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Cal. VEH § 21707 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 21707
Section 21707
Status: in_force

No motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle or a vehicle of a duly authorized member of a fire or police department, shall be operated within the block wherein an emergency situation responded to by any fire department vehicle exists, except that in the event the nearest intersection to the emergency is more than 300 feet therefrom, this section shall prohibit operation of vehicles only within 300 feet of the emergency, unless directed to do so by a member of the fire department or police department, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or member of the California Highway Patrol. The emergency shall be deemed to have ceased to exist when the official of the fire department in charge at the scene of the emergency shall so indicate. Officials of the fire department or police department or the Department of the California Highway Patrol who are present shall make every effort to prevent the closing off entirely of congested highway traffic passing the scene of any such emergency.
Cal. BPC § 1600 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1600
Section 1600
Status: in_force

This chapter constitutes the chapter on dentistry of the Business and Professions Code. It may be known and cited as the Dental Practice Act.

Whenever a reference is made to the Dental Practice Act by the provisions of any statute, it shall be construed as referring to the provisions of this chapter.
Cal. PRC § 25333 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 4.3 / Section 25333
Section 25333
Status: in_force

(a) In developing a strategic plan pursuant to Section 25324 or considering an application for designation pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall confer with cities and counties, federal agencies, and California Native American tribes to identify appropriate areas within their jurisdictions that may be suitable for a transmission corridor zone. The commission shall, to the extent feasible, coordinate efforts to identify long-term transmission needs of the state with the land use plans of cities, counties, federal agencies, and California Native American tribes.

(b) The commission shall not designate a transmission corridor zone within the jurisdiction of a California Native American tribe without the approval of the California Native American tribe.
Cal. BPC § 22256 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 14 / Section 22256
Section 22256
Status: in_force

(a) The superior court in and for the county in which any person acts as a tax preparer in violation of the provisions of this chapter, may, upon a petition by any person, issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining the conduct. The proceedings under this paragraph shall be governed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (12) to (18), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 22253, a person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, which offense is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both.
Cal. COM § 4202 — California Code / Code com / Division 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 4202
Section 4202
Status: in_force

(a) A collecting bank shall exercise ordinary care in all of the following:

(1) Presenting an item or sending it for presentment.

(2) Sending notice of dishonor or nonpayment or returning an item other than a documentary draft to the bank’s transferor after learning that the item has not been paid or accepted, as the case may be.

(3) Settling for an item when the bank receives final settlement.

(4) Notifying its transferor of any loss or delay in transit within a reasonable time after discovery thereof.

(b) A collecting bank exercises ordinary care under subdivision (a) by taking proper action before its midnight deadline following receipt of an item, notice, or settlement. Taking proper action within a reasonably longer time may constitute the exercise of ordinary care, but the bank has the burden of establishing timeliness.

(c) Subject to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), a bank is not liable for the insolvency, neglect, misconduct, mistake, or default of another bank or person or for loss or destruction of an item in the possession of others or in transit.
Cal. PUC § 98402 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 10 / Section 98402
Section 98402
Status: in_force

Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published. The election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
Cal. PRC § 42243 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 42243
Section 42243
Status: in_force

The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Department of General Services shall initiate programs to restore public lands that use compost, co-compost, rice straw, and chemically fixed sewage sludge and shall use those products or materials wherever possible.
Cal. BPC § 23437 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 23437
Section 23437
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no club license issued under this article shall entitle the holder to any off-sale privileges.
Cal. VEH § 4300 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 4300
Section 4300
Status: in_force

Upon application for registration of a vehicle previously registered outside this State, the application shall be certified by the applicant and shall state that the vehicle previously has been registered outside this State, the time and place of the last registration of such vehicle outside this State, the name and address of the governmental officer, agency, or authority making the registration, and such further information relative to its previous registration as may reasonably be required by the department, including the time and place of original registration, if known, and if different from the last foreign registration.
Cal. ELEC § 7650 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 7650
Section 7650
Status: in_force

In each county containing less than five Assembly districts or portions thereof, except the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee of at least 25 members shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number elected from each supervisor district shall be determined as follows:

The number of voters registered as members of the American Independent Party, as reflected in the statement of voters and their political affiliations transmitted to the Secretary of State on or before the 135th day before any primary election, shall be divided by 25. The number thus derived shall be divided into the number of American Independent Party voters registered in each supervisor district, and the integer nearest the resulting quotient shall be the number of central committee members to be elected to represent that supervisor district.
Cal. HSC § 52043 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 52043
Section 52043
Status: in_force

All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this part, whether revenues or proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds or proceeds of mortgage insurance or guarantee claims, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely for the purposes of this part. Any bank or trust company in which such moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes specified in this part, subject to the terms of the resolution authorizing the revenue bonds.
Cal. HSC § 19961 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 19961
Section 19961
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in an effort to meet the housing needs within the State of California, the private housing and construction industry has developed mass production techniques which can substantially reduce housing construction costs, and that the mass production of housing, consisting primarily of factory manufacture of dwelling units or habitable rooms thereof, presents unique problems with respect to the establishment of uniform health and safety standards and inspection procedures. The Legislature further finds and declares that by minimizing the problems of standards and inspection procedures, it is demonstrating its intention to encourage the reduction of housing construction costs and to make housing and home ownership more feasible for all residents of the state.
Cal. PROB § 4303 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 4303
Section 4303
Status: in_force

(a) A third person who acts in good faith reliance on a power of attorney is not liable to the principal or to any other person for so acting if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) The power of attorney is presented to the third person by the attorney-in-fact designated in the power of attorney.

(2) The power of attorney appears on its face to be valid.

(3) The power of attorney includes a notary public’s certificate of acknowledgment or is signed by two witnesses.

(b) Nothing in this section is intended to create an implication that a third person is liable for acting in reliance on a power of attorney under circumstances where the requirements of subdivision (a) are not satisfied. Nothing in this section affects any immunity that may otherwise exist apart from this section.
Cal. HSC § 25177 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 7 / Section 25177
Section 25177
Status: in_force

The department may report findings and results of an investigation which the department undertakes pertaining to subject matter governed by this chapter, except for trade secrets as provided in Section 25173. The department may distribute such information as it considers necessary for the protection of the public or for the protection of human health, domestic livestock, wildlife, and the environment and to ensure the best use of natural resources. The department may publish reports summarizing or containing any order of the director or any judgment or court order which has been rendered pursuant to this chapter, including the nature of the charge and its disposition.
Cal. LAB § 3865 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 3865
Section 3865
Status: in_force

Any judgment or settlement of an action as provided for in this chapter is, upon notice to the court, subject to the same lien claims of the Employment Development Department as are provided for in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4900) of Part 3, and shall be allowed by the court as it determines necessary to avoid a duplication of payment as compensation to the employee for lost earnings.
Cal. HSC § 123880 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 123880
Section 123880
Status: in_force

The department and designated agencies shall not deny eligibility or aid under the California Children’s Services Program because an otherwise eligible person is receiving treatment services under a teaching program at an accredited medical school facility or accredited school or college of podiatric medicine, whether or not all or part of the treatment services are performed by the staff at the facility, school, or college, provided that treatment services at the facility, school, or college are under the general supervision of a California Children’s Services Program panel physician and surgeon, including a family physician, and podiatrist.
Cal. FAC § 35945 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 35945
Section 35945
Status: in_force

Homogenized milk and homogenized cream shall be so labeled.
Cal. COM § 9907 — California Code / Code com / Division 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9907
Section 9907
Status: in_force

The changes to this division made by the act adding this chapter determine the priority of conflicting claims to the collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before those changes become effective and operative on January 1, 2015, this division as it existed before those changes become effective and operative determines priority.
Cal. CIV § 6850 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 6850
Section 6850
Status: in_force

(a) If an association adopts or has adopted a policy imposing any monetary penalty, including any fee, on any association member for a violation of the governing documents, including any monetary penalty relating to the activities of a guest or tenant of the member, the board shall adopt and distribute to each member, by individual notice, a schedule of the monetary penalties that may be assessed for those violations, which shall be in accordance with authorization for member discipline contained in the governing documents.

(b) Any new or revised monetary penalty that is adopted after complying with subdivision (a) may be included in a supplement that is delivered to the members individually, pursuant to Section 6553.

(c) A monetary penalty for a violation of the governing documents shall not exceed the monetary penalty stated in the schedule of monetary penalties or supplement that is in effect at the time of the violation.

(d) An association shall provide a copy of the most recently distributed schedule of monetary penalties, along with any applicable supplements to that schedule, to any member on request.
Cal. VEH § 9405 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 9405
Section 9405
Status: in_force

Agricultural water-well boring rigs are exempt from the fees provided in Section 9400.
Cal. PUC § 103244 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 103244
Section 103244
Status: in_force

The district is entitled to the benefit of any reservation or grant, in all cases, where any right has been reserved or granted to any public agency to construct or maintain roads, highways, or other crossings over any public or private lands.
Cal. RTC § 4132 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 4132
Section 4132
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) Improvements are not a parcel separate from the land on which they are situated.

(b) An undivided interest is a parcel separate from the whole assessment.

(c) A lien is the amount created by the assessment of personal property, or leasehold improvements, or possessory interests; or the amount levied against property by a taxing agency or revenue district when such amount is not determined by the application of a tax rate on a valuation of property. A lien includes any special assessment bond, or installment thereof, together with interest and charges authorized and accruing thereto. A lien also includes any charge of any nature whatsoever authorized by law to be levied against property by any taxing agency or revenue district.
Cal. BPC § 19871 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 19871
Section 19871
Status: in_force

(a) An evidentiary hearing described in Section 19870 shall be conducted in accordance with regulations of the commission and as follows:

(1) Oral evidence shall be taken only upon oath or affirmation.

(2) Each party shall have all of the following rights:

(A) To call and examine witnesses.

(B) To introduce exhibits relevant to the issues of the case.

(C) To cross-examine opposing witnesses on any matters relevant to the issues, even if the matter was not covered on direct examination.

(D) To impeach any witness, regardless of which party first called the witness to testify.

(E) To offer rebuttal evidence.

(3) If the applicant does not testify on their own behalf, the applicant may be called and examined as if under cross-examination.

(4) The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules relating to evidence and witnesses. Any relevant evidence may be considered, and is sufficient in itself to support a finding, if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule that might make improper the admission of that evidence over objection in a civil action.

(b) This section does not confer upon an applicant a right to discovery of the department’s investigative reports or to require disclosure of any document or information the disclosure of which is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of this chapter.
Cal. VEH § 10802 — California Code / Code veh / Division 4 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 10802
Section 10802
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly alters, counterfeits, defaces, destroys, disguises, falsifies, forges, obliterates, or removes vehicle identification numbers, with the intent to misrepresent the identity or prevent the identification of motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, for the purpose of sale, transfer, import, or export, is guilty of a public offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months, or two or three years, or by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, or by up to one year in the county jail, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.
Cal. WIC § 2201 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 2201
Section 2201
Status: in_force

(a) Until July 1, 2023, the committee established pursuant to Section 12824 of the Government Code shall be responsible for advising and providing recommendations related to policies, programs, and approaches that improve youth outcomes, reduce youth detention, and reduce recidivism for the population in subdivision (b) of Section 1990.

(b) The committee established pursuant to Section 12824 of the Government Code shall work directly with the Office of Youth and Community Restoration, the Division of Juvenile Justice, and shall be staffed by the California Health and Human Services Agency.
Cal. RTC § 24308.2 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 24308.2
Section 24308.2
Status: in_force

(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, gross income does not include any amount awarded as a restaurant revitalization grant pursuant to Section 9009c of Title 15 of the United States Code.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 24425, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, paragraph (2) of Section 9673 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2) shall apply, except as provided.

(2) Paragraph (2) of Section 9673 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2) is modified by substituting the phrase “provided by paragraph (1)” with “provided by this section.”

(c) The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) shall not apply to any standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, guideline, or any other guidance established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.

(d) This section shall be operative for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.
Cal. VEH § 11725 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 11725
Section 11725
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall transport or drive any motor vehicle from this state outside of the United States with the intent to register or sell such vehicle in a foreign jurisdiction, without first removing the license plates and delivering them to the department. Such person may obtain a permit from the department authorizing the operation of the unlicensed motor vehicle on the public highways of this state in order to reach such foreign jurisdiction. Failure to deliver the license plates as required by this subdivision shall be a misdemeanor.

(b) No holder of any license, or any temporary permit for such license issued under this division, shall deliver any vehicle following sale without first removing all license plates from such vehicle when it is known by the licensee that the vehicle is to be exported to a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States.
Cal. RTC § 50148 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 26 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 50148
Section 50148
Status: in_force

If a judgment made pursuant to Section 50145 is rendered for the plaintiff, the amount of the judgment shall first be credited on any fees due from the plaintiff, and the balance shall be refunded to the plaintiff.
Cal. INS § 301 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 301
Section 301
Status: in_force

A change of interest in a subject insured, after the occurrence of an injury which results in a loss, does not affect the right of the insured to indemnity for the loss.
Cal. PUC § 2837 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 7.7 / Section 2837
Section 2837
Status: in_force

Each electrical corporation’s renewable energy procurement plan, prepared and approved pursuant to Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1, shall require the utility to procure new energy storage systems that are appropriate to allow the electrical corporation to comply with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted pursuant to Section 2836. The plan shall address the acquisition and use of energy storage systems in order to achieve the following purposes:

(a) Integrate intermittent generation from eligible renewable energy resources into the reliable operation of the transmission and distribution grid.

(b) Allow intermittent generation from eligible renewable energy resources to operate at or near full capacity.

(c) Reduce the need for new fossil-fuel powered peaking generation facilities by using stored electricity to meet peak demand.

(d) Reduce purchases of electricity generation sources with higher emissions of greenhouse gases.

(e) Eliminate or reduce transmission and distribution losses, including increased losses during periods of congestion on the grid.

(f) Reduce the demand for electricity during peak periods and achieve permanent load-shifting by using thermal storage to meet air-conditioning needs.

(g) Avoid or delay investments in transmission and distribution system upgrades.

(h) Use energy storage systems to provide the ancillary services otherwise provided by fossil-fueled generating facilities.
Cal. RTC § 46028 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 46028
Section 46028
Status: in_force

“Tanker” means a self-propelled waterborne vessel, constructed or adapted for the carriage of oil in bulk or in commercial quantities as cargo.
Cal. FAC § 59235 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 21 / Section 59235
Section 59235
Status: in_force

In addition to such civil penalty, any person that knowingly exceeds any quota or allotment or marketable percentage fixed for him under any marketing order, regulation, or rule and regulation, issued by the director pursuant to such marketing order, shall forfeit to this state a sum equal to the current market value of such excess (or three times such amount, in the discretion of the court) which forfeiture may be recoverable in a civil suit which is brought in the name of this state. Any money which is recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited in accordance with Section 58937.