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Cal. FAC § 5911 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 5911
Section 5911
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the citrus killing diseases, Huanglongbing, citrus leprosis, citrus variegated chlorosis, and citrus canker, and the associated vectors present a clear and present danger to California’s citrus industry, as well as to other commodities and plant life.

(b) This article is intended to establish an industry-funded program to assist in combating citrus specific diseases, vectors, and pests when found in California.

(c) This article is not intended to create new mandates or circumvent state and federal authority on citrus or other agricultural commodities.

(d) This article is not intended to establish a precedent, or to supersede or supplant in any way federal, state, or local government funding of efforts to combat citrus diseases and other pests in this state.

(e) The prevention and management of citrus diseases is a matter of public interest. The provisions of this article are enacted for the protection of the citrus industry and in the exercise of the police power of the state for the purpose of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state.

(f) The Legislature finds and declares that the California citrus industry creates one billion eight hundred million dollars ($1,800,000,000) in citrus fruit, another one billion two hundred million dollars ($1,200,000,000) in economic activity, and employs an estimated 25,000 people in the state.
Cal. PRC § 42395 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 6.6 / Section 42395
Section 42395
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, “reusable” or “refillable” or “reuse” or “refill,” in regard to propane cylinders means a cylinder that satisfies all of the following:

(1) Explicitly designed and marketed to be utilized multiple times for the same product.

(2) Designed for durability to function properly in its original condition for multiple uses.

(3) Supported by adequate infrastructure to ensure the cylinders can be conveniently and safely reused or refilled for multiple cycles.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, “propane cylinder” does not include any of the following:

(1) Cylinders that are customarily designed for use in the construction industry and, when full, contain less than 15 ounces of fuel, whether filled solely with propane or not.

(2) Cylinders that have an overall product height-to-width ratio of 3.55 to 1 or greater.

(3) Cylinders that are offered to a state or local government agency for purchase pursuant to the United States General Services Administration’s State and Local Disaster Purchasing Program, or a successor program.
Cal. BPC § 12107 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 12107
Section 12107
Status: in_force

The secretary shall establish tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring. In doing so, the secretary shall adopt, by reference, the latest standards as recommended by the National Council on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 “Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices,” except as specifically modified, amended, or rejected by regulation adopted by the secretary.

The secretary may, by regulation, establish tolerances and specifications for commercial weighing and measuring devices not included in Handbook 44.

Any regulation shall be adopted, amended, or repealed in conformity with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the rules, regulations, tolerances, specifications, or standards established under this section.
Cal. CIV § 6512 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 6512
Section 6512
Status: in_force

(a) If a provision of this act requires that a document be delivered to an association, the document shall be delivered to the person designated to receive documents on behalf of the association, in a written notice delivered by the association to members by individual delivery. If notice of this designation has not been given, the document shall be delivered to the president or secretary of the association.

(b) A document delivered pursuant to this section may be delivered by any of the following methods:

(1) First-class mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified mail, express mail, or overnight delivery by an express service carrier.

(2) By email, facsimile, or other electronic means, if the association has assented to that method of delivery.

(3) By personal delivery, if the association has assented to that method of delivery. If the association accepts a document by personal delivery it shall provide a written receipt acknowledging delivery of the document.
Cal. INS § 10127.18 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10127.18
Section 10127.18
Status: in_force

(a) On and after January 1, 2005, a health insurer issuing individual policies of health insurance that ceases to offer individual coverage in this state shall offer coverage to the policyholders who had been covered by those policies at the time of withdrawal under the same terms and conditions as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (b), subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, and subdivision (h) of Section 12682.1.

(b) The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.

(c) This section shall not apply when a plan participating in Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Access for Infants and Mothers, or any other contract between the plan and a government entity no longer contracts with the government entity to provide health coverage in the state, or a specified area of the state, nor shall this section apply when a plan ceases entirely to market, offer, and issue any and all forms of coverage in any part of this state after the effective date of this section.

(d) (1) This section shall be inoperative on January 1, 2014.

(2) If Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by Section 1501 of PPACA, is repealed or amended to no longer apply to the individual market, as defined in Section 2791 of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-91), this section shall become operative on the date of that repeal or amendment.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, “PPACA” means the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), and any rules, regulations, or guidance issued pursuant to that law.
Cal. HSC § 5041 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 5041
Section 5041
Status: in_force

The governing body shall establish rates that, beyond all reasonable doubt, will bring in sufficient money to meet the interest and principal on all outstanding bonds as they fall due, in addition to the expense of operation.
Cal. MVC § 1830 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 1830
Section 1830
Status: in_force

In enacting this chapter, the Legislature recognizes all of the following:

(a) California citizens have fought for their nation in many wars.

(b) Hundreds of Californians who served in those wars were captured by the enemy or are missing in action.

(c) Two hundred forty-three Californians who served in the Vietnam War remain unaccounted for.

(d) Nine hundred family members of Vietnam era POW/MIAs reside in California.

(e) The uncertain fate of the 2,400 American citizens still held as POWs or listed as missing in action causes their families acute hardship and pain.
Cal. PRC § 3212 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 3212
Section 3212
Status: in_force

The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as determined.
Cal. WAT § 75375 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 75375
Section 75375
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code, prescribing the manner of levying and collecting assessments and the duties of the several county officers with respect thereto, are, so far as they are applicable and not in conflict with the specific provisions of this division, hereby adopted and made a part hereof. Such officers shall be liable upon their several official bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon them by this division.
Cal. HSC § 12570 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 12570
Section 12570
Status: in_force

The State Fire Marshal may issue any license described in this part, subject to the regulations which he may adopt not inconsistent with the provisions of this part.
Cal. WAT § 6081 — California Code / Code wat / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6081
Section 6081
Status: in_force

In determining whether or not a dam or reservoir or proposed dam or reservoir constitutes or would constitute a danger to life or property, the department shall take into consideration the possibility that the dam or reservoir might be endangered by seepage, earth movement, or other conditions which exist or which might occur in any area in the vicinity of the dam or reservoir. Whenever the department deems that any such condition endangers a dam or reservoir, it shall order the owner to take such action as the department determines to be necessary to remove the resultant danger to life and property.
Cal. FAC § 554 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 554
Section 554
Status: in_force

(a) If the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program is established by the regents, the President of the University of California shall establish and appoint a Program Advisory Committee and a Technical Advisory Committee.

(b) The duties of the Program Advisory Committee shall include recommending goals and priorities for this program, including, but not limited to, reviewing the priority of grant applications.

(c) The Program Advisory Committee shall be composed of a majority of individuals representing agriculture, as well as representatives from government, public organizations, and institutions of higher education, all of whom are knowledgeable regarding the issues and practices of sustainable agriculture.

(d) The duties of the Technical Advisory Committee shall include making recommendations about the scientific merit of grant applications submitted pursuant to Section 553.

(e) The Technical Advisory Committee shall be composed of faculty and staff of the University of California and other experts from outside the university.

(f) Members of the Program Advisory Committee and Technical Advisory Committee who are not employed by the University of California shall be appointed for a period not exceeding three years and receive compensation for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties according to applicable university regulations and guidelines.
Cal. VEH § 17159 — California Code / Code veh / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 17159
Section 17159
Status: in_force

Every person who is a personal representative of a decedent who has control or possession of a motor vehicle subject to administration for the purpose of administration of an estate is, during the period of such administration, or until the vehicle has been distributed under order of the court or he has complied with the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 5602, liable and responsible for death or injury to person or property resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the operation of the motor vehicle by any person using or operating the same with the permission, express or implied, of the personal representative.
Cal. INS § 1625.57 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 1625.57
Section 1625.57
Status: in_force

“License term” for a limited lines automobile insurance agent means all of that two-year period beginning as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1625.56, as applicable, and ending the second succeeding year on the last calendar day of the month in which the initial license was issued.
Cal. PRC § 5556 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 5556
Section 5556
Status: in_force

The board may appoint, employ, or contract for the services of attorneys, consultants, advisers, and such other experts as they deem necessary, and shall authorize the appointment or employment by the general manager of such assistants, deputies, and other appointees and employees as may be deemed necessary by the board to carry out the purposes of this article, and the board shall determine the duties and compensation, or basis of compensation, of all such persons.
Cal. INS § 12976.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 12976.5
Section 12976.5
Status: in_force

(a) On and after January 1, 1994, and before January 1, 1995, every insurer whose annual taxes exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer. On and after January 1, 1995, every insurer whose annual taxes exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer. The insurer shall choose one of the acceptable methods described in Section 45 for completing the electronic funds transfer.

(b) Payment is deemed complete on the date the electronic funds transfer is initiated, if settlement to the state’s demand account occurs on or before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated. If settlement to the state’s demand account does not occur on or before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated, payment is deemed to occur on the date settlement occurs.

(c) (1) Any insurer required to remit taxes by electronic funds transfer pursuant to this section who remits those taxes by means other than an appropriate electronic funds transfer, shall be assessed a penalty in an amount equal to 10 percent of the taxes due at the time of the payment.

(2) If the department finds that an insurer’s failure to make payment by an appropriate electronic funds transfer in accordance with subdivision (a) is due to reasonable cause or circumstances beyond the insurer’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of willful neglect, that insurer shall be relieved of the penalty provided in paragraph (1).

(3) Any insurer seeking to be relieved of the penalty provided in paragraph (1) shall file with the department a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the claim for relief is based.
Cal. MVC § 1210 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1210
Section 1210
Status: in_force

Bonds of a district may be issued, sold, and the proceeds thereof expended in the exercise of any of the powers of the district or in the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter whenever two-thirds of the registered electors of the district who vote upon a proposal to issue bonds vote in favor thereof.
Cal. FAC § 59943 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 12 / Section 59943
Section 59943
Status: in_force

If any producer has authorized a handler to obtain secondary certificates and pay secondary certificate fees on behalf of the producer, or the handler has been a party to noncompliance with respect to payment for certificates or corresponding fees, the amounts unpaid constitute a personal debt of the handler.
Cal. VEH § 13351 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 13351
Section 13351
Status: in_force

(a) The department immediately shall revoke the privilege of a person to drive a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a court showing that the person has been convicted of any of the following crimes or offenses:

(1) Manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, except when convicted under paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 192 of the Penal Code.

(2) Conviction of three or more violations of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, or 23105 within a period of 12 months from the time of the first offense to the third or subsequent offense, or a combination of three or more convictions of violations within the same period.

(3) Violation of subdivision (a) of Section 191.5 or subdivision (a) of Section 192.5 of the Penal Code or of Section 2800.3 causing serious bodily injury resulting in a serious impairment of physical condition, including, but not limited to, loss of consciousness, concussion, serious bone fracture, protracted loss or impairment of function of any bodily member or organ, and serious disfigurement.

(b) The department shall not reinstate the privilege revoked under subdivision (a) until the expiration of three years after the date of revocation and until the person whose privilege was revoked gives proof of financial responsibility, as defined in Section 16430.
Cal. FIN § 50205 — California Code / Code fin / Division 20 / Chapter 4 / Section 50205
Section 50205
Status: in_force

(a) A residential mortgage lender or servicer licensee shall maintain a surety bond in accordance with this subdivision. The bond shall be used for the recovery of expenses, fines, and fees levied by the commissioner in accordance with this division or for losses or damages incurred by borrowers or consumers as the result of a licensee’s noncompliance with the requirements of this division. The bond shall be payable when the licensee fails to comply with a provision of this division and shall be in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and may be increased by order of the commissioner to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) upon a determination by the commissioner that the licensee is not in compliance with any provision of this chapter or any rule or order adopted or issued by the commissioner to implement or enforce provisions of this chapter. The bond shall be payable to the commissioner and issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state. An original surety bond, including any and all riders and endorsements executed subsequent to the effective date of the bond, shall be filed with the commissioner within 10 days of its execution.

(b) When an action is commenced on a licensee’s bond, the commissioner may require the filing of a new bond. Immediately upon the recovery of an action on the bond, the licensee shall file a new bond. Failure to file a new bond within 10 days of the recovery on a bond, or within 10 days after notification by the commissioner that a new bond is required, constitutes sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license.

(c) The commissioner may by rule require a higher bond amount for a licensee employing one or more mortgage loan originators, based on the dollar amount of residential mortgage loans originated by that licensee and any mortgage loan originators employed by that licensee. Every mortgage loan originator employed by the licensee shall be covered by the surety bond.
Cal. HSC § 52044 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 52044
Section 52044
Status: in_force

A city or county may provide for the issuance of the revenue bonds of the city or county for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds of the city or county then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premiums thereof and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase, or maturity of such bonds, and, if deemed advisable by the city or county, for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of additional residential construction.

The proceeds of revenue bonds issued pursuant to this section may, in the discretion of the city or county, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of outstanding revenue bonds, either at their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or retirement at the maturity thereof and, pending such application, that portion of the proceeds allocated for such purpose may be placed in escrow, to be applied to such purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on such date, as may be determined by the city or county. Pending use for purchase, retirement at maturity, or redemption of outstanding revenue bonds, any proceeds held in such an escrow may be invested and reinvested as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds. Any interest or other increment earned or realized on any such investment may also be applied to the payment of the outstanding revenue bonds to be refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of such proceeds and any interest or increment earned or realized from the investment thereof may be returned to the city or county to be used by it for any lawful purpose under this part. That portion of the proceeds of any revenue bonds issued pursuant to this section which is designated for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of additional residential construction may be invested and reinvested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America or in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured by obligation of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, maturing not later than the time or times when such proceeds will be needed for the purpose of paying all or any part of such cost.

All revenue bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of this part in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to this part.
Cal. BPC § 6726.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 6726.1
Section 6726.1
Status: in_force

Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be appointed by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each committee shall be composed of no more than five members.
Cal. PRC § 5808 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 5808
Section 5808
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act.
Cal. ELEC § 8107 — California Code / Code elec / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 8107
Section 8107
Status: in_force

The county elections official shall pay to the county treasurer all fees received from candidates pursuant to Section 8105. Within 10 days after the direct primary, the Secretary of State shall pay to the State Treasurer all fees received from candidates pursuant to Section 8103, which shall be deposited in the General Fund.

It is the intention of the Legislature that the funds deposited in the General Fund pursuant to this section will be used by the Secretary of State in the performance of his or her duties pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 19, to the extent that appropriations are made in the Budget Act from year to year.
Cal. FAC § 16906 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 16906
Section 16906
Status: in_force

In estimating the time of confinement pursuant to Section 16905, the period during which animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received, shall be included.
Cal. RTC § 13152 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 13152
Section 13152
Status: in_force

The money in the Insurance Tax Fund shall, upon order of the Controller, be drawn therefrom for refunds under this part or be transferred to the General Fund of the State.