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Cal. ELEC § 13217 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 13217
Section 13217
Status: in_force

(a) The number on each ballot shall be the same as that on the corresponding stub, and the ballots and stubs shall be numbered consecutively in each county, or the ballots and stubs may be numbered consecutively within each combination of congressional, senatorial, and Assembly districts in each county. In a partisan primary election, the sequence of numbers on the official ballots and stubs for each party within each county, or within each political subdivision in each county, shall begin with the number 1.

(b) In counties using vote centers, ballots may be serialized in the way that best promotes ballot accounting and with the greatest economic efficiency for the county.
Cal. BPC § 22455 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 20 / Section 22455
Section 22455
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a bond of five thousand dollars ($5,000) which is executed by a corporate surety qualified to do business in this state and conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all laws governing the transmittal of confidential documentary information under the code sections specified in Section 22450. The total aggregate liability on the bond shall be limited to five thousand dollars ($5,000). The bond may be terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 995.440 and Article 13 (commencing with Section 996.310) of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(1) The county clerk shall, upon filing the bond, deliver the bond forthwith to the county recorder for recording. The recording fee specified in Section 27361 of the Government Code shall be paid by the registered professional photocopier. The fee may be paid to the county clerk, who shall transmit it to the recorder.

(2) The fee for filing, canceling, revoking, or withdrawing the bond is seven dollars ($7).

(3) The county recorder shall record the bond and any notice of cancellation, revocation, or withdrawal of the bond, and shall thereafter mail the instrument, unless specified to the contrary, to the person named in the instrument and, if no person is named, to the party leaving it for recording. The recording fee specified in Section 27361 of the Government Code for the notice of cancellation, revocation, or withdrawal of the bond shall be paid to the county clerk, who shall transmit it to the county recorder.

(b) In lieu of the bond required by subdivision (a), a registrant may deposit five thousand dollars ($5,000) in cash with the county clerk.

(c) If the certificate is revoked, the bond or cash deposit shall be returned to the bonding party or depositor subject to the provisions of subdivision (d) and the right of a person to recover against the bond or cash deposit under Section 22459.

(d) The county clerk may retain a cash deposit until the expiration of three years from the date the registrant has ceased to do business, or three years from the expiration or revocation date of the registration, in order to ensure there are no outstanding claims against the deposit. A judge of a superior court may order the return of the deposit prior to the expiration of three years upon evidence satisfactory to the judge that there are no outstanding claims against the deposit.
Cal. HSC § 1373.19 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 5 / Section 1373.19
Section 1373.19
Status: in_force

Any health care service plan that includes a term that requires the parties to submit to binding arbitration shall, for those cases or disputes for which the total amount of damages claimed is two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) or less, provide for selection by the parties of a single neutral arbitrator who shall have no jurisdiction to award more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). This provision shall not be subject to waiver, except that nothing in this section shall prevent the parties to an arbitration from agreeing in writing, after a case or dispute has arisen and a request for arbitration has been submitted, to use a tripartite arbitration panel that includes two party-appointed arbitrators or a panel of three neutral arbitrators, or another multiple arbitrator system mutually agreeable to the parties. The agreement shall clearly indicate, in boldface type, that “A case or dispute subject to binding arbitration has arisen between the parties and we mutually agree to waive the requirement that cases or disputes for which the total amount of damages claimed is two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) or less be adjudicated by a single neutral arbitrator.” If the parties agree to waive the requirement to use a single neutral arbitrator, the enrollee or subscriber shall have three business days to rescind the agreement. If the agreement is also signed by counsel of the enrollee or subscriber, the agreement shall be immediately binding and may not be rescinded. If the parties are unable to agree on the selection of a neutral arbitrator, and the plan does not use a professional dispute resolution organization independent of the plan that has a procedure for a rapid selection or default appointment of a neutral arbitrator, the method provided in Section 1281.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure may be utilized.
Cal. PROB § 1895 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 1895
Section 1895
Status: in_force

(a) The conservatee, the spouse, the domestic partner, a relative, or a friend of the conservatee, the conservator, or any other interested person may appear at the hearing to support or oppose the petition.

(b) Except where the conservatee is absent from the hearing and is not required to attend the hearing under the provisions of Section 1893 and any showing required by Section 1893 has been made, the court shall inform, before granting the petition, the conservatee of all of the following:

(1) The nature and purpose of the proceeding.

(2) The nature and effect on the conservatee’s basic rights of the order requested.

(3) The conservatee has the right to oppose the petition, to be represented by legal counsel if the conservatee so chooses, and to have legal counsel appointed by the court if not otherwise represented by legal counsel.

(c) After the court informs the conservatee of the matters listed in subdivision (b) and before granting the petition, the court shall consult the conservatee to determine the conservatee’s opinion concerning the order requested in the petition.
Cal. WIC § 14166.225 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5.2 / Section 14166.225
Section 14166.225
Status: in_force

(a) In order to implement changes in the level of funding for health care services, the director shall reduce safety net care pool payments as specified in this section.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, safety net care pool payments made to the designated public hospitals and the South Los Angeles Medical Services Preservation Fund, for services rendered on or after July 1, 2009, through and including June 30, 2010, shall be reduced by 10 percent, but in no event shall the total amount of the reduction exceed fifty-four million two-hundred thousand dollars ($54,200,000).

(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 14166.22 and any other provision of this article, the department shall increase federal claiming from the safety net care pool for the state-funded programs listed in subdivision (a) of Section 14166.22 above the amount necessary to maintain stabilization funding to private hospitals, nondesignated public hospitals, and distressed hospitals pursuant to Section 14166.20, by an amount equivalent to the reduction made pursuant to subdivision (b), but only to the extent that the state-only funded programs have sufficient costs available for the claiming of federal funds from the safety net care pool.

(2) If necessary to reach the full amount of the reduction set forth in subdivision (b), the department may increase federal claiming from the safety net care pool for the state-funded programs listed in subdivision (a) of Section 14166.22 for fiscal years prior to the 2009–10 fiscal year, but only to the extent that the state-only funded programs have sufficient costs available in fiscal years prior to the 2009–10 fiscal year that were not previously the basis for claiming federal funds.

(d) The General Fund savings generated pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be made available to the General Fund and shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section 14166.22.

(e) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement this section by means of a provider bulletin, or other similar instruction, without taking regulatory action.
Cal. CIV § 6662 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 6662
Section 6662
Status: in_force

In a condominium project the common area is not subject to partition, except as provided in Section 6656. Any conveyance, judicial sale, or other voluntary or involuntary transfer of the separate interest includes the undivided interest in the common area. Any conveyance, judicial sale, or other voluntary or involuntary transfer of the owner’s entire estate also includes the owner’s membership interest in the association.
Cal. WAT § 81300 — California Code / Code wat / Division 31 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 81300
Section 81300
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act.
Cal. PUC § 33019 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Section 33019
Section 33019
Status: in_force

In the event of conflict with any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respect to benefit districts within the district.
Cal. FAC § 61407 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 61407
Section 61407
Status: in_force

If a handler fails to pay any producer or producers in the manner that is required by this chapter, the director shall proceed forthwith to ascertain the names and addresses of all the producers that the handler has failed to pay, together with the amounts due and owing to them and each of them by the handler, and shall request all of those producers to file a verified statement of their respective claims with the director. The producer need only verify that he or she is owed an amount by the handler. The actual amount in that case may be ascertained by the director.
Cal. PRC § 5780.7 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 5780.7
Section 5780.7
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, special district, school district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application of the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Cal. SHC § 30841 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 30841
Section 30841
Status: in_force

Any person who without authority of law demands or receives compensation for the use of any bridge or ferry or sets up or keeps any road, bridge, ferry, or constructed ford for the purpose of receiving any remuneration for its use is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. BPC § 6703.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 6703.1
Section 6703.1
Status: in_force

“Supervision of the construction of engineering structures” means the periodic observation of materials and completed work to determine general compliance with plans, specifications, and design and planning concepts. However, “supervision of the construction of engineering structures” does not include responsibility for the superintendence of construction processes, site conditions, operations, equipment, personnel, or the maintenance of a safe place to work or any safety in, on, or about the site.

For purposes of this subdivision, “periodic observation” means visits by an engineer, or his or her agent, to the site of a work of improvement.
Cal. PUC § 891 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 891
Section 891
Status: in_force

(a) “Gas utility” means any public utility gas corporation or interstate pipeline as defined in this section.

(b) “Public utility gas corporation” means a public utility gas corporation as defined in Section 216.

(c) “Interstate pipeline” means any entity that owns or operates a natural gas pipeline delivering natural gas to consumers in the state and is subject to rate regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(d) Each gas utility shall notify the State Board of Equalization of its status under this section. Each person who consumes natural gas delivered by an interstate pipeline shall annually register with the State Board of Equalization. The State Board of Equalization may require any documentation that it determines to be necessary to implement this article.
Cal. WIC § 9020 — California Code / Code wic / Division 8.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 9020
Section 9020
Status: in_force

“Planning and service area” means an area specified by the department as directed by the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended.
Cal. SHC § 8161 — California Code / Code shc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 8161
Section 8161
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8117, upon the completion of the surveys referred to in Section 8160 and upon recommendation of the engineer or engineers, in which recommendation shall be included the estimate of cost of each proposed improvement, the commission by resolution duly adopted and recorded in its minutes may approve any changes in the location or locations of the projects described by the board of supervisors in its resolution of intention to form the district, as to the commission may appear reasonable and proper under the circumstances. The said resolution shall set forth the reasons for such changes or additions and the cost of each project as recommended in the engineer’s report.
Cal. HSC § 11033 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 11033
Section 11033
Status: in_force

As used in this division, except as otherwise defined, the term “isomer” includes optical and geometrical (diastereomeric) isomers.
Cal. RTC § 60709 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 31 / Chapter 11 / Section 60709
Section 60709
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Restitution orders or any other amounts imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction for criminal offenses upon a person or any other entity that are due and payable to the board may be collected by the board in any manner provided by law for collection of a delinquent diesel fuel tax liability, including, but not limited to, issuance of an order and levy under Article 4 (commencing with Section 706.070) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure in the manner provided for earnings withholding orders for taxes.

(2) Amounts imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction as an order of restitution for criminal offenses shall be treated as final and due and payable to the State of California on the date that amount is established on the records of the board.

(b) Part 31 (commencing with Section 60001) shall apply to amounts collected under this section in the same manner and with the same force and effect and to the full extent as if the language of those laws had been incorporated in full into this section, except to the extent that any provision is either inconsistent with this section or is not relevant to this section.

(c) Notwithstanding Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 60501), a refund or credit shall not be allowed for any amounts paid or payments applied under this section.

(d) Amounts authorized to be collected pursuant to this section may accrue interest at the greater of the rate applicable to the amounts being collected or the rate provided under Section 6591.5 from and after the date the amounts are established on the records of the board.

(e) Amounts authorized to be collected pursuant to this section are not subject to any statute of limitations set forth in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60401).

(f) Notwithstanding Sections 60441 to 60445, inclusive, or Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 7150) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, any portion of the amounts authorized to be collected under this section that remain unsatisfied may be collected by the recording of a notice of state tax lien. The board may record or extend a recorded notice of state tax lien at any time until the amount due, including any accrued interest, is paid in full.

(g) This section shall apply on and after January 1, 2012, to amounts authorized to be collected pursuant to this section that are due and payable to the board before, on, or after January 1, 2012.
Cal. FIN § 18585 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 18585
Section 18585
Status: in_force

In the event of any conflict in the provisions of this chapter with the provisions of any other chapter in this division, the provisions of this chapter shall control with regard to a premium finance agency or to insurance premium financing.
Cal. VEH § 1815 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 1815
Section 1815
Status: in_force

The bond shall be to the satisfaction of the director and shall obligate the principal and sureties to compensate the officers of the department and any other person who may suffer loss or damage by reason of any failure or neglect of the principal, the principal’s agents, or employees to preserve carefully and surrender any records examined in the department and by reason of any act of the principal, the principal’s agents, or employees in respect to the loss, alteration, substitution, or mutilation of any records of the department.
Cal. PRC § 21080.9 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 2.6 / Section 21080.9
Section 21080.9
Status: in_force

This division shall not apply to activities and approvals by any local government, as defined in Section 30109, or any state university or college, as defined in Section 30119, as necessary for the preparation and adoption of a local coastal program or long-range land use development plan pursuant to Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000); provided, however, that certification of a local coastal program or long-range land use development plan by the California Coastal Commission pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 30500) of Division 20 shall be subject to the requirements of this division. For the purpose of Section 21080.5, a certified local coastal program or long-range land use development plan constitutes a plan for use in the California Coastal Commission’s regulatory program.
Cal. HSC § 12758 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 12758
Section 12758
Status: in_force

(a) If the State Fire Marshal denies an application for, or the renewal of, or revokes a flamethrowing device permit, the applicant for a flamethrowing device permit or permitholder shall be entitled to a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(b) The State Fire Marshal shall revoke a flamethrowing device permit if the permitholder does not comply with the requirements of this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this part.
Cal. FAC § 58556 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 58556
Section 58556
Status: in_force

“Cooperator” means a private or nonprofit agricultural marketing organization; a nonprofit trade association, whose members market agricultural commodities, which has demonstrated expertise in the promotion of agricultural commodities that will coordinate a foreign market development program for its members; a federal marketing order board for California produced agricultural commodities; or a state marketing order board or commission organized pursuant to this code operating in California which is actively engaged in the marketing of agricultural commodities and has entered into a project agreement with the department to contribute cash, goods, or services to a foreign market development program.
Cal. BPC § 7613.8 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 1.5 / Section 7613.8
Section 7613.8
Status: in_force

Whenever the bureau finds, after notice and hearing, that any endowment care funds have been invested in violation of the Health and Safety Code, it shall by written order mailed to the person or body in charge of the fund require the reinvestment of the funds in conformity to that code within a period which shall be not less than two years if the investment was made prior to October 1, 1949, not less than six months if the investment was made on or after October 1, 1949, and before the effective date of the amendment of this section by the 1969 Regular Session of the Legislature, and not less than 30 days if the investment is made on or after the effective date of the amendment. The period may be extended by the bureau in its discretion.