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Cal. PRC § 5356 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 5356
Section 5356
Status: in_force

If any protests are against the extent of the district or against the inclusion of property in the district, then the legislative body shall have power to make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed district as it shall find to be proper and advisable, and shall define and establish such boundaries, but such boundaries shall not include any territory which will not be benefited by the improvement or work. The legislative body shall not modify the boundaries except after notice of its intention given in the same manner as publication of the ordinance of intention to call the bond election, describing the proposed modification, and specifying a time for hearing objections to such modification, which time shall be at least 10 days after the publication of the notice, and the objections shall be heard and determined as are objections to the proposed improvement or work.
Cal. BPC § 26045 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 10 / Chapter 4 / Section 26045
Section 26045
Status: in_force

(a) No court of this state, except the Supreme Court and the courts of appeal to the extent specified in this chapter, shall have jurisdiction to review, affirm, reverse, correct, or annul any order, rule, or decision of the department or to suspend, stay, or delay the operation or execution thereof, or to restrain, enjoin, or interfere with the department in the performance of its duties, but a writ of mandate shall lie from the Supreme Court or the courts of appeal in any proper case.

(b) Any person affected by a final order of the panel, including the department, may apply to the Supreme Court or to the court of appeal for the appellate district in which the proceeding arose, for a writ of review of that final order.

(c) The application for writ of review shall be made within 30 days after filing of the final order.

(d) The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to writs of review shall, insofar as applicable, apply to proceedings in the courts as provided by this chapter. A copy of every pleading filed pursuant to this chapter shall be served on the panel, the department, and on each party who entered an appearance before the panel.

(e) No decision of the department that has been appealed to the panel and no final order of the panel shall become effective during the period in which application may be made for a writ of review, as provided by subdivision (c).

(f) The filing of a petition for, or the pendency of, a writ of review shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of any order, rule, or decision of the department, but the court before which the petition is filed may stay or suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of the order, rule, or decision of the department subject to review, upon the terms and conditions which it by order directs.
Cal. UIC § 3008 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 3008
Section 3008
Status: in_force

All money collected under Section 984 shall be deposited in the Disability Fund.
Cal. HSC § 109014 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 15 / Article 2 / Section 109014
Section 109014
Status: in_force

Cookware that contains one or more intentionally added chemicals present on the designated list in the handle of the product or in any product surface that comes into contact with food, foodstuffs, or beverages shall not be sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the state unless the cookware and the manufacturer of the cookware comply with this article.
Cal. VEH § 1812 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1812
Section 1812
Status: in_force

The department shall not charge for copies of records or for information from its records given to any county, city, any transit operator as defined in Section 99210 of the Public Utilities Code, state department, or the United States government.
Cal. PUC § 101291 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 13 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 101291
Section 101291
Status: in_force

Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose, or propositions proposed by resolution or petition, may be submitted at the same election.
Cal. FGC § 1529 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 1529
Section 1529
Status: in_force

The output of any state game farm shall be distributed on public lands or where the department determines that the output will receive adequate protection and be most likely to thrive and multiply.
Cal. WAT § 260 — California Code / Code wat / Division 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2.5 / Section 260
Section 260
Status: in_force

In any lease, easement, or right of entry agreement entered into whereby the department leases real property or obtains a grant of easement, right-of-way, or right of entry in real property for the purpose of exploration for, or construction, operation, or maintenance of, water projects, or for other investigations or data collection, the department may agree to indemnify and hold harmless the lessor or grantor and may agree to repair or pay for any damage caused by reason of the uses authorized by such lease, easement, right-of-way, or right of entry. Insurance may be purchased by the Department of General Services, upon request of the department, to protect the department against loss or expense arising out of such a lease, easement, right-of-way, or right of entry.
Cal. HSC § 40100 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 40100
Section 40100
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Sections 40100.5 and 40100.6, a county board of supervisors shall be ex officio the county district board of the county.

(b) The section shall become operative on March 1, 2021.
Cal. LAB § 7324.1 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 7324.1
Section 7324.1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be construed to relieve or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person, firm, or corporation owning, operating, controlling, maintaining, erecting, constructing, installing, altering, testing, or repairing any conveyance or other related mechanisms covered by this chapter for damages to any person or property caused by any defect therein.
Cal. HSC § 104337 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 104337
Section 104337
Status: in_force

Moneys in the fund established pursuant to Section 104336 may be expended by the University of California solely for spinal cord injury research programs and grants, and may be expended for, but not limited to, costs for peer review and grant administration.
Cal. PUC § 50243 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 50243
Section 50243
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board or by such officer of the district as the board shall by resolution authorize and designate for that purpose. They shall also be signed by the treasurer, and be countersigned by the secretary. The coupons of the bonds shall be numbered consecutively and be signed by the treasurer. All signatures and countersignatures, except one of the signatures or countersignatures on the bonds, may be printed, lithographed, or engraved. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.
Cal. WAT § 13569 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 7.3 / Section 13569
Section 13569
Status: in_force

The department may accept funds from nonstate sources and may expend these funds, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of this chapter.
Cal. HNC § 309 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 309
Section 309
Status: in_force

A person found guilty of a misdemeanor violation as provided in this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or both that fine and imprisonment.
Cal. PRC § 14580 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.1 / Chapter 7 / Section 14580
Section 14580
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the department shall deposit all amounts paid as redemption payments by distributors pursuant to Section 14574 and all other revenues received into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the department for expenditure without regard to fiscal year for the following purposes:

(1) The payment of refund values and administrative fees to processors pursuant to Section 14573.

(2) For a reserve for contingencies, which shall not be greater than an amount equal to 5 percent of the total amount paid to processors pursuant to Section 14573 during the preceding calendar year, plus the interest earned on that amount.

(b) The money in the fund may be expended by the department for the administration of this division only upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

(c) After setting aside funds estimated to be needed for expenditures authorized pursuant to this section, the department shall set aside funds on a quarterly basis for the purposes specified in Section 14581. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, that money is hereby continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal year, for the purposes specified in Section 14581.

(d) The department shall deposit all civil penalties or fines collected pursuant to this division into the Penalty Account, which is hereby created in the fund. The money in the Penalty Account may be expended by the department only upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of this division.

(e) The Legislature finds and declares that the maintenance of the fund is of the utmost importance to the state and that it is essential that any money in the fund be used solely for the purposes authorized in this division and should not be used, loaned, or transferred for any other purpose.
Cal. PRC § 2772.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 2772.5
Section 2772.5
Status: in_force

(a) A reclamation plan by any person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all, or any portion of any, mined lands within the boundaries of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, and who plans to conduct surface mining operations on those lands, in addition to the information required pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2772, shall include a description of any programs necessary to monitor the effects of mining and reclamation operations on air, water, and soil quality, on the surrounding area, backfill characteristics, geologic conditions, and slope stability, similar to the California Environmental Quality Act document for the reclamation project.

(b) This section applies to activities otherwise subject to this chapter conducted within the boundaries of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority. To the extent of any conflict between this section and any other provision of this chapter, this section shall prevail.
Cal. VEH § 21656 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 21656
Section 21656
Status: in_force

On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, any vehicle proceeding upon the highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in line, shall turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway, or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to permit the vehicles following it to proceed.
Cal. PRC § 13116.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 13116.5
Section 13116.5
Status: in_force

An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. WAT § 26307 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 26307
Section 26307
Status: in_force

The burden of proof shall be upon the party urging the invalidity, irregularity, or ineffectiveness of an agreement, deed, lease, or option described in Sections 26304 and 26305 or of any assessments, sales, or assessment deeds of which he complains to show the invalidity, irregularity, or ineffectiveness, and he shall be required to plead specifically the grounds upon which he urges the invalidity, irregularity, or ineffectiveness.
Cal. COM § 2306 — California Code / Code com / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2306
Section 2306
Status: in_force

(1) A term which measures the quantity by the output of the seller or the requirements of the buyer means such actual output or requirements as may occur in good faith, except that no quantity unreasonably disproportionate to any stated estimate or in the absence of a stated estimate to any normal or otherwise comparable prior output or requirements may be tendered or demanded.

(2) A lawful agreement by either the seller or the buyer for exclusive dealing in the kind of goods concerned imposes unless otherwise agreed an obligation by the seller to use best efforts to supply the goods and by the buyer to use best efforts to promote their sale.
Cal. FAM § 2122 — California Code / Code fam / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 2122
Section 2122
Status: in_force

The grounds and time limits for a motion to set aside a judgment, or any part or parts thereof, are governed by this section and shall be one of the following:

(a) Actual fraud where the defrauded party was kept in ignorance or in some other manner was fraudulently prevented from fully participating in the proceeding. An action or motion based on fraud shall be brought within one year after the date on which the complaining party either did discover, or should have discovered, the fraud.

(b) Perjury. An action or motion based on perjury in the preliminary or final declaration of disclosure, the waiver of the final declaration of disclosure, or in the current income and expense statement shall be brought within one year after the date on which the complaining party either did discover, or should have discovered, the perjury.

(c) Duress. An action or motion based upon duress shall be brought within two years after the date of entry of judgment.

(d) Mental incapacity. An action or motion based on mental incapacity shall be brought within two years after the date of entry of judgment.

(e) As to stipulated or uncontested judgments or that part of a judgment stipulated to by the parties, mistake, either mutual or unilateral, whether mistake of law or mistake of fact. An action or motion based on mistake shall be brought within one year after the date of entry of judgment.

(f) Failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2100). An action or motion based on failure to comply with the disclosure requirements shall be brought within one year after the date on which the complaining party either discovered, or should have discovered, the failure to comply.
Cal. FAC § 5267 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 5267
Section 5267
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to the following:

(a) The State Department of Public Health and local vector control agencies providing services in accordance with Section 116180 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) Mosquito abatement and vector control districts authorized under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 3 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. FAC § 68107 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 68107
Section 68107
Status: in_force

(a) Any assessment that is levied as provided for in this chapter is a personal debt of every producer so assessed. However, no producer shall be liable for assessments if the producer can prove, by evidence satisfactory to the commission, that (1) the assessments were deducted by the handler from amounts paid to the producer, or (2) that the handler failed to pay the producer for kiwifruit purchased from or marketed on behalf of the producer.

(b) Failure of a handler to collect assessments from amounts paid to the producer shall not relieve the producer of its obligation to pay the assessments.
Cal. WAT § 10750.4 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.75 / Chapter 1 / Section 10750.4
Section 10750.4
Status: in_force

Nothing in this part requires a local agency overlying a groundwater basin to adopt or implement a groundwater management plan or groundwater management program pursuant to this part.
Cal. ELEC § 9004 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 9004
Section 9004
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative measure, and after the public review period provided for in Section 9002, the Attorney General shall prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purposes and points of the proposed measure. The circulating title and summary shall not exceed 100 words. The Attorney General shall also provide a unique numeric identifier for each proposed initiative measure. The circulating title and summary shall be prepared in the manner provided for the preparation of ballot titles and summaries in Article 5 (commencing with Section 9050), the provisions of which, in regard to the preparation, filing, and settlement of ballot titles and summaries, are applicable to the circulating title and summary.

(b) The Attorney General shall provide a copy of the circulating title and summary and its unique numeric identifier to the proponents and to the Secretary of State within 15 days after receipt of the fiscal estimate or opinion prepared by the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst pursuant to Section 9005. The date the copy is delivered or mailed to the proponents is the “official summary date.”

(c) Upon receipt of the circulating title and summary from the Attorney General, the Secretary of State shall, within one business day, notify the proponents and county elections official of each county of the official summary date and provide a copy of the circulating title and summary to each county elections official. This notification shall also include a complete schedule showing the maximum filing deadline, and the certification deadline by the counties to the Secretary of State.
Cal. WIC § 10823.6 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.1 / Section 10823.6
Section 10823.6
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that health and human services programs shall leverage telephonic signature technology to enhance the ability for county human services customers and staff to complete transactions by telephone through the creation of a global telephonic signature solution for use by county human services departments, to the extent permitted by program policy.

(b) The California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS) consortium shall be authorized to develop, deploy, and maintain a simple, standalone telephonic signature solution according to the following requirements:

(1) The telephonic signature solution shall allow for storage and retrieval of recorded telephonic signatures in compliance with program policy.

(2) This telephonic signature solution shall be available until equivalent functionality has been integrated into the following case management systems:

(A) CalSAWS.

(B) Case Management Information and Payroll System (CMIPS).

(C) California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES).

(c) This section shall only be implemented to the extent funding is appropriated for these purposes.

(d) This section shall be rendered inoperative upon integration of the telephonic signature solution into all statewide systems included in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), and is repealed as of January 1 of the calendar year following the date of the inoperability.
Cal. HSC § 9024 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 9024
Section 9024
Status: in_force

(a)  Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, subdivision (c) of Section 9023, and subdivision (d) of Section 9026, the term of office for a member of the board of trustees shall be for a term of four years and until the appointment and qualification of the successor. Terms of office commence at noon on the first Monday in January.

(b)  For districts formed before January 1, 2004, where the members of the board of trustees are not serving staggered terms, the board of supervisors shall stagger the terms of the trustees and to accomplish this purpose shall appoint trustees, on or after January 1, 2004, for terms of less than four years. However, a board of supervisors shall not reduce the term of office of a trustee once the trustee has been appointed to that term, whether the appointment was made before, on, or after January 1, 2004.

(c)  Any vacancy in the office of a member appointed to a board of trustees shall be filled promptly pursuant to Section 1779 of the Government Code. Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall fill the balance of the unexpired term.
Cal. WIC § 14162 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 14162
Section 14162
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning in 1991, the State Department of Health Services shall include in the November estimate of Medi-Cal expenditures and the Governor’s Budget an estimate of savings from the prior year which resulted from implementation of Senate Bill 2174 of the 1987–88 Regular Session of the Legislature.

(b) Beginning in 1992, the Department of Finance shall, by February 1, deposit an amount equal to the savings level identified in the November estimate of Medi-Cal expenditures into the Critical Needs Health Care Fund, which is hereby created. Funds deposited in the Critical Needs Health Care Fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature for high-priority health expenditures.