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Cal. FIN § 90010 — California Code / Code fin / Division 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 90010
Section 90010
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to any covered person who meets any of the following conditions:

(1) Offers or provides origination, brokerage, or servicing of loans secured by real estate for use by consumers primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or loan modification or foreclosure relief services in connection with those loans.

(2) Is a registrant of the department that is required to be registered by statute or by rule.

(3) The department has reasonable cause to determine, by order, after notice to the covered person that the covered person is offering or providing financial products or services.

(4) Is a service provider to a person described in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive.

(b) The department may require reports and conduct examinations on a periodic basis of persons described in subdivision (a) for purposes of all of the following:

(1) Assessing compliance with the requirements of consumer financial laws.

(2) Obtaining information about the activities and compliance systems or procedures of that person.

(3) Detecting and assessing risks to consumers, small business, and to markets for consumer financial products and services.

(c) This division shall not be construed to limit the authority of the commissioner to require reports from persons described in subdivision (a), as permitted under subdivision (b), regarding information owned or under the control of the person, regardless of whether the information is maintained, stored, or processed by another person.
Cal. HSC § 6523 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6523
Section 6523
Status: in_force

A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.
Cal. PRC § 6302 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6302
Section 6302
Status: in_force

The commission may eject from any tide and submerged lands, beds of navigable channels, streams, rivers, creeks, lakes, bays, and inlets under its jurisdiction, any person, firm, or corporation, trespassing upon any such lands, through appropriate action in the courts of this state. The commission may recover costs of ejectment through the legal action.
Cal. CIV § 6610 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 6610
Section 6610
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law or provision of the governing documents, if the governing documents include a reference to a provision of the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act that was continued in a new provision by the act that added this section, the board may amend the governing documents, solely to correct the cross-reference, by adopting a board resolution that shows the correction. Member approval is not required in order to adopt a resolution pursuant to this section.

(b) A declaration that is corrected under this section may be restated in corrected form and recorded, provided that a copy of the board resolution authorizing the corrections is recorded along with the restated declaration.
Cal. VEH § 21107.7 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 21107.7
Section 21107.7
Status: in_force

(a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or resolution, find and declare that there are privately owned and maintained roads as described in the ordinance or resolution within the city or county that are not generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel but, by reason of their proximity to or connection with highways, the interests of any residents residing along the roads and the motoring public will best be served by application of the provisions of this code to those roads. No ordinance or resolution shall be enacted unless there is first filed with the city or county a petition requesting it by a majority of the owners of any privately owned and maintained road, or by at least a majority of the board of directors of a common interest development, as defined by Section 4100 or 6534 of the Civil Code, that is responsible for maintaining the road, and without a public hearing thereon and 10 days’ prior written notice to all owners of the road or all of the owners in the development. Upon enactment of the ordinance or resolution, the provisions of this code shall apply to the privately owned and maintained road if appropriate signs are erected at the entrance to the road of the size, shape, and color as to be readily legible during daylight hours from a distance of 100 feet, to the effect that the road is subject to the provisions of this code. The city or county may impose reasonable conditions and may authorize the owners, or board of directors of the common interest development, to erect traffic signs, signals, markings, and devices which conform to the uniform standards and specifications adopted by the Department of Transportation.

(b) The department shall not be required to provide patrol or enforce any provisions of this code on any privately owned and maintained road subjected to the provisions of this code under this section, except those provisions applicable to private property other than by action under this section.

(c) As used in this section, “privately owned and maintained roads” includes roads owned and maintained by a city, county, or district that are not dedicated to use by the public or are not generally held open for use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Cal. WAT § 1242 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1242
Section 1242
Status: in_force

The storing of water underground, including the diversion of streams and the flowing of water on lands necessary to the accomplishment of such storage, constitutes a beneficial use of water if the water so stored is thereafter applied to the beneficial purposes for which the appropriation for storage was made.
Cal. BPC § 1654 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 1654
Section 1654
Status: in_force

Any licensed person who shall change his or her name according to law shall, within 10 days after that change, reregister with the executive officer of the board and the executive officer shall make a marginal note of the former name of the licentiate.
Cal. CIV § 6532 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 6532
Section 6532
Status: in_force

(a) “Common area” means the entire common interest development except the separate interests therein. The estate in the common area may be a fee, a life estate, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in a planned development described in subdivision (b) of Section 6562, the common area may consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights appurtenant to the separate interests.
Cal. WAT § 75835 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 10 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 75835
Section 75835
Status: in_force

If the land excluded from any district embraces the greater portion of any division or divisions of such district, the office of director for such division or divisions shall become and be vacant at the expiration of 10 days from the final order of the board excluding such lands. Such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled pursuant to Section 1780 of the Government Code.
Cal. WIC § 11328.8 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3.2 / Section 11328.8
Section 11328.8
Status: in_force

(a) The department, under the direction of the Health and Welfare Agency, the Chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges, and the State Department of Education shall each develop and implement regulations whereby any payment for education and training services from funds appropriated for the purposes of this article and delivered pursuant to Section 11322.6 by an entity contracting with a county shall be made in accordance with a competitively selected fixed unit price performance-based contract. Under these contracts, full payment shall not be considered earned until either of the following has occurred:

(1) The participant has successfully completed the education program.

(2) The participant has successfully completed the job training program and has been retained in unsubsidized employment for at least 180 days.

(b) Up to 70 percent of the fixed unit price for job training may be paid upon placement. At least 30 percent of the fixed unit price for job training shall be withheld for the followup during the 180-day retention period. Progress payments shall be made from this portion upon evidence of job retention at 30, 90, and 180 days. A pro rata share of the 70 percent payment shall be paid to the training provider if the participant fails to complete the training.

(c) The department may exempt county contracts for CalWORKs educational services from subdivisions (a) and (b) in instances where counties are unable to obtain educational services due to the absence of an available adult education program or the small number of CalWORKs referrals. The department, in conjunction with the State Department of Education, shall develop criteria for granting the exemptions from subdivisions (a) and (b). The departments shall also consider using funds set aside for CalWORKs educational services in the State Department of Education’s annual budget allocation or funds allocated to the State Department of Education for CalWORKs costs in the annual Budget Act, to pay for the costs of education contracts permitted by this subdivision.
Cal. PUC § 26210.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 26210.5
Section 26210.5
Status: in_force

The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable to any bond election held pursuant to this article. Wherever the words “county clerk” or “county elections official” appear in the Elections Code, the words “secretary of the board” shall be substituted, for the purposes of this article, and wherever the words “board of supervisors” appear in the Elections Code, the words “board of directors” shall be substituted, and wherever the words “district attorney or county counsel” appear in the Elections Code, the words “general counsel for the district” shall be substituted.
Cal. LAB § 1149.3 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 3.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 1149.3
Section 1149.3
Status: in_force

(a) In cases that the board is required to determine the specific amount of a monetary remedy before issuing a final board order pursuant to Section 1160.3, the determination shall be completed within one year of any board order finding unfair labor practice liability and directing the payment of a monetary remedy.

(b) In cases that a determination is made concerning the amount of a monetary remedy that is continuing to accrue as described in Section 1160.3, and the board is required to determine any additional portion of the monetary remedy that has accrued after a final decision on employer liability, the board shall process to final board order a decision concerning the additional amount or amounts owed within one year of a final decision on employer liability, unless the board certifies to the parties that there is good cause for exceeding this time limit and provides a reasoned explanation for the assertion of good cause. For purposes of this subdivision, “final decision on employer liability” means the date when a board order determining the specific amount of a monetary remedy owed by a respondent found to have engaged in an unfair labor practice becomes final because no appeal was sought or the date when a reviewing court dismisses an employer’s appeal or otherwise affirms the board’s order.

(c) If an employer’s liability and compliance proceedings are consolidated, the board shall act reasonably and without delay in reaching a final decision concerning the liability and amounts owed to workers, and shall explain to the parties any good cause for delay.
Cal. PROB § 4717 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.7 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 4717
Section 4717
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 24 hours of the arrival in the emergency department of a general acute care hospital of a patient who is unconscious or otherwise incapable of communication, the hospital shall make reasonable efforts to contact the patient’s agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient. A hospital shall be deemed to have made reasonable efforts, and to have discharged its duty under this section, if it does all of the following:

(1) Examines the personal effects, if any, accompanying the patient and any medical records regarding the patient in its possession, and reviews any verbal or written report made by emergency medical technicians or the police, to identify the name of any agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient.

(2) Contacts or attempts to contact any agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient, as identified in paragraph (1).

(3) Contacts the Secretary of State directly or indirectly, including by voice mail or facsimile, to inquire whether the patient has registered an advance health care directive with the Advance Health Care Directive Registry, if the hospital finds evidence of the patient’s Advance Health Care Directive Registry identification card either from the patient or from the patient’s family or authorized agent.

(b) The hospital shall document in the patient’s medical record all efforts made to contact any agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient.

(c) Application of this section shall be suspended during any period in which the hospital implements its disaster and mass casualty program, or its fire and internal disaster program.
Cal. BPC § 12305 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 12305
Section 12305
Status: in_force

The department shall use the standards of the state to certify similar standards and any dissimilar standards that are dependent on the values represented by the state standards. Copies of the standards that have been compared and certified against the state standards shall become working standards that shall be used in the certification, calibration, and sealing of county field standards, and in the certification, calibration, and sealing of measurement devices submitted by state and local government agencies or by industry.
Cal. PUC § 24451 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 6 / Section 24451
Section 24451
Status: in_force

Any person failing to comply with the requirements of Section 24550 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Cal. WIC § 14124.81 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3.5 / Section 14124.81
Section 14124.81
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall administer the provisions of Sections 14124.82 to 14124.86, inclusive, pertaining to the State Department of Health Care Services’ administration of the personal injury and workers’ compensation recovery programs.

(b) An attorney or the beneficiary, guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors of any of those, who are mandated under Section 14124.79 to report Medi-Cal involvement are excluded from any further remuneration benefits under Sections 14124.82 to 14124.86, inclusive.
Cal. ELEC § 13206 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 13206
Section 13206
Status: in_force

(a) (1) On the partisan ballot used in a direct primary election, immediately before or above the contest for President, the following words shall be printed on ballots of parties that require registration as a member of the party to vote in the party’s primary election:

“Party-Nominated Offices

Only voters registered as a member of the [name of party] may vote in this primary election for President and party committee.”

(2) In the same location, the following words shall be printed on ballots of parties that permit voters who have not disclosed a party preference to vote in the party’s primary:

“Party-Nominated Offices

Voters registered as a member of the [name of party] may vote in this primary election for President and party committee. Some parties may allow voters with no party preference to vote in the party’s primary election for President.”

(3) For voting systems that do not allow variance in instructions, the following words shall be printed:

“Party-Nominated Offices

Voters registered as a member of the same party as the candidates may vote in this primary election for President and party committee. Some parties may allow voters with no party preference to vote in the party’s primary election for President.”

(b) Before or above the first voter-nominated contest, the following words shall be printed:

“Voter-Nominated Offices

All voters may vote in these contests.

Candidates display a party preference (or None) for the information of voters. This is not a party endorsement or approval.”

(c) Before or above the first nonpartisan contest, or in the same area as the notice for voter-nominated offices, the following words shall be printed:

“Nonpartisan Offices

All voters may vote in these contests.

Candidates for these offices do not display a party preference.”
Cal. PRC § 25305.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 4 / Section 25305.1
Section 25305.1
Status: in_force

The commission shall report to the Legislature, to be included in each integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to Section 25302, regarding the progress made by each local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers in meeting the requirements of Section 9620 of the Public Utilities Code.
Cal. CIV § 4753 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 4753
Section 4753
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, “clothesline” includes a cord, rope, or wire from which laundered items may be hung to dry or air. A balcony, railing, awning, or other part of a structure or building shall not qualify as a clothesline.

(b) For the purposes of this section, “drying rack” means an apparatus from which laundered items may be hung to dry or air. A balcony, railing, awning, or other part of a structure or building shall not qualify as a drying rack.

(c) Any provision of a governing document, as defined in Section 4150, shall be void and unenforceable if it effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner’s ability to use a clothesline or drying rack in the owner’s backyard.

(d) (1) This section does not apply to provisions that impose reasonable restrictions on an owner’s backyard for the use of a clothesline or drying rack.

(2) For purposes of this section, “reasonable restrictions” are restrictions that do not significantly increase the cost of using a clothesline or drying rack.

(3) This section applies only to backyards that are designated for the exclusive use of the owner.

(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an association from establishing and enforcing reasonable rules governing clotheslines or drying racks.
Cal. BPC § 23450 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 23450
Section 23450
Status: in_force

As used in this article, “veteran” means any person who has served in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, or as an active nurse in the service of the American Red Cross, or in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps in time of war, or in any expedition of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who served in one of these services during the period September 16, 1940, to December 7, 1941, and received a discharge under conditions other than dishonorable.
Cal. PROB § 8484 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 8484
Section 8484
Status: in_force

If a personal representative petitions to have the amount of the bond reduced, the petition shall include an affidavit setting forth the condition of the estate and notice of hearing shall be given as provided in Section 1220.
Cal. FGC § 7852 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 7852
Section 7852
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a commercial fishing license to any resident who is 16 years of age or older, upon payment of a base fee of ninety-five dollars ($95) for each resident vessel crewmember or resident vessel operator.

(b) The department shall issue a commercial fishing license to any nonresident who is 16 years of age or older, upon payment of a base fee of two hundred eighty-five dollars ($285) for a nonresident vessel crewmember or nonresident vessel operator.

(c) The base fees specified in this section are applicable to the 2004 license year, and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.

(d) The commission shall adjust the amount of the fees specified in subdivision (c), as necessary, to fully recover, but not exceed, all reasonable administrative and implementation costs of the department and the commission relating to those licenses.

(e) Nothing in this section affects any other provision of law relating to the employment of minors.
Cal. FAC § 69034 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 69034
Section 69034
Status: in_force

Each member of the commission, except the ex officio members, shall have an alternate member to be elected in the same manner as the member. An alternate member shall, in the absence of the member for whom he is alternate, serve in place of the member on the commission, and shall have and be able to exercise all the rights, privileges, and powers of the member when serving on the commission. In the event of death, removal, resignation, or the disqualification of a member, the alternate shall act as a member on the commission until a successor is elected and has qualified.