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Cal. SHC § 484 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 484
Section 484
Status: in_force

(a) Route 184 is from Route 223 near Weedpatch to Route 178.

(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the County of Kern and the City of Bakersfield the portion of Route 184 that is located within the unincorporated area of the county and within the city limits between Route 58 and Route 178, if the department and the county and city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.

(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:

(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorder’s recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission’s approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.

(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 184 shall cease to be a state highway.

(3) The portion of Route 184 relinquished under subdivision (b) and this subdivision shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.
Cal. WAT § 71362 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 71362
Section 71362
Status: in_force

Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the general manager shall have full charge and control of the maintenance, operation, and construction of the waterworks or waterworks system of the district, with full power and authority to employ and discharge all employees and assistants, other than those referred to in Section 71340, at pleasure, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.
Cal. PROB § 21112 — California Code / Code prob / Division 11 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 21112
Section 21112
Status: in_force

A condition in a transfer of a present or future interest that refers to a person’s death “with” or “without” issue, or to a person’s “having” or “leaving” issue or no issue, or a condition based on words of similar import, is construed to refer to that person’s being dead at the time the transfer takes effect in enjoyment and to that person either having or not having, as the case may be, issue who are alive at the time of enjoyment.
Cal. FAC § 6047.18 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 8.5 / Section 6047.18
Section 6047.18
Status: in_force

This article shall be liberally construed. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this article are severable.
Cal. PRC § 3190 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.6 / Section 3190
Section 3190
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Federal agency” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including Region 9 of that agency.

(b) (1) “Gravity-based energy storage well” means a well that meets all of the following:

(A) The well is plugged with all perforations sealed, including by the use of permanent bridge plug.

(B) The well is isolated from a hydrocarbon reservoir.

(C) The well has mechanical integrity.

(D) The well is not a conduit for fluid migration into a beneficial use aquifer.

(E) The well is exclusively used to store or generate energy by raising or lowering a weight within the well casing.

(2) A well that has been fully plugged and abandoned pursuant to Section 3208 is not eligible to be a gravity-based energy storage well.

(3) A well listed as an orphan well pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 3206.3 or an idle-deserted well, as defined in Section 3251, is eligible to be converted for use as a gravity-based energy storage well if all applicable and necessary rights to do so have been obtained.
Cal. PRC § 4493 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 4493
Section 4493
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of an application, the department shall inspect the land in company with the applicant to determine whether a permit shall be granted, shall prescribe the manner in which the site for the prescribed burning shall be prepared, and shall require any precautions to be taken by the applicant as may be considered reasonable to prevent damage to the property of others by reason of the burning. The precautions shall, if deemed necessary, include the advance preparation of firebreaks and the firefighting equipment and personnel desirable to conduct the prescribed burning.

(b) In issuing the permit, the department shall consider the availability of nondepartmental contingency resources when determining whether to require department contingency resources as part of the required precautions.

(c) The department shall, to the extent feasible, employ burn suspensions at the unit level, and not at the state or regional level, to not unreasonably restrict prescribed burning operations that are within prescription.
Cal. FGC § 1347 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 1347
Section 1347
Status: in_force

As a result of the studies, the board shall determine what areas, lands, or rights in lands or waters should be acquired by the state in order to effectuate a coordinated and balanced program resulting in the maximum restoration of wildlife in the state and in the maximum recreational advantages to the people of the state.

This section shall become operative on July 1, 1993.
Cal. VEH § 34022 — California Code / Code veh / Division 14.7 / Article 2 / Section 34022
Section 34022
Status: in_force

In adopting the regulations, the commissioner shall consider, as evidence of generally accepted safety standards, the publications of the National Fire Protection Association and the United States Department of Transportation.
Cal. HSC § 101987 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 101987
Section 101987
Status: in_force

For purposes of any state law, whether enacted before or on or after January 1, 1980, that in any manner provides for regulation, review, or reporting of the budget, rates, or revenues of health facilities, as defined in Section 1250, or clinics, as defined in Section 1204, including the provisions of Part 1.7 (commencing with Section 440), none of the following shall be treated directly, or indirectly, as revenues allocable to the cost of care provided by the health facility or clinic:

(a)  A donor-designated or restricted grant, gift, endowment, or income therefrom, as defined in Section 405.423(b) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, insofar as permitted by federal law.

(b)  A grant or gift, or income from a grant or gift, that is not available for use as operating funds because of its designation by the governing board or entity of the health facility or clinic.

(c)  A grant or similar payment that is made by a governmental entity and that is not available, under the terms of the grant or payment, for use as operating funds.

(d)  Amounts attributable to the sale or mortgage of any real estate or other capital assets of the health facility or clinic that it acquired through a gift or grant, and that are not available for use as operating funds under the terms of the gift or grant or because of designation as provided in subdivision (b).

(e)  A depreciation fund that is created by the health facility or clinic in order to meet a condition imposed by a third party for the third party’s financing of a capital improvement of the health facility or clinic, provided the fund is used exclusively to make payments to the third party for the financing of the capital improvement.

(f)  Funds used to defray the expense of fundraising.
Cal. HSC § 104390 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 104390
Section 104390
Status: in_force

(a)  The department may provide program support services to local tobacco use prevention programs, that shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)  Data collection.

(2)  Educational materials.

(3)  Evaluation.

(4)  Technical assistance.

(5)  Training.

(6)  Transfer of information among programs.

(b)  Services funded under this section may be awarded through a competitive request for proposal process or directly to another state agency, the Regents of the University of California, the federal government, or an auxiliary organization of the California State University.

(c)  Grantees of services under this section shall demonstrate the ability to do both of the following:

(1)  Improve the delivery of local tobacco use prevention programs directed at the targeted populations.

(2)  Design programs to provide statewide and regional services to support local implementation of tobacco use prevention programs.
Cal. WIC § 14148.75 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4.7 / Section 14148.75
Section 14148.75
Status: in_force

At the earliest date that it is administratively feasible, the department shall adopt the federal medicaid option under Section 1902(l)(3) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396a(l)(3)) to waive the use of a resource standard for determining the eligibility of pregnant women, infants, and children.
Cal. VEH § 4150.7 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 4150.7
Section 4150.7
Status: in_force

(a) Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be held in beneficiary form that includes a direction to transfer ownership of the vehicle to a designated beneficiary on the death of the owner if both of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) Only one owner is designated.

(2) Only one TOD beneficiary is designated.

(b) A certificate of ownership issued in beneficiary form shall include, after the name of the owner, the words “transfer on death to” or the abbreviation “TOD” followed by the name of the beneficiary.

(c) During the lifetime of the owner, the signature or consent of the beneficiary is not required for any transaction relating to the vehicle for which a certificate of ownership in beneficiary form has been issued.

(d) The fee for registering ownership of a vehicle in a beneficiary form is ten dollars ($10).
Cal. HSC § 44090 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 44090
Section 44090
Status: in_force

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

(a) “Account” means the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account created pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44091.

(b) “High polluter” means a high-emission motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, a gross polluter.
Cal. FAC § 18696 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 18696
Section 18696
Status: in_force

The director may cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in administration of this chapter to effectuate the purposes stated in Sections 18691 and 18692, accept federal assistance for that purpose and spend public funds of this state appropriated for administration of this chapter to pay the state’s proportionate share of the estimated total cost of the cooperative program.
Cal. PROB § 4405 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 4405
Section 4405
Status: in_force

(a) A statutory form power of attorney under this part that limits the power to take effect upon the occurrence of a specified event or contingency, including, but not limited to, the incapacity of the principal, may contain a provision designating one or more persons who, by a written declaration under penalty of perjury, have the power to determine conclusively that the specified event or contingency has occurred.

(b) A statutory form power of attorney that contains the provision described in subdivision (a) becomes effective when the person or persons designated in the power of attorney execute a written declaration under penalty of perjury that the specified event or contingency has occurred, and any person may act in reliance on the written declaration without liability to the principal or to any other person, regardless whether the specified event or contingency has actually occurred.

(c) The provision described in subdivision (a) may be included in the “Special Instructions” portion of the form set forth in Section 4401.

(d) Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not provide the exclusive method by which a statutory form power of attorney under this part may be limited to take effect upon the occurrence of a specified event or contingency.
Cal. RTC § 60521.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 31 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 60521.5
Section 60521.5
Status: in_force

When an amount represented by a person who is a taxpayer under this part to a customer as constituting reimbursement for taxes due under this part is computed upon an amount that is not taxable or is in excess of the taxable amount and is actually paid by the customer to the person, the amount so paid shall be returned by the person to the customer upon notification by the State Board of Equalization or by the customer that the excess has been ascertained. If the person fails or refuses to do so, the amount so paid, if knowingly or mistakenly computed by the person upon an amount that is not taxable or is in excess of the taxable amount, shall be remitted by that person to this state. Those amounts remitted to the state shall be credited by the board on any amounts due and payable under this part on the same transaction from the person by whom it was paid to this state and the balance, if any, shall constitute an obligation due from the person to this state.
Cal. HSC § 4992 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 4992
Section 4992
Status: in_force

In the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, provision may be made, but are not limited to provisions:

(a)  That all or part of the bonds are callable, the manner of the call and the premiums to be paid thereon;

(b)  That all or part of the bonds are payable at the office of a paying or fiscal agent, within or without the State, and for the payment of fees therefor;

(c)  For the pledge of revenues, its nature, and its parity with other sewer revenue bonds issued or to be issued;

(d)  For the percentage that annual net revenues shall bear to bond and interest payments;

(e)  For reserve, surplus and other funds usual in the issuance of revenue bonds;

(f)  For the duties and obligations of the district;

(g)  For the remedies of bondholders, which may be in addition to those provided herein;

(h)  For the manner of amending or abrogating the bond ordinance or refunding any or all bonds thereunder;

(i)  For occurrences in the event of default and the rights and remedies arising therefrom; and

(j)  For usual and customary covenants for the security and protection of the payment of the bonds.
Cal. ELEC § 9167 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 9167
Section 9167
Status: in_force

(a) When an argument in favor and an argument against a measure have been selected for publication in the voter information pamphlet the official responsible for conducting the election shall send copies of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of the argument against the measure and copies of the arguments against the measure to the authors of the argument in favor. The authors may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words, or may authorize in writing any other person or persons to prepare, submit, or sign the rebuttal argument. The rebuttal arguments shall be submitted to the elections official conducting the election no later than a date designated by the elections official.

(b) Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument that it seeks to rebut and shall be titled “Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Measure (or Proposition) ____,” or “Rebuttal to Argument Against Measure (or Proposition) ____,” the blank spaces being filled in only with the letter or number, if any, designating the measure. Words used in the title may not be counted when determining the length of any rebuttal argument.
Cal. SHC § 25340 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 25340
Section 25340
Status: in_force

All moneys of the district applicable to the payment of improvement costs shall be placed in a fund designated “construction fund,” the moneys in which shall be disbursed by the treasurer of the district as ordered by the board of directors. This fund may be used to pay all improvement costs, all necessary engineering, legal and other operating costs of the district, including salaries of officers, agents and employees, and for the payment of the cost of the purchase and acquisition of all necessary property and rights of way required for any district project.
Cal. WAT § 71932 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 71932
Section 71932
Status: in_force

All ballots shall be returned to the secretary of the district at the office of the district on or before the last date established for the return of the ballots by the board.
Cal. VEH § 11702 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 11702
Section 11702
Status: in_force

The department may issue, or for reasonable cause shown, refuse to issue a license to any applicant applying for a manufacturer's, manufacturer’s branch, remanufacturer's, remanufacturer’s branch, distributor's, distributor’s branch, transporter's, or dealer’s license.
Cal. ELEC § 6343 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 6343
Section 6343
Status: in_force

Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated in his or her behalf. In order to qualify his or her name for placement on the presidential primary ballot, the candidate’s nomination papers shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the Republican Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons registered as members of the Republican Party, as reflected in the report of registration issued by the Secretary of State on the 135th day preceding the presidential primary election.
Cal. PUC § 935 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 14.5 / Section 935
Section 935
Status: in_force

(a) As part of each annual report, including any updates pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 934, and in each general rate case application, each electrical corporation shall include a detailed analysis of its current qualified staffing level and future required qualified staffing level for each job classification needed to be consistent with the findings and achieve the policies and requirements of this article.

(b) The commission shall require each electrical corporation to have adequate qualified staffing needed to be consistent with the findings and achieve the policies and requirements of this article.

(c) For job classifications that have apprentice training requirements, the commission shall require each electrical corporation to maintain a pipeline of apprentices sufficient to meet future qualified staffing needs, subject to any limitations based on safe staffing ratios.
Cal. PUC § 98160.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 4 / Section 98160.5
Section 98160.5
Status: in_force

(a) It is a primary purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the district by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of employees to join employee organizations of their own choice, to be represented, to select one employee organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit, and to afford employees a voice at work.

(b) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, and the powers and duties of that board, as described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, shall have jurisdiction, as appropriate, to enforce this chapter.
Cal. INS § 4097.06 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 4097.06
Section 4097.06
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall examine the plan submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4097.02. If the plan provides for the establishment of a mutual holding company under Section 4097.05, the mutual insurer shall demonstrate that the issuance of stock:

(1) Will not require members to pay additional funds to retain their rights in surplus, but nothing herein is intended to prohibit or restrict a mutual insurer that is converting to a stock insurer by establishing a mutual holding company from offering to its members subscription rights that are in addition to the rights in surplus to be held in the mutual holding company.

(2) Issued to officers, directors, employees, or employee benefit plans for their benefit, if any, will be fair, just and equitable and not hazardous to policyholders, stockholders, or creditors.

(3) Provides sufficient means for the accumulated earnings, cash, and other non-operating assets held by the mutual holding company to inure to the exclusive benefit of its members.

(b) As part of the examination the commissioner shall order a public hearing on the plan after written notice of the hearing to the mutual company, its members, and the public. Members of the mutual company, their representatives, and the public shall have the right to appear at the public hearing and to submit written comments to the commissioner. The hearing shall occur before the policyholder vote. The commissioner may require as a condition of consent that the mutual company make modifications of the proposed plan that the commissioner finds necessary for the protection of policyholders. The commissioner shall consent to the plan if he or she finds all of the following:

(1) For the conversion of a mutual insurer, the plan is fair, just, and equitable to the insurer and its policyholders.

(2) For the conversion of a mutual holding company, the plan is fair, just, and equitable to the company, its members, and the policyholders of the converted insurer.

(3) The plan does not violate the law.

(4) The converted insurer will, after the conversion, satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a license to write the line or lines of insurance for which it is presently licensed.

(c) For the conversion of a mutual company, the commissioner may appoint one or more actuarial, financial, or other consultants, including legal counsel, as the commissioner finds necessary to advise the commissioner in making the determination of whether the proposed plan of conversion meets the applicable requirements of this article. The mutual company is responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of any actuarial, financial, or other consultants, including legal counsel, appointed, and for the mailing and publication of notices to the mutual company and its members.
Cal. HSC § 1765.115 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 1765.115
Section 1765.115
Status: in_force

A mobile unit may operate as one of the following:

(a)  As an adjunct to a licensed health facility or to a licensed clinic.

(b)  As an independent-freestanding clinic pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1200).

(c)  As an “other” type of approved mobile unit.