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Cal. BPC § 2426 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 19 / Section 2426
Section 2426
Status: in_force

(a) A licensee shall report to the board at the time of renewal of a license any financial interest that the licensee or a member of the licensee’s immediate family may have in a health-related facility. The report shall be made on a form provided by the board.

(b) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall apply:

(1) A “financial interest” includes, but is not limited to, any type of ownership interest, debt, loan, lease, compensation, remuneration, discount, rebate, refund, dividend, distribution, subsidy, or other form of direct or indirect payment, whether in money or otherwise, to a licensee or the licensee’s immediate family from a health-related facility.

(2) A “financial interest” also exists if there is an indirect relationship between a licensee and the health-related facility including, but not limited to, an arrangement whereby a licensee has an ownership interest in an entity that leases property to the health-related facility. Any financial interest transferred by a licensee to, or otherwise established in, any person or entity for the purpose of avoiding the reporting required by this section shall be deemed a financial interest of the licensee.

(3) A “financial interest” does not include a licensee’s ownership of corporate investment securities, including shares, bonds, or other debt instruments that are purchased from a licensed securities broker on terms that are available to the general public through a licensed securities exchange or NASDAQ, do not base profit distributions or other transfers of value on the licensee’s referral of persons to the corporation, do not have a separate class or accounting for any persons or for any licensees who may refer persons to the corporation, and are in a corporation that had, at the end of the corporation’s most recent fiscal year, total gross assets exceeding one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000).

(4) “Immediate family” includes a spouse, child, or parent of a licensee, and a spouse of a child of a licensee.

(5) “Licensee” means a physician and surgeon licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(6) A “health-related facility” shall include a facility for clinical laboratory services, radiation oncology, physical therapy, physical rehabilitation, psychometric testing, home infusion therapy, diagnostic imaging, and outpatient surgery centers. “Diagnostic imaging” shall include, but is not limited to, all X-ray, computed axial tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography, mammography, and ultrasound goods and services.

(c) The information reported to the board shall be available to government agencies and public or private payers.

(d) The board may impose appropriate sanctions, including the issuance of a citation and civil penalty under Section 125.9, against any licensee who fails to comply with this section.

(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1994.
Cal. PUC § 27471 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 10.5 / Article 6 / Section 27471
Section 27471
Status: in_force

From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special transit service district is liable for payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness then existing and payable by the special transit service district. From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the territory annexed such taxes, tolls, or charges as are necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of annexation, in addition to any other district taxes otherwise authorized in this part.
Cal. PRC § 5090.02 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.25 / Article 1 / Section 5090.02
Section 5090.02
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds all of the following:

(1) Off-highway motor vehicles are enjoying an ever-increasing popularity in California.

(2) Off-highway recreation includes both motorized recreation and motorized off-highway access to nonmotorized recreation activities.

(3) The indiscriminate and uncontrolled use of those vehicles may have a deleterious impact on the environment, wildlife habitats, native wildlife, and native flora.

(b) The Legislature hereby declares that effectively managed areas and adequate facilities for the use of off-highway vehicles and conservation and enforcement are essential for ecologically balanced recreation.

(c) Accordingly, it is the intent of the Legislature that:

(1) Existing off-highway motor vehicle recreational areas, facilities, and opportunities should be expanded and managed in a manner consistent with this chapter, in particular to maintain sustained long-term use.

(2) New off-highway motor vehicle recreational areas, facilities, and opportunities should be provided and managed pursuant to this chapter in a manner that will sustain long-term use.

(3) The department should support both motorized recreation and motorized off-highway access to nonmotorized recreation.

(4) When areas or trails or portions thereof cannot be maintained to appropriate established standards for sustained long-term use, they should be closed to use and repaired, to prevent accelerated erosion. Those areas should remain closed until they can be managed within the soil conservation standard or should be closed and restored.

(5) Prompt and effective implementation of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Program by the department and the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation should have an equal priority among other programs in the department.

(6) Off-highway motor vehicle recreation should be managed in accordance with this chapter through financial assistance to local governments and joint undertakings with agencies of the United States and with federally recognized Native American tribes.
Cal. WAT § 78505 — California Code / Code wat / Division 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 78505
Section 78505
Status: in_force

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Fund, which is hereby created.
Cal. INS § 12693.80 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 6.2 / Chapter 11 / Section 12693.80
Section 12693.80
Status: in_force

The board shall use due diligence in the creation of participation standards for the program that minimize the incentive for employers or applicants to drop or reduce dependent health coverage.
Cal. SHC § 8281 — California Code / Code shc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 8281
Section 8281
Status: in_force

The order of annexation shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of all prior proceedings leading to the annexation recited therein and upon the making of the order, the territory shall become a part of the district and shall be taxed, together with the remainder of the district, for all taxes thereafter levied by the board for the purposes of the district.
Cal. RTC § 32174 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 32174
Section 32174
Status: in_force

No tax is imposed by this part upon any wine sold or delivered in internal revenue bond to another wine grower in this State.
Cal. BPC § 10562.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 10562.5
Section 10562.5
Status: in_force

When a final judgment is obtained in a civil action against any mineral, oil and gas licensee upon grounds of fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit with reference to any transaction for which a license is required under this division, the commissioner may, after hearing in accordance with the provisions of this part relating to hearings, suspend or revoke the license of such mineral, oil and gas licensee.
Cal. HSC § 38030 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 38030
Section 38030
Status: in_force

Each department under the Health and Welfare Agency shall identify each program (1) within which direct service contracts are awarded totaling in the aggregate contract amount of more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), and (2) which awards more than five direct service contracts per year. For the purposes of this chapter, “direct service contracts” shall not include contracts, grants, or subventions to other governmental agencies or units of government nor contracts with regional centers or area agencies on aging.
Cal. BPC § 6776 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 6776
Section 6776
Status: in_force

The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.
Cal. PCC § 20662 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 41 / Section 20662
Section 20662
Status: in_force

[Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 54, Sec. 46) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 998, Sec. 35.   (AB 176)   Effective September 30, 2024.   Inoperative July 1, 2027, by its own provisions.    Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.    See later operative version amended by Sec. 36 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 998.]
(a)  The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges may enter into a contract or other agreement with the governing board of any community college district whereby the district performs services or acts as a fiscal agent on behalf of the California Community Colleges, without advertising for or inviting bids for contracts or other agreements that are no more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). For existing contracts or other agreements that the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges has entered into with the governing board of any community college district pursuant to this section, the contract or other agreement may be renewed without advertising for or inviting bids, regardless of the amount. This section shall apply only when the funds for the contract or agreement are in satisfaction of the state obligation to provide funding pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2027, and, as of January 1, 2028, is repealed.

[Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 54, Sec. 47) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 998, Sec. 36.   (AB 176)   Effective September 30, 2024.   Operative July 1, 2027, by its own provisions.]
(a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges may enter into a contract or other agreement with the governing board of any community college district whereby the district performs services or acts as a fiscal agent on behalf of the California Community Colleges. This section shall apply only when the funds for the contract or agreement are in satisfaction of the state obligation to provide funding pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2027.
Cal. HSC § 121290.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 4 / Chapter 13.7 / Section 121290.2
Section 121290.2
Status: in_force

The initiative shall have all of the following responsibilities:

(a) To design and conduct a series of complementary projects to implement policy and planning to address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on the African-American community, focusing on all of the following categories:

(1) Research.

(2) Policy and advocacy.

(3) Workforce development.

(4) Organizational capacity.

(5) Prevention and treatment information and resources.

(b) To provide integrated leadership in developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining HIV-related services and programmatic partnerships between research institutions, community-based organizations, the business community, and public sector agencies.

(c) To improve the efficacy of local service providers through the central coordination of service availability, data, and funding sources through the development of a central coordinating body.
Cal. INS § 10507.3 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 10507.3
Section 10507.3
Status: in_force

No policy of investment return assurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state unless each such policy does all of the following:

(a) Includes a statement on the first page thereof in boldface type that, in the event that the investment covered by the policy exceeds the benefit provided under the policy, there shall be no benefit.

(b) Provides for both of the following:

(1) The reserves for all investment return assurance policies shall be computed and maintained on a basis which shall place an actuarially sound value on the liabilities under such policies. To provide a basis for the determination of such actuarially sound values, the commissioner, from time to time, shall adopt rules requiring the use of appropriate tables of morbidity, mortality, interest rates, and valuation methods for such reserves.

(2) Any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy in the event of default in a premium payment due on any policy anniversary shall be such that its present value as of such anniversary shall be at least equal to the ratio of the number of years the policy has been in force to the total premium-paying period times the present value of benefits payable had the policy been kept in full force and effect for the total premium-paying period.
Cal. LAB § 9157 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 13 / Section 9157
Section 9157
Status: in_force

An employer shall comply with this part and any applicable safety standard.
Cal. WAT § 46225 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 46225
Section 46225
Status: in_force

In the event objections are filed with respect to a particular assessment roll, as provided in Sections 46206 and 46207, the department shall appoint two disinterested persons, who together with the president of the board constitute a board in the nature of a board of equalization which shall be known and designated as the “adjustment board” and whose functions shall be to consider and act upon objections presented as provided in this article to the assessment made by the district engineer. Each of the two appointed members of the board shall be paid as compensation for the services rendered by them the sum, or sums, as the department fixes. The president of the board shall be paid as compensation for his or her services rendered the sum, or sums, as the board may fix which shall not exceed the compensation fixed by the department. The compensation and expenses are a part of the cost of the project of the district for which the duties are performed.
Cal. PUC § 2836.2 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 7.7 / Section 2836.2
Section 2836.2
Status: in_force

In adopting and reevaluating appropriate energy storage system procurement targets and policies pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2836, the commission shall do all of the following:

(a) Consider existing operational data and results of testing and trial pilot projects from existing energy storage facilities.

(b) Consider available information from the California Independent System Operator derived from California Independent System Operator testing and evaluation procedures.

(c) Consider the integration of energy storage technologies with other programs, including demand-side management or other means of achieving the purposes identified in Section 2837 that will result in the most efficient use of generation resources and cost-effective energy efficient grid integration and management.

(d) Ensure that the energy storage system procurement targets and policies that are established are technologically viable and cost effective.
Cal. ELEC § 2157.1 — California Code / Code elec / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 2157.1
Section 2157.1
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that a voter be fully informed of the permissible uses of personal information supplied by him or her for the purpose of completing a voter registration affidavit.
Cal. WAT § 6154 — California Code / Code wat / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 6154
Section 6154
Status: in_force

The court shall specify a time, not exceeding 20 days after the service of the copy of the petition, within which the owner or person complained of shall answer the petition, and in the meantime the owner or person may be restrained.
Cal. PUC § 70232 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 70232
Section 70232
Status: in_force

Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.
Cal. HSC § 1506.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 1506.3
Section 1506.3
Status: in_force

(a) A foster family agency shall employ one full-time social work supervisor for every eight social workers or fraction thereof in the agency.

(b) A foster family agency shall employ one full-time social worker for every 18 children or fraction thereof in placement.
Cal. HSC § 123250 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 123250
Section 123250
Status: in_force

Upon request the department shall advise all public officers, organizations, and agencies interested in the health and welfare of mothers and children in the state.
Cal. PUC § 50166 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 50166
Section 50166
Status: in_force

No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom contrary to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090), Chapter 1, Division 4, Title 1 of the Government Code.
Cal. RTC § 4113 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 4113
Section 4113
Status: in_force

Whenever tax-defaulted property is redeemed, the redemptioner or any other person claiming through the redemptioner may bring suit to quiet title to all or any portion of the property and prosecute it to final judgment.
Cal. COM § 3117 — California Code / Code com / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3117
Section 3117
Status: in_force

Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous or previous agreements, the obligation of a party to an instrument to pay the instrument may be modified, supplemented, or nullified by a separate agreement of the obligor and a person entitled to enforce the instrument, if the instrument is issued or the obligation is incurred in reliance on the agreement or as part of the same transaction giving rise to the agreement. To the extent an obligation is modified, supplemented, or nullified by an agreement under this section, the agreement is a defense to the obligation.
Cal. WAT § 74975 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 6 / Chapter 6 / Section 74975
Section 74975
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of this chapter, revenue bonds, including refunding revenue bonds, may be issued by a district under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300), Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 10752 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.75 / Chapter 2 / Section 10752
Section 10752
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this part:

(a) “Groundwater” means all water beneath the surface of the earth within the zone below the water table in which the soil is completely saturated with water, but does not include water that flows in known and definite channels.

(b) “Groundwater basin” means any basin or subbasin identified in the department’s Bulletin No. 118, dated September 1975, and any amendments to that bulletin, but does not include a basin in which the average well yield, excluding domestic wells that supply water to a single-unit dwelling, is less than 100 gallons per minute.

(c) “Groundwater extraction facility” means a device or method for the extraction of groundwater within a groundwater basin.

(d) “Groundwater management plan” or “plan” means a document that describes the activities intended to be included in a groundwater management program.

(e) “Groundwater management program” or “program” means a coordinated and ongoing activity undertaken for the benefit of a groundwater basin, or a portion of a groundwater basin, pursuant to a groundwater management plan adopted pursuant to this part.

(f) “Groundwater recharge” means the augmentation of groundwater, by natural or artificial means, with surface water or recycled water.

(g) “Local agency” means a local public agency that provides water service to all or a portion of its service area, and includes a joint powers authority formed by local public agencies that provide water service.

(h) “Person” has the same meaning as defined in Section 19.

(i) “Recharge area” means the area that supplies water to an aquifer in a groundwater basin and includes multiple wellhead protection areas.

(j) “Watermaster” means a watermaster appointed by a court or pursuant to other provisions of law.

(k) “Wellhead protection area” means the surface and subsurface area surrounding a water well or well field that supplies a public water system through which contaminants are reasonably likely to migrate toward the water well or well field.
Cal. SHC § 9073 — California Code / Code shc / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 9073
Section 9073
Status: in_force

Any other methods of raising funds for the payment or retirement of the bonds of nonconsenting holders which will, prior to the time the assessment is recorded under this division, adequately provide the money necessary for such payment or retirement is hereby authorized.
Cal. HSC § 1551.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 1551.5
Section 1551.5
Status: in_force

In addition to the witness fees and mileage provided by Section 11450.40 of the Government Code, the department may pay actual, necessary, and reasonable expenses in an amount not to exceed the per diem allowance payable to a nonrepresented state employee on travel status. The department may pay witness expenses in advance of the hearing.
Cal. VEH § 560 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 560
Section 560
Status: in_force

A “solid tire” is a tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load. A nonpneumatic tire, as defined in Section 571.129 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, is not a “solid tire” for purposes of complying with Division 12.
Cal. SHC § 30602 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 30602
Section 30602
Status: in_force

The department shall permanently maintain and operate the toll bridge as a primary state highway in such a manner that the physical condition and operating efficiency thereof shall be of the highest character.