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Cal. HSC § 44559.8 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 27 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 44559.8
Section 44559.8
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding this article, the authority may facilitate the development of a secondary market for a loan enrolled in the capital access loan program by providing security for that loan, thereby increasing participation in the program by financial institutions and improving access to capital for small businesses. For purposes of this section, the actions that the authority may take include, but are not necessarily limited to, assigning all, or a portion of, any loss reserve account to any other entity in connection with providing security for a loan, including a trustee of a securitization trust, transferring an enrolled loan from a participating financial institution to a securitization trust, and assisting underwriters in marketing a loan to the secondary market.
Cal. FIN § 90006 — California Code / Code fin / Division 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 90006
Section 90006
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall regulate the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under California consumer financial laws and shall exercise nonexclusive oversight and enforcement authority under California consumer financial laws. To the extent permissible under the federal consumer financial laws, the department shall exercise nonexclusive oversight and enforcement under the federal consumer financial laws.

(b) In addition to existing functions, powers, and duties, the department shall have all of the following functions, powers, and duties in carrying out its responsibilities under this law:

(1) To bring administrative and civil actions, and to prosecute those civil actions before state and federal courts.

(2) To hold hearings and issue publications, results of inquiries and research, and reports that may aid in effectuating the purposes of this law.

(3) To perform such other functions as may be authorized or required by law.

(c) Sections 11040 and 11042 of the Government Code do not apply to this law.

(d) (1) The department shall establish the Financial Technology Innovation Office.

(2) The commissioner may investigate, research, analyze, and report on markets for consumer financial products or services.

(3) The commissioner may develop and implement outreach and education programs to underserved consumers and communities.

(4) The commissioner may develop and implement initiatives to promote innovation, competition, and consumer access within financial services.

(e) Merchants, retailers, and other sellers of nonfinancial goods and services are excluded from the department’s authority, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The department may not exercise authority under this division as to the following:

(A) The bona fide extension of credit by a merchant, retailer, or seller of nonfinancial goods and services to a consumer for the acquisition of a nonfinancial good or service, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(i) The credit extended does not significantly exceed the fair market value of the nonfinancial good or service provided.

(ii) The merchant, retailer, or seller does not sell or otherwise assign the debt, except as to the sale of delinquent debt for the purposes of collection.

(iii) The merchant, retailer, or seller of nonfinancial goods and services does not regularly extend credit, as defined under the federal Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq.) and regulations issued thereunder.

(B) The collection or sale of delinquent debt arising from credit described in clause (i).

(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall limit the department’s authority to the extent that the department finds the sale of the nonfinancial good or service is done as a subterfuge, so as to evade or circumvent the provisions of this title.
Cal. WAT § 34152 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 34152
Section 34152
Status: in_force

As used in this part, “election” means an election on the proposition of the formation of a district.
Cal. FAC § 10985 — California Code / Code fac / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 10985
Section 10985
Status: in_force

To any fee which is not paid when due, there shall be added a penalty of twenty dollars ($20).
Cal. ELEC § 7774 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 7774
Section 7774
Status: in_force

A person qualifying as a candidate for member of central committees by virtue of qualification to have her or his name appear on the primary ballot for a partisan public office shall have her or his name listed on the ballot for member of central committees only in the central committee election district of her or his residence.
Cal. HSC § 1599 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.9 / Section 1599
Section 1599
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to expressly set forth fundamental human rights which all patients shall be entitled to in a skilled nursing, intermediate care facility, or hospice facility, as defined in Section 1250, and to ensure that patients in such facilities are advised of their fundamental rights and the obligations of the facility.
Cal. BPC § 11250 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 11250
Section 11250
Status: in_force

A time-share plan may be created in any accommodation unless otherwise prohibited. All time-share plans shall maintain a one-to-one purchaser to accommodation ratio, which means the ratio of the number of purchasers eligible to use the accommodations of a time-share plan on a given night to the number of accommodations available for use within the plan on that night, such that the total number of purchasers eligible to use the accommodations of the time-share plan during a given calendar year never exceeds the total number of accommodations available for use in the time-share plan during that year. For purposes of the calculation under this section, each purchaser must be counted at least once, and no individual accommodation may be counted more than 365 times per calendar year or more than 366 times per leap year. A purchaser who is delinquent in the payment of time-share plan assessments shall continue to be considered eligible to use the accommodations of the time-share plan for purposes of calculating the one-to-one purchaser to accommodation ratio.
Cal. PRC § 30234 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 30234
Section 30234
Status: in_force

Facilities serving the commercial fishing and recreational boating industries shall be protected and, where feasible, upgraded. Existing commercial fishing and recreational boating harbor space shall not be reduced unless the demand for those facilities no longer exists or adequate substitute space has been provided. Proposed recreational boating facilities shall, where feasible, be designed and located in such a fashion as not to interfere with the needs of the commercial fishing industry.
Cal. PUC § 16605 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 16605
Section 16605
Status: in_force

The accounts of the district shall be examined at least once a year by an expert accountant, who shall report to the directors the result of his examination. He shall be employed and selected in such manner as the board directs, and shall receive for his services such compensation as the board prescribes, to be paid out of the income or revenues of the district.
Cal. PROB § 21388 — California Code / Code prob / Division 11 / Part 3.7 / Chapter 2 / Section 21388
Section 21388
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not liable for transferring property pursuant to an instrument that is subject to the presumption created under this part, unless the person is served with notice, prior to transferring the property, that the instrument has been contested under this part.

(b) A person who is served with notice that an instrument has been contested under this part is not liable for failing to transfer property pursuant to the instrument, unless the person is served with notice that the validity of the transfer has been conclusively determined by a court.
Cal. HSC § 116340 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 116340
Section 116340
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to state small water systems except as provided under this section:

(a)  The state board shall adopt regulations specifying minimum requirements for operation of a state small water system. The requirements may be less stringent than the requirements for public water systems as set forth in this chapter.

(b)  The minimum requirements for state small water systems adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be enforced by the local health officer or a local health agency designated by the local health officer. In counties that do not have a local health officer, the requirements shall be enforced by the state board. Local health agencies may adopt more stringent requirements for state small water systems than those specified in the state regulations.

(c)  The reasonable costs of the local health officer in carrying out the requirements of this section may be recovered through the imposition of fees on state small water systems by the local governing body in accordance with Section 101325.

(d) Sections 116400, 116530, 116665, and 116735 and Article 10 (commencing with Section 116700) apply to a state small water system to the same extent as those sections apply to a public water system. Section 116650 applies to a state small system for a violation of a requirement or order that applies to a state small system under this section.

(e) This section does not limit the remedies available, civil or criminal, for violations or requirements of this chapter that apply to a state small water system or for consistent failure to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water.
Cal. SHC § 22504 — California Code / Code shc / Division 15 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 22504
Section 22504
Status: in_force

An assessment district may consist of all or any part of the territory within the local agency and, in the case of a county, may consist of all or any part of the unincorporated territory of the county.
Cal. WAT § 12707 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 12707
Section 12707
Status: in_force

The plan of improvement for flood control, levee, and channel improvements on the Santa Maria River and its tributaries is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 400, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session, as authorized by act of Congress approved September 3, 1954, Public Law 780, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session, at an estimated cost to the State of one million two hundred sixteen thousand dollars ($1,216,000).
Cal. MVC § 972.1 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 972.1
Section 972.1
Status: in_force

(a) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation, during the 1989–90 fiscal year, for purposes of funding the activities of county veterans service officers pursuant to this section. Funds for allocation in future years shall be as provided in the annual Budget Act.

(b) Funds shall be disbursed each fiscal year on a pro rata basis to counties that have established and maintain a county veterans service officer in accordance with the staffing level and workload of each county veterans service officer under a formula based upon performance that shall be developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs for these purposes, and that shall allocate county funds in any fiscal year for county veterans service officers in an amount not less than the amount allocated in the 1988–89 fiscal year.

(c) The department shall annually determine the amount of new or increased monetary benefits paid to eligible veterans by the federal government attributable to the assistance of county veterans service officers. The department shall, on or before October 1 of each year, prepare and transmit its determination for the preceding fiscal year to the Department of Finance and the Legislature. The Department of Finance shall review the department’s determination in time to use the information in the annual Budget Act for the budget of the department for the next fiscal year.

(d) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that 50 percent of the amount annually budgeted for county veterans service officers is approximately eleven million dollars ($11,000,000). The Legislature further finds and declares that it is an efficient and reasonable use of state funds to increase the annual budget for county veterans service officers if it is justified by the monetary benefits to the state’s veterans attributable to the effort of these officers.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature, after reviewing the department’s determination in subdivision (c), to consider an increase in the annual budget for county veterans service officers in an amount not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000), if the monetary benefits to the state’s veterans attributable to the assistance of county veteran service officers justify that increase in the budget.
Cal. BPC § 5650 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 4 / Section 5650
Section 5650
Status: in_force

Subject to the rules and regulations governing examinations, any person, over the age of 18 years, who has had six years of training and educational experience in actual practice of landscape architectural work shall be entitled to an examination for a license to practice landscape architecture. A degree from a school of landscape architecture approved by the board shall be deemed equivalent to four years of training and educational experience in the actual practice of landscape architecture. Before taking the examination, a person shall file an application therefor with the executive officer and pay the application fee fixed by this chapter.
Cal. BPC § 18897.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 18897.5
Section 18897.5
Status: in_force

No athlete agent shall negotiate or enter into any postdated agent contract, endorsement contract or professional sports services contract or any agent contract, endorsement contract or professional sports services contract that purports to or takes effect at a future time.
Cal. ELEC § 19295 — California Code / Code elec / Division 19 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 19295
Section 19295
Status: in_force

A remote accessible vote by mail system or part of a remote accessible vote by mail system shall not do any of the following:

(a) Have the capability, including an optional capability, to use a remote server to mark a voter’s selections transmitted to the server from the voter’s computer via the Internet.

(b) Have the capability, including an optional capability, to store any voter identifiable selections on any remote server.

(c) Have the capability, including the optional capability, to tabulate votes.
Cal. FIN § 30212 — California Code / Code fin / Division 14 / Chapter 2 / Section 30212
Section 30212
Status: in_force

The actual cost of every inspection and examination shall be paid to the commissioner by the person examined and the commissioner may maintain an action for the recovery of such costs in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Cal. WIC § 14059.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 14059.5
Section 14059.5
Status: in_force

(a) For individuals 21 years of age or older, a service is “medically necessary” or a “medical necessity” when it is reasonable and necessary to protect life, to prevent significant illness or significant disability, or to alleviate severe pain.

(b) (1) For individuals under 21 years of age, a service is “medically necessary” or a “medical necessity” if the service meets the standards set forth in Section 1396d(r)(5) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(2) The department and its contractors shall update any model evidence of coverage documents, beneficiary handbooks, and related material to ensure the medical necessity standard for coverage for individuals under 21 years of age is accurately reflected in all materials.

(3) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department, without taking any further regulatory action, shall implement, interpret, and make specific this subdivision by means of all-county letters, plan letters, plan provider bulletins, manuals, plan contract amendments, or similar instructions until regulations are revised or adopted.

(4) By July 1, 2022, the department shall revise or adopt regulations in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. This paragraph shall not apply to a Medi-Cal behavioral health delivery system, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 14184.101.

(c) This section shall not be construed to limit the application of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 51184 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

(d) Medical necessity for covered benefits provided in a Medi-Cal behavioral health delivery system, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 14184.101, shall also be governed in accordance with Section 14184.402.
Cal. PROB § 10585 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 6 / Chapter 4 / Section 10585
Section 10585
Status: in_force

(a) The notice of proposed action shall state all of the following:

(1) The name, mailing address, and electronic address of the personal representative.

(2) The name, telephone number, and electronic address of a person who may be contacted for additional information.

(3) The action proposed to be taken, with a reasonably specific description of the action. If the proposed action involves the sale or exchange of real property, or the granting of an option to purchase real property, the notice of proposed action shall state the material terms of the transaction, including, if applicable, the sale price and the amount of, or method of calculating, any commission or compensation paid or to be paid to an agent or broker in connection with the transaction.

(4) The date on or after which the proposed action is to be taken.

(b) The notice of proposed action may be given using the most current Notice of Proposed Action form prescribed by the Judicial Council.

(c) If the most current form prescribed by the Judicial Council is not used to give notice of proposed action, the notice of proposed action shall satisfy all of the following requirements:

(1) The notice of proposed action shall be in substantially the same form as the form prescribed by the Judicial Council.

(2) The notice of proposed action shall contain the statements described in subdivision (a).

(3) The notice of proposed action shall contain a form for objecting to the proposed action in substantially the form set out in the Judicial Council form.
Cal. WAT § 75508 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 75508
Section 75508
Status: in_force

“Agricultural water” means water first used on lands in the production of plant crops or livestock for market.
Cal. RTC § 6010.11 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 6010.11
Section 6010.11
Status: in_force

“Sale” and “purchase,” for the purpose of this part, do not include any transfer of a qualified mass commuting vehicle pursuant to a safe harbor lease arrangement described in Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by Section 208 of Public Law 97-248, Section 5 of Public Law 97-354, and Section 102 of Public Law 97-448, or pursuant to a sale-leaseback or lease-leaseback arrangement which includes a safe harbor lease arrangement. For purposes of this section, “qualified mass commuting vehicle” means a qualified mass commuting vehicle as defined in Section 103(b)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Cal. FAC § 74102 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 74102
Section 74102
Status: in_force

The commission may undertake appropriate research relating to the production and processing of wine and winegrapes, including the development of new winegrape products and uses for these products.
Cal. ELEC § 18622 — California Code / Code elec / Division 18 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 18622
Section 18622
Status: in_force

Every person who offers to buy or does buy from a circulator any referendum, initiative, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. This section is not intended to prohibit compensation of a circulator, for his or her services, by a proponent of the petition or his or her agent.
Cal. HSC § 102605 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 102605
Section 102605
Status: in_force

The State Registrar shall send a certified copy of the delayed certificate of birth to the applicant without additional cost.
Cal. FAC § 6441 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 6441
Section 6441
Status: in_force

If, after inspection, any plant or thing is found to be infested or infected, the owner or bailee shall, at his expense, disinfect the conveyance or place where the plant or thing may have been located, in such manner as to destroy all infection or infestation present, or that is liable to be present.
Cal. PRC § 29523 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 29523
Section 29523
Status: in_force

The commission shall hear an appeal unless it determines that the appeal raises no substantial issue as to the conformity of the proposed development with the provisions of this division, the local protection program, if in existence, and the policies of the protection plan.
Cal. WAT § 21558 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 21558
Section 21558
Status: in_force

If an order made pursuant to this article changes the method of electing directors, all directors thereafter elected in the district shall be elected as provided in the order.
Cal. INS § 12408 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 12408
Section 12408
Status: in_force

Every title insurer shall include in its annual statement furnished the commissioner pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 900), Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 1 of this code, the name of each person which is a controlled escrow company or underwritten title company by reason of its relationship with such title insurer.
Cal. PUC § 12815 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 12815
Section 12815
Status: in_force

The board may call a special election at any time for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the proposition as to whether or not the voters approve the addition of fluorine and fluorine compounds to the public water supply of the district. The ordinance calling an election shall fix the date on which the election shall be held, the wording of the proposition and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against the proposition. The election shall be consolidated, in the manner provided in Section 13209, with a statewide primary or general election. The ordinance shall be published. Another election in the district on the same or substantially the same proposition shall not be called by the board, pursuant to this section or Section 12815.1, within four years after such election.