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Cal. WAT § 5000 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 5 / Section 5000
Section 5000
Status: in_force

As used in this Part 5, the following terms shall have the respective meanings stated below, viz:

(a) “Ground water” means water beneath the surface of the ground whether or not flowing through known and definite channels.

(b) “Surface water” means water on the surface of the ground.

(c) “Four counties” means the Counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Ventura.

(d) “Person” means all persons whether natural or artificial, including the United States of America, the State of California, and all political subdivisions, districts, municipalities and public agencies of or in either the State or the United States.

(e) “Sources” means any point of diversion or extraction of water and includes among other things wells, tunnels, and headworks.
Cal. FIN § 12102.1 — California Code / Code fin / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 12102.1
Section 12102.1
Status: in_force

A licensee under this division or any person engaged in the same type of business as licensed under this division whether said person is licensed or not shall be deemed to be an agent as defined under Sections 506 and 506a of the Penal Code and subject to the penalties under said sections.
Cal. WIC § 14105.17 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 14105.17
Section 14105.17
Status: in_force

(a) Each hospital designated by the department as a critical access hospital, and certified as such by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the federal Medicare rural hospital flexibility program, shall be eligible for supplemental payments for Medi-Cal covered outpatient services rendered to Medi-Cal eligible persons.

(b) Payments made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be contingent upon receipt of federal financial participation, and shall be limited by the appropriation in the annual Budget Act for the nonfederal share of these payments. Supplemental payments shall be apportioned among critical access hospitals based upon their number of Medi-Cal outpatient visits.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as meaning that a critical access hospital is not a general acute care hospital.

(d) The department shall promptly seek any necessary federal approvals for the implementation of this section. If necessary to obtain federal approval, the department may, for federal purposes, limit implementation of this section to those payments that are allowable expenses under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code). If federal approval is not obtained for implementation of this section, this section shall become inoperative.

(e) The department may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) to implement this section. One initial adoption of the emergency regulations and one readoption of the initial regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Initial emergency regulations and the first readoption of those regulations shall be exempt from review by the Office of Administrative Law. The emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State and publication in the California Code of Regulations, and shall remain in effect for no more than 180 days. If the department adopts emergency regulations pursuant to this section, the department shall seek prior input from representatives of the hospital industry, including the California Healthcare Association.
Cal. UIC § 13074 — California Code / Code uic / Division 6 / Chapter 5 / Section 13074
Section 13074
Status: in_force

Any employer or person required to withhold and transmit any amount pursuant to this division shall comply with the requirement without resort to any legal or equitable action in a court of law or equity. Any employer or person paying to the department any amount required by it to be withheld is not liable therefor to the person from whom withheld unless the amount withheld is refunded to the withholding agent.
Cal. FAM § 216 — California Code / Code fam / Division 2 / Part 2 / Section 216
Section 216
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of a stipulation by the parties to the contrary, there shall be no ex parte communication between the attorneys for any party to an action and any court-appointed or court-connected evaluator or mediator, or between a court-appointed or court-connected evaluator or mediator and the court, in any proceedings under this code, except with regard to the scheduling of appointments.

(b) There shall be no ex parte communications between counsel appointed by the court pursuant to Section 3150 and a court-appointed or court-connected evaluator or mediator, except when it is expressly authorized by the court or undertaken pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 3151.

(c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply in the following situations:

(1) To allow a mediator or evaluator to address a case involving allegations of domestic violence as set forth in Sections 3113, 3181, and 3192.

(2) To allow a mediator or evaluator to address a case involving allegations of domestic violence as set forth in Rule 5.215 of the California Rules of Court.

(3) If the mediator or evaluator determines that ex parte communication is needed to inform the court of the mediator’s or evaluator’s belief that a restraining order is necessary to prevent an imminent risk to the physical safety of the child or the party.

(d) This section shall not be construed to limit the responsibilities a mediator or evaluator may have as a mandated reporter pursuant to Section 11165.9 of the Penal Code or the responsibilities a mediator or evaluator have to warn under Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1976) 17 Cal.3d 425, Hedlund v. Superior Court (1983) 34 Cal.3d 695, and Section 43.92 of the Civil Code.

(e) The Judicial Council shall, by July 1, 2006, adopt a rule of court to implement this section.
Cal. HSC § 116377 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 116377
Section 116377
Status: in_force

The department may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to implement amendments to this chapter. The initial adoption of emergency regulations and one readoption of the initial regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Initial emergency regulations and the first readoption of those regulations shall be exempt from review by the Office of Administrative Law. The emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State and publication in the California Code of Regulations and shall remain in effect for not more than 180 days.
Cal. WAT § 79111 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 79111
Section 79111
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:

(a) “Best management practices” means those practices or set of practices determined by the board, a regional board, or the water quality planning agency for a designated area to be the most effective feasible means of preventing or reducing the generation of a specific type of nonpoint source pollution, given technological, institutional, environmental, and economic constraints.

(b) “Capital costs” has the same meaning as “cost,” as defined in Section 32025 of the Public Resources Code.

(c) “Management measures” means economically achievable measures to prevent or control the addition of pollutants to state waters, which reflect the greatest degree of pollutant prevention achievable through the application of the best available nonpoint source pollution control practices, technologies, processes, siting criteria, operating methods, or other alternatives.

(d) “Regional board” means a regional water quality control board.

(e) “Subaccount” means the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Subaccount created by Section 79112.
Cal. HSC § 80810 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 80810
Section 80810
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who is conducting a response action at an eligible property under the oversight of the department or a regional board and who purchases the prenegotiated environmental insurance products from the insurance company selected pursuant to Section 80760 may apply to the secretary for the subsidies that are made available pursuant to this article.

(b) To the extent that the funds that are made available in the annual Budget Act for expenditure to subsidize the cost of the environmental insurance products provided pursuant to this chapter are available, an applicant is eligible for a subsidy in the order in which the applicant’s application is received.
Cal. FAC § 56134.75 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 56134.75
Section 56134.75
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Part 2 (commencing with Section 307) of the Code of Civil Procedure is applicable to, and constitutes the rules of practice in, the proceedings that are mentioned in this chapter except as insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 23571 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 6.5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 23571
Section 23571
Status: in_force

An action to determine the validity of an assessment may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. HSC § 1399.835 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 11.7 / Section 1399.835
Section 1399.835
Status: in_force

On or before July 1, 2011, the director may issue guidance to health plans regarding compliance with this article and that guidance shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The guidance shall only be effective until the director and the Insurance Commissioner adopt joint regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
Cal. MVC § 14 — California Code / Code mvc / Section 14
Section 14
Status: in_force

“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
Cal. HSC § 1399.83 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 11.1 / Section 1399.83
Section 1399.83
Status: in_force

(a) A domestic or foreign CO-OP licensed as a health care service plan pursuant to this article shall be subject to all of the provisions of this chapter and all applicable rules and regulations of the director, including, but not limited to, the general provisions governing the issuance of a license in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1349), the operation and renewal provisions in Article 6 (commencing with Section 1375), and the financial responsibility requirements in Article 9 (commencing with Section 1300.75) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 28 of the California Code of Regulations.

(b) In compliance with Section 1322(c)(5) of PPACA (42 U.S.C. Sec. 18042(c)(5)), and any rules or regulations issued under that section, a domestic or foreign CO-OP licensed as a health care service plan shall be subject to any state laws that do not prevent the application of requirements under PPACA.
Cal. FIN § 18235 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 18235
Section 18235
Status: in_force

An industrial loan company shall not take any note, promise to pay, or security agreement that does not accurately disclose the actual amount of the loan, the time for which it is made, and the agreed rate of charge, nor any instrument in which blanks are left to be filled in after execution.
Cal. BPC § 7139.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 8.5 / Section 7139.6
Section 7139.6
Status: in_force

(a) The grants issued pursuant to Sections 7139.3 and 7139.5 may be used for all of the following:

(1) Instructional materials and support, equipment, curriculum development, and delivery.

(2) Support and development of outreach, continuing education, and cooperative education or internship programs.

(3) Administrative and clerical support positions.

(4) Faculty recruitment and development, to include support for postgraduate work leading to advanced degrees, visiting lecturer compensation and expenses, teaching assistant positions, and faculty positions.

(b) Grant moneys may also be used to support general classroom and laboratory operating expenses and related administrative supplies, including, but not limited to, reference materials, testing equipment, and equipment maintenance. The list of support items in this subdivision and subdivision (a) are intended to be descriptive rather than limiting. “Support” does not include faculty salary supplements.
Cal. WAT § 12885.7 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 12885.7
Section 12885.7
Status: in_force

Loans may be made for all or any part of the cost of the preparation of proposed feasibility reports on proposed projects, but in no event shall any such loan be in an amount which is greater than the portion of the cost of the preparation of the proposed feasibility report which the department finds to be beyond the reasonable ability of the public agency to finance from other sources. Such loans shall be repayable over a period not to exceed 10 years.
Cal. PUC § 107013 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 18 / Chapter 4 / Section 107013
Section 107013
Status: in_force

A majority of the board or of a standing committee entitled to vote constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. All official acts of the board or a standing subcommittee of the board require the affirmative vote of a majority of the board or committee members present.
Cal. WAT § 13897.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 10.7 / Section 13897.1
Section 13897.1
Status: in_force

As much of the moneys in the fund as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 11491 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 8 / Section 11491
Section 11491
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to extend or change decisional law as it relates to the topic of search and seizure.
Cal. PROB § 600 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 1 / Section 600
Section 600
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that the common law rules governing powers of appointment are modified by statute, the common law as to powers of appointment is the law of this state.
Cal. PRC § 5783.9 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 5783.9
Section 5783.9
Status: in_force

In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the board of directors may be elected or appointed by the city councils in which the district is located. If the board of directors is appointed, the city councils shall appoint directors according to the proportionate share of population of that portion of each city within the district, provided that each city council shall appoint at least one director. The city council may appoint one or more of its own members to the district board.
Cal. PRC § 5096.112 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.68 / Section 5096.112
Section 5096.112
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(a) It is the responsibility of this state to provide and to encourage the provision of recreational opportunities for the citizens of California.

(b) It is the policy of the state to preserve, protect, and, where possible, to restore coastal resources which are of significant recreational or environmental importance for the enjoyment of present and future generations of persons of all income levels, all ages, and all social groups.

(c) When there is proper planning and development, parks, beaches, recreation areas and recreational facilities, and historical resources preservation projects contribute not only to a healthy physical and moral environment, but also contribute to the economic betterment of the state, and, therefore, it is in the public interest for the state to acquire, develop, and restore areas for recreation, conservation, and preservation and to aid local governments of the state in acquiring, developing, and restoring such areas as will contribute to the realization of the policy declared in this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 33500 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 33500
Section 33500
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 33501, an action may be brought to review the validity of the adoption or amendment of a redevelopment plan at any time within 90 days after the date of the adoption of the ordinance adopting or amending the plan, if the adoption of the ordinance occurred prior to January 1, 2011.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 33501, an action may be brought to review the validity of any findings or determinations by the agency or the legislative body at any time within 90 days after the date on which the agency or the legislative body made those findings or determinations, if the findings or determinations occurred prior to January 1, 2011.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 33501, an action may be brought to review the validity of the adoption or amendment of a redevelopment plan at any time within two years after the date of the adoption of the ordinance adopting or amending the plan, if the adoption of the ordinance occurred after January 1, 2011.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 33501, an action may be brought to review the validity of any findings or determinations by the agency or the legislative body at any time within two years after the date on which the agency or the legislative body made those findings or determinations, if the findings or determinations occurred after January 1, 2011.

(e) The time limit for bringing an action under subdivision (c) or (d) shall be tolled with respect to the adoptions, findings, and determinations of any former redevelopment agency or its legislative body until the Department of Finance has issued a finding of completion to the successor agency of that former redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 34179.7. Subdivisions (c) and (d) shall not apply to any adoption, finding, or determination of any former redevelopment agency or its legislative body after the department has issued a finding of completion to the successor agency of that former redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 34179.7.
Cal. SHC § 2824 — California Code / Code shc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Section 2824
Section 2824
Status: in_force

The legislative body shall cause a written report upon the proposed improvement or acquisition to be prepared for it. The legislative body of a county may require the county surveyor or the county road commissioner to procure the required information and prepare the report, and the legislative body of a city may require the city engineer or the superintendent of streets to procure the required information and prepare the report. In lieu of the county surveyor, county road commissioner, city engineer or superintendent of streets, the legislative body of the city or county may employ any competent person to procure such information and prepare the report. The person required to prepare the report shall complete and file the same with the legislative body within one year from the date such person is directed to prepare the report.
Cal. INS § 10755.16 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 8.02 / Article 2 / Section 10755.16
Section 10755.16
Status: in_force

In connection with the renewal of any grandfathered health benefit plan to small employers:

Each carrier shall make a reasonable disclosure, as part of its solicitation and sales materials, of the following:

(a) The extent to which the premium rates for a specified small employer are established or adjusted in part based upon the actual or expected variation in claims costs of the employees and dependents of the small employer.

(b) The provisions concerning the carrier’s ability to change premium rates and the factors other than claim experience which affect changes in premium rates.

(c) Provisions relating to the guaranteed issue of policies and contracts.

(d) Provisions relating to the prohibition of any preexisting condition provision.

(e) Provisions relating to the small employer’s right to apply for any nongrandfathered health benefit plan written, issued, or administered by the carrier, at the time of application for a new health benefit plan, or at the time of renewal of a health benefit plan, consistent with the requirements of PPACA.

(f) The availability, upon request, of a listing of all the carrier’s nongrandfathered health benefit plans, offered inside or outside the California Health Benefit Exchange, including the rates for each benefit plan design.
Cal. VEH § 21949 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 5 / Section 21949
Section 21949
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the State of California that safe and convenient pedestrian travel and access, whether by foot, wheelchair, walker, or stroller, be provided to the residents of the state.

(b) In accordance with the policy declared under subdivision (a), it is the intent of the Legislature that all levels of government in the state, particularly the Department of Transportation, work to provide convenient and safe passage for pedestrians on and across all streets and highways, increase levels of walking and pedestrian travel, and reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries.
Cal. PUC § 21669.6 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 21669.6
Section 21669.6
Status: in_force

Hearings under this article required by the provisions of Sections 21666, 21668, 21668.2, and 21669, or regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions, shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. PRC § 21163.4 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 21163.4
Section 21163.4
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall notify the Speaker of the Assembly and the President pro Tempore of the Senate when the funding provided pursuant to the No Place Like Home Program (Part 3.9 (commencing with Section 5849.1) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) is fully allocated and disbursed. Notification from the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to this subdivision shall be printed in the journal of each of the respective houses of the Legislature.

(2) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall post a copy of the notification provided pursuant to this subdivision on its internet website.

(b) This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1 of the year following notification from the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to subdivision (a), and as of that date is repealed.