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Cal. FAC § 77069 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16.5 / Article 3 / Section 77069
Section 77069
Status: in_force

The state is not liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter or acts of the commission are limited to the funds collected by the commission. No member of the commission, alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, is personally liable for the contracts of the commission. No member of the commission, alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, is responsible individually in any way to any producer, processor, handler, or any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent or employee, except for his or her own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No member of the commission, alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, is responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of the commission, alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof. Liability is several and not joint, and no member of the commission, alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof, is liable for the default of any other member of the commission, alternate member, or any employee or agent thereof.
Cal. RTC § 20812 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.6 / Chapter 2 / Section 20812
Section 20812
Status: in_force

(a) The filing period for a claimant to apply to a participating county for deferment under the program shall be from October 1 to December 10 of each year.

(b) A participating county may require any information necessary to process the claimant’s application for deferment under the program, whether through the county’s application form or forms or otherwise.

(c) Any form filed by a claimant under this chapter shall not be under oath, but shall contain, or be verified by, a written declaration that the information therein was provided under the penalty of perjury.

(d) All forms supplied to the claimant shall include a statement of the interest rate that will apply to the property taxes deferred under the program.

(e) A county may grant a reasonable extension for filing a claim if it determines that good cause for the extension exists. However, no extension shall be granted beyond the termination of the fiscal year for which deferment is requested.
Cal. FAC § 803 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 803
Section 803
Status: in_force

The Legislature further finds and declares that, regardless of the findings in Section 802, this state does not presently have a formal agricultural policy. That policy should guide decisionmaking by the Legislature so that the needs of the agricultural industry can be considered for the benefit of the residents of this state, each of whom is directly and indirectly affected by California agriculture.
Cal. INS § 12693.66 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 6.2 / Chapter 7 / Section 12693.66
Section 12693.66
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a subscriber who is determined by the California Children’s Services Program to be eligible for benefits under the program pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 123800) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code, a participating plan shall not be responsible for the provision of, or payment for, the particular services authorized by the California Children’s Services Program for the particular subscriber for the treatment of a California Children’s Services Program eligible medical condition. All other services provided under the participating plan shall be available to the subscriber.
Cal. SHC § 5898.22 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 29 / Article 2 / Section 5898.22
Section 5898.22
Status: in_force

The report shall contain all of the following:

(a) A map showing the boundaries of the territory within which voluntary contractual assessments are proposed to be offered.

(b) A draft contract specifying the terms and conditions that would be agreed to by a property owner within the voluntary contractual assessment area and the public agency.

(c) A statement of public agency policies concerning voluntary contractual assessments including all of the following:

(1) Identification of types of facilities, distributed generation renewable energy sources, or energy or water efficiency improvements that may be financed through the use of contractual assessments.

(2) Identification of a public agency official authorized to enter into voluntary contractual assessments on behalf of the public agency.

(3) A maximum aggregate dollar amount of voluntary contractual assessments.

(4) A method for setting requests from property owners for financing through voluntary contractual assessments in priority order in the event that requests appear likely to exceed the authorization amount.

(d) A plan for raising a capital amount required to pay for work performed pursuant to voluntary contractual assessments. The plan may include amounts to be advanced by the public agency through funds available to it from any source. The plan may include the sale of a bond or bonds or other financing relationship pursuant to Section 5898.28. The plan shall include a statement of or method for determining the interest rate and time period during which contracting property owners would pay any assessment. The plan shall provide for any reserve fund or funds. The plan shall provide for the apportionment of all or any portion of the costs incidental to financing, administration, and collection of the voluntary contractual assessment program among the consenting property owners and the public agency.

(e) A report on the results of the consultations with the county auditor’s office or county controller’s office concerning the additional fees, if any, that will be charged to the city or county for incorporating the proposed voluntary contractual assessments into the assessments of the general taxes of the city or county on real property, and a plan for financing the payment of those fees.
Cal. HSC § 17931 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 1.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 17931
Section 17931
Status: in_force

The department may promulgate rules pertaining to hearing appeals. All rules shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 115102 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 9 / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 115102
Section 115102
Status: in_force

(a) A facility that operates a mammogram machine shall post notices of serious violations in an area that is visible to patients. For purposes of this section, “serious violation” means a Level 1 deviation, identified by an inspector, from federal Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 263b) standards, in effect as of December 31, 2009, that may seriously compromise the quality of mammography services that are offered by the facility.

(b) The facility shall post the notice pursuant to this section within two working days after receipt of the documents from the department. These documents shall remain posted for a minimum of five working days or until action correcting the violation has been completed, whichever is later.
Cal. PROB § 8422 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 8422
Section 8422
Status: in_force

(a) The testator may by will confer on a person the power to designate an executor or coexecutor, or successor executor or coexecutor. The will may provide that the persons so designated may serve without bond.

(b) A designation shall be in writing and filed with the court. Unless the will provides otherwise, if there are two or more holders of the power to designate, the designation shall be unanimous, unless one of the holders of the power is unable or unwilling to act, in which case the remaining holder or holders may exercise the power.

(c) Except as provided in this section, an executor does not have authority to name a coexecutor, or a successor executor or coexecutor.
Cal. WIC § 4424 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.1 / Part 1 / Section 4424
Section 4424
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt, for all hospitals, rules and regulations, books of record for all departments, blank forms for clinical records and other purposes, questions for examination of employees, and questions for examination, in all the different branches of medicine and surgery and especially in the subject of diseases affecting the brain and nervous system, of all officers and interns, for the special use of the hospital.
Cal. PROB § 4460 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 4460
Section 4460
Status: in_force

(a) In a statutory form power of attorney, the language granting power with respect to personal and family maintenance empowers the agent to do all of the following:

(1) Do the acts necessary to maintain the customary standard of living of the principal, the principal’s spouse, children, and other individuals customarily or legally entitled to be supported by the principal, including providing living quarters by purchase, lease, or other contract, or paying the operating costs, including interest, amortization payments, repairs, and taxes on premises owned by the principal and occupied by those individuals.

(2) Provide for the individuals described in paragraph (1) all of the following:

(A) Normal domestic help.

(B) Usual vacations and travel expenses.

(C) Funds for shelter, clothing, food, appropriate education, and other current living costs.

(3) Pay for the individuals described in paragraph (1) necessary medical, dental, and surgical care, hospitalization, and custodial care.

(4) Continue any provision made by the principal, for the individuals described in paragraph (1), for automobiles or other means of transportation, including registering, licensing, insuring, and replacing them.

(5) Maintain or open charge accounts for the convenience of the individuals described in paragraph (1) and open new accounts the agent considers desirable to accomplish a lawful purpose.

(6) Continue payments incidental to the membership or affiliation of the principal in a church, club, society, order, or other organization and continue contributions to those organizations.

(b) The authority of an agent with respect to personal and family maintenance under this section is not dependent on any other grant of authority to the agent to make gifts on the principal’s behalf and is not limited by any limitation that otherwise applies to the authority of the agent to make gifts on the principal’s behalf.
Cal. WAT § 35850.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 35850.5
Section 35850.5
Status: in_force

A district shall have power to join with one or more public agencies, private corporations or other persons for the purpose of carrying out any of the powers of such district, and for that purpose to contract with such other public agencies or private corporations or persons for the purpose of financing such acquisitions, constructions and operations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this division, such contracts may provide that bonds of such district may be issued in order to acquire water rights or entitlements, including the right to receive and use water or a water supply, for each of the parties to such contracts, with such water rights or entitlements being divided among the parties in consideration of the payments to be made by such parties in order to provide debt service on the bonds of such district. A district may issue its bonds for the purpose of acquiring such water rights or entitlements under such contracts whenever joint action with the other parties to such contracts is reasonably necessary or convenient in order to obtain such water rights or entitlements for the district, and in such case the issuance of bonds of the district shall be considered a public purpose for the benefit of the district within the meaning of Section 25 of Article XIII of the California Constitution. Such contracts may provide for contributions to be made by each party thereto and for the division and apportionment of the expenses of such acquisitions and operations, and the division and apportionment of the benefits, the services and products therefrom, and may provide for an agency to effect such acquisitions and to carry on such operations, and shall provide in the powers and methods of procedure for such agency the method by which such agency may contract. Such contracts with other public or private corporations or persons may contain such other and further convenants and agreements as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes thereof.
Cal. FAC § 14530 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 14530
Section 14530
Status: in_force

“Distributor” means any person who imports or consigns a fertilizing material or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or othewise supplies this product for use in, or shipment within or into, this state.
Cal. SHC § 162.5 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 162.5
Section 162.5
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop revised seismic standards for earthquake resistance to be utilized in the design and construction of new state highways and bridges, and for the retrofit of existing highways and bridges.

(b) In the development of those standards, the department shall do all of the following:

(1) Thoroughly investigate and analyze the structural damage to highways and bridges resulting from the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake, and utilize the experience of that earthquake in the development of revised standards.

(2) Incorporate in those standards, state of the art technology for designing and constructing highways and bridges to withstand extreme seismic activity, utilizing, where appropriate, the available technology and methodology from all engineering and scientific disciplines, including state of the art assessment tools and computer modeling techniques. Where appropriate, the department shall study and incorporate technologies utilized in other countries and proven technologies and accomplishments from other fields, such as those used in the design and construction of high-rise structures.

(3) Maintain contact and communication, and exchange information with, persons and organizations concerned with seismic engineering issues.

(c) The department shall continue to revise and update the standards periodically, so that they reflect the department’s latest findings.

(d) Upon completing the development of revised seismic standards, and whenever those standards are updated, the department shall make the standards, including the supporting data, available to all other public agencies in this state which are engaged in the design, construction, or inspection of streets, roads, highways, and bridges.
Cal. ELEC § 17303 — California Code / Code elec / Division 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17303
Section 17303
Status: in_force

(a) The following provisions apply to those elections in which candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Representative.

(b) The elections official shall preserve the package or packages containing the following items for a period of 22 months:

(1) Two tally sheets.

(2) The challenge lists.

(3) The assisted voters’ list.

(c) All voters may inspect the contents of the package or packages at all times following commencement of the official canvass of the votes.

(d) If a contest is not commenced within the 22-month period, or if a criminal prosecution involving fraudulent use, marking, or falsification of ballots, or forgery of vote by mail voters’ signatures is not commenced within the 22-month period, either of which may involve the vote of the precinct from which voted ballots were received, the elections official may have the packages destroyed or recycled.
Cal. VEH § 23624 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11.5 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 23624
Section 23624
Status: in_force

Only one challenge shall be permitted to the constitutionality of a separate conviction of a violation of Section 14601, 14601.2, 23152, or 23153, which was entered in a separate proceeding. When a proceeding to declare a separate judgment of conviction constitutionally invalid has been held, a determination by the court that the separate conviction is constitutional precludes any subsequent attack on constitutional grounds in a subsequent prosecution in which the same separate conviction is charged. In addition, any determination that a separate conviction is unconstitutional precludes any allegation or use of that separate conviction in any judicial or administrative proceeding, and the department shall strike that separate conviction from its records. Pursuant to Section 1803, the court shall report to the Department of Motor Vehicles any determination upholding a conviction on constitutional grounds and any determination that a conviction is unconstitutional.

This section shall not preclude a subsequent challenge to a conviction if, at a later time, a subsequent statute or appellate court decision having retroactive application affords any new basis to challenge the constitutionality of the conviction.
Cal. WAT § 71810 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 71810
Section 71810
Status: in_force

A district may issue negotiable promissory notes pursuant to Sections 71811 and 71812. Such promissory notes shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 12 percent per year. They shall be payable from revenues and taxes levied for purposes of the district other than the payment of principal and interest on any bonded debt of the district or of an improvement district therein.
Cal. HSC § 34353 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 34353
Section 34353
Status: in_force

Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds are liable personally on the bonds or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of their issuance. The bonds and other obligations of an authority are not a debt of the city, county, state, or any of its political subdivisions and neither are they liable on the bonds, nor are the bonds or obligations payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority pledges for the payment thereof; and the bonds shall so state on their face. The bonds do not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation.
Cal. PUC § 29158 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 29158
Section 29158
Status: in_force

When the district has received unanimous approval from the boards of supervisors of the counties comprising the district pursuant to Section 29156 of this code, or when the board has made its order pursuant to Section 29157.1 of this code, the board shall call a special election and submit to the qualified voters of the district the proposition of incurring such bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction or completion of rapid transit facilities by the district and all other works, property, or structures necessary or convenient therefor and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part.
Cal. BPC § 18850 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 14 / Section 18850
Section 18850
Status: in_force

(a) Any boxer or martial arts fighter who participates in a contest or match while under suspension by the commission, or any other recognized commission, shall have his or her license revoked.

(b) Any licensee who, directly or indirectly, aids or abets a boxer or martial arts fighter in violation of this section shall be subject to disciplinary action.
Cal. PUC § 214.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 214.5
Section 214.5
Status: in_force

With respect to a motor vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for compensation by a passenger stage corporation, “owner” means the corporation or person who is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles as the owner of the vehicle, or who has a legal right to possession of the vehicle pursuant to a lease or rental agreement.
Cal. PRC § 71554 — California Code / Code prc / Division 37 / Chapter 5 / Section 71554
Section 71554
Status: in_force

The endowment shall not contribute to, or otherwise support, any political party, candidate for elective public office, or ballot measure.
Cal. WAT § 35538 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 35538
Section 35538
Status: in_force

Proceeds from assessments levied pursuant to this chapter may be used to pay any lawful obligation of the district.
Cal. PUC § 98380 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 98380
Section 98380
Status: in_force

As an alternative procedure for the raising of funds, the district may issue bonds, payable from revenues of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the district, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), all of the provisions of which are applicable to the district.
Cal. PROB § 16616 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 16616
Section 16616
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 16618, a trustee shall provide information to a trust director to the extent the information is reasonably related both to the powers or duties of the trustee and the powers or duties of the trust director.

(b) Subject to Section 16618, a trust director shall provide information to a trustee or another trust director to the extent the information is reasonably related both to the powers or duties of the trust director and the powers or duties of the trustee or other trust director.

(c) A trustee that acts in reliance on information provided by a trust director is not liable for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance, unless by so acting the trustee engages in willful misconduct.

(d) A trust director that acts in reliance on information provided by a trustee or another trust director is not liable for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance, unless by so acting the trust director engages in willful misconduct.
Cal. RTC § 32255 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 32255
Section 32255
Status: in_force

(a) If the board finds that a person’s failure to make a timely return or payment is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of the penalty provided by Sections 32252, 32260, 32291, and 32305.

(b) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), a person seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the board a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the person bases the claim for relief.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the board may grant relief of the penalty for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the board pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The board may grant the relief in paragraph (1) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or during the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.

(d) The board shall establish criteria that provide for efficient resolution of requests for relief pursuant to this section.