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Cal. PRC § 42002 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 42002
Section 42002
Status: in_force

The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:

(a) “Applicant” means a person, as defined in Section 40170, who applies for designation as a Recycling Market Development Zone.

(b) “Postconsumer waste material” means any product generated by a business or a consumer which has served its intended end use, and which has been separated from solid waste for the purposes of collection, recycling, and disposal, and which does not include secondary waste material.

(c) “Recycling-based business” means any business that increases market demand for, or adds value to, postconsumer waste material or secondary waste material.

(d) “Recycling market development zone” or “zone” means any single or joint, contiguous parcels of property that, based on the determination of the board, meets the following criteria:

(1) The area has been zoned an appropriate land use for the development of commercial, industrial, or manufacturing purposes.

(2) The area is identified in the countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan as part of the market development area.

(3) The area is located in a city with an existing postconsumer waste collection infrastructure.

(4) The area may be used to establish commercial, manufacturing, or industrial processes which would produce end products that consist of not less than 50 percent recycled materials.

(e) “Revolving loan program” means the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program established pursuant to Section 42023.1.

(f) “Secondary waste material” means industrial byproducts which would otherwise go to disposal facilities and wastes generated after completion of a manufacturing process, but does not include internally generated scrap commonly returned to industrial or manufacturing processes, such as home scrap and mill broke.

(g) “Subaccount” means the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount created pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 42023.1.
Cal. PRC § 3316.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.5 / Section 3316.6
Section 3316.6
Status: in_force

“Unit area” means all or part of a pool or pools included within the area embraced by a unit created pursuant to an order of the supervisor as provided in Section 3322, or created by a unit agreement voluntarily entered into.
Cal. WAT § 79094 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 79094
Section 79094
Status: in_force

Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the University of California, may be used for the purpose of site acquisition, construction, and equipping of a Watershed Science Laboratory, for long-term monitoring and research with regard to the hydrology, geomorphology, water quality and aquatic and riparian ecology of the north delta and its tributary watersheds.
Cal. HSC § 11500 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 9 / Section 11500
Section 11500
Status: in_force

The district attorney, or any person designated by him, of the county in which any violation of this division is committed shall conduct all actions and prosecutions for the violation.

However, the Attorney General, or special counsel employed by the Attorney General for that purpose, may take complete charge of the conduct of such actions or prosecutions. The Attorney General may fix the compensation to be paid for the service and may incur such other expense in connection with the conduct of the actions or prosecutions as he may deem necessary. No attorney employed as special counsel shall receive as compensation more than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) in any one year.
Cal. PUC § 130715 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 6 / Section 130715
Section 130715
Status: in_force

(a) Former board members or their staff shall not participate in any contract with MTA for a period of 12 months after leaving the board.

(b) For a period of 12 months after the board member has left the board, MTA shall not contract with any profit-making firm or business in which the former board member or member of their staff is an officer, principal, partner, or shareholder who owns more than 10 percent of the firm or business.
Cal. FAC § 55082 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 55082
Section 55082
Status: in_force

Rice certified pursuant to this chapter shall be labeled as follows or with substantially similar language:

“THIS LOT OF RICE CERTIFIED (accurate identification of specified attribute) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA RICE CERTIFICATION ACT OF 2000.”

The label shall also include the name of any organization that provided the certification as the commission’s designate. The commission may revise the label language with the concurrence of the secretary.
Cal. BPC § 7071.9 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 7071.9
Section 7071.9
Status: in_force

(a) (1) If the qualifying individual, as referred to in Sections 7068 and 7068.1, is neither the proprietor, a general partner, nor a joint licensee, the qualifying individual shall file or have on file a qualifying individual’s bond as provided in Section 7071.10 in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). This bond is in addition to, and shall not be combined with, any contractor’s bond required by Sections 7071.5 to 7071.8, inclusive, and is required for the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, or continued valid use of a license.

(2) This subdivision shall not apply to a federally recognized tribe or a participating tribe.

(b) Excluding the claims brought by the beneficiaries specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7071.10, the aggregate liability of a surety on claims brought against the bond required by this section shall not exceed the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500). The bond proceeds in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) shall be reserved exclusively for the claims of the beneficiaries specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7071.10. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any beneficiary specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7071.10 from claiming or recovering the full measure of the bond required by this section. This bond is in addition to, and shall not be combined with, any contractor’s bond required by Sections 7071.5 to 7071.8, inclusive, and is required for the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, or continued valid use of a license.

(c) The responsible managing officer of a corporation shall not be required to file or have on file a qualifying individual’s bond, if the responsible managing officer owns 10 percent or more of the voting stock of the corporation and certifies to that fact on a form prescribed by the registrar.

(d) The qualifying individual for a limited liability company shall not be required to file or have on file a qualifying individual’s bond if the qualifying individual owns at least a 10-percent membership interest in the limited liability company and certifies to that fact on a form prescribed by the registrar.
Cal. PCC § 20459 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 27 / Section 20459
Section 20459
Status: in_force

Any person furnishing materials, provisions, provender or other supplies used in, upon, for or about the performance of the work contracted to be executed or performed, or any person renting or hiring teams or implements, or machinery for, or contributing to, the work to be done, or any person who performs work or labor upon the same, or any person who supplies both work and materials and whose claim has not been paid by the contractor or by the subcontractors of the contractor may, at any time within 30 days from the date of the recordation of the assessment file with the superintendent of streets a verified statement of his claim, together with a statement that the same, or some part thereof, has not been paid.
Cal. PUC § 40237 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 40237
Section 40237
Status: in_force

If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the board shall not within six months after the election hold another special election for the submission of a proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness substantially the same as the proposition voted upon at the prior election unless a petition signed by voters within the district equal in number to at least 15 percent of the total vote cast at the last general statewide election is filed with the board, requesting that the proposition, or a proposition substantially the same, be submitted at an election to be called for that purpose.
Cal. PUC § 102341 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 14 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 102341
Section 102341
Status: in_force

The district’s taxes so levied shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes. When collected, the net amount, ascertained as provided in this article, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district under the general requirements and penalties provided by law for the settlement of other taxes.
Cal. PUC § 141025 — California Code / Code puc / Division 14 / Section 141025
Section 141025
Status: in_force

No officer or employee of the authority or any district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded, or to be awarded by, the board or district boards, or in the profits to be derived therefrom contrary to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
Cal. FIN § 17334 — California Code / Code fin / Division 6 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 4 / Section 17334
Section 17334
Status: in_force

Whenever the commissioner has taken possession of the property and business of Fidelity Corporation, Fidelity Corporation within 10 business days after the taking, if it deems itself aggrieved thereby, may apply to the superior court in the county in which the head office of Fidelity Corporation is located to enjoin further proceedings. The court, after citing the commissioner to show cause why further proceedings should not be enjoined, and after a hearing and a determination of the facts upon the merits, may dismiss the application or enjoin the commissioner from further proceedings and direct the commissioner to surrender the property and business to Fidelity Corporation, or make a further order as may be just.
Cal. HSC § 110435 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 110435
Section 110435
Status: in_force

The department may suspend immediately, upon written or oral notice, any permit issued pursuant to Section 110430 if it is found that any of the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a permit so suspended may at any time apply for reinstatement of the permit. The department shall, after prompt hearing and inspection of the establishment, reinstate the permit immediately, if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit.
Cal. HSC § 108285 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 108285
Section 108285
Status: in_force

No person shall be prosecuted under this chapter if the hazardous substance is shipped or delivered for shipment for export to any foreign country, in a package marked for export on the outside of the shipping container and labeled in accordance with the specifications of the foreign purchaser and in accordance with the laws of the foreign country, but if the hazardous substance is sold or offered for sale in domestic commerce, this section shall not apply.
Cal. PRC § 6876 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 6876
Section 6876
Status: in_force

Should it appear to the commission that any person, association of persons, or corporation, has drilled, or is making preparation to drill, wells upon or into tide or submerged lands of which the State is the owner, or from which the State has the right to extract oil or gas or both, for the extraction of oil or gas therefrom, other than pursuant to authority granted in accordance with this chapter, whether or not such person, association of persons, or corporation may be acting under purported authority, the commission shall cause an action to be instituted in the name of and upon behalf of the State in a court of appropriate jurisdiction, to enjoin the occupancy and operations upon or in such lands and to demand compensation for injury and damage, if any, to such lands; except that, should the drilling operations be conducted upon or in lands which have been filled and if such operations have been commenced prior to March 24, 1938, the commission, if it appears to be in the interests of the State, may, upon behalf of the State, issue a lease to any such person, association of persons, or corporation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter insofar as applicable, and upon a royalty basis, retrospective and prospective, which appears reasonable and just in the circumstances to the lessee and the State.
Cal. FGC § 10657.5 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 10657.5
Section 10657.5
Status: in_force

Except as expressly provided in this division, it is unlawful to enter the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge for the purpose of taking or possessing any fish or marine plants or to take or possess any fish or marine plants in the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge.

Section 10657 and this section do not prohibit or restrict navigation in the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge pursuant to federal law.
Cal. PUC § 916.4 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 916.4
Section 916.4
Status: in_force

An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or safety advisory pursuant to Section 765 shall be reported annually, in detail, to the Legislature with the report required by Section 910. Correspondence from the federal National Transportation Safety Board indicating that a recommendation has been closed following an action that the federal National Transportation Safety Board finds unacceptable shall be noted in the report required by Section 910.
Cal. FAC § 78674 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 78674
Section 78674
Status: in_force

The commission may solicit and accept contributions of, or match private, state, or federal funds, and employ or make contributions of funds to other persons or state or federal agencies for purposes of promoting and maintaining the tomato industry.
Cal. FAM § 4007 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 4007
Section 4007
Status: in_force

(a) If a court orders a person to make specified payments for support of a child during the child’s minority, or until the child is married or otherwise emancipated, or until the death of, or the occurrence of a specified event as to, a child for whom support is authorized under Section 3901 or 3910, the obligation of the person ordered to pay support terminates on the happening of the contingency. The court may, in the original order for support, order the custodial parent or other person to whom payments are to be made to notify the person ordered to make the payments, or the person’s attorney of record, of the happening of the contingency.

(b) If the custodial parent or other person having physical custody of the child, to whom payments are to be made, fails to notify the person ordered to make the payments, or the attorney of record of the person ordered to make the payments, of the happening of the contingency and continues to accept support payments, the person shall refund all moneys received that accrued after the happening of the contingency, except that the overpayments shall first be applied to any support payments that are then in default.
Cal. PRC § 8700 — California Code / Code prc / Division 7.7 / Chapter 1 / Section 8700
Section 8700
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the School Land Bank Act.
Cal. HSC § 1778 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 1778
Section 1778
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund that shall be known as the CCRC Oversight Fund. The fund shall consist of fees received by the department pursuant to this chapter. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the CCRC Oversight Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years.

(b) Use of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall include funding of the following:

(1) Program personnel salary costs, including, but not limited to, the following:

(A) A Continuing Care Contracts Program Manager at a level consistent with other management classifications that direct a regulatory program with statewide impact. The position shall require skills and knowledge at the highest level with responsibility for work of the most critical or sensitive nature as it relates to the department’s mission, including protecting vulnerable elderly persons, supervising technical staff with oversight of highly complex operations, and responsibility for policy and program evaluation and recommendations.

(B) A full-time legal counsel with a working knowledge of all laws relating to the regulation of continuing care retirement communities and residential care facilities for the elderly.

(C) A financial analyst with working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards.

(D) Other appropriate analytical and technical support positions.

(2) Contracts with technically qualified persons, including, but not limited to, financial, actuarial, and marketing consultants, as necessary to provide advice regarding the feasibility or viability of continuing care retirement communities and providers.

(3) Other program costs or costs directly supporting program staff.

(4) The department shall use no more than 5 percent of the fees collected pursuant to this section for overhead costs, including facilities operation and indirect department and division costs.

(c) As needed, the department shall adjust the calculations for the application fees under Section 1779.2 and annual fees under Section 1791 to ensure that the balance in the CCRC Oversight Fund is adequate to fund the reasonable regulatory costs of the program, as specified in subdivision (b). If the balance in the CCRC Oversight Fund exceeds an amount adequate to fund the reasonable regulatory costs of the program, as specified in subdivision (b), the department shall adjust the calculations for the application fees under Section 1779.2 and annual fees under Section 1791 to reduce the amounts collected. A link to the approved budget for the Continuing Care Contracts Section shall be posted on the department’s internet website.

(d) The intent of the Legislature is to empower the program administrator with the ability and authorization to obtain necessary resources or staffing to carry out the program objectives.
Cal. MVC § 1190.5 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1190.5
Section 1190.5
Status: in_force

A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 110000 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 110000
Section 110000
Status: in_force

“Pesticide chemical” means any substance that alone, in chemical combination, or in formulation with one or more substances, is an “economic poison” within the meaning of Section 12753 of the Food and Agricultural Code of this state or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stat. 163; 7 U.S.C. Sec. 135 et seq.), and that is used in the production, storage, or transportation of any raw agricultural commodity.
Cal. PRC § 21154 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 4 / Section 21154
Section 21154
Status: in_force

Whenever any state agency, board, or commission issues an order which requires a local agency to carry out a project which may have a significant effect on the environment, any environmental impact report which the local agency may prepare shall be limited to consideration of those factors and alternatives which will not conflict with such order.
Cal. PRC § 4152 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 4152
Section 4152
Status: in_force

If a fire patrol for the prevention and suppression of forest fires is maintained by owners of land or by any organization, the director may designate each patrol person as a voluntary firewarden and, for the protection of lands patrolled by them or adjacent to those lands, may give them all the rights and powers of a voluntary firewarden. Voluntary firewardens shall be paid by the owners or organizations or as provided for by Section 4151. The firewardens do not have authority to obligate the state for the payment of money, unless specifically authorized by the director.
Cal. FAC § 58573 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 58573
Section 58573
Status: in_force

Project agreements may promote either a single commodity or a group of related commodities. Activities shall be aimed at increasing both consumer and commercial uses for agricultural commodities. Activities carried out by cooperators fall under the following three categories:

(a) Technical assistance, which includes activities to address technical problems related to trade impediments and to the sale, movement, processing, marketing, or utilization of agricultural commodities.

(b) Market development activities, which include activities involving foreign traders, importers, wholesalers, retailers, and foreign government officials who import, distribute, and market agricultural commodities.

(c) Consumer promotion activities, which include activities to influence consumers by changing attitudes toward, or making them aware of the advantages of utilizing, California agricultural products.
Cal. WAT § 8457 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 8457
Section 8457
Status: in_force

State expenditures for the purposes of this chapter shall not exceed the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year.
Cal. VEH § 3078 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 3078
Section 3078
Status: in_force

(a) If the board receives a complaint from a member of the public seeking a refund involving the sale or lease of, or a replacement of, a recreational vehicle, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, from a recreational vehicle dealership, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3072, the board shall recommend that the complainant consult with the Department of Consumer Affairs.

(b) This chapter does not affect a person’s rights regarding a transaction involving a recreational vehicle as defined in subdivision (a), to maintain an action under any other statute, including, but not limited to, applicable provisions of Title 1.7 (commencing with Section 1790) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.