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Cal. RTC § 38 — California Code / Code rtc / Section 38
Section 38
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislative Analyst shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the possible consolidation of the remittance processing and cashiering functions and the mail processing operations, of the Franchise Tax Board, the State Board of Equalization, and the Employment Development Department.

(b) The Franchise Tax Board, the State Board of Equalization, and the Employment Development Department shall provide the Legislative Analyst all data and information that the Legislative Analyst identifies as necessary for completing the report and shall assist the Legislative Analyst in the preparation of the report. The information provided to the Legislative Analyst shall include, but not be limited to, an evaluation of the short- and long-term fiscal and budgetary advantages and disadvantages that would result from the proposed consolidation of the remittance processing and cashiering functions and the mail processing functions of, the Franchise Tax Board, the State Board of Equalization, and the Employment Development Department. Any data and information requested by the Legislative Analyst shall be submitted on or before July 1, 2004.

(c) The purpose of the report required by this section is to determine, to the extent possible and based on available information and reasonable assumptions, if there are any benefits to the consolidation of the management and control of these operations based on all of the following criteria:

(1) The elimination of duplicative functions and fragmented responsibilities.

(2) Increased operational efficiencies due to the use of improved technologies and economies of scale.

(3) Additional interest earnings for the state.

(d) For purposes of this section, “remittance processing and cashiering” means receiving, batching, balancing, and depositing remittances.

(e) The Legislative Analyst shall provide to the Legislature its report and any recommendations and considerations with regard to the possible consolidation of these functions by November 1, 2004.
Cal. VEH § 100 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 100
Section 100
Status: in_force

Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
Cal. INS § 11756 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 11756
Section 11756
Status: in_force

(a) Any person, insurer, or organization, who fails to comply with a final order of the commissioner under this article shall be liable to the state in an amount not exceeding fifty dollars ($50), but if the failure is willful, he, she, or it shall be liable to the state in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the failure. The commissioner shall collect the amount so payable and may bring an action in the name of the people of the state of California to enforce collection. These penalties may be in addition to any other penalties provided by law.

(b) A willful violation of the provisions of this article by any person is a misdemeanor.
Cal. HSC § 122386 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 6 / Chapter 11 / Section 122386
Section 122386
Status: in_force

(a) An animal control officer, as defined in Section 830.9 of the Penal Code, a humane officer qualified pursuant to Section 14502 or 14503 of the Corporations Code, or a peace officer who detects a violation of Sections 122380 to 122385, inclusive, if he or she decides the violation warrants formal action, shall issue a single notice to correct that shall contain all of the following information:

(1) Specify each violation of this chapter found in the inspection.

(2) Identify the corrective action for each violation.

(3) Include a specific period of time during which the listed violation or violations are to be corrected.

(b) After issuing a notice to correct pursuant to this section, the officer or another qualified officer of the issuing agency shall verify compliance with this chapter by conducting a subsequent investigation of the pet boarding facility within a reasonable period of time.

(c) An exact, legible copy of the notice to correct shall be delivered to the pet boarding facility operator at the time he or she signs the notice. In the alternative, the issuing agency may personally deliver the notice to the operator within 48 hours of its issuance, excluding holidays and weekends. The signing of the notice is an acknowledgment of receipt and does not constitute an admission of guilt.

(d) A pet boarding facility operator who is verified to have complied with a notice to correct shall not be subject to subdivision (g).

(e) A pet boarding facility operator who violates the same provision of this chapter on more than one occasion within a five-year period is not eligible to receive a notice to correct, and is guilty of an infraction on the second violation, and is guilty of a misdemeanor on the third or subsequent violation.

(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a pet boarding facility operator that causes or allows harm or injury to an animal, or allows an animal to be subject to an unreasonable risk of harm or injury is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(g) Except as provided in subdivisions (e) and (f), a pet boarding facility operator who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the first violation and by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation. The court shall weigh the gravity of the offense in setting the penalty.
Cal. PRC § 5096.171 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.69 / Article 5 / Section 5096.171
Section 5096.171
Status: in_force

Funds available pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5096.151 shall be expended pursuant to this article.
Cal. FAC § 55602 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 55602
Section 55602
Status: in_force

Every processor except a licensed winegrower, that purchases for freezing any farm product from the producer of the farm product on a packout basis shall promptly upon completion of the processing of each lot or day’s delivery inform the producer of the results obtained.
Cal. SHC § 1168.9 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 1168.9
Section 1168.9
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order two or more divisions consolidated if the board finds that their boundaries are contiguous at any point or that a consolidated program of construction, improvement, or maintenance will reduce the costs of or increase the efficiency of providing highway construction, improvement, or maintenance.

(b) Property within a division proposed to be consolidated with another division and in which bonds are not outstanding for work performed pursuant to this article shall not be deemed to be property in the division for the purpose of Section 1184 as it applies to the consolidated division.
Cal. HSC § 1357.508 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 3.16 / Section 1357.508
Section 1357.508
Status: in_force

A small employer health care service plan contract shall provide to subscribers and enrollees at least all of the essential health benefits as defined by the state pursuant to Section 1302 of PPACA.
Cal. RTC § 32440 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 32440
Section 32440
Status: in_force

If any amount has been illegally determined, either by the person filing the return or by the board, the board shall certify the amount determined to be in excess of the amount legally due and the person against whom the determination was made, and shall authorize the cancellation of the amount upon the records of the board. Any cancellation by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days after the effective date of that determination.
Cal. BPC § 22916 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 28 / Section 22916
Section 22916
Status: in_force

A member of the public may obtain a certificate from the Secretary of State identifying whether there is a lien on file and any notice of claim of lien naming a particular debtor, and if so, giving the date and time of the filing of each notice, and the names and addresses of each lienholder in the certificate. The fee for the certificate is the same as the fee for the certificate issued pursuant to Section 9523 of the Commercial Code.
Cal. FAC § 20696 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 20696
Section 20696
Status: in_force

The original cattle brand registration certificate shall be kept on file in the bureau. A duplicate certificate shall be issued to the person in whose name the brand is recorded.
Cal. FAC § 11403 — California Code / Code fac / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 11403
Section 11403
Status: in_force

“Pest control” means the use or application of any pesticide. It also means the use of any substance, method, or device to do any of the following:

(a) Control pests.

(b) Prevent, destroy, repel, mitigate, or correct any pest infestation or disorder of plants.

(c) Inhibit, regulate, stimulate, or otherwise alter plant growth by direct application to plants.
Cal. INS § 481.1 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 481.1
Section 481.1
Status: in_force

(a) In the event any conditional receipt, binder, or other evidence of temporary or implied insurance, except ocean marine insurance as defined in Section 481 and those classes of insurance as defined in Sections 101, 104, and 106, is canceled, rejected, or surrendered by the insurer, the coverage thereby extended shall terminate 10 days after written notice to the named insured is deposited, properly addressed with postage prepaid, with the United States Postal Service.

(b) Any conditional receipt, binder, or other evidence of temporary or implied insurance described in subdivision (a) shall remain in force for a period of at least 30 days from the date of its issuance unless sooner canceled, rejected, or surrendered pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (a).
Cal. HSC § 118880 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 118880
Section 118880
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that tobacco smoke is a hazard to the health of the general public.
Cal. VEH § 11903.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 11903.5
Section 11903.5
Status: in_force

(a) After the filing of an accusation under this article, the director may enter into a stipulated compromise settlement agreement with the consent of the licensee on terms and conditions mutually agreeable to the director, the respondent licensee, and the accuser without further hearing or appeal. The agreement may include, but is not limited to, a period of probation or monetary penalties, or both. The monetary penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation, and it shall be based on the nature of the violation and the effect of the violation on the purposes of this article.

(b) A compromise settlement agreement may be entered before, during, or after the hearing, but is valid only if executed and filed pursuant to subdivision (d) before the proposed decision of the hearing officer, if any, is adopted or the case is decided.

(c) The department shall adopt, by regulation, a schedule of maximum and minimum amounts of monetary penalties, the payment of which may be included as a term or condition of a compromise settlement agreement entered under subdivision (a). Any monetary penalty included in a compromise settlement agreement shall be within the range of monetary penalties in that schedule.

(d) Any compromise settlement agreement entered under this section shall be signed by the director, the respondent licensee, and the accuser, or by their authorized representatives. The director shall file, or cause to be filed, the agreement with the Office of Administrative Hearings, together with the department’s notice of withdrawal of the accusation or statement of issues upon which the action was initiated.

(e) If the respondent licensee fails to perform all of the terms and conditions of the compromise settlement agreement, the agreement is void and the department may take any action authorized by law notwithstanding the agreement, including, but not limited to, refiling the accusation or imposing license sanctions.
Cal. INS § 10327 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 10327
Section 10327
Status: in_force

The commissioner may make such reasonable rules and regulations concerning the procedure for the filing or submission of policies subject to this chapter as are necessary, proper or advisable to its administration. This provision shall not abridge any other authority granted the commissioner by law.
Cal. SHC § 822.5 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 822.5
Section 822.5
Status: in_force

Agreements are authorized between the department and any county, or counties, or city, or cities, providing for the acquisition of property for, the construction, improvement and maintenance of any highway, including those not in the State Highway System, and those lying partly within and partly without the boundaries of the State, to be constructed with federal aid. The department may, when authorized by any such written agreement, acquire for the county or city, as the case may be, any real property within the State required for any such highway which is not in the State Highway System.
Cal. FAC § 59912 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 11 / Section 59912
Section 59912
Status: in_force

An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to correlate the marketable supply of any commodity with reasonable market demands by means of volume, grade, size, variety, or time regulations.
Cal. FAC § 74192 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 74192
Section 74192
Status: in_force

Following a favorable referendum conducted prior to June 30, 1992, a referendum shall be conducted by the commission every fifth year thereafter unless a referendum is conducted as a result of a petition pursuant to this article. In that case, the referendum shall be every fifth year following the industry petitioned referendum following procedures provided in this article.
Cal. FAC § 54036 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 54036
Section 54036
Status: in_force

A person, firm, corporation, or association, that is hereafter organized or doing business in this state, may not use the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate name or other business name or title for producers’ cooperative marketing activities, unless it has complied with this chapter or is otherwise authorized by Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 26220) of Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code.
Cal. COM § 3504 — California Code / Code com / Division 3 / Chapter 5 / Section 3504
Section 3504
Status: in_force

(a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is excused if (1) the person entitled to present the instrument cannot with reasonable diligence make presentment, (2) the maker or acceptor has repudiated an obligation to pay the instrument or is dead or in insolvency proceedings, (3) by the terms of the instrument presentment is not necessary to enforce the obligation of indorsers or the drawer, (4) the drawer or indorser whose obligation is being enforced has waived presentment or otherwise has no reason to expect or right to require that the instrument be paid or accepted, or (5) the drawer instructed the drawee not to pay or accept the draft or the drawee was not obligated to the drawer to pay the draft.

(b) Notice of dishonor is excused if (1) by the terms of the instrument notice of dishonor is not necessary to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument, or (2) the party whose obligation is being enforced waived notice of dishonor. A waiver of presentment is also a waiver of notice of dishonor.

(c) Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused if the delay was caused by circumstances beyond the control of the person giving the notice and the person giving the notice exercised reasonable diligence after the cause of the delay ceased to operate.
Cal. HSC § 25510.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.95 / Article 1 / Section 25510.1
Section 25510.1
Status: in_force

(a) A business required to submit a followup emergency notice pursuant to Section 11004(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code shall submit the notice on a form approved by the Office of Emergency Services.

(b) The Office of Emergency Services may adopt guidelines for the use of the forms required by subdivision (a).
Cal. PUC § 142051 — California Code / Code puc / Division 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 142051
Section 142051
Status: in_force

The authority shall consist of nine members selected as follows:

(a) Two members of the board of supervisors appointed by the board, consisting of one member from rural district 1, 4, or 5 and one member from urban district 2 or 3.

(b) Two members representing the City of Fresno, consisting of the mayor thereof and a member of the city council of that city appointed by the city council.

(c) One member representing the City of Clovis appointed by the city council of that city.

(d) Two members representing the other cities within the county, consisting of one westside member appointed by a committee comprised of the mayors of each of those cities west of State Highway Route 99, and one eastside member appointed by a committee comprised of the mayors of each of those cities east of State Highway Route 99.

(e) Two members of the public at large, consisting of one member appointed by the board of supervisors with the appointee residing outside of the incorporated areas of Fresno and Clovis, and one member appointed jointly by the city councils of Fresno and Clovis with the appointee residing within the incorporated area of Fresno or Clovis.
Cal. PROB § 400 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 12 / Chapter 1 / Section 400
Section 400
Status: in_force

(a) The Controller shall appoint at least one person in each county to act as a probate referee for the county.

(b) If there are fewer than three qualified applicants to serve in a county, the Controller may designate a probate referee from another county or make an interim appointment, to serve until the vacancy has been filled by a qualified applicant.
Cal. FAC § 12535 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 2 / Section 12535
Section 12535
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing in 1990, the department shall substantially expand and maintain its focused pesticide residue monitoring program beyond the 1988 level. The focused monitoring program shall be prioritized to consider pesticides of greatest health concern and contribution to dietary exposure, and for various subpopulations which may be uniquely sensitive to pesticide residues, with special emphasis on infants and children.

(b) The department shall consider, but not be limited to, the following lists of pesticides in establishing priorities for monitoring:

(1) Pesticides identified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as known, possible, or probable human carcinogens which are registered for use on food crops.

(2) Pesticides listed as high priority for risk assessment as a result of the evaluation process of the Birth Defect Prevention Act of 1984.

(3) Pesticides listed as known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity pursuant to Section 25249.9 of the Health and Safety Code.

(4) Class I and II pesticides on the United States Food and Drug Administrations’s Surveillance Index.
Cal. INS § 11405 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10A / Section 11405
Section 11405
Status: in_force

The trustees, directors or governing body of such association, by whatever name their office is known or designated, shall be elected by the membership of the association.
Cal. PROB § 9882 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 12 / Section 9882
Section 9882
Status: in_force

Upon a petition filed under Section 9883, the court may make an order under this section authorizing the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney to purchase property of the estate if the will of the decedent authorizes the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney to purchase the property.
Cal. PCC § 20926 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 60.5 / Section 20926
Section 20926
Status: in_force

(a) In the event of any emergency, the board may negotiate and award a contract for construction of work to prevent damage or repair damaged works without advertising for bids and expend any sum reasonably required in the emergency. If notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the board or any trustee authorizing or contracting for work in an emergency shall, if practicable, informally solicit bids or requests for proposals to seek to obtain the best terms possible, including the lowest price term, given the urgent circumstances of the emergency, and, promptly after the emergency ends, shall document the circumstances of the emergency and the bid or proposal accepted.

(c) Work to further reconstruct or rehabilitate damaged works after the emergency ends shall be subject to the requirements of this article.
Cal. RTC § 2910.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 2910.5
Section 2910.5
Status: in_force

When taxes on unsecured property are paid in cash or whenever a receipt is requested at the time of payment by the person paying the tax, the tax collector shall give a receipt to the person making payment, specifying:

(a) The name of the assessee.

(b) The amount of the assessment.

(c) The amount of tax paid.

(d) The beginning and ending of the fiscal year for which the tax is paid.
Cal. HSC § 18123.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 7 / Section 18123.5
Section 18123.5
Status: in_force

(a)  A dealer who violates paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 18080.5 shall pay to the department an administrative service fee of five dollars ($5) for each violation.

(b)  A dealer who violates paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 18080.5, when selling, leasing, or renting a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, shall pay to the department an administrative service fee as follows:

(1)  If the application is submitted after 10 calendar days but within 20 calendar days from the date of sale, lease, or rental; ten dollars ($10).

(2)  If the application is submitted after 20 calendar days but within 30 calendar days from the date of sale, lease, or rental; twenty dollars ($20).

(3)  If the application is submitted after 30 calendar days but within 60 calendar days from the date of sale, lease, or rental; forty dollars ($40).

(4)  If the application is submitted after 60 calendar days from the date of sale, lease, or rental; two hundred dollars ($200).

(c)  Each violation of subdivision (b) of Section 18080.5 shall be, in addition to the obligation to pay the administrative service fee, a separate cause for discipline pursuant to Section 18058.

(d)  Nonpayment of an administrative service fee within 10 days after written demand from the department shall be a separate cause for discipline pursuant to Section 18058.