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Cal. WAT § 45278 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 45278
Section 45278
Status: in_force

Except as in this part specifically provided, the provisions of this division with reference to all matters pertaining to elections shall govern bond elections.
Cal. PUC § 12871 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 7 / Section 12871
Section 12871
Status: in_force

A district may invest any surplus money in its treasury, including money in any sinking fund, in any of the following:

(a) Its own bonds, whether issued on behalf of the entire district or any special district.

(b) Treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, bills, bonds of the United States, or any other evidence of indebtedness secured by the full faith and credit of the United States.

(c) Obligations issued pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act or the National Housing Act.

(d) Treasury notes or bonds of this state, or of any public corporation, municipal corporation, public district, or political subdivision within this state which are legal as security for the deposit of public funds.

(e) Obligations issued by federal intermediate credit banks, federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives.

(f) Obligations issued or assumed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Inter-American Development Bank, or Export-Import Bank of Washington participation certificates.

(g) Banker’s acceptances of banks having total deposits of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) or more.

(h) Any securities in which savings banks in this state may legally invest their funds pursuant to Sections 1350 to 1366, inclusive, of the Financial Code; provided, that the provisions of said sections limiting the amount which a savings bank may invest in securities to a specified percent of its paid-up capital and surplus, or savings deposits, shall not apply to investments authorized by the terms of this section.
Cal. HSC § 44250 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 8 / Section 44250
Section 44250
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:

(a) Existing programs to ensure that new motor vehicles sold in California emit less pollution may not be adequate to allow attainment of ambient air quality standards. Continued use of older high-emission motor vehicles, inadequate vehicle maintenance practices, and increases in vehicle miles traveled may overwhelm the gains from more stringent standards for new motor vehicles, and defeat state and local efforts to improve air quality.

(b) Substantial additional reductions in vehicle emissions can be achieved by retrofitting existing motor vehicles, enhancing vehicle maintenance practices, and installing additional pollution control equipment on new motor vehicles operated in nonattainment areas. Existing state programs are an impediment to the use of retrofits and additional equipment to reduce vehicle emissions and should be streamlined.

(c) Information on vehicle emissions should be provided to the driving public to encourage the manufacture and purchase of clean burning vehicles, to encourage retrofits of motor vehicles to reduce emissions, to encourage the application of enhanced motor vehicle maintenance practices on a routine basis, and to encourage reductions in vehicle miles traveled.
Cal. WAT § 12699 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 12699
Section 12699
Status: in_force

The Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and the Mendocino County Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation Improvement District, or either such agency as appropriate, shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation, required by Section 201 of the act of Congress approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Congress, Second Session), will be furnished by the districts in connection with the plan of flood control adopted and authorized in Section 12698.
Cal. PUC § 99562 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 99562
Section 99562
Status: in_force

(a) No employer or employee organization shall have the right to judicial review of a unit determination except: (1) when the board in response to a petition from an employer or employee organization agrees that the case is one of special importance and joins in the request for such review; or (2) when the issue is raised as a defense to an unfair practice complaint. A board order directing an election shall not be stayed pending judicial review.

Upon receipt of a board order joining in the request for judicial review, a party to the case may petition for a writ of extraordinary relief from the unit determination decision or order.

(b) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of the board not to issue a complaint in the case, may petition for a writ of extraordinary relief from the decision or order.

(c) The petition shall be filed in the district court of appeal in the appellate district where the unit determination or unfair practice dispute occurred. The petition shall be filed within 30 days after issuance of the board’s final order, order denying reconsideration, or order joining in the request for judicial review, as applicable. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall cause notice to be served upon the board and thereafter shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding. The board shall file in the court the record of the proceeding, certified by the board, within 10 days after the clerk’s notice unless the filing period is extended by the court for good cause shown. The court shall have jurisdiction to grant to the board any temporary relief or restraining order it deems just and proper and in like manner to make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying, or setting aside the order of the board. The findings of the board with respect to questions of fact, including ultimate facts, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, are conclusive. The provisions of Title 1 (commencing with Section 1067) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to writs shall, except where specifically superseded by this article, apply to proceedings pursuant to this section.

(d) If the time to petition for extraordinary relief from a board decision has expired, the board may seek enforcement of any final decision or order in a district court of appeal or a superior court in the district where the unit determination or unfair practice case occurred. If, after hearing, the court determines that the order was issued pursuant to procedures established by the board and that the person or entity refuses to comply with the order, the court shall enforce the order by writ of mandamus. The court shall not review the merits of the order.
Cal. PRC § 45022 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 45022
Section 45022
Status: in_force

If any agency or board specified in Section 45019 receives a complaint concerning a solid waste facility or disposal site that the agency or board does not refer to another state agency pursuant to Section 45021, or if the agency or board receives this complaint referred to it by another agency or board pursuant to Section 45021, the agency or board shall either take appropriate enforcement action concerning the facility or site pursuant to this part, or refer the complaint to the Attorney General, the district attorney, the city attorney, or the county counsel, whichever is applicable, or, at the earliest feasible date, not to exceed 60 days, provide the person who filed the complaint with a written statement explaining why an enforcement action would not be appropriate.
Cal. LAB § 881 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 881
Section 881
Status: in_force

The people of the State of California find and declare the following:

(a) California has the nation’s largest population, third largest landmass, and is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, wildfires, and floods. These circumstances demand a well-trained emergency ambulance workforce.

(b) In California, private companies provide the primary emergency medical technician (EMT) and paramedic services for 74 percent of state residents. Unfortunately, catastrophes like natural disasters, active shooters, and mass casualty incidents occur far too frequently throughout the state and nation. Like all other first responders, emergency ambulance employees such as EMTs and paramedics must be adequately trained and available to respond to all types of crises and pleas for help.

(c) Private companies that employ emergency ambulance employees such as EMTs and paramedics should be required to provide compensated yearly training to prepare them to handle active shooter and mass casualty incidents, in addition to natural disasters.

(d) It takes a special type of person to be an emergency ambulance employee like an EMT or paramedic dedicated to serve, protect, and provide lifesaving services for their fellow neighbors around the clock. Emergency ambulance employees such as EMTs and paramedics often witness traumatic events. Employers should provide mental health services to emergency ambulance employees.

(e) Emergency ambulance employees such as EMTs and paramedics work hard and can be called into action at any time during their work shift to provide lifesaving care. Therefore, it is important that they receive adequate meal and rest time to remain at their peak performance.
Cal. RTC § 1610.4 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1610.4
Section 1610.4
Status: in_force

Every person who wilfully states anything which he knows to be false in any oral or written statement, not under oath, required or authorized to be made as the basis of an application to reduce any tax or assessment, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. WIC § 16501.02 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 16501.02
Section 16501.02
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Alternative care” means care and supervision of more than 24 consecutive hours, but no more than 72 consecutive hours unless the foster child’s social worker or probation officer provides prior approval.

(2) “Alternative caregiver” means a person who is at least 18 years of age and provides alternative care for a foster child in either his or her home or the home of the caregiver.

(3) “Caregiver” means any licensed or certified foster parent, approved relative caregiver, or approved nonrelative extended family member, or approved resource family.

(4) “Reasonable and prudent parent” or “reasonable and prudent parent standard” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 362.05.

(b) A caregiver may arrange for occasional alternative care of his or her foster child and allow an alternative caregiver to provide care and supervision to the foster child, unless prohibited by the foster child’s social worker or probation officer or court order.

(c) A caregiver shall use a reasonable and prudent parent standard in determining and selecting an appropriate alternative caregiver.

(d) A caregiver shall endeavor to provide an alternative caregiver with all of the following information before leaving the foster child for purposes of alternative care:

(1) Information about the foster child’s emotional, behavioral, medical, or physical conditions, if any, necessary to provide care for the foster child during the time the foster child is being supervised by the alternative caregiver.

(2) Any medication that should be administered to the foster child during the time the foster child is being supervised by the alternative caregiver.

(3) Emergency contact information that is valid during the time the foster child is being supervised by the alternative caregiver.
Cal. WIC § 14132.985 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 14132.985
Section 14132.985
Status: in_force

For services provided pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9, Section 14499.5, or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 101525) to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 101825), inclusive, of Part 4 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, the cost for services defined in Section 1370.6 of the Health and Safety Code and Sections 14087.11 and 14132.98 of this code shall be provided by state-only funds if federal financial participation is not available.
Cal. PUC § 26551 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 7 / Section 26551
Section 26551
Status: in_force

The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any city to any district shall not be contested in any action unless the action is brought within three months after the completion of the proceedings.
Cal. WIC § 9001 — California Code / Code wic / Division 8.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 9001
Section 9001
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and recognizes all of the following:

(a) Older adults constitute a fundamental resource of the state that previously has been undervalued and poorly utilized, and ways must be found to enable older adults to apply their competence, wisdom, and experience for the benefit of all Californians.

(b) There is a continuing increase in the number of older adults in proportion to the total population.

(c) Services to older adults are administered by many different agencies and departments at both the state and local level.

(d) Enhanced coordination reduces duplication, eliminates inefficiencies, and enhances service delivery for the consumer.

(e) The ability of the constantly increasing number of older adults in the state to maintain self-sufficiency and personal well-being with the dignity to which their years of labor entitle them and to realize their maximum potential as creative and productive individuals are matters of profound importance and concern for all of the people of this state.

(f) In June 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order No. N-14-19, calling for the creation of a Master Plan for Aging (MPA), which seeks to prepare local communities for the year 2030 when 10.8 million Californians—one in four residents—will be 60 years of age or older. The executive order affirms the priority of the health and well-being of older Californians and the need for policies that promote aging with dignity and independence.

(g) The state’s major demographic shift towards an older, more diverse population requires statewide systems and local structures that do all of the following:

(1) Offer, coordinate, and integrate increasingly complex social, medical, cognitive, and behavioral health supports.

(2) Respond to the needs of a growing number of older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers.

(3) Affirm the important values of race, ethnicity, language, culture, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

(h) In preparing for the aging of California’s population, the state seeks to eliminate disparities and improve access to services and supports to meet the needs of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers.

(i) It is the intent of the Legislature to reform provisions of the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act related to area agencies on aging with respect to all of the following:

(1) Geography and demographics.

(2) Governance, including area agency on aging designations and planning service area boundaries.

(3) Programs and services.

(4) Performance measures.

(5) Funding sources and capacities.

(6) Public awareness.
Cal. ELEC § 6847 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 6847
Section 6847
Status: in_force

The elected delegates may, if they desire, meet or confer prior to attending the convention to select a chairperson of the delegation and to fill any vacancies in the office of delegate or alternate.
Cal. RTC § 7057.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 7057.5
Section 7057.5
Status: in_force

(a) The board may disclose to state agencies identifying information of persons appearing on the list of the 500 largest tax delinquencies pursuant to Section 7063 for purposes of administering Section 10295.4 of the Public Contract Code. “Identifying information” means the name, social security number or taxpayer identification number, and the last known address of the persons appearing on the list of the 500 largest tax delinquencies.

(b) A state agency, and any officer, employee, or agent, or former officer, employee, or agent of a state agency, shall not disclose or use any information obtained from the board, pursuant to this section, except to administer Section 10295.4 of the Public Contract Code.
Cal. FAC § 74576 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.5 / Article 3 / Section 74576
Section 74576
Status: in_force

(a) The state is not liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter or acts of the commission are limited to the assets of the commission.

(b) No member, alternate member, or any employee or agent of the commission, is personally liable for the contracts of the commission or for errors in judgment, mistakes or other acts, either of commission or omission, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. Liability is several and not joint, and no member, alternate member, or any employee or agent of the commission is liable individually for the default, act, or omission of any other member, alternate member, or any employee or agent of the commission.
Cal. BPC § 6719 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 6719
Section 6719
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of registration.
Cal. FIN § 17010 — California Code / Code fin / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 17010
Section 17010
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall collect from the plaintiff at the time of service, the sum of two dollars ($2) for each copy of process served on him pursuant to this chapter. This sum shall be recovered by the plaintiff as part of his taxable costs, if he succeeds in the suit or proceeding.
Cal. VEH § 4150.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 4150.5
Section 4150.5
Status: in_force

Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be held by two (or more) coowners as provided in Section 682 of the Civil Code, except that:

(a) A vehicle may be registered in the names of two (or more) persons as coowners in the alternative by the use of the word “or.” A vehicle so registered in the alternative shall be deemed to be held in joint tenancy. Each coowner shall be deemed to have granted to the other coowners the absolute right to dispose of the title and interest in the vehicle. Upon the death of a coowner the interest of the decedent shall pass to the survivor as though title or interest in the vehicle was held in joint tenancy unless a contrary intention is set forth in writing upon the application for registration.

(b) A vehicle may be registered in the names of two (or more) persons as coowners in the alternative by the use of the word “or” and if declared in writing upon the application for registration by the applicants to be community property, or tenancy in common, shall grant to each coowner the absolute power to transfer the title or interest of the other coowners only during the lifetime of such coowners.

(c) A vehicle may be registered in the names of two (or more) persons as coowners in the conjunctive by the use of the word “and” and shall thereafter require the signature of each coowner or his personal representative to transfer title to the vehicle, except where title to the vehicle is set forth in joint tenancy, the signature of each coowner or his personal representative shall be required only during the lifetime of the coowners, and upon death of a coowner title shall pass to the surviving coowner.

(d) The department may adopt suitable abbreviations to appear upon the certificate of registration and certificate of ownership to designate the manner in which title to the vehicle is held if set forth by the coowners upon the application for registration.
Cal. BPC § 2737 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 2737
Section 2737
Status: in_force

An applicant for a license authorizing him to practice nursing in this State under this chapter, upon the filing of his application shall pay the fee required by this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 11963 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 11963
Section 11963
Status: in_force

Any contract entered into pursuant to this chapter for the transfer or sale of conserved or recycled water may provide for the recall of water and may include terms for that recall. Any recall provisions shall include a notice period of not less than five years unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Cal. FGC § 8598 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 19 / Section 8598
Section 8598
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 8140 or subdivision (b) of Section 8597, specimens of the following groups or species shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed for commercial purposes. Taking, possessing, or landing of any of the following species in a commercial operation is prima facie evidence that it was taken, possessed, or landed for commercial purposes:

(1) Invertebrates:

(A) Phylum Porifera—all sponges.

(B) Genus Pelagia sp.—jellyfish.

(C) Coelenterata—corals, anemones; all species.

(D) Order Gorgonacea—all gorgonians.

(E) Order Pennatulacea—all species, except Renilla kollikeri.

(F) Feather-duster worm—Eudistylia polymorpha.

(G) Fiddler crab—Uca crenulata.

(H) Umbrella crab—Cryptolithodes sitchensis.

(I) Stalked or goose barnacles—Pollicipes sp.

(J) Giant acorn barnacle—Balanus nubilus or B. aguila.

(K) Owl limpet—Lottia gigantea.

(L) Coffee bean shells—Trivia sp.

(M) Three-winged murex—Pteropurpura trialata.

(N) Vidler’s simnia—Simnia vidleri.

(O) Queen tegula—Tegula regina.

(P) Opisthobranchia (including nudibranchs)—all subclass Opisthobranchia species except:

(i) Sea hares—Aplysia californica and Aplysia vaccaria.

(ii) Hermissenda crassicornis.

(iii) Lion’s mouth—Melibe leonina.

(iv) Aeolidia papillosa.

(v) Spanish shawl—Flabellina iodinea.

(2) Vertebrates:

(A) All shark and ray eggcases.

(B) Brown smoothhound sharks—Mustelus hinlei—that are less than 18 inches in a whole condition or dressed with head and tail removed.

(C) Family Agonidae—all poachers.

(D) Wolf-eel—Anarrhichthys ocellatus.

(E) Juvenile sheephead—Semicossyphus pulcher (under six inches).

(F) Garibaldi—Hypsypops rubicundus.

(3) Live rocks.

(A) Rocks with living organisms attached, commonly called “live rocks,” shall not be taken or possessed except as provided in subparagraph (C).

(B) Rocks shall not be broken to take marine aquaria species, and any rock displaced to access any of those species shall be returned to its original position.

(C) Rocks cultured under the authority of an aquaculture registration may be possessed.

(b) No organisms may be taken, possessed, or landed for marine aquaria pet trade purposes under the terms of a marine aquaria collector’s permit in any of the following areas:

(1) On the north side of Santa Catalina Island from a line extending three nautical miles 90 degrees true from Church Rock to a line extending three nautical miles 270 degrees true from the extreme west end of the island.

(2) On the south or “back” side of Santa Catalina Island from a line extending three nautical miles 90 degrees true from Church Rock to a line extending three nautical miles 270 degrees true from the extreme west end of the island.

(3) Marine life refuges, marine reserves, ecological reserves, and state reserves.