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Cal. RTC § 21022 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.7 / Section 21022
Section 21022
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), if any officer or employee of the board intentionally settles the determination or compromises the collection of any tax due from an attorney, certified public accountant, or tax preparer (as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 19169) representing a taxpayer, in exchange for information conveyed by the taxpayer to the attorney, certified public accountant, or tax preparer for purposes of obtaining advice concerning the taxpayer’s tax liability, the taxpayer may bring a civil action for damages against the State of California in superior court. The civil action shall be the exclusive remedy for recovering damages resulting from the acts described in this subdivision.

(b) In any action brought under subdivision (a), upon the finding of liability on the part of the defendant, the defendant shall be liable to the plaintiff in an amount equal to the lesser of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or the sum of all the following:

(1) Actual, direct economic damages sustained by the plaintiff as a proximate result of the information disclosure.

(2) The costs of the action.

(c) Damages shall not include the taxpayer’s liability for any civil or criminal penalties or other losses attributable to incarceration or the imposition of other criminal sanctions.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action to enforce liability created under this section may be brought without regard to the amount in controversy, and may be brought only within two years after the date the actions creating the liability would have been discovered by the exercise of reasonable care.

(e) Upon certification of the executive officer of the board, or the executive officer’s delegate, that criminal charges have been filed against the taxpayer, the court before which an action under this section is pending shall stay all proceedings with respect to the action, pending the resolution of those criminal charges. Certification authorized by this subdivision shall comply with the requirements of Section 19542.

(f) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to information conveyed to an attorney, certified public accountant, or tax preparer for the purpose of perpetrating a fraud or crime.

(g) This section is operative for actions filed on or after January 1, 1998.
Cal. HSC § 53559.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 12.5 / Section 53559.5
Section 53559.5
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise specified in an appropriation, a notice of funding availability issued by the department shall designate funding set aside for grants pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 53559.

(b) Of the amount of any appropriation provided for the purposes of this part, up to 5 percent of the funds shall be set aside for program administration, including state operations expenditures and technical assistance.
Cal. HSC § 18949.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 18949.7
Section 18949.7
Status: in_force

Any responsibilities of the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations relating to building standards are hereby transferred to the commission, except that the commission shall not adopt any regulation without the concurrence of the State Department of Public Health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to change the current process for adopting regulations relating to building standards of health facilities, as defined in Section 1250.
Cal. FAM § 3768 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 3768
Section 3768
Status: in_force

(a) An employer or other person providing health insurance who willfully fails to comply with a valid health insurance coverage assignment order entered and served on the employer or other person pursuant to this article is liable to the applicant for the amount incurred in health care services that would otherwise have been covered under the insurance policy but for the conduct of the employer or other person that was contrary to the assignment order.

(b) Willful failure of an employer or other person providing health insurance to comply with a health insurance coverage assignment order is punishable as contempt of court under Section 1218 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. FAC § 590 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 10 / Section 590
Section 590
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Beginning,” in reference to a farmer or rancher, means a person who has materially and substantially participated in the operation of a farm or ranch for 10 years or less.

(b) “Limited resource” has the same definition as in Section 760.107 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(c) “Office” means the Office of Farm to Fork in the department.

(d) “Program” means the Farm to Community Food Hub Program.

(e) “Socially disadvantaged” has the same definition as in Section 512.

(f) “Sustainable agriculture production practices or methods” means practices, including, but not limited to, organic methods, biological control, and integrated pest management, and ecologically beneficial means of soil improvement, irrigation, cultivation, harvesting, transportation, and marketing for California agriculture based on methods, as identified by the department.
Cal. RTC § 17020.6 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 17020.6
Section 17020.6
Status: in_force

For purposes of this part:

(a) Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to life insurance contracts, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(b) Section 7702A of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to modified endowment contract defined, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(c) (1) Section 7702B of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of qualified long-term care insurance, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(2) The amendments made by Section 844 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-280) to Section 7702B of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply.
Cal. WAT § 50780.6 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 4 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 50780.6
Section 50780.6
Status: in_force

(a) A “parcel seat,” for purposes of this chapter, means a seat held by a trustee elected by voters as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 50780.10 which have one vote for each parcel owned.

(b) For the purpose of voting for a trustee to hold a parcel seat, each landowner may cast his or her vote or votes for each parcel seat.

(c) The last equalized assessment book of the district is conclusive evidence of ownership for the purpose of voting for a parcel seat, except that the last equalized assessment roll of the county in which the land is located shall be used in lieu of the assessment book of the district if an assessment is not levied for the year in which the election is held.

(d) Section 50704.5 applies for the purpose of voting for any parcel seat.
Cal. PRC § 35510 — California Code / Code prc / Division 26.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 35510
Section 35510
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The coastal waters offshore of the state and the ocean ecosystems associated with those waters are natural resources that the state holds in trust for the people of the state.

(b) It is the state’s policy that all public agencies shall consider the following principles in administering the laws established for the protection and conservation of coastal waters:

(1) State decisions affecting coastal waters and the ocean environment should be designed and implemented to conserve the health and diversity of ocean life and ecosystems, allow and encourage those activities and uses that are sustainable, and recognize the importance of aesthetic, educational, and recreational uses.

(2) The ocean ecosystem is inextricably linked to activities on land and all public agencies should consider the impact of activities on land that may adversely affect the health of the coastal and ocean environment.

(3) It is the state’s policy to incorporate ecosystem perspectives into the management of coastal and ocean resources, using sound science, with a priority of protecting, conserving, and restoring coastal and ocean ecosystems, rather than managing on a single species or single resource basis.

(4) A goal of all state actions shall be to improve monitoring and data gathering, and advance scientific understanding, to continually improve efforts to protect, conserve, restore, and manage coastal waters and ocean ecosystems.

(5) State and local actions that affect ocean waters or coastal or ocean resources should be conducted in a manner consistent with protection, conservation, and maintenance of healthy coastal and ocean ecosystems and restoration of degraded ocean ecosystems.

(6) Improving the quality of coastal waters and the health of fish in coastal waters should be a priority for the state.
Cal. COM § 9321 — California Code / Code com / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9321
Section 9321
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, “licensee in ordinary course of business” means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights of another person in the general intangible, and in the ordinary course from a person in the business of licensing general intangibles of that kind. A person becomes a licensee in the ordinary course if the license to the person comports with the usual or customary practices in the kind of business in which the licensor is engaged or with the licensor’s own usual or customary practices.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9321.1, a licensee in ordinary course of business takes its rights under a nonexclusive license free of a security interest in the general intangible created by the licensor, even if the security interest is perfected and the licensee knows of its existence.

(c) A lessee in ordinary course of business takes its leasehold interest free of a security interest in the goods created by the lessor, even if the security interest is perfected and the lessee knows of its existence.
Cal. HSC § 1796.59 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 1796.59
Section 1796.59
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district attorney of every county, and city attorneys in cities that have city attorneys who have jurisdiction to prosecute misdemeanors pursuant to Section 72193 of the Government Code, may, upon their own initiative or upon application by the department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation within their county of this chapter or a rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter.

(b) The civil, criminal, and administrative remedies available to the department pursuant to this chapter are not exclusive, and may be sought and employed in any combination as determined by the department to enforce this chapter or a rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter.
Cal. BPC § 2570.27 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.6 / Section 2570.27
Section 2570.27
Status: in_force

(a) The board may discipline a licensee by any or a combination of the following methods:

(1) Placing the license on probation with terms and conditions.

(2) Suspending the license and the right to practice occupational therapy for a period not to exceed one year.

(3) Revoking the license.

(4) Suspending or staying the disciplinary order, or portions of it, with or without conditions.

(5) Taking other action as the board, in its discretion, deems proper.

(b) The board may issue an initial license on probation, with specific terms and conditions, to any applicant who has violated any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant to it, but who has met all other requirements for licensure.
Cal. WIC § 5600.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 5600.1
Section 5600.1
Status: in_force

The mission of California’s mental health system shall be to enable persons experiencing severe and disabling mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances to access services and programs that assist them, in a manner tailored to each individual, to better control their illness, to achieve their personal goals, and to develop skills and supports leading to their living the most constructive and satisfying lives possible in the least restrictive available settings.
Cal. BPC § 9889.19 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 20.3 / Article 8 / Section 9889.19
Section 9889.19
Status: in_force

The director may charge a fee for lamp and brake adjustment certificates furnished to licensed stations. The fee charged shall be established by regulation and shall not produce a total estimated revenue which, together with license fees or certification fees charged pursuant to Sections 9886.3, 9887.2, and 9887.3, is in excess of the estimated total cost to the bureau of the administration of this chapter. The fee charged by licensed stations for lamp and brake adjustment certificates shall be the same amount the director charges.
Cal. PRC § 92015 — California Code / Code prc / Division 50 / Chapter 4 / Section 92015
Section 92015
Status: in_force

Of the funds made available by Section 92000, three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Coastal Conservancy for the purpose of coastal and combined flood management projects and activities for developed shoreline areas, including areas with critical community infrastructure, including, but not limited to, transportation and port infrastructure at risk of current flooding and flooding due to sea level rise. Funds shall be allocated to multiple-benefit projects that improve public safety, including shoreline resilience projects designed to address flooding, sea level rise, and shoreline stability that include engineering with nature or nature-based features. These funds shall be available to local agencies as matching funds for federally funded coastal flood risk management and flood risk management projects.
Cal. LAB § 7000 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 7000
Section 7000
Status: in_force

As used in this section “caboose” means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.

If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.

This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.

This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.

This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which are the result of a cause not known to, and which could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
Cal. FAC § 21 — California Code / Code fac / Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS / Section 21
Section 21
Status: in_force

21.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
Cal. VEH § 14602.1 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 4 / Section 14602.1
Section 14602.1
Status: in_force

(a) Every state and local law enforcement agency, including, but not limited to, city police departments and county sheriffs’ offices, shall report to the Department of the California Highway Patrol, on a paper or electronic form developed and approved by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, all motor vehicle pursuit data.

(b) Effective January 1, 2006, the form shall require the reporting of all motor vehicle pursuit data, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Whether any person involved in a pursuit or a subsequent arrest was injured, specifying the nature of that injury. For all purposes of this section, the form shall differentiate between the suspect driver, a suspect passenger, and the peace officers involved.

(2) The violations that caused the pursuit to be initiated.

(3) The identity of the peace officers involved in the pursuit.

(4) The means or methods used to stop the suspect being pursued.

(5) All charges filed with the court by the district attorney.

(6) The conditions of the pursuit, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Duration.

(B) Mileage.

(C) Number of peace officers involved.

(D) Maximum number of law enforcement vehicles involved.

(E) Time of day.

(F) Weather conditions.

(G) Maximum speeds.

(7) Whether a pursuit resulted in a collision, and a resulting injury or fatality to an uninvolved third party, and the corresponding number of persons involved.

(8) Whether the pursuit involved multiple law enforcement agencies.

(9) How the pursuit was terminated.

(c) In order to minimize costs, the department, upon updating the form, shall update the corresponding database to include all of the reporting requirements specified in subdivision (b).

(d) All motor vehicle pursuit data obtained pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted to the Department of the California Highway Patrol no later than 30 days following a motor vehicle pursuit.

(e) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall submit annually to the Legislature a report that includes, but is not limited to, the following information:

(1) The number of motor vehicle pursuits reported to the Department of the California Highway Patrol during that year.

(2) The number of those motor vehicle pursuits that reportedly resulted in a collision in which an injury or fatality to an uninvolved third party occurred.

(3) The total number of uninvolved third parties who were injured or killed as a result of those collisions during that year.
Cal. MVC § 270 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 270
Section 270
Status: in_force

A person is not eligible to enlist in the California National Guard if they actively participate in any of the conduct set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 240.
Cal. INS § 10871 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 8 / Section 10871
Section 10871
Status: in_force

Any marketing, advertisement, or educational material for health benefit plans or ancillary benefit plans sold through the purchasing alliance shall be approved by the board prior to its use.
Cal. PRC § 42063 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 42063
Section 42063
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Sections 42051.2 and 42051.3, the department shall review a plan, plan amendment, or annual report submitted by a PRO for compliance with this chapter and shall approve, conditionally approve, or reject the document within 90 calendar days of receipt of the document, or notify the PRO of the timeline for determination if additional time is needed.

(b) (1) If the department disapproves a plan, plan amendment, or annual report, the department shall explain, in writing, how the plan, plan amendment, or annual report is noncompliant, and the PRO shall resubmit the plan, plan amendment, or annual report with any additional information, modifications, or corrections to the department within 30 calendar days.

(2) If the department finds that the plan, plan amendment, or annual report resubmitted by the PRO still does not comply with the requirements of this section, the department shall direct changes to the document and require the PRO to resubmit the plan, plan amendment, or annual report to the department within 30 calendar days.

(3) If the department determines the PRO has not incorporated the changes into the plan, plan amendment, or annual report, the department shall determine the PRO to be out of compliance with this chapter and shall take enforcement action pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 42080).

(4) If a PRO’s updated plan, plan amendment, or annual report is rejected by the department, the department may allow the previously approved plan to remain in effect.

(c) An approved annual report and approved plan shall be a public record, except that financial, production, or sales data reported to the department by the PRO is not a public record for purposes of the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall not be open to public inspection. The department shall release financial, production, or sales data in summary form so the information cannot be attributable to a specific producer, retailer, or wholesaler, or to any other entity.
Cal. BPC § 1225 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 1225
Section 1225
Status: in_force

(a) In order to carry out this chapter, any duly authorized representative of the department may do any of the following:

(1) Enter or inspect on an announced or unannounced basis any building, premise, equipment, materials, records, or information at any reasonable time to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(2) Inspect, photograph, or copy any records, reports, test results, test specimens, or other information related to the requirements of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(3) Secure any sample, photograph, or other evidence from any building or premise for the purpose of enforcing this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(b) The department may cooperate with, or assist persons licensed under this chapter, or other qualified persons, in evaluating laboratory procedures and techniques necessary to achieve and maintain high quality performance in clinical laboratories.
Cal. FIN § 22153 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 22153
Section 22153
Status: in_force

(a) If a finance lender, broker, or program administrator licensee seeks to change its place of business to a street address other than that designated in its license, the licensee shall provide notice to the commissioner at least 10 days before the change. The commissioner shall notify the licensee within 10 days if the commissioner disapproves the change, and if the commissioner does not notify the licensee of disapproval within 10 days, the change in address shall be deemed approved. The commissioner may require an applicant to submit its application to change its place of business through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(b) If notice is not given at least 10 days before the change of a street address of a place of business, as required by subdivision (a), or notice is not given at least 10 days before engaging in business at a new location, as required by Section 22102, the commissioner may assess a civil or administrative penalty on the licensee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).

(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2019.
Cal. FIN § 6850 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 6850
Section 6850
Status: in_force

Any association may accept fiduciary savings accounts in the name of any administrator, executor, custodian, conservator, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary for a named beneficiary or beneficiaries.