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Cal. WAT § 1014 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1014
Section 1014
Status: in_force

The transfer of water, or the offer of water for transfer, shall not cause, or be the basis for, a forfeiture, abandonment, or modification of any water right, contract right, or other right to the use of that water. An offer of water for transfer, contract negotiations, or a transfer agreement shall not be used as evidence of waste or unreasonable use, or of cessation of use, of the water made available for transfer.
Cal. MVC § 88 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 88
Section 88
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, including, but not limited to, Section 1 of Chapter 648 of the Statutes of 1992, as amended, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall enter into an agreement with the Department of Fish and Game that grants to the Department of Fish and Game for a period of 99 years, exclusive authority over management and control of approximately 340 acres of land being portions of Sections 19, 28, 29, and 30 of Township 7 North, Range 4 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the vicinity of the Rector Reservoir, Napa County, to be utilized by the Department of Fish and Game exclusively for open space or conservation purposes. The agreement may be terminated only upon the mutual agreement of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Fish and Game.

(b) If the agreement described in subdivision (a) is not entered into by December 31, 1997, exclusive authority over the management and control of the property described in subdivision (a) is hereby granted to the Department of Fish and Game, effective January 1, 1998.

(c) Upon the effective date of the agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) or upon the operation of subdivision (b), the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter 648 of the Statutes of 1992, as amended, authorizing the property described in subdivision (a) as surplus property are repealed.
Cal. PUC § 2801 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 2801
Section 2801
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to promote the more rapid development of new sources of natural gas and electric energy, to maintain the economic vitality of the state through the continuing production of goods and the employment of its people, and to promote the efficient utilization and distribution of energy, it is desirable and necessary to encourage private energy producers to competitively develop independent sources of natural gas and electric energy not otherwise available to California consumers served by public utilities, to require the transmission by public utilities of such energy for private energy producers under certain conditions, and remove unnecessary barriers to energy transactions involving private energy producers.
Cal. BPC § 10231.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 10231.2
Section 10231.2
Status: in_force

(a) A real estate broker who, through express or implied representations that the broker or any salesperson acting on the broker’s behalf is engaging in acts for which a real estate license is required by subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 10131, proposes to solicit and accept funds, or to cause the solicitation and acceptance of funds, to be applied to a purchase or loan transaction in which the broker will directly or indirectly obtain the use or benefit of the funds other than for commissions, fees, and costs and expenses as provided by law for the broker’s services as an agent, shall, prior to the making of any representation, solicitation, or presentation of the statement described in subdivision (b), submit the following to the Department of Real Estate:

(1) A true copy of the statement described in subdivision (b) complete except for the signature of the prospective lender or purchaser.

(2) A statement that the submittal is being made to the department pursuant to Section 10231.2.

(b) A broker making a solicitation pursuant to subdivision (a) shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the person solicited, the applicable completed statement described in Section 10232.5 not less than 24 hours before the earlier of the acceptance of any funds from that person by or on behalf of the broker or the execution of any instrument obligating the person to make the loan or purchase. The statement shall be signed by the prospective lender or purchaser and by the real estate broker or, on the broker’s behalf, by a real estate salesperson licensed to the broker. When so executed, an exact copy of the executed statement shall be given to the prospective lender or purchaser, and the broker shall retain a true copy of the executed statement for a period of four years.

(c) None of the provisions of subdivision (a) or (b) shall apply in the case of an offering of a security authorized pursuant to applicable provisions of the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code).

(d) In the case of a solicitation by a corporate real estate broker, the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply if the funds solicited are intended for the direct or indirect use or benefit of an officer or director of the corporation or of a person with a 10-percent or greater ownership interest in the corporation.
Cal. VEH § 22410 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 22410
Section 22410
Status: in_force

No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any metal tire in contact with the surface of the highway at a speed in excess of six miles per hour.
Cal. PUC § 99234.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 99234.5
Section 99234.5
Status: in_force

(a) The Counties of San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500), Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code, and the joint powers entity created pursuant to such agreement shall in accordance with Section 403 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 563), request the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to institute up to two additional trains a day in each direction between Los Angeles and San Bernardino to supplement the present level of service. The joint powers entity may request institution of more than two additional trains a day in each direction between Los Angeles and San Bernardino. Contributions shall be made from the fund of each of the three counties, as agreed by them, to the joint powers entity, as may be required by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to meet a reasonable portion of any losses associated with such service. The joint powers entity may request that the additional trains shall be operated, to the extent practicable, during periods of peak traffic.

(b) If the funds available under this chapter are insufficient for purposes of subdivision (a), the board of supervisors of any one of the three counties may make contributions to the joint powers entity from any funds available to it.
Cal. SHC § 101.18 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 101.18
Section 101.18
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall amend the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to allow supplemental destination signs for museums that meet all the following:

(1) Have a minimum annual attendance of 50,000 persons, regardless if the museum is in a major metropolitan area, urbanized area, or rural area.

(2) Is within five miles of the highway, regardless if the museum is in a major metropolitan area, urbanized area, or rural area.

(b) The department shall make the amendments required by subdivision (a) in its next edition or revision to the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Cal. PRC § 48655 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 48655
Section 48655
Status: in_force

The board may enter into a contract with the department that will utilize the resources of the department to provide for greater investigation and enforcement efforts for used lubricating oil handling and storage and transfer facility operations. The department shall assist the board in developing the used oil program and providing assistance to local governments in removing barriers to the establishment of used oil collection programs.
Cal. PRC § 4630.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 10 / Section 4630.2
Section 4630.2
Status: in_force

(a) On or before July 1, 2020, the Forest Management Task Force or its successor entity shall, in consultation with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation in the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, private industry, investors, and other stakeholders it deems appropriate, develop recommendations for siting additional wood product manufacturing facilities in the state. These recommendations shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A financially viable proposal for the development and construction of at least one new mass timber production facility that can manufacture mass timber panels that can be cross or dowel laminated or use similar mass timber technology.

(2) The identification and proposal of the necessary incentives needed to attract private investment to construct such a mass timber production facility in California.

(3) The identification of other former manufacturing or wood processing sites that may be suitable for future investment.

(b) In developing the recommendations pursuant to subdivision (a), it is the intent of the Legislature that the location and activities of the mass timber production facilities, to the extent feasible, meet all of the following:

(1) Be adjacent to a high or very high fire hazard severity zone, as identified by the department, and be capable of processing materials generated as a result of fuel treatments or other forest management practices.

(2) Generate mass timber workforce training and job creation opportunities.

(3) Be located in, or be proximate to, areas that are near the locations of large landscape fires of greater than 50,000 acres that have occurred since 2005 and in areas identified as federal opportunity zones or in areas that have an average household income of at least 5 percent below the state’s median household income.
Cal. BPC § 6171 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 6171
Section 6171
Status: in_force

With the approval of the Supreme Court, the State Bar may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including rules and regulations requiring all of the following:

(a) That the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a law corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of the corporation owned by a disqualified person (as defined in the Professional Corporation Act) or a deceased person shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of the corporation within such time as the rules and regulations may provide.

(b) That a law corporation, as a condition of obtaining a certificate pursuant to the Professional Corporation Act and this article, shall provide and maintain security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its clients for errors and omissions arising out of the rendering of professional services.

(c) That the name of the law corporation and any name or names under which it renders legal services shall be in compliance with the rules and regulations.

(d) That the law corporation shall obtain from the State Bar, and maintain current, a fictitious name permit when required by the rules and regulations; that the permit may be obtained, maintained, suspended, and revoked pursuant to procedures set forth in the rules and regulations; and that the law corporation shall pay an application and renewal fee for the permit in such amounts as may be determined by the State Bar.

(e) This section shall become operative January 1, 1996.
Cal. WAT § 51600 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 51600
Section 51600
Status: in_force

(a) After any installment of an unpaid assessment on which bonds have not been issued has become delinquent, the county treasurer may, only upon the request of the district, publish once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county where delinquency exists a notice containing a list of all delinquencies in the county. At the same time as the publication, the county treasurer shall mail the notice to the last known address of the property owner, as shown on the latest county tax roll.

(b) No property may be sold pursuant to this article in the absence of publication and notice to the owner pursuant to subdivision (a).
Cal. HSC § 39055.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39055.5
Section 39055.5
Status: in_force

“Ultimate purchaser” means, with respect to any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine, the first person who in good faith purchases a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine for purposes other than resale.
Cal. ELEC § 15650 — California Code / Code elec / Division 15 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 15650
Section 15650
Status: in_force

This article does not apply to any primary election.
Cal. RTC § 40112.1 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 19 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 40112.1
Section 40112.1
Status: in_force

(a) The limitation period specified in Section 40112 shall be suspended during any period of a person’s life that the person is financially disabled.

(b) (1) For purposes of subdivision (a), a person is financially disabled if the person is unable to manage his or her financial affairs by reason of medically determinable physical or mental impairment of the person which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. A person shall not be considered to have an impairment unless proof of the existence thereof is furnished in the form and manner as the board may require.

(2) A person shall not be treated as financially disabled during any period that the person’s spouse or any other person is authorized to act on behalf of the person in financial matters.

(c) This section applies to periods of disability commencing before, on, or after the effective date of the act adding this section, but does not apply to any claim for refund that (without regard to this section) is barred by the operation or rule of law, including res judicata, as of the effective date of the act adding this section.
Cal. WIC § 11150 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 11150
Section 11150
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this article to set forth the amount of personal or real property, or both, which an applicant for, or recipient of, public assistance may retain and remain eligible to receive public assistance provided he meets the other eligibility requirements for the category of public assistance for which he or she is an applicant or recipient.

In the formulation of any regulations pursuant to this article and in the administration thereof, consideration shall be given to the ability and circumstances of the applicant or recipient in order that undue hardship is not imposed upon any applicant or recipient in making plans to comply with the provisions of this article. No applicant or recipient shall be considered ineligible for retaining property where disposition would alter or impair reasonable access to, or the normal use of, his or her home.

This article does not apply to aid to families with dependent children or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) or Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of this part, unless otherwise expressly indicated.
Cal. BPC § 4990.13 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 13.7 / Article 1 / Section 4990.13
Section 4990.13
Status: in_force

For purposes of license and registration verification, a person may rely upon the licensing and registration information as it is displayed on the board’s internet website that includes the issuance and expiration dates of any license or registration issued by the board.
Cal. SHC § 36061 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 36061
Section 36061
Status: in_force

Changes may be made in the rate or additional rate or levy or in the uses to which the revenue shall be put as specified in the ordinance establishing the area, by ordinance adopted after a hearing before the city council.

The city council shall adopt a resolution of intention to change the rate or additional rate or levy or the uses to which the revenue shall be put at least 15 days prior to the hearing required by this section. This resolution shall specify the proposed change and shall give the time and place of the hearing.
Cal. PCC § 4107.2 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 4107.2
Section 4107.2
Status: in_force

No subcontractor listed by a prime contractor under Section 4104 as furnishing and installing carpeting, shall voluntarily sublet his or her subcontract with respect to any portion of the labor to be performed unless he or she specified the subcontractor in his or her bid for that subcontract to the prime contractor.
Cal. RTC § 12433 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 12433
Section 12433
Status: in_force

(a) If before the expiration of the time prescribed in Section 12432 for giving of a notice of deficiency assessment the insurer or surplus line broker has consented in writing to the giving of the notice after that time, the notice may be given at any time prior to the expiration of the time agreed upon. The period so agreed upon may be extended by subsequent agreements in writing made before the expiration of the period previously agreed upon.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013.
Cal. BPC § 3040 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 3040
Section 3040
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for a person to engage in the practice of optometry or to advertise or hold himself or herself out as an optometrist without a valid, unrevoked California optometrist license. The practice of optometry includes the performing or controlling of any acts set forth in Section 3041.

(b) In any prosecution for a violation of this section, the use of test cards, test lenses, or of trial frames is prima facie evidence of the practice of optometry.
Cal. HSC § 35831 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 6 / Chapter 5 / Section 35831
Section 35831
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part, including rules, regulations, guidelines, and orders issued pursuant to this part, shall not affect the validity of any prohibitions or requirements pertaining to the activity of financial institutions that arise from other provisions of law relating to discrimination in lending. Rules, regulations, guidelines, and orders issued pursuant to this part shall not be in any manner contrary to, or inconsistent with, the purposes of this part.
Cal. FAC § 20030 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 20030
Section 20030
Status: in_force

“Licensed slaughterer” means any person who is in the business of slaughtering bovine animals and who has applied to and been issued a grant of inspection by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Cal. FAM § 17530 — California Code / Code fam / Division 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 17530
Section 17530
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, this section applies to any actions taken to enforce a judgment or order for support entered as a result of action filed by the local child support agency pursuant to Section 17400, 17402, or 17404, where it is alleged that the enforcement actions have been taken in error against a person who is not the support obligor named in the judgment or order.

(b) A person claiming that a support enforcement action has been taken against that person, or the person’s wages or assets, in error, shall file a claim of mistaken identity with the local child support agency. The claim shall include verifiable information or documentation to establish that the person against whom the enforcement actions have been taken is not the person named in the support order or judgment. The local child support agency shall resolve a claim of mistaken identity submitted pursuant to this section in the same manner and timeframes provided for resolution of a complaint pursuant to Section 17800.

(c) If the local child support agency determines that a claim filed pursuant to this section is meritorious, or if the court enters an order pursuant to Section 17433, the agency shall immediately take the steps necessary to terminate all enforcement activities with respect to the claimant, to return to the claimant any assets seized, to terminate any levying activities or attachment or assignment orders, to release any license renewal or application being withheld pursuant to Section 17520, to return any sums paid by the claimant pursuant to the judgment or order, including sums paid to any federal, state, or local government, but excluding sums paid directly to the support obligee, and to ensure that all other enforcement agencies and entities cease further actions against the claimant. With respect to a claim filed under this section, the local child support agency shall also provide the claimant with a statement certifying that the claimant is not the support obligor named in the support order or judgment, which statement shall be prima facie evidence of the claimant’s identity in any subsequent enforcement proceedings or actions with respect to that support order or judgment.

(d) If the local child support agency rejects a claim pursuant to this section, or if the agency, after finding a claim to be meritorious, fails to take any of the remedial steps provided in subdivision (c), the claimant may file an action with the superior court to establish the mistaken identity or to obtain the remedies described in subdivision (c), or both.

(e) Filing a false claim pursuant to this section shall be a misdemeanor.
Cal. RTC § 17131.21 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 17131.21
Section 17131.21
Status: in_force

(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2027, gross income does not include any amount relating to the discharge of any unpaid fees due or owed by a student to a community college which was discharged pursuant to subparagraph (G) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 32527 of the Education Code.

(b) (1) For the purposes of complying with Section 41, the Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the exclusion allowed by this section is to provide financial relief to community college students affected by the adverse impacts of the economic disruptions and hardships resulting from the COVID-19 emergency.

(2) The performance indicators used to determine whether the exclusion is achieving its stated purpose are the number of students that had fees discharged pursuant to subparagraph (G) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 32527 of the Education Code, and the total dollar value of those fees discharged.

(3) The report required to be submitted by the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges to the Legislature, as required by paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 32527 of the Education Code, shall constitute reporting for the purpose of complying with Section 41.

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