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Cal. PRC § 12251 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 12251
Section 12251
Status: in_force

Proposed conservation easements shall meet the eligibility criteria set forth in this section prior to review pursuant to the selection criteria set forth in Section 12260. To be eligible for participation, private forest land parcels proposed for protection under the program shall comply with all of the following:

(a) Be subject to potential conversion.

(b) Be owned by landowners who are willing and interested in selling or donating conservation easements.

(c) Be forested with at least 10-percent canopy cover by conifer or hardwood species, or be capable of being so forested under natural conditions.

(d) Possession of one or more environmental values of great concern to the public and the state:

(1) Important fish and wildlife habitat.

(2) Areas that can help maintain habitat connectivity across landscapes.

(3) Rare plants.

(4) Biodiversity.

(5) Riparian habitats.

(6) Oak woodlands.

(7) Ecological old growth forests.

(8) Other key forest types and seral stages that are poorly represented across California.

(9) Lands that directly affect water quality and other watershed values.

(e) Provision for continuity of one or more traditional forest uses, such as commodities production or habitat maintenance.

(f) Possession of environmental values that can be protected and managed effectively through conservation easements at reasonable costs.
Cal. WAT § 26672 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 9 / Section 26672
Section 26672
Status: in_force

The water made available by the district to the public agency may be used upon the lands covered by such contract for such irrigation, municipal, domestic or other uses as the district and the public agency may agree upon.
Cal. BPC § 12729 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 12729
Section 12729
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Violations of Sections 12714, 12714.5, and 12715 are infractions, except as otherwise provided in Section 12718. Every person convicted of an infraction pursuant to this subdivision shall be punished as follows:

(1) For the first conviction, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).

(2) For a second conviction within a period of one year, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).

(3) For a third or subsequent conviction within a period of one year, a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).

(c) A violation of Section 12722 by a vehicle hauling bulk tomatoes is an infraction. Every person convicted of an infraction pursuant to this subdivision shall be punished as follows:

(1) For a vehicle that exceeds the tolerance provided by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12723 by less than 50 percent, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).

(2) For a vehicle that exceeds the tolerance provided by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12723 by 50 to 100 percent, inclusive, a fine not exceeding four hundred dollars ($400).

(3) For a vehicle that exceeds the tolerance provided by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 12723 by more than 100 percent, a fine not exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800).
Cal. FAC § 14205 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 1.5 / Section 14205
Section 14205
Status: in_force

“Livestock” includes all animals, poultry, and bees, and aquatic and amphibian species which are raised, kept, or used for profit. It does not include those species which are usually kept as pets, such as dogs, cats, and pet birds.
Cal. HSC § 51529 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Section 51529
Section 51529
Status: in_force

Prior to the disbursement of the remainder of funding for the program appropriated in the 2022 Budget Act, and prior to the disbursement of any funding for the program that may be appropriated in the 2023 Budget Act, the agency shall review the program terms and parameters, and shall implement adjustments designed to achieve the following program improvements:

(a) Defining first-generation homebuyers.

(b) Targeting funds to aid first-generation homebuyers.

(c) Supporting an equitable distribution of program funds in different regions of the state.

(d) Prioritizing participation by homebuyers in the lower tiers of the income eligibility structure.
Cal. BPC § 7501.7 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 7501.7
Section 7501.7
Status: in_force

If, upon investigation, the director determines that a licensee, a qualified certificate holder, or a registrant is in violation of Section 7508.1, 7508.2, 7508.3, 7508.4, 7508.5, or 7508.6, the director may issue a citation to the licensee, qualified certificate holder, or registrant. The citation shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including specific references to the provision of law determined to have been violated, and shall be delivered by certified mail to the licensee’s, qualified certificate holder’s, or registrant’s address of record. If the citation is issued to the qualified certificate holder or registrant, a copy of the citation shall also be sent by certified mail to the licensee’s address of record. If the director deems it appropriate, the citation may contain an order of abatement fixing a reasonable time for abatement of the violation and may contain assessment of an administrative fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

A citation or fine assessment shall inform the licensee, qualified certificate holder, or registrant that if he or she desires a hearing to contest the finding of a violation, the hearing shall be requested by written notice to the director within 30 days of the issuance of the citation or assessment, as appropriate. Any request for reconsideration received in writing by the director within the 30 days shall stay the 30 days allowed to request a hearing while the director reconsiders the fine assessment. Upon decision, the director shall notify the licensee, qualified certificate holder, or registrant in writing whether the fine assessment has been withdrawn or the fine assessment has been reaffirmed. If the fine assessment has been reaffirmed, the director shall again inform the licensee, qualified certificate holder, or registrant in writing that he or she has 30 days to request a hearing. If a hearing is not requested pursuant to this section, payment of any fine shall not constitute an admission of the violation charged. Hearings shall be held pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

If the licensee, qualified certificate holder, or registrant neither requests a hearing nor pays the assessed fine within 30 days of the assessment, the license, qualification certificate, or registration of the person shall not be renewed pursuant to Section 7503.10 and no registration shall be issued pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 7506) until the assessed fine is paid.

Administrative fines collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Private Security Services Fund.
Cal. ELEC § 6860 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 6860
Section 6860
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate or her or his duly authorized representative of that fact.
Cal. HSC § 111685 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 111685
Section 111685
Status: in_force

Any cosmetic is adulterated if it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
Cal. INS § 11785 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 11785
Section 11785
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors shall appoint a president, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, a chief information technology officer, a chief investment officer, a chief risk officer, a general counsel, a chief medical officer, a chief actuarial officer, a chief claims operations officer, and a chief of internal affairs. The board may appoint a chief underwriting officer, a senior vice president of insurance services, an executive vice president of corporate claims, an executive vice president of strategic planning, and a pricing actuary. The board of directors shall set the salary for each position in amounts that are reasonably necessary to attract and retain individuals of superior qualifications. The board shall submit its salary-setting criteria, including salary surveys, to the Department of Human Resources. These positions shall not be subject to otherwise applicable provisions of the Government Code and the Public Contract Code, and for those purposes the fund shall not be considered a state agency or other public entity. The president shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the fund under the general direction and subject to the approval of the board of directors, and shall perform other duties as the board of directors prescribes.

(b) Section 87406 of the Government Code, the Milton Marks Postgovernment Employment Restrictions Act of 1990, shall apply to the fund. Members of the board, a person who held a position designated in subdivision (a), and any other person designated by the fund shall be deemed to be designated employees for the purpose of that act.

(c) Both 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) and the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) shall apply to the fund.

(d) (1) The board shall, by September 1, 2018, and subsequently on a biennial basis, make a report to the Legislature and to the committees of the Senate and Assembly having jurisdiction over insurance that provides any salary-setting criteria and salary surveys submitted to the Department of Human Resources pursuant to subdivision (a), and the salary and total compensation of each position appointed pursuant to subdivision (a), for the previous two fiscal years.

(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 6461.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 6461.3
Section 6461.3
Status: in_force

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.

In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:

(a)  The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.

(b)  Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.
Cal. INS § 1077.2 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 15.5 / Section 1077.2
Section 1077.2
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may be subject to administrative supervision by the commissioner if, upon examination or at any other time it appears in the commissioner’s discretion that any of the following applies:

(1) The insurer’s condition renders the continuance of its business hazardous to the public or to its insureds.

(2) The insurer appears to have exceeded its powers granted under its certificate of authority and applicable law.

(3) The insurer has failed to comply with the applicable provisions of the Insurance Code.

(4) The business of the insurer is being conducted fraudulently.

(5) The insurer gives its consent.

(b) If the commissioner determines that the conditions set forth in subdivision (a) exist, the commissioner shall do all of the following:

(1) Notify the insurer of his or her determination.

(2) Furnish to the insurer a written list of the requirements to abate this determination.

(3) Notify the insurer that it is under the supervision of the commissioner and that the commissioner is applying and effectuating the provisions of the article. The action by the commissioner shall be subject to review pursuant to Section 12940.

(c) If placed under administrative supervision, the insurer shall have 60 days, or another period of time as designated by the commissioner, to comply with the requirements of the commissioner subject to the provisions of this article.

(d) If it is determined after notice and hearing that the conditions giving rise to the supervision still exist at the end of the supervision period specified above, the commissioner may extend the period.

(e) If it is determined that none of the conditions giving rise to the supervision exist, the commissioner shall release the insurer from supervision.
Cal. FIN § 14402 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 14402
Section 14402
Status: in_force

Every credit union may purchase and hold, either individually or jointly with other credit unions or affiliated organizations, a lot and building to be employed principally for the transaction of business, and to provide for future expansion of the facilities of those organizations. Any excess space that is not occupied by the organizations purchasing and holding the building may be leased to the public. The lot and building may be sold if all the holders of the property join in its sale.
Cal. BPC § 13420 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 13420
Section 13420
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, partnership, association, trustee, or corporation that owns, leases, or rents and operates a facility that offers any motor vehicle fuel for sale to the public from a fueling facility abutting or adjacent to a street or highway shall accurately update all signs, banners, or other advertising media that indicate hours of the sale. Advertising media indicating hours of sale shall be updated on a monthly basis.
Cal. FAC § 74673 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.5 / Article 7 / Section 74673
Section 74673
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may commence civil action and utilize all remedies provided in law or equity for the collection of assessments and civil penalties and the obtaining of injunctive relief or specific performance regarding this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Upon entry of any final judgment on behalf of the commission against any defendant, the court shall enjoin the defendant from conducting any type of business regarding the commodity subject to this chapter until there is full compliance and satisfaction of the judgment. Upon a favorable verdict for the commission, it shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for any reasonable attorney’s fees and other actual related costs. Venue may be established at the domicile or place of business of the defendant or in the county of the principal office of the commission. The commission may be sued only in the county of its principal office.
Cal. BPC § 313.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 313.2
Section 313.2
Status: in_force

The director shall adopt regulations to implement, interpret, and make specific the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (P.L. 101-336), as they relate to the examination process for professional licensing and certification programs under the purview of the department.
Cal. FAC § 56281 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 56281
Section 56281
Status: in_force

A commission merchant shall notify each consignor with whom he or she does business of the provisions affecting the consignor that are contained in Sections 56271, 56272, 56273, 56280, 56282, and 56351, and this section. The notice shall be given in writing prior to the shipping season of the particular farm product. The notice shall include a form whereby the consignor may request notice of any adjustment by the commission merchant. The form shall also include a provision whereby the consignor may request that lot numbers be affixed on each individual farm product container as provided in subdivision (h) of Section 56271. Each commission merchant shall keep the records necessary to prove that the notices were given to each consignor in accordance with this section. A licensee operating as a commission merchant shall notify the consignor of any adjustment on a transaction, and provide reasons for the adjustment, within 48 hours.

If the commission merchant is unable to contact the consignor by telephone or in person, the notification shall be immediately provided by mail.
Cal. PRC § 36108 — California Code / Code prc / Division 27 / Chapter 2 / Section 36108
Section 36108
Status: in_force

“State waters” means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line to three nautical miles offshore, as set forth by the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1311) in which the United States released to adjacent coastal states title, ownership, and the right to manage natural resources from the mean high tide line seaward to three miles.
Cal. HSC § 4843 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 4843
Section 4843
Status: in_force

The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint acquisition or construction or use of any sewer or sewers or other works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from the district and such other area as may be designated in said contract, when in the judgment of the legislative body of said district it is for the best interests of the district so to do. Any such contract may provide for the construction and maintenance of such sewer or sewers, or such other works or facilities, and for the payment by or for the parties thereto of such proportionate part of the cost of the acquisition, construction or maintenance of such sewer or sewers or other works or facilities as may be stated in said contract, the payments to be made at such times and in such amounts as may be provided by said contract. Any such contract may provide for the joint use of any sewer or sewers, works or facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from such area for each of the parties thereto as may be described in the contract.

Any district which has acquired or constructed or which proposes to acquire or construct, any sewer or sewers, or works or other facilities for the handling, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste, may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation for the use of any such sewer or sewers, works or facilities by any such county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation, or for the flowage, treatment or disposal of sewage or industrial waste from any area designated by such person, firm or corporation so contracting, upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in said contract.
Cal. FAC § 77976 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 5 / Section 77976
Section 77976
Status: in_force

Upon certification of the commission, the director shall contact all producers in each district by mail, or call meetings of producers in each district, for the purpose of nominating and electing persons to the commission. All producers on the director’s list shall be given written notice of any election meetings at least 10 days prior to the meeting date. To be eligible for election to the commission, producer nominees shall present to the director a nomination petition with the signatures of at least three eligible producers from the district from which the nominee is seeking election.
Cal. WIC § 14459 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 14459
Section 14459
Status: in_force

(a) The prepaid health plan shall maintain financial records and shall have an annual audit or additional audits after a determination by the director of good cause, performed by an independent certified public accountant. A prepaid health plan operated by a public entity shall have an annual audit performed in a manner approved by the department. All certified financial statements shall be filed with the department as soon as practical after the end of the prepaid health plan’s fiscal year and in any event, within a period not to exceed 90 days thereafter. These financial statements shall be filed with the department and shall be public records. The department shall perform routine auditing of prepaid health plan contractors and their affiliated subcontractors. Except in those instances where major unanticipated obstacles prevent, or after a determination by the director of good cause, the audits shall be scheduled and carried out jointly with audits carried out pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, if audits under that act are carried out within time periods that satisfy the requirements of federal law. The department is authorized to contract with the Department of Managed Health Care to carry out the audits required by this section. The prepaid health plan shall make all of its books and records available for inspection, examination, or copying by the department during normal working hours at the prepaid health plan’s principal place of business or at such other place in California as the department shall designate. For good cause, the department may grant an exception to the time when annual financial statements are to be submitted to the department. The annual report required in Section 14313 shall include an itemization of expenditures made by each prepaid health plan for the following categories of expenditures: physician services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, pharmaceutical services and prescription drugs, dental services, medical transportation services, vision care services, mental health services, laboratory services, X-ray services, enrollee education programs, marketing and enrollment costs, data-processing costs, other administrative costs and health service expenditures and any payments made to subcontractors, and the purposes of the payments, including, but not limited to, contributions to election campaigns.

(b) The requirements of a financial and administrative review by the department of any health care service plan licensed by the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care pursuant to Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code may be waived upon submission of the financial audit for the same period conducted by the Department of Managed Health Care pursuant to Section 1382 of the Health and Safety Code.