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Cal. PROB § 2203 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2203
Section 2203
Status: in_force

(a) If proceedings for the guardianship or conservatorship of the estate are commenced in more than one county, the guardianship or conservatorship of the estate first granted, including a temporary guardianship or conservatorship of the estate, governs and extends to all the property of the ward or conservatee within this state and the other proceeding shall be dismissed.

(b) If proceedings for the guardianship or conservatorship of the person are commenced in more than one county, the guardianship or conservatorship of the person first granted, including a temporary guardianship or conservatorship of the person, governs and the other proceeding shall be dismissed.

(c) If a proceeding for the guardianship or conservatorship of the person is commenced in one county and a proceeding for the guardianship or conservatorship of the estate is commenced in a different county, the court first granting the guardianship or conservatorship, whether of the person or of the estate, may find that it is in the best interests of the ward or conservatee that the guardianship or conservatorship of both the person and the estate be maintained in that county or in such other county as the court shall determine. Thereupon, the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding in the court of the county found by the court to be in the best interests of the ward or conservatee shall govern and shall extend to all property of the ward or conservatee within this state, and the other proceeding shall be dismissed.
Cal. BPC § 7099.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 7099.2
Section 7099.2
Status: in_force

[Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 455, Sec. 2.1.   (SB 291)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Repealed as of July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.   See later operative version added by Sec. 2.2 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 455.]
(a) The board shall promulgate regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under this article that give due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the following factors:

(1) The gravity of the violation.

(2) The good faith of the licensee or applicant for licensure being charged.

(3) The history of previous violations.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 125.9, and except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a civil penalty shall not be assessed in an amount greater than eight thousand dollars ($8,000). Notwithstanding Section 125.9, a civil penalty not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) may be assessed for a violation of Section 7110, 7114, or 7118.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.

[Repealed (in Sec. 2.1) and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 455, Sec. 2.2.   (SB 291)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.]
(a) The board shall promulgate regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under this article that give due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the following factors:

(1) The gravity of the violation.

(2) The good faith of the licensee or applicant for licensure being charged.

(3) The history of previous violations.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 125.9, and except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a civil penalty shall be assessed in an amount not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor greater than eight thousand dollars ($8,000). Notwithstanding Section 125.9, a civil penalty shall be assessed in an amount not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) nor greater than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for a violation of Section 7110, 7114, or 7118.

(2) The board may adjust all minimum civil penalties imposed by this section for inflation every five years. The adjustment shall be equivalent to the percentage, if any, that the Consumer Price Index, as determined pursuant to Section 2212 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, exceeds the Consumer Price Index at the time this subdivision goes into effect. Any increase determined under this paragraph shall be rounded as follows:

(A) In multiples of one hundred dollars ($100) for penalties greater than one hundred dollars ($100) but less than or equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(B) In multiples of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for penalties greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
Cal. LAB § 1772 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1772
Section 1772
Status: in_force

Workers employed by contractors or subcontractors in the execution of any contract for public work are deemed to be employed upon public work.
Cal. PUC § 90487 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 8 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 90487
Section 90487
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors or the city council of a municipality having territory located within the district may file a request for a hearing before the district board as to the reasonableness of any rates or charges fixed by the district and as to any proposal for fixing the location of facilities by the district. The request shall be in writing and shall state the subject matter on which a hearing is desired.
Cal. PRC § 9021 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 9021
Section 9021
Status: in_force

“District” or “soil conservation district” means a resource conservation district.
Cal. PRC § 3311 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 3311
Section 3311
Status: in_force

In those suits, a restraining order shall not be issued ex parte, and a temporary or permanent injunction issued in the proceedings shall not be refused or dissolved or stayed pending appeal upon the giving of any bond or undertaking or otherwise, but otherwise the procedure, including the procedure on appeal, shall be conformable with the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

In the proceedings, the findings of the supervisor, unless set aside, or except to the extent modified, by the director, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the unreasonable wastage of gas therein found to be occurring or threatened.
Cal. WIC § 1017 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1017
Section 1017
Status: in_force

Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or upon a sealed-bid basis, or destroyed, under the provisions of Section 1015, and before any personal property or documents are delivered to the public administrator, or sold at auction or upon a sealed-bid basis, or destroyed, under the provisions of Section 1016, of this code, notice of said intended disposition shall be posted at least 30 days prior to the disposition, in a public place at the institution where the disposition is to be made, and a copy of such notice shall be mailed to the last known address of the owner or deceased owner, at least 30 days prior to such disposition. The notice prescribed by this section need not specifically describe each item of property to be disposed of.
Cal. MVC § 469 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 469
Section 469
Status: in_force

A person who has been separated from the military service shall be subject to the jurisdiction of a lawfully appointed court-martial for trial and punishment for offenses committed during his military service.

If such person is found guilty, he shall be punished according to the Articles of War and the rules and regulations of the United States Army within the limits prescribed by this division and the Federal law for courts-martial of the National Guard.
Cal. MVC § 998.106 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 5u / Section 998.106
Section 998.106
Status: in_force

Upon request of the board, supported by a statement of its plans and projects approved by the Governor, the committee shall determine whether to issue any bonds authorized under this article in order to carry out the board’s plans and projects, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out these plans and projects progressively, and it is not necessary that all the bonds be issued or sold at any one time.
Cal. BPC § 19612 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 9.5 / Section 19612
Section 19612
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, every association which conducts a quarter horse race meeting or a harness horse race meeting shall pay a daily license fee at the rate of 0.4 percent of its daily conventional and exotic parimutuel handle.

(b) With respect to quarter horse meetings, all funds remaining from the deductions provided in Sections 19491, 19491.5, and 19610 after distribution of the license fee, shall be distributed 55 percent as commissions and 45 percent as purses. With respect to harness meetings, except for meetings conducted pursuant to Sections 19549.2 and 19549.6, the funds remaining from deductions provided in Section 19610, after distribution of the license fee, shall be distributed 59.5 percent as commissions and 40.5 percent as purses. For harness meetings conducted pursuant to Sections 19549.2 and 19549.6, the funds remaining from deductions provided in Section 19610, after distribution of the license fee, shall be distributed 50 percent as commissions and 50 percent as purses.

(c) Every association that conducted a quarter horse or Arabian horse racing meeting in the southern zone during the daytime prior to January 1, 1979, and thereafter conducts the meeting at night, shall be entitled to the following license fee adjustment:

For each 1 percent that the association’s average daily handle in the 1981 year, during the period from the commencement of the meeting to December 25, falls below its 1980 average daily handle during the same period, the amount of the license fee as set forth in subdivision (a) shall be reduced by 2 percent.

(d) Any association qualified to operate its meetings pursuant to Section 19612.6 shall be entitled to continue to distribute license fees, commissions, and purses as provided by that section.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), for every association that conducts a quarter horse meeting in the northern zone, the amount remaining after deduction of the state license fee shall be distributed between commissions and purses as agreed to by the association conducting the meeting and the organization representing the horsemen participating at the meeting. Every association conducting a quarter horse meeting in the northern zone may deduct an additional amount up to 1 percent of its conventional and exotic parimutuel pools to be distributed as commissions. The association may also deduct an additional 1 percent from the exotic parimutuel pools to be distributed as commissions and purses as agreed to by the association conducting the meeting and the organization representing the horsemen participating at the meeting.
Cal. WAT § 55501.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 55501.1
Section 55501.1
Status: in_force

Any water service standby or immediate availability charge which remains unpaid for a period of 60 or more days after the date upon which they were billed may be collected thereafter by the county as provided herein.

(a) Once a year the board shall cause to be prepared a report of delinquent fees. The board shall fix a time, date and place for hearing the report and any objections or protests thereto.

(b) The board shall cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to the landowners listed on the report not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.

(c) At the hearing the board shall hear any objections or protests of landowners liable to be assessed for delinquent fees. The board may make such revisions or corrections to the report as it deems just, after which, by resolution, the report shall be confirmed.

(d) The delinquent fees set forth in the report as confirmed shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of land and are a lien on the property for the amount of such delinquent fees. A certified copy of the confirmed report shall be filed with the county auditor for the amounts of the respective assessments against the respective parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll. The lien created attaches upon recordation, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated, of a certified copy of the resolution of confirmation. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county ad valorem property taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for such taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county ad valorem property taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the delinquency fees, as confirmed, relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.

This remedy is in addition to all other means available for collection.

If the district is governed by a board of directors, this section shall only apply to such district if the board of supervisors consents to collect the delinquent fees in the manner prescribed herein.
Cal. WAT § 11854 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 11854
Section 11854
Status: in_force

Insurance or indemnity bonds against loss of revenues may be in an amount equal to the probable revenues to be received from the use and operation of the project during any period of time that is determined upon and fixed by the department, and shall be paid for out of the revenue fund.
Cal. INS § 1703 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 1703
Section 1703
Status: in_force

Every applicant for an original license under this chapter, Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), or Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800) shall, as part of the application, endorse an authorization for disclosure to the commissioner of financial records of any fiduciary funds as defined in Section 1733, pursuant to Section 7473 of the Government Code. The authorization shall continue in force and effect for so long as the licensee continues to be licensed by the department.
Cal. VEH § 14601.8 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 4 / Section 14601.8
Section 14601.8
Status: in_force

The judge may, in his or her discretion, allow any person convicted of a violation of Section 14601 or 14601.1 to serve his or her sentence on a sufficient number of consecutive weekend days to complete the sentence.
Cal. COM § 7306 — California Code / Code com / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7306
Section 7306
Status: in_force

An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor.
Cal. HSC § 101265 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 101265
Section 101265
Status: in_force

The basic and per capita allotments shall be paid quarterly to the administrative body of each qualifying local health department. Each quarterly payment may be adjusted on a basis of the actual expenditures during the previous quarter, if the adjustment is necessary to maintain the minimum proportional relationship of state and local expenditures as outlined in Section 101255. The department shall certify the amounts to be paid to each local health department each quarter to the Controller, who shall thereupon draw the necessary warrants, and the State Treasurer shall pay to the administrative body of each local health department the certified amount. Any payments may be withheld by the department if a local health department fails to continue to meet the minimum standards established, provided that not less than 45 days’ advance notice of intention to withhold payments, and the reasons therefor, shall be given to the governing body of the local health department.
Cal. FAC § 6047.2 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 8.5 / Section 6047.2
Section 6047.2
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall govern its construction:

(a) “Board” means the Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board.

(b) “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.

(c) “Marketing season” begins July 1 of each year and ends June 30 of the next year.

(d) “Producer” means a grower, including a cooperative, of grapes in California for wine, wine vinegar, juice, concentrate, or beverage brandy.

(e) “Processor” means a processor who crushes grapes in California for wine, wine vinegar, juice, concentrate, or beverage brandy.

(f) “Person” means a producer, processor, or any other entity that holds title to grapes subject to assessment.

(g) “Purchase” means the taking by sale, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge, lien, issue or reissue, gift, or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in property. For purposes of this subdivision, “sale” shall consist of the passing of title from the seller to the buyer for a price.

(h) “Purchased grapes” means grapes grown in California, crushed by a processor for wine, wine vinegar, juice, concentrate, or beverage brandy, and purchased from a person considered a separate entity from the purchaser.

(i) “Grapes not purchased” means all other grapes grown in California and crushed by a processor for wine, wine vinegar, juice, concentrate, or beverage brandy, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Grapes grown by a person who is not considered a separate entity from the processor or who is a member of the processor cooperative.

(2) Grapes not purchased and crushed to the account of a person who retains ownership of the grapes.

(j) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.

(k) “Other designated pests and diseases” means pests and diseases designated by the secretary as provided in Section 6047.30.
Cal. PRC § 26055 — California Code / Code prc / Division 16 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 26055
Section 26055
Status: in_force

“PACE program” means a program established by an applicant that is financed by the PACE bond or a PACE assessment regardless of funding sources.
Cal. WIC § 4855 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 13 / Section 4855
Section 4855
Status: in_force

When an individual who is eligible for habilitation services under this chapter is referred to the Department of Rehabilitation for vocational rehabilitation services, including supported employment services, and is placed on a Department of Rehabilitation waiting list for vocational rehabilitation as a result of the Department of Rehabilitation’s order of selection regulations, the regional center shall authorize appropriate services for the individual pursuant to this chapter as needed until services can be provided by the vocational rehabilitation program.
Cal. FGC § 310 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 310
Section 310
Status: in_force

The commission may designate salmon spawning areas. It is unlawful to take salmon in any such spawning area, or within 250 feet of any salmon spawning station.
Cal. HSC § 116405 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 116405
Section 116405
Status: in_force

(a)  In counties with a population not exceeding 500,000 persons as shown by the 1970 federal decennial census, any public water system supplying both domestic and untreated irrigation water in separate pressurized systems that were in existence prior to January 1, 1990, and that is operated by an incorporated or unincorporated association of users, shall not require protection against backflow into the domestic water system from premises receiving both the water services and having available no other source of water, except where interconnection between the systems has taken place. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly interconnect the water services on a user’s premises without installing a backflow protection device approved by the state department.

(b)  Regulations of the state department requiring the installation of backflow protection shall not be continued to require the installation of the protection in any public water system described in subdivision (a), except as provided in that subdivision.
Cal. PRC § 5560.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 5560.1
Section 5560.1
Status: in_force

In order to protect property, improvements, and facilities of parks under its management or belonging to the district and to preserve the peace within such parks, the district board may confer, on uniformed park employees which it may designate, the authority to issue citations for misdemeanor and infraction violations of state law, city or county ordinances, or district regulations or ordinances, when the violation is committed within a district park and in the presence of the employee issuing the citation. The citations shall be issued in accordance with Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
Cal. HNC § 6352 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 2.5 / Section 6352
Section 6352
Status: in_force

Whenever the revenues of the district are, or in the opinion of the board will be insufficient to provide for the payment in full of the principal or interest on the bonds, the board may, and if the revenues in the interest fund are insufficient to meet the next ensuing fiscal year’s interest on the bonds issued and then outstanding or if the moneys in the sinking fund are insufficient to pay or provide for the payment of any bonds maturing during the next ensuing fiscal year, it shall cause a tax to be levied and collected, upon all of the taxable property in the district, sufficient to meet all sums coming due for principal and interest on the bonds during the next ensuing fiscal year and before the time for fixing the next general tax levy in the county in which the district is located.

The tax shall be levied and collected annually in the manner provided by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6360) of this part, and shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized to be levied and collected. When collected, the tax shall not be used for any purpose other than the payment of the bonds and the accruing interest thereon.
Cal. BPC § 4036.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 4036.5
Section 4036.5
Status: in_force

“Pharmacist-in-charge” means a pharmacist proposed by a pharmacy and approved by the board as the supervisor or manager responsible for ensuring the pharmacy’s compliance with all state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to the practice of pharmacy.
Cal. FAC § 59607 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 59607
Section 59607
Status: in_force

The director may appoint an attorney and shall provide for such other personnel as may be necessary and shall prescribe their duties.