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Cal. WAT § 55662 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 55662
Section 55662
Status: in_force

If the board determines that the proposed improvement will not be of district-wide benefit, the board may make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed zone as may be deemed advisable and shall define and establish the boundaries, but shall not modify the boundaries so as to exclude from the proposed zone any territory which will be benefited by the improvement, nor to include in the proposed zone any territory which, in its judgment, will not be benefited by the proposed improvement.
Cal. MVC § 562 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 562
Section 562
Status: in_force

In all cases in which any officer, warrant officer or enlisted person of the State Guard, when organized or authorized as a cadre or otherwise, when in the performance of ordered duty, or when ordered into the active service of the state, is wounded, injured, disabled, or killed in active service, or in the performance of ordered duty and in line of duty, the officer or warrant officer or enlisted person or the dependents of that officer or warrant officer or enlisted person shall be entitled to receive compensation from the state in accordance with the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code. In all such cases, an officer, warrant officer, enlisted person shall be held and deemed to be an employee of the state. The compensation to be awarded to any such officer, warrant officer, enlisted person shall be ascertained, determined, and fixed upon the basis of the person’s average income from all sources during the year immediately preceding the date of the injury or death or the commencement of the disability, but the compensation shall in no case exceed the maximum prescribed in Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code.

In the determination of the benefits to be awarded any member of the State Guard or the member’s dependents under the provisions of this section it shall be conclusively presumed that the average yearly earning of the injured or deceased member is not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). Any injury, death, or disability shall be deemed to have been suffered in line of duty unless the same resulted from misconduct or disobedience of lawful orders by the injured or deceased member.
Cal. SHC § 460 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 460
Section 460
Status: in_force

(a) Route 160 is from:

(1) Route 4 near Antioch to the southern city limits of Sacramento.

(2) The American River in the City of Sacramento to Route 51.

(b) The relinquished former portion of Route 160 within the City of Sacramento is not a state highway and is not eligible for adoption under Section 81. For the relinquished former portion of Route 160, the City of Sacramento shall maintain signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 160.
Cal. SHC § 3120 — California Code / Code shc / Division 4.5 / Part 3 / Section 3120
Section 3120
Status: in_force

Where there is a delinquency in the payment of special taxes levied pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code or principal and interest due upon a special assessment or bond and a sale or foreclosure is commenced, notice of the pendency of the sale or foreclosure shall be filed as provided in this part.
Cal. VEH § 38200 — California Code / Code veh / Division 16.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 38200
Section 38200
Status: in_force

(a) Every licensed dealer upon transferring by sale, lease, or otherwise any off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification, whether new or used, of a type subject to identification under this division, shall, not later than the end of the fifth calendar day thereafter, not counting the day of sale, lease, or other transfer, give written notice of the transfer to the department upon an appropriate form provided by it; but a dealer need not give the notice when selling or transferring a new unidentified off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification to another dealer.

A “sale” shall be deemed completed and consummated when the purchaser of that vehicle has paid the purchase price, or, in lieu thereof, has signed a purchase contract or security agreement, and taken physical possession or delivery of that vehicle.

(b) Every dealer of off-highway motor vehicles subject to identification who is not licensed with the department, and who engages only in the sale of vehicles of a type not properly equipped for operation upon the highway and that are restricted to off-highway operation or use, shall comply with the provisions of Section 5900, or such regulations as the director determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this division.
Cal. HSC § 18070.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 7.5 / Section 18070.7
Section 18070.7
Status: in_force

The amendments to this chapter by the act adding additional grounds or procedures for recovery from the fund shall apply to any transaction for which the statute of limitation established by subdivision (e) of Section 18070.3 has not expired on January 1, 2004.
Cal. SHC § 31821 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 31821
Section 31821
Status: in_force

The board shall also estimate the amount of revenues to be derived from rentals, fees, or charges for the use of the parking places and the amount, if any, to be raised by taxation. The amount to be raised by taxation for the acquisition of additional parking places shall be stated separately.
Cal. HSC § 114945 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 9 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 114945
Section 114945
Status: in_force

The secretary may consult with and seek the advice of technically qualified persons within and without the state to advise on matters relating to atomic energy, particularly with regard to regulations relating to atomic energy development usage.
Cal. PRC § 25541.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 6 / Section 25541.5
Section 25541.5
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall review the regulatory program conducted pursuant to this chapter that was certified pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 15251 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, to determine whether the regulatory program meets the criteria specified in Section 21080.5. If the Secretary of the Resources Agency determines that the regulatory program meets those criteria, the secretary shall continue the certification of the regulatory program.

(b) If the Secretary of the Resources Agency continues the certification of the regulatory program, the commission shall amend the regulatory program from time to time, as necessary to permit the secretary to continue to certify the program.

(c) This section does not invalidate the certification of the regulatory program, as it existed on January 1, 2000, pending the review required by subdivision (a).
Cal. PRC § 25302.7 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 4 / Section 25302.7
Section 25302.7
Status: in_force

By June 1, 2023, the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, shall adopt a goal for load shifting to reduce net peak electrical demand and shall adjust this target in each biennial integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to Section 25302 thereafter. In developing this target, the commission shall consider the findings of the 2020 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report on the Shift Resource through 2030 and other relevant research. The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Independent System Operator, shall recommend policies to increase demand response and load shifting that do not increase greenhouse gas emissions or increase electric rates.
Cal. RTC § 24352.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 24352.5
Section 24352.5
Status: in_force

(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, a taxpayer may, for purposes of computing the allowance under Section 24349 with respect to personal property, reduce the amount taken into account as salvage value by an amount which does not exceed 10 percent of the basis of such property (as determined under Section 24353 as of the time as of which such salvage value is required to be determined).

(b) For purposes of this section, the term “personal property” means depreciable personal property (other than livestock) with a useful life of three years or more.
Cal. PCC § 10112 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.1 / Section 10112
Section 10112
Status: in_force

(a) This article provides for an alternative procurement procedure for certain projects performed by the Department of Water Resources.

(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to authorize the Department of Water Resources to utilize the Construction Manager/General Contractor method as a cost-effective option for constructing water resources projects.

(2) The Construction Manager/General Contractor method allows the department to engage a construction manager during the design process to provide input on the design. During the design phase, the construction manager provides advice including, but not limited to, scheduling, pricing, and phasing to assist the department to design a more constructible project.

(c) The Legislature finds and declares that utilizing a Construction Manager/General Contractor method requires a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each participant in the process. The Legislature also finds and declares that cost-effective benefits are achieved by shifting the liability and risk for cost containment and project schedule to the construction manager and by permitting the coherent phasing of projects into discrete contract increments.
Cal. WIC § 14132.75 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 14132.75
Section 14132.75
Status: in_force

(a) In enacting this section, it is the intent of the Legislature that palliative care include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Specialized medical care and emotional and spiritual support for people with serious advanced illnesses.

(2) Relief of symptoms, pain, and stress of serious illness.

(3) Improvement of quality of life for both the patient and family.

(4) Appropriate care for any age and for any stage of serious illness, along with curative treatment.

(b) The department, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall establish standards and provide technical assistance for Medi-Cal managed care plans to ensure delivery of palliative care services.

(c) Covered services shall include, but are not limited to, those types of services that are available through the Medi-Cal hospice benefit. These services shall include the following, regardless of whether these services are covered under the Medi-Cal hospice benefit:

(1) Hospice services that are provided at the same time that curative treatment is available, to the extent that the services are not duplicative.

(2) Hospice services provided to individuals whose conditions may result in death, regardless of the estimated length of the individual’s remaining period of life.

(3) Any other services that the department determines to be appropriate.

(d) The department, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall establish guidance on the medical conditions and prognoses that render a beneficiary eligible for the palliative care services.

(e) Providers authorized to provide services shall include licensed hospice agencies and home health agencies licensed to provide hospice care that are contracted with Medi-Cal managed care plans to provide palliative care services.

(f) The department shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the delivery of palliative care services under this section is provided in a manner that is cost neutral to the General Fund on an ongoing basis.

(g) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement the provisions of this section by means of all plan letters or similar instructions, without the adoption of regulations. The department shall notify stakeholders and the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the Legislature of its intent to issue all plan letters or other similar instructions prior to issuance.

(h) (1) Nothing in this section shall result in the elimination or reduction of any covered benefits or services under the Medi-Cal program.

(2) This section shall not affect an individual’s eligibility to receive, concurrently with the services provided for in this section, any services, including home health services, for which the individual would have been eligible in the absence of this section.
Cal. INS § 1557 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 16 / Section 1557
Section 1557
Status: in_force

(a) Any plan of merger, consolidation, or other unification under this article shall provide that all rights and properties of the parties to the plan of merger, consolidation, or other unification shall accrue to, and become the rights and properties of, the surviving or consolidated or continuing insurer which shall succeed to and assume all the obligations and liabilities of the merged, consolidating, or transferring insurer in the same manner as if incurred or contracted by the surviving, consolidated, or continuing insurer.

(b) All rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of each of the constituent incorporated insurers and constituent reciprocal insurers shall be preserved unimpaired, provided that those liens upon property of a disappearing incorporated insurer or disappearing reciprocal insurer shall be limited to the property affected thereby immediately prior to the time the merger is effective.

(c) Any action or proceeding pending by or against any disappearing incorporated insurer or disappearing reciprocal insurer may be prosecuted to judgment, which shall bind the surviving incorporated insurer or surviving reciprocal insurer, or the surviving incorporated insurer or surviving reciprocal insurer may be proceeded against or substituted in its place.
Cal. VEH § 1672 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1672
Section 1672
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall make available, in the public area of each office of the department where applications for driver’s licenses or identification cards are received, space for a sign or notice briefly describing the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code) and information about the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and about how private donations may be made.

(b) The department shall make available to the public in its offices a pamphlet or brochure providing more detailed information on the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and information about how private donations may be made.

(c) The signs, notices, pamphlets, and brochures specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be provided without cost to the department by responsible private parties associated with the anatomical gift program.
Cal. PRC § 25420 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 5.2 / Section 25420
Section 25420
Status: in_force

The commission may expend from the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account an amount to pay for the actual administrative costs incurred by the commission pursuant to this chapter. The amount shall not exceed 5 percent of the annual unencumbered balance in the account as determined by the commission on July 1 of each fiscal year, to be used to defray costs incurred by the commission for allocations made by the commission pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 9492 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Article 7 / Section 9492
Section 9492
Status: in_force

For convenience in entering payments of the installment for bonds, the board shall furnish to the county treasurer of each county affected, an annual collection list setting forth the following:

(a) The reference number of each tract of land assessed.

(b) The name of the owner to whom assessed, as stated in the original assessment list.

(c) The total amount assessed upon each tract and the amount to be collected thereon for that year.
Cal. HSC § 127457 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 127457
Section 127457
Status: in_force

(a) After the period described in Section 127455, and upon the completion of appeals consistent with Section 127456, prior to commencing further collection activities against a patient, the emergency physician, any assignee of the emergency physician, or other owner of the patient debt, including a collection agency, shall not report adverse information to a consumer credit reporting agency or commence a civil action, until after the patient has been provided with a clear and conspicuous written notice containing both of the following:

(1) A plain language summary of the patient’s rights pursuant to this article, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Title 1.6C (commencing with Section 1788) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Subchapter V (commencing with Section 1692) of Chapter 41 of Title 15 of the United States Code). The summary shall include a statement that the Federal Trade Commission enforces the federal act. The summary shall be sufficient if it appears in substantially the following form: “State and federal law require debt collectors to treat you fairly and prohibit debt collectors from making false statements or threats of violence, using obscene or profane language, and making improper communications with third parties, including your employer. Except under unusual circumstances, debt collectors may not contact you before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. In general, a debt collector may not give information about your debt to another person, other than your attorney or spouse. A debt collector may contact another person to confirm your location or to enforce a judgment. For more information about debt collection activities, you may contact the Federal Trade Commission by telephone at 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357) or online at www.ftc.gov.”

(2) A statement that nonprofit credit counseling services may be available in the area.

(b) The notice required by subdivision (a) shall also accompany any document indicating that the commencement of collection activities may occur.

(c) The requirements of this section shall apply to the entity engaged in reporting adverse information to a consumer credit reporting agency or commencing a civil action against the patient. If an emergency physician assigns or sells the debt to another entity, the obligations shall apply to the entity, including a collection agency, engaged in the debt collection activity.
Cal. RTC § 43155 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 22 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 43155
Section 43155
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who fails to pay any tax, installment, or prepayment, except amounts of determinations made by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration under Article 2 (commencing with Section 43201), within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the tax, installment, or prepayment, plus interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date on which the tax or the amount of tax required to be collected became due and payable to the state until the date of payment.

(b) Any person who fails to file a return with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration in accordance with this part within the time prescribed for the filing of a return shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of tax, exclusive of previously remitted installments.

(c) The penalties imposed by this section shall be limited to a maximum of 10 percent of the taxes for which the return, installment, or prepayment is required for any one return, installment, or prepayment.

(d) This section does not apply to a return or payment that becomes due on or after November 30, 2024, for any fee imposed pursuant to Section 25205.5 or former Section 25205.5.2 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. WIC § 7104 — California Code / Code wic / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7104
Section 7104
Status: in_force

Any adult person detained in such hospital, who is in such condition of mind as to render him competent to make such application shall at his request be exempt from medical or psychiatric treatment, upon filing with the superintendent a statement that he depends upon prayer or spiritual means for healing in the practice of the religion of a well-recognized religious church, sect, denomination, or organization. In case of an adult not found to be in such condition of mind, a similar statement may be filed on his behalf by another and thereupon similar exemption shall be granted. Any minor detained in such hospital shall be exempt from medical or psychiatric treatment if his parent or guardian or conservator shall file with said superintendent an affidavit stating that he relies upon prayer or spiritual means for healing in the practice of the religion of a well-recognized religious church, sect, denomination or organization.
Cal. PUC § 120472 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 120472
Section 120472
Status: in_force

Any bonds, treasury notes, or obligations purchased and held as investments by the board may, from time to time, be sold and the proceeds reinvested in bonds, treasury notes, or obligations as provided in this article.
Cal. WIC § 6507 — California Code / Code wic / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 6507
Section 6507
Status: in_force

The court shall inquire into the condition or status of the person alleged to have a developmental disability. For this purpose it may by subpoena require the attendance before it of a physician who has made a special study of developmental disabilities and is qualified as a medical examiner, and of a clinical psychologist, or of two such physicians, or of two such psychologists, to examine the person and testify concerning his or her developmental disability. The court may also by subpoena require the attendance of such other persons as it deems advisable, to give evidence.
Cal. VEH § 310.6 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 310.6
Section 310.6
Status: in_force

A “driving school” is a business which, for compensation, conducts or offers to conduct instruction in the operation of motor vehicles. As used in this section, “instruction” includes classroom driver education, in-vehicle driver training, and correspondence study.
Cal. INS § 12920.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 12920.5
Section 12920.5
Status: in_force

In addition to and independent of any and all other proper causes for refusal by the commissioner to approve or accept any bond filed or presented for filing with the commissioner under any provision of this code or other laws, the commissioner shall decline to approve, accept, or file any bond, if, in the commissioner’s opinion, the principal and the surety are affiliated in any manner whereby insolvency of the one party would affect the solvency of the other or whereby it is made uncertain whether or not that result might occur.