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Cal. FAC § 11731 — California Code / Code fac / Division 6 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 11731
Section 11731
Status: in_force

“Commissioner,” as used in this article, includes the director in any county in which there is no commissioner.
Cal. SHC § 6468.6 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 6468.6
Section 6468.6
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be payable at the office of the treasurer of the city conducting the proceedings. At least 30 days prior to the first day of July of each and every year after the date of the bonds, until the bonds are paid in full, the treasurer shall mail postage prepaid to the entity whose obligation it is to levy a tax to pay the amount of principal and interest falling due each year, a notice of the amount due in the next succeeding fiscal year, the date when payments are due upon the bonds, and that payment shall be made to the city conducting the proceedings by the entity obligated to levy the tax to make the payments due thereon at least 30 days prior to the due date of any installment of principal or interest upon said bonds. Failure of the treasurer to notify the entity obligated to make payment shall not affect the obligation of the entity, whose duty it is to make such payment, to make payment thereof as required by Section 5302.5 of this code. The treasurer shall place the funds in the redemption fund for the payment of such bonds, and interest thereon, such redemption fund to be separate from all other funds and to be used solely for said purpose until the interest thereon and the bonds are paid in full.
Cal. HSC § 34377 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.5 / Section 34377
Section 34377
Status: in_force

An authority may issue bonds to provide funds to be loaned by the authority to nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)), for use by the organization to finance the acquisition, construction and rehabilitation, refinancing, or development of multifamily rental housing, including mobilehome parks that are or will be nonprofit or cooperatively owned, or both, in which residents rent spaces and either rent or own the mobilehomes occupying these spaces, to provide housing within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority in accordance with the organization’s tax-exempt purposes under that federal law. The bonds shall be issued so as to satisfy the requirements of Section 145 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. Sec. 145).
Cal. HSC § 39616.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 39616.5
Section 39616.5
Status: in_force

(a) The state board shall not adopt any regulation that excludes the importation of compliant diesel fuel by entities that do not have refineries in California.

(b) For the purposes of this section, “compliant diesel fuel” means a diesel fuel that complies with the designated equivalent limits in paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 2282 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.

(c) The state board may designate a fuel as a compliant diesel fuel if an importer demonstrates that the relevant properties of the diesel fuel to be imported are equivalent to the properties of California Air Resources Board (CARB) diesel fuel blends being certified for sale in California.

(d) For the purposes of this section, “relevant properties” include all of the following:

(1) Aromatic hydrocarbon content.

(2) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content.

(3) API gravity.

(4) Cetane number.

(5) Nitrogen content.

(6) Sulfur content.
Cal. BPC § 7652.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 3.5 / Section 7652.4
Section 7652.4
Status: in_force

(a) Every licensed cemetery broker shall have and maintain a definite place of business in this state which shall serve as his or her office for the transaction of business.

(b) No cemetery license authorizes the licensee to do business except from the location for which the cemetery license was issued.

(c) Notice in writing shall be given the bureau of change of business location of a cemetery broker, whereupon the bureau shall issue a new cemetery license for the unexpired period. The change or abandonment of business location without notification to the bureau shall automatically cancel the license theretofore issued.
Cal. LAB § 6359.4 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 6359.4
Section 6359.4
Status: in_force

(a) The State Department of Public Health shall consider a report of silicosis related to occupational exposure to artificial stone as a serious illness and shall report that case to the division within three business days of receiving the report. The report shall include, if available, the name and contact information for the worker with silicosis and the name and address of their workplace or workplaces.

(b) If the division receives a report of silicosis related to artificial stone from the State Department of Public Health, the report shall constitute a complaint from a government agency representative charging a serious violation and shall subject the employer or place of employment to the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6309 for the division to initiate an investigation within three business days.

(c) The division shall notify the State Department of Public Health of any cases of silicosis related to artificial stone identified through enforcement activities within five business days of case identification. The notification shall include, if available, the name and contact information for the worker with silicosis and the name and address of their workplace or workplaces. The division shall also share results of silica exposure assessments performed as part of its enforcement activities and the names and addresses of fabrication shops where the assessments were conducted and associated silica sampling data, including information about the composition of the slabs that were being fabricated during sampling. Silica exposure assessment results shall be shared by the division with the State Department of Public Health within 30 days of receipt of the results by the division.

(d) Information shared pursuant to this section regarding individual cases of silicosis, including personal information contained in assessment results, is confidential, shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), and shall be used by the receiving party only for surveillance, investigation, or case management. The State Department of Public Health may share confidential information with the appropriate local health officer only for the purposes of surveillance, investigation, or case management.

(e) The State Department of Public Health may share the deidentified confidential information to entities conducting scientific research, if the request for information is approved by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) for the California Health and Human Services Agency, the requesting entity provides documentation to the department that demonstrates, to the department’s satisfaction, that the entity has established the procedures and ability to maintain the confidentiality of the information, and the requesting entity has agreed, in writing, to maintain the confidentiality of the information.
Cal. WAT § 30205 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 30205
Section 30205
Status: in_force

The petition for the formation of a county water district to include all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, may be signed by either:

(a) The number of voters required by Section 30202, or

(b) Ten percent of the owners of land within the proposed district.

The provisions of this section shall apply only to the formation of a county water district in all or part of Pleasant Valley, Ventura County.

The special provisions are necessary because in the Pleasant Valley area in Ventura County much of the land is owned by persons living in the near-by communities of Oxnard, Ventura, Camarillo, and other near-by towns and many of the persons residing on the land are not the owners of the land and the owners wish to form a county water district. The owners will be the ones primarily concerned with such a district and the ones who will be supporting such a district and not the resident nonowners.
Cal. PRC § 5079.25 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.1.5 / Article 3 / Section 5079.25
Section 5079.25
Status: in_force

Money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for loans and grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to carry out the purposes of this chapter. No loan or grant shall be made except pursuant to an agreement with the office, and subject to terms and conditions approved by the commission, that ensure that the loan or grant carries out the purposes of this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 120351 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 120351
Section 120351
Status: in_force

The designated recipient for purposes of Chapter 53 (commencing with Section 5301) of Subtitle III of Title 49 of the United States Code shall be the San Diego Association of Governments, and it shall be responsible for allocating federal transit funds to eligible recipients. The board shall prepare the program of projects for transit capital and operating assistance projects in its area of jurisdiction for receipt of federal funds. The San Diego Association of Governments shall allocate the funds to the board to fund its projects. If a dispute regarding the allocation of funds arises between the board and the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, the two boards shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute. If the negotiation does not result in resolving the dispute prior to adoption of the annual regional transportation improvement program, the San Diego Association of Governments shall resolve the dispute and allocate the funds accordingly.
Cal. HSC § 104885 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 104885
Section 104885
Status: in_force

The department may request and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state or of any political subdivision thereof such assistance and data as will enable it to properly carry out its activities and effectuate the purposes set forth in this chapter. The department may also enter into any contract for services as it deems necessary with a private agency or concern upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate.
Cal. PROB § 16377 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 16377
Section 16377
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, “undistributed income” means net income received on or before the date on which an income interest ends. “Undistributed income” does not include an item of income or expense that is due or accrued, or net income that has been added or is required to be added to principal under the terms of the trust.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), when a mandatory income interest of a beneficiary ends, the fiduciary shall pay the beneficiary’s share of the undistributed income that is not disposed of under the terms of the trust to the beneficiary or, if the beneficiary does not survive the date the interest ends, to the beneficiary’s estate.

(c) If a beneficiary has an unqualified power to withdraw more than 5 percent of the value of a trust immediately before an income interest ends, both of the following shall apply:

(1) The fiduciary shall allocate to principal the undistributed income from the portion of the trust that may be withdrawn.

(2) Subdivision (b) applies only to the balance of the undistributed income.

(d) When a fiduciary’s obligation to pay a fixed annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of assets ends, the fiduciary shall prorate the final payment as required to preserve an income tax, gift tax, estate tax, or other tax benefit.
Cal. HSC § 108985.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 14.5 / Section 108985.5
Section 108985.5
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a notice of violation to a person or entity if either of the following occurs:

(1) The department’s testing of a hair relaxer product or review of a hair relaxer product’s ingredient label indicates that a hair relaxer product contains an intentionally added ingredient described in Section 108985.2.

(2) The department finds a violation of this chapter or any rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(b) A notice of violation shall indicate the nature of the violation, and may do either or both of the following:

(1) Assess an administrative or civil penalty against the person or entity.

(2) Require compliance with Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 108980) through specified methods, including requiring the person or entity to cease the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a hair relaxer product in this state.
Cal. WAT § 9475 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 9475
Section 9475
Status: in_force

The board’s request shall specify the amount of the warrant and the name of the payee thereof and upon receipt of the request the Controller shall draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer payable out of the Construction Fund of the assessment upon which the bonds are issued.
Cal. FIN § 2042 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.2 / Chapter 3 / Section 2042
Section 2042
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the fees provided in Section 2038, the commissioner shall levy an assessment each fiscal year, on a pro rata basis, on those licensees that at any time during the preceding calendar year engaged in the business of money transmission in California in an amount that is, in his or her judgment, sufficient to meet the commissioner’s expenses in administering the provisions of this division and to provide a reasonable reserve for contingencies.

(b) For licensees that sell or issue payment instruments or stored value, the amount of the annual assessment on any licensee shall not exceed the sum of the products determined by multiplying (1) increments of the aggregate face amount of payment instruments and stored value issued or sold in California by the licensee, directly or indirectly through agents, in the calendar year next preceding the date of such assessment, by (2) percentages of the base assessment rate, according to the following table:

Aggregate face amount of payment instruments and stored value sold (in millions)  Percentage of base assessment rate
First $1  100.0
Next $9  25.0
Next $40  12.5
Next $50  6.0
Next $400  3
Next $500  2
Excess over $1,000  1

The base assessment rate shall be fixed from time to time by the commissioner but shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per one thousand dollars ($1,000) face amount of payment instruments and stored value sold.

(c) For licensees receiving money for transmission, the basis of the apportionment of the assessment among the licensees assessed shall be the proportion that the total amount of money received for transmission by the licensee in California bears in relation to the total amount of money received for transmission by all licensees in California, as shown by the reports of licensees to the commissioner for the preceding calendar year. The assessment rate shall be fixed from time to time by the commissioner but shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of money received for transmission in California by the licensee.

(d) The commissioner shall notify each licensee by mail of the amount levied against it. The licensee shall pay the amount levied within 20 days. If payment is not made to the commissioner within that time, the commissioner shall assess and collect, in addition to the annual assessment, a penalty of 5 percent of the assessment for each month or part thereof that the payment is delinquent.
Cal. HSC § 34515 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 34515
Section 34515
Status: in_force

A state public body may enter into agreements with a housing authority or the Federal Government respecting action to be taken by the state public body pursuant to this chapter. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the agreements may extend over any period of time not to exceed 45 years from the end of the year in which any such project becomes available for occupancy. Such time limitation shall not apply to any agreements entered into prior to the effective date hereof.
Cal. PRC § 3494 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 3 / Section 3494
Section 3494
Status: in_force

Funds transferred from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account by this article shall be transferred by the Controller, subject to approval by the Director of Finance as to which court judgment or federal agency order is the proper source of those funds.
Cal. BPC § 23952 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 23952
Section 23952
Status: in_force

The application shall also contain a statement to the effect that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony and has not violated and will not violate or cause or permit to be violated any of the provisions of this division or any rule of the department applicable to the applicant or pertaining to the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcoholic beverages, particularly any of the provisions of Sections 25500 to 25504, inclusive, or Sections 25611 to 25615, inclusive. If the applicant cannot make this statement the application shall contain a statement of the violation, if any, or reasons which will prevent the applicant from being able to comply with the requirements with respect to the statement.
Cal. WIC § 5857 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 5857
Section 5857
Status: in_force

(a) The State Department of Mental Health shall issue a request for applications for funding for new children’s system of care programs to nonparticipating counties in each year that additional funds are provided for statewide expansion pursuant to this part.

(b) Applications shall be submitted to the department by a county mental health department with joint approval of collaborating local agencies including, but not limited to, special education, juvenile court, probation, child protective services agencies, the board of supervisors, and the mental health advisory board.

(c) Program staff from the department shall review all applications for funding for compliance with all requirements of law and the application guidelines established by the department.

(d) The department may accept letters of intent from a county in lieu of an application if moneys are not available to the county, to affirm commitment by the county to participate in the request for applications for funding process when moneys become available. Upon approval of an application by the director, a county shall be funded for an initial three-year contract period as described in Section 5854 and annually thereafter, consistent with the provisions of this part. If a county is complying with the provisions of this part, the department shall assure that the county receives an annual allocation consistent with departmental guidelines for full funding, as resources are made available.
Cal. WIC § 5005 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 5005
Section 5005
Status: in_force

Unless specifically stated, a person complained against in any petition or proceeding initiated by virtue of the provisions of this part shall not forfeit any legal right or suffer legal disability by reason of the provisions of this part.
Cal. WAT § 46000 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 46000
Section 46000
Status: in_force

A preliminary assessment is an assessment levied by the board of an equal amount upon each acre of land in the district sufficient to pay all warrants issued by the department in accordance with this division, and to defray all other expenses as estimated by the board incurred and to be incurred for the general benefit of the district up to the time of the levy of assessments provided for in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 46150) of this part, including expenses incurred prior to the organization of the district but in the judgment of the board properly incurred for the general benefit of the district.
Cal. HSC § 114192 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 114192
Section 114192
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), an adequate, protected, pressurized, potable supply of hot water and cold water shall be provided. Hot water shall be supplied at a minimum temperature of at least 120ºF measured from the faucet, unless otherwise specified in this part. The water supply shall be from a water system approved by the health officer or the local enforcement agency.

(b) Any hose used for conveying potable water shall be constructed of nontoxic materials, shall be used for no other purpose, and shall be clearly labeled as to its use. The hose shall be stored and used so as to be kept free of contamination.

(c) The potable water supply shall be protected with a backflow or back siphonage protection device when required by applicable plumbing codes. Exposed piping of a nonpotable water system shall be identified so that it is readily distinguishable from piping that carries potable water.

(d) A food facility may provide only warm water if the water supply is used only for handwashing, as required in Section 113953.
Cal. BPC § 22978 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8.6 / Chapter 3 / Section 22978
Section 22978
Status: in_force

The department shall, upon request, provide to the State Department of Public Health, the office of the Attorney General, a law enforcement agency, a local lead agency, and any agency authorized to enforce or administer state or local tobacco control laws, access to the department’s database of licenses issued to distributors and wholesalers for locations within the jurisdiction of that agency, local lead agency, or law enforcement agency. The agencies authorized by this section to access the department’s database shall access and use the department’s database only for purposes of enforcing tobacco control laws and shall adhere to all state laws, policies, and regulations pertaining to the protection of personal information and individual privacy.
Cal. FAM § 7550.5 — California Code / Code fam / Division 12 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 7550.5
Section 7550.5
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:

(a) “Combined relationship index” means the product of all tested relationship indices.

(b) “Ethnic or racial group” means, for the purpose of genetic testing, a recognized group that a person identifies as the person’s ancestry, or part of the ancestry, or that is identified by other information.

(c) “Genetic testing” means any genetic testing that complies with Section 7552.

(d) “Hypothesized genetic relationship” means an asserted genetic relationship between a person and a child.

(e) “Probability of parentage” means, for the ethnic or racial group to which a person alleged to be a parent belongs, the probability that a hypothesized genetic relationship is supported, compared to the probability that a genetic relationship is supported between the child and a random person of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship, expressed as a percentage incorporating the combined relationship index and a prior probability.

(f) “Relationship index” means a likelihood ratio that compares the probability of a genetic marker given a hypothesized genetic relationship and the probability of the genetic marker given a genetic relationship between the child and a random person of the ethnic or racial group used in the hypothesized genetic relationship.