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Cal. WAT § 10620 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.6 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 10620
Section 10620
Status: in_force

(a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt an urban water management plan in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640).

(b) Every person that becomes an urban water supplier shall adopt an urban water management plan within one year after it has become an urban water supplier.

(c) An urban water supplier indirectly providing water shall not include planning elements in its water management plan as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630) that would be applicable to urban water suppliers or public agencies directly providing water, or to their customers, without the consent of those suppliers or public agencies.

(d) (1) An urban water supplier may satisfy the requirements of this part by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban water management planning where those plans will reduce preparation costs and contribute to the achievement of conservation, efficient water use, and improved local drought resilience.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), each urban water supplier shall develop its own water shortage contingency plan, but an urban water supplier may incorporate, collaborate, and otherwise share information with other urban water suppliers or other governing entities participating in an areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban water management plan, an agricultural management plan, or groundwater sustainability plan development.

(3) Each urban water supplier shall coordinate the preparation of its plan with other appropriate agencies in the area, including other water suppliers that share a common source, water management agencies, and relevant public agencies, to the extent practicable.

(e) The urban water supplier may prepare the plan with its own staff, by contract, or in cooperation with other governmental agencies.

(f) An urban water supplier shall describe in the plan water management tools and options used by that entity that will maximize resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions.
Cal. BPC § 6170 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 6170
Section 6170
Status: in_force

Any action of the State Bar or the Board of Trustees or a committee of the State Bar, or the chief executive officer of the State Bar or the designee of the chief executive officer, provided for in this article, may be reviewed by the Supreme Court by petition for review pursuant to rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.
Cal. FAC § 76954 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16 / Article 9 / Section 76954
Section 76954
Status: in_force

Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum.
Cal. HSC § 131075 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 112 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 131075
Section 131075
Status: in_force

The department may enjoin and abate public nuisances.
Cal. FAC § 65021 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 3 / Section 65021
Section 65021
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall annually select a chairperson and vice chairperson from its membership, to serve at the council’s pleasure, who, together with three other members selected annually by the council, shall constitute an executive committee.

(b) The executive committee shall have and exercise powers of the council as the council may delegate to it.
Cal. FAM § 3163 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 3163
Section 3163
Status: in_force

Courts shall develop local rules to respond to requests for a change of mediators or to general problems relating to mediation.
Cal. WAT § 12202 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 4.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 12202
Section 12202
Status: in_force

Among the functions to be provided by the State Water Resources Development System, in coordination with the activities of the United States in providing salinity control for the Delta through operation of the Federal Central Valley Project, shall be the provision of salinity control and an adequate water supply for the users of water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. If it is determined to be in the public interest to provide a substitute water supply to the users in said Delta in lieu of that which would be provided as a result of salinity control no added financial burden shall be placed upon said Delta water users solely by virtue of such substitution. Delivery of said substitute water supply shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10505 and Sections 11460 to 11463, inclusive, of this code.
Cal. PUC § 125541 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11.5 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 125541
Section 125541
Status: in_force

Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of that pension plan shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to that established system. The outstanding obligations and liabilities of that public utility by reason of that pension plan shall be considered and taken into account and allowance made therefor in the purchase price of that public utility. The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in this section and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district.
Cal. WIC § 19013 — California Code / Code wic / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 19013
Section 19013
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The department may cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both public and private, in providing the services authorized by this division to individuals with disabilities, in studying the problems involved therein, and in establishing, developing, and providing, in conformity with the purposes of this division, such programs, facilities, and services as may be necessary or desirable.

(2) Cooperation may include contracts and cost-sharing agreements, to the extent permitted by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112), as amended, and the implementing federal regulations.

(3) Within the scope of the federal Rehabilitation Act, through cooperative agreements with other public agencies, the department shall maximize the resources of each agency to better mutually serve individuals with disabilities through enhanced services. To provide these services, within the provisions of federal law, the department and other agencies shall share facilities, utilize existing eligibility and assessment information, participate in cross-training for agencies participating in cooperative programs, and engage in other cooperative activities to reduce duplication of services and to provide a new enhanced pattern of services for individuals with disabilities.

(b) The department may cooperate with the State Department of Education and with the state public postsecondary education system to provide instruction, individual counseling and guidance, and related rehabilitation services for eligible students with disabilities.

(c) The department may cooperate with school districts, with public secondary schools, and with the state public postsecondary education system to employ personnel to assist in the vocational orientation of students with disabilities.
Cal. WAT § 10929 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.11 / Chapter 3 / Section 10929
Section 10929
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The department shall review all notifications received pursuant to Section 10928.

(2) Upon the receipt of a notification pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10928, the department shall verify that the notifying entity has the appropriate authority under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 10927.

(3) Upon the receipt of a notification pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10928, the department shall do both of the following:

(A) Verify that each notification is complete.

(B) Assess the qualifications of the notifying party.

(b) If the department has questions about the completeness or accuracy of a notification, or the qualifications of a party, the department shall contact the party to resolve any deficiencies. If the department is unable to resolve the deficiencies, the department shall notify the party in writing that the notification will not be considered further until the deficiencies are corrected.

(c) If the department determines that more than one party seeks to become the monitoring entity for the same portion of a basin or subbasin, the department shall consult with the interested parties to determine which party will perform the monitoring functions. In determining which party will perform the monitoring functions under this part, the department shall follow the order in which entities are identified in Section 10927.

(d) The department shall advise each party on the status of its notification within three months of receiving the notification.
Cal. PRC § 5097.4 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 5097.4
Section 5097.4
Status: in_force

No archaelogical program conducted by the Department of Parks and Recreation shall impair, impede or delay any state construction project.
Cal. WAT § 12300 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 4.8 / Chapter 1 / Section 12300
Section 12300
Status: in_force

(a) The Delta Flood Protection Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys appropriated to the fund, including authorized proceeds from the sale of bonds, and all income derived from the investment of moneys that are in the fund.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate, in accordance with Section 12938, twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) each year through fiscal year 1998–99 to the Delta Flood Protection Fund from moneys deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code. It is further the intent of the Legislature to appropriate annually moneys in the Delta Flood Protection Fund to the department for expenditure and allocation, without regard to fiscal years, in the following amounts and for the following purposes:

(1) Six million dollars ($6,000,000) annually for local assistance under the delta levee maintenance subventions program pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980), and for the administration thereof.

(2) Six million dollars ($6,000,000) annually for special delta flood protection projects under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310) and subsidence studies and monitoring, and the administration thereof. These funds shall only be allocated for projects on Bethel, Bradford, Holland, Hotchkiss, Jersey, Sherman, Twitchell, and Webb Islands, and at other locations in the delta and for the Towns of Thornton and Walnut Grove and for approximately 12 miles of levees on islands bordering the Northern Suisun Bay from Van Sickle Island westerly to Montezuma Slough.

(3) Additional moneys as they may become available from proceeds from the sale of bonds issued by the state.

(c) Any moneys unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall revert to the Delta Flood Protection Fund and shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes specified in subdivision (b).

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent consistent with Sections 12314, 12987, and 78543, projects funded under subdivision (b) shall be consistent with the delta ecosystem restoration strategy of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.
Cal. WAT § 12929.27 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 7.7 / Article 3 / Section 12929.27
Section 12929.27
Status: in_force

(a) The City of Los Angeles shall submit a grant application to the department pursuant to Section 12929.21 for the purpose of implementing a voluntary water conservation program in the City of Los Angeles that benefits the ecosystem of Mono Lake.

(b) The voluntary water conservation program that is the subject of the grant application shall provide for all of the following:

(1) The use of community-based organizations, in cooperation and consultation with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, to carry out the program, and to perform water audits and provide and install residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural water conservation equipment in the service area of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in connection with the program.

(2) The training of community-based organizations that participate in the program and the training of persons who are selected by the organizations to perform water audits, install water conservation equipment, or perform other services in connection with the program.

(3) Notice of the program to the ratepayers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

(c) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power may not impose a charge on its ratepayers to pay for the water conservation program, except that it may impose a fee on the ratepayers who contract for the installation of water conservation equipment in connection with the program to pay for up to 20 percent of the cost of the equipment and the installation of the equipment.
Cal. VEH § 20012 — California Code / Code veh / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 20012
Section 20012
Status: in_force

All required accident reports, and supplemental reports, shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol, except that the Department of the California Highway Patrol or the law enforcement agency to whom the accident was reported shall disclose the entire contents of the reports, including, but not limited to, the names and addresses of persons involved or injured in, or witnesses to, an accident, the registration numbers and descriptions of vehicles involved, the date, time and location of an accident, all diagrams, statements of the drivers involved or occupants injured in the accident and the statements of all witnesses, to any person who may have a proper interest therein, including, but not limited to, the driver or drivers involved, or the guardian or conservator thereof, the parent of a minor driver, the authorized representative of a driver, or to any named person injured therein, the owners of vehicles or property damaged thereby, persons who may incur civil liability, including liability based upon a breach of warranty arising out of the accident, and any attorney who declares under penalty of perjury that he or she represents any of the above persons.

A request for a copy of an accident report shall be accompanied by payment of a fee, provided such fee shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the copy.
Cal. FAC § 62508 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 62508
Section 62508
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Norman S. Waters-Ruben S. Ayala Milk Producers’ Security Act of 1987.
Cal. PUC § 916 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 916
Section 916
Status: in_force

On or before November 30 of each year, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its rail safety activities.
Cal. INS § 10089.74 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8.9 / Section 10089.74
Section 10089.74
Status: in_force

(a) If the insurer notifies the department of the failure to resolve the dispute, the department shall notify the insured of the insured’s ability to request mediation and ask the insured whether the insured requests mediation. If the insured responds affirmatively, the department shall refer the dispute to mediation.

(b) If the insurer fails to give the required notice to the department prior to the expiration of the time limits set forth in Section 10089.72, the department shall notify the insured of the insured’s ability to request mediation and ask the insured whether the insured requests mediation. If the insured responds affirmatively, the department shall refer the dispute to mediation. The department may not refer a dispute to mediation if the matter turns upon any of the reasons or conditions set forth in Section 10089.70, relative to applicability, or if for other good cause the commissioner determines that mediation of the dispute is inappropriate.

(c) If the insured has filed a civil complaint, the insurer is excused from mediating under this chapter any claims or disputes involved in the civil action.
Cal. SHC § 1186 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 1186
Section 1186
Status: in_force

The interest on the bonds shall be payable annually. Each bond and each coupon shall bear the signature or facsimile printed signature of the chair of the board and of the clerk of the board of supervisors. The county treasurer shall, after reasonable notice, sell the bonds to the highest and best bidder, but not for less than par plus any accrued interest.
Cal. PROB § 19250 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 8 / Chapter 8 / Section 19250
Section 19250
Status: in_force

When a claim is filed, the trustee shall allow or reject the claim in whole or in part.
Cal. PROB § 1835.5 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1835.5
Section 1835.5
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days of the establishment of a conservatorship under this division, and annually thereafter, the superior court shall provide information to a conservatee under its jurisdiction, written in plain language, with a list of the conservatee’s rights within the conservatorship.

(b) The information to be provided shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The name and contact information of the conservator.

(2) A description of the conservatorship, including the rights the conservatee retains under the conservatorship.

(3) The role, duties, and contact information, including name, telephone number, address, and email address, of the court investigator and the court alternatives program.

(4) The person to petition to end or change the conservatorship and contact information for the person to contact to begin that process.

(5) A personalized list of rights that the conservatee retains, even under the conservatorship, including the rights to do all of the following:

(A) Directly receive and control their own salary.

(B) Make or change their will.

(C) Get married.

(D) Receive mail.

(E) Have visits from family and friends.

(F) Have a lawyer.

(G) Ask a judge to change conservators.

(H) Ask a judge to end the conservatorship.

(I) Vote, unless expressly withheld by the court.

(J) Control personal spending money if a judge permits an allowance to be paid directly to the conservatee.

(K) Make their own health care decisions.

(L) Enter into business transactions to provide for the conservatee’s basic needs and those of their children.

(M) Participate in other activities the court allows when the conservator is appointed, or when the court order later grants that right at the conservatee’s request.

(6) The personalized list of rights in paragraph (5) shall state which rights, if any, were expressly withheld by the court.
Cal. HNC § 1157.6 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1157.6
Section 1157.6
Status: in_force

(a) After the adoption of the first pilotage tariff pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1250), the board shall convene a committee to review the effectiveness of the revised ratesetting process and to gather stakeholder feedback for the purpose of developing a report for the board’s consideration. Upon adoption of the report by the board based on the findings of the committee, the board shall present and submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Governor, and to the Secretary of Transportation. The report shall be adopted by the board no later than December 31, 2027.

(b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2032.
Cal. SHC § 1398 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 1398
Section 1398
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may declare that it is necessary for the public convenience to construct a bridge across any body of water or swampland which lies in or extends into the county, and may prescribe the points between which such bridge will be built. Thereafter the board may let any contract to build the bridge, and pay for any such work out of the county general fund.
Cal. PUC § 13081 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 2 / Section 13081
Section 13081
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 11676 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.1 / Section 11676
Section 11676
Status: in_force

An overdose fatality review team may be comprised of, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Experts in the field of forensic pathology.

(b) Medical personnel with expertise in overdose fatalities.

(c) Coroners and medical examiners.

(d) District attorneys and city attorneys.

(e) County or local staff, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Behavioral health services staff.

(2) County counsel.

(3) Emergency medical services staff.

(4) Unhoused services staff.

(5) Medical care services staff.

(6) Medical examiner staff.

(7) Public health staff.

(f) County, local, state, and federal law enforcement personnel.

(g) Local drug trafficking experts.

(h) Public health or behavioral health experts.

(i) Drug treatment providers.

(j) Representatives of local health plans, nonprofits, religious, or other organizations who work with individuals at high risk of overdose fatalities.

(k) Local professional associations of persons described in this subdivision.

(l) Experts in the field of forensic toxicology.
Cal. SHC § 118.5 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 118.5
Section 118.5
Status: in_force

No parcel of property acquired by eminent domain for the purposes specified in Section 104 which, in its entirety, is found to be no longer necessary for such purposes shall be subject to public sale, unless an amount equal to the taxes which would have been paid by the owner had the property not been acquired by the state is transmitted by the department to the county auditor of the county in which the property is located. The amount of any payments made pursuant to Section 104.10 with respect to the property shall be deducted from the amount required to be transmitted pursuant to this section.

The money received by the county under this section shall be expended only for the purposes authorized by Article XIX of the California Constitution.
Cal. ELEC § 6796 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 6796
Section 6796
Status: in_force

Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall:

(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that she or he has examined them and stating the number of names that have not been marked “not sufficient.”

(b) Transmit the papers with the certificate of examination to the Secretary of State, who shall file the papers.