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Cal. INS § 1060 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1060
Section 1060
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall transmit all of the following to the Governor, the Legislature, and to the committees of the Senate and Assembly having jurisdiction over insurance in the annual report submitted pursuant to Section 12922:

(a) The names of the persons proceeded against under this article.

(b) Whether such persons have resumed business or have been liquidated or have been mutualized.

(c) Such other facts on the operations of the Conservation & Liquidation Office as will acquaint the Governor, the policyholders, creditors, shareholders and the public with his or her proceedings under this article, including, but not limited to:

(1) An itemization of the number of staff, total salaries of staff, a description of the compensation methodology, and an organizational flowchart.

(2) Annual operating goals and results.

(3) A summary of all Conservation and Liquidation Office costs, including an itemization of internal and external costs, and a description of the methodology used to allocate those costs among insurer estates.

(4) A list of all current insolvencies not closed within ten years of a court ordered liquidation, and a narrative explaining why each insolvency remains open.

(5) An accounting of total claims by estate.

(6) A list of current year and cumulative distributions by class of creditor for each estate.

(7) For each proceeding, the net value of the estate at the time of conservation or liquidation and the net value at the end of the preceding calendar year.

(d) Other facts on the operations of the individual estates as will acquaint the Governor, Legislature, policyholders, creditors, shareholders, and the public with his or her proceedings under this article, including, but not limited to:

(1) The annual operating goals and results.

(2) The status of the conservation and liquidation process.

(3) Financial statements, including current and cumulative distributions, comparing current calendar year to prior year.
Cal. HSC § 2832 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 2832
Section 2832
Status: in_force

The clerk of the board of supervisors shall immediately record a certified copy of the order in the office of the county recorder in which the district is situated and also file a certified copy with the Secretary of State. The district is then formed as a pest abatement district, with all of the rights, privileges, and powers set forth in this chapter, and those necessarily incident thereto.
Cal. HSC § 7054.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 7054.4
Section 7054.4
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, recognizable anatomical parts, human tissues, anatomical human remains, or infectious waste following conclusion of scientific use shall be disposed of by interment, incineration, or any other method determined by the state department to protect the public health and safety.

As used in this section, “infectious waste” means any material or article which has been, or may have been, exposed to contagious or infectious disease.
Cal. VEH § 21803 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 4 / Section 21803
Section 21803
Status: in_force

(a) The driver of any vehicle approaching any intersection which is controlled by a yield right-of-way sign shall, upon arriving at the sign, yield the right-of-way to any vehicles which have entered the intersection, or which are approaching on the intersecting highway close enough to constitute an immediate hazard, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to those vehicles until he or she can proceed with reasonable safety.

(b) A driver having yielded as prescribed in subdivision (a) may proceed to enter the intersection, and the drivers of all other approaching vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle entering or crossing the intersection.
Cal. HSC § 113984 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 113984
Section 113984
Status: in_force

(a) Adequate and suitable counter space shall be provided for all food preparation operations.

(b) Except as specified in subdivision (c), food preparation shall be conducted within a fully enclosed food facility.

(c) Limited food preparation shall be conducted within a food compartment or as approved by the enforcement agency. Subject to subdivision (g), this subdivision does not require an additional food compartment when adding ingredients to a beverage or dispensing into a serving container when the beverage is prepared for immediate service in response to an individual consumer order.

(d) Food shall be prepared with suitable utensils and on surfaces that, prior to use, have been cleaned, rinsed, and sanitized as specified in Section 114117 to prevent cross-contamination.

(e) Overhead protection shall be provided above all food preparation, food display, warewashing, and food storage areas.

(f) All food shall be thawed, washed, sliced, and cooled within an approved fully enclosed food facility.

(g) Based upon local environmental conditions, location, and other similar factors, the enforcement officer may establish additional structural or operational requirements, or both, for mobile food facilities as necessary to ensure that foods, food-contact surfaces, and utensils are of a safe and sanitary quality.
Cal. PUC § 101370 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 101370
Section 101370
Status: in_force

As used in this article the terms “change of organization” and “reorganization” shall have the meanings defined in Section 56021 and Section 56073, respectively, of the Government Code.
Cal. BPC § 21603 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 21603
Section 21603
Status: in_force

This article shall not apply to any of the following:

(a) Secondhand furniture merchants.

(b) Pawnbrokers.

(c) Secondhand car dealers or merchants in connection with automobile and motor vehicle sales agencies but not carried on and conducted in conjunction with a junk yard.

(d) Persons engaged in the business of selling new automobile tires or batteries or other equipment taking in part payment used articles of the same kind and thereafter selling or disposing of the same.

(e) Secondhand oil well supply and equipment dealers not conducting or carrying on their business in connection with a junk yard.

(f) Secondhand clothing merchants and ragpickers.
Cal. ELEC § 7628 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 7628
Section 7628
Status: in_force

Revocation or change of proxies shall be recognized by this committee on proxies and credentials only upon a personal request made by the member before the committee.
Cal. RTC § 19720 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 9 / Section 19720
Section 19720
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who does any of the following is liable for a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000):

(1) Utters, passes, or negotiates a state-issued income tax refund warrant generated as a result of the filing of a return knowing that the recipient is not entitled to the refund.

(2) Procures a state-issued income tax refund, in any form, generated as a result of the filing of a return knowing that the recipient is not entitled to the refund.

(3) Aids, abets, advises, encourages, or counsels any individual to utter, pass, or negotiate a state-issued income tax refund warrant, or to procure a state-issued income tax refund, in any form, generated as a result of the filing of a return, knowing that the recipient is not entitled to a refund.

(b) The fact that an individual’s name is endorsed to a state-issued refund warrant shall be prima facie evidence for all purposes that the refund warrant was actually signed by him or her.

(c) The penalty shall be recovered in the name of the people in any court of competent jurisdiction. Counsel for the Franchise Tax Board may, upon request of the district attorney or other prosecuting attorney, assist the prosecuting attorney in presenting the law or facts to recover the penalty at the trial of a criminal proceeding for violation of this section.

(d) The person is also guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of the court, together with costs of investigation and prosecution.

(e) Any individual guilty under this part shall be subject to Section 502.01 of the Penal Code.
Cal. HSC § 2048 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 2048
Section 2048
Status: in_force

(a)  The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all districts.

(b)  A board of trustees may adopt an ordinance establishing an employee relations system that may include, but is not limited to, a civil service system or a merit system.
Cal. SHC § 1184 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 1184
Section 1184
Status: in_force

The board may then issue the bonds of the division to the number and amount provided for in the election proceedings. The bonds shall be payable out of the funds of the division, and the money for the redemption of and the interest on the bonds shall be raised by taxation upon the property in the division. The total amount of bonds so issued shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the taxable property of the division as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the county.
Cal. WAT § 50001 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 50001
Section 50001
Status: in_force

“District” means any reclamation district formed pursuant to any law of this State prior to April 5, 1911, and any district formed pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 1, Title 8, Part 3 of the Political Code or pursuant to this division.
Cal. BPC § 8640 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 7 / Section 8640
Section 8640
Status: in_force

Payment, or the offer to pay, by any licensee or registered company to any party to a real estate transaction of any commission, bonus, rebate, or other thing of value as compensation or inducement for the referral to such licensee or registered company of pest control work arising out of such transaction is a ground for disciplinary action.
Cal. WAT § 50005 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 50005
Section 50005
Status: in_force

“Trustee” means a member of the board of trustees of a reclamation district.
Cal. PRC § 5786.19 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 5786.19
Section 5786.19
Status: in_force

(a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all districts.

(b) A board of directors may adopt an ordinance establishing an employee relations system which may include, but is not limited to, a civil service system or a merit system.

(c) With the prior permission of the board of supervisors of the principal county, or in the case of a district which contains no unincorporated territory with the prior permission of the city council, a board of directors may adopt an ordinance that makes the employees of the district subject to the employee relations system of the principal county or that city. The board of directors may adopt an ordinance that withdraws the employees of the district from the employee relations system of the principal county or that city. A district in which the employees of the district are subject to the employee relations system of the principal county or that city shall receive employee relations services at cost from the county or city.
Cal. FAC § 66521 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 66521
Section 66521
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meaning set forth hereafter unless otherwise apparent from the context.
Cal. WIC § 10068 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 10068
Section 10068
Status: in_force

The committee shall consist of the Director of the Health and Welfare Agency Data Center, who shall be the chair of the committee, the Director of Social Services, the Director of Health Services, the Director of Information Technology, the Controller, the Treasurer, a representative of the California State Association of Counties, one member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The committee shall provide for the participation of a technical advisory group comprised of representatives from the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors, the County Welfare Directors Association, the California Grocer’s Association, the California Retailer’s Association, the California Bankers Association, and agencies, organizations, and representatives of individuals who will use or be affected by an electronic benefits transfer system. A company or individual that participates in the committee or the advisory group shall not be eligible to bid for the provision of the electronic benefits transfer system.
Cal. FGC § 8180 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 8180
Section 8180
Status: in_force

In any district or part of a district lying south of a line drawn east and west through Point Mugu, anchovies may be taken in any quantity for bait or for human consumption in a fresh state, or, by contract with the department, for hatchery food, not to exceed 500 tons per year.
Cal. HSC § 11831.9 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.5 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 11831.9
Section 11831.9
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature recognizes that consumers with substance use disorders have disabling conditions, and that these consumers and their families are vulnerable and at risk of being easily victimized by fraudulent marketing practices that adversely impact the delivery of health care. To protect the health, safety, and welfare of this vulnerable population, an operator of a licensed alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility, as defined in Section 11834.02, or a certified alcohol or other drug program, shall not do any of the following:

(1) Make a false or misleading statement or provide false or misleading information about the entity’s products, goods, services, or geographical locations in its marketing, advertising materials, or media, or on its internet website or on a third-party internet website.

(2) Make a false or misleading statement or provide false or misleading information about medical treatments or medical services offered in its marketing, advertising materials, or media, or on its internet website, on a third-party internet website, or in its social media presence.

(3) Include on its internet website a picture, description, staff information, or the location of an entity, along with false contact information that surreptitiously directs the reader to a business that does not have a contract with the entity.

(4) Include on its internet website false information or an electronic link that provides false information or surreptitiously directs the reader to another internet website.

(b) The department may investigate an allegation of a violation of this section and, upon finding a violation of this section, or any regulation adopted to enforce this section, may impose one or more of the sanctions described in Section 11831.7 in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to that section.
Cal. FAC § 74891 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.7 / Article 4 / Section 74891
Section 74891
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the commission shall include, but are not limited to, all of those contained in this article.
Cal. HSC § 33486 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 16 / Section 33486
Section 33486
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of allocating taxes pursuant to Section 33670 and subject to the provisions of this article, redevelopment project areas under the jurisdiction of a redevelopment agency for which redevelopment plans have been adopted pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 33360), may be merged, without regard to contiguity of the areas, by the amendment of each affected redevelopment plan as provided in Article 12 (commencing with Section 33450). Before adopting the ordinance amending each affected redevelopment plan, the legislative body shall find, based on substantial evidence, that both of the following conditions exist:

(1) Significant blight remains within one of the project areas.

(2) This blight cannot be eliminated without merging the project areas and the receipt of property taxes.

(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), taxes attributable to each project area merged pursuant to this section that are allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 33670 may be allocated to the entire merged project area for the purpose of paying the principal of, and interest on, indebtedness incurred by the redevelopment agency to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, the merged redevelopment project.

(2) If the redevelopment agency has, prior to merger of redevelopment project areas, incurred any indebtedness on account of a constituent project area so merged, taxes attributable to that area that are allocated to the agency pursuant to Section 33670 shall be first used to comply with the terms of any bond resolution or other agreement pledging the taxes from the constituent project area.

(c) After the merger of redevelopment projects pursuant to subdivision (a), the clerk of the legislative body shall transmit a copy of the ordinance amending the plans for projects to be merged to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies that receives property taxes from or levies property taxes upon any property in the project.
Cal. INS § 12880.4 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 9 / Section 12880.4
Section 12880.4
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the commissioner shall have reason to believe that a person has engaged or is engaging in this state in a violation of this part, and that a proceeding by the commissioner in respect thereto would be to the interest of the public, he or she shall issue and serve upon that person an order to show cause containing a statement of the charges in that respect, a statement of that person’s potential liability under this part, and a notice of a hearing thereon to be held at a time and place fixed therein, which shall not be less than 30 days after the service thereof, for the purpose of determining whether the commissioner should issue an order to that person to pay the penalty imposed by Section 12880.3 and to cease and desist those methods, acts, or practices, or any of them, that violate this part.

(b) If the charges or any of them are found to be justified, the commissioner shall issue and cause to be served upon that person an order requiring that person to pay the penalty imposed by Section 12880.3 and to cease and desist from engaging in those methods, acts, or practices found to be in violation of this part.

(c) The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except that the hearings may be conducted by an administrative law judge in the administrative law bureau when the proceedings involve a common question of law or fact with another proceeding arising under other Insurance Code sections that may be conducted by administrative law bureau administrative law judges. The commissioner and the appointed administrative law judge shall have all the powers granted under the Administrative Procedure Act.

(d) The person is entitled to have the proceedings and the order reviewed by means of any remedy provided by Section 12940 or by the Administrative Procedure Act.
Cal. HSC § 50610 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 5.6 / Section 50610
Section 50610
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023.
Cal. FAC § 32767 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 32767
Section 32767
Status: in_force

No manufactured product of milk or cream or product resembling a milk product may be destroyed by the director without due notice to the owner of the product, and a hearing before the director or an officer designated by him.
Cal. BPC § 11242.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 11242.1
Section 11242.1
Status: in_force

(a) The assurance specified in Section 11241 and, if applicable, the assurance specified in Section 11242, shall be delivered to the trustee or an escrow depository acceptable to the department along with an executed copy of the subsidization contract and instructions to the escrow depository signed by the developer and on behalf of the association. The instructions shall provide for both of the following:

(1) The escrow agent shall not release or exonerate the security device until it has received written notice from the association that the developer has faithfully performed all of the developer’s obligations under the subsidization contract, if applicable, and the escrow agent has received the written notices specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 11241.

(2) If there is a dispute between the developer and the association with respect to the questions of satisfaction of the conditions for exoneration or release of the security, the issue or issues shall, at the request of either party, be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association or another third-party arbitration organization selected by the parties and in accordance with Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(b) Any fee to initiate arbitration shall be submitted by the developer. The costs of arbitration shall be borne by the party as determined by the arbitrator.

(c) The agreement for the deficit subsidy, described in subdivision (a) of Section 11241, and the agreement for the buy down subsidy, described in subdivision (a) of Section 11242 may, at the option of the developer, be contained in one instrument.
Cal. SHC § 27556 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 18 / Article 3 / Section 27556
Section 27556
Status: in_force

Except for the necessity to finance its interim system of buses and ferries, as described in Section 27551, or the necessity to finance capital improvements or modifications relating to seismic safety of the bridge, the district shall not issue general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or any other form of long-term indebtedness.
Cal. LAB § 7983 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 7983
Section 7983
Status: in_force

The main fan line used for ventilation in any tunnel or underground mine classified extrahazardous shall contain a cutoff switch capable of halting all machinery underground automatically should the fan fail or its performance fall below minimum power needed to maintain a safe atmosphere.