / Section 2533.3
Section 2533.3
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 2538.42, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
Cal. WAT § 60028 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 60028
Section 60028
Status: in_force

“Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance, or substances, of a concentration which, if contained in water, will cause a significant impairment to a domestic drinking water supply.
Cal. HNC § 7010 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 7010
Section 7010
Status: in_force

A district may be formed consisting of any portion or portions of a county, whether contiguous or not, lying entirely within a city or entirely within unincorporated territory of the county or wholly or partially including territory of all or part of one or more cities within the county, including within its boundaries the whole or some part of the harbor proposed to be developed.
Cal. PCC § 7102 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 7102
Section 7102
Status: in_force

Contract provisions in construction contracts of public agencies and subcontracts thereunder which limit the contractee’s liability to an extension of time for delay for which the contractee is responsible and which delay is unreasonable under the circumstances involved, and not within the contemplation of the parties, shall not be construed to preclude the recovery of damages by the contractor or subcontractor.

No public agency may require the waiver, alteration, or limitation of the applicability of this section. Any such waiver, alteration, or limitation is void. This section shall not be construed to void any provision in a construction contract which requires notice of delays, provides for arbitration or other procedure for settlement, or provides for liquidated damages.