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Cal. EVID § 1160 — California Code / Code evid / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 1160
Section 1160
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of statements, writings, or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death of a person involved in an accident and made to that person or to the family of that person shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in a civil action. A statement of fault, however, which is part of, or in addition to, any of the above shall not be inadmissible pursuant to this section.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Accident” means an occurrence resulting in injury or death to one or more persons which is not the result of willful action by a party.

(2) “Benevolent gestures” means actions which convey a sense of compassion or commiseration emanating from humane impulses.

(3) “Family” means the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, adopted children of parent, or spouse’s parents of an injured party.
Cal. HSC § 25123.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 2 / Section 25123.5
Section 25123.5
Status: in_force

(a)  Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), “treatment” means any method, technique, or process which is not otherwise excluded from the definition of treatment by this chapter and which is designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste or any material contained therein, or which removes or reduces its harmful properties or characteristics for any purpose.

(b)  (1)  “Treatment” does not include any of the activities listed in paragraph (2), if one of the following requirements is met:

(A)  The activity is conducted onsite in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the department’s regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter governing the generation and accumulation of hazardous waste.

(B)  The activity is conducted in accordance with the conditions specified in a permit issued by the department for the storage of hazardous waste.

(2)  The activities subject to the exemption specified in paragraph (1) include all of the following:

(A)  Sieving or filtering liquid hazardous waste to remove solid fractions, without added heat, chemicals, or pressure, as the waste is added to or removed from a storage or accumulation tank or container. For purposes of this subparagraph, sieving or filtering does not include adsorption, reverse osmosis, or ultrafiltration.

(B)  Phase separation of hazardous waste during storage or accumulation in tanks or containers, if the separation is unaided by the addition of heat or chemicals. If the phase separation occurs at a commercial offsite permitted storage facility, all phases of the hazardous waste shall be managed as hazardous waste after separation.

(C)  Combining two or more waste streams that are not incompatible into a single tank or container if both of the following conditions apply:

(i)  The waste streams are being combined solely for the purpose of consolidated accumulation or storage or consolidated offsite shipment, and they are not being combined to meet a fuel specification or to otherwise be chemically or physically prepared to be treated, burned for energy value, or incinerated.

(ii)  The combined waste stream is managed in compliance with the most stringent of the regulatory requirements applicable to each individual waste stream.

(D)  Evaporation of water from hazardous wastes in tanks or containers, such as breathing and evaporation through vents and floating roofs, without the addition of pressure, chemicals, or heat other than sunlight or ambient room lighting or heating.

(3)  This subdivision does not apply to any activity for which a hazardous waste facilities permit for treatment is required under the federal act.

(c)  “Treatment” does not include the combination of glutaraldehyde or orthophthalaldehyde, which is used by medical facilities to disinfect medical devices, with formulations containing glycine as the sole active chemical, if the process is carried out onsite.
Cal. WAT § 13580.9 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 7.5 / Section 13580.9
Section 13580.9
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as otherwise previously provided for in a contract agreed to by the customer and the City of West Covina, if the purchaser, contractor, or lessee of, or successor to, all or a portion of the water utility owned by the City of West Covina is a retail water supplier that is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, rates for recycled or nonpotable water service to a closed hazardous waste and solid waste facility located within the boundaries of the City of West Covina for the purposes of irrigation, recreation, or dust suppression or any other use at that facility shall be established in accordance with subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 13580.7, and if there is a failure to agree on the terms and conditions of a recycled or nonpotable water supply agreement for the delivery of water for those purposes by that purchaser, contractor, lessee, or successor, Section 13581 shall apply.

(b) For the purpose of this section, nonpotable water that is not the result of the treatment of waste shall be treated as the equivalent of recycled water if it is suitable for a direct beneficial use or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur and is therefor considered a valuable resource, if the use of that water will not adversely affect downstream water rights, degrade water quality, or be injurious to plant life, fish, or wildlife, as provided by statute or by regulations of the State Department of Public Health and the state board or a regional board, as appropriate.
Cal. BPC § 6106.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 6106.6
Section 6106.6
Status: in_force

The State Bar shall investigate any licensee against whom an information or indictment has been filed that alleges a violation of Section 550 of the Penal Code or Section 1871.4 of the Insurance Code, if the district attorney does not otherwise object to initiating an investigation.
Cal. FAM § 3425 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 3425
Section 3425
Status: in_force

(a) Before a child custody determination is made under this part, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards of Section 3408 must be given to all persons entitled to notice under the law of this state as in child custody proceedings between residents of this state, any parent whose parental rights have not been previously terminated, and any person having physical custody of the child.

(b) This part does not govern the enforceability of a child custody determination made without notice or an opportunity to be heard.

(c) The obligation to join a party and the right to intervene as a party in a child custody proceeding under this part are governed by the law of this state as in child custody proceedings between residents of this state.
Cal. FIN § 21201.4 — California Code / Code fin / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 21201.4
Section 21201.4
Status: in_force

Charges for the first three months of any loan made pursuant to the written contract required by Section 21201 or 21201.5 shall be determined by the application of the schedule of charges contained in Section 21200.5. Charges for any extension of time following the first three months of any loan shall be determined by application of the schedule of maximum compensation contained in Section 21200.
Cal. VEH § 9859 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 9859
Section 9859
Status: in_force

All money received by an agent from the sale of certificates of number or temporary certificates of number and use tax shall be kept separate and apart from any other funds of the agent, and shall at all times belong to the state.

In case of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, receivership, or bankruptcy, the state shall have a preferred claim against the assignee, receiver, or trustee for all moneys owing the state for the sale of certificates as provided in this code and any use tax, and shall not be estopped from asserting such claim by reason of the commingling of funds or otherwise.
Cal. RTC § 8149 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 8149
Section 8149
Status: in_force

If the board or the Controller fails to mail notice of action on a claim within six months after the claim is filed, the claimant may, prior to the mailing of notice, consider the claim disallowed and bring an action against the Controller or the board on the grounds set forth in the claim for the recovery of the whole or any part of the amount claimed.
Cal. PRC § 5096.674 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.696 / Article 6 / Section 5096.674
Section 5096.674
Status: in_force

Actual costs incurred in connection with administering programs authorized under the categories specified in Section 5096.610 shall be paid from the funds authorized by this act.
Cal. CIV § 82 — California Code / Code civ / Division 1 / Part 2.9 / Section 82
Section 82
Status: in_force

This part shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are as follows:

(a) The prohibition of discrimination based upon any characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51 in the granting, sale, transfer, bequest, termination, and nonrenewal of dealerships.

(b) The requirements of this part shall not be varied by contract or agreement and any portion of a contract or agreement purporting to do so is void and unenforceable.
Cal. WIC § 15675 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 9 / Section 15675
Section 15675
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Department of Justice shall make available to the State Department of Health Services, at no cost, access to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System as established pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 15150) of Part 6 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(b) (1) As an alternative to the requirement of subdivision (a), the Department of Justice and the State Department of Health Services may negotiate and enter into a contract that specifies the method and terms upon which the cost of the Department of Justice to access the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System for purposes of the State Department of Health Services are allocated between the respective departments.

(2) During the operation of this contract, subdivision (a) shall not apply. However, subdivision (a) shall apply upon the termination, for any reason, of the contract and the contract shall not contain provisions to the contrary.

(3) The contract shall not contain provisions inconsistent with any law that prescribes the extent to which an applicant for licensure, a permit, or certification, or employees, or volunteers shall or shall not pay for a criminal record background check.
Cal. FAC § 55404.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 55404.5
Section 55404.5
Status: in_force

“Licensee” means any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter as a processor or cash buying processor.
Cal. HSC § 1647 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 4.75 / Section 1647
Section 1647
Status: in_force

The procurement, processing, distribution, or use of human milk for the purpose of human consumption shall be construed to be, and is declared to be for all purposes, the rendition of a service by each and every nonprofit organization and its employees participating therein, and shall not be construed to be, and is declared not to be, a sale of the human milk for any purpose or purposes.
Cal. PRC § 29420 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 29420
Section 29420
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request to the commission, the commission shall grant to the county an extension of the time limit provided in Section 29412 for submission to the commission of the local protection program, or of the time limit provided in Section 29411 for submission to the county of any local protection program component; provided, however, that no extension hereunder may authorize submission of the local protection program, or any component thereof, after January 1, 1980.

(b) The commission may extend, for a period not to exceed one year, any other time limitation established by this chapter for good cause.
Cal. BPC § 18897.63 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 3 / Section 18897.63
Section 18897.63
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no athlete agent or athlete agent’s representative or employee may make or continue any contact, whether in person, in writing, electronically, or in any other manner, with any student athlete, or any student athlete’s spouse, parent, foster parent, guardian, grandparent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, or first cousin, or any of the preceding persons for whom the relationship has been established by marriage, or any person who resides in the same place as the student athlete, or any representative of any of these persons.

(b) An athlete agent or athlete agent’s representative or employee may send a student athlete, or any of the other persons described in subdivision (a), written materials, provided that the athlete agent previously has sent, or simultaneously sends, an identical copy of the materials to the principal, president, or other chief administrator of the elementary or secondary school, college, university, or other educational institution to which the student athlete has been admitted or in which the student athlete is enrolled.

(c) If a student athlete, or any of the other persons described in subdivision (a), initiates contact with an athlete agent or athlete agent’s representative or employee, the athlete agent, representative or employee may continue the contact and make new contacts with that person. No later than the first regular business day after that person first initiates contact, the athlete agent shall notify in writing the principal, president, or other chief administrator of the elementary or secondary school, college, university, or other educational institution to which the student athlete has been admitted or in which the student athlete is enrolled, of that contact. The notification shall describe the nature of the contact.

(d) Any written material described in subdivision (b) and any notification required by subdivision (c), shall include the notification required by Section 18896.6.

(e) This section does not apply to any contact between an athlete agent or athlete agent’s representative or employee and a student athlete or any of the other persons described in subdivision (a), if and solely to the extent that the contact is initiated by an elementary or secondary school, college, university, or other educational institution to which the student athlete has been admitted or in which the student athlete is enrolled.
Cal. FAC § 79295 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 26 / Article 8 / Section 79295
Section 79295
Status: in_force

Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter and of the commission, the commission shall mail a copy of the notice of suspension to all producers and handlers affected by the suspension whose names and addresses are on file.
Cal. HNC § 832 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 4 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 832
Section 832
Status: in_force

A managing owner is presumed to be without right to compensation for his own services.
Cal. BPC § 4074 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 4074
Section 4074
Status: in_force

(a) A pharmacist shall inform a patient orally or in writing of the harmful effects of a drug dispensed by prescription if both of the following apply:

(1) The drug poses substantial risk to the person consuming the drug when taken in combination with alcohol or the drug may impair a person’s ability to drive a motor vehicle, whichever is applicable.

(2) The drug is determined by the board pursuant to subdivision (c) to be a drug or drug type for which this warning shall be given.

(b) In addition to the requirement described in subdivision (a), on and after July 1, 2014, if a pharmacist exercising his or her professional judgment determines that a drug may impair a person’s ability to operate a vehicle or vessel, the pharmacist shall include a written label on the drug container indicating that the drug may impair a person’s ability to operate a vehicle or vessel. The label required by this subdivision may be printed on an auxiliary label that is affixed to the prescription container.

(c) The board may by regulation require additional information or labeling.

(d) This section shall not apply to a drug furnished to a patient in conjunction with treatment or emergency services provided in a health facility or, except as provided in subdivision (e), to a drug furnished to a patient pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4056.

(e) A health facility shall establish and implement a written policy to ensure that each patient shall receive information regarding each drug given at the time of discharge and each drug given pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4056. This information shall include the use and storage of each drug, the precautions and relevant warnings, and the importance of compliance with directions. This information shall be given by a pharmacist or registered nurse, unless already provided by a patient’s prescriber, and the written policy shall be developed in collaboration with a physician, a pharmacist, and a registered nurse. The written policy shall be approved by the medical staff. Nothing in this subdivision or any other law shall be construed to require that only a pharmacist provide this consultation.
Cal. INS § 1063.19 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 14.2 / Section 1063.19
Section 1063.19
Status: in_force

(a) The association may administer the Prescribed Fire Claims Fund established by Section 4500 of the Public Resources Code, subject to prior written approval by the commissioner. The association shall seek the commissioner’s approval by amending the association’s plan of operations in accordance with Section 1063.

(b) Upon approval by the commissioner and if contracted to administer the Prescribed Fire Claims Fund by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on the department’s behalf, the association is authorized to administer or assist in administering the Prescribed Fire Claims Fund consistent with Section 4500 of the Public Resources Code. The association shall not settle or adjust any claims to the fund while seeking to subrogate against the fund.

(c) The state, the association, the association’s member insurers, and officers, directors, agents, and employees of the association or its member insurers shall not be liable for claims for losses described in Section 4500 of the Public Resources Code in excess of the amount in the Prescribed Fire Claims Fund or for the costs of administration, loss adjustment, investigation, and defenses relating to those claims in excess of the amount in the fund.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2028, deletes or extends that date.
Cal. PRC § 13110 — California Code / Code prc / Division 11 / Chapter 6 / Section 13110
Section 13110
Status: in_force

The resolution provided for in Section 13109 shall constitute the notice of such special bond election and such resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation circulating within the area.
Cal. INS § 6011.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 6011.5
Section 6011.5
Status: in_force

In lieu of showing the term of coverage in the form set forth in Section 6010, the standard form policy may show the term in any form which clearly states the period during which the insurance is to continue. The period shall begin and end on specified dates at 12:01 a.m., standard time, at the location of the property involved. An example of permissible method of showing the term is:

“  for the term of
from At 12:01 a.m.
(Standard Time) to

At 12:01 a.m.
(Standard Time)
at location of property involved,  ”
Cal. WAT § 10780 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.76 / Section 10780
Section 10780
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act of 2001.
Cal. FIN § 23014 — California Code / Code fin / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 23014
Section 23014
Status: in_force

In any proceeding under this division, the burden of proving an exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it.
Cal. GOV § 7.8 — California Code / Code gov / Section 7.8
Section 7.8
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, the Directors of Finance, General Services, and Education may appoint any deputy or assistant director in their respective departments to act in their place and stead on the State Allocation Board, irrespective of whether said deputy or assistant director holds a position specified in subdivision (g) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, and irrespective of whether there shall be more than one such person representing a director at any meeting of such board. Such person, while sitting on said board, shall have all the powers the director he represents would have had, including the right to be counted in a quorum, the right to participate in the proceedings of the board and to vote on any and all matters. The director so designating such a deputy or assistant director shall be responsible for the acts of the person acting under such designation in the same manner and to the same extent that the director is responsible for the acts of the deputy or assistant director performing his official duties as deputy or assistant director of the department.
Cal. HSC § 34520 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 34520
Section 34520
Status: in_force

When any housing authority created for any city or county becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, the governing body of the city or county shall immediately make an estimate of the amount necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of the housing authority during its first year, and may appropriate the amount to the authority as a loan or donation. Any city or county located wholly or partially within the area of operation of a housing authority may lend or donate money to the authority or agree to do so. When it has money available, the housing authority shall make reimbursements for all such loans made to it.
Cal. ELEC § 10404.7 — California Code / Code elec / Division 10 / Part 3 / Section 10404.7
Section 10404.7
Status: in_force

A school district in Tehama County or the Tehama County Board of Education, by itself or in concert with other school districts or county boards of education, may purchase or otherwise contribute to the purchase of elections equipment, including, but not limited to, a computer for the purposes of conducting a consolidated election when the equipment shall be owned by Tehama County.
Cal. HSC § 18516 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.1 / Chapter 4 / Section 18516
Section 18516
Status: in_force

After such hearing the enforcement agency shall sustain, modify or withdraw the notice, depending upon its findings as to whether the provisions of this part have been complied with.