Cal. EDC § 54746.5 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 29 / Chapter 9 / Article 7.1 / Section 54746.5
Section 54746.5
Status: in_force

(a) Local education agencies that are applying to operate a Cal-SAFE program pursuant to Section 54749 but which are not in full compliance may submit a timeline and a corrective action plan for approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on a case-by-case basis to extend, to no later than June 30, 2002, a waiver from implementation of the child care and development requirements set forth in paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 54745 and in subdivision (c) of Section 54746.

(b) Local education agencies that are applying to operate a Cal-SAFE program pursuant to Section 2551.3 but are not in full compliance may submit a timeline and a corrective action plan for approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on a case-by-case basis to extend, to no later than June 30, 2002, a waiver from implementation of the child care and development physical environment requirements pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 54746, and as set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 101238 of, Section 101238.2 of, subdivision (a) of Section 101238.3 of, subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 101238.4 of, subdivisions (e), (h), and (j) of Section 101239 of, and paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 101239.2 of, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

(c) If the Superintendent of Public Instruction finds that a local education agency that has submitted a timeline and a corrective action plan pursuant to this section has not complied with all provisions of the corrective action plan as approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the local education agency shall be ineligible for any funding pursuant to Section 2551.3 after the date of mailing of the written notification of noncompliance to the local education agency.

(d) For teachers in Cal-SAFE child care programs operated pursuant to Section 54749, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive the qualification requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 54746 for the 2001–02 fiscal year if the superintendent determines that the existence of compelling need is appropriately documented and the applicant is making satisfactory progress toward securing a permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

(e) For teachers in Cal-SAFE child care programs operated pursuant to Section 2551.3, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive the qualification requirements of paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 54746 until June 30, 2002, if the superintendent determines that the existence of compelling need is appropriately documented and the applicant is making satisfactory progress toward securing a permit issued by the Commission of Teacher Credentialing.
Cal. GOV § 20097 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 20097
Section 20097
Status: in_force

The board shall maintain its office in the City of Sacramento. A quorum of the board is seven members. The board shall elect a president from its membership.
Cal. GOV § 8588.15 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 8588.15
Section 8588.15
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall appoint representatives of the access and functional needs population to serve on the evacuation, sheltering, communication, recovery, and other pertinent Standardized Emergency Management System committees, including one representative to the Technical Working Group. At least a majority of appointees shall be representatives of the groups specified in paragraphs (1) through (3). Remaining appointees shall be representatives of the access and functional needs population and shall, to the extent practicable, represent the groups specified in paragraphs (1) through (3), as follows:

(1) Persons who are blind or visually impaired.

(2) Persons with sensory or cognitive disabilities.

(3) Persons with physical disabilities.

(b) Within the Standardized Emergency Management System structure, the director shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the needs of the access and functional needs population are met by ensuring all committee recommendations regarding preparedness, planning, and procedures relating to emergencies include the needs of the access and functional needs population.

(c) The director shall prepare and disseminate sample brochures and other relevant materials on preparedness, planning, and procedures relating to emergency evacuations that include the needs of the access and functional needs population, and shall work with nongovernmental associations and entities to make them available in accessible formats, including, but not limited to, Braille, large print, and electronic media.

(d) The director and the State Fire Marshal’s office shall seek research funding to assist in the development of new technologies and information systems that will assist in the evacuation of the groups designated in subdivision (a) during emergency and disaster situations.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this section and to the extent permitted by federal law, that funds may be used from the Federal Trust Fund from funds received from the federal Department of Homeland Security for implementation of homeland security programs.
Cal. EDC § 56836.144 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 30 / Chapter 7.2 / Article 2.2 / Section 56836.144
Section 56836.144
Status: in_force

(a) For the 2020–21 and 2021–22 fiscal years, the Superintendent shall calculate allocations to special education local plan areas based on the average daily attendance reported for the special education local plan area for the fiscal year in which the computation is made, the most recent prior fiscal year, or the second most recent prior fiscal year, whichever is greatest.

(b) Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall calculate special education funding allocations based on the average daily attendance reported for each local educational agency and charter school that is a local educational agency for purposes of special education accountability pursuant to Section 47641 for the fiscal year in which the computation is made, the most recent prior fiscal year, or the second most recent prior fiscal year, whichever is greatest.

(c) Commencing with the 2022–23 fiscal year, if a charter school becomes a local educational agency for purposes of special education accountability, the average daily attendance reported for the charter school in the year the computation is made, the most recent prior fiscal year, and the second most recent prior fiscal year shall be attributed to the charter school.
Cal. EDC § 41930 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 24 / Chapter 5 / Article 14 / Section 41930
Section 41930
Status: in_force

As used in this article the term “project” means any major, localized, undertaking by or under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Water Resources, or by or under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Water Resources and the federal government, jointly, which has a duration, estimated by the Director of the Department of Water Resources, of more than three years.
Cal. EDC § 48980.5 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 48980.5
Section 48980.5
Status: in_force

(a) The notification required pursuant to Section 48980 for the parents or guardians of pupils admitted to, or advancing to, grades 11 and 12 shall include information on local apprenticeship programs and preapprenticeship programs as follows:

(1) A school district shall use the database of registered program sponsors provided on the internet website of the Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Apprenticeship Standards.

(2) A school district may use contact information contained in the Division of Apprenticeship Standard’s database to obtain information or materials, including, but not limited to, pamphlets or brochures.

(b) If a school district maintains an internet website, the school district shall make the Division of Apprenticeship Standards’ database accessible through a direct link on its internet website.

(c) The notification sent pursuant to subdivision (a) shall conform to the notification requirements outlined in this article.
Cal. GOV § 22787 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 22787
Section 22787
Status: in_force

“System” means the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
Cal. GOV § 12628 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 8.2 / Section 12628
Section 12628
Status: in_force

Each organization shall provide an informational document, in English, to each student, host family, and designated school official in which the student is being placed. The informational document shall be provided before placement of the student in any host family or school district and shall include the following:

(a) An explanation of services to be performed by the organization for the student, host family, and the school district in which the student will be enrolled.

(b) A summary of the requirements of this chapter and any regulations adopted thereto.

(c) Telephone numbers that the student, host family, and school district may call for assistance. The telephone numbers shall include, at a minimum, a telephone number in this state for the organization and the telephone numbers of the organization’s national headquarters, if any, the USIA, and the Attorney General.
Cal. GOV § 11415.60 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 4 / Section 11415.60
Section 11415.60
Status: in_force

(a) An agency may formulate and issue a decision by settlement, pursuant to an agreement of the parties, without conducting an adjudicative proceeding. Subject to subdivision (c), the settlement may be on any terms the parties determine are appropriate. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no evidence of an offer of compromise or settlement made in settlement negotiations is admissible in an adjudicative proceeding or civil action, whether as affirmative evidence, by way of impeachment, or for any other purpose, and no evidence of conduct or statements made in settlement negotiations is admissible to prove liability for any loss or damage except to the extent provided in Section 1152 of the Evidence Code. Nothing in this subdivision makes inadmissible any public document created by a public agency.

(b) A settlement may be made before or after issuance of an agency pleading, except that in an adjudicative proceeding to determine whether an occupational license should be revoked, suspended, limited, or conditioned, a settlement may not be made before issuance of the agency pleading. A settlement may be made before, during, or after the hearing.

(c) A settlement is subject to any necessary agency approval. An agency head may delegate the power to approve a settlement. The terms of a settlement may not be contrary to statute or regulation, except that the settlement may include sanctions the agency would otherwise lack power to impose.
Cal. GOV § 22970.86 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 8 / Chapter 12 / Section 22970.86
Section 22970.86
Status: in_force

(a) Distributions from the plan shall be made as soon as practicable after the first valuation date immediately following the date of the request for distribution calculated based upon the valuation date immediately preceding the distribution.

(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13100) of Part 1 of Division 8 of the Probate Code or any other law to the contrary, the death benefit payable under the plan may be requested by the beneficiary and paid as soon as practicable following receipt of proof of the participant’s death.
Cal. GOV § 21424 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 21424
Section 21424
Status: in_force

The nonindustrial disability retirement pension for state miscellaneous or state industrial service subject to Section 21076 or 21076.5 shall be one of the following:

(a) Ninety percent of one-eightieth of his or her final compensation, multiplied by the number of years of service credited to him or her.

(b) If the nonindustrial disability retirement allowance computed under subdivision (a) does not exceed one-third of his or her final compensation, 90 percent of one-eightieth of his or her final compensation multiplied by the number of years of service that would be creditable to him or her if his or her service were to continue until attainment by him or her of the age of 65 years, but in that case the retirement allowance may not exceed one-third of the final compensation. This subdivision is not applicable to members who have not been credited, at the time of retirement, with at least 10 years of state service.

(c) If the nonindustrial disability retirement allowance is derived from this section and Section 21423, and would otherwise exceed the maximums provided by these sections, the pension payable with respect to each section shall be reduced in the same proportion as the allowance bears to the total allowance computed as if there were no limit, so that the total of the pensions shall equal the maximum allowed.

(d) If qualified for service retirement, the member shall receive his or her service retirement allowance if that allowance is greater than the nonindustrial disability retirement allowance provided by this section.
Cal. GOV § 8609.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 9.8 / Section 8609.1
Section 8609.1
Status: in_force

Any disaster preparedness or response official may be specifically identified by name and title in any disaster, contingency, or business continuity plan developed pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99 if such a plan incorporates aspects of any contingency plan previously developed regarding potential oil spills or toxic disasters pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 8574.1) and Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 8574.16).
Cal. GOV § 19849.15 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 2.6 / Chapter 2 / Article 4.5 / Section 19849.15
Section 19849.15
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 22846, the state employer shall, upon the death of an employee while in state service, continue to pay employer contributions for health, dental, and vision benefits for a period not to exceed 120 days beginning in the month of the employee’s death. The surviving spouse or other eligible family member shall be advised of all rights and obligations during this period regarding the continuation of health and dental benefits as an annuitant by the Public Employees’ Retirement System. The surviving spouse or other eligible family member shall also be notified by the department during this period regarding COBRA rights for the continuation of vision benefits.

(b) This section shall apply to state employees in state bargaining units that have agreed to this section in a memorandum of understanding, state employees excluded from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, and officers or employees of the executive branch of state government who are not members of the civil service.
Cal. EDC § 51744 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 28 / Chapter 5 / Article 5.5 / Section 51744
Section 51744
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that by offering a range of quality educational options, including classroom-based, hybrid, and nonclassroom-based programs, local educational agencies can better tailor instruction to pupils, thereby improving academic outcomes while maximizing enrollment.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that local educational agencies offer educational programs that best serve the needs of their pupils.

(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature to encourage local educational agencies, when adopting a written policy pursuant to Section 51747 or 51749.5, to consider offering more than one independent study model for short- and long-term placements in accordance with Sections 51747, 51747.5, and 51749.6.
Cal. EDC § 48002 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 48002
Section 48002
Status: in_force

The parent or guardian of a child shall, prior to the admission of the child to the kindergarten or first grade of a school district, present proof to the authorities of the district evidencing that the child is of the minimum age fixed by law for admission thereto. The method of proof of age shall be prescribed by the governing board, and the evidence may be in the form of a certified copy of a birth record or a statement by the local registrar or a county recorder certifying the date of birth, or a baptism certificate duly attested, or a passport, or, when none of the foregoing is obtainable, an affidavit of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the minor, or any other appropriate means of proving the age of the child as prescribed by the governing board of the school district.
Cal. GOV § 12440.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 12440.4
Section 12440.4
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2015–16 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2015 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2015, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), there is hereby continuously appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, unallocated special funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds and unallocated nongovernmental cost funds, and any other fund from which state employees are compensated, the amount necessary for the payment of compensation and employee benefits to state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding until the Budget Act of 2015 is enacted. The Controller may expend an amount no greater than necessary to enable the Controller to compensate state employees covered by the above memoranda of understanding for work performed between July 1, 2015, of the 2015–16 fiscal year, and the enactment of the Budget Act of 2015.

(b) If the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive) are in effect and approved by the Legislature, the compensation and contribution for employee benefits for state employees represented by these bargaining units shall be at a rate consistent with the applicable memorandum of understanding referenced above.

(c) Expenditures related to any warrant drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) are not augmentations to the expenditure authority of a department. Upon the enactment of the Budget Act of 2015, these expenditures shall be subsumed by the expenditure authority approved in the Budget Act of 2015 for each affected department.

(d) This section shall only apply to an employee covered by the terms of State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive), State Bargaining Unit 9 (effective July 2, 2013, to July 1, 2015, inclusive), and State Bargaining Units 6 and 12 (effective July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive) memoranda of understanding. Notwithstanding Section 3517.8, this section shall not apply after the term of the memoranda of understanding have applied. For purposes of this section, the memoranda of understanding have expired. For purposes of this section, the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 7, 16, 18, and 19 expire on July 1, 2016, and the memoranda of understanding for State Bargaining Units 6, 9, and 12 expire on July 1, 2015.
Cal. EDC § 41371 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 24 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 41371
Section 41371
Status: in_force

If at the end of any fiscal year during which the schools of a school district have been maintained for the period required or permitted by law, there is standing to the credit of the district an unexpended balance of money received from the State School Fund, it may be expended for the payment of claims against the district outstanding, or it may be expended during the succeeding fiscal year.
Cal. GOV § 22897 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 22897
Section 22897
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a contracting agency and the employees’ exclusive representative may agree that the employer contribution for postretirement health benefit coverage for an employee subject to this section shall be based on the employee’s completed years of service credited with the contracting agency at retirement, with the contracting agency paying no employer contribution for the first 15 years of that credited service and paying 100 percent of the employer contribution for employees with credited service of 15 years or more.

This section applies only to the North Orange County Community College District and the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, only with regard to the employees of those agencies who are first hired on or after July 1, 1993.

(b) An agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall provide that the employer contribution for a part-time employee, with 20 years or more of credited service with the contracting agency, shall be 100 percent of the employer contribution.
Cal. EDC § 33479.4 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 2 / Part 20 / Chapter 3 / Article 13.5 / Section 33479.4
Section 33479.4
Status: in_force

A school may hold an informational meeting before the start of each athletic season for all ages of competitors regarding the symptoms and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. In addition to pupils, parents, coaches, and other school officials, informational meetings may include physicians, pediatric cardiologists, athletic trainers, and authorized persons.
Cal. GOV § 22980 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 9 / Section 22980
Section 22980
Status: in_force

(a) If a correctional officer who was injured as a result of an incident at a state prison and subsequently retired from state employment and sustained an injury as the result of a work-related event that arose out of and in the course of his or her official duties as a correctional officer at a state prison, before January 1, 1984, and that meets the definition of a bloodborne infectious disease contained in Section 3212.8 of the Labor Code, and a dependent or former dependent of that person contracts the bloodborne infectious disease from that correctional officer, the dependent or former dependent may elect to receive health care benefits sufficient to cover all medically necessary health care costs associated with the disease, for the duration of the disease. The state shall contribute the cost of providing that benefit coverage from the General Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature. The dependent’s or former dependent’s health care coverage shall cease if that person is subsequently employed by an agency that provides health care coverage under the Public Employees’ Retirement System.

(b) If the dependent or former dependent elects to receive benefits pursuant to this section that do not already exist, his or her election shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of the dependent or former dependent against the employer of the employee or former employer of the annuitant and the dependent or former dependent may not bring a civil action against the state.

(c) If the dependent or former dependent does not elect to receive benefits pursuant to this section, as specified in subdivision (a), the dependent or former dependent shall retain the right to pursue all civil remedies otherwise allowed by law, and shall not be subject to a defense that the dependent’s or former dependent’s claim is barred by this section.

(d) For purposes of this section, “former dependent” means a person who was diagnosed with a bloodborne infectious disease, on or after January 1, 1990, which was contracted from a correctional officer who comes within the description of subdivision (a) and is covered under Section 3212.8 of the Labor Code while a dependent of that person, but the dependency relationship has terminated.

(e) For purposes of this section, “dependent” has the meaning provided by Section 17056 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section apply retroactively.

(g) The Board of Directors of the State Compensation Insurance Fund shall administer this benefit.

(h) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2009.
Cal. CIV § 799.22 — California Code / Code civ / Division 2 / Part 2 / Title 2 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 1 / Section 799.22
Section 799.22
Status: in_force

“Defaulting occupant” means an occupant who fails to pay for his or her occupancy in a park or who fails to comply with reasonable written rules and regulations of the park given to the occupant upon registration.
Cal. EDC § 60200.2 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 33 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 60200.2
Section 60200.2
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the findings authorized under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 60200, if the state board finds that the use of a commercial brand name, product, or corporate or company logo in an instructional material is authorized under a contract entered into under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35182.5 as added by Assembly Bill 117 of the 1999–2000 Regular Session, the state board may allow the use of that instructional material.

(b) This section shall become operative only if Section 35182.5 as proposed by Assembly Bill 117 of the 1999–2000 Regular Session is enacted and takes effect.
Cal. EDC § 45061.5 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 25 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 45061.5
Section 45061.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district that collects or deducts dues, agency fees, fair share fees, or any other fee or amount of money from the salary of a certificated employee for the purpose of transmitting the money to an employee organization shall transmit the money to the employee organization within 15 days of issuing the paycheck containing the deduction to the employee.

(b) (1) This section does not limit the right of an employee organization or affected employee to sue for a failure of the employer to transmit dues or fees pursuant to this section.

(2) In an action brought for a violation of subdivision (a), the court may award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party if any party to the action requests attorney fees and costs.

(c) A school district or county office of education may not request, and the State Board of Education may not grant, a waiver of compliance with this section.
Cal. CCP § 337.5 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 337.5
Section 337.5
Status: in_force

Within 10 years:

(a) An action upon any general obligation bonds or coupons, not secured in whole or in part by a lien on real property, issued by any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district (including school districts), or other political subdivision of the State of California.

(b) An action upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States or of any state within the United States.
Cal. GOV § 12955.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2.8 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 12955.6
Section 12955.6
Status: in_force

Nothing in this part shall be construed to afford to the classes protected under this part, fewer rights or remedies than the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-430) and its implementing regulations (24 C.F.R. 100.1 et seq.), or state law relating to fair employment and housing as it existed prior to the effective date of this section. Any state law that purports to require or permit any action that would be an unlawful practice under this part shall to that extent be invalid. This part may be construed to afford greater rights and remedies to an aggrieved person than those afforded by federal law and other state laws.
Cal. EDC § 45223 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 25 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 45223
Section 45223
Status: in_force

The governing board of a school district whose average daily attendance is less than 3,000 may, by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, adopt the procedure set forth in Article 6 (commencing with Section 45240) of this chapter. The motion or a resolution for adoption of the system shall specify the date that the provisions of Article 6 shall be applicable to the classified employees of the district, which shall not be later than July 1 next following the date of adoption.
Cal. CCP § 329 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 329
Section 329
Status: in_force

The time within which an action for the foreclosure of a lien securing an assessment against real property for street improvements, the proceedings for which are prescribed by legislation of any political unit other than the state, may be commenced, shall be two years from and after the date on which the assessment, or any bond secured thereby, or the last installment of the assessment or bond, shall be due, or, as to existing rights of action not heretofore barred, one year after the effective date hereof, whichever time is later. After that time, if the lien has not been otherwise removed, the lien ceases to exist and the assessment is conclusively presumed to be paid. The official having charge of the records of the assessment shall mark it “Conclusively presumed paid,” if, at the expiration of the time within which such action might be brought he has received no written notice of the pendency of the action.
Cal. GOV § 20990 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 4 / Section 20990
Section 20990
Status: in_force

A member is absent on military service when he or she is absent from state service by reason of service with the uniformed services. Uniformed services means the Armed Forces of the United States of America, the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training or full-time National Guard duty, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and any other category of persons designated by the President in time of war or emergency.

Service in the uniformed services means the performance of duty on a voluntary or involuntary basis in a uniformed service under competent authority and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty training, and a period for which a member is absent from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the member to perform any duty.

The system shall comply with Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 4301) of Title 38 of the United States Code, as that chapter may be amended from time to time.
Cal. EDC § 48293 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 48293
Section 48293
Status: in_force

(a) Any parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of any pupil who fails to comply with this chapter, unless excused or exempted therefrom, is guilty of an infraction and shall be punished as follows:

(1) Upon a first conviction, by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(2) Upon a second conviction, by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, if the person has willfully refused to comply with this section, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). In lieu of imposing the fines prescribed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the court may order the person to be placed in a parent education and counseling program.

(b) A judgment that a person convicted of an infraction be punished as prescribed in subdivision (a) may also provide for the payment of the fine within a specified time or in specified installments, or for participation in the program. A judgment granting a defendant time to pay the fine or prescribing the days of attendance in a program shall order that if the defendant fails to pay the fine, or any installment thereof, on the date that it is due, or fails to attend a program on a prescribed date, he or she shall appear in court on that date for further proceedings. Willful violation of the order is punishable as contempt.

(c) The court may also order that the person convicted of the violation of subdivision (a) immediately enroll or reenroll the pupil in the appropriate school or educational program and provide proof of enrollment to the court. Willful violation of an order under this subdivision is punishable as civil contempt with a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000). An order of contempt under this subdivision shall not include imprisonment.
Cal. GOV § 21073.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 21073.7
Section 21073.7
Status: in_force

(a) A member subject to the Second Tier benefits provided in Section 21076 or 21077 who is employed by the state on or after January 1, 2000, may make an irrevocable election, to be filed with the board, to be subject to the First Tier benefits provided in Section 21354.1 and to make the contributions specified in Section 20677. An election to be subject to Section 21354.1 may be made at any time prior to retirement and shall be signed by the member’s spouse. An election shall be effective the first day of the month following the date the election is received by the system and shall be applicable to state service rendered on and after that date. However an election made by a member who retires prior to or on the first day of the month following the system’s receipt of the election shall be effective one day prior to the effective date of the member’s retirement.

(b) A member who is employed by the state on or after January 1, 2000, with past service credited under the Second Tier may make an irrevocable election, at any time prior to retirement, to have his or her past Second Tier service credited under Section 21354.1 by making contributions specified in Section 21073.1. This subdivision shall not apply to a Second Tier member eligible to make the election provided in subdivision (a) until after the effective date of that election.

(c) A member subject to modified First Tier benefits pursuant to Section 21353.5 shall become subject to Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable, and make contributions as specified in Section 20677. The member’s past service and contributions credited as modified First Tier under Section 21353.5 shall be converted to First Tier service and contributions and shall be subject to Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable. Contributions previously credited as modified First Tier and withdrawn by the member may be redeposited under the conditions specified in Section 20750, with the service credit and contributions subject to Section 21353 or 21354.1, as applicable.

(d) Operation and application of this section is subject to the limitations set forth in Section 21251.13.
Cal. EDC § 48917 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 48917
Section 48917
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board, upon voting to expel a pupil, may suspend the enforcement of the expulsion order for a period of not more than one calendar year and may, as a condition of the suspension of enforcement, assign the pupil to a school, class, or program that is deemed appropriate for the rehabilitation of the pupil. The rehabilitation program to which the pupil is assigned may provide for the involvement of the pupil’s parent or guardian in his or her child’s education in ways that are specified in the rehabilitation program. A parent or guardian’s refusal to participate in the rehabilitation program shall not be considered in the governing board’s determination as to whether the pupil has satisfactorily completed the rehabilitation program.

(b) The governing board shall apply the criteria for suspending the enforcement of the expulsion order equally to all pupils, including individuals with exceptional needs as defined in Section 56026.

(c) During the period of the suspension of the expulsion order, the pupil is deemed to be on probationary status.

(d) The governing board may revoke the suspension of an expulsion order under this section if the pupil commits any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900 or violates any of the district’s rules and regulations governing pupil conduct. When the governing board revokes the suspension of an expulsion order, a pupil may be expelled under the terms of the original expulsion order.

(e) Upon satisfactory completion of the rehabilitation assignment of a pupil, the governing board shall reinstate the pupil in a school of the district and may also order the expungement of any or all records of the expulsion proceedings.

(f) A decision of the governing board to suspend an expulsion order does not affect the time period and requirements for the filing of an appeal of the expulsion order with the county board of education required under Section 48919. Any appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the original vote of the governing board.
Cal. GOV § 16774 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 16774
Section 16774
Status: in_force

(a) If the committee determines that any bonds then outstanding, including bonds that by their terms are subject to redemption prior to maturity, should be redeemed or retired prior to maturity, and that money sufficient for that redemption or retirement will be available in the fund or the General Fund at the time proposed for the redemption or retirement, it may, by resolution, direct the Treasurer to call and redeem or retire any of these bonds, at a time specified in the resolution, and the Treasurer shall thereupon either give notice of the proposed redemption and redeem the bonds in accordance with the provisions for redemption provided for in the resolution adopted under Section 16731 pursuant to which the bonds were issued or arrange for the purchase and retirement of the bonds.

(b) Money sufficient for the redemption or retirement shall be determined to be available in the General Fund if the Treasurer certifies that either the issuance of refunding bonds under Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) or the deferral of the planned payment of principal on outstanding bonds has reduced the principal payments required to be made from the General Fund on outstanding bonds during the current fiscal year by an amount equal to, or in excess of, the money required for the redemption or retirement.

(c) Money so determined to be sufficient for the redemption or retirement of bonds and available for that purpose shall be transferred from the General Fund to a separate account within the Refunding Escrow Fund created by Section 16784. Notwithstanding Section 13340, money in that account is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of this section. Funds in that account shall be held in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds which are to be redeemed or retired and used only for the payment of the principal of, and interest and any redemption premium on, or the purchase price of, the bonds which are to be redeemed or retired. Money in the account shall be invested by the Treasurer and any income from that investment shall be credited to the account. Any funds remaining in the account after all of the bonds are redeemed or retired shall be transferred to the General Fund.
Cal. GOV § 13320 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 13320
Section 13320
Status: in_force

Every State agency and court for which an appropriation has been made, shall submit to the department for approval, a complete and detailed budget at such time and in such form as may be prescribed by the department, setting forth all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year.
Cal. GOV § 20039.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 20039.5
Section 20039.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 20350) of Chapter 3, or any other provision of this part, “final compensation” for the purposes of determining any pension or benefit for service with the California National Guard with respect to a National Guard member means the highest average annual compensation that was earned during a consecutive 12-month period while rendering service with the California National Guard. The final compensation of a National Guard member under another retirement or pension system shall not apply to the calculation of his or her retirement allowance with respect to service with the California National Guard.
Cal. GOV § 18992 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 18992
Section 18992
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt positions in the executive branch of government as defined in subdivisions (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), and (m) of Section 4 of Article VII of the Constitution and excluding those positions for which the salaries are set by statute, shall be given the opportunity, upon request, to obtain civil service appointment list eligibility by taking any promotional civil service examination or career executive assignment examination for which they meet the minimum qualifications of the class to which they seek appointment. Persons receiving passing scores shall gain list eligibility for appointment. In evaluating minimum qualifications, the person’s experience in the exempt position shall be considered state civil service experience in a comparable class that has the same or substantially similar duties and responsibilities as the person’s exempt position.

(b) Persons who meet the requirements of this section, but who resigned or were released from exempt employment of the executive branch of government, shall be eligible to take promotional civil service examinations and career executive assignment examinations in accordance with subdivision (a).
Cal. GOV § 8893 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 13.4 / Article 1 / Section 8893
Section 8893
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that buildings constructed of precast concrete wall construction (commonly referred to as tilt-up buildings) or reinforced masonry buildings with inadequate wall anchorage to wood frame floors or roofs continue to pose a serious threat to public safety and the economic viability of the State of California because of their potential for damage and collapse during earthquakes.

(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that in areas affected by past earthquakes, buildings with walls that were properly anchored to floors or roofs suffered less earthquake damage, less earthquake collapse, and fewer hazards to life.

(c) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter shall ensure that earthquake hazards of all precast concrete or reinforced masonry buildings with inadequate wall anchorage to wood frame floors or roofs in the State of California are mitigated.
Cal. EDC § 45285.5 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 25 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 45285.5
Section 45285.5
Status: in_force

No position classification or reclassification plan which would affect classified employees who are represented by a certified or recognized exclusive bargaining representative shall be adopted by the commission until the exclusive bargaining representative and the public school employer of the classified employees who would be affected have been given reasonable notice of the proposed classifications or reclassifications.
Cal. GOV § 8550 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 8550
Section 8550
Status: in_force

The state has long recognized its responsibility to mitigate the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies that result in conditions of disaster or in extreme peril to life, property, and the resources of the state, and generally to protect the health and safety and preserve the lives and property of the people of the state. To ensure that preparations within the state will be adequate to deal with such emergencies, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary:

(a) To confer upon the Governor and upon the chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of this state the emergency powers provided herein; and to provide for state assistance in the organization and maintenance of the emergency programs of such political subdivisions.

(b) To provide for a state office to be known and referred to as the Office of Emergency Services, within the office of the Governor, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the director of that office.

(c) To provide for the assignment of functions to state entities to be performed during an emergency and for the coordination and direction of the emergency actions of those entities.

(d) To provide for the rendering of mutual aid by the state government and all its departments and agencies and by the political subdivisions of this state in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

(e) To authorize the establishment of such organizations and the taking of such actions as are necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

It is further declared to be the purpose of this chapter and the policy of this state that all emergency services functions of this state be coordinated as far as possible with the comparable functions of its political subdivisions, of the federal government including its various departments and agencies, of other states, and of private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective use may be made of all manpower, resources, and facilities for dealing with any emergency that may occur.
Cal. CIV § 1812.10 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 12.3 / Section 1812.10
Section 1812.10
Status: in_force

(a) An action on a contract or installment account under this chapter shall be tried in the superior court in the county where the contract was in fact signed by the buyer, where the buyer resided at the time the contract was entered into, where the buyer resides at the commencement of the action, or where the goods purchased pursuant to the contract have been so affixed to real property as to become a part of that real property.

(b) In the superior court designated as the proper court in subdivision (a), the proper court location for trial of an action under this chapter is the location where the court tries that type of action that is nearest or most accessible to where the contract was in fact signed by the buyer, where the buyer resided at the time the contract was entered into, where the buyer resides at the commencement of the action, or where the goods purchased pursuant to the contract have been so affixed to real property as to become a part of that real property. Otherwise, any location of the superior court designated as the proper court in subdivision (a) is the proper court location for the trial of the action. The court may specify by local rule the nearest or most accessible court location where the court tries that type of case.

(c) In any action subject to this section, concurrently with the filing of the complaint, the plaintiff shall file an affidavit stating facts showing that the action has been commenced in a superior court and court location described in this section as a proper place for the trial of the action. Those facts may be stated in a verified complaint and shall not be stated on information or belief. When that affidavit is filed with the complaint, a copy thereof shall be served with the summons. If a plaintiff fails to file the affidavit or state facts in a verified complaint required by this section, no further proceedings may occur, but the court shall, upon its own motion or upon motion of any party, dismiss the action without prejudice. The court may, on terms that are just, permit the affidavit to be filed subsequent to the filing of the complaint and a copy of the affidavit shall be served on the defendant. The time to answer or otherwise plead shall date from that service.
Cal. EDC § 47660 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 26.8 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 47660
Section 47660
Status: in_force

For purposes of computing eligibility for, and entitlements to, general purpose funding and operational funding for categorical programs, the enrollment and average daily attendance of a sponsoring local educational agency shall exclude the enrollment and attendance of pupils in its charter schools funded pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 17301 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 5 / Section 17301
Section 17301
Status: in_force

Notes authorized to be issued may be sold by the Treasurer from time to time on a negotiated or a competitive bid basis as the Treasurer shall deem advisable. The Treasurer shall pay the notes and the interest thereon from moneys in the General Fund.
Cal. GOV § 12012.117 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 12012.117
Section 12012.117
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The third amendment between the State of California and the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California, executed on December 12, 2024, entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Secs. 1166 to 1168, inclusive, and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) for the sole purpose of extending the terms of the existing tribal-state gaming compact, executed on September 10, 1999, is hereby ratified.

(2) The fourth amendment between the State of California and the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California, executed on February 12, 2025, entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Secs. 1166 to 1168, inclusive, and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) for the sole purpose of extending the terms of the existing tribal-state gaming compact, executed on September 10, 1999, is hereby ratified.

(b) (1) In deference to tribal sovereignty, none of the following shall be deemed a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code):

(A) The execution of an amendment to a tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.

(B) The execution of an amended tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.

(C) The execution of an intergovernmental agreement between a tribe and a county or city government negotiated pursuant to the express authority of, or as expressly referenced in, an amended tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.

(D) The execution of an intergovernmental agreement between a tribe and the Department of Transportation, or other state agency, negotiated pursuant to the express authority of, or as expressly referenced in, an amended tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.

(E) The on-reservation impacts of compliance with the terms of an amended tribal-state gaming compact ratified by this section.

(2) Except as expressly provided in this section, this subdivision does not exempt a city, county, or city and county, or the Department of Transportation, or any state agency or local jurisdiction, from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Cal. GOV § 8670.37.55 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7.4 / Article 5.5 / Section 8670.37.55
Section 8670.37.55
Status: in_force

(a) An owner or operator of more than one tank vessel, vessel carrying oil as a secondary cargo, nontank vessel, or facility shall only be required to obtain one certificate of financial responsibility for all of those vessels and facilities owned or operated.

(b) If a person holds a certificate for more than one tank vessel, vessel carrying oil as a secondary cargo, nontank vessel, or facility and a spill or spills occurs from one or more of those vessels or facilities for which the owner or operator may be liable for damages in an amount exceeding 5 percent of the financial resources reflected by the certificate, as determined by the administrator, the certificate shall immediately be considered inapplicable to any vessel or facility not associated with the spill. In that event, the owner or operator shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the administrator the amount of financial ability required pursuant to this article, as well as the financial ability to pay all damages that arise or have arisen from the spill or spills that have occurred.
Cal. GOV § 22202 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 22202
Section 22202
Status: in_force

With respect to employees in the coverage group defined in subdivision (a) of Section 22100, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Adjutant General. With respect to employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 22009.1, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Teachers’ Retirement Board. With respect to employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 22009.1, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Regents of the University of California. With respect to employees in the coverage group defined in subdivision (l) of Section 22009.1, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the governing body of the public agency, as defined in Section 22009.03.
Cal. GOV § 12100.143 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 1.6 / Article 13 / Section 12100.143
Section 12100.143
Status: in_force

This article shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. GOV § 11125.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 11125.2
Section 11125.2
Status: in_force

Any state body shall report publicly at a subsequent public meeting any action taken, and any rollcall vote thereon, to appoint, employ, or dismiss a public employee arising out of any closed session of the state body.
Cal. GOV § 22839 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 22839
Section 22839
Status: in_force

Thirty days prior to, or 60 days following, retirement and during the open enrollment period, a state employee enrolled in a flexible benefit plan administered by the state shall be given the option to enroll in a health benefit plan approved or maintained by the board and receive the applicable employer contribution, if the state employee would otherwise qualify as an annuitant.
Cal. GOV § 14998.13 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5.7 / Chapter 1 / Section 14998.13
Section 14998.13
Status: in_force

(a) As a means to carry out the California Film Commission’s purposes of encouraging and promoting media production in California and maintaining and improving the position of the state’s motion picture industry in the national and world markets, there is hereby created in the State Treasury, the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund.

(b) The Treasurer shall invest moneys contained in the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund not needed to meet current obligations in the same manner as other public funds are invested. Interest that accrues from the investments shall be credited to the fund.

(c) Proceeds that accrue to the state from the sales of location library documents, photocopying, and other film-related informational documents, sponsorships, and donations shall be deposited in the fund.

(d) The commission may receive and accept for deposit in the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund moneys from any and all public or private sources that support the purposes within this chapter.

(e) Moneys in the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund shall be available for expenditure by the commission, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for activities performed consistent with the Cooperative Motion Picture Marketing Plan pursuant to Section 14998.12.
Cal. EDC § 35102 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 21 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 35102
Section 35102
Status: in_force

Within 20 days after the appointment or election of the interim or initial governing board of any newly formed district, the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the district shall call a meeting of the board, by giving each member of the board at least 10 days’ notice of such meeting by registered mail. At the meeting the board shall appoint such officers as boards of its class are required to appoint at annual meetings pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 35140) of Chapter 2 of this division, name the district pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 35000) of Chapter 1 of this part and may conduct or transact any other business relating to the affairs of the district which can properly be conducted or transacted at a regular meeting of the board.
Cal. EDC § 52061 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 28 / Chapter 6.1 / Article 4.5 / Section 52061
Section 52061
Status: in_force

On or before July 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, a school district shall update the local control and accountability plan. The annual update shall be developed using a template adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 52064 and shall include all of the information specified in the template.
Cal. EDC § 33801 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 2 / Part 20 / Chapter 5 / Section 33801
Section 33801
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of Civil Rights is hereby established under the administration of the Government Operations Agency.

(b) The Director of the Office of Civil Rights shall be appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate.

(c) The purpose of the office is to work directly with local educational agencies to prevent and address discrimination and bias pursuant to Section 220.

(d) The office shall engage with and seek advice from coordinators established under this chapter on actions implemented by this office.
Cal. GOV § 21098 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 21098
Section 21098
Status: in_force

The disability retirement pension for local miscellaneous service subject to this article shall be one of the following:

(a) Ninety percent of the factor applicable at age 65 as set forth in Section 21094 times final compensation multiplied by the number of years of service credited to him or her.

(b) If the disability retirement allowance computed under subdivision (a) does not exceed one-third of his or her final compensation, 90 percent of the benefit that would be payable to the member had the member continued in employment until age 65 but in that case the retirement allowance shall not exceed one-third of the final compensation. This subdivision is not applicable to members who are not entitled, at the time of retirement, to be credited with at least 10 years of service.

(c) If the disability retirement allowance is derived from this section and Section 21423, and would otherwise exceed the maximums provided by these sections, the pension payable with respect to each section shall be reduced in the same proportion as the allowance computed as though there was no limit, so that the total of the pensions shall equal the maximum allowed.
Cal. EDC § 38111 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 23 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 38111
Section 38111
Status: in_force

The governing board of each school district shall, except as otherwise provided in this code, purchase school furniture, including musical instruments, and apparatus, and such other articles as are necessary for the use of schools, and may, in its discretion, purchase uniforms and other regalia for the use of school bands, orchestras and choirs, and including uniforms and equipment necessary for the use of athletic teams. The provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code shall not apply to the purchase of musical instruments made pursuant to this section. Any such articles purchased shall always remain the property of the school district purchasing them. Only such books, apparatus, uniforms, and equipment shall be purchased by the governing board of an elementary school district, if the board is not a city board of education, as have been adopted by the county board of education having jurisdiction over the district.
Cal. EDC § 35253 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 21 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 35253
Section 35253
Status: in_force

Whenever the destruction of records of a school district is not otherwise authorized or provided for by law, the governing board of the district may destroy those records of the school district in accordance with regulations of the Superintendent that the Superintendent may by this provision adopt.
Cal. GOV § 20677.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 20677.7
Section 20677.7
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 20677.4, effective with the beginning of the September 2010 pay period, the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous or state industrial members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 8, shall be:

(1) Eleven percent of the compensation in excess of three hundred seventeen dollars ($317) per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system.

(2) Ten percent of compensation in excess of five hundred thirteen dollars ($513) per month paid to a member whose service has been included in the federal system.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 20677.4, effective with the beginning of the September 2010 pay period, the normal rate of contribution for state miscellaneous or state industrial members who are represented by State Bargaining Unit 5 shall be:

(1) Eight percent of the compensation in excess of three hundred seventeen dollars ($317) per month paid to a member whose service is not included in the federal system.

(2) Seven percent of compensation in excess of five hundred thirteen dollars ($513) per month paid to a member whose service has been included in the federal system.

(c) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless and until approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

(d) Consistent with the normal rate of contribution for all members identified in this subdivision, the Director of the Department of Human Resources may exercise his or her discretion to establish the normal rate of contribution for a related state employee who is excepted from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, and an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service.
Cal. CIV § 1808.2 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 1808.2
Section 1808.2
Status: in_force

When a subsequent purchase is made, the entire amount of all payments made previous thereto shall be deemed to have been applied toward the payment of the previous deferred payment price or deferred payment prices. Each payment thereafter received shall be deemed to be allocated to all of the various deferred payment prices in the same proportion or ratio as the original cash sale prices of the various purchases bear to one another; where the amount of each installment payment is increased in connection with the subsequent purchase, the subsequent payments (at the seller’s election) may be deemed to be allocated as follows: an amount equal to the original payment to the previous deferred payment price, and an amount equal to the increase, to the subsequent deferred payment price. However, the amount of any initial or downpayment on the subsequent purchase shall be deemed to be allocated in its entirety to such purchase.

When a subsequent purchase under this section is made the seller shall deliver to the buyer, prior to the due date of the first installment, a memorandum which shall set forth the following:

(a) The names of the seller and the buyer, the place of business of the seller, the residence or place of business of the buyer as specified by the buyer and a description of the goods and services sufficient to identify them. Services or multiple items of goods may be described in general terms and may be described in detail in a separate writing.

(b) The cash price of the goods, services and accessories which are the subject matter of the new retail installment sale.

(c) The amount of the buyer’s downpayment, itemizing the amounts paid in money and in goods and containing a brief description of the goods, if any, traded in.

(d) The difference between item (b) and item (c) which is the unpaid balance of cash price.

(e) The amount of the existing outstanding balance to be consolidated, which consists of the unpaid time balance or balances of the prior contract or contracts to be consolidated.

(f) The amount of any unearned finance charge, determined by deducting from the amount of item (e) any then unearned finance charge in an amount not less than the refund credit provided for in Article 6 (commencing with Section 1806.1) of this chapter (computed, however, without the allowance of any minimum earned finance charge).

(g) The difference between items (e) and (f), which is the net outstanding balance to be consolidated.

(h) The amount, if any, included for insurance, specifying the coverages.

(i) The amount, if any, of official fees.

(j) The unpaid balance, which is the sum of items (d), (g), (h) and (i).

(k) The finance charge (1) expressed as the annual percentage rate as defined in Regulation Z and (2) expressed in dollars, and computed in conformity with Section 1808.5.

(l) The number, amount, and due dates or periods of payment scheduled to repay the indebtedness and the sum of such payments.

(m) Any “balloon payments” as described in Section 1807.3.

The items need not be stated in the sequence or order set forth above; additional items may be included to explain the computations made in determining the amount to be paid by the buyer. If the finance charge or any portion thereof is calculated on the 365-day basis, the amount of the finance charge shown pursuant to item (k) shall be that amount which will be incurred by the buyer if all payments are received by the seller on their respective due dates.
Cal. GOV § 15925 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 12.3 / Section 15925
Section 15925
Status: in_force

(a) For a case, including, but not limited to, a Joint Enforcement Strike Force on the Underground Economy case, that involves tax or fee administration associated with underground economic activities, including known or suspected felony violations involving tax-related or fee-related crimes, an agency listed in subdivision (a) of Section 329 of the Unemployment Insurance Code may request information pursuant to subdivision (b) from the Employment Development Department, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and the Franchise Tax Board.

(b) Upon request of an agency listed in subdivision (a) of Section 329 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, the Employment Development Department, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and the Franchise Tax Board shall fully and timely provide the requesting agency with intelligence, data, including confidential tax and fee information, documents, information, complaints, reports, analysis, findings, or lead referrals for the following purposes:

(1) To assess leads or referrals in order to determine if an investigation is warranted.

(2) To conduct investigations.

(3) To determine restitution owed to the state.

(4) To prosecute violations.

(5) To conduct data analytics associated with assessing a lead or referral or conducting an investigation pursuant to the Joint Enforcement Strike Force on the Underground Economy.

(c) (1) Any person from an agency listed in subdivision (a) of Section 329 of the Unemployment Insurance Code who received confidential information obtained pursuant to this section shall not divulge, or make known in any manner not provided by law, any of the confidential information received by or reported to the agency. Confidential information authorized to be provided pursuant to this section shall retain its confidential status and shall otherwise remain subject to the confidentiality provisions contained in, but not limited to, all of the following provisions:

(A) Section 11183 as that section pertains to the Department of Justice.

(B) Sections 1094, 1095, and 2111 of the Unemployment Insurance Code as those sections pertain to the Employment Development Department. Part 603 of Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations as those provisions pertain to the disclosure of confidential unemployment compensation information.

(C) Sections 19542, 19542.1, and 19542.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code as those sections pertain to the Franchise Tax Board.

(D) Section 15619 of this code, Section 42464.8 of the Public Resources Code, and Sections 7056, 7056.5, 8255, 9255, 9255.1, 30455, 32455, 32457, 38705, 38706, 43651, 45981, 45982, 45983, 45984, 46751, 50159, 50160, 50161, 55381, 60608, and 60609 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as those sections pertain to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

(E) Any other information confidentiality provisions in federal and state law.

(2) Except for restrictions imposed by federal law, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the sharing of confidential information authorized pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) Information requested pursuant to this section shall not include federal tax data without authorization from the Internal Revenue Service.
Cal. GOV § 22896 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 22896
Section 22896
Status: in_force

(a)  Notwithstanding Section 22892, the percentage of employer contribution payable for postretirement health benefits for an employee of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District subject to this section shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), be based on the member’s completed years of credited state service at retirement as shown in the following table:

Credited Years
of Service Percentage of Employer
Contribution
5 25
6 30
7 35
8 40
9 45
10 50
11 55
12 60
13 65
14 70
15 75
16 80
17 85
18 90
19 95
20 or more 100

The application of this subdivision shall be subject to the following:

(1) (A) In the case of the employees represented by a bargaining unit, the employer contribution with respect to each annuitant shall be determined pursuant to a memorandum of understanding approved through a meet and confer process pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1) with any recognized employee organization. The issue shall not be subject to the impasse procedures set forth in Article 9 (commencing with Section 3548) of Chapter 10.7 of Division 4 of Title 1.

(B) In the case of employees not represented by a bargaining unit, the employer contribution with respect to each annuitant shall be determined pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Board of Directors and shall be in accordance with Section 7522.40.

(C) The employer contribution established by this paragraph shall not be less than the adjusted employer contribution required by subdivision (b) of Section 22892.

(2) The credited service of an employee for the purpose of determining the percentage of employer contributions applicable under this section shall mean state service as defined in Section 20069, except that at least five years of service shall have been performed entirely with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.

(3) The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District shall provide, in the manner prescribed by the board, a notification of the agreement and resolution adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) and any additional information necessary to implement this section.

(4) The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District shall certify to the board, in the case of employees not represented by a bargaining unit, that there is not an applicable memorandum of understanding.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the contribution payable by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District shall be equal to 100 percent of the amount established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) on behalf of any annuitant who either:

(1) Retired for disability.

(2) Retired for service with 20 or more years of service credit entirely with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, regardless of the number of days after separation from employment. The contribution payable by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District under this paragraph shall be paid only if it is greater than, and made in lieu of, a contribution payable to the annuitant by another employer under this part. The board shall establish application procedures and eligibility criteria to implement this paragraph.

(c) This section applies only to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, or its successor. This section applies only with regard to the employees of the district hired on or after December 1, 2011.
Cal. EDC § 49560 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 49560
Section 49560
Status: in_force

The child nutrition programs operated pursuant to Section 49559 shall maintain a data base as specified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of program evaluation. From the funds appropriated in Section 4 of this act, an amount not to exceed 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses incurred by the State Department of Education, including administrative costs incurred in the collection of the data.
Cal. GOV § 20583 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 20583
Section 20583
Status: in_force

The right to a retirement allowance, of a person who had retired prior to the effective date of the termination of a contract, or who has qualified and applied for retirement by written document received at the board’s office in Sacramento, prior to the effective date, even though the board does not approve the application until a later date, and the right of any person to a benefit on account of a death that occurred prior to the effective date, is not affected by termination of the contract, unless the contracting agency fails to make the contributions required of it because of the participation of its employees in this system.
Cal. GOV § 12738 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 12738
Section 12738
Status: in_force

In addition to the general powers vested in the Department of Community Services and Development by Section 12087, the department may promulgate regulations, make grants, and enter into contracts as necessary and appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 13995.91 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 4.7 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 13995.91
Section 13995.91
Status: in_force

If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is for any reason held to be invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, sentence, clause, and part of this chapter despite the fact that one or more sections, sentences, clauses, or parts of this chapter is declared invalid.
Cal. GOV § 8878.105 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 12.47 / Article 4 / Section 8878.105
Section 8878.105
Status: in_force

Funds allocated pursuant to this article shall be available for expenditure by the local government within three years of the awarding of the allocation.
Cal. EDC § 35296 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 21 / Chapter 2 / Article 10.5 / Section 35296
Section 35296
Status: in_force

The governing board of each private school shall establish an earthquake emergency procedure system in every private school building under its jurisdiction having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or more than one classroom. A governing board may work with the Office of Emergency Services and the Seismic Safety Commission to develop and establish the earthquake emergency procedure systems.
Cal. CORP § 16915.5 — California Code / Code corp / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 16915.5
Section 16915.5
Status: in_force

(a) Upon merger pursuant to this article, a surviving domestic or foreign partnership or other business entity shall be deemed to have assumed the liability of each disappearing domestic or foreign partnership or other business entity that is taxed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of, or under Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) of, Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the following:

(1) To prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed, tax and information returns otherwise required of that disappearing entity as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 18501) of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) To pay any tax liability determined to be due.

(b) If the surviving entity is a domestic limited liability company, domestic corporation, or registered limited liability partnership or a foreign limited liability company, foreign limited liability partnership, or foreign corporation that is registered or qualified to do business in California, the Secretary of State shall notify the Franchise Tax Board of the merger.
Cal. GOV § 22927 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 10 / Section 22927
Section 22927
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a contracting agency that is a city and county shall be subject to this part only with respect to employees who upon entering city and county employment from state employment had an option under state statutes to continue enrollment under this part.
Cal. GOV § 11342.520 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 11342.520
Section 11342.520
Status: in_force

“Agency” means state agency.
Cal. GOV § 17521.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 17521.5
Section 17521.5
Status: in_force

“Legislatively determined mandate” means the provisions of a statute or executive order that the Legislature, pursuant to Article 1.5, has declared by statute to be a mandate for which reimbursement is required by Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
Cal. EDC § 48265 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 48265
Section 48265
Status: in_force

Any person arresting or assuming temporary custody of a minor pursuant to Section 48264 shall forthwith deliver the minor either to the parent, guardian, or other person having control, or charge of the minor, or to the school from which the minor is absent, or to a nonsecure youth service or community center designated by the school or district for counseling prior to returning such minor to his home or school, or to a school counselor or pupil services and attendance officer located at a police station for the purpose of obtaining immediate counseling from the counselor or officer prior to returning or being returned to his home or school, or, if the minor is found to have been declared an habitual truant, he shall cause the minor to be brought before the probation officer of the county having jurisdiction over minors.
Cal. GOV § 21076.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 21076.5
Section 21076.5
Status: in_force

(a) The service retirement allowance for a state miscellaneous or state industrial member who first becomes a member on or after January 1, 2013, who has elected the benefits of this section is a pension equal to the fraction of one-hundredth of the member’s final compensation set forth opposite the member’s age at retirement, taken to the preceding completed quarter year in the following table, multiplied by the member’s number of years of state miscellaneous service:

Age of Retirement Fraction
52 0.6500
52 1/4 0.6600
52 1/2 0.6700
52 3/4 0.6800
53 0.6900
53 1/4 0.7000
53 1/2 0.7100
53 3/4 0.7200
54 0.7300
54 1/4 0.7400
54 1/2 0.7500
54 3/4 0.7600
55 0.7700
55 1/4 0.7800
55 1/2 0.7900
55 3/4 0.8000
56 0.8100
56 1/4 0.8200
56 1/2 0.8300
56 3/4 0.8400
57 0.8500
57 1/4 0.8600
57 1/2 0.8700
57 3/4 0.8800
58 0.8900
58 1/4 0.9000
58 1/2 0.9100
58 3/4 0.9200
59 0.9300
59 1/4 0.9400
59 1/2 0.9500
59 3/4 0.9600
60 0.9700
60 1/4 0.9800
60 1/2 0.9900
60 3/4 1.0000
61 1.0100
61 1/4 1.0200
61 1/2 1.0300
61 3/4 1.0400
62 1.0500
62 1/4 1.0600
62 1/2 1.0700
62 3/4 1.0800
63 1.0900
63 1/4 1.1000
63 1/2 1.1100
63 3/4 1.1200
64 1.1300
64 1/4 1.1400
64 1/2 1.1500
64 3/4 1.1600
65 1.1700
65 1/4 1.1800
65 1/2 1.1900
65 3/4 1.2000
66 1.2100
66 1/4 1.2200
66 1/2 1.2300
66 3/4 1.2400
67 1.2500

(b) This section shall not apply to a National Guard member.
Cal. GOV § 16520 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 16520
Section 16520
Status: in_force

Security shall not be required for that portion of any deposit that is insured under any law of the United States.
Cal. EDC § 60663 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 33 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 60663
Section 60663
Status: in_force

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall direct the California Learning Resource Network to implement the provisions of this chapter by prioritizing the use of existing budgeted resources available to the network.
Cal. EDC § 56206 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 30 / Chapter 3 / Article 1.1 / Section 56206
Section 56206
Status: in_force

As a part of the local plan submitted pursuant to Section 56205, each special education local plan area shall describe how specialized equipment and services will be distributed within the local plan area in a manner that minimizes the necessity to serve pupils in isolated sites and maximizes the opportunities to serve pupils in the least restrictive environments.
Cal. GOV § 16677 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 16677
Section 16677
Status: in_force

Any fiscal agent shall promptly notify the remitting officer of the receipt of the remittances and shall promptly cancel paid bonds and coupons and return them to the Treasurer.
Cal. GOV § 18545 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 18545
Section 18545
Status: in_force

“Duration examination” means an open competitive examination, or promotional examination, held for the express purpose of providing a list of persons available for duration employment. Employment lists resulting from duration examinations can be used only in making appointments for duration employment.
Cal. EDC § 46391 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 26 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 46391
Section 46391
Status: in_force

Whenever any attendance records of any district have been lost or destroyed, making it impossible for an accurate report on average daily attendance for the district for any fiscal year to be rendered, which fact shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction by the affidavits of the members of the governing board of the district and the county superintendent of schools, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall estimate the average daily attendance of such district. The estimated average daily attendance shall be deemed to be the actual average daily attendance for that fiscal year for the making of apportionments to the school district from the State School Fund.
Cal. EDC § 51513 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 28 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 51513
Section 51513
Status: in_force

No test, questionnaire, survey, or examination containing any questions about the pupil’s personal beliefs or practices in sex, family life, morality, and religion, or any questions about the pupil’s parents’ or guardians’ beliefs and practices in sex, family life, morality, and religion, shall be administered to any pupil in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, unless the parent or guardian of the pupil is notified in writing that this test, questionnaire, survey, or examination is to be administered and the parent or guardian of the pupil gives written permission for the pupil to take this test, questionnaire, survey, or examination.
Cal. GOV § 8590.16 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5.10 / Section 8590.16
Section 8590.16
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there exists the California Residential Mitigation Program, also known as the CRMP, a joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the California Earthquake Authority and the Office of Emergency Services.

(b) The Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing is hereby established, to be developed and administered as provided in this article, for the purposes of providing financial assistance to owners of soft story multifamily housing for seismic retrofitting to protect individuals living in multifamily housing that have been determined to be at risk of collapse in earthquakes.

(c) The Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing Fund, and its subsidiary account, the Seismic Retrofitting Account, are hereby created within the State Treasury. The Legislature shall appropriate two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) from the General Fund in the 2023–24 Budget Act to the fund for the purposes of carrying out this article.

(d) Funds appropriated for purposes of the program shall be available for a 10-year performance period. The performance period may be extended by the CRMP on an annual basis until July 1, 2042.
Cal. GOV § 12433 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2.5 / Section 12433
Section 12433
Status: in_force

Any state agency or employee required to collect any state taxes, licenses, fees, or money owing to the state for any reason that is due and payable may be discharged by the Controller from accountability for the collection of the taxes, licenses, fees, or money if the debt is uncollectible or the amount of the debt does not justify the cost of its collection.
Cal. GOV § 20693 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 20693
Section 20693
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), notwithstanding any other law, the state or the Regents of the University of California may pay all or a portion of the normal contributions required to be paid by a state member. The payments shall be reported as employer-paid normal contributions and shall be credited to member accounts. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit the authority of the state to periodically increase, reduce, or eliminate the payment by the state of all or a portion of the normal contributions required to be paid by a state member, as authorized by this section.

This section shall be subject to any applicable collective-bargaining laws.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), employers shall not pay a portion of the normal contributions for members who are subject to subdivision (c) of Section 7522.30, except where authorized pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 7522.30.
Cal. GOV § 12179 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 12179
Section 12179
Status: in_force

The fee for attesting each patent for land issued by the Governor is one dollar ($1) for each 160 acres, or fraction thereof.
Cal. GOV § 21224 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 21224
Section 21224
Status: in_force

[Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 992, Sec. 3.   (SB 1379)   Effective September 29, 2024.   Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.   See later operative version added by Sec 4 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 992.]
(a) A retired person may serve without reinstatement from retirement or loss or interruption of benefits provided by this system upon appointment by the appointing power of a state agency or public agency employer either during an emergency to prevent stoppage of public business or because the retired person has specialized skills needed in performing work of limited duration. These appointments shall not exceed a combined total of 960 hours for all employers each fiscal year. The compensation for the appointment shall not exceed the maximum monthly base salary paid to other employees performing comparable duties as listed on a publicly available pay schedule divided by 173.333 to equal an hourly rate. A retired person appointed pursuant to this section shall not receive any benefit, incentive, compensation in lieu of benefits, or other form of compensation in addition to the hourly pay rate. A retired person appointed pursuant to this section shall not work more than 960 hours each fiscal year, regardless of whether the retired person works for one or more employers.

(b) (1) This section shall not apply to any retired person otherwise eligible if during the 12-month period prior to an appointment described in this section the retired person received any unemployment insurance compensation arising out of prior employment subject to this section with the same employer.

(2) A retired person who accepts an appointment after receiving unemployment insurance compensation as described in this subdivision shall terminate that employment on the last day of the current pay period and shall not be eligible for reappointment subject to this section for a period of 12 months following the last day of employment. The retired person shall not be subject to Section 21202 or subdivision (b) of Section 21220.

(c) The 960-hour limit set forth in subdivision (a) shall not apply to hours worked in an appointment by the Solano County Sheriff’s Office to perform a function or functions regularly performed by a deputy sheriff, evidence technician, or communications operator provided the Solano County Board of Supervisors certifies, by resolution at a public meeting, that appointment satisfies the following conditions:

(1) The retired person has undergone and passed a preemployment background investigation.

(2) The retired person is not subject to decertification or under investigation for decertification by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

(3) The County of Solano has posted a position for recruitment of an active member for not less than six continuous months to perform the same function or functions to be performed by the retired person, prior to appointing the retired person to perform the function or functions and no qualified applicant either applied to the position or was available for hire.

(4) Notwithstanding the rate of pay described in subdivision (d), the rate of pay for the retired person shall not exceed the average rate of pay of all positions in the same class of the position as filled by active members, divided by 173.333 to equal an hourly rate.

(5) Subject to the limitation in paragraph (4), the compensation upon appointment of the retired person shall not exceed the higher of either the retired person’s last monthly base salary paid as an active member or the monthly base salary at the entry step on the publicly available pay schedule for the class. However, the retired person shall be eligible for reasonable and regular adjustments to the base salary that apply generally to positions in the same class, if the rate of pay after the adjustment meets the requirement in paragraph (4).

(6) The appointment may not be placed on a consent calendar.

(7) The maximum aggregate number of appointments made pursuant to this subdivision and subdivision (j) of Section 7522.56 shall not exceed 20.

(8) Pay a fee to the system in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) for each month the retired person worked.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

[Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 992, Sec. 4.   (SB 1379)   Effective September 29, 2024.   Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.]
(a) A retired person may serve without reinstatement from retirement or loss or interruption of benefits provided by this system upon appointment by the appointing power of a state agency or public agency employer either during an emergency to prevent stoppage of public business or because the retired person has specialized skills needed in performing work of limited duration. These appointments shall not exceed a combined total of 960 hours for all employers each fiscal year. The compensation for the appointment shall not exceed the maximum monthly base salary paid to other employees performing comparable duties as listed on a publicly available pay schedule divided by 173.333 to equal an hourly rate. A retired person appointed pursuant to this section shall not receive any benefit, incentive, compensation in lieu of benefits, or other form of compensation in addition to the hourly pay rate. A retired person appointed pursuant to this section shall not work more than 960 hours each fiscal year regardless of whether the retired person works for one or more employers.

(b) (1) This section shall not apply to any retired person otherwise eligible if during the 12-month period prior to an appointment described in this section the retired person received any unemployment insurance compensation arising out of prior employment subject to this section with the same employer.

(2) A retired person who accepts an appointment after receiving unemployment insurance compensation as described in this subdivision shall terminate that employment on the last day of the current pay period and shall not be eligible for reappointment subject to this section for a period of 12 months following the last day of employment. The retired person shall not be subject to Section 21202 or subdivision (b) of Section 21220.

(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
Cal. CIV § 1812.8 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 12.2 / Section 1812.8
Section 1812.8
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, any failure to comply with any provision of this chapter may be corrected by the holder in accordance with the provisions of this section, provided that a willful violation may not be corrected, and a correction which will increase the amount owed by the buyer or the amount of any payment shall not be effective unless the buyer concurs in writing to the correction. If a violation is corrected by the holder in accordance with the provisions of this section, neither the seller nor the holder shall be subject to any penalty under this article. The correction shall be made by delivery to the buyer of a corrected copy of the contract within 30 days of the execution of the original contract by the buyer. Any amount improperly collected from the buyer shall be credited against the indebtedness evidenced by the contract.
Cal. GOV § 8588.12 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 8588.12
Section 8588.12
Status: in_force

(a) The Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, described in Section 8588.10, shall recommend criteria for terrorism awareness curriculum content to meet the training needs of state and local emergency response personnel and volunteers. In addition, the committee shall identify any additional training that would be useful and appropriate, but that may not be generally available in California, and shall make recommendations pertaining to the need for training oversight agencies for first responder disciplines to expedite their curriculum approval processes.

(b) Basic terrorism awareness training shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) An overview of conventional, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.

(2) Threat and hazard recognition, with an emphasis on ability to determine local vulnerabilities.

(3) Understanding the structure and function of an incident command system.

(4) Initial response actions, including preliminary assessment, notifications, resource needs, and safety considerations.

(5) Coordination with other emergency service first responders.

(6) Gathering, verifying, assessing, and communicating incident information.

(7) Understanding mass casualty implications and decontamination requirements.

(8) Balancing lifesaving activities with evidence preservation.

(9) General awareness and additional training for each of the first responder categories specific to each discipline.

(c) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that training on terrorism awareness for first responders is of critical importance to the people of California.

(2) Every agency responsible for development of terrorism awareness training and every agency that employs or uses first responders shall give a high priority to the completion of that training.
Cal. EDC § 47622 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 26.8 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 47622
Section 47622
Status: in_force

As an alternative to Section 47621, an elementary school that meets the requirements of Section 47620 may apply to become a charter school by petitioning the State Board of Education. Under this section, the petition shall be signed by not less than 50 percent of the school’s currently employed teachers. All other procedures and requirements, other than those prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 47605, that are contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 47605) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 47610) are applicable to a petition filed pursuant to this section except that references to “governing board” shall mean the State Board of Education.
Cal. CIV § 1804.3 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1804.3
Section 1804.3
Status: in_force

(a) No contract other than one for services shall provide for a security interest in any goods theretofore fully paid for or which have not been sold by the seller.

(b) Any contract for goods which provides for a security interest in real property where the primary goods sold are not to be attached to the real property shall be a violation of this chapter and subject to the penalties set forth in Article 12.2 (commencing with Section 1812.6).

(c) This section shall become operative October 1, 1982.
Cal. GOV § 16605 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 1 / Section 16605
Section 16605
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 16506, all money belonging to or in the custody of the state under the control of any state officer or employee, other than the Treasurer, except petty cash funds authorized by the Department of Finance, shall be deposited in state or national banks in this state, state and federal savings associations in this state, as defined in Section 5102 of the Financial Code, and credit unions in this state, and under conditions as the Director of Finance prescribes. Savings and loan associations or credit unions receiving deposits shall be required to deposit with the Treasurer the same security as is required by this chapter for deposits made by the Treasurer.

Savings and loan associations or credit unions receiving deposits of money from a county advanced or apportioned to it pursuant to Section 4481 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall be required to secure deposits in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
Cal. GOV § 15814.26 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 10b / Chapter 2.7 / Section 15814.26
Section 15814.26
Status: in_force

A local government that enters into an energy service contract with the State Public Works Board pursuant to this chapter shall do both of the following:

(a) Include in the contract specific provisions to meet its energy service contract obligation determined pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Authorize the Controller, as part of the energy service contract, to withhold sufficient payments, from specific moneys that it otherwise would receive from the state, in order to meet its annual energy service contract obligation determined pursuant to this chapter, if the provisions of subdivision (a) are for any reason insufficient to meet that annual energy service contract obligation.
Cal. EDC § 51225.37 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 28 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 51225.37
Section 51225.37
Status: in_force

The department shall encourage the governing board of each school district, and the governing body of each charter school, whose schools offer world language courses that are specifically designed for native speakers that are not approved as “A–G” courses, to support their respective schools in submitting those courses to the University of California for certification and addition to the schools’ “A–G” course list.
Cal. GOV § 12076 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 12076
Section 12076
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the power of a head of a department to make investigations to determine whether or not a petition should be filed pursuant to this article. Every state agency shall, on request of the commission, make available to the commission the facilities and personnel of the agency to enable the commission to perform its functions.
Cal. GOV § 14565 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 6 / Section 14565
Section 14565
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A local agency that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to Section 14562 shall submit a report, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, to the department by April 1 of the fiscal year following the receipt of those funds, and annually thereafter until those funds are expended. The report shall contain the status of the planning receiving funding from the grant program. The department shall make a report submitted pursuant to this paragraph publicly available on its internet website.

(2) A local agency that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to Section 14564 shall submit a report, in the form and manner prescribed by the commission, to the commission by April 1 of the fiscal year following the receipt of those funds, and annually thereafter until those funds are expended. The report shall contain the status of the project receiving funding from the grant program. The commission shall make a report submitted pursuant to this paragraph publicly available on its internet website.

(b) (1) For purposes of Sections 14562 and 14564, the department and commission, as appropriate, shall maintain records of the following information and shall make that information publicly available on its internet website, as applicable:

(A) The application status for each grant applicant.

(B) The information described in subdivision (a) for each recipient of grant program funds.

(2) The department or commission, as applicable, may request additional information, as needed, from a grant applicant or recipient to meet other applicable reporting or audit requirements.

(c) No later than July 1, 2028, the department and each local agency that receives an allocation of grant funds pursuant to this chapter shall submit a five-year performance report on the use of those funds to the commission. In the report, the department or the local agency, as applicable, shall evaluate the actions it took in support of its proposed uses of those funds, as specified in the grant application.

(d) The commission and the department, as applicable, may monitor expenditures and activities of a grant recipient, as deemed necessary, to ensure compliance with requirements of this chapter.

(e) (1) The department shall post a report on its internet website by April 1 of the fiscal year following its receipt of funds pursuant to this chapter, and annually thereafter, until those funds are expended. The report shall contain the status of the department’s project initiation documents and projects receiving funding under this chapter.

(2) No later than July 1, 2028, the department shall post on its internet website a five-year performance report on its use of funds for its project initiation documents and projects receiving funding under this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 14659.08 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.1 / Section 14659.08
Section 14659.08
Status: in_force

The department may adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3:

(a) Limiting the amount, time, and place of expenses and allowances to be paid to elected state officers, and officers and employees of the state provided for in Article VI of the California Constitution, while traveling on official state business.

(b) Governing the presentation and audit of claims against the state for which an appropriation has been made or for which a state fund is available.

(c) Governing any other matter over which it has jurisdiction.
Cal. EDC § 48294 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 48294
Section 48294
Status: in_force

All fines paid as penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, when collected or received, be paid over by the court or officer receiving them to the treasurer of the city, county, or city and county, in which the offense was committed, to be placed to the credit of the school fund of the school district in which the offense was committed. Such moneys shall be used to support the activities of the school attendance review board prescribed by Section 48291 and the parent education and counseling program prescribed by Section 48293.
Cal. EDC § 44103 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 25 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 44103
Section 44103
Status: in_force

Each county superintendent of schools shall render assistance in developing and implementing affirmative action employment programs to elementary school districts under his jurisdiction which had fewer than 901 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, and to high school districts under his jurisdiction which had fewer than 301 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year, and to unified school districts under his jurisdiction which had fewer than 1,501 units of average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year.
Cal. GOV § 21073.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 21073.6
Section 21073.6
Status: in_force

[Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 88, Sec. 63.   Effective June 30, 1998.   See identical section added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 91.]
(a) The election provided to eligible members pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 21071, to be subject to the service retirement formula prescribed in Section 21353.5, shall be subject to conditions to be established and communicated by the board.

(b) The election provided to eligible members pursuant to Section 21073.5, to have the member’s past Second Tier service credited under Section 21353.5, shall first be available no earlier than January 1, 1999, subject to the election procedures to be established and communicated by the board.

(1) Notwithstanding Section 21073.5 which limits to active members the election provided pursuant to Section 21353.5, this election shall also be provided to a member who retired between the date he or she became eligible under subdivision (c) of Section 21071 and the date the election was actually made available by the board.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 21073.5 which limits to active members the election provided pursuant to Section 21353.5, this election shall also be provided to the beneficiary eligible for a continuing allowance upon the death of a member, provided the member had been determined to be eligible under subdivision (c) of Section 21071 but had died before making the election that would have been provided by the board.

(3) The election provided under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be made within 60 days of the mailing date on the election notice sent by the board to the retired member or the member’s beneficiary.

[Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 91, Sec. 63.   Effective July 3, 1998.]
(a) The election provided to eligible members pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 21071, to be subject to the service retirement formula prescribed in Section 21353.5, shall be subject to conditions to be established and communicated by the board.

(b) The election provided to eligible members pursuant to Section 21073.5, to have the member’s past Second Tier service credited under Section 21353.5, shall first be available no earlier than January 1, 1999, subject to the election procedures to be established and communicated by the board.

(1) Notwithstanding Section 21073.5 which limits to active members the election provided pursuant to Section 21353.5, this election shall also be provided to a member who retired between the date he or she became eligible under subdivision (c) of Section 21071 and the date the election was actually made available by the board.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 21073.5 which limits to active members the election provided pursuant to Section 21353.5, this election shall also be provided to the beneficiary eligible for a continuing allowance upon the death of a member, provided the member had been determined to be eligible under subdivision (c) of Section 21071 but had died before making the election that would have been provided by the board.

(3) The election provided under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be made within 60 days of the mailing date on the election notice sent by the board to the retired member or the member’s beneficiary.
Cal. EDC § 49135 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 27 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 49135
Section 49135
Status: in_force

The authority issuing any permit to work full time shall immediately notify, in writing, the person in charge of the organization and maintenance of part-time continuation classes of the place of the minor’s prospective employment, and the parent or guardian of the minor shall send the minor to the classes designated.
Cal. GOV § 14672.100 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 14672.100
Section 14672.100
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 14670, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Department of the Youth Authority, may lease real property appurtenant to or part of the Ione Youth Facility as designated by the Department of the Youth Authority, which real property located in the County of Amador comprises the easements known as the Preston Ditch, Henderson Reservoir, Preston Reservoir, Preston Forebay, certain water rights with a diversion point on Sutter Creek, unused land at the Ione Youth Facility, and other pipelines and facilities leased to the County of Amador as lessee in the document entitled “Agreement for Wastewater Management Plan” dated March 22, 1978, which interests have been assigned to the Amador Regional Sanitation Authority, a joint powers agency comprised of the County of Amador and the Cities of Amador City and Sutter Creek. The new lease shall be for a term not to exceed 30 years and at the rate of one dollar ($1) per year, to the Amador Regional Sanitation Authority for its continued use as a wastewater delivery and disposal system. The lease shall contain the terms and conditions for wastewater disposal and other matters to which the parties agree.

(b) The lease shall provide that the property shall be leased “as is” and that the state shall have no liability for repairs, rehabilitation, or other improvements. It shall provide that the lessee, Amador Regional Sanitation Authority, shall operate the leased property pursuant to the terms of the lease under those terms and conditions, as deemed to be in the best interest of the state.

(c) The lease described in this section shall be exempt from the requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 2100) of the Public Resources Code.

(d) The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for its cost related to the lease, including, but not limited to, any survey costs, title transfer fees, administrative costs, and department staff time.

(e) The Legislature finds and declares that the lease of the described portion of the Ione Youth Facility and appurtenant real property to the Amador Regional Sanitation Authority for use as a wastewater delivery and disposal system pursuant to this section is for a statewide public purpose.
Cal. GOV § 14453 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 14453
Section 14453
Status: in_force

The department’s role in this program shall be limited to research and development. The department shall consider the following guidelines in evaluating and selecting a site for a research and development center:

(a) Sources of funding for the center, with the stipulation that the state’s funding share does not exceed one-third of the total costs of the center, with the remaining funds provided from local, federal, and private sources. The department shall seek to maximize private participation in the funding of a center, and state funds shall be expended only for facilities to be used by the state to be located on real property owned by the state, including acquisition of real property to be owned by the state in fee simple or pursuant to a lease-purchase contract.

(b) Accessibility to the center by rail or bus service operating at frequency headways of not less than one-half hour during peak commute hours.

(c) Other criteria to be used in the evaluation of a site for the center, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) The ability of the project to enhance environmental quality, including the dedication of open space for preservation of open space, wetlands, and other wildlife habitat.

(2) The ability of the project to rely on existing infrastructure, including water and sewer hookups to existing systems and access by existing roads and transit systems, or alternatively, an assurance by the local jurisdiction or jurisdictions that an infrastructure development plan has been adopted which provides for the timely construction of necessary infrastructure and which is fully funded.

(3) The extent to which the project will result in the least cost to public agencies, direct and indirect, including costs incurred by state and local agencies other than the department.

(4) The extent to which the project provides a return on investment of public funds to public agencies.

(d) Contracting for consultant services to assist it in selecting a site for a center.

(e) Receiving and evaluating proposals for the center, to be ranked in priority order consistent with this section.

(f) Not committing any state funds to the project other than for the development of a request for proposals and the evaluation of proposals received in response to the request, unless funds are specifically appropriated as a separate item in the annual Budget Act for the financing, planning, design, and construction of the center.

(g) Construction of the center shall be subject to prevailing wage laws and minority enterprise and women business enterprise participation laws applicable to the department’s highway construction projects.
Cal. GOV § 15641 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 15641
Section 15641
Status: in_force

In order to verify the information furnished to the assessor of the county, the board may audit the original books of account, wherever located, of any person owning, claiming, possessing, or controlling property included in a survey conducted pursuant to this chapter if the property is of a type for which accounting records are useful sources of appraisal data.

No appraisal data relating to individual properties obtained for the purposes of any survey under this chapter shall be made public, and no state or local officer or employee thereof gaining knowledge thereof in any action taken under this chapter shall make any disclosure with respect thereto except as that may be required for the purposes of this chapter. Except as specifically provided herein, any appraisal data may be disclosed by the board to any assessor, or by the board or the assessor to the assessee of the property to which the data relate.

The board shall permit an assessee of property to inspect, at the appropriate office of the board, any information and records relating to an appraisal of the assessee’s property, including “market data” as defined in Section 408 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. However, no information or records, other than “market data,” which relate to the property or business affairs of a person other than the assessee shall be disclosed.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing examination of that data by law enforcement agencies, grand juries, boards of supervisors, or their duly authorized agents, employees, or representatives conducting an investigation of an assessor’s office pursuant to Section 25303, and other duly authorized legislative or administrative bodies of the state pursuant to their authorization to examine that data.
Cal. GOV § 8618 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 11 / Section 8618
Section 8618
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise expressly provided by the parties, the responsible local official in whose jurisdiction an incident requiring mutual aid has occurred shall remain in charge at such incident, including the direction of personnel and equipment provided him through mutual aid.
Cal. GOV § 19818.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 2.6 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.5 / Section 19818.8
Section 19818.8
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall not be assigned to perform the duties of any class other than that to which his or her position is allocated, except as permitted by Section 19050.8.

(b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if those provisions of the memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
Cal. GOV § 15814.14 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 10b / Chapter 2.7 / Section 15814.14
Section 15814.14
Status: in_force

(a) Any state agency may enter into a contract with the board for the purchase or exchange of thermal or electrical energy or water, or to acquire conservation services through the use of conservation measures, for a term not exceeding 35 years, at those rates and upon those terms that are approved by the agency and the board.

(b) The Department of General Services, with the consent of the state agency having jurisdiction over the property, or any other state agency with the approval of the Department of General Services, may lease as lessor for terms of up to 35 years any structure, building, facility, work, or land, owned or acquired by the agency, to any person, including the board, to permit the board to enter into an energy service contract with that person, or to permit the board to undertake other projects authorized under this chapter, at those rates and upon those terms that may be approved by the state agency and the board.
Cal. CIV § 3440.1 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 2 / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 3440.1
Section 3440.1
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Things in action.

(b) Ships or cargoes if either are at sea or in a foreign port.

(c) The sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes governed by the Uniform Commercial Code, security interests, and contracts of bottomry or respondentia.

(d) Wines or brandies in the wineries, distilleries, or wine cellars of the makers or owners of the wines or brandies, or other persons having possession, care, and control of the wines or brandies, and the pipes, casks, and tanks in which the wines or brandies are contained, if the transfers are made in writing and executed and acknowledged, and if the transfers are recorded in the book of official records in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the wines, brandies, pipes, casks, and tanks are situated.

(e) A transfer or assignment made for the benefit of creditors generally or by an assignee acting under an assignment for the benefit of creditors generally.

(f) Property exempt from enforcement of a money judgment.

(g) Standing timber.

(h) Subject to the limitations in Section 3440.3, a transfer of personal property if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) Before the date of the intended transfer, the transferor or the transferee files a financing statement, with respect to the property transferred, authorized in an authenticated record by the transferor. The financing statement shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 9 of the Commercial Code, but may use the terms “transferor” in lieu of “debtor” and “transferee” in lieu of “secured party.” The provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 9 of the Commercial Code shall apply as appropriate to the financing statement.

(2) The transferor or the transferee publishes a notice of the intended transfer one time in a newspaper of general circulation published in the public notice district in which the personal property is located, if there is one, and if there is none in the public notice district, then in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the personal property is located. The publication shall be completed not less than 10 days before the date the transfer occurs. The notice shall contain the name and address of the transferor and transferee and a general statement of the character of the personal property intended to be transferred, and shall indicate the place where the personal property is located and a date on or after which the transfer is to be made.

(i) Personal property not located within this state at the time of the transfer or attachment of the lien if the provisions of this subdivision are not used for the purpose of evading this chapter.

(j) A transfer of property that (1) is subject to a statute or treaty of the United States or a statute of this state that provides for the registration of transfers of title or issuance of certificates of title and (2) is so far perfected under that statute or treaty that a bona fide purchaser cannot acquire an interest in the property transferred that is superior to the interest of the transferee.

(k) A transfer of personal property in connection with a transaction in which the property is immediately thereafter leased by the transferor from the transferee provided the transferee purchased the property for value and in good faith pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 10308 of the Commercial Code.

(l) Water supply property, as defined in Section 849 of the Public Utilities Code.

(m) A transfer of property by any governmental entity.

(n) For the purposes of this section, publication of notice in a public notice district is governed by Chapter 1.1 (commencing with Section 6080) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
Cal. GOV § 11565 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 11565
Section 11565
Status: in_force

If the salary specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) for any particular position is greater than the salary which the incumbent is receiving on the date when this chapter takes effect, he or she shall receive the higher amount from and after the first day of the month immediately following such effective date.
Cal. GOV § 22960.75 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 22960.75
Section 22960.75
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a participant, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated.

(b) If the community property is divided in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 2610 of the Family Code, the court shall order that the contributions and earnings attributable to periods of service during the marriage be divided into two separate and distinct accounts in the name of the participant and the name of the nonparticipant spouse, respectively. Any contributions or earnings that are not explicitly awarded by the judgment or court order shall be deemed the exclusive property of the participant.

(c) The court shall address the rights of the nonparticipant spouse to the following:

(1) The right to a retirement benefit, and the consequent right to elect an annuity.

(2) The right to lump-sum distribution of the balance of the nonparticipant spouse’s account.

(3) The right to designate a beneficiary to receive a distribution of the balance remaining in the nonparticipant spouse’s account upon the death of the nonparticipant spouse.

(d) In the capacity of nonparticipant spouse, he or she is entitled only to the rights and benefits explicitly established by this chapter. The nonparticipant spouse shall not be entitled to a disability benefit.

(e) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any amount to be distributed under the plan at a time or in a form that is not permitted under this part or Title 26 of the United States Code.
Cal. EDC § 39803 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 23.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 39803
Section 39803
Status: in_force

(a) If a continuing contract for the furnishing of transportation of pupils in school districts to and from school is made it shall be made for a term not to exceed five years. A contract is renewable at the option of the school district and the party contracting to provide transportation services, jointly, at the end of the term of the contract. The contract as renewed shall include all of the terms and conditions of the previous contract, including any provisions increasing rates based on increased costs.

(b) A continuing contract may be made for the lease or rental of schoolbuses, not to exceed five years, except that if a lease or rental contract provides that the district may exercise an option either to purchase the buses or to cancel the lease at the end of each annual period during the period of the contract, the contract may be made for a term not to exceed 10 years.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a continuing contract executed under the provisions of this section may be negotiated annually within the contract period when economic factors indicate negotiation is necessary to maintain an equitable pricing structure. Renegotiation is subject to the approval of both contracting parties.

(d) Any rental, lease, or lease-purchase of a schoolbus shall comply with all applicable provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 17450) of Chapter 4 of Part 10.5.
Cal. GOV § 16142 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 16142
Section 16142
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall direct the Controller to pay annually out of the funds appropriated by Section 16140, to each eligible county, city, or city and county, the following amounts for each acre of land within its regulatory jurisdiction that is assessed pursuant to Section 423, 423.3, 423.4, or 423.5, or Section 426 if it was previously assessed under Section 423.4, of the Revenue and Taxation Code:

(1) Five dollars ($5) for prime agricultural land, as defined in Section 51201.

(2) One dollar ($1) for all land, other than prime agricultural land, which is devoted to open-space uses of statewide significance, as defined in Section 16143.

(b) The amount per acre in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) may be increased by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to a figure which would offset any savings due to a more restrictive determination by the secretary as to what land is devoted to open-space use of statewide significance.

(c) The amount per acre in subdivision (a) shall only be paid for 10 years from the date that the land was first assessed pursuant to Section 426 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if it was previously assessed under Section 423.4 of that code.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2008–09 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Controller shall reduce, by 10 percent, any payment made pursuant to this section.

(e) Effective January 1, 2011, if the payment pursuant to this section for the previous fiscal year is less than one-half of the participating county’s actual foregone general fund property tax revenue, the county may make a determination to implement subdivision (b) of Section 51244 and Section 51244.3. The implementation of these sections shall be suspended for any subsequent fiscal year in which the payment for the previous fiscal year exceeds one-half of the foregone general fund property tax revenue.

For purposes of this subdivision, a county’s actual foregone property tax revenue shall be based on the county’s respective share of the general property tax dollars as reflected in the most recent annual report issued by the State Board of Equalization or 20 percent, whichever is higher.
Cal. GOV § 15820.944 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 10b / Chapter 3.132 / Section 15820.944
Section 15820.944
Status: in_force

With the consent of the board, the BSCC or the CDCR and a participating county are authorized to enter into leases or subleases, as lessor or lessee, for any property or approved adult local criminal justice facility and are further authorized to enter into contracts or other agreements for the use, maintenance, and operation of the adult local criminal justice facility in order to facilitate the financing authorized by this chapter. In those leases, subleases, or other agreements, the participating county shall agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the State of California for any and all claims and losses accruing and resulting from or arising out of the participating county’s use and occupancy of the adult local criminal justice facility.
Cal. GOV § 20426 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 20426
Section 20426
Status: in_force

“Local police officer” also includes any officer or employee of a police department of a contracting agency that is a city, employed to perform communication duties for an employer that contracted with this system for coverage for its local police officers on October 1, 1948, and who elected to become a local safety member on August 25, 1973, pursuant to Chapter 91 of the Statutes of 1973.

This section shall not apply to any contracting agency nor to the employees of a contracting agency until the agency elects to be subject to this section by amendment to its contract made in the manner prescribed for the approval of contracts or, in the case of contracts made after January 1, 1989, by express provision in the contract making the contracting agency subject to this section.
Cal. EDC § 39834 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 23.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 39834
Section 39834
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any officer, agent, or employee of a school district, office of the county superintendent of schools, or joint powers agency, or any other person, knowingly operating, or permitting or directing the operation of a schoolbus, when it is loaded with schoolchildren in excess of the limits of its seating capacity, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) The governing board of any school district, office of the county superintendent of schools, or joint powers agency may adopt a district policy establishing plans for the evacuation of pupils in case of any emergency that may provide, where necessary, for the loading of schoolchildren on a schoolbus in excess of the limits of its seating capacity.

(c) As used in this section, “emergency” means a natural disaster or hazard that requires pupils to be moved immediately in order to ensure their safety.
Cal. EDC § 35145 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 21 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 35145
Section 35145
Status: in_force

All meetings of the governing board of any school district shall be open to the public and shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. All actions authorized or required by law of the governing board shall be taken at the meetings and shall be subject to the following requirements:

(a) Minutes shall be taken at all of those meetings, recording all actions taken by the governing board. The minutes are public records and shall be available to the public.

(b) An agenda shall be posted by the governing board, or its designee, in accordance with the requirements of Section 54954.2 of the Government Code. Any interested person may commence an action by mandamus or injunction pursuant to Section 54960.1 of the Government Code for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination that any action taken by the governing board in violation of this subdivision or Section 35144 is null and void.
Cal. GOV § 19815.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 2.6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 19815.3
Section 19815.3
Status: in_force

With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the department. The director shall be appointed wholly on the basis of training, demonstrated ability, experience, and leadership in personnel administration and labor relations. The director shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2. In addition thereto, the Governor shall appoint a deputy director and a chief counsel for the department. Both appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
Cal. GOV § 20472 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 20472
Section 20472
Status: in_force

Errors in any contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties. Excluded employees may be included by groups through amendments approved in the manner prescribed for the approval of the contracts, except that if there were no members of an excluded group when the contract was entered into, an election among the employees is not required. Additional benefits for prior service provided in this part but not included in a contract, may be included through amendments so approved except that an election among employees is not required.
Cal. GOV § 8548.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 3.5 / Section 8548.1
Section 8548.1
Status: in_force

No later than April 1, 2002, the State Auditor shall prepare for state employees a written explanation of the California Whistleblower Protection Act contained in Article 3 (commencing with Section 8547). The explanation shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(a) Instructions on how to contact the State Auditor by mail or telephone.

(b) A general overview of improper governmental activities and examples of three of the most common types of improper governmental activities that may be reported to the State Auditor.

(c) Examples of two of the most commonly reported governmental activities that the State Auditor does not have authority to investigate.

(d) An explanation of whistleblower protection available to state employees who report improper governmental activities to the State Auditor.

(e) The requirement that the State Auditor protect the anonymity of a person who reports improper governmental activity to the State Auditor.

(f) The State Auditor’s authority in connection with violations of law discovered during an investigation of improper governmental activities.
Cal. EDC § 44227.2 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 25 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 44227.2
Section 44227.2
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby establishes the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Career Technical Education Educator Credentialing Program for purposes of providing alternative routes to credentialing.

(b) No later than June 1, 2010, the commission, in consultation with the Committee on Accreditation established pursuant to Section 44373, shall develop a process to authorize additional high-quality alternative route educator preparation programs provided by school districts, county offices of education, community-based organizations, and nongovernmental organizations. Organizations participating in this project may offer educator preparation programs for any science, mathematics, and career technical education credential type issued by the commission if the organization meets the requirements for being authorized pursuant to criteria established by the commission.

(c) The commission shall authorize community-based or nongovernmental organizations accredited by an accrediting organization that is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education.

(d) Participating organizations shall electronically submit credential applications to the commission.

(e) The commission may assess a fee on a community-based or nongovernmental organization that is seeking approval to participate in the program. For purposes of this section, an independent college or university in California is not a community-based or nongovernmental organization.
Cal. GOV § 15670 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 9.5 / Section 15670
Section 15670
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be established in state government the Office of Tax Appeals.

(b) (1) The office is under the control of a director. The Governor shall appoint the director, chief deputy director, and chief counsel of the office. The appointment of the director is subject to confirmation by the Senate.

(2) The director shall administer and direct the day-to-day operations of the office, including, but not limited to, ensuring that each hearing office is sufficiently staffed and that appeals hearings are heard and resolved in a timely and efficient manner. The director shall not direct, oversee, supervise, or be otherwise involved in the decisionmaking process of the tax appeals panels.

(c) Within the office, there shall be tax appeals panels. Each tax appeals panel shall consist of three members designated by the director of the office. Each member shall be a person who satisfies all of the following criteria:

(1) The person agrees to adhere to the ethics standards adopted by the office pursuant to subdivision (d).

(2) The person has knowledge and experience with regard to the administration and operation of the tax and fee laws of the United States and California.

(3) Either of the following is true:

(A) The person maintained an active membership in the State Bar of California for at least five years immediately preceding designation to a tax appeals panel and meets the qualifications for a state employee classification as an administrative law judge.

(B) The person is employed under either of the following state employee classifications:

(i) The Business Taxes Specialist, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration series.

(ii) The Program Specialist, Franchise Tax Board series.

(d) The office shall adopt by rule, pursuant to Section 15679, ethics standards, including rules governing conflicts of interest and ex parte communication. The office shall, to the extent applicable, model the rules upon the Code of Judicial Ethics adopted by the Supreme Court pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 18 of Article VI of the California Constitution.

(e) The hiring of members for tax appeals panels shall be conducted by the office in compliance with state civil service requirements.

(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the changes made to this section by the act adding this subdivision authorizing the office to hire specified tax specialists to serve as members of tax appeals panels shall be implemented by the office in a manner that will not directly cause a reduction in the number of administrative law judges currently employed by the office.
Cal. CORP § 15911.23 — California Code / Code corp / Title 2 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 11.5 / Section 15911.23
Section 15911.23
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after the date on which notice of the approval of the outstanding interests of the limited partnership is mailed to the limited partner pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 15911.22, the limited partner shall submit to the limited partnership at its principal office or at the office of any transfer agent thereof, (a) if the interest is evidenced by a certificate, the limited partner’s certificate representing the interest which the limited partner demands that the limited partnership purchase, to be stamped or endorsed with a statement that the interest is a dissenting interest or to be exchanged for certificates of appropriate denominations so stamped or endorsed, or (b) if the interest is not evidenced by a certificate, written notice of the number or amount of interest which the limited partner demands that the limited partnership purchase. Upon subsequent transfers of the dissenting interest on the books of the limited partnership, the new certificates or other written statement issued therefor shall bear a like statement, together with the name of the original holder of the dissenting interest.
Cal. EDC § 59003 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 32 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 59003
Section 59003
Status: in_force

The State Department of Education in relation to the California Schools for the Deaf shall:

(a) Prescribe rules for the government of the schools.

(b) Appoint the superintendents and other officers and employees.

(c) Remove for cause any officer, teacher, or employee.

(d) Fix the compensation of officers, teachers, and employees.
Cal. CORP § 16909 — California Code / Code corp / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 16909
Section 16909
Status: in_force

(a) An entity that converts into another entity pursuant to this article is for all purposes the same entity that existed before the conversion.

(b) When a conversion takes effect, all of the following apply:

(1) All the rights and property, whether real, personal, or mixed, of the converting entity remains vested in the converted entity.

(2) All debts, liabilities, and obligations of the converting entity continue as debts, liabilities, and obligations of the converted entity.

(3) All rights of creditors and liens upon the property of the converting entity shall be preserved unimpaired and remain enforceable against the converted entity to the same extent as against the converting entity as if the conversion had not occurred.

(4) Any action or proceeding pending by or against the converting entity may be continued against the converted entity as if the conversion had not occurred.

(c) A partner of a converting partnership is liable for:

(1) All obligations of the converting partnership for which the partner was personally liable before the conversion.

(2) All obligations of the converted entity incurred after the conversion takes effect, but those obligations may be satisfied only out of property of the entity if (A) the converted other business entity is a limited partnership and the partner becomes a limited partner, (B) the converted other business entity is a limited liability company and the partner becomes a member, unless the articles of organization or the operating agreement of the limited liability company provide otherwise, or (C) the converted other business entity is a corporation and the partner becomes a shareholder.

(d) A partner of a partnership that converted from an other business entity is liable for any and all obligations of the converting other business entity for which the partner was personally liable before the conversion, but only to the extent the partner was liable for the obligation of the converting entity prior to the conversion.

(e) A partner of a converting partnership, who does not vote in favor of the conversion and does not agree to become a partner, member, shareholder, or holder of interest of the converted other business entity shall have the right to dissociate from the partnership, as of the date the conversion takes effect. Within 10 days after the approval of the conversion by the partners as required under this article, the converting partnership shall send notice of the approval of the conversion to each partner that has not approved the conversion, accompanied by copies of Section 16701 and a brief description of the procedure to be followed under that section if the partner wishes to dissociate from the partnership. A partner that desires to dissociate from the converting partnership shall send written notice of that dissociation within 30 days after the date of the notice of the approval of the conversion. The converting partnership shall cause the partner’s interest in the entity to be purchased under Section 16701. The converting partnership is bound under Section 16702 by an act of a general partner dissociated under this subdivision, and the partner is liable under Section 16703 for transactions entered into by the converted entity after the conversion takes effect. The dissociation of a partner in connection with a conversion pursuant to the terms of this subdivision shall not be deemed to be a wrongful dissociation under Section 16602.
Cal. GOV § 8670.65 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7.4 / Article 9 / Section 8670.65
Section 8670.65
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 8670.64, any person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, or Division 7.8 (commencing with Section 8750) of the Public Resources Code, or any permit, rule, regulation, standard, cease and desist order, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this act is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
Cal. EDC § 44927 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 25 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 44927
Section 44927
Status: in_force

The governing board of any school district, a county board of education, or the Department of Education may execute a contract with any California teacher-training institution whereby certificated personnel of the school district, county, or the Department of Education may be assigned to the teacher-training institution for full-time or part-time duty for a period not to exceed one year.

Any teacher-training institution in California may execute a contract with the governing board of any school district, a county board of education, or the Board of Education whereby certificated personnel of the institution may be assigned to school districts, county boards of education, or the Department of Education for full-time or part-time duty for a period not to exceed one year.

Any such contract shall provide for the payment, by the entity to which a person is assigned to the employer, of a sum equivalent to the salary and other employment costs of any such employee. In place of such payment, the contract may provide for the exchange of certificated personnel between the district, county, or Department of Education and the teacher-training institution. Any such employee shall retain his status as an employee of the school district, county, Department of Education, or teacher-training institution from which he is assigned in all respects during the period of such assignment.
Cal. GOV § 20511 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 20511
Section 20511
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding this article or Article 5 (commencing with Section 20570), when all or a portion of one agency’s contract is merged into that of another, the retirement allowances may be computed separately for service under the former contract and service under the succeeding contract. In these cases, a transferred member shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the succeeding agency’s contract as the member was a new employee of the succeeding agency at the time of transfer.

Furthermore, when all or a portion of one agency’s contract is merged into that of another, and when eligibility for membership is different between the two contracts, the differences shall not create prior service liabilities as against either agency, and transferred members shall not be entitled under either contract to credit for service rendered when they were not eligible for membership.
Cal. GOV § 21331 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 21331
Section 21331
Status: in_force

An adjustment in a monthly allowance under this article shall be derived from or credited to contributions of the employer, and if the monthly allowance is a retirement allowance the adjustment shall be applied as an increase or decrease, as the case may be, in the current and prior service pensions.
Cal. GOV § 8252.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 3.2 / Section 8252.5
Section 8252.5
Status: in_force

Citizens Redistricting Commission Vacancy, Removal, Resignation, Absence.

(a) In the event of substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in office, or inability to discharge the duties of office, a member of the commission may be removed by the Governor with the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of the Senate after having been served written notice and provided with an opportunity for a response. A finding of substantial neglect of duty or gross misconduct in office may result in referral to the Attorney General for criminal prosecution or the appropriate administrative agency for investigation.

(b) (1) Any vacancy, whether created by removal, resignation, or absence, in the 14 commission positions that occurs prior to December 31 of a year ending in the number two shall be filled by the commission within the 30 days after the vacancy occurs, from the subpool of applicants of the same voter registration category as the vacating nominee that was remaining after all legislative leaders exercised their strikes pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 8252.

(2) Any vacancy, whether created by removal, resignation, or absence, in the 14 commission positions that occurs on or after December 31 of a year ending in the number two may be filled by the commission from the subpool of applicants of the same voter registration category as the vacating nominee that was remaining after all legislative leaders exercised their strikes pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 8252.

(3) If none of those remaining applicants are available for service, the State Auditor shall establish a new subpool for the same voter registration category in accordance with Section 8252.
Cal. CCP § 179 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 1 / Title 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 179
Section 179
Status: in_force

Each of the justices of the Supreme Court and of any court of appeal and the judges of the superior courts, shall have power in any part of the state to take and certify:

(a) The proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or of any other written instrument.

(b) The acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment of any court.

(c) An affidavit or deposition to be used in this state.
Cal. GOV § 8255.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 3.3 / Section 8255.5
Section 8255.5
Status: in_force

The following definitions govern this chapter:

(a) “Commission” means the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs.

(b) “APIA” means Asian and Pacific Islander American.
Cal. GOV § 22812 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 22812
Section 22812
Status: in_force

(a) A former legislative employee who separates from employment while enrolled in a health benefit plan provided by his or her employer, by reason of layoff, involuntary termination, or retirement may enroll in a health benefit plan within 60 days of separation from employment and, thereupon, shall be deemed to have been enrolled on the date of the separation from employment.

(b) An eligible survivor of a legislative employee who was enrolled in a health benefit plan provided by the employer at the time of death may, within 60 days of the death of the employee, enroll in a health benefit plan and, thereupon, shall be deemed to have been enrolled on the date of the employee’s death.
Cal. CORP § 15911.05 — California Code / Code corp / Title 2 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 11 / Section 15911.05
Section 15911.05
Status: in_force

(a) The conversion of a limited partnership into a foreign limited partnership or foreign other business entity shall be required to comply with Section 15911.02.

(b) If the limited partnership is converting into a foreign limited partnership or foreign other business entity, those conversion proceedings shall be in accordance with the laws of the state or place of organization of the foreign limited partnership or foreign other business entity and the conversion shall become effective in accordance with that law.

(c) (1) To enforce an obligation of a limited partnership that has converted to a foreign limited partnership or foreign other business entity, the Secretary of State shall only be the agent for service of process in an action or proceeding against that converted foreign entity if the agent designated for the service of process for that entity is a natural person and cannot be found with due diligence or if the agent is a corporation and no person to whom delivery may be made may be located with due diligence, or if no agent has been designated and if no one of the officers, partners, managers, members, or agents of that entity may be located after diligent search and it is so shown by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court. The court then may make an order that service be made by personal delivery to the Secretary of State or to an assistant or deputy Secretary of State of two copies of the process together with two copies of the order, and the order shall set forth an address to which the process shall be sent by the Secretary of State. Service in this manner is deemed complete on the 10th day after delivery of the process to the Secretary of State.

(2) Upon receipt of the process and order and the fee set forth in Section 12206 of the Government Code, the Secretary of State shall provide notice to that entity of the service of the process by forwarding by certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy of the process and order to the address specified in the order.

(3) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all process served upon the Secretary of State and shall record therein the time of service and the Secretary of State’s action with respect thereto. The certificate of the Secretary of State, under the Secretary of State’s official seal, certifying to the receipt of process, the providing of notice thereof to that entity, and the forwarding of the process shall be competent and prima facie evidence of the matters stated therein.
Cal. GOV § 8587 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 8587
Section 8587
Status: in_force

(a) During a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, the secretary shall coordinate the emergency activities of all state agencies in connection with that emergency, and every state agency and officer shall cooperate with the secretary in rendering all possible assistance in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

(b) In addition to the powers designated in this section, the Governor may delegate any of the powers vested in him or her under this chapter to the secretary except the power to make, amend, and rescind orders and regulations, and the power to proclaim a state of emergency.
Cal. EDC § 37222.15 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 22 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 37222.15
Section 37222.15
Status: in_force

(a) January 30 of each year is designated and set apart as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222.

(b) On Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, all public schools and educational institutions are encouraged to conduct exercises remembering the life of Fred Korematsu and recognizing the importance of preserving civil liberties, even in times of real or perceived crisis.
Cal. GOV § 12950.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2.8 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 12950.2
Section 12950.2
Status: in_force

An employer may also provide bystander intervention training that includes information and practical guidance on how to enable bystanders to recognize potentially problematic behaviors and to motivate bystanders to take action when they observe problematic behaviors. The training and education may include exercises to provide bystanders with the skills and confidence to intervene as appropriate and to provide bystanders with resources they can call upon that support their intervention.
Cal. GOV § 11121.9 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 11121.9
Section 11121.9
Status: in_force

Each state body shall provide a copy of this article to each member of the state body upon his or her appointment to membership or assumption of office.
Cal. GOV § 8879.54 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 12.491 / Article 4 / Section 8879.54
Section 8879.54
Status: in_force

For the program funded by funds deposited in the Transportation Facilities Account established in subdivision (e) of Section 8879.23, the commission shall include in its annual report to the Legislature, required by Section 14535, a summary of its activities related to the administration of this program. The summary should, at a minimum, include a description and the location of the projects contained in the program, the amount of funds allocated to each project, the status of each project, and a description of the improvements the program is achieving.
Cal. GOV § 14031.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 14031.7
Section 14031.7
Status: in_force

Prior to any allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14031. 6, for any recommended new service, the department shall submit a report to the commission consisting of the following:

(a) The speeds and other service attributes needed.

(b) Needed facilities and manpower specifications.

(c) The avoidable costs of direct services joint-use arrangements, capital facilities, and other necessary arrangements.

(d) An estimate of total costs for proposed services.

(e) An inventory and evaluation of other existing transportation services in the corridor.

(f) The market potential encompassing modal diversion and operating revenues.

(g) For any commuter service, the compatibility of the service with the affected regional transportation plan.

During the preparation of this report, the department shall draw upon the resources of the Public Utilities Commission and any other available resource. This report shall become a part of the department’s proposed state transportation improvement program.
Cal. GOV § 8880.49 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 12.5 / Article 5 / Section 8880.49
Section 8880.49
Status: in_force

A contract with a lottery game retailer shall not be assignable or transferable.
Cal. EDC § 33033 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 2 / Part 20 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 33033
Section 33033
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education may:

(a) Establish at the request of the governing authorities of any state institution, courses of instruction for the inmates of the institution.

(b) Examine under arrangements with the governing authorities of the institution the progress of students taking the courses and grant high school diplomas to students meeting the requirements for high school graduation. Certificates of completion previously awarded by the State Board of Education to students who, at the time of the award of a certificate of completion, met the requirements for high school graduation, shall be deemed for all purposes to be the equivalent of diplomas of high school graduation.
Cal. GOV § 9350.55 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 1 / Section 9350.55
Section 9350.55
Status: in_force

“Legislative statutory officer” means any of the following officers who has 10 or more years’ full-time state service: (a) the Secretary of the Senate, (b) the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, (c) the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and (d) the Sergeant at Arms of the Assembly.
Cal. GOV § 14503 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 1 / Section 14503
Section 14503
Status: in_force

(a) Other than ex officio members, the members of the commission shall hold office for terms of four years, and until their successors are appointed, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(b) In the case of the members initially appointed by the Governor, three shall be appointed to serve until February 1, 1979, two until February 1, 1980, two until February 1, 1981, and two until February 1, 1982.

(c) The members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14502 shall hold office for terms of four years, and until their successors are appointed.

(d) Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired portion of the terms in which they occur.
Cal. GOV § 14524.16 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 2 / Section 14524.16
Section 14524.16
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall, as part of the reports required pursuant to Sections 14524.15 and 14525.5, report on its costs of project development for all state transportation improvement program projects awarded during the previous fiscal year.

(b) For purposes of this section, “costs of project development” includes all noncapital costs incurred by the department from completion of the project study report through the award of the construction contract.

The costs of project development include the prorated share of distributed departmental administration, as identified in the Governor’s proposed budget, attributable to these project development activities. The calculation of the prorated share of departmental administration shall exclude tort payments, costs of legal services associated with those payments, and central administrative services.

(c) The department shall attempt to keep its cost of project development, as defined in subdivision (b), from exceeding 20 percent of the value of state transportation improvement program projects, including right-of-way costs, awarded during the previous fiscal year, except for those projects where the department has provided design oversight only or has not been the responsible agency for project design.

The average cost of project delivery for the three previous fiscal years shall not exceed the 20 percent target.

(d) On or before June 1 of each year, the Legislative Analyst shall assess the department’s costs of project development.
Cal. GOV § 21002 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 4 / Section 21002
Section 21002
Status: in_force

A member who returns to active state service following an employer-approved leave of absence because of his or her serious illness or injury may elect to receive service credit for that period of uncompensated absence at any time prior to retirement by making contributions as specified in Sections 21050 and 21052. The purchase of additional service credit pursuant to this section shall not reduce the amount of service credit that the member is eligible to purchase pursuant to this chapter. A member may purchase service credit pursuant to this section for a leave of absence that occurred either before or after the effective date of these provisions.
Cal. GOV § 16279.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 1.5 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 16279.4
Section 16279.4
Status: in_force

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its governing board, a county or city may distribute funds to any special district from any available county or city sources, including funds allocated to the county or city pursuant to Section 16272 of the Government Code or Section 35.5 of Chapter 332 of the Statutes of 1978. Notwithstanding any provision of Section 16272 of the Government Code, or Section 35.5 of Chapter 332 of the Statutes of 1978, a city or county may distribute funds allocated to the county or city pursuant to such sections to any community services district formed on March 1, 1979, which includes territory within its jurisdiction declared by the Governor to be a disaster area due to flooding in 1978.
Cal. GOV § 20750 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 20750
Section 20750
Status: in_force

Subject to regulations adopted by the board, a member may file an election with the board to redeposit in the retirement fund, in a lump sum or by installment payments, (1) an amount equal to the accumulated contributions that he or she has withdrawn at one or more terminations of service, or for one withdrawal at a time, but in reverse chronological order in which they occurred, and (2) an amount equal to the interest that would have been credited to his or her account to the date of completion of payments had the contributions not been withdrawn, and (3) if he or she elects to redeposit in other than one sum, interest on the unpaid balance of the amount payable to the retirement fund, beginning on the date of the election to redeposit, as if the member interest crediting rate in effect on the date of the election to redeposit had been and continued to be in effect through the completion of the payments.
Cal. CIV § 3343 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 1 / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 3343
Section 3343
Status: in_force

(a) One defrauded in the purchase, sale or exchange of property is entitled to recover the difference between the actual value of that with which the defrauded person parted and the actual value of that which he received, together with any additional damage arising from the particular transaction, including any of the following:

(1) Amounts actually and reasonably expended in reliance upon the fraud.

(2) An amount which would compensate the defrauded party for loss of use and enjoyment of the property to the extent that any such loss was proximately caused by the fraud.

(3) Where the defrauded party has been induced by reason of the fraud to sell or otherwise part with the property in question, an amount which will compensate him for profits or other gains which might reasonably have been earned by use of the property had he retained it.

(4) Where the defrauded party has been induced by reason of the fraud to purchase or otherwise acquire the property in question, an amount which will compensate him for any loss of profits or other gains which were reasonably anticipated and would have been earned by him from the use or sale of the property had it possessed the characteristics fraudulently attributed to it by the party committing the fraud, provided that lost profits from the use or sale of the property shall be recoverable only if and only to the extent that all of the following apply:

(i) The defrauded party acquired the property for the purpose of using or reselling it for a profit.

(ii) The defrauded party reasonably relied on the fraud in entering into the transaction and in anticipating profits from the subsequent use or sale of the property.

(iii) Any loss of profits for which damages are sought under this paragraph have been proximately caused by the fraud and the defrauded party’s reliance on it.

(b) Nothing in this section shall do either of the following:

(1) Permit the defrauded person to recover any amount measured by the difference between the value of property as represented and the actual value thereof.

(2) Deny to any person having a cause of action for fraud or deceit any legal or equitable remedies to which such person may be entitled.
Cal. CIV § 711 — California Code / Code civ / Division 2 / Part 1 / Title 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 711
Section 711
Status: in_force

Conditions restraining alienation, when repugnant to the interest created, are void.
Cal. GOV § 15819.14 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 10b / Chapter 3.1 / Section 15819.14
Section 15819.14
Status: in_force

(a) There is in the State Treasury the New Prison Construction Revenue Fund, which is hereby created. Moneys derived from the lease-purchase financing of the Southern Maximum Security Complex prison facilities as authorized by this chapter shall be deposited in this fund. Proceeds of the sale of bonds deposited in the New Prison Construction Revenue Fund may be transferred by the board, upon the approval of the Director of Finance, to the 1984 Prison Construction Fund established by Section 7202 of the Penal Code. Moneys shall be withdrawn from the 1984 Prison Construction Fund in accordance with law for the purpose of carrying out the New Prison Construction Bond Act of 1984.
Cal. CCP § 182 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 1 / Title 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 182
Section 182
Status: in_force

The heading to this chapter shall not be deemed to govern or limit the scope or meaning of this chapter.
Cal. EDC § 41344.4 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 24 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 41344.4
Section 41344.4
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local educational agency is not required to repay an apportionment based on a significant audit exception related to the requirements specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 14501 if the county superintendent of schools certifies to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Controller that the audit exception was corrected by the local educational agency or that an acceptable plan of correction was submitted to the county superintendent of schools pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 41020. With respect to textbooks and instructional materials, the plan shall be consistent with the requirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 60119.
Cal. GOV § 8231.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 8231.8
Section 8231.8
Status: in_force

(a) In performing an online notarization, a notary public authorized to perform online notarizations shall verify the identity of a principal by satisfactory evidence that meets the requirements of this subdivision and the rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of State.

(1) For purposes of this subdivision, “satisfactory evidence” means the absence of information, evidence, or other circumstances that would lead a reasonable notary public to believe that the principal is not the individual that the principal claims to be and all of the following:

(A) Remote presentation of a credential by the principal.

(B) Credential analysis of the credential described in subparagraph (A).

(C) Identity proofing of the principal described in subparagraph (A).

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “satisfactory evidence” does not include the definition of “satisfactory evidence” set forth in Section 1185 of the Civil Code.

(3) Any record of a credential transmitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be retained no longer than necessary to do both of the following:

(A) Verify the identity of the principal.

(B) Make an entry in an electronic journal pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8231.5.

(b) The notary public and the online notarization platform shall encrypt all audio-video communication and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the audio-video communication used in an online notarization is secure from unauthorized interception.

(c) The electronic online notarial certificate shall include a notation that the notarization is an online notarization. An electronic online notarial certificate shall be in the following form:

(1) For an acknowledgment:

A notary public or other officer completing this
certificate verifies only the identity of the
individual who signed the document to which this
certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness,
accuracy, or validity of that document.

State of California

County of __________________________

Online Notarial Act

On ______________, 20____, before me, __________________________________(here insert name and title of officer), personally appeared _______________________________ by means of audio-video communication, who represented to me that he/she/they was/were physically located in _________________________, and proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within electronic record and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies) and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the electronic record the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the electronic record.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Electronic Seal
Electronic Signature

(2) For a jurat:

A notary public or other officer completing this
certificate verifies only the identity of the
individual who signed the document to which this
certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness,
accuracy, or validity of that document.

State of California

County of __________________________

Online Notarial Act

Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this ____ day of _____, 20__, by ____________________________________, who represented to me that he/she/they was/were physically located in ___________________________, and proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) who appeared before me by means of audio-video communication.

Electronic Seal
Electronic Signature

(d) (1) The notice shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (c) is for illustrative purposes and the format shall comply with Section 1189 of the Civil Code or Section 8202, as applicable.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the inclusion of the principal’s physical location at the time of the online notarial act in the electronic notarial certificate as a condition of recording or acceptance under California law.
Cal. GOV § 8879.14 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 12.48 / Article 3 / Section 8879.14
Section 8879.14
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the maximum maturity of any bonds authorized by this chapter shall not exceed 30 years from the date of each respective series. The maturity of each series shall be calculated from the date of each series.
Cal. GOV § 12237 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 12237
Section 12237
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1, any provision of law that exempts from public disclosure any item in the custody of the State Archives shall not apply to that item 75 years after the item was created, irrespective of the origin of the item, the manner in which it was deposited with the State Archives, or any other condition or circumstance at the time the item was deposited.

(b) Subdivision (a) shall apply to any item currently in the custody of the State Archives and any item deposited in the State Archives after the effective date of this section.

(c) The State Archives shall notify any party who deposits any item in the State Archives after the effective date of this section of the provisions of subdivision (a).

(d) The Secretary of State’s internet website shall include a public notice stating that on or after January 1, 2005, all items 75 years old or older that are on deposit in the State Archives shall be accessible to the public.
Cal. GOV § 9359.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 6 / Section 9359.3
Section 9359.3
Status: in_force

The right of a person to any benefit or other right under this chapter and the money in the Legislators’ Retirement Fund are not subject to execution or any other process whatsoever except to the extent permitted by Section 704.110 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and are unassignable except as specifically provided in this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 21220.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 21220.5
Section 21220.5
Status: in_force

A retired person who has not attained the normal retirement age shall have a bona fide separation in service to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, before working after retirement pursuant to this article. The board shall establish, by regulation, the criteria under which a bona fide separation is satisfied.
Cal. GOV § 20799 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Section 20799
Section 20799
Status: in_force

The board shall credit all contributions of the state, school employer, and contracting agencies in the retirement fund with interest at the current net earnings rate compounded at each June 30.
Cal. EDC § 56345.1 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 30 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 56345.1
Section 56345.1
Status: in_force

(a) The term “transition services,” as defined in Section 1401(34) of Title 20 of the United States Code and as used in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 56345, means a coordinated set of activities for an individual with exceptional needs that does all of the following:

(1) Is designed within an results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the individual with exceptional needs to facilitate the movement of the pupil from school to postschool activities, including postsecondary education, vocational education, integrated employment, including supported employment, continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community participation.

(2) Is based upon the individual needs of the pupil, taking into account the strengths, preferences, and interests of the pupil.

(3) Includes instruction, related services, community experiences, the development of employment and other postschool adult living objectives, and, if appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and provision of a functional vocational evaluation.

(b) In accordance with Section 300.43(b) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, transition services for individuals with exceptional needs may be special education, if provided as specially designed instruction, or a designated instruction and service, if required to assist a pupil to benefit from special education.

(c) If a participating agency, other than the local educational agency, fails to provide the transition services described in the individualized education program of the pupil in accordance with Section 1414(d)(6) of Title 20 of the United States Code and paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 56345, the local educational agency shall reconvene the individualized education program team to identify alternative strategies to meet the transition service needs for the pupil set out in the program.
Cal. EDC § 41972 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 24 / Chapter 5 / Article 17 / Section 41972
Section 41972
Status: in_force

Balances available from any appropriation for apportionments from Section A of the State School Fund and funds provided by subdivision (c) of Section 14002, or provided by any other provision of law in lieu of those sections, shall be used to restore any reductions in apportionments to elementary, high, and unified school districts and county superintendents of schools as follows:

(a) First, for revenue limits computed pursuant to Sections 2558 and 42238.

(b) Second, for special education computed pursuant to Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 56836) of Part 30.

(c) Third, for home-to-school transportation computed pursuant to Section 41856 or, commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year, Article 10 (commencing with Section 41850) of Chapter 8.

Any remaining balances otherwise transferable under subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14002 shall revert to the General Fund.
Cal. GOV § 8588.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 8588.3
Section 8588.3
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the responsibility of the State of California to protect and preserve the right of its citizens to a safe and peaceful existence. To accomplish this goal and to minimize the destructive impact of disasters and other massive emergencies, the actions of numerous public agencies must be coordinated to effectively manage all four phases of emergency activity: preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. In order to ensure that the state’s response to disasters or massive emergencies is effective, specialized training is necessary.

(b) The California Specialized Training Institute of the office of the Adjutant General is hereby transferred to the Office of Emergency Services. The institute shall assist the Governor in providing, pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 8570, training to state agencies, cities, and counties in their planning and preparation for disasters.

(c) The director may solicit, receive, and administer funds or property from federal, state, or other public agency sources for the support and operation of the institute.

(d) The director may solicit and receive firearms, other weaponry, explosive materials, chemical agents, and other items confiscated by or otherwise in the possession of law enforcement officers as donations to the institute if he or she deems them to be appropriate for the institute’s training purposes.

(e) Any moneys received by the director from charges or fees imposed in connection with the operation of the institute shall be deposited in the General Fund.
Cal. GOV § 11007 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 11007
Section 11007
Status: in_force

(a) Except as expressly authorized by law or as specifically authorized by the Director of General Services, property belonging to the state shall not be insured against risk of damage or destruction by fire, and the policies of fire insurance upon any property belonging to the state shall not be renewed. This section is not applicable to the State Compensation Insurance Fund nor to property owned by it.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), the Director of General Services may establish a master builders’ risk insurance program for all state construction projects during construction.

(c) Insurance authorized by this section shall be procured utilizing insurance procurement procedures approved by the Director of General Services.

(d) The master builders’ risk insurance program established pursuant to subdivision (b) shall provide that if a master policy is issued, that policy shall require a deductible from the contractor, as outlined in the request for bids or proposals.
Cal. CIV § 1810.1 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 10 / Section 1810.1
Section 1810.1
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, before the first transaction is made on any retail installment account, the seller shall disclose to the buyer in a single written statement, which the buyer may retain, in terminology consistent with the requirements of Section 1810.3, each of the following items, to the extent applicable:

(a) The conditions under which a finance charge may be imposed, including an explanation of the time period, if any, within which any credit extended may be paid without incurring a finance charge.

(b) The method of determining the balance upon which a finance charge may be imposed.

(c) The method of determining the amount of the finance charge, including the method of determining any minimum, charge which may be imposed as a finance charge.

(d) Where one or more periodic rates may be used to compute the finance charge, each such rate, the range of balances to which it is applicable, and the corresponding annual percentage rate determined by multiplying the periodic rate by the number of periods in a year.

(e) The conditions under which any other charges may be imposed, and the method by which they will be determined.

(f) The conditions under which the creditor may retain or acquire any security interest in any property to secure the payment of any credit extended on the account, and a description or identification of the type of the interest or interests which may be so retained, or acquired.

(g) The minimum periodic payment required.

In addition to the penalties provided under Article 12.2 (commencing with Section 1812.6) of this chapter, until the seller delivers the written statement required by this section, the buyer shall be obligated to pay only the cash price of the goods or services.
Cal. GOV § 16304 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 16304
Section 16304
Status: in_force

An appropriation shall be immediately available for encumbrance or expenditure during the period specified therein, or, if not otherwise limited by law, for three years after the date upon which it first became available for encumbrance or expenditure. An appropriation containing the term “without regard to fiscal years” shall be available for encumbrance from year to year until expended.

An appropriation shall be deemed to be encumbered at the time and to the extent that a valid obligation against the appropriation is created. However, a state agency may estimate encumbrances consistent with the authority of the appropriation, and may make corrections or adjustments to any encumbrance or estimated encumbrance during the liquidation period described in Section 16304.1.

As used in this code and in every other statute heretofore or hereafter enacted, the term “unexpended balance” shall be construed to mean “unencumbered balance.”

Appropriations for the following purposes are exempt from limitations as to period of availability in any appropriation, and shall remain available from year to year until expended:

(a) Payment of interest and redemption charges on any portion of the bonded debt of the state.

(b) Transfers of money from any fund for the benefit of elementary schools, high schools, community colleges, the University of California, or any interest and sinking fund in the State Treasury.

(c) Money transferred to revolving funds specifically created by law, including, but not limited to, the Architecture Revolving Fund and the Water Resources Revolving Fund.

(d) Appropriations available for the acquisition of real property to the extent that such appropriations have been encumbered by the filing of condemnation proceedings on behalf of the State of California before the expiration of the period of availability of the appropriation.

(e) Money transferred to and expendable from funds other than the fund in which originally deposited, pursuant to the provisions of law earmarking or appropriating for expenditure certain classes of revenue or other receipts.

(f) Continuing provisions of law appropriating for specific purposes certain classes of revenue or other receipts, upon their deposit in a particular fund in the State Treasury or upon their collection by an agency of this state.
Cal. GOV § 16645.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 16645.8
Section 16645.8
Status: in_force

(a) A civil action for a violation of this chapter may be brought by the Attorney General, or by any state taxpayer, on behalf of the people of the State of California, for injunctive relief, damages, civil penalties, and other appropriate equitable relief. All damages and civil penalties collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the State Treasury.

(b) Before filing an action under this section, a taxpayer shall give written notice to the Attorney General of the alleged violation and the intent to bring suit. If the Attorney General commences a civil action for the same alleged violation within 60 days of receiving the notice, a separate action by the taxpayer shall be barred.

(c) A taxpayer may intervene as a plaintiff in any action brought under this section.

(d) A prevailing plaintiff in any action under this section is entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. A prevailing taxpayer intervenor who makes a substantial contribution to an action under this section is entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
Cal. EDC § 35786 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 21 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 35786
Section 35786
Status: in_force

An order of a county committee attaching the territory of a lapsed school district to one or more adjoining school districts shall be effective for all purposes on the July 1 after date of the order. Notwithstanding Section 35534, the effective date of the order is not subject to compliance with Section 54900 of the Government Code. Compliance with Section 54900 of the Government Code is required by December 1 of the year in which the order is made.
Cal. EDC § 35733 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 21 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 35733
Section 35733
Status: in_force

Whenever the recommendation is to divide the entire territory of an existing school district into two or more separate school districts, the recommendation may provide that the plans and recommendations be voted upon as a single proposition.
Cal. GOV § 14527.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 3 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 2 / Section 14527.3
Section 14527.3
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall convene a task force to study the relationship between vehicle weight and road user injuries and fatalities, and degradation of road infrastructure, and appropriate responses, including the potential costs and benefits of imposing a passenger vehicle weight fee to factor in passenger vehicle weight to offset unreasonable impacts.

(b) The task force shall consist of state agencies, including the Office of Traffic Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles, local transportation agencies, safety advocates, and representatives from the automobile industry.

(c) The task force shall prepare a report summarizing its findings that includes the following topics:

(1) An analysis of the relationship between passenger vehicle weight and vulnerable road user injuries and fatalities.

(2) An analysis of the relationship between passenger vehicle weight and degradation of road infrastructure.

(3) A discussion of how a passenger vehicle weight fee may change driver behavior.

(4) A discussion of how any revenues generated by the imposition of a passenger vehicle weight fee could be directed to enhance road infrastructure that increases safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road users.

(5) An analysis of the equity considerations relating to different population groups in the state, including persons of various demographic groups, persons residing in various regions of the state, persons with low incomes, and persons using a vehicle for commercial use versus personal use, and any appropriate adjustments for these considerations.

(d) The commission shall, in consultation with relevant agencies, take into consideration the differential weights of comparable zero-emission vehicles and internal combustion engine vehicles and the existing incentives and environmental goals to promote zero-emission vehicle adoption.

(e) The commission shall, by no later than January 1, 2026, prepare and submit a report to the Legislature detailing the findings of the study and including any legislative recommendations.

(f) The report required by this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.

(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. GOV § 19996.26 — California Code / Code gov / Title 2 / Division 5 / Part 2.6 / Chapter 7 / Article 1.6 / Section 19996.26
Section 19996.26
Status: in_force

All persons employed in reduced worktime positions pursuant to Section 19996.21, shall receive, on a pro rata basis, except for benefits provided under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law and under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act, all benefits customarily available to full-time employees of state agencies in similar classes or positions. With regard to benefits provided under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law and under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act, persons employed in reduced worktime positions shall receive such benefits as are provided by law for persons employed for less than full time.
Cal. EDC § 46604 — California Code / Code edc / Title 2 / Division 4 / Part 26 / Chapter 5 / Section 46604
Section 46604
Status: in_force

If the governing board of a school district in which pupils reside who are lawfully attending in another district fails or refuses to pay, when due, the amount required to be paid to the district of attendance for the education of those pupils under any provision of this code, the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the district of residence shall draw a requisition against the funds of the district of residence in favor of the district of attendance in payment of that amount and transmit the requisition to the governing board of the district of attendance.