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Cal. INS § 10172 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 10172
Section 10172
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Sections 751 and 1100 of the Family Code and Section 249.5 of the Probate Code, when the proceeds of, or payments under, a life insurance policy become payable and the insurer makes payment thereof in accordance with the terms of the policy, or in accordance with the terms of any written assignment thereof if the policy has been assigned, that payment shall fully discharge the insurer from all claims under the policy unless, before that payment is made, the insurer has received, at its home office, written notice by or on behalf of some other person that the other person claims to be entitled to that payment or some interest in the policy.
Cal. BPC § 6013.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 6013.3
Section 6013.3
Status: in_force

(a) One attorney member of the board shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and one attorney member of the board shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(b) An attorney member appointed pursuant to this section shall serve for a term of four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the term. An appointed attorney member may be reappointed pursuant to this section.
Cal. BPC § 22590 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 22.3 / Section 22590
Section 22590
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, a “hosting platform” means a marketplace that is created for the primary purpose of facilitating the rental of a residential unit offered for occupancy for tourist or transient use for compensation to the offeror of that unit, and the operator of the hosting platform derives revenues, including booking fees or advertising revenues, from providing or maintaining that marketplace. “Facilitating” includes, but is not limited to, the act of allowing the offeror of the residential unit to offer or advertise the residential unit on the Internet Web site provided or maintained by the operator.
Cal. HSC § 40445.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 4 / Section 40445.5
Section 40445.5
Status: in_force

(a)  The south coast district board shall conduct hearings on the adoption and implementation of intermittent transportation controls which shall be applicable, upon order of the south coast district board, during periods in the months of June to October, inclusive, when an air pollution emergency, as defined in the Air Pollution Emergency Plan of the state board, has been called pursuant to the authority of the south coast district under Section 40444 to implement that plan.

(b)  The south coast district board shall conduct the hearings pursuant to subdivision (a) to define and designate the necessary transportation controls in cooperation with representatives of industry, transportation, and local governments in the south coast district.

(c)  The south coast district board shall incorporate its findings and determinations into the south coast district air quality management plan.
Cal. FAC § 491 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4.5 / Section 491
Section 491
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a) Consumers have an interest in being informed about the benefits and potential quantifiable risks to their health from products they consume. This information must be grounded in sound science, must use informative and effective communications, and shall be consistent with other production technologies.

(b) As new advances in biotechnology, including transgenic plants, are developed, it is important to understand the opportunities that new technologies offer to consumers, farmers, the livestock industry, food processors, and the environment, as well as to evaluate the potential risks.

(c) Under the existing regulatory framework for biotechnology, the United States Food and Drug Administration has the federal authority to assure that food and pharmaceutical development using biotechnology protects public health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to review environmental issues including bioengineered pesticides, and the United States Department of Agriculture has the responsibility to regulate the introduction of genetically modified plants into the agricultural environment. Careful review of existing oversight responsibility helps in understanding the regulatory framework governing the approval of biotechnology products and will help clarify California’s role in the endeavor.

(d) California is the leading agricultural state in the country, producing 350 commodities and farm gate revenues totaling nearly twenty-seven billion dollars ($27,000,000,000) annually, of which nearly seven billion dollars ($7,000,000,000) is exported. Support for agricultural research based in sound science, and the utilization of modern farming technologies is a key factor leading to California’s strong farm economy and its competitive edge in the world market for agricultural products.
Cal. FIN § 15450 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 15450
Section 15450
Status: in_force

Central credit unions may be organized and operated under this division. Each such credit union shall use the word “central” in its official name.
Cal. PROB § 6501 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 6501
Section 6501
Status: in_force

A petition for an order under Section 6500 may be filed by any interested person. Notice of the hearing on the petition shall be given as provided in Section 1220.
Cal. RTC § 43302 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 22 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 43302
Section 43302
Status: in_force

Every petition for redetermination shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the petition is founded. The petition may be amended to state additional grounds at any time prior to the date on which the board issues its order or decision upon the petition for redetermination.
Cal. INS § 10121.6 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10121.6
Section 10121.6
Status: in_force

(a) No policy of group disability insurance or self-insured employee welfare benefit plan which provides hospital, medical, or surgical expense benefits for employees, insureds, or policyholders and their dependents shall exclude a dependent child from eligibility or benefits solely because the dependent child does not reside with the employee, insured, or policyholder.

(b) Each policy of group disability insurance or self-insured employee welfare benefit plan which provides hospital, medical, or surgical expense benefits for employees, insureds, or policyholders and their dependents shall enroll, upon application by the employer or group administrator, a dependent child of the noncustodial parent when that parent is the employee, insured, or policyholder at any time either the parent or the person having custody of the child as defined in Section 3751.5 of the Family Code, or the local child support agency makes an application for enrollment to the employer or group administrator when a court order for medical support exists. In the case of children who are eligible for medicaid, the State Department of Health Services may also make that application.
Cal. HSC § 38591.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 25.5 / Part 7 / Section 38591.3
Section 38591.3
Status: in_force

(a) No later than January 1, 2019, the California Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the state board, shall report to the Legislature on the need for increased education, career technical education, job training, and workforce development resources or capacity to help industry, workers, and communities transition to economic and labor-market changes related to statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, pursuant to Sections 38550 and 38566, and the scoping plan, adopted pursuant to Section 38561. The California Workforce Development Board shall ensure that the report aligns, as appropriate, with California’s Unified Strategic Workforce Development Plan, developed by the California Workforce Development Board. The California Workforce Development Board and the state board shall work in consultation with all of the following:

(1) State Department of Education.

(2) California Community Colleges.

(3) Trustees of the California State University.

(4) Regents of the University of California.

(5) Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

(6) Interested stakeholders.

(b) The report to the Legislature shall address all of the following:

(1) Creating and retaining jobs and stimulating economic activity in the state.

(2) Imbedding workforce training and employment services in infrastructure investments so that services more directly connect to the jobs created.

(3) The use of community benefits agreements, community workforce agreements, and project labor agreements that connect workforce services and job training directly to jobs impacted or jobs created.

(4) Preparing the state’s students with relevant career technical education that responds to business and industry demands.

(5) Developing worker retraining programs to assist the existing workforce with the necessary tools to upgrade their skills.

(6) Responding to the job creation and workforce needs of the state’s new and emerging industries, including emerging technologies that will result in greater greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

(7) Developing job training programs to assist specific populations, such as at-risk youth, displaced workers, veterans, the formerly incarcerated, and others facing barriers to employment.

(8) Opportunities for community-based organizations to partner with local workforce agencies to improve the labor-market outcomes of targeted disadvantaged populations.

(9) Targeting workforce development programs and activities in disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711, and communities that are located near entities regulated by the state board pursuant to this division.

(10) Identifying and leveraging state and federal funding resources to implement the recommendations made in the report consistent with the regulatory purposes of this division.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. WAT § 1846.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 1846.5
Section 1846.5
Status: in_force

(a) An urban retail water supplier who commits any of the violations identified in subdivision (b) may be liable in an amount not to exceed the following, as applicable:

(1) If the violation occurs in a critically dry year immediately preceded by two or more consecutive below normal, dry, or critically dry years or during a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) based on drought conditions, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.

(2) For all violations other than those described in paragraph (1), one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.

(b) Liability pursuant to this section may be imposed for any of the following violations:

(1) Violation of an order issued under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 10609) of Part 2.55 of Division 6.

(2) Violation of a regulation issued under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 10609) of Part 2.55 of Division 6, if the violation occurs after November 1, 2027.

(c) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court. The Attorney General, upon the request of the board, shall petition the superior court to impose, assess, and recover those sums.

(d) Civil liability may be imposed administratively by the board pursuant to Section 1055.
Cal. HSC § 33114 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 33114
Section 33114
Status: in_force

Members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses, including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. They may receive such other compensation as the legislative body prescribes.
Cal. SHC § 9522 — California Code / Code shc / Division 11.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 9522
Section 9522
Status: in_force

The proceedings for refunding two or more issues of bonds shall follow as nearly as may be the procedure for the refunding of one issue, with the modifications and changes in the resolutions, notices, reassessment list, bonds, auditor’s report, summons, complaints, and all other proceedings as may be necessary or convenient in carrying through the proceedings, and the legislative body conducting the proceedings is hereby granted full jurisdiction, power, and authority to refund two or more issues of bonds issued under the act in one proceeding under this division and with only one issue of refunding bonds secured by all of the reassessments and to perform all acts, take all steps and proceedings, provide all notices, and do all acts and things necessary or convenient for the refunding that are not prohibited by the United States Constitution or the California Constitution.
Cal. PUC § 130234 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 130234
Section 130234
Status: in_force

In case of any great public calamity, such as an extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, or other disaster, or interruption of contracts essential to the provision of daily transit service or catastrophic failure of revenue-producing equipment or facilities, the commission may, by resolution passed by a two-thirds vote of all its members, declare and determine that public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health, or property, and thereupon proceed to expend or enter into a contract involving the expenditure of any sum needed in the emergency without observance of the provisions in this article regarding contracts, bids, advertisement, or notice.
Cal. SHC § 5410 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 18 / Section 5410
Section 5410
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to assessments represented by the issuance of bonds nor to assessments collected on the tax rolls but shall be applicable only to other cash assessments levied pursuant to this division.
Cal. HSC § 11481 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 8 / Section 11481
Section 11481
Status: repealed

[Repealed (in Sec. 9) and added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 571, Sec. 10.   (AB 1103)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Operative January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.]
(a) The panel shall, annually and in the manner determined by the panel, report to the Legislature and the Governor those research projects approved by the panel, the nature of each research project, whether it was approved under the expedited process set forth in subdivision (c) of former Section 11480.1, and where available, the conclusions of the research project.

(b) This section shall become operative January 1, 2028.

[Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 571, Sec. 9.   (AB 1103)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.   See later operative version added by Sec. 10 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 571.]
(a) The panel shall, annually and in the manner determined by the panel, report to the Legislature and the Governor those research projects approved by the panel, the nature of each research project, whether it was approved under the expedited process set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 11480.1, and where available, the conclusions of the research project.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. RTC § 1362 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 1362
Section 1362
Status: in_force

Any taxpayer having the necessary knowledge may file with the board of supervisors an affidavit, alleging that certain property has escaped taxation through the wilful failure or neglect of the assessor, and giving the best description of the property that he can.
Cal. SHC § 10415 — California Code / Code shc / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Section 10415
Section 10415
Status: in_force

At any time before the expiration of one year from the date of the sale, any property sold pursuant to this chapter may be redeemed by payment to the tax collector of the amount for which it was sold and an additional penalty at the rate of 1 percent of the amount a month until paid.
Cal. HSC § 14950 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 8 / Section 14950
Section 14950
Status: in_force

(a) This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act.

(b) As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Cigarette” means a cigarette as defined in Section 30003 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, but does not include a little cigar. “Little cigar” means any roll of tobacco wrapped in a leaf of tobacco or any substance containing tobacco and weighing not more than three pounds per thousand.

(2) “Department” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

(3) “Distributor” means a distributor as defined in Section 30011 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(4) “Manufacturer” means any of the following:

(A) An entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that the manufacturer intends to be sold in the state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer.

(B) The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States.

(C) An entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B).

(5) “Offer to sell” means to offer or agree to sell.

(6) “Package” means package as defined in Section 30015 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(7) “Quality control and quality assurance program” means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. This program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 14952 for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this part.

(8) “Repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time.

(9) “Retailer” means a person who engages in the sale of cigarettes, but not for the purpose of resale.

(10) “Sale” or “sell” means any transfer, exchange, or barter, in any manner or by any means whatever, or any agreement for these purposes. The giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes, or gifts, and the exchanging of cigarettes for any consideration other than money are considered sales.

(11) “Stamp and meter impression” means stamp and meter impression as defined in Section 30018 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(12) “Wholesaler” means a wholesaler as defined in Section 30016 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
Cal. SHC § 227 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 7.5 / Section 227
Section 227
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The neighborhood surrounding the former Cypress section of Route 880 in Oakland has suffered great and unusual hardship due to the freeway’s collapse during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and its subsequent demolition.

(2) In addition to the hardship and suffering related to the freeway disaster, the Cypress neighborhood had endured for many years the pollution, noise, and environmental degradation of having a freeway cut through the neighborhood.

(3) The Cypress neighborhood will face additional hardships related to the Cypress freeway reconstruction project for, unlike other freeway projects elsewhere, this will be the second time that residents and businesses in that neighborhood will be required to endure freeway construction-related problems, dislocations, and sacrifices.

(b) In order to alleviate a portion of those problems for residents and businesses in the Cypress neighborhood, the Legislature has enacted this article.
Cal. FAM § 9004 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 9004
Section 9004
Status: in_force

In a stepparent adoption, the form prescribed by the department for the consent of the birth parent shall contain substantially the following notice:

“Notice to the parent who gives the child for adoption: If you and your child lived together at any time as parent and child, the adoption of your child through a stepparent adoption does not affect the child’s right to inherit your property or the property of other blood relatives.”
Cal. WAT § 8797 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 8797
Section 8797
Status: in_force

Whenever application is made to the board for reapportionment, the board shall reapportion the assessment upon the tract or tracts in such manner as in their judgment will charge each of the smaller tracts with a just proportion of the assessment made upon the tract so subdivided, and with a just proportion of the delinquencies.
Cal. INS § 1758.98 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 16.7 / Section 1758.98
Section 1758.98
Status: in_force

Under the authority of the credit insurance agent license, a credit insurance agent shall not do any of the following:

(a) Offer to sell insurance except in conjunction with, and incidental to, a loan or extension of credit.

(b) Advertise, represent, or otherwise portray itself or its employees, agents, or endorsees as licensed insurers, life agents, property broker-agents, or casualty broker-agents.

(c) Pay any unlicensed person any compensation, fee, or commission dependent on the placement of insurance under the agent’s license. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit production payments or incentive payments to an endorsee.
Cal. FAC § 29415 — California Code / Code fac / Division 13 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 29415
Section 29415
Status: in_force

“Honeydew” means the dextrorotatory saccharine exudation of plants or insects, except nectareous exudations, which is gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees.
Cal. PRC § 26565 — California Code / Code prc / Division 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 26565
Section 26565
Status: in_force

At the time set for hearing objections, the legislative body shall be presented with all objections made pursuant to Section 26564. The legislative body may adjourn such hearing from time to time, but not to exceed 60 days from the date specified in the original notice.
Cal. FIN § 12300 — California Code / Code fin / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 12300
Section 12300
Status: in_force

The commissioner may make general rules and regulations and specific rulings, demands, and findings for the enforcement of this division.
Cal. FAC § 19052 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 19052
Section 19052
Status: in_force

If the director determines that any animal raised for the production of any food product is or may be carrying in its body pesticides, poisons, or other deleterious substances, including, but not limited to, veterinary biologicals, antibiotics, pesticides, and heavy metal poisons which may render any food product from such animal injurious to human health, he may order the animal held on the premises where it is found or elsewhere until he has determined that the animal may safely be released for human food purposes. The director may require the segregation of animals held under such an order.