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Cal. FGC § 1017 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1017
Section 1017
Status: in_force

(a) It is the policy of the state to anticipate and resolve potential conflicts between the management, conservation, and protection of fish and wildlife resources and their habitat and private and public activities that may affect them.

(b) Accordingly, the department may use such informal consultative procedures prior to taking any formal action as will assist in the achievement of this policy.

(c) Any costs incurred by the department in engaging in informal consultative procedures, including, but not limited to, fees charged by any neutral party acting in the capacity of a mediator, discussion facilitator, or convener, are a proper charge against any funds lawfully available to the department for this purpose.

(d) The authority conferred by this section is not intended, and shall not be construed, to increase, decrease, duplicate, or supersede any other authority of the department or the commission under this code or any other provision of law.

(e) As used in this section, “formal action” means the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, regulation, or order; entering into, amending, or canceling an agreement; and the issuance, suspension, or revocation of any permit, license, or other entitlement.
Cal. PROB § 10304 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 10304
Section 10304
Status: in_force

(a) The notice of sale given pursuant to this article shall state all of the following:

(1) Whether the sale is to be a private sale or a public auction sale.

(2) In the case of a private sale, the place at which bids or offers will be received and a day on or after which the sale will be made or, in the case of a public auction sale, the time and place of sale.

(3) The street address or other common designation or, if none, a legal description of the real property to be sold.

(b) The notice of sale may state other matters in addition to those required by subdivision (a), including terms and conditions of sale.
Cal. PRC § 25982.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 12 / Section 25982.1
Section 25982.1
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of a building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed may provide written notice by certified mail to a person owning property that may be affected by the requirements of this chapter prior to the installation of the solar collector. If a notice is mailed, the notice shall be mailed no more than 60 days prior to installation of the solar collector and shall read as follows:

SOLAR SHADE CONTROL NOTICE

Under the Solar Shade Control Act (California Public Resources Code §25980 et seq.) a tree or shrub cannot cast a shadow greater than 10 percent of a solar collector absorption area upon that solar collector surface at any one time between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. local standard time if the tree or shrub is placed after installation of a solar collector. The owner of the building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed is providing this written notice to persons owning property that may be affected by the requirements of the act no more than 60 days prior to the installation of a solar collector. The building owner is providing the following information:

Name and address of building owner:
Telephone number of building owner:

Address of building and specific location where a solar collector will be installed (including street number and name, city/county, ZIP Code, and assessor’s book, page, and parcel number):

Installation date of solar collector:

__________________________
Building Owner, Date

(b) If the owner of the building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed provided the notice pursuant to subdivision (a), and the installation date is later than the date specified in that notice, the later date shall be specified in a subsequent notice to persons receiving the initial notice.

(c) (1) A transferor of the building where the solar collector is installed may provide a record of persons receiving the notice pursuant to subdivision (a) to a transferee of the building.

(2) A transferor receiving a notice pursuant to subdivision (a) may provide the notice to a transferee of the property.
Cal. FAC § 47 — California Code / Code fac / Section 47
Section 47
Status: in_force

“Shall” is mandatory, and “may” is permissive.
Cal. HSC § 40330 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 40330
Section 40330
Status: in_force

A regional district board may, by ordinance, adopt a civil service system for any or all employees of the regional district, except that the executive secretary and the air pollution control officer shall be exempt from such system and shall serve at the pleasure of the regional district board.
Cal. HSC § 104181.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 104181.6
Section 104181.6
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2002 and any other provision of law, commencing with the appropriation for the 2002–03 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, any amount appropriated to the department for the Cancer Research Program shall be available, for purposes of that program, for encumbrance for one fiscal year beyond the year of appropriation and for expenditure for three fiscal years beyond the year of encumbrance.
Cal. CIV § 3537 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 4 / Section 3537
Section 3537
Status: in_force

Superfluity does not vitiate.
Cal. RTC § 7303 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 7303
Section 7303
Status: in_force

“Aircraft” means any powered contrivance designed for navigation in the air except a rocket or missile.
Cal. INS § 10509.945 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 12 / Section 10509.945
Section 10509.945
Status: in_force

(a) Failure to meet a requirement of this article knowingly or with such frequency as to constitute a general practice is an unfair and deceptive act pursuant to Section 790.03.

(b) This article does not create or imply a private right of action for a violation of this article.

(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided for by this article are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws.
Cal. SHC § 22570 — California Code / Code shc / Division 15 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 22570
Section 22570
Status: in_force

The diagram for an assessment district shall show (a) the exterior boundaries of the assessment district, (b) the boundaries of any zones within the district, and (c) the lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel of land within the district. Each lot or parcel shall be identified by a distinctive number or letter.
Cal. INS § 11100 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 6 / Section 11100
Section 11100
Status: in_force

Every society operating under the provisions of this chapter and issuing a policy or certificate of insurance may appoint agents to represent it.
Cal. PRC § 30620.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 30620.6
Section 30620.6
Status: in_force

The commission shall, not later than August 1, 1978, and after public hearing, adopt public notice and appeal procedures for the review of development projects appealable pursuant to Sections 30603 and 30715. The commission shall send copies of such procedures to every local government within the coastal zone and shall make them readily available to the public.
Cal. WIC § 14138.18 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4.1 / Section 14138.18
Section 14138.18
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall be implemented only to the extent that any necessary federal approvals have been obtained and federal financial participation is available and not otherwise jeopardized.

(b) (1) The department may modify any methodology or other provision specified in this article to the extent it deems necessary to meet the requirements of federal law or regulations, to obtain or maintain federal approval, or to ensure federal financial participation is available or is not otherwise jeopardized, if the modification does not violate the spirit, purposes, and intent of this article.

(2) If the department determines that a modification is necessary pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall consult with interested FQHCs and principal health plans to the extent practicable.

(3) In the event of a modification made pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall notify affected FQHCs, principal health plans, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature within 10 business days of the modification.
Cal. WIC § 5960.25 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 5960.25
Section 5960.25
Status: in_force

For purposes of implementing this chapter, the department may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid or negotiated basis. Contracts entered into or amended pursuant to this section shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Section 19130 of the Government Code, Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, and the State Administrative Manual, and shall be exempt from the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
Cal. WAT § 60318 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 60318
Section 60318
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines, by resolution, that there is a problem of groundwater contamination that a proposed program will remedy or ameliorate, an operator may make extractions of groundwater to remedy or ameliorate that problem exempt from any replenishment assessment if the water is not applied to beneficial surface use, its extractions are made in compliance with all the terms and conditions of the board resolution, and the board has determined in the resolution either of the following:

(1) The groundwater to be extracted is unusable and cannot be economically blended for use with other water.

(2) The proposed program involves extraction of usable water in the same quantity as will be returned to the underground without degradation of quality.

(b) The resolution may provide those terms and conditions the board deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, restrictions on the quantity of extractions to be so exempted, limitations on time, periodic reviews, requirement of submission of test results from a laboratory holding a valid certification or accreditation as required by Section 13176, and any other relevant terms or conditions. Upon written notice to the operator involved, the board may rescind or modify its resolution. The rescission or modification of the resolution shall apply to groundwater extractions occurring more than 10 days after the rescission or modification. Notice of rescission or modification shall be either mailed first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least two weeks prior to the meeting of the board at which the rescission or modification will be made to the address of record of the operator or personally delivered two weeks prior to the meeting. All board determinations shall be final.
Cal. INS § 10295.15 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2.1 / Section 10295.15
Section 10295.15
Status: in_force

(a) Except at the request of the policyholder or contractholder, all accelerated death benefit provisions or supplemental contracts shall be renewable for the life of the underlying life insurance policy, provided the premiums are timely paid. The statement shall be prominently displayed on the first page of the accelerated death benefit policy or rider.

(b) If an accelerated death benefit is offered with an underlying term life insurance policy, the accelerated death benefit shall include a prominent statement on page one that the accelerated death benefit terminates with the policy.
Cal. RTC § 6010.3 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6010.3
Section 6010.3
Status: in_force

“Sale” and “purchase,” for the purposes of this part, do not include (a) the fabrication or transfer by a typographer of composed type or reproduction proofs thereof for use in the preparation of printed matter, or (b) the fabrication or transfer of such reproduction proofs or impressed mats when the fabrication is for, and the transfer is to, a printer or publisher for use in printing.

The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the fabrication or transfer of a “pasteup,” “mechanical” or “assembly” of which a reproduction proof is a component part.
Cal. FGC § 1202 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 1202
Section 1202
Status: in_force

All fish handled or released under authority of this article are the property of the state and may be taken only after their release into the wild and under the authority of a sport or commercial fishing license.
Cal. WAT § 9037 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 9037
Section 9037
Status: in_force

If the amount is less than the amount to which the tract or owner would have been entitled, the difference shall be paid to the owner of such tract by the reclamation district.
Cal. WIC § 900 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 25 / Section 900
Section 900
Status: in_force

(a) If it is necessary that provision be made for the expense of support and maintenance of a dependent child of the juvenile court or of a minor person concerning whom a petition has been filed to declare the person a dependent child of the juvenile court in accordance with this chapter, the order providing for the care and custody of the dependent child or other minor person shall direct that the whole expense of support and maintenance of the dependent child or other minor person, up to the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per month, be paid from the county treasury and may direct that an amount up to any maximum amount per month established by the board of supervisors of the county be paid. The board of supervisors of each county is hereby authorized to establish, either generally or for individual dependent children or according to classes or groups of dependent children, a maximum amount that the court may order the county to pay for the support and maintenance. All orders made pursuant to this subdivision shall state the amounts to be paid from the county treasury, and those amounts shall constitute legal charges against the county.

(b) If it is necessary that provision be made for the expense of support and maintenance of a ward of the juvenile court or of a minor person concerning whom a petition has been filed to declare the person a ward of the juvenile court in accordance with this chapter, the order providing for the care and custody of the ward or other minor person shall direct that the whole expense of support and maintenance of the ward or other minor person be paid from the county treasury. All orders made pursuant to this subdivision shall state the amounts to be paid from the county treasury, and those amounts shall constitute legal charges against the county.

(c) This section is applicable to a minor who is the subject of a program of supervision undertaken by the probation department pursuant to Section 330 or 654 and who is temporarily placed out of his home by the probation department, with the approval of the court and the minor’s parent or guardian, for a period not to exceed seven days.
Cal. INS § 10240 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 10240
Section 10240
Status: in_force

A “funeral insurance contract” is a life policy embodying an agreement, for a valuable consideration, to embalm or dispose of, or expressly to procure or pay or to provide funds for, in whole or in part, the embalming or disposal of the remains of any person living at the time of the issuance of such policy.
Cal. BPC § 7085.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 6.2 / Section 7085.4
Section 7085.4
Status: in_force

(a) For cases that the registrar determines to refer to arbitration under subdivision (a) of Section 7085, once the complainant and the licensee authorize the registrar to proceed with administrative arbitration, the registrar shall refer the agreement to arbitrate to an arbitrator or an arbitration association approved by the board.

(b) Once the registrar determines that a complaint must be referred to arbitration pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7085, the registrar shall notify the complainant and the licensee of that decision. The registrar shall inform the parties of the consequences of administrative arbitration over judicial remedies and shall advise the parties of their right to retain counsel at their own expense if they so choose. The registrar shall forward a notice to arbitrate to the complainant and the licensee. This notice shall be returned to the registrar within 30 calendar days of the date that the notice is mailed by the registrar. The complainant’s failure to return an executed copy of the notice shall result in the closure of the complaint.

Notwithstanding Section 7085.5, a licensee’s failure to return an executed copy of the notice shall not prohibit the registrar from referring the dispute to arbitration or bar the registrar from issuing an order enforcing any award resulting therefrom, pursuant to Section 7085.6, whether the award resulted from a contested hearing or a noncontested hearing.
Cal. RTC § 30478 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 10 / Section 30478
Section 30478
Status: in_force

It shall be a misdemeanor for any retailer, as defined in Section 6015, to knowingly purchase cigarettes or tobacco products for resale from any person except a distributor or wholesaler licensed pursuant to this part.
Cal. PRC § 41780 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 41780
Section 41780
Status: in_force

(a) Each jurisdiction’s source reduction and recycling element shall include an implementation schedule that shows both of the following:

(1) For the initial element, the jurisdiction shall divert 25 percent of all solid waste by January 1, 1995, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.

(2) For the first and each subsequent revision of the element, the jurisdiction shall divert 50 percent of all solid waste on and after January 1, 2000, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.

(b) This section does not prohibit a jurisdiction from implementing source reduction, recycling, and composting activities designed to exceed the requirements of this division.
Cal. FIN § 22366 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 3.6 / Section 22366
Section 22366
Status: in_force

(a) Any entity licensed under this chapter that wishes to participate in the program, that is in good standing with the commissioner and has no outstanding enforcement actions or deficiencies at the time of its application, shall file an application with the commissioner, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, and shall pay a fee to the commissioner, in an amount calculated by the commissioner to cover its costs to administer this article.

(b) Any entity wishing to participate in the program that is not licensed pursuant to this chapter may submit a combined application to the commissioner, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, for licensure under this chapter and admission to the program and shall pay a fee to the commissioner in an amount equal to the fees that would have been imposed if the person had submitted separate applications. To be eligible to apply in this manner, an entity must be free of outstanding enforcement or other disciplinary actions taken against it by any of California’s financial regulators or by a financial regulator of another state.
Cal. BPC § 12507 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 12507
Section 12507
Status: in_force

The owners or users of any weights and measures or weighing or measuring instruments which have been marked “Out of Order,” shall have them repaired or corrected within 30 days, but until they have been repaired or corrected and tested the owners or users thereof may neither use nor dispose of them in any way.

In the event that the owner or user of any weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments marked “Out of Order” shall have refused or neglected to have them repaired or corrected within thirty (30) days they shall be subject to seizure by the sealer. Any weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments which have been seized by the sealer under the provisions of this section shall be subject to such disposition as shall be ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction upon petition for a disposition order by the owner or by any person claiming an interest in such seized equipment. If no such disposition order is issued within four years after the date of seizure, such equipment shall be defaced and destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the sealer. The sealer shall, immediately following the defacing, destruction or disposal of such weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments, furnish the board of supervisors of the county in which the sealer is serving, with a list of the items so disposed of together with the name and address of the owner or user of each thereof.
Cal. RTC § 6593 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 6593
Section 6593
Status: in_force

(a) If the department finds that a person’s failure to make a timely return or payment was due to a disaster, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of the interest provided by Sections 6459, 6480.4, 6480.8, 6513, 6591, and 6592.5.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a person seeking to be relieved of the interest shall file with the department a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which that person bases the claim for relief.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the department may grant relief of the interest for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the department pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The department may grant the relief in paragraph (1) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.
Cal. FAC § 80174 — California Code / Code fac / Division 23 / Chapter 7 / Section 80174
Section 80174
Status: in_force

A second conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), for each violation, by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment, and each violation shall constitute a separate offense.

Upon the second conviction, all permits issued to the person convicted shall be revoked and the permittee shall be required to surrender any unused tags and seals or wood receipts to the issuing agency and no new or additional permits shall be issued to the permittee at any time in the future from the date of conviction.