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Cal. FIN § 18447 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 6 / Section 18447
Section 18447
Status: in_force

Any director, officer, or employee of an industrial loan company, its holding company, or its affiliates who knowingly makes or concurs in making or publishing any false entry in its books or records, any written report, exhibit, or statement of its affairs or pecuniary condition containing any material statement which is false, or having the custody of its books, willfully refuses or neglects to make any proper entry in such books as required by law, or to exhibit or allow the same to be inspected or extracts to be taken therefrom by the commissioner or his deputies or investigators, is guilty of a felony.
Cal. RTC § 19441 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 19441
Section 19441
Status: in_force

(a) The Franchise Tax Board or any person authorized in writing by the Franchise Tax Board is authorized to enter into an agreement in writing with any person (or the person or estate for whom that person acts) in respect of any tax, interest, penalty, or addition to tax levied under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part for any taxable period.

(b) If the agreement is approved by the Franchise Tax Board, itself, within the time as may be stated in the agreement, or later agreed to, the agreement shall be final and conclusive, and except upon a showing of fraud or malfeasance, or misrepresentation of a material fact:

(1) The case shall not be reopened as to the matters agreed upon or the agreement modified, by any officer, employee, or agent of the state, and

(2) In any suit, action, or proceeding, the agreement, or any determination, assessment, collection, payment, abatement, refund, or credit made in accordance therewith, shall not be annulled, modified, set aside, or disregarded.
Cal. HSC § 39042 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39042
Section 39042
Status: in_force

“New motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, the equitable or legal title to which has never been transferred to an ultimate purchaser.
Cal. BPC § 14415 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 1.5 / Section 14415
Section 14415
Status: in_force

The filing of articles of incorporation pursuant to Section 200 of the Corporations Code, in the case of a domestic corporation, or the obtaining of a certificate of qualification pursuant to Sections 2105 and 2106 of the Corporations Code, in the case of a foreign corporation, shall establish a rebuttable presumption that the corporation has the exclusive right to use as a trade name, in the state the corporate name set forth in the articles or certificate, as well as any confusingly similar trade name, if the corporation is the first to have filed the articles or obtained the certificate containing the corporate name, and is actually engaged in a trade or business utilizing that corporate name or a confusingly similar name.

If a foreign corporation continues to have authority to transact intrastate business pursuant to Section 2102 of the Corporations Code, the foreign corporation shall be considered to have obtained its certificate of qualification pursuant to law for the purposes of this section on the date it first qualified to transact intrastate business in this state.

The rebuttable presumption created by this section affects the burden of producing evidence.
Cal. PRC § 72440 — California Code / Code prc / Division 38 / Chapter 5 / Section 72440
Section 72440
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The board shall determine whether it is necessary to apply to the federal government for the state to prohibit the release of sewage or sewage sludge from large passenger vessels, sewage from oceangoing ships with sufficient holding tank capacity, and sewage sludge from oceangoing ships, into the marine waters of the state or to prohibit the release of sewage sludge from large passenger vessels and oceangoing ships into marine sanctuaries, as described in Section 72420. If the board determines that application is necessary for either sewage or sewage sludge, or both, it shall apply to the appropriate federal agencies, as determined by the board, to authorize the state to prohibit the release of sewage or sewage sludge, or both, as necessary, from large passenger vessels, sewage from oceangoing ships with sufficient holding tank capacity, and sewage sludge from oceangoing ships, into the marine waters of the state and, if necessary, to authorize the state to prohibit the release of sewage sludge from large passenger vessels and oceangoing ships into marine sanctuaries.

(2) It is not the Legislature’s intent to establish for the marine waters of the state a no discharge zone for sewage from all vessels, but only for a class of vessels.

(b) The board shall request the appropriate federal agencies, as determined by the board, to prohibit the release of sewage sludge and oily bilgewater, except under the circumstances specified in Section 72441, by large passenger vessels and oceangoing ships, in all of the waters that are in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, that are not in the state waters.
Cal. PUC § 977 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 3 / Section 977
Section 977
Status: in_force

In order to achieve transparency and accountability for rate revenues and best value for ratepayers, and consistent with the commission’s existing ratemaking procedures and authority to establish just and reasonable rates, the commission shall consider all of the following:

(a) Providing an adequate workforce to achieve the objectives of reducing hazards and emissions from leaks, including leak avoidance, reduction, and repair.

(b) Providing revenues for all activities identified and required pursuant to Section 975, including any adjustment of allowance for lost and unaccounted for gas related to actual leakage volumes.

(c) Providing guidance for treatment of expenditures as being either an item of expense or a capital investment.

(d) The impact on affordability of gas service for vulnerable customers as a result of the incremental costs of compliance with the adopted rules and procedures.
Cal. PRC § 4629.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 9.5 / Section 4629.2
Section 4629.2
Status: in_force

In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish all of the following:

(a) Promote and encourage sustainable forest practices consistent with provisions of this chapter in a manner consistent with other laws, including, but not limited to, the Timberland Productivity Act of 1982 (Article 1 (commencing with Section 51100) of Chapter 6.7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code), the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 13000) of Division 7 of the Water Code), and the California Endangered Species Act (Article 3 (commencing with Section 2080) of Chapter 1.5 of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).

(b) Ensure continued sustainable funding for the state’s forest practice program to protect the state’s forest resources, and replace the current piecemeal funding structure with a single funding source.

(c) Support in-state production of timber within the state’s environmental standards, and promote and encourage retention of forests and forested landscapes.

(d) Create a funding source for the restoration of the state’s forested lands and promote restoration of fisheries and wildlife habitat and improvement in water quality.

(e) Promote restoration and management of forested landscapes consistent with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code).

(f) Promote transparency in regulatory costs and programs through the creation of performance measures and accountability for the state’s forest practice regulatory program and simplify the collection and use of critical data to ensure consistency with other pertinent laws and regulations.

(g) Identify and implement efficiencies in the regulation of timber harvesting between state agencies.

(h) Modify current regulatory programs to incorporate, and provide incentives for best practices, and develop standards or strategies, where appropriate, to protect natural resources, including the development of plans that address road management and riparian function on an ownershipwide, watershedwide, or districtwide scale.
Cal. WIC § 10966 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 10966
Section 10966
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other delegation powers granted to the director under law, the director may delegate his or her powers to adopt final decisions under this chapter to all administrative law judges within specified ranges in the department, in the types of cases deemed appropriate by the director. The authority to adopt final decisions shall not be contingent upon the outcome of the judge’s resolution of the case or issue, nor upon the identity of a particular administrative law judge. The defined areas of delegation shall be published by the department after interested groups such as the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, legal aid societies, and the County Welfare Directors Association have had a reasonable amount of time to review and comment.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, decisions rendered by the administrative law judges under the authority of this section shall be treated, for all purposes, as the decision of the director. The affected county, recipient, or applicant has the right to request a rehearing pursuant to Section 10960, and the right to petition for judicial review pursuant to Section 10962.

(c) If the director chooses to exercise the authority to delegate his or her powers to adopt final decisions to administrative law judges, the delegation shall be in writing. Any such delegation instrument shall be a public record available at all times, including the time of hearing, from each administrative law judge to whom that authority has been delegated. The written delegation instrument shall include paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following, and may include paragraph (3) of the following:

(1) It shall specify the administrative law judges that are authorized to render final decisions on his or her behalf, including the effective date of the authorization.

(2) It shall specify the types of cases or issues that are subject to his or her delegation of final authority.

(3) It may include any other implementation instructions which he or she determines are necessary for the effective implementation of this section.

(d) Decisions rendered by administrative law judges pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be fair, impartial, independent, in writing, and in the format prescribed by the Chief Administrative Law Judge.
Cal. WAT § 1112 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 1112
Section 1112
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a hearing officer from the Administrative Hearings Office shall preside over a hearing in any of the following matters:

(1) A complaint issued under Section 1055.

(2) A notice of a proposed cease and desist order issued under Section 1834.

(3) A notice of a revocation of a permit issued under Section 1410 or revocation of a license issued under Section 1675.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply if the hearing notice includes, in addition to a proceeding under subdivision (a), consideration of a decision or order on a matter not subject to subdivision (a).

(c) In an adjudicative hearing presided over by the board or a board member, all of the following shall apply:

(1) Upon request by the board, a hearing officer from the Administrative Hearings Office shall assist the board or board member in conducting the hearing.

(2) The board may assign an adjudicative hearing, in whole or in part, to the Administrative Hearings Office.

(d) A hearing officer may perform additional work requested by the board, including, but not limited to, presiding over hearings on nonadjudicative matters, mediations, and overseeing investigations.

(e) A hearing officer may only perform the work specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) if the additional work does not conflict with the officer’s primary responsibility to serve as a hearing officer for matters listed in subdivision (a) and to resolve those matters in a timely manner.
Cal. FIN § 17335 — California Code / Code fin / Division 6 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 4 / Section 17335
Section 17335
Status: in_force

An appeal may be taken from the judgment of the court by the commissioner or by Fidelity Corporation in the manner provided by law for appeals from the judgment of a superior court to the court of appeal. An appeal from the judgment of the court does not operate as a stay of the judgment unless the court, on good cause, so orders. No bond need be given if the appeal is taken by the commissioner, but if the appeal is taken by Fidelity Corporation a bond shall be given as required by Sections 917.2 and 917.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure as a condition to any stay.
Cal. WIC § 4011.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 4011.5
Section 4011.5
Status: in_force

In counties where hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals are located, the state hospitals shall ensure that appropriate special education and related services, pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 56850) of Part 30 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, are provided eligible individuals with exceptional needs residing in state hospitals.
Cal. PROB § 380 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 380
Section 380
Status: in_force

(a) A fiduciary who is or will be engaged in war service may delegate the fiduciary’s powers, including discretionary powers, to a fiduciary who is not engaged in war service. Delegation may be made for the period during which the original fiduciary is engaged in war service and not to exceed six months following the expiration of that period.

(b) Approval of the court, on petition of the original fiduciary, the delegate, or an interested person, is required for delegation.
Cal. HSC § 11591 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 11591
Section 11591
Status: in_force

Every sheriff, chief of police, or the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, upon the arrest for any of the controlled substance offenses described in Section 11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11353, 11353.5, 11353.7, 11354, 11355, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11361, 11363, 11366, 11366.5, 11366.6, 11368, 11370.1, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, 11380, 11383, or 11550, or subdivision (a) of Section 11377, or Section 11364, insofar as that section relates to paragraph (12) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054, of any school employee, shall, provided that the sheriff, chief of police, or Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol knows that the arrestee is a school employee, do one of the following:

(a) If the school employee is a teacher in any of the public schools of this state, the sheriff, chief of police, or Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol shall immediately notify by telephone the superintendent of schools of the school district employing the teacher and shall immediately give written notice of the arrest to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and to the superintendent of schools in the county where the person is employed. Upon receipt of the notice, the county superintendent of schools and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall immediately notify the governing board of the school district employing the person.

(b) If the school employee is a nonteacher in any of the public schools of this state, the sheriff, chief of police, or Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol shall immediately notify by telephone the superintendent of schools of the school district employing the nonteacher and shall immediately give written notice of the arrest to the governing board of the school district employing the person.

(c) If the school employee is a teacher in any private school of this state, the sheriff, chief of police, or Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol shall immediately notify by telephone the private school authority employing the teacher and shall immediately give written notice of the arrest to the private school authority employing the teacher.

(d) If a person described in subdivision (a) was arrested for an offense defined in Section 11378, 11379, or 11380, this section shall only apply to offenses involving controlled substances specified in paragraph (12) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054 and paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 11055, and to analogs of these substances, as defined in Section 11401. If a person described in subdivision (a) was arrested for an offense defined in Section 11379 or 11379.5, this section does not apply if the arrest was for transporting, offering to transport, or attempting to transport a controlled substance. This section does not apply to a person who was arrested for a misdemeanor under Section 11360.
Cal. PRC § 5038 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.4 / Section 5038
Section 5038
Status: in_force

(a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve, as a unique historical and cultural resource for the people of the state, the Mexican and early California cultural and interpretive traditions and heritage of El Pueblo de Los Angeles, as well as to promote the restoration and preservation of the landmarks and buildings of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park. This policy is to be guided by the general plan for the park and implemented in accordance with the historical structures reports on the park approved by the state.

(b) The Legislature recognizes that the existing concessionaires of Olvera Street have made historically significant contributions and that they represent a unique human and cultural resource as stipulated in the park’s general plan. Therefore, it is the purpose of this article to develop a procedure which takes into consideration the need for competition in granting concessions as well as the long-term contributions on the part of, and the benefits that may be received in the future by retaining, existing concessionaires.
Cal. WIC § 14252 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 14252
Section 14252
Status: in_force

“Medi-Cal beneficiary” means a person who is eligible to receive benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of this part.
Cal. HSC § 25214.19 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 10.4 / Section 25214.19
Section 25214.19
Status: in_force

This article does not do the following:

(a) Affect a duty or other requirement imposed under federal or state law.

(b) Alter or diminish a legal obligation otherwise required in common law or by statute or regulation.

(c) Create or enlarge a defense in an action to enforce a legal obligation otherwise required in common law or by statute or regulation.
Cal. PUC § 50183 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 50183
Section 50183
Status: in_force

The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it deems in the public interest. The word “operator” as used in this section means any city or public agency or any person, firm or private corporation.
Cal. ELEC § 21523 — California Code / Code elec / Division 21 / Chapter 6.2 / Section 21523
Section 21523
Status: in_force

(a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.

(b) The term of office of each member of the commission expires upon the appointment of the first member of the succeeding commission.

(c) Seven members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. Seven or more affirmative votes shall be required for any official action.

(d) To the greatest extent practicable, each commission member shall be present for all public hearings and internal meetings of the commission.

(e) (1) The commission shall require a consultant, before delivering advice to the commission or a commission member, to disclose to the commission potential or actual conflicts of interest.

(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, “consultant” means a person, whether or not compensated, retained to advise the commission or a commission member regarding the redistricting process.

(f) (1) Except as permitted by paragraph (2), commissioners shall not communicate with any individual or organization regarding redistricting matters outside of a public meeting.

(2) This subdivision does not do either of the following:

(A) Restrict the commission from communicating with the staff of the legislative body of the local jurisdiction regarding administrative matters of the commission.

(B) Restrict a commissioner from directly communicating with another commissioner, commission staff, legal counsel, or consultants retained by the commission.

(g) (1) The commission shall create bylaws or other rules of procedure for the purpose of conducting orderly meetings and communication.

(2) The bylaws shall include provisions to address both of the following:

(A) How the commission will fill a vacancy following the resignation or removal of a commission member.

(B) The process for the commission to remove a commission member that is consistent with Section 21526.

(h) Each commission member shall be a designated employee for purposes of the conflict of interest code adopted by the County of San Luis Obispo pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 87300) of Chapter 7 of Title 9 of the Government Code.
Cal. BPC § 1055 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 1055
Section 1055
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, relating to the Professional Corporation Act, each director and each officer of a chiropractic corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, shall be a licensed person as defined in the Professional Corporation Act.
Cal. HSC § 115185 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 9 / Chapter 8 / Article 13 / Section 115185
Section 115185
Status: in_force

If the department determines that any object, building, structure, or premises is contaminated by radioactive material and constitutes a hazard to the public health, it shall order the person who has control of the object, building, structure, or premises to cease to use or occupy and to exercise due caution to prevent others from using or occupying the object, building, structure, or premises, except to the extent necessary to accomplish the decontamination, or to the extent necessary to accomplish the disposal of the object, building, or structure as radioactive waste. The normal use or occupancy of the object, building, structure, or premises may not be resumed until decontamination has been accomplished and a release obtained from the department.

If the person who has control of the object, building, structure, or premises fails to comply with the department’s order to decontaminate, the department may impound or seize the object, building, structure, or premises. The department after impounding or seizure of an object, building, structure, or premises, may decontaminate the object, building, structure, or premises.