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Cal. PRC § 25545.13 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 6.2 / Section 25545.13
Section 25545.13
Status: in_force

(a) A site and related facility certified under this chapter is deemed an environmental leadership development project certified by the Governor under Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 21178) of Division 13 and eligible for the procedures established under Section 21185, with no further action by the applicant or the Governor, if the commission verifies that the conditions in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 21178) of Division 13, including Sections 21183 and 21183.6, are met and prepares the record of the proceedings concurrently with its review of the application and certifies the record of proceedings within five days of certification.

(b) On and after January 1, 2026, if Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 21178) of Division 13 is inoperative or repealed, the procedures established pursuant to subdivision (c) shall apply to any action or proceeding brought to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the certification of an environmental impact report or the issuance of the certification for any site and related facility subject to this chapter, if the commission prepares the administrative record of the proceedings concurrently with its review of the application and certifies the administrative record within five days of certification.

(c) On or before December 31, 2023, the Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court to establish procedures that require actions or proceedings brought to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the certification of an environmental impact report or the issuance of the certification for any site and related facility subject to this chapter, including any potential appeals to the court of appeal or the Supreme Court, to be resolved, to the extent feasible, within 270 days of the filing of the certified administrative record with the court.
Cal. LAB § 6359.5 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 6359.5
Section 6359.5
Status: in_force

The State Department of Public Health shall conduct all of the following activities to address silicosis risk exposure in fabrication shops:

(a) Identify businesses that conduct high-exposure trigger activities.

(b) Provide outreach and education about silicosis prevention and diagnosis to workers, employers, and healthcare providers.

(c) Provide technical assistance to local health jurisdictions engaged in silicosis surveillance and prevention activities.
Cal. RTC § 46543 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 24 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 46543
Section 46543
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall prosecute any action brought pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 46541, and the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to service of summons, pleadings, proof, trials, and appeals shall apply to the proceedings.
Cal. PUC § 6 — California Code / Code puc / Section 6
Section 6
Status: in_force

Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.
Cal. RTC § 18621.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 18621.5
Section 18621.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any return, declaration, statement, or other document required to be made under this part that is filed using electronic technology shall be in a form as the Franchise Tax Board may prescribe and is not complete, and therefore not filed, unless an electronic filing declaration is signed by the taxpayer, in accordance with Section 18621 in the case of individuals, subdivision (a) of Section 18505 in the case of estates or trusts, corporations, or limited liability companies classified as corporations for California income tax purposes, subdivision (a) of Section 18633 in the case of a partnership, or Section 18633.5 in the case of limited liability companies classified as partnerships for California income tax purposes. The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe forms and instructions for requiring the electronic filing declaration to be retained by the preparer or taxpayer and may require the declaration to be furnished to the Franchise Tax Board upon request.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any return, declaration, statement, or other document otherwise required to be signed that is filed in a traditional medium and captured using electronic imaging technology shall be deemed to be a valid original document upon reproduction to paper form by the Franchise Tax Board.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, any return, declaration, statement, or other document otherwise required to be signed that is filed by the taxpayer using electronic technology in a form as required by the Franchise Tax Board shall be deemed to be a signed, valid original document, including upon reproduction to paper form by the Franchise Tax Board.

(d) “Electronic imaging technology” means a system of microphotography, optical disk, or reproduction by other technique that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document. The system may include, but is not limited to, any magnetic media or other machine readable form.

(e) “Traditional medium” means any return, declaration, statement, or other document required to be made pursuant to this article other than those made using electronic imaging technology.

(f) “Electronic technology” includes, but is not limited to, computer modem, magnetic media, optical disk, facsimile machine, or telephone.
Cal. BPC § 12518 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 12518
Section 12518
Status: in_force

A water submeter submitted to a sealer by an owner, user, or operator for inspection and testing before its initial installation that is found to be incorrect, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12500, shall be marked with the words “Out of Order,” in accordance with Section 12506, and shall be returned to a service agent only if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) The water submeter has no signs of intentional tampering by which to facilitate fraud.

(b) The water submeter is not placed into service in California.
Cal. HSC § 124960 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 4.5 / Section 124960
Section 124960
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The state has a right and duty to control the illegal use of opiate drugs.

(b) Inadequate treatment of acute and chronic pain originating from cancer or noncancerous conditions is a significant health problem.

(c) For some patients, pain management is the single most important treatment a physician can provide.

(d) A patient suffering from severe chronic intractable pain should have access to proper treatment of his or her pain.

(e) Due to the complexity of their problems, many patients suffering from severe chronic intractable pain may require referral to a physician with expertise in the treatment of severe chronic intractable pain. In some cases, severe chronic intractable pain is best treated by a team of clinicians in order to address the associated physical, psychological, social, and vocational issues.

(f) In the hands of knowledgeable, ethical, and experienced pain management practitioners, opiates administered for severe acute pain and severe chronic intractable pain can be safe.

(g) Opiates can be an accepted treatment for patients in severe chronic intractable pain who have not obtained relief from any other means of treatment.

(h) A patient suffering from severe chronic intractable pain has the option to request or reject the use of any or all modalities to relieve his or her pain.

(i) A physician treating a patient who suffers from severe chronic intractable pain may prescribe a dosage deemed medically necessary to relieve pain as long as the prescribing is in conformance with Section 2241.5 of the Business and Professions Code.

(j) A patient who suffers from severe chronic intractable pain has the option to choose opiate medication for the treatment of the severe chronic intractable pain as long as the prescribing is in conformance with Section 2241.5 of the Business and Professions Code.

(k) The patient’s physician may refuse to prescribe opiate medication for a patient who requests the treatment for severe chronic intractable pain. However, that physician shall inform the patient that there are physicians who treat severe chronic intractable pain with methods that include the use of opiates.
Cal. WAT § 14060 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 14060
Section 14060
Status: in_force

As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the purposes of this division, and may prepare recommendations with regard thereto, including the preparation of comprehensive statewide or areawide studies and reports on water reclamation and the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste under a comprehensive cooperative plan.
Cal. INS § 1040 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1040
Section 1040
Status: in_force

At any time after an order is made under section 1011 or 1016, the commissioner may remove the principal office of the person proceeded against to the City and County of San Francisco or to the city of Los Angeles. In event of such removal, the court wherein the proceeding was commenced shall, upon the application of the commissioner, direct its clerk to transmit all of the papers filed therein with such clerk to the clerk of the City and County of San Francisco or of the county of Los Angeles as the case may require. The proceeding shall thereafter be conducted in the same manner as though it had been commenced in the county to which it had been transferred.
Cal. FIN § 16529 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 16529
Section 16529
Status: in_force

(a) (1) No foreign (other nation) credit union that is licensed to maintain a representative office shall close the office unless the commissioner shall have first approved the closing.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to prohibit a foreign (other nation) credit union that is licensed to maintain a representative office from closing the office in accordance with Article 8 (commencing with Section 16800).

(b) If the commissioner finds, with respect to an application by a foreign (other nation) credit union for approval to close a representative office, that the closing of the office will not be substantially detrimental to the public convenience and advantage, the commissioner shall approve the application. If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application.

(c) Whenever an application by a foreign (other nation) credit union for approval to close a representative office has been approved and all conditions precedent to the closing have been fulfilled, the foreign (other nation) credit union may close the office and shall promptly thereafter surrender to the commissioner the license that authorized it to maintain the office.
Cal. VEH § 12950 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 12950
Section 12950
Status: in_force

(a) Every person licensed under this code shall write his or her usual signature with pen and ink in the space provided for that purpose on the license issued to him or her, immediately on receipt thereof, and the license is not valid until so signed, except that if the department issues a form of license which bears the facsimile signature of the applicant as shown upon the application, the license is valid even though not so signed.

(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), signature includes a digitized signature.
Cal. PRC § 45010 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 45010
Section 45010
Status: in_force

(a) The board and enforcement agencies shall impose civil penalties on the operators of solid waste facilities in a judicious manner and shall impose those penalties only after all reasonable efforts pursuant to Section 45010.2 have been made by enforcement agencies to provide proper notice of violations to alleged violators as well as a reasonable opportunity to bring solid waste facilities and disposal sites into compliance with this division.

(b) An enforcement agency shall not deposit funds collected through the imposition of civil penalties pursuant to this article in the General Fund of the local enforcement agency, but instead shall deposit those funds in a segregated account and use those funds exclusively for enhancing solid waste enforcement within the local enforcement agency’s jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Increasing enforcement programs.

(2) Expanding the agency’s enforcement capabilities.

(3) Bringing solid waste facilities into compliance with this division.

(4) Remediating illegal or abandoned solid waste disposal sites.

(c) Civil penalties paid to the board pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Enforcement Penalty Account, which is hereby established in the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup Trust Fund created pursuant to Section 48027. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 48027, the moneys in the Enforcement Penalty Account may be expended by the board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to enforce and implement this division.
Cal. HSC § 33775.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 33775.5
Section 33775.5
Status: in_force

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the agency may include all costs of the issuance of such revenue bonds, bond reserve funds, and bond interest estimated to accrue for a period not exceeding 12 months from the date of issuance of the bonds.
Cal. WAT § 22456 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 22456
Section 22456
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary to carry out its purposes.
Cal. PUC § 10004 — California Code / Code puc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10004
Section 10004
Status: in_force

For the purpose set forth in Sections 10002 and 10003 a municipal corporation may acquire, own, control, sell, or exchange lands, easements, licenses, and rights of every nature within or without its corporate limits, and may operate a public utility within or without the corporate limits when necessary to supply the municipality, or its inhabitants or any portion thereof, with the service desired.
Cal. HSC § 38505.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 25.5 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 38505.5
Section 38505.5
Status: in_force

(a) “District” has the same meaning as in Section 39025.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. RTC § 23044 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 23044
Section 23044
Status: in_force

“International banking facility” means a facility represented by a set of asset and liability accounts segregated on the books and records of a commercial bank, the principal office of which is located in this state, and which is incorporated and doing business under the laws of the United States or of this state, a United States branch or agency of a foreign bank, an Edge corporation organized under Section 25 (a) of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 United States Code 611-631, or an Agreement corporation having an agreement or undertaking with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 United States Code 601-604 (a), that includes only international banking facility time deposits (as defined in subsection (a)(2) of Section 204.8 of Regulation D (12 CFR Part 204), as promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and international banking facility extensions of credit (as defined in subsection (a)(3) of Section 204.8 of Regulation D).
Cal. HNC § 655.4 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 655.4
Section 655.4
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall serve as a crew member on any charter boat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any drug, or the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug.

(b) No person shall serve as a crew member on any charter boat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any drug, or under the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug, and while so serving, do any act forbidden by law, or neglect any duty imposed by law in the use of the vessel, which act or neglect proximately causes bodily injury to any person other than himself or herself.
Cal. HSC § 4613 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 4613
Section 4613
Status: in_force

A certified copy of the resolution which establishes the district shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder. Certified copies of such resolution, together with a map or plat which shows such boundaries, shall also be filed with the county assessor, the county clerk, and the State Board of Equalization. Upon such recordation in the office of the county recorder, the district is organized. No action or proceeding which contests the validity of the district or its organization shall be had or taken in any court, state or federal, unless it is commenced within 60 days from the date of the recordation of the resolution establishing the district in the office of the county recorder.
Cal. PRC § 49176 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 49176
Section 49176
Status: in_force

If bonds have been issued by the district and the proceeds of the sale have been expended and the district board, by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, determines that the public interest or necessity of the district demands the issuance of additional bonds for carrying out any of the objects of the district, the district board may again submit to the voters the question of issuing additional bonds in the same manner as for a first issue. All provisions of this chapter for the issuance and sale of bonds, and for the expenditure of proceeds, apply to the issuance of additional bonds.
Cal. WAT § 51894 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 51894
Section 51894
Status: in_force

When any assessment has been reapportioned on any parcel, the board shall cause the divisions or subdivisions and reapportionment to be properly entered or endorsed upon the assessment list, and shall file notice of all the changes with the county treasurer.
Cal. RTC § 11927 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 6.7 / Chapter 3 / Section 11927
Section 11927
Status: in_force

(a) Any tax imposed pursuant to this part shall not apply with respect to any deed, instrument, or other writing which purports to transfer, divide, or allocate community, quasi-community, or quasi-marital property assets between spouses for the purpose of effecting a division of community, quasi-community, or quasi-marital property which is required by a judgment decreeing a dissolution of the marriage or legal separation, by a judgment of nullity, or by any other judgment or order rendered pursuant to the Family Code, or by a written agreement between the spouses, executed in contemplation of any such judgment or order, whether or not the written agreement is incorporated as part of any of those judgments or orders.

(b) In order to qualify for the exemption provided in subdivision (a), the deed, instrument, or other writing shall include a written recital, signed by either spouse, stating that the deed, instrument, or other writing is entitled to the exemption.
Cal. WIC § 18983.3 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 12.5 / Article 3 / Section 18983.3
Section 18983.3
Status: in_force

In the event that more than one council per county exists, the county board of supervisors shall develop a procedure for selecting a council for funding. More than one existing council may be funded in counties with geographically distinct population centers.
Cal. LAB § 3862 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 3862
Section 3862
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an employer entitled to and who has been allowed and has perfected a lien upon the judgment or award in favor of an employee against any third party for damages occasioned to the same employer by payment of compensation, expenses of medical treatment, and any other charges under this act, may enforce payment of the lien against the third party, or, in case the damages recovered by the employee have been paid to the employee, against the employee to the extent of the lien, in the manner provided for enforcement of money judgments generally.

(b) Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3852, the employer’s claim for reimbursement shall be limited to the portion of the settlement allocated to the employer. The employer shall have no right to assert any credit or offset against future workers’ compensation benefits.
Cal. HSC § 38056 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 25.1 / Chapter 2 / Section 38056
Section 38056
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other statutes to the contrary, this division shall prevail.
Cal. PRC § 5067 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 5067
Section 5067
Status: in_force

The department may enter into, for a period not less than 20 years and not to exceed 25 years, an agreement with the Desert Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts of America for the use of a portion of Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. Any agreement so entered into shall be subject to approval by the Director of General Services pursuant to Section 11005.2 of the Government Code.