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Cal. BPC § 16759 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 16759
Section 16759
Status: in_force

(a) All those powers granted to the Attorney General as a head of a department under Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall be granted to the district attorney of any county when that district attorney reasonably believes that there may have been a violation of Article 2 (commencing with Section 16720) or Article 3 (commencing with Section 16750) of this chapter, or a violation of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000) of this part, or a violation of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of this part, and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 7460) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(b) All those powers granted to the Attorney General as head of a department under Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall be granted to the city attorney of any city having a population in excess of 750,000, to the county counsel of any county within which a city has a population in excess of 750,000, or to a city attorney of a city and county, when the city attorney or county counsel reasonably believes that there may have been a violation of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of this part and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 7460) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(c) Any investigation pursuant to these powers shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, including all applicable principles relating to immunity from self-incrimination. However, Section 16758 shall not be construed as providing automatic immunity with respect to the subject of a subpoena issued in connection with that investigation. Court orders sought pursuant to this section shall be sought in the superior court of the county in which the district attorney, authorized pursuant to subdivision (a), or the city attorney or county counsel, authorized pursuant to subdivision (b), seeking the order holds office.

(d) Should the recipient of such subpoena issued pursuant to the powers granted in subdivision (b) object to the request in whole or in part, the recipient must serve objections and meet and confer with the issuer of the subpoena in an attempt to address those objections. If after meeting and conferring, the issuer and recipient cannot reach agreement, the recipient may petition the superior court for an order quashing or modifying the subpoena in whole or in part.
Cal. CCP § 6 — California Code / Code ccp / Section 6
Section 6
Status: in_force

All persons who at the time this Code takes effect hold office under any of the Acts repealed, continue to hold the same according to the tenure thereof, except those offices which are not continued by one of the Codes adopted at this session of the Legislature.
Cal. WIC § 16135 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 2.3 / Section 16135
Section 16135
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program for special training and services to facilitate the adoption of children who are HIV positive, or born to a substance-abusing mother. This program shall be available to any county that elects to participate pursuant to procedures established by the department.
Cal. WIC § 10302 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.8 / Chapter 13 / Section 10302
Section 10302
Status: in_force

Unless specifically exempted by the Legislature, the administrative cost for all state-funded child care and development and preschool programs and all federal programs administered by the state shall not exceed 15 percent of the funds provided for those programs. Eighty-five percent of these funds shall be used to provide direct services in accordance with rules and regulations, or contractual funding terms and conditions prescribed by the department.
Cal. HSC § 1527.35 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2.5 / Section 1527.35
Section 1527.35
Status: in_force

The fund shall not be liable for any loss arising out of the dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or intentional act of any person if the date of the loss is prior to July 1, 2013.
Cal. PRC § 5096.303 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.692 / Article 1 / Section 5096.303
Section 5096.303
Status: in_force

The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Air pollution continues to be a major problem in California which harms the health of our residents, costs our economy billions of dollars related to health care costs, reduced agricultural productivity, and damage to our infrastructure, and otherwise decreases the quality of life in our state.

(b) Forests and trees improve air quality by removing carbon dioxide, particulates, and other pollutants from the air, and by producing oxygen.

(c) Park, open-space, and tree planting projects also improve air quality and decrease congestion by reducing sprawl, improving the quality of life in areas that are already developed by helping local agencies implement sound land use plans that promote energy efficiency, and by providing incentives to reduce development in inappropriate areas.
Cal. PRC § 5096.322 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.692 / Article 3 / Section 5096.322
Section 5096.322
Status: in_force

(a) No later than November 1, 2001, the director shall determine the amount of funding that is necessary to complete all deferred maintenance projects within each unit of the state park system.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no proceeds of the bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be used to acquire improved property for a unit of the state park system until 75 percent of the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (a) has been appropriated, and allocated to complete deferred maintenance projects within that unit from an appropriated funding source other than the proceeds of the bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter.

(c) Real property may be acquired under this chapter for a unit of the state park system that does not meet the requirements of subdivision (b) only if the director finds, with respect to that unit, that a unique opportunity is presented to acquire real property that will constitute a significant improvement of the state park system.

(d) As used in this section, “deferred maintenance project” means any project identified in the department’s 2001 Deferred Maintenance Assessment that rehabilitates or repairs a facility to a safe and usable condition for the visiting public.
Cal. BPC § 2570.36 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.6 / Section 2570.36
Section 2570.36
Status: in_force

If a licensee has knowledge that an applicant or licensee may be in violation of, or has violated, any of the statutes or regulations administered by the board, the licensee shall report this information to the board in writing and shall cooperate with the board in providing information or assistance as may be required.
Cal. FAC § 79512 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 27 / Article 7 / Section 79512
Section 79512
Status: in_force

A civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be levied by the commission upon a person who does any of the following:

(a) Willfully renders or furnishes a false report, statement, or record required by the commission.

(b) Fails to render or furnish a report, statement, or record required by the commission.

(c) Secretes, destroys, or alters records required to be kept under this chapter.
Cal. FGC § 7853 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 7853
Section 7853
Status: in_force

The commission may suspend or revoke the commercial fishing license of any licensee who operates a vessel in waters within the territorial jurisdiction of the State and approaches:

(a) Within 500 yards of any vessel owned or operated by the United States Government or any department or agency thereof, except when necessary to comply with the laws or rules of navigation governing the safe movement of vessels; or

(b) So close to any vessel owned or operated by the United States or any department or agency thereof and engaged in transporting naval or military equipment or personnel as to interfere with such transportation or to enable the observation thereof, except when necessary to comply with the laws or rules of navigation governing the safe movement of vessels.
Cal. HSC § 117900 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 14 / Chapter 3 / Section 117900
Section 117900
Status: in_force

No person shall haul medical waste unless the person is one of the following:

(a) A registered hazardous waste hauler pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20.

(b) A mail-back system approved by the United States Postal Service.

(c) A common carrier allowed to haul pharmaceutical waste pursuant to Section 118029 or 118032.

(d) A small quantity generator or a large quantity generator transporting limited quantities of medical waste with an exemption granted pursuant to either Section 117946 or Section 117976, respectively.

(e) A registered trauma scene waste practitioner hauling trauma scene waste pursuant to Section 118321.5.
Cal. HSC § 11015 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 11015
Section 11015
Status: in_force

“Federal bureau” means the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency.
Cal. BPC § 1275 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 1275
Section 1275
Status: in_force

The department shall develop and implement regulations for continuing education for persons licensed pursuant to this chapter on or before January 1, 1992, after consulting with the multidisciplinary committee established pursuant to Section 1228, and other appropriate organizations. On and after January 1, 1994, the department shall require not more than 12 hours of continuing education completed within a 12-month period or not more than 24 hours of continuing education completed within a 24-month period as a condition for renewal of a license issued under this chapter. The department may establish a fee for the implementation of this section, the total fees collected not to exceed the total costs to the program for the implementation of this requirement.
Cal. BPC § 11417 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Section 11417
Section 11417
Status: in_force

(a) The bureau shall give notice of a decision rendered with respect to the application to the claimant and to a judgment debtor pursuant to Section 11413.1.

(b) If the application is denied, the notice to the claimant and judgment debtor shall include the following:

“Claimant’s application has been denied. If the claimant wishes to pursue the application in court, the claimant must file the application as follows in a superior court of this state not later than six months after receipt of this notice, pursuant to Section 11417.3 of the Business and Professions Code. If the underlying judgment is a California state court judgment, the application shall be filed in the court in which the underlying judgment was entered. If the underlying judgment is a federal court judgment, the application shall be filed in the superior court of any county within California that would have been a proper venue if the underlying lawsuit had been filed in a California state court, or in the Superior Court of the County of Sacramento.”

(c) If the decision of the bureau is to make a payment to the claimant out of the Recovery Account, the following notice shall be given to the judgment debtor along with a copy of the decision of the bureau:

“The decision of the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers on the application of ____ is to pay $____ from the Recovery Account. A copy of that decision is enclosed.”

(d) If the decision of the bureau is to make a payment to the claimant out of the Recovery Account and to suspend the license of the judgment debtor, the following notice shall be given to the judgment debtor along with a copy of the decision of the bureau:

“The decision of the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers on the application of ____ is to pay $____ from the Recovery Account. A copy of that decision is enclosed.”

“Pursuant to Section 11418.2 of the Business and Professions Code, all of your licenses and license rights under the Real Estate Appraisers’ Licensing and Certification Law will be suspended effective on the date of the payment, and you will not be eligible for reinstatement of any license issued under authority of the Real Estate Appraisers’ Licensing and Certification Law until you have reimbursed the Recovery Account for this payment plus interest at the prevailing legal rate.”

“If you desire a judicial review of the suspension of your licenses and license rights, you may petition the superior court for a writ of mandamus. If the underlying judgment is a California state court judgment, the petition shall be filed in the court in which the judgment was entered. If the underlying judgment is a federal court judgment, the petition shall be filed in the superior court of any county within California that would have been a proper venue if the underlying lawsuit had been filed in a California state court, or in the Superior Court of the County of Sacramento. To be timely, the petition must be filed with the court within 30 days of receipt of this notice.”
Cal. WAT § 7043 — California Code / Code wat / Division 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 7043
Section 7043
Status: in_force

No act authorized in this chapter shall prevent the use or enlargement of any natural channel for municipal purposes or for use in connection with any artificial system of drainage, irrigation, or flood control which does not cause the flow of water in the channel at the intake of the canal to be less than the quantity of water the owners and appropriators have the right to divert into the intake.
Cal. SHC § 31015 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 31015
Section 31015
Status: in_force

(a) Revenues generated from the surcharge shall not exceed nine hundred seven million dollars ($907,000,000), unless any of the following occurs:

(1) After completing 30 percent of the design, and after completion of a cost estimate by the department, the authority selects a design that costs more than the cost of a single tower cable suspension bridge selected by the department.

(2) The authority requests funding for the replacement or relocation of the transbay bus terminal in the City and County of San Francisco.

(3) The authority requests funding for a bicycle or pedestrian access that is to be added to either the new east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge or the retrofitted west span of that bridge, or both.

(b) If the authority does any of the things listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a), the local share of the project costs shall be increased by an amount equal to any additional costs that are incurred as a result of the authority’s decision.

(c) The department shall include the amenities requested by the authority only if sufficient funds generated by the seismic retrofit surcharge are made available to fully pay for those amenities.
Cal. PCC § 10261.5 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 10261.5
Section 10261.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any state agency which fails to make any progress payment within 30 days after receipt of the payment request from a contractor on a construction contract for an undisputed payment request, which was properly submitted by the contractor to the agency, shall pay interest to the contractor equivalent to the legal rate set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 685.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any state agency which independently calculates the amount due on a progress payment and which fails to make a progress payment within 30 days of the first submittal of the estimate for each contract by the engineer, shall pay interest to the contractor equivalent to the legal rate set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 685.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure. In the event that the payment is not made within 30 days of receipt of the contractor’s request or the first submittal by the engineer, and the Controller has processed the payment within 14 days of receipt of the request or submittal, the contracting state agency shall pay interest to the contractor equivalent to the legal rate set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 685.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure. In the event that the payment is not made within 30 days of receipt of the contractor’s request or the first submittal by the engineer, and the contracting state agency has processed the payment within 16 days after receipt of the request or submittal, the Controller shall pay interest as provided in Section 685.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

For purposes of this section, a payment request shall be considered properly executed if funds are available for payment of the payment request, and payment is not delayed due to an audit inquiry by the Controller.

(b) Upon receipt of a payment request, each agency shall require:

(1) That each payment request be reviewed as soon as practicable after receipt for the purpose of determining that a payment request is a proper payment request.

(2) Any payment request determined not to be a proper payment request suitable for payment shall be returned as soon as practicable, but not later than seven days, after receipt, specifying the reasons that the payment request is not a proper payment request.

(3) The number of days available to a state agency to make a timely payment of payment request without incurring interest shall be reduced by the number of days by which an agency exceeds the requirements of paragraph (2).
Cal. PRC § 22080 — California Code / Code prc / Division 14 / Chapter 5 / Section 22080
Section 22080
Status: in_force

Acquisition of land for, or construction of, all public works projects, by the State of California and state agencies, with a total budget in excess of five million dollars ($5,000,000) which will cause irreversible modification of the zone are hereby deferred until the 61st day after the final adjournment of the 1972 Regular Session of the Legislature. The provisions of this section shall not apply to districts, agencies, or other governmental entities not primarily supported by an annual appropriation of state funds. All the following projects are excluded from the deferment provided by this section:

(a) Any project funded by state general obligation bonds.

(b) State Highway Routes 5, 101, and 405.
Cal. BPC § 3753 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.3 / Article 5 / Section 3753
Section 3753
Status: in_force

The procedure in all matters and proceedings relating to the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses under this chapter shall be governed by the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
Cal. WAT § 74570.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 74570.5
Section 74570.5
Status: in_force

A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by this division that is related to the provision of water for human consumption. The terms of the contract shall be consistent with this division. Notwithstanding any other provision in this division, the term of the contract may extend up to 30 years.
Cal. PUC § 5384.3 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 5384.3
Section 5384.3
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Contract crew transportation vehicle” means a motor vehicle designed to transport 15 or fewer people, including the driver, that is owned, leased, operated, or maintained by a person contracting with a railroad corporation or its agents, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, subvendors, secondary vendors, or subcarriers, and used primarily to provide railroad crew transportation.

(2) “Crew transportation operator” means the person or entity that operates a contract crew transportation vehicle pursuant to a contract with a railroad corporation or its agents, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, subvendors, secondary vendors, or subcarriers.

(3) “Motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in Section 415 of the Vehicle Code.

(b) A crew transportation operator shall not operate a contract crew transportation vehicle without a valid permit, as determined by the commission.

(c) A crew transportation operator shall provide the commission with proof of insurance coverage that meets all of the following:

(1) Provides at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) in combined single limit coverage for bodily injury and property damage liability coverage.

(2) Provides at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) in uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.

(3) Names the crew transportation operator as a named insured or an additional insured.

(d) This section does not apply to either of the following:

(1) Carpools, regardless if all persons work for a railroad corporation or not.

(2) Motor vehicles operated by an employee of a railroad corporation.
Cal. WIC § 14450.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 14450.5
Section 14450.5
Status: in_force

(a) No contract between the department and a prepaid health plan that is contracting with, or that is governed, owned, or operated by, a county board of supervisors, shall be approved or renewed unless the standards set forth in Section 1374.16 of the Health and Safety Code are met. The treatment plan developed pursuant to Section 1374.16 of the Health and Safety Code shall be consistent with federal and state medicaid requirements. Nothing in Section 1374.16 of the Health and Safety Code is intended to alter or abrogate any other requirements of federal or state law with regard to medicaid.

(b) The requirements of this section shall apply to all managed care plan contracts entered into under any of the following:

(1) The act that added this subdivision.

(2) Any of the following provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000).

(A) Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 14087.3).

(B) Article 2.9 (commencing with Section 14088).

(C) Article 2.91 (commencing with Section 14089).

(3) Article 7 of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14490).
Cal. PRC § 5560 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 5560
Section 5560
Status: in_force

(a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment, unless the board provides that a violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation is an infraction, that is punishable by:

(1) A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation.

(2) A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation of the same ordinance, rule, or regulation within one year.

(3) A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation of the same ordinance, rule, or regulation within one year.

(b) A superior court of a county lying wholly or in part within the district is a proper court for trial of all prosecutions under this article for violations of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by the board.