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Cal. INS § 13853 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Section 13853
Section 13853
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall submit a report on the study described in subdivision (a) of Section 13851 to the Senate Committee on Insurance and the Assembly Committee on Insurance within one year of the appropriation made pursuant to Section 13854.

(b) The report shall make recommendations on potential policy and budget options to address insurance coverage cost and access challenges for the affordable housing entities described in subdivision (a) of Section 13851, as identified in the study.

(c) The report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code.
Cal. INS § 11754 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 11754
Section 11754
Status: in_force

If the commissioner has good cause to believe that a rating or advisory organization or an insurer does not comply with the requirements of this article applicable to it, he shall, unless he has good cause to believe that such noncompliance is wilful, give notice in writing to such organization or insurer, stating therein in what manner and to what extent such noncompliance is alleged to exist and specifying therein a reasonable time, not less than 10 days thereafter, in which such noncompliance may be corrected. Notices under this section shall be confidential as between the commissioner and the organization or insurer unless a hearing is held under Section 11754.1.
Cal. HSC § 125281 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 125281
Section 125281
Status: in_force

From funds appropriated to the department in the Budget Act of 2016 for these purposes, the department shall allocate funds to the diagnostic and treatment centers for Alzheimer’s disease established pursuant to Section 125280 to be used for all of the following purposes:

(a) To determine the standard of care in early and accurate diagnosis drawing on peer-reviewed evidence, best practices, Medicare and Medicaid policy and reimbursement, and experience working with patients seeking services at a center.

(b) To conduct targeted outreach to health professionals through medical school instruction, hospital grant rounds, continuing education, community education, and free online resources.

(c) To provide low-cost, accessible detection and diagnosis tools that the center shall make available via open source portals of the postsecondary higher educational institution that established the center. Furthermore, the department shall post these tools on its Internet Web site to serve as a resource for the state.

(d) To endorse and disseminate low-cost, accessible detection and diagnosis tools for broad use by health professionals practicing in a variety of settings.

(e) To address unique health disparities that exist within diverse populations, with special focus and attention on reaching African Americans, Latinos, and women.

(f) To evaluate the educational effectiveness and measure the impact of these efforts, including pretests and posttests for health professionals, metrics, and documented practice change.
Cal. HSC § 79215 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 12 / Section 79215
Section 79215
Status: in_force

(a) Before adopting a final remedial action plan, the department or the regional board shall prepare or approve a draft remedial action plan and shall do all of the following:

(1) Circulate the draft plan for at least 30 days for public comment.

(2) Notify affected local and state agencies of the removal and remedial actions proposed in the remedial action plan and publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the draft remedial action plan. The department or the regional board shall also post notices in the location where the proposed removal or remedial action would be located and shall notify, by direct mailing, the owners of property contiguous to the site addressed by the plan, as shown in the latest equalized assessment roll.

(3) Hold one or more meetings with the lead and responsible agencies for the removal and remedial actions, the potentially responsible parties for the removal and remedial actions, and the interested public, to provide the public with the information that is necessary to address the issues that concern the public. The information to be provided shall include an assessment of the degree of contamination, the characteristics of the hazardous substances, an estimate of the time required to carry out the removal and remedial actions, and a description of the proposed removal and remedial actions.

(4) Comply with Section 78930.

(b) After complying with subdivision (a), the department or the regional board shall review and consider any public comments, and shall revise the draft plan, if appropriate. The department or the regional board shall then issue the final remedial action plan.
Cal. FAC § 78673 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 78673
Section 78673
Status: in_force

The commission may make in its name, contracts to receive and render services in formulating and conducting plans and programs and other contracts or agreements that the commission may deem necessary for carrying out this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 36727 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 36727
Section 36727
Status: in_force

After each separate part of the assessment book has been filed with the tax collector the assessments listed are due and payable to the tax collector of the district.
Cal. PRC § 6828 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 6828
Section 6828
Status: in_force

All leases of lands containing oil or gas made or issued under this chapter shall be subject to the condition that the lessee will use all reasonable precautions to prevent waste of oil or gas developed in the land, or the entrance of water through wells drilled to the oil-bearing strata, to the destruction or injury of the oil deposits. All leases shall further provide that the lessee therein shall comply with all valid laws of the United States and of the State of California and with all valid ordinances of cities and counties applicable to the lessee’s operations, including, without limitation by reason of the specification thereof, the lessee’s compliance with Division 3 of this code.
Cal. RTC § 60525 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 31 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 60525
Section 60525
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines that any overpayment has been made intentionally or by reason of carelessness, it shall not allow any interest thereon.

(b) If any person who has filed a claim for refund requests the board to defer action on the claim, the board, as a condition to deferring action, may require the claimant to waive interest for the period during which the person requests the board to defer action on the claim.
Cal. VEH § 13 — California Code / Code veh / Section 13
Section 13
Status: in_force

The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
Cal. WAT § 35950.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 35950.1
Section 35950.1
Status: in_force

After the board has adopted a plan of works it may thereafter by resolution change or supplement the plan if it determines that the works described in the plan as changed or supplemented will benefit all the territory within the district or improvement district, including any territory annexed thereto since the adoption of the original plan of works, and may revise its estimate of the amount of money it is necessary to raise for that purpose. Any such changes or supplements shall be accomplished in the manner hereinafter provided.
Cal. FAC § 69007 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 69007
Section 69007
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Cal. PCC § 10369 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 10369
Section 10369
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency shall conduct a post-evaluation, by completing the post-evaluation form, of each consulting services contract totaling five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more that it executes.

(b) The agency shall evaluate the performance of the contractor in doing the work or delivering the services for which the contract was awarded. The agency shall report on all of the following:

(1) Whether the contracted work or services were completed as specified in the contract, and reasons for and amount of any cost overruns or delayed completions.

(2) Whether the contracted work or services met the quality standards specified in the contract.

(3) Whether the contractor fulfilled all the requirements of the contract and if not, in what ways the contractor did not fulfill the contract.

(4) Factors outside the control of the contractor that caused difficulties in contractor performance.

(5) Other information the department may require.

(6) How the contract results and findings will be utilized to meet the agency goals.

(c) If the contractor’s performance was judged unsatisfactory on any of the factors specified in subdivision (b) and was not mitigated by circumstances specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b), the evaluation shall be considered unsatisfactory for the purposes of subdivisions (e) and (f).

(d) The post-evaluation shall be prepared within 60 days of the completion of the contract.

(e) Post-evaluations shall remain on file at the offices of the awarding state agency for a period of 36 months following contract completion. If the contractor did not satisfactorily perform the work or service specified in the contract, the state agency conducting the evaluation shall place one copy of the evaluation form in the state agency’s contract file and send one copy of the form to the department within five working days of the completion of the evaluation.

(f) Upon filing an unsatisfactory evaluation with the department, the state agency shall notify and send a copy of the evaluation to the contractor within 15 days. The contractor shall have the right, within 30 days after receipt, to submit to the awarding state agency and the department, a written response statement that shall be filed with the evaluation in the state agency’s contract file and in the department.
Cal. BPC § 2564.91 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 2.7 / Section 2564.91
Section 2564.91
Status: in_force

(a) Individuals, corporations, and firms shall make application for registration and shall not engage in that business defined in Section 2564.90 before being issued a certificate of registration.

(b) Application for that registration shall be on forms prescribed by the board, shall bear the signature of the individual, or general partners if a partnership, or the president or secretary if a corporation or firm, and shall contain the name under which they propose to do business and the business address.

(c) Corporations and firms shall be organized and exist pursuant to the General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code) and shall not be limited liability companies within the meaning of Title 2.6 of the Corporations Code.

(d) If applicable, the application shall include a list of officers in the corporation, firm, or partnership and a copy of the articles of incorporation submitted to the Secretary of State.

(e) Separate applications shall be made for each place of business and each application shall be accompanied by the application fee prescribed by Section 2565.
Cal. HSC § 12653 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 12653
Section 12653
Status: in_force

The application for a transportation permit shall be submitted to the State Fire Marshal for the transportation of any quantity of fireworks where such transportation is outside the boundaries of the issuing authority having jurisdiction at the point of origin or such shipment originates within this state and is transported out of this state. The application for a transportation permit as required by this section shall be approved by the issuing authority having jurisdiction at the place where the shipment originates before the State Fire Marshal shall issue such transportation permit. No further permits shall be required by issuing authorities other than the authority at the point of origin where the State Fire Marshal has issued a permit pursuant to this section.
Cal. BPC § 8715 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 15 / Article 2 / Section 8715
Section 8715
Status: in_force

The board may establish licensed land surveyor technical advisory committees to advise and assist the board with respect to the following:

(1) The review and verification of applications for licensure.

(2) The evaluation and investigation of potential violations of this chapter.

(3) The amendment, repeal, adoption, or revision of board rules, regulations, policies, or procedures.
Cal. PRC § 10332 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.4 / Section 10332
Section 10332
Status: in_force

As used in this division, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Board” means the Wildlife Conservation Board created pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 1320) of Chapter 4 of Division 20 of the Fish and Game Code.

(b) “Conservation easement” means a conservation easement, as defined by Section 815.1 of the Civil Code, that is perpetual.

(c) “Local public agency” means any city, county, city and county, resource conservation district, district formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Chapter 3 of Division 5, authority formed pursuant to Division 26 (commencing with Section 35100), or joint powers authority made up of two or more local public agencies and one or more state agencies.

(d) “Nonprofit organization” means any nonprofit public benefit corporation formed pursuant to the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), qualified to do business in California, and qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code as a tax-exempt corporation that has as a principal purpose the conservation of land and water resources.

(e) “Property” means any real property, and any perpetual interest therein, including land, conservation easements, and land containing water rights.

(f) “Qualified property” means property that is rangeland, grazing land, or grassland and is used or is suitable for grazing; is zoned for agricultural grazing, or open-space use; and is used or suitable for habitat for aquatic or terrestrial wildlife species or native plants.

(g) “State agency” means any public entity created by statute within the Resources Agency.
Cal. HSC § 129045 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 129045
Section 129045
Status: in_force

The department shall annually report to the Legislature the financial status of the program and its insured portfolio, including the status of all borrowers in each stage of default and the department’s efforts to collect from borrowers that have defaulted on their debt service payments.
Cal. FAC § 62574 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 4 / Section 62574
Section 62574
Status: in_force

Immediately following the payment to the fund of the increment provided in Section 62573, the secretary may, after consultation with the board, transfer an amount equal to one-half of that increment to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be used to reduce the producer assessments collected pursuant to Section 62660.
Cal. BPC § 10015.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 10015.3
Section 10015.3
Status: in_force

“Broker associate” means a broker retained by a responsible broker who has authority to provide services requiring a real estate license on behalf of the responsible broker.
Cal. PCC § 20694 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 44 / Section 20694
Section 20694
Status: in_force

Each contract for doing any part of the work shall be let after advertisement for bids by publishing notice for at least 10 days in one or more daily newspapers published in the county. If there is no daily paper published in the county, notice shall be given by three publications in a weekly paper published therein.
Cal. WIC § 14043 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1.3 / Section 14043
Section 14043
Status: in_force

In order to ensure the proper and efficient administration of the Medi-Cal program, every applicant, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 14043.1, and every provider, as defined in subdivision (o) of Section 14043.1, shall be subject to the requirements of this article.
Cal. PROB § 1302.5 — California Code / Code prob / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 1302.5
Section 1302.5
Status: in_force

With respect to an advance health care directive governed by the Health Care Decisions Law (Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 4600)), an appeal may be taken from any of the following:

(a) Any final order under Section 4766.

(b) An order dismissing the petition or denying a motion to dismiss under Section 4768.
Cal. PUC § 531 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 531
Section 531
Status: in_force

Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this part may transport free or at reduced rates contractors and their employees engaged in carrying out contracts with the United States, this State, or any county or municipal government, or other governmental agency in this State, and materials or supplies for use in carrying out such contracts, in each case to the extent only that such free or reduced rate transportation is provided for in the specifications upon which the contract is based and in the contract itself.
Cal. PUC § 99504 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 99504
Section 99504
Status: in_force

(a) The taxing entity shall contract with the State Board of Equalization for the administration of the tax imposed pursuant to the adopted ordinance, and the state board shall be reimbursed for its cost in the administration of the tax.

(b) The taxing entity shall also reimburse the board for its cost of preparation to administer the tax.
Cal. UIC § 2782 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.4 / Section 2782
Section 2782
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2901), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3001), and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 3251) of Part 2 do not apply to this chapter.

(b) The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 2652), Article 6 (commencing with Section 2765) and Article 7 (commencing with Section 2775) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 do not apply to this chapter.

(c) Sections 2609, 2610, 2611, 2625, 2712, and 2712.5 do not apply to this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 103450 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 103450
Section 103450
Status: in_force

The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under Subchapter II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions of the Federal Contributions Act, as amended.
Cal. HSC § 100110 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 100110
Section 100110
Status: in_force

The director shall have the powers of a head of the department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. BPC § 4342 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 20 / Section 4342
Section 4342
Status: in_force

(a) The board may institute any action or actions as may be provided by law and that, in its discretion, are necessary, to prevent the sale of pharmaceutical preparations and drugs that do not conform to the standard and tests as to quality and strength, provided in the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary, or that violate any provision of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law (Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code).

(b) Any knowing or willful violation of any regulation adopted pursuant to Section 4006 shall be subject to punishment in the same manner as is provided in Sections 4321 and 4336.
Cal. INS § 1561 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1561
Section 1561
Status: in_force

Any law or ruling of any state of the United States or any foreign country which shall attempt to assume jurisdiction over, or to authorize regulation or supervision of, a noninsurance affiliate of a domestic insurer, where such attempt is based solely upon the domestic insurer applying for or holding a certificate of authority to do business in such state or foreign country, whether such attempt be by registration or through disclosure, reports, examinations, or other devices imposed on either the insurer or its noninsurance affiliate, directly or indirectly, shall be deemed to be an unreasonable law. Upon finding that such unreasonable law has been applied to a domestic insurer or its noninsurance affiliate by such state or foreign country, the commissioner may refuse to grant an initial certificate of authority, but not a renewal of an existing certificate of authority, to an insurer organized under the laws of such state or foreign country thereafter applying to him for authority to do business in this state.

As used in this section, “affiliate” means a person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the domestic insurer.
Cal. PRC § 5788 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 5788
Section 5788
Status: in_force

On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall adopt a preliminary budget that shall conform to the accounting and budgeting procedures for special districts contained in Subchapter 3 (commencing with Section 1031.1) of, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 1121) of Subchapter 4 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations. The board of directors may divide the preliminary budget into categories, including, but not limited to:

(a) Maintenance and operation.

(b) Employee compensation.

(c) Capital outlay.

(d) Interest and redemption for indebtedness.

(e) Restricted reserve for capital outlay.

(f) Restricted reserve for contingencies.

(g) Unallocated general reserve.
Cal. INS § 10401 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 10401
Section 10401
Status: in_force

Any incorporated insurer admitted for disability insurance and any agent of such insurer, that makes or permits any discrimination between insureds of the same class in any manner whatsoever with relation to such insurance, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The payment to insureds by an insurer of alternative rates of payment negotiated and contracted for with institutional providers shall not constitute a violation of this section.

On and after July 1, 1983, the amendments made to this section during the 1982 portion of the 1981–82 Regular Session, shall also be applicable with respect to both professional and institutional providers.