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Cal. FAC § 76953 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16 / Article 9 / Section 76953
Section 76953
Status: in_force

The secretary shall establish a period in which to conduct the implementation referendum that shall not be more than 60 days in duration, and may prescribe additional procedures as may be necessary to conduct the referendum. If the initial period established is less than 30 days, the secretary may extend that period. However, the total referendum period may not exceed 60 days.
Cal. PUC § 103442 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 103442
Section 103442
Status: in_force

All persons receiving pension benefits from an acquired public utility, and all persons entitled to pension benefits under any pension plan of such acquired public utility, may become members or receive pensions under a pension plan established by the district by mutual agreement of such persons and the district. Such agreement may provide for the waiver of all rights, privileges, benefits, and status with respect to the pension plan of such acquired public utility.
Cal. WAT § 30063 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 30063
Section 30063
Status: in_force

Whenever by this division a notice is required to be published for a designated number of weeks or once a week for a designated number of weeks, the notice need be published on only one day of each week and for only the same number of times as the number of weeks designated.
Cal. BPC § 3716 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.3 / Article 2 / Section 3716
Section 3716
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ an executive officer exempt from civil service and, subject to the provisions of law relating to civil service, clerical assistants and, except as provided in Section 159.5, other employees as it may deem necessary to carry out its powers and duties.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. RTC § 19552 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 19552
Section 19552
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this article, the information furnished or secured pursuant to either this article or the express provisions of law, shall be used solely for the purpose of administering the tax laws or other laws administered by the person or agency obtaining it. Any unwarranted disclosure or use of the information by the person or agency, or the employees and officers thereof, is a misdemeanor.
Cal. BPC § 4129.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 7.7 / Section 4129.2
Section 4129.2
Status: in_force

(a) An outsourcing facility that is licensed with the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an outsourcing facility and has an address outside of this state but in the United States of America is a nonresident outsourcing facility. A nonresident outsourcing facility shall not compound sterile drug products or nonsterile drug products for distribution or use into this state without an outsourcing license issued by the board pursuant to this section. The license shall be renewed annually and shall not be transferable.

(b) A nonresident outsourcing facility shall compound all sterile products and nonsterile products to be distributed or used in this state in compliance with regulations of the board and with federal current good manufacturing practices applicable to outsourcing facilities.

(c) A license for a nonresident outsourcing facility shall not be issued or renewed until the location is inspected by the board and found in compliance with this article and any regulations adopted by the board. The nonresident outsourcing facility shall reimburse the board for all actual and necessary costs incurred by the board in conducting an inspection of the nonresident outsourcing facility at least once annually pursuant to subdivision (x) of Section 4400.

(d) A license for a nonresident outsourcing facility shall not be issued or renewed until the board:

(1) Prior to inspection, reviews a current copy of the nonresident outsourcing facility’s policies and procedures for sterile compounding and nonsterile compounding.

(2) (A) Is provided with copies of all federal and state regulatory agency inspection reports, as well as accreditation reports, and certification reports of facilities or equipment of the nonresident outsourcing facility’s premises conducted in the prior 12 months.

(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “state” refers to the state in which the nonresident outsourcing facility resides.

(3) Prior to inspection, receives a list of all sterile drug products and nonsterile drug products compounded by the pharmacy as reported to the FDA within the prior 12 months.

(e) A nonresident outsourcing facility licensed pursuant to this section shall provide the board with all of the following:

(1) A copy of any disciplinary or other action taken by another state or the FDA within 10 days of the action.

(2) Notice within 24 hours of any recall notice issued by the nonresident outsourcing facility.

(3) A copy of any complaint it receives involving an outsourcing facility’s compounded products from or involving any provider, pharmacy, or patient in California within 72 hours of receipt.

(4) Notice within 24 hours after learning of adverse effects reported or potentially attributable to a nonresident outsourcing facility’s products.
Cal. PRC § 5623 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 3.2 / Article 1 / Section 5623
Section 5623
Status: in_force

Grants to cities, counties, and districts pursuant to this chapter are intended to supplement and not to supplant local expenditures for park and recreation areas and facilities or to diminish in any way then current efforts for providing parks and recreation services.
Cal. HSC § 18062 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 18062
Section 18062
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a dealer to do any of the following:

(a)  Enter into a listing agreement that does not include a specified date upon which the agreement is to terminate.

(b)  Claim or take any secret or undisclosed amount of compensation, commission, fee, or profit prior to, or at the time that a contractual agreement is signed whereby all parties involved, after negotiation, have come to terms. However, this section shall not be construed to require the disclosure of any exclusive financial arrangements agreed upon between the dealer and any financial institution with regard to financial arrangements applicable solely to them.

(c)  Exercise any provision which allows the dealer an option to purchase the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach that is the subject of an agreement whereby a consumer authorizes or employs the dealer to arrange for its sale, purchase, or exchange, unless the dealer has, prior to exercising the option, revealed in writing to the consumer the full amount of the dealer’s profit in exercising the option and obtained the written consent of the consumer approving the amount of the profit.

(d)  Fail to disclose any liens or encumbrances of which the dealer had knowledge on a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach.
Cal. PCC § 5100 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 5100
Section 5100
Status: in_force

(a) “Public entity” means the state, Regents of the University of California, a county, city and county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state.

(b) “Bid” means any proposal submitted to a public entity in competitive bidding for the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any structure, building, road or other improvement of any kind.
Cal. BPC § 8715.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 15 / Article 2 / Section 8715.1
Section 8715.1
Status: in_force

Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be appointed by the board and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. Each committee shall be composed of no more than five members.
Cal. FIN § 50326 — California Code / Code fin / Division 20 / Chapter 5 / Section 50326
Section 50326
Status: in_force

If any licensee fails to do any of the following, the licensee shall forfeit to the people of the state a sum of up to one hundred dollars ($100) for every day up to the 10th day: (a) to make any report required by law or by the commissioner within 10 days from the day designated for the making of the report, or within any extension of time granted by the commissioner, or (b) fails to include therein any matter required by law or by the commissioner. Thereafter, any failure shall constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license held by the residential mortgage lender or residential mortgage loan servicer.
Cal. HNC § 491 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 491
Section 491
Status: in_force

All vessels are liable for:

(a) Services rendered on board at the request of, or under contract with, their respective owners, masters, agents, or consignees.

(b) Supplies furnished in this State for their use, at the request of their respective owners, masters, agents, or consignees.

(c) Work done or materials furnished in this State for their construction, repair, or equipment.

(d) Their wharfage and anchorage within this State.

(e) Breach of any contract for the transportation of persons or property between places within this State, made by their respective owners, masters, agents, or consignees.

(f) Injuries caused by them to persons or property, in this State.

Demands for these several causes constitute liens upon all vessels, have priority in the order enumerated, and have preference over all other demands; but such liens only continue in force for the period of one year from the time the cause of action accrued.
Cal. HSC § 131090 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 112 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 131090
Section 131090
Status: in_force

The department may provide for consultant and advisory services and for the training of technical and professional personnel in educational institutions and field training centers approved by the department, and for the establishment and maintenance of field training centers in local health departments and in the department.
Cal. EVID § 1419 — California Code / Code evid / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1419
Section 1419
Status: in_force

Where a writing whose genuineness is sought to be proved is more than 30 years old, the comparison under Section 1417 or 1418 may be made with writing purporting to be genuine, and generally respected and acted upon as such, by persons having an interest in knowing whether it is genuine.
Cal. WAT § 12051 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 4.3 / Section 12051
Section 12051
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby declares that the purpose of this part is to enable the acquisition of water supplies from the Washoe Project on the Truckee and Carson Rivers or their tributaries for beneficial use in California.
Cal. PRC § 6465 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 6465
Section 6465
Status: in_force

The complaint in any action pursuant to this chapter shall, on request, contain a plat of the property to which the action relates which shows the location of the property in relation to a monument in a survey of record.
Cal. BPC § 10147.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 10147.6
Section 10147.6
Status: in_force

(a) Any licensee who negotiates, attempts to negotiate, arranges, attempts to arrange, or otherwise offers to perform a mortgage loan modification or other form of mortgage loan forbearance for a fee or other form of compensation paid by the borrower, shall provide the following to the borrower, as a separate statement, in not less than 14-point bold type, prior to entering into any fee agreement with the borrower:

It is not necessary to pay a third party to arrange for a loan modification or other form of forbearance from your mortgage lender or servicer. You may call your lender directly to ask for a change in your loan terms. Nonprofit housing counseling agencies also offer these and other forms of borrower assistance free of charge. A list of nonprofit housing counseling agencies approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is available from your local HUD office or by visiting www.hud.gov.

(b) If loan modification or other mortgage loan forbearance services are offered or negotiated in one of the languages set forth in Section 1632 of the Civil Code, a translated copy of the statement in subdivision (a) shall be provided to the borrower in that foreign language.

(c) A violation of this section by a natural person who is a licensee is a public offense punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or if by a corporation, the violation is punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). These penalties are cumulative to any other remedies or penalties provided by law.

(d) This section shall apply only to mortgages and deeds of trust secured by residential real property containing four or fewer dwelling units.
Cal. PUC § 95801 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 95801
Section 95801
Status: in_force

The district may maintain its own retirement fund or may provide for benefits to eligible officers and employees, or their beneficiaries, by means of group insurance, or other insurance, or by such means as in the opinion of the board will satisfactorily provide an adequate and sure method of meeting the payments contemplated by the retirement system.
Cal. FAC § 6293 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 6293
Section 6293
Status: in_force

Proceedings for the formation of a district within Napa County shall be commenced by a petition that is either of the following:

(a) Signed by 50 percent or more of the owners of 65 percent or more of the affected land.

(b) Signed by 65 percent or more of the owners of 50 percent or more of the affected land.

The petition shall be addressed to, and filed with, the board of supervisors of the county.
Cal. FIN § 31551.5 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 8 / Section 31551.5
Section 31551.5
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of Section 31551, the commissioner may find:

(1) That an applicant or a director or officer of an applicant is not of good character if such person has been convicted of, or has pleaded nolo contendere to, a crime involving fraud or dishonesty.

(2) That an applicant’s plan to make a major change in the management of a licensee is detrimental to the safety and soundness of the licensee and to the public convenience and advantage if the plan provides for a person who has been convicted of, or has pleaded nolo contendere to, a crime involving fraud or dishonesty to become a director or officer of the licensee.

(b) Subdivision (a) shall not be deemed to be the only grounds upon which the commissioner may find, for purposes of Section 31551, that an applicant or a director or officer of an applicant is not of good character or that an applicant’s plan to make a major change in the management of a licensee is detrimental to the safety and soundness of a licensee or to the public convenience and advantage.
Cal. FAC § 39906 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 10 / Section 39906
Section 39906
Status: in_force

The label of all products subject to this standard shall be submitted to the secretary for approval prior to sale. In addition to the labeling requirements specified in this article, the secretary may, by regulation, require or prohibit any other information, format, or design for the label that the secretary determines to be in the public interest.
Cal. MVC § 998.023 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 5n / Section 998.023
Section 998.023
Status: in_force

As used in this article and for the purposes of this article as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720), Part 3, Division 4, Title 2 of the Government Code, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Bond” means veterans bond, a state general obligation bond issued pursuant to this article adopting the provisions of the State General Obligation Bond Law.

(b) “Committee” means the Veterans’ Finance Committee of 1943, created by Section 991.

(c) “Board” means the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(d) “Fund” means the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943 created by Section 988.

(e) “Bond Act” means this article authorizing the issuance of state general obligation bonds and adopting Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720), Part 3, Division 4, Title 2 of the Government Code by reference.
Cal. SHC § 2126 — California Code / Code shc / Division 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 2126
Section 2126
Status: in_force

(a) The money appropriated pursuant to Item 9675-101-890 of the Budget Act of 1985 (Chapter 111 of the Statutes of 1985) is hereby appropriated to the Controller for allocation to counties and cities for street and highway maintenance and reconstruction, 55 percent to the cities for allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) and 45 percent to the counties for allocation pursuant to subdivision (c).

(b) (1) The amount to be allocated to a city, including a city and county, equals the amount available for allocation to the cities pursuant to subdivision (a) times the ratio of the total allocation it received pursuant to Section 2107 over all allocations made pursuant to that section during the prior fiscal year.

(2) In the case of a city whose incorporation was effective between July 1, 1984, and October 2, 1986, inclusive, and which did not receive the equivalent of a full year allocation of funds appropriated for allocation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7 of Chapter 1600 of the Statutes of 1985 or pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the amount calculated for allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) of that Section 7 shall be increased by an amount which will provide the city an amount equivalent to the total allocation it would have received pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of that Section 7 and subdivision (a) of this section.

(c) Fifty-five percent of the funds payable under this section to counties, including a city and county, shall be apportioned among the counties in the proportion that the number of fee-paid and exempt vehicles registered in each county bears to the total number of fee-paid and exempt vehicles which are registered in the state.

Forty-five percent of the funds payable under this section to counties, including a city and county, shall be apportioned among the counties in the proportion that the number of miles of maintained county roads in each county bears to the total number of miles of maintained county roads in the state.

(d) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Maintenance” means (A) patching and (B) overlay and sealing.

(2) “Reconstruction” does not include widening to increase the traffic capacity of a street or highway, but does include any widening of the roadway if the widening is necessary to bring the roadway width to the desirable minimum width consistent with the geometric design criteria of the department for nonfreeway 3R (reconstruction, resurfacing, and rehabilitation) projects.

(e) The Controller shall allocate the funds available for that Item 9675-101-890 within 30 days after they become available to the state.
Cal. BPC § 3109 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 3109
Section 3109
Status: in_force

Directly or indirectly accepting employment to practice optometry from any person not having a valid, unrevoked license as an optometrist or from any company or corporation constitutes unprofessional conduct. Except as provided in this chapter, no optometrist may, singly or jointly with others, be incorporated or become incorporated when the purpose or a purpose of the corporation is to practice optometry or to conduct the practice of optometry.

The terms “accepting employment to practice optometry” as used in this section shall not be construed so as to prevent a licensed optometrist from practicing optometry upon an individual patient.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or the provisions of any other law, a licensed optometrist may be employed to practice optometry by a physician and surgeon who holds a license under this division or by a health care service plan pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. FAC § 412 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 412
Section 412
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a diversity of dairy methane management practices, including anaerobic digesters and nondigester dairy methane management strategies, can effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nondigester dairy methane management strategies include, but are not limited to, scrape conversion, open solar drying and composting of manure onsite, conversion of dairy operations to pasture-based management, and solid separation technologies.

(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Conversion of dairy operations to pasture-based management” means dairying systems where the dairy cows spend a portion of their time grazing on fields in which some or all of the manure is deposited and left in the field and decomposes aerobically, which avoids methane emissions.

(2) “Open solar drying and composting of manure onsite” means the collection, storage, and drying of dairy manure in a nonliquid environment.

(3) “Scrape conversion” means the conversion of flush water lagoon systems to solid-scrape or dry manure management practices, including vacuum technologies for manure management.

(4) “Solid separation technologies” means technologies designed to separate liquid components of manure from minerals and organic components, for the purposes of reducing methane emissions.
Cal. BPC § 4034 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 4034
Section 4034
Status: in_force

“Outsourcing facility” means a facility that meets all of the following:

(a) Is located within the United States of America at one address that is engaged in the compounding of sterile drugs and nonsterile drugs.

(b) Has registered as an outsourcing facility with the federal Food and Drug Administration under Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 353b).

(c) Is doing business within or into California.

(d) Is licensed with the board as an outsourcing facility pursuant to Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 4129).
Cal. RTC § 16701 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 9.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 16701
Section 16701
Status: in_force

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
Cal. WAT § 1701.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 1701.1
Section 1701.1
Status: in_force

A petition for change filed after notice of an application shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) State the name and address of the petitioner.

(b) Be signed by the petitioner, or the petitioner’s agent or attorney.

(c) Set forth amendments to the application or an amended application reflecting the proposed change, including any information necessary for the amended application to comply with Section 1260.

(d) Include sufficient information to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that the proposed change will not injure any other legal user of water.

(e) Contain other appropriate information and be in the form required by applicable regulations.