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Cal. PROB § 21310 — California Code / Code prob / Division 11 / Part 3 / Section 21310
Section 21310
Status: in_force

As used in this part:

(a) “Contest” means a pleading filed with the court by a beneficiary that would result in a penalty under a no contest clause, if the no contest clause is enforced.

(b) “Direct contest” means a contest that alleges the invalidity of a protected instrument or one or more of its terms, based on one or more of the following grounds:

(1) Forgery.

(2) Lack of due execution.

(3) Lack of capacity.

(4) Menace, duress, fraud, or undue influence.

(5) Revocation of a will pursuant to Section 6120, revocation of a trust pursuant to Section 15401, or revocation of an instrument other than a will or trust pursuant to the procedure for revocation that is provided by statute or by the instrument.

(6) Disqualification of a beneficiary under Section 6112, 21350, or 21380.

(c) “No contest clause” means a provision in an otherwise valid instrument that, if enforced, would penalize a beneficiary for filing a pleading in any court.

(d) “Pleading” means a petition, complaint, cross-complaint, objection, answer, response, or claim.

(e) “Protected instrument” means all of the following instruments:

(1) The instrument that contains the no contest clause.

(2) An instrument that is in existence on the date that the instrument containing the no contest clause is executed and is expressly identified in the no contest clause, either individually or as part of an identifiable class of instruments, as being governed by the no contest clause.
Cal. BPC § 17568.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.5 / Section 17568.6
Section 17568.6
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A place of short-term lodging, an internet website, application, or other similar centralized platform, or any other person shall not advertise, display, or offer a room rate, as defined in Section 17561, that does not include all fees or charges required to stay at the short-term lodging except taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay.

(2) A place of short-term lodging, an internet website, application, or other similar centralized platform, or any other person shall include in the total price to be paid, before the consumer reserves the stay, all taxes and fees imposed by a government on the stay.

(b) For purposes of this section, “short-term lodging” means any hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging. “Short-term lodging” also includes a short-term rental, or a residential property that is rented to a visitor for 30 consecutive days or less through a centralized platform whereby the rental is advertised, displayed, or offered and payments for the rental are processed.

(c) For purposes of this section, assessments under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 13995) of Part 4.7 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code or under Part 6 (commencing with Section 36500) or Part 7 (commencing with Section 36600) of Division 18 of the Streets and Highways Code are fees imposed by a government on the stay.

(d) This section shall apply to any advertising, display, or offer before the public in this state, or from this state before the public in any state.

(e) (1) A person that knew or should have known that it has advertised, displayed, or offered a room rate in violation of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation.

(2) An action to enforce this section may be brought by a city attorney, district attorney, county counsel, or the Attorney General.

(f) The duties and obligations imposed by this section are cumulative with any other duties or obligations imposed under other law, and shall not be construed to relieve any party from any duties or obligations imposed under other law.

(g) The provisions of this section are severable. If any provision of this section or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

(h) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.
Cal. HSC § 18216 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.1 / Chapter 1 / Section 18216
Section 18216
Status: in_force

“Rent” is money or other consideration given for the right of use, possession, and occupation of property.
Cal. PRC § 5080.36.2 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.2 / Article 2 / Section 5080.36.2
Section 5080.36.2
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the department may enter into a restoration agreement with Save Mount Diablo, a nonprofit organization, for the purpose of restoring the Mount Diablo Beacon on top of the Summit Building in Mount Diablo State Park. The agreement shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A requirement that the restoration agreement shall follow the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties guidelines and the guidelines set forth by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

(2) A requirement that the restoration agreement shall also comply with any applicable code of ethics or guidelines for practice governing the rehabilitation and preservation of historical sites and buildings. All plans for the work, the work in process, and the finished work shall be audited by a conservator company pursuant to a contract with the company.

(3) All costs of the restoration of the Mount Diablo Beacon shall be incurred under the authority of, and be the responsibility of, Save Mount Diablo.

(b) The restoration agreement that the department is authorized to enter into with Save Mount Diablo pursuant to subdivision (a) is intended to cover restoration work performed primarily by volunteers. However, nothing in this section shall preclude Save Mount Diablo from contracting for work performed by an individual or entity on a paid or for-profit basis.
Cal. HSC § 40314 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 40314
Section 40314
Status: in_force

Members of a city selection committee may be allowed their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties pursuant to this article.
Cal. HNC § 7147 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 7147
Section 7147
Status: in_force

The district may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary, convenient or useful to the exercise of its powers, but may exercise the power to acquire property outside the district by eminent domain only with the consent of the governing body of the county, or city if any, in which the property is located.
Cal. WIC § 6332 — California Code / Code wic / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 6332
Section 6332
Status: in_force

For a person committed as a mentally disordered sex offender, whose term of commitment has been extended pursuant to former Section 6316.2, and who is placed on outpatient status pursuant to Section 1604 of the Penal Code, time spent on outpatient status, except when placed in a locked facility at the direction of the outpatient supervisor, shall not count as actual custody and shall not be counted toward the person’s maximum term of commitment or toward the person’s term of extended commitment.
Cal. WAT § 13478 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 13478
Section 13478
Status: in_force

(a) The board may undertake any of the following:

(1) Enter into agreements with the federal government for federal contributions to the fund.

(2) Accept federal contributions to the fund.

(3) Enter into an agreement with, and accept matching funds from, a municipality. A municipality that seeks to enter into an agreement with the board and provide matching funds pursuant to this subdivision shall provide to the board evidence of the availability of those funds in the form of a written resolution adopted by the governing body of the municipality before it requests a preliminary financial assistance commitment.

(4) Use moneys in the fund for the purposes permitted by the federal act.

(5) Provide for the deposit of matching funds and any other available and necessary moneys into the fund.

(6) Make requests on behalf of the state for deposit into the fund of available federal moneys under the federal act and determine on behalf of the state appropriate maintenance of progress toward compliance with the enforceable deadlines, goals, and requirements of the federal act.

(7) Determine on behalf of the state that publicly owned treatment works that receive financial assistance from the fund will meet the requirements of, and otherwise be treated as required by, the federal act.

(8) Provide for appropriate audit, accounting, and fiscal management services, plans, and reports relative to the fund.

(9) Take additional incidental action as appropriate for the adequate administration and operation of the fund.

(10) Charge municipalities that elect to provide matching funds a fee to cover the actual cost of obtaining the federal funds pursuant to Section 603(d)(7) of the federal act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(d)(7)) and processing the financial assistance application. The fee shall be waived by the board if sufficient funds to cover those costs are available from other sources.

(11) Use money returned to the fund under clause (ii) of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13480, and any other source of matching funds, if not prohibited by statute, as matching funds for the federal administrative allowance under Section 603(d)(7) of the federal act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(d)(7)).

(12) Expend money repaid by financial assistance recipients for financial assistance service under clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13480 to pay administrative costs incurred by the board under this chapter.

(13) Engage in the transfer of capitalization grant funds, as authorized by Section 35.3530(c) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations and reauthorized by Public Law 109-54, to the extent set forth in an Intended Use Plan, that shall be subject to approval by the board.

(14) Cross-collateralize revenue bonds with the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 116760.30 of the Health and Safety Code, as authorized by Section 35.3530(d) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
Cal. PRC § 4597.16 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 7.7 / Section 4597.16
Section 4597.16
Status: in_force

If the department determines that the objectives of uneven aged management and sustained yield are not being met by a working forest landowner, or there are other persistent violations detected that are not being corrected, the department shall cancel a previously approved working forest management plan and any further timber operations under the plan shall be terminated. In making a determination to cancel a plan, the department may cite the findings of a review conducted pursuant to Section 4597.12. Cancellation of the plan may be appealed by the plan submitter or landowner utilizing the process prescribed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 4597.6.
Cal. PROB § 10400 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 10400
Section 10400
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Independent Administration of Estates Act.
Cal. FAM § 2621 — California Code / Code fam / Division 7 / Part 6 / Section 2621
Section 2621
Status: in_force

Debts incurred by either spouse before the date of marriage shall be confirmed without offset to the spouse who incurred the debt.
Cal. FAC § 49002 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 49002
Section 49002
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created the Farm to Fork Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund that shall consist of money made available from federal, state, industry, philanthropic, and private sources.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money deposited in the Farm to Fork Account is hereby continuously appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 43656 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 43656
Section 43656
Status: in_force

The state board may exempt from any schedule of installation adopted pursuant to Section 43654 or 43655:

(a)  Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassifications of motor vehicles for which certified devices are not available.

(b)  Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassifications of motor vehicles whose emissions are found by appropriate tests to meet applicable emission standards without an additional motor vehicle pollution control device.

(c)  Implements of husbandry.

(d)  Vehicles which qualify for special identification plates pursuant to Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code.
Cal. WIC § 5585.58 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 5585.58
Section 5585.58
Status: in_force

This part shall be funded under the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5600), as part of the county performance contract.
Cal. HSC § 4997 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 4997
Section 4997
Status: in_force

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include:

(a)  All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the project.

(b)  All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent’s fees, costs of the bond election and of the issuance of said bonds, bond reserve funds and working capital and bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period of not to exceed 12 months after completion of construction.
Cal. PRC § 4652 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 4652
Section 4652
Status: in_force

(a) The department may collect recreational user fees for overnight camping and reserved group activities in a demonstration state forest. The department shall not charge a fee that exceeds the amount necessary to reimburse the department’s costs for maintenance and improvement of campground facilities, associated recreational facilities, natural environment, and access thereto.

(b) All recreational user fees received by the department during each fiscal year shall be deposited into the Forest Resources Improvement Fund and shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to reimburse the department’s cost of maintaining and improving the campground facilities, associated recreational facilities, natural environment, and access thereto.

(c) Receipts from the sales of forest products and recreational user fees shall be deposited monthly with the State Treasurer in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund. The Controller shall keep a record of accounts of such receipts separately.
Cal. BPC § 23104.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 23104.1
Section 23104.1
Status: in_force

A retailer may return wine to the seller or to the successor of the seller and the seller or his or her successor may accept the return thereof, except that the seller or his or her successor may not sell wine to the retailer for a period of one year after the date the returned wine is accepted or received unless any of the following exists:

(a) The wine is returned in exchange for the identical quantity, brand, and item of wine.

(b) The wine is returned pursuant to court order.

(c) The returned wine is a brand or item of wine that has been discontinued by the seller or his or her successor, and the wine is exchanged for the identical quantity of a brand or item of similar quality.

(d) The wine delivered was other than that ordered by a retailer or was in a quantity other than that ordered. In these cases, the retailer may, within 15 days after delivery, return the wine to the seller or his or her successor for exchange for the wine actually ordered, or may return the wine delivered in excess of the wine actually ordered. Returns under this subdivision may also be made after 15 days from the date of delivery upon written approval of the department.

(e) The wine has deteriorated in quality or the container thereof has been damaged, or the label or container for the wine has been changed, and the wine is returned and exchanged for the identical quantity of the same brand and type of wine and size of container. For the purpose of this subdivision, “wines of the same type” means wines that are within the same class as provided in Article 14 (commencing with Section 17001) of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations and bear the same rate of state wine excise tax.

If wine or the container thereof is damaged or deteriorated, and the seller thereof has ceased to carry on a business licensed under this division and there is no successor to the business, the wine may be returned by a retailer to a winegrower or wholesaler who handles the same brand or item of wine, upon the same terms and conditions provided in this section for the return of wine to a seller or his or her successor, after receiving approval from the department.

The approval of the department shall be required only for returns made after 15 days from the date of delivery under the provisions of subdivision (d), or returns made under the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph.

(f) As used in subdivisions (a), (c), and (e), the term “identical quantity” includes wine in metric measure containers and wine in United States standard measure containers that contain substantially the same amount of wine.

(g) Notwithstanding the above provisions, a seller may accept the return of wine from a seasonal or temporary licensee if, at the termination of the period of the license, the seasonal or temporary licensee has wine remaining unsold, or from an annual licensee operating on a temporary basis if, at the termination of the temporary period, the annual licensee has wine remaining unsold.
Cal. FAM § 6407 — California Code / Code fam / Division 10 / Part 5 / Section 6407
Section 6407
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this part, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that also have adopted the act cited in Section 6400.
Cal. WIC § 14522 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 8.7 / Article 1 / Section 14522
Section 14522
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in Part 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of this part and in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1570) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code shall govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 74791 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 74791
Section 74791
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by a district, and bonds issued for any improvement district therein, shall be payable, both principal and interest, from assessments upon the lands in the district or improvement district, as the case may be, unless proceedings have been taken substantially as provided in this division for such bonds to be payable from assessments levied upon all real property in the district or in the improvement district, as the case may be.
Cal. HSC § 4925 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 4925
Section 4925
Status: in_force

When all territory in a district has been included in a city the district is thereupon, by reason of the inclusion, dissolved.
Cal. WAT § 8959 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 8959
Section 8959
Status: in_force

All such warrants shall be considered as contracts in writing for the payment of money, and the period prescribed for the commencement of an action based upon any such warrants, or connected therewith, is four years from the date of the first publication of the notice specifying the warrants published by the State Treasurer pursuant to the provisions of this article.
Cal. WIC § 18327 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 5.7 / Section 18327
Section 18327
Status: in_force

The state plan referred to in Section 18326 shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Establishment of projects that, five or more days per week, provide at least one meal per day, either served in an in-person setting, or provided for to-go pickup to be consumed in a virtual congregate setting by eligible individuals, and any additional meals the contracting agency or organization may elect to provide.

(b) Provision of nutrition projects for individuals 60 years of age or older who are eligible.

(c) Furnishing of sites for nutrition projects in close proximity to concentrations of eligible individuals’ residences, such as schools, churches, senior centers, and facilities serving older adults.

(d) Utilization of administrative methods to ensure maximum participation of eligible individuals.

(e) Provision of special menus, when feasible, to meet particular dietary needs arising from health or religious requirements or ethnic backgrounds.

(f) Provision of settings conducive to including, as a part of these projects, recreational activities, information, health and wellness counseling, and referral services.

(g) Provision of appropriate modes of transportation, when feasible, essential to maximum participation of eligible individuals confined to their homes.

(h) Establishment and administration of projects with the advice of persons competent in the field and of older Californians who will themselves participate in the program.

(i) Nutrition education.
Cal. WIC § 14088.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.9 / Section 14088.5
Section 14088.5
Status: in_force

The beneficiary shall be permitted to disenroll from any contract entered into pursuant to this article upon request, except where prohibited under the provisions of any federal waivers obtained by the department.
Cal. WAT § 75151 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 75151
Section 75151
Status: in_force

When a district has not been formed pursuant to Section 74056, and it is proposed that the basis of taxation in the special improvement district shall be changed from land to land and improvements, a statement to that effect shall be contained in the proposition submitted to the electors of the special improvement district.
Cal. EVID § 1050 — California Code / Code evid / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 1050
Section 1050
Status: in_force

If he claims the privilege, a person has a privilege to refuse to disclose the tenor of his vote at a public election where the voting is by secret ballot unless he voted illegally or he previously made an unprivileged disclosure of the tenor of his vote.
Cal. HSC § 116210 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 116210
Section 116210
Status: in_force

Fees collected pursuant to this article shall be subject to the annual fee increase provisions of Section 100425.
Cal. WAT § 60252 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 60252
Section 60252
Status: in_force

The board shall direct that at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes for county purposes, such board of supervisors shall levy, in addition to such other tax as may be levied by such board of supervisors, at the rate or rates so fixed and determined by the board, a tax upon the real property and improvements thereon, but not on personal property within the district, and it is made the duty of the officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county to levy the tax so required.