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Cal. WAT § 12410 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 4.9 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 12410
Section 12410
Status: in_force

(a) The department, in consultation with the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall create, operate, and maintain a statewide integrated water data platform in accordance with Section 12415 and the following schedule:

(1) By January 1, 2018, the department shall do both of the following:

(A) Make public the protocols developed pursuant to Section 12406.

(B) Publish a strategic plan for data management to guide the implementation of this part.

(2) By April 1, 2018, the department shall release any request for proposals necessary for the development of a statewide integrated water data platform.

(3) (A) By September 1, 2019, the department shall make available existing water and ecological data held by state agencies on the platform.

(B) The department shall quarterly add the information described in subparagraph (A) not available as of September 1, 2019, that becomes available at a later date.

(4) (A) By August 1, 2020, the department shall make available on the platform available water and ecological data related to California water supply and management that is held by the following agencies:

(i) The United States Bureau of Reclamation.

(ii) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(iii) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(iv) The United States Geological Survey.

(v) The United States Forest Service.

(B) The department shall quarterly add the information described in subparagraph (A) not available as of August 1, 2020, that becomes available at a later date.

(5) By August 1, 2020, the department shall make available on the platform any other existing information listed in Section 12415.

(b) The department may partner with an existing nonprofit organization, with a new nonprofit organization that the department creates, organized under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of Title 26 of the United States Code, or with another state agency to create, operate, or maintain, or any combination thereof, the platform.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department may enter into an agreement with an existing nonprofit organization, with a new nonprofit organization that the department creates, organized under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of Title 26 of the United States Code, or with another state agency for that nonprofit organization or state agency to create, operate, or maintain, or any combination thereof, the platform.

(d) The Department of Technology is deemed to have delegated to the department any authority over the implementation of this part granted to it pursuant to Section 11546 of the Government Code.

(e) Nothing in subdivision (a) shall prevent a state agency from disseminating, managing, or publishing data separately from the platform.
Cal. HSC § 124650 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 124650
Section 124650
Status: in_force

The director shall establish in the department, a California Health Services Corps. The purpose of the corps is to make available health personnel to rural areas that are presently receiving inadequate health services. The corps shall consist of physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, dentists, vision care providers, and other health professionals, such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, dental hygienists, dental assistants, health educators, nutritionists, dietitians, health and nutrition aides, and other personnel as the director finds necessary to meet the purposes of the program.
Cal. FIN § 21413 — California Code / Code fin / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Section 21413
Section 21413
Status: in_force

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. HSC § 1357.10 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 3.1 / Section 1357.10
Section 1357.10
Status: in_force

The director may require a plan to discontinue the offering of contracts or acceptance of applications from any small employer or group with more than 50 employees upon a determination by the director that the plan does not have sufficient financial viability, or organizational and administrative capacity to assure the delivery of health care services to its enrollees. In determining whether the conditions of this section have been met, the director shall consider, but not be limited to, the plan’s compliance with the requirements of Section 1367, Article 6 (commencing with Section 1375), and the rules adopted thereunder.
Cal. HSC § 111640 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 111640
Section 111640
Status: in_force

The department shall make investigations or inspections authorized by Article 2 (commencing with Section 110410) of Chapter 2 as it deems necessary to carry out this chapter.
Cal. PCC § 20506 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 30 / Section 20506
Section 20506
Status: in_force

If the work of the improvement, or any part thereof, is executed by the city, then the amount appropriated and used from the special fund to pay the costs and expenses of the work or part thereof executed by the city shall not exceed the amount of the respective lowest valid bid received for such work or for such part thereof, or, if no bids have been received and the work of the improvement is executed by the city the amount appropriated and used from the special fund to pay the costs and expenses of such work shall not exceed the amount of the respective estimate thereof provided for in Section 18041 of the Streets and Highways Code. If such costs and expenses exceed the amount of the said bid, or of the said estimate in case no bids are received, then such excess cost and expense shall be paid out of any moneys in the general fund in the city treasury.
Cal. WAT § 13462 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6.1 / Section 13462
Section 13462
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.

The amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund and shall be disbursed by the department or the board in accordance with this chapter. Any money made available under this section to the department or the board shall be returned to the General Fund from money received from the sale of bonds. The withdrawals from the General Fund shall be returned to the General Fund with interest at the rate which would have otherwise been earned by those withdrawals in the Pooled Money Investment Fund.
Cal. FGC § 8190 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 8190
Section 8190
Status: in_force

(a) It is the policy of the State of California that the anchovy resource shall be managed in a manner which insures the continued abundance of the species. To that end, the department shall conduct, or have others conduct, annual anchovy egg-larvae surveys or any other annual surveys, research, and analyses necessary to insure that an accurate biomass estimate is made.

(b) This section shall become operative, and activities shall be carried out pursuant to this section only in the event, and to the extent, that funding is made available for such activities by the federal government.
Cal. PUC § 24244 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 24244
Section 24244
Status: in_force

This part shall not apply with respect to any accident occurring prior to the effective date of this part.
Cal. WAT § 70076 — California Code / Code wat / Division 19 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 70076
Section 70076
Status: in_force

The directors shall hold regular meetings on the second Monday of each and every month. Special meetings may be held when all members are present or may be ordered by a majority of the directors by an order in writing, signed by the directors calling such meeting. A one day’s notice of a special meeting must be given to the member of the board not joining in the order. All meetings must be held at the office of the district.
Cal. WAT § 8981 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 8981
Section 8981
Status: in_force

The warrants shall, unless sold or exchanged, be held by the Department of Finance until paid.
Cal. FAC § 77541 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 77541
Section 77541
Status: in_force

(a) There is in the state government the California Forest Products Commission. The commission is composed of 10 members.

(b) Three producers shall be elected by and from producers of 5,000,000 to 20,000,000, inclusive, board feet net Scribner Decimal C log rule, or the equivalent, thereof, in the preceding marketing year; three producers shall be elected by and from producers of between 20,000,001 to 100,000,000, inclusive, board feet net Scribner Decimal C log rule, or the equivalent, thereof, in the preceding marketing year; and three producers shall be elected by and from producers of over 100,000,000 board feet net Scribner Decimal C log rule, or the equivalent, thereof, in the preceding marketing year.

(c) One member shall be either a public member or an industry member, as determined by a majority of the producer members elected pursuant to subdivision (b). If the producer members determine that the member shall be a public member, the public member shall be appointed by the secretary from the nominees recommended by the producer members. If the producer members determine that the member shall be an industry member, the producers shall elect an industry member to the commission by majority vote.

(d) The secretary and other governmental officers, as determined by the commission, shall be ex officio members of the commission.

(e) The ex officio members are nonvoting members of the commission.
Cal. WAT § 11721 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 11721
Section 11721
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this part shall not constitute or be a debt, liability, or obligation of the State. Payment of both principal and interest of all such bonds shall be secured only by the rates, charges, and revenues established or accruing from the use or operation of the project and shall be made from such revenues or from such contributions or appropriations as may be made available under the terms of this part.
Cal. FIN § 1406 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 1406
Section 1406
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) “Creditor” includes, but is not limited to, a depositor.

(2) “Insolvency,” when used with respect to a bank, means that the bank is unable to pay its debts as they come due.

(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Any transaction authorized under Section 1463 or 1465.

(2) Any transaction made by a bank in the ordinary course of its business.

(c) No bank may pay or secure a creditor if the bank does so (1) after committing an act of insolvency or in contemplation of insolvency and (2) with a view to preventing the application of its assets in the manner prescribed in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 600) of Division 1 or with a view to the preference of one creditor to another.

(d) Any transaction made by a bank in violation of this section is void.
Cal. WAT § 24952 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 24952
Section 24952
Status: in_force

The board shall cause any surveys, examinations, and drawings, to be made which will furnish the proper basis for making an estimate of the amount of money necessary to be raised.
Cal. RTC § 7324 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 7324
Section 7324
Status: in_force

“Licensed supplier” includes any enterer, position holder, refiner, terminal operator, or throughputter that is licensed as a supplier pursuant to Section 7451.
Cal. WAT § 55800 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 55800
Section 55800
Status: in_force

Any portion or portions of a county containing unincorporated territory, or containing the whole or any portion of one or more incorporated cities, and not included in a district, may be added to any district as prescribed in this chapter.
Cal. SHC § 6449 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 6449
Section 6449
Status: in_force

Whenever a school district acquires property subject to a bond or bonds issued under the terms of this division for unpaid assessments against said property, the district may include in its annual tax levy, in addition to moneys for all other purposes, an amount sufficient to pay the annual payments of principal and interest due on said bond or bonds. Said tax levy may be made notwithstanding that the said tax levy exceeds the maximum tax rate which may otherwise be imposed by law. No school district shall levy the tax authorized by this section for a period in excess of five years with respect to a particular parcel of property.
Cal. PRC § 21080.11 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 2.6 / Section 21080.11
Section 21080.11
Status: in_force

This division shall not apply to settlements of title and boundary problems by the State Lands Commission and to exchanges or leases in connection with those settlements.
Cal. PRC § 14548 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.1 / Chapter 3 / Section 14548
Section 14548
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, “thermoform plastic container” means a plastic container, such as a clamshell, cup, drinking cup, pod, tub, lid, box, tray, egg carton, or similar rigid, nonbottle packaging, formed from sheets of extruded resin and used to package items such as fresh produce, baked goods, nuts, deli items, and nonbottle beverages. The term does not include any of the following:

(1) A lid or seal of a different material type from plastic.

(2) Thermoform plastic containers that are medical devices, medical products that are required to be sterile, prescription medicine, and packaging used for those products.

(3) A refillable thermoform plastic container that ordinarily would be returned to the manufacturer to be refilled and resold.

(4) A plastic beverage container subject to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14500)).

(5) A thermoform plastic container of a resin type for which the total amount of the resin type sold in California annually is either of the following:

(A) Less than 1,000,000 pounds for a resin type other than expanded polystyrene.

(B) Less than 40,000 pounds of expanded polystyrene.

(6) A thermoform plastic container that is designed to be composted and is eligible to be labeled “compostable” pursuant to Section 42357.

(b) In order to improve the quality and marketability of empty beverage containers collected for recycling in the state by curbside recycling programs, the department may, subject to the availability of funds, pay a quality incentive payment for thermoform plastic containers diverted from curbside recycling programs.

(c) The department may make a quality incentive payment pursuant to this section to any recycling center certified pursuant to this division.

(d) The department may make a quality incentive payment only for materials that are substantially free of contamination, recycled, and not disposed of after collection.

(e) The amount of the quality plastic incentive payment shall be up to one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per ton, as determined by the department.

(f) An operator of a certified recycling center receiving a quality incentive payment shall make available for inspection and review any relevant record that the department determines is necessary to verify the accuracy of data upon which the quality incentive payment is based and the operator’s or certified center’s compliance with any applicable regulation.

(g) The department may make only one quality incentive payment for each thermoform plastic container collected pursuant to this section.

(h) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
Cal. PRC § 21153 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 4 / Section 21153
Section 21153
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to completing an environmental impact report, every local lead agency shall consult with, and obtain comments from, each responsible agency, trustee agency, any public agency that has jurisdiction by law with respect to the project, and any city or county that borders on a city or county within which the project is located unless otherwise designated annually by agreement between the local lead agency and the city or county, and may consult with any person who has special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved. In the case of a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 21065, the local lead agency shall, upon the request of the project applicant, provide for early consultation to identify the range of actions, alternatives, mitigation measures, and significant effects to be analyzed in depth in the environmental impact report. The local lead agency may consult with persons identified by the project applicant who the applicant believes will be concerned with the environmental effects of the project and may consult with members of the public who have made written request to be consulted on the project. A request by the project applicant for early consultation shall be made not later than 30 days after the date that the determination required by Section 21080.1 was made with respect to the project. The local lead agency may charge and collect a fee from the project applicant in an amount that does not exceed the actual costs of the consultations.

(b) In the case of a project described in subdivision (a) of Section 21065, the lead agency may provide for early consultation to identify the range of actions, alternatives, mitigation measures, and significant effects to be analyzed in depth in the environmental impact report. At the request of the lead agency, the Office of Planning and Research shall ensure that each responsible agency, and any public agency that has jurisdiction by law with respect to the project, is notified regarding any early consultation.

(c) A responsible agency or other public agency shall only make substantive comments regarding those activities involved in a project that are within an area of expertise of the agency or that are required to be carried out or approved by the agency. Those comments shall be supported by specific documentation.
Cal. WAT § 31046 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31046
Section 31046
Status: in_force

A district may sell or lease the mineral or hydrocarbon rights in any land belonging to it when deemed by the board for the best interest of the district.
Cal. HSC § 24401 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 24401
Section 24401
Status: in_force

(a) Excited delirium shall not be recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in this state.

(b) A state or local government entity, or employee or contractor of a state or local government entity, shall not document, testify to, or otherwise use in any official capacity or communication excited delirium as a recognized medical diagnosis or cause of death.

(c) A coroner, medical examiner, physician, or physician assistant shall not state on the certificate of death, or in any report, that the cause of death was excited delirium. The term excited delirium and terms inclusive of excited delirium defined in Section 24400 shall not be listed anywhere on the death certificate.
Cal. PROB § 83 — California Code / Code prob / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 83
Section 83
Status: in_force

“Trust company” means an entity that has qualified to engage in and conduct a trust business in this state.
Cal. FGC § 1773.1 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 7.5 / Article 5 / Section 1773.1
Section 1773.1
Status: in_force

(a) The funds deposited in the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 18749) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code are to be used for the support of a competitive grant program to be established by the department for the purposes of the rehabilitation of injured, sick, or orphaned wildlife, and wildlife conservation education.

(b) A maximum of 5 percent of the funds allocated to the department may be used to defray the administrative expenses associated with administering the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
Cal. PRC § 12276 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.5 / Chapter 5 / Section 12276
Section 12276
Status: in_force

The department shall ensure that any entity acquiring a conservation easement acquired pursuant to this division has adequate funding for, or otherwise adequately provides for, easement monitoring pursuant to this division, and is able to enforce the easement if its provisions are not satisfied.
Cal. HSC § 111921.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 111921.5
Section 111921.5
Status: in_force

[Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 576, Sec. 10.   (AB 45)   Effective October 6, 2021.   Superseded on January 1, 2028; see amendment by Stats. 2025, Ch. 248.]
(a) Unless explicitly approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, industrial hemp shall not be included in products in any of the following categories:

(1) Medical devices.

(2) Prescription drugs.

(3) A product containing nicotine or tobacco.

(4) An alcoholic beverage.

(b) The department may prohibit the inclusion of industrial hemp in other products when it poses a risk to human or animal health through regulation.

(c) Cannabis and cannabis products are not subject to this section.

[Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 248, Sec. 34.   (AB 8)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Operative January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 111921.8.]
(a) Unless explicitly approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, industrial hemp shall not be included in products in any of the following categories:

(1) Medical devices.

(2) Prescription drugs.

(3) A product containing nicotine or tobacco.

(4) An alcoholic beverage.

(b) The department may prohibit the inclusion of industrial hemp in other products when it poses a risk to human or animal health through regulation.

(c) Cannabis and cannabis products are not authorized by this section.
Cal. WAT § 51340 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 51340
Section 51340
Status: in_force

When the operation and maintenance assessment roll or supplement has been completed by inserting the rate and assessment in columns (f) and (g), and an order has been entered providing for the payment of all or any part thereof, it shall be filed forthwith in the office of the county treasurer.