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Cal. FAC § 6220 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 6220
Section 6220
Status: in_force

At the hearing, any owner of winegrape acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request, in writing, for the exclusion of that land or any part of that land from the proposed district upon a showing that the land or part of that land will not be benefited by the activities of the proposed district. Factors that the board of supervisors may consider in its determination to exclude shall include an affidavit from the landowner stating that the land has already been affected by phylloxera or other winegrape plant pests or diseases and the winegrape plants have been removed from the land, that more than 66 percent of the subject parcel is planted with non-vinifera-crossed rootstock, including, but not limited to, St. George, S04, 5C, or 5BB rootstock, or that the subject parcel does not have a pest or disease problem that can be controlled by the district. Any owner of winegrape acreage outside the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request in writing for inclusion of that land in the proposed district.
Cal. WAT § 39024 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39024
Section 39024
Status: in_force

“Acquire” includes construct, purchase, lease, exchange, condemn, jointly acquire when joint acquisition is permitted, and contract to acquire.
Cal. UIC § 1610 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 1610
Section 1610
Status: in_force

There is in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Employment Training Fund. There shall be deposited in or transferred to this fund all contributions collected from employers pursuant to Section 976.6. Costs incurred for the purposes specified in Section 1611 in fiscal year 1982–83 shall be reimbursed, and thereafter shall be annually appropriated by the Legislature from the Employment Training Fund.
Cal. INS § 11656.9 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 11656.9
Section 11656.9
Status: in_force

To encourage and facilitate the participation of agencies, entities or institutions, public or private, in economic opportunity programs authorized under Public Law 88-452, insurers may insure the workers’ compensation liability to enrollees of sponsoring agencies pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 4201) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code under a master policy, subject to the approval of the Insurance Commissioner.
Cal. FGC § 3852 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 3852
Section 3852
Status: in_force

The department shall provide funds to the Zoological Society of San Diego and to the Los Angeles Zoo for a condor breeding program on the grounds of each zoo.
Cal. BPC § 2746.53 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 2.5 / Section 2746.53
Section 2746.53
Status: in_force

The board may charge the applicant a fee to cover all necessary costs to implement Section 2746.51, that shall be not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for an initial application, nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for an application for renewal. The board may charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time that shall be not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
Cal. INS § 10509.941 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 12 / Section 10509.941
Section 10509.941
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to provide standards for:

(a) Identifying a deceased individual whose death may require an insurer to pay benefits or proceeds to beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of a life insurance policy, annuity contract, or retained asset account.

(b) Locating beneficiaries of a deceased individual and providing appropriate claims forms or instructions to the beneficiaries to make a claim.
Cal. CIV § 6528 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 6528
Section 6528
Status: in_force

“Association” means a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association created for the purpose of managing a common interest development.
Cal. RTC § 6478 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1.1 / Section 6478
Section 6478
Status: in_force

(a) If a failure to make a prepayment as described in Section 6477 is due to negligence or intentional disregard of this part or authorized rules and regulations, the penalty shall be 10 percent instead of 6 percent.

(b) If any part of a deficiency in prepayment is due to negligence or intentional disregard of this part or authorized rules and regulations, a penalty of 10 percent of the deficiency shall be paid.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to amounts subject to the provisions of Sections 6484, 6485, 6511, 6514, and 6591.

(d) The 10 percent negligence penalty shall become due and payable and shall be ascertained and determined in the same manner as the deficiency determination under Article 2 (commencing with Section 6481) of this chapter. The provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 6561) of this chapter shall be applicable with respect to the finality of the determination and the right to petition for redetermination.
Cal. VEH § 24617 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 24617
Section 24617
Status: in_force

(a) A transit bus may be authorized to be equipped with a yield right-of-way sign on the left rear of the bus. The yield right-of-way sign may flash simultaneously with the rear turn signal lamps, but is not required to do so. The sign may also be a static decal that is affixed to the left rear of the bus. If the sign is a flashing light-emitting diode (LED) sign, it shall be both of the following:

(1) Designed to warn a person operating a motor vehicle approaching the rear of the bus that the bus is entering traffic.

(2) Illuminated by a red flashing light when the bus is signaling in preparation for entering a traffic lane after having stopped to receive or discharge passengers.

(b) This section does not require a transit agency to install the yield right-of-way sign described in subdivision (a).

(c) This section does not relieve the driver of a transit bus from the duty to drive the bus with due regard for the safety of all persons and property. This section does not exempt the driver of a transit bus from Section 21804.

(d) This section applies only if the governing board of the transit agency approves a resolution, after a public hearing on the issue, requesting that this section be made applicable to it.

(e) A participating transit agency shall undertake a public education program to encourage motorists to yield to a transit bus when the sign specified in subdivision (a) is activated.
Cal. WIC § 4404 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.1 / Part 1 / Section 4404
Section 4404
Status: in_force

The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Developmental Services.
Cal. WIC § 13007 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.1 / Section 13007
Section 13007
Status: in_force

Each county shall report to the State Department of Social Services all necessary information in order to comply with federal and state requirements for the social services block grant.
Cal. HSC § 1736.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 1736.4
Section 1736.4
Status: in_force

(a)  The state department shall investigate complaints concerning misconduct by certified home health aides and may take disciplinary action pursuant to Section 1736.5.

(b)  The department shall maintain a registry that includes the certification status of all certified home health aides, including the status of any proposed or completed disciplinary actions.

(c)  Home health agencies, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1727, and hospice providers, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1745, that hire certified home health aides after July 1, 1997, shall consult the state department’s registry prior to hiring these individuals or placing them in direct contact with patients.
Cal. HSC § 17975.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 1.5 / Chapter 5 / Article 2.5 / Section 17975.6
Section 17975.6
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 17975.1 and subdivision (a) of Section 17975.5, if there are fewer than 10 days between the first posting and mailing of the order to vacate and the vacation date, and if the local enforcement agency advances relocation benefits to any tenants, prior to the expiration of the 10-day period, the owner shall not be required to reimburse the local enforcement agency for a charge identified on the itemized accounting described in subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 if the owner contests the charge within 30 days after the itemized accounting is mailed to the owner or designated agent pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5. The owner or designated agent shall pay the charge that was the subject of the appeal pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 within 30 days after an adverse decision by the director of the local enforcement agency on the appeal is mailed to the owner.
Cal. VEH § 22511.3 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 9 / Section 22511.3
Section 22511.3
Status: in_force

(a) A veteran displaying special license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 may park his or her motor vehicle, weighing not more than 6,000 pounds gross weight, without charge, in a metered parking space.

(b) Nothing in this section restricts the rights of a person displaying either a special identification license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59.

(c) (1) This section does not exempt a vehicle displaying special license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 from compliance with any other state law or ordinance, including, but not limited to, vehicle height restrictions, zones that prohibit stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles, parking time limitations, street sweeping, restrictions of the parking space to a particular type of vehicle, or the parking of a vehicle that is involved in the operation of a street vending business.

(2) This section does not authorize a vehicle displaying special license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 to park in a state parking facility that is designated only for state employees.

(3) This section does not authorize a vehicle displaying special license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 to park during time periods other than the normal business hours of, or the maximum time allotted by, a state or local authority parking facility.

(4) This section does not require the state or a local authority to designate specific parking spaces for vehicles displaying special license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8.

(d) A local authority’s compliance with subdivision (a) is solely contingent upon the approval of its governing body.
Cal. PRC § 3002 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 3002
Section 3002
Status: in_force

“Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation; otherwise “division” means Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000) of the Public Resources Code.
Cal. FIN § 1282 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 8 / Section 1282
Section 1282
Status: in_force

“Subsidiaries,” with respect to a specified bank holding company, means:

(a) Any company 10 percent or more of whose voting securities are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such bank holding company;

(b) Any company a majority of whose directors are controlled in any manner by such holding company;

(c) Any company 10 percent or more of whose voting securities are held by trustees or nontrustees for the benefit of the stockholders, shareholders, or members of such holding company; or

(d) Any company 10 percent or more of the legal or beneficial ownership of which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such holding company.
Cal. UIC § 9602.5 — California Code / Code uic / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 9602.5
Section 9602.5
Status: in_force

The department shall establish, in conjunction with the Department of Social Services, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department of Education, and the Chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges, a systemwide policy of actively promoting the training of women in nontraditional occupations. For purposes of this section, “nontraditional occupations” means any job classification in which not more than 25 percent of the employees are women, according to the statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

This section is not intended, and shall not be construed, to require any local agency to make any expenditures to further the policy set forth in this section.
Cal. LAB § 98.4 — California Code / Code lab / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 98.4
Section 98.4
Status: in_force

(a) The Labor Commissioner may, upon the request of a claimant financially unable to afford counsel, represent such claimant in the de novo proceedings provided for in Section 98.2, notwithstanding whether such proceedings are held in a judicial or arbitral forum. In the event that such claimant is attempting to uphold the amount awarded by the Labor Commissioner and is not objecting to any part of the Labor Commissioner’s final order, the Labor Commissioner shall represent the claimant.

(b) A wage claimant unable to have their claim adjudicated and decided by the Labor Commissioner under Sections 98 and 98.1 as the result of entry of a court order compelling arbitration may request that the Labor Commissioner represent the claimant in the arbitral proceeding. The Labor Commissioner shall represent the claimant in the arbitral proceeding if the claimant is financially unable to afford counsel, and if the Labor Commissioner determines, upon conclusion of an informal investigation, that the claim has merit.

(c) A petition to compel arbitration of a claim that is pending under Section 98, 98.1 or 98.2 shall be served on the Labor Commissioner. Upon request of a claimant, the Labor Commissioner shall have the right to represent the claimant in proceedings to determine the enforceability of the arbitration agreement, notwithstanding whether the adjudication of the enforceability of the arbitration agreement is conducted in a judicial or arbitral forum.
Cal. BPC § 6731.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 6731.1
Section 6731.1
Status: in_force

Civil engineering also includes the practice or offer to practice, either in a public or private capacity, all of the following:

(a) Locates, relocates, establishes, reestablishes, or retraces the alignment or elevation for any of the fixed works embraced within the practice of civil engineering, as described in Section 6731.

(b) Determines the configuration or contour of the earth’s surface or the position of fixed objects above, on, or below the surface of earth by applying the principles of trigonometry or photogrammetry.

(c) Creates, prepares, or modifies electronic or computerized data in the performance of the activities described in subdivisions (a) and (b).

(d) Renders a statement regarding the accuracy of maps or measured survey data pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c).
Cal. BPC § 5670 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 5 / Section 5670
Section 5670
Status: in_force

The fact that, in the practice of landscape architecture, the holder of a license has been guilty of fraud or deceit constitutes a ground for disciplinary action.
Cal. HSC § 114368.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 11.7 / Section 114368.5
Section 114368.5
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of complete, easily readable plans drawn to scale, and specifications satisfactory to the enforcement agency, an enforcement agency may preapprove a standard plan for a standardized or mass-produced individual unit intended to serve as a compact mobile food operation.

(b) A person proposing to operate a compact mobile food operation who has acquired an individual unit for which the construction of the compact mobile food operation has been built to approved plans shall not be required to submit plans for the individual unit, but instead shall be subject to a final inspection of the compact mobile food operation to ensure that the individual unit and proposed method of operation conform to the standard plans preapproved pursuant to subdivision (a). The permit application for a compact mobile food operation utilizing a preapproved individual unit shall include a certification that the applicant has not substantially altered the individual units from the plans preapproved pursuant to subdivision (a). The enforcement agency may collect a fee in the final inspection in an amount that does not exceed the reasonable administrative costs to the enforcement agency.

(c) The repair of equipment or integral fixtures on a compact mobile food operation or the replacement of equipment and fixtures on a compact mobile food operation with substantially similar equipment or fixtures is not a remodel, and the repair or replacement of equipment or fixtures does not require the submission of plans to an enforcement agency.

(d) A local governing body may waive or reduce a fee for the permit, registration, or related services for an applicant seeking approval of a compact mobile food operation or related operations.

(e) All new and replacement food-related and utensil-related equipment for a compact mobile food operation shall be certified or classified for sanitation by an American National Standards Institute accredited certification program, or a certification program accredited by another accreditation body recognized by the enforcement agency as providing substantially similar food safety and operational standards. In the absence of an applicable certified sanitation standard, food-related and utensil-related equipment shall be evaluated for approval by the enforcement agency.

(f) All new and replacement electrical appliances for a compact mobile food operation shall meet applicable Underwriters Laboratories standards for electrical equipment as determined by an American National Standards Institute accredited certification program or a certification program accredited by another accreditation body recognized by the enforcement agency as providing substantially similar food safety and operational standards.
Cal. FIN § 1879 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 1879
Section 1879
Status: in_force

No officer, director, clerk or other employee of any corporation, and no person in any way interested or concerned in the management of its affairs, shall as individuals discount, or directly or indirectly, make any loan upon any note or other evidence of debt, which he shall know to have been offered for discount to such corporation, and to have been refused. Every person violating the provisions of this section, shall, for each offense, forfeit to the people of the state twice the amount of the loan which he shall have made.
Cal. PUC § 22851 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 22851
Section 22851
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds under this article shall be authorized, issued and sold under the provisions of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, Government Code).
Cal. WAT § 12541 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 12541
Section 12541
Status: in_force

The board may fix the compensation of the executive director.
Cal. WAT § 71163 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 71163
Section 71163
Status: in_force

Notice of the formation election shall be published once, not less than one week nor more than four weeks prior to the election, in at least one newspaper but not exceeding three newspapers, printed and published in each affected county.
Cal. FAC § 15313 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 7.5 / Article 3 / Section 15313
Section 15313
Status: in_force

The registrant of a device shall immediately notify the director of any proposed change to the device including, but not limited to, labeling composition, configuration method of application, and use of the device. The director shall determine whether the changes require the director’s approval before the changed device may be manufactured for sale, advertised, delivered or otherwise provided, offered for sale or lease, sold, leased, possessed, or used in this state. The director shall notify the registrant of this determination.
Cal. EVID § 704 — California Code / Code evid / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 704
Section 704
Status: in_force

(a) Before a juror sworn and impaneled in the trial of an action may be called to testify before the jury in that trial as a witness, he shall, in proceedings conducted by the court out of the presence and hearing of the remaining jurors, inform the parties of the information he has concerning any fact or matter about which he will be called to testify.

(b) Against the objection of a party, a juror sworn and impaneled in the trial of an action may not testify before the jury in that trial as a witness. Upon such objection, the court shall declare a mistrial and order the action assigned for trial before another jury.

(c) The calling of a juror to testify before the jury as a witness shall be deemed a consent to the granting of a motion for mistrial, and an objection to such calling of a juror shall be deemed a motion for mistrial.

(d) In the absence of objection by a party, a juror sworn and impaneled in the trial of an action may be compelled to testify in that trial as a witness.