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Cal. FGC § 12006 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 12006
Section 12006
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 12002:

(1) The punishment for a violation of Section 7370 is a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or both the fine and imprisonment.

(2) The punishment for a violation of Section 8254 is a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months, or both the fine and imprisonment.

(b)  The court shall permanently revoke any commercial fishing license or commercial fishing permit, and may permanently revoke any sport fishing license issued to the violator by the department. Any vessel, diving or other fishing gear or apparatus, or vehicle used in the commission of an offense subject to this section may be seized and may be ordered forfeited by the court pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 12157. Fifty percent of the revenue deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund from fines and forfeitures collected pursuant to this section shall be allocated for the support of the Special Operations Unit of the department, and used for law enforcement purposes.
Cal. FAC § 18961 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4.1 / Article 3 / Section 18961
Section 18961
Status: in_force

The director, by regulation, may adopt provisions of the rules and regulations made under federal acts with such changes therein as he or she deems appropriate to make them applicable to operations and transactions subject to this chapter.
Cal. FIN § 18626 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 18626
Section 18626
Status: in_force

A premium finance agency may, in a premium finance agreement, contract for, charge, receive, and collect a finance charge which shall not exceed in the aggregate:

(a) Two percent per month on that part of the unpaid principal balance of any loan up to, including, but not in excess of, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) One percent per month on any remainder of such unpaid principal balance in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

As used in this article “consumer insurance premium finance loan” shall mean an insurance premium finance loan where the insurance policies which are security for the loan are for personal, family or household use.

(c) As an alternative to the charges authorized by subdivisions (a) and (b), a premium finance agency may contract for and receive charges at a rate not exceeding 1.6 percent per month on the unpaid principal balance.
Cal. FIN § 31102 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 31102
Section 31102
Status: in_force

Whenever the commissioner issues an order or license under this division, he or she may impose such conditions as are in his or her opinion necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this division.
Cal. HSC § 1751.85 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.5 / Article 2.3 / Section 1751.85
Section 1751.85
Status: in_force

This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. BPC § 8623 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 7 / Section 8623
Section 8623
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 8620 or any other provision of law, the board may revoke, suspend, or deny at any time a license under this chapter on any of the grounds for disciplinary action provided in this chapter. The proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.

(b) The board may deny a license to an applicant on any of the grounds specified in Section 480.

(c) In addition to the requirements provided in Sections 485 and 486, upon denial of an application for a license, the board shall provide a statement of reasons for the denial that does the following:

(1) Evaluates evidence of rehabilitation submitted by the applicant, if any.

(2) Provides the board’s criteria relating to rehabilitation, formulated pursuant to Section 482, that takes into account the age and severity of the offense, and the evidence relating to participation in treatment or other rehabilitation programs.

(3) If the board’s decision was based on the applicant’s prior criminal conviction, justifies the board’s denial of a license and conveys the reasons why the prior criminal conviction is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a licensed structural pest control operator.

(d) Commencing July 1, 2009, all of the following shall apply:

(1) If the denial of a license is due at least in part to the applicant’s state or federal criminal history record, the board shall, in addition to the information provided pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c), provide to the applicant a copy of his or her criminal history record at an address specified by the candidate.

(A) The state or federal criminal history record shall not be modified or altered from its form or content as provided by the Department of Justice.

(B) The criminal history record shall be provided in such a manner as to protect the confidentiality and privacy of the applicant’s criminal history record and the criminal history record shall not be made available by the board to any employer.

(C) The board shall retain a copy of the applicant’s written request and a copy of the response sent to the applicant, which shall include the date and the address to which the response was sent.

(2) The board shall make that information available upon request by the Department of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(e) Notwithstanding Section 487, the board shall conduct a hearing of a license denial within 90 days of receiving an applicant’s request for a hearing. For all other hearing requests, the board shall determine when the hearing shall be conducted.
Cal. FIN § 701 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 701
Section 701
Status: in_force

Upon the delivery of any money to the Treasurer or upon the delivery of any property to the Controller, a certified copy of the order of the court approving the delivery shall be given to the Controller, and upon the delivery of any money to the Treasurer a notice giving the amount delivered shall be filed with the Controller. Upon the receipt of any money or other properties, the Treasurer or the Controller, as the case may be, shall issue a receipt for the same and the receipt shall be deemed a voucher in favor of the licensee to the same extent as though executed by the beneficiary or other person entitled thereto.
Cal. WIC § 18275 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 18275
Section 18275
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that there is a need to develop programs to provide the kinds of innovative strategies and services which will ameliorate, reduce, and ultimately eliminate the trauma of child sexual abuse.

The Legislature also finds that for the purposes of developing and providing these programs and services, and for the training of, and providing information to, city and county personnel throughout the state, it is necessary to expand the services provided by the child sexual abuse prevention demonstration center established pursuant to the former provisions of this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 5353.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 5353.5
Section 5353.5
Status: in_force

On and after July 1, 1989, this chapter does not apply to transportation service, other than transportation service furnished in a limousine for hire, rendered wholly within the corporate limits of a single city or city and county and licensed or regulated by ordinance.
Cal. PROB § 1021 — California Code / Code prob / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1021
Section 1021
Status: in_force

(a) All of the following shall be verified:

(1) A petition, report, or account filed pursuant to this code.

(2) An objection or response filed pursuant to this code to a petition, report, or account.

(b) Except as provided in Section 1023, the verification shall be made as follows:

(1) A petition shall be verified by the petitioner or, if there are two or more parties joining in the petition, by any of them.

(2) A report or account shall be verified by the person who has the duty to make the report or account or, if there are two or more persons having a duty to make the report or account, by any of them.

(3) An objection or response shall be verified by the objector or respondent or, if there are two or more parties joining in the objection or response, by any of them.
Cal. VEH § 22664 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 22664
Section 22664
Status: in_force

Any licensed dismantler or commercial enterprise acquiring vehicles removed pursuant to such ordinance shall be excused from the reporting requirements of Section 11520; and any fees and penalties which would otherwise be due the Department of Motor Vehicles are hereby waived, provided that a copy of the resolution or order authorizing disposition of the vehicle is retained in the dismantler’s or commercial enterprise’s business records.
Cal. HSC § 12557 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 12557
Section 12557
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall consult with public safety agencies and other stakeholders as deemed necessary by the State Fire Marshal and develop a model ordinance that permits local jurisdictions to adopt a streamlined enforcement and administrative fine procedures related to the possession of 25 pounds or less of dangerous fireworks. These procedures shall be limited to civil fines and as authorized pursuant to Section 53069.4 of the Government Code, and provide that the fines collected pursuant to this section shall not be subject to Section 12706. The model ordinance shall include provisions for reimbursing the Office of the State Fire Marshal for the costs associated with the disposal of seized fireworks and collecting these disposal costs as part of an administrative fine as described in subdivision (c).

(b) An ordinance of a local jurisdiction in effect on or after January 1, 2008, that is related to dangerous fireworks and is not the model ordinance described in subdivision (a) shall, as soon as practicable, comply with all of the following:

(1) The ordinance shall be amended or adopted to include provisions for cost reimbursement to the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the collection of disposal costs as part of an administrative fine as described in subdivision (c).

(2) The ordinance shall be amended or adopted to provide that the ordinance shall be limited to a person who possesses or the seizure of 25 pounds or less of dangerous fireworks.

(3) The ordinance shall be amended or adopted to provide that the fines collected pursuant to the ordinance shall not be subject to Section 12706.

(c) The State Fire Marshal shall, in consultation with local jurisdictions, develop regulations to specify a procedure on how to cover the cost to the Office of the State Fire Marshal for the transportation and disposal of dangerous fireworks that are seized by local jurisdictions. The regulations shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A cost recovery procedure to collect, as part of an administrative fine, the actual cost for transportation and disposal of dangerous fireworks from any person who violates a local ordinance related to dangerous fireworks.

(2) The method by which the actual cost for transportation and disposal by the Office of the State Fire Marshal will be calculated.

(3) The method, manner, and procedure the local jurisdiction is required to follow to forward the amounts collected pursuant to paragraph (1) to the State Fire Marshal.
Cal. FAC § 78302 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 21 / Article 8 / Section 78302
Section 78302
Status: in_force

(a) Upon a finding by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission that the operation of this chapter has not tended to effectuate its declared purposes, the commission may recommend to the secretary that the operation of this chapter be suspended. However, any suspension shall not become effective until the expiration of the current marketing year.

(b) The secretary shall, upon receipt of the recommendation, or may, after a public hearing to review a petition filed with the secretary requesting a suspension signed by not less than 20 percent of the producers by number who produced not less than 20 percent of the volume of asparagus in the immediately preceding marketing year, hold a referendum among the producers to determine if the operations of the commission shall be suspended. However, the secretary shall not hold a referendum as a result of the petition unless the petitioner shows, by a preponderance of evidence, that the operation of this chapter has not tended to effectuate its declared purposes.

(c) The secretary shall establish a referendum period that shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 60 days in duration. The secretary may prescribe additional procedures necessary to conduct the referendum. At the close of the established referendum period, the secretary shall tabulate the ballots filed during the period. The secretary shall suspend the operation of this chapter if the secretary finds that at least 40 percent of the total number of producers from the list established by the secretary have participated in the referendum and either one of the following has occurred:

(1) Sixty-five percent or more of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of suspension, and the producers so voting marketed a majority of the total quantity of asparagus in the preceding marketing year by all of the producers who voted in the referendum.

(2) A majority of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of suspension, and the producers so voting marketed 65 percent or more of the total quantity of asparagus in the preceding marketing year by all of the producers who voted in the referendum.
Cal. RTC § 38573 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 18.5 / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 38573
Section 38573
Status: in_force

In all proceedings under this chapter the board may act on behalf of the people of the State of California.
Cal. BPC § 3620.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.2 / Article 2 / Section 3620.1
Section 3620.1
Status: in_force

Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.
Cal. BPC § 5668 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 5 / Section 5668
Section 5668
Status: in_force

The fact that the holder of a license is impersonating a landscape architect or former landscape architect of the same or similar name, or is practicing under an assumed, fictitious or corporate name, constitutes a ground for disciplinary action.
Cal. LAB § 6327.5 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6327.5
Section 6327.5
Status: in_force

If the division arbitrarily or capriciously fails to take action to prevent or prohibit any conditions or practices in any employment or place of employment which are such that danger exists which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the imminence of such danger can be eliminated through other available means, any employee who may be injured by reason of such failure, or the representatives of such employees, may bring an action against the chief of the division in any appropriate court for a writ of mandate to compel the division to prevent or prohibit the condition. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent the bringing of a writ of mandate against any appropriate person or entity as may be provided by law.
Cal. SHC § 2359 — California Code / Code shc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 2359
Section 2359
Status: in_force

(a) The department may advance the federal share of each urban system project on a county road or a city street from the money appropriated by the Legislature and allocated by the commission in conformance with the requirements of this chapter.

(b) Expenditures of federal urban system funds, or federal general funds substituted therefor, shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 188 and 188.8.

(c) Counties and cities may use any funds available to them to match funds made available to them, if the use of funds for such matching purposes is not prohibited by federal law or regulations.
Cal. BPC § 8507 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 8507
Section 8507
Status: in_force

(a) “Structural pest control field representative” is any individual who is licensed by the board to secure structural pest control work, identify infestations or infections, make inspections, apply pesticides, submit bids for or otherwise contract, on behalf of a registered company.

A pest control field representative shall not contract for pest control work or perform pest control work on his or her own behalf.

(b) As used in this chapter, “field representative” refers to “structural pest control field representative.”
Cal. RTC § 121 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 121
Section 121
Status: in_force

“Taxing agency” includes the State, county, and city. “Taxing agency” also includes every district that assesses property for taxation purposes and levies taxes or assessments on the property so assessed.
Cal. PCC § 20188 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4.5 / Section 20188
Section 20188
Status: in_force

Each taker and subsequent holder of the bonds and attached or detached coupons has recourse to all of the provisions of the resolution and of this chapter and is bound by their terms.
Cal. FIN § 8254 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 8254
Section 8254
Status: in_force

Whenever a receiver has taken possession of the property and business of any association pursuant to this article, that association, within 10 days after the taking, if it deems itself aggrieved thereby, may apply to the superior court in the county in which the home office of the association is located to enjoin further proceedings. The court, after citing the commissioner to show cause why further proceedings should not be enjoined and after hearing and determination of the facts, may dismiss the application or enjoin the commissioner from further proceedings and direct the commissioner to surrender the property and business to that association.
Cal. FAC § 68054.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 68054.5
Section 68054.5
Status: in_force

Each member of the commission, except the ex officio members, has an alternate member, who is elected in the same manner as the member. An alternate member, in the absence of the member for whom he or she is alternate, serves in place of the member on the commission, and has, and exercises, all the rights, privileges, and powers of the member when serving on the commission. In the event of death, removal, resignation, or the disqualification of a member, the alternate shall act as a member on the commission until a successor is elected and has qualified as provided in Section 68055.
Cal. HSC § 12648 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 12648
Section 12648
Status: in_force

The officer to whom the application for a permit for a public display of fireworks is made shall make an investigation to determine whether such a display as proposed will be of such character or so located that it may be hazardous to property or dangerous to any person. He shall, in the exercise of reasonable discretion, recommend granting or denying the permit, subject to such conditions as he may prescribe.
Cal. PUC § 40223.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 4 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 40223.5
Section 40223.5
Status: in_force

The district and the public utility operating the existing system may agree upon the purchase price or they may agree that the purchase price is to be established by arbitration and upon the method of naming arbitrators and the method of conducting such arbitration. If they do not, the purchase price may be fixed and judgment entered thereon in a suit brought either by the public utility or the district in the superior court in and for the county in which is located that portion of the existing system to be acquired by the district which has the highest value.
Cal. RTC § 8517 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Section 8517
Section 8517
Status: in_force

The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum allowable by law, payable at intervals determined by the commission, except that the first interest payable on the bonds, or any series thereof, may be for any period not exceeding one year, as determined by the commission.
Cal. FAM § 9101 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 9101
Section 9101
Status: in_force

(a) If an order of adoption is set aside as provided in Section 9100, the court making the order shall direct the district attorney, the county counsel, or the county welfare department to take appropriate action under the Welfare and Institutions Code. The court may also make any order relative to the care, custody, or confinement of the child pending the proceeding the court sees fit.

(b) The county in which the proceeding for adoption was had is liable for the child’s support until the child is able to be self-supporting.
Cal. ELEC § 10308 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 10308
Section 10308
Status: in_force

Within five days after the election, the commissioners shall canvass the returns and declare which persons were elected. The commission shall issue certificates of election to the persons so declared to be elected. The certificates shall be signed by all the commissioners, and shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity of all the proceedings taken in the election and by the commission, except as against any suit or proceeding to oust from office any person holding a certificate.
Cal. WIC § 11007 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 11007
Section 11007
Status: in_force

Aid granted to a recipient of public assistance shall not constitute a lien upon any property of the recipient.

The cost of hospitalization furnished by a county to the recipient shall not constitute a lien against the personal property or personal effects of the recipient, or against an interment plot as defined in Section 7022 of the Health and Safety Code.

The cost of hospitalization furnished by a county to a recipient, other than a recipient of aid to families with dependent children, on or after May 21, 1963, and any judgment obtained by a county against the recipient to obtain repayment of such costs, shall not constitute a lien against the real property of the recipient, and no lien shall be taken therefor.
Cal. FIN § 32218 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 32218
Section 32218
Status: in_force

“Minimum economic feasibility” means that the net savings or benefits of an investment exceed the net costs.