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Cal. INS § 1853.9 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 1853.9
Section 1853.9
Status: in_force

Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter applicable thereto any rating organization, advisory organization, and any group, association or other organization of admitted insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance through such organization or by standing agreement among the members thereof, may conduct operations in this State. As respects insurance risks or operations in this State, no insurer shall be a member or subscriber of any such organization, group or association that has not complied with the provisions of this chapter applicable to it.
Cal. WAT § 51001 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 51001
Section 51001
Status: in_force

The plan and estimate may include reclamation works already constructed or in course of construction, and payments therefor may be made to the person who constructed them or to the grantee of the lands for the benefit of which the reclamation works were constructed by the owner of the lands.
Cal. WAT § 12929.2 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 7.7 / Article 1 / Section 12929.2
Section 12929.2
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.

(b) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.

(c) “Mono Lake Basin” means Mono Lake and its watershed.

(d) “Environmental Water Program” means the Environmental Water Program created pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 12929.20).

(e) “Mono Lake Committee” means the California nonprofit citizens organization formed to save Mono Lake.

(f) “Water Quality Program” means the Water Quality program created pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 12929.30).
Cal. BPC § 22441.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 19.5 / Section 22441.1
Section 22441.1
Status: in_force

(a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall satisfactorily pass a background check conducted by the Secretary of State.

(b) The Secretary of State shall disqualify an individual from acting as an immigration consultant for any of the following reasons:

(1) Conviction of a felony.

(2) Conviction of a disqualifying misdemeanor where not more than 10 years have passed since the completion of probation. A conviction after a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this paragraph. The list of disqualifying misdemeanors shall be the same as the disqualifying misdemeanors applicable to notaries public appointed and commissioned pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8200) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(3) Failure to disclose any arrest or conviction in the disclosure form required pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 22443.1.

(c) The Secretary of State shall complete a background check on every person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant who was bonded and qualified pursuant to this chapter on or before December 31, 2006.

(d) The Secretary of State shall not file a bond, disclosure form, or photograph from a person who has failed to pass the background check required by this section.
Cal. INS § 12150 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 12150
Section 12150
Status: in_force

(a) Buying and selling service is an arrangement by a motor club whereby the holder of a service contract with a motor club is aided in any way in the purchase or sale of an automobile.

(b) (1) If a motor club offers a service that refers members to a new motor vehicle dealer for the purchase of a new motor vehicle, and the dealer pays the motor club any compensation, including, but not limited to, an advertising, promotional, or marketing fee, any advertisement of that service shall clearly and conspicuously disclose that the dealer has paid the fee and shall have the following statement: “All new cars arranged for sale are subject to availability and a price prearranged with the selling franchised new car dealer.”

(2) In a printed advertisement, the disclosures required by paragraph (1) shall be in not less than 10-point bold type and shall be textually segregated from the other portions of the advertisement.

(3) The disclosures required by paragraph (1) do not apply to general advertisements of a motor club that merely list an auto buying service as one of several services offered by the motor club and that do not provide any details of the auto buying service.
Cal. ELEC § 14422 — California Code / Code elec / Division 14 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 14422
Section 14422
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county elections official may direct a precinct board to seal the ballot container prior to the closing of the polls, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 14420 and 14421.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 14215, as soon as the container is sealed, the county elections official may direct at least two elections officials to remove the sealed ballot container of voted untallied ballots from the polling place and the presence of any bystanders and to deliver the container to a receiving center or central counting place as directed.

(3) At least 48 hours in advance of an election, the elections official shall notify the public of the dates, times, and places at which ballot containers will be delivered pursuant to this subdivision.

(b) Upon receipt of a container at a receiving center or central counting place pursuant to subdivision (a), the county elections official may process the voted untallied ballots, but shall not tally the ballots or release any results prior to the closing of the polls.

(c) The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations addressing the secure delivery and transfer of ballots to a receiving center or central counting place pursuant to this section.

(d) This section shall not be construed as relieving a precinct board of its responsibility to account for ballots pursuant to Section 14405.
Cal. WAT § 35246 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 4 / Chapter 9 / Section 35246
Section 35246
Status: in_force

(a) At the first general district election following January 1, 1996, all directors shall be elected. The terms of office of those directors who are in office on January 1, 1996, shall be shortened and shall expire upon the election and qualification of their successors at that first general district election described in this subdivision. In that first district election and in all subsequent elections, except as specified in subdivision (b), the form of the ballot and the conduct of the election shall be governed by the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code) for resident voting elections.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 1304 of the Elections Code, the general district election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year to choose a successor for each director whose term of office will expire on the following first Friday in December, and shall be consolidated with the statewide general election in accordance with Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Elections Code.

(c) Those directors whose four-year terms of office would, prior to the amendment of this section during the 1995–96 session of the Legislature, have expired on the first Friday in December of 1995 shall, instead, continue in their offices until not later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the general district election held in 1996 pursuant to this section.

(d) Immediately following the general district election described in subdivision (a), the directors so elected at that election shall determine by lot as to those two directors who shall serve two-year terms and as to the three directors who shall serve four-year terms. Except as provided in this subdivision, all directors shall serve four-year terms.
Cal. HSC § 25395.70 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.82 / Article 2 / Section 25395.70
Section 25395.70
Status: in_force

(a) “Contiguous property owner” means a person who owns a site that is adjacent to or otherwise similarly situated with respect to another site that is, or may be, contaminated by a release or threatened release of a hazardous material and that is not owned by that person, and who demonstrates, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the following:

(1) The person did not cause, contribute, or consent to the release or threatened release.

(2) At the time the person acquired the property, the person made all appropriate inquiries and did not know and had no reason to know of the release or threatened release at the site.

(3) All of the conditions of Section 25395.80 to qualify as a contiguous property owner have been met.

(4) The person is not potentially liable, or affiliated with any other person who is potentially liable, for the release at issue through any of the following circumstances:

(A) Any direct or indirect familial relationship.

(B) Any contractual, corporate, or financial relationship, unless the contractual, corporate, or financial relationship is created by the instruments by which title or possession to the site is conveyed or financed or a contract for the sale of goods or services.

(C) The result of a reorganization of a business entity that was potentially liable for the hazardous materials.

(b) For purposes of this section, “release” does not include passive migration.
Cal. FAC § 18874 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 18874
Section 18874
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 18873 shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws.
Cal. WIC § 5974 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 5974
Section 5974
Status: in_force

The following adult persons may file a petition to commence the CARE process:

(a) A person with whom the respondent resides.

(b) A spouse, parent, sibling, child, or grandparent or an individual who stands in loco parentis to the respondent.

(c) The director of a hospital in which the respondent is hospitalized, including hospitalized pursuant to Section 5150 or 5250, or the director’s designee.

(d) The director of a public or charitable organization, agency, or home, or their designee, who has, within the previous 30 days, provided or who is currently providing behavioral health services to the respondent or in whose institution the respondent resides.

(e) A licensed behavioral health professional, or their designee, who is, or has been within the previous 30 days, either supervising the treatment of, or treating the respondent for a mental illness.

(f) A first responder, including a peace officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, mobile crisis response worker, or homeless outreach worker, who has had repeated interactions with the respondent in the form of multiple arrests, multiple detentions and transportation pursuant to Section 5150, multiple attempts to engage the respondent in voluntary treatment, or other repeated efforts to aid the respondent in obtaining professional assistance.

(g) The public guardian or public conservator, or their designee, of the county in which the respondent resides or is found.

(h) The director of a county behavioral health agency, or their designee, of the county in which the respondent resides or is found.

(i) The director of county adult protective services, or their designee, of the county in which the respondent resides or is found.

(j) The director of a California Indian health services program, California tribal behavioral health department, who has, within the previous 30 days, provided or who is currently providing behavioral health services to the respondent, or the director’s designee.

(k) The judge of a tribal court located in California before which the respondent has appeared within the previous 30 days, or the judge’s designee.

(l) The respondent.
Cal. VEH § 21365 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 21365
Section 21365
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation, with respect to state highways in open range country, and the board of supervisors of each county, with respect to county highways under its jurisdiction, may place and maintain appropriate signs indicating that the territory traversed is open livestock range and warning against the danger of livestock on the highway.
Cal. RTC § 41010 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 20 / Chapter 1 / Section 41010
Section 41010
Status: in_force

“Access line in this state” means a telephone line, as defined in Section 233 of the Public Utilities Code, associated with a billing address located in California.
Cal. FIN § 4901 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.6 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 4901
Section 4901
Status: in_force

(a) A California state bank may merge into a national banking association, a California federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank, or an insured foreign (other state) state bank pursuant to (1) this article, (2) in case the surviving bank is a national banking association or a California federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank, federal law, and (3) in case the surviving bank is a California federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank or an insured foreign (other state) state bank, the law of the foreign bank’s domicile.

(b) A California industrial loan company may merge into an insured foreign (other state) industrial loan company pursuant to (1) this article and (2) the law of the foreign industrial loan company’s domicile.

(c) A California state depository corporation of any class may merge into a federal depository corporation of another class, a California federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank, or an insured foreign (other state) state depository corporation of another class pursuant to (1) this article, (2) in case the surviving depository corporation is a federal depository corporation or a California federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank, federal law, and (3) in case the surviving depository corporation is a California federally licensed foreign (other nation) bank or an insured foreign (other state) state depository corporation, the law of the domicile of the foreign bank or foreign depository corporation.
Cal. PCC § 10478 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 13 / Section 10478
Section 10478
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency shall require a company that submits a bid or proposal with respect to a contract for goods or services, that currently or within the previous three years has had business activities or other operations outside of the United States, to certify that the company is not a scrutinized company.

(b) A state agency shall not require a company that submits a bid or proposal with respect to a contract for goods or services, and that currently or within the previous three years has had business activities or other operations outside of the United States, to certify that the company is not a scrutinized company, if the company has obtained permission to bid on or submit a proposal for a contract with a state agency for goods or services pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10477.
Cal. PUC § 99346 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 99346
Section 99346
Status: in_force

Any resolution containing such a procedure may also provide for meetings of bondholders or for their written assent without a meeting and the manner of consenting, with or without a meeting.
Cal. WIC § 16500.51 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 16500.51
Section 16500.51
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to participation in the program provided for under Section 16500.5, Solano and Alameda Counties may, on a two-year project basis, and subject to the election of the board of supervisors of each county to participate, expand the program provided for in Section 16500.5 to also provide those family preservation services to:

(1) Children who have been adjudged wards of the court pursuant to Sections 601 and 602.

(2) Families of children subject to Section 726 and 727.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the expanded programs authorized under this section shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 16500.5 and shall be administered in accordance with Section 16500.5.

(c) The county probation department, through an interagency agreement with the county welfare department, may refer cases to the county welfare department for the provision of services under this subdivision.

(d) The county shall ensure that the proportion of funds used for family preservation services for families and children needing these services pursuant to Sections 300, 330, 361, and 364 shall be no less than the proportion of those children in the county’s foster care population.

(e) A dependent minor or ward of the court removed from the home pursuant to Section 726 may also be returned to his or her home with appropriate interagency family preservation services as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 16500.5.

(f) This participation is subject to the provisions of Section 16500.5.
Cal. INS § 1860 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 1860
Section 1860
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or regulate the payment of dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or subscribers. A plan for the payment of dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or subscribers shall not be deemed a rating plan or system.
Cal. MVC § 393 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 393
Section 393
Status: in_force

(a) In an action or proceeding of any nature commenced in any court against an active member of the militia or a member of the militia in active service in pursuance of an order of the President of the United States as a result of a state emergency for an act done by such member in an official capacity in the discharge of duty, or an alleged omission to do an act which it was the member’s duty to perform, or against any person acting under the authority or order of an officer or by virtue of a warrant issued by an officer pursuant to law:

(1) The defendant in all cases may make a general denial and give special matter in evidence.

(2) A defendant in whose favor a final judgment is rendered in any such action or proceeding shall recover treble costs.

(b) The Attorney General shall defend such active member or person where the action or proceeding is civil. The senior judge advocate on the state staff or one of the judge advocates shall defend such active member or person where the action or proceeding is criminal, and the Adjutant General shall designate the senior judge advocate on the state staff, or one of the judge advocates, to defend such active member or person.

(c) In the event such active member or person is not indemnified by the federal government, Section 825 of the Government Code shall apply to such active member or person.
Cal. FIN § 5100.7 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 5100.7
Section 5100.7
Status: in_force

“Controlling person” of a savings association means any person or entity which (a) either directly or indirectly or acting in concert with one or more other persons or entities, owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, or holds proxies representing, 10 percent or more of the voting shares or rights of the association or (b) controls in any manner the election or appointment of a majority of the directors of the association. However, a director of a savings association shall not be deemed to be a controlling person of the association based upon his or her voting, or acting in concert with other directors in voting, proxies (a) obtained in connection with an annual solicitation of proxies or (b) obtained from savings account holders and borrowers if the proxies are voted as directed by a majority vote of the entire board of directors of that association, or of a committee of those directors if the committee’s composition and authority are controlled by a majority vote of the entire board and if its authority is revocable by such a majority.
Cal. BPC § 2281 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 12 / Section 2281
Section 2281
Status: in_force

A physician and surgeon or a student undertaking a course of professional instruction or a clinical training program, may not perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious female patient unless the patient gave informed consent to the pelvic examination, or the performance of a pelvic examination is within the scope of care for the surgical procedure or diagnostic examination to be performed on the patient or, in the case of an unconscious patient, the pelvic examination is required for diagnostic purposes.
Cal. RTC § 34012.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 34012.5
Section 34012.5
Status: in_force

(a) The cultivation tax and cannabis excise tax imposed pursuant to Section 34011 required to be collected by the distributor, or required to be collected by the manufacturer pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 34012, and any amount unreturned to the cultivator or cannabis retailer that is not tax but was collected from the cultivator or cannabis retailer under the representation by the distributor or the manufacturer that it was tax constitute debts owed by the distributor or the manufacturer to this state.

(b) A distributor or manufacturer that has collected any amount of tax in excess of the amount of tax imposed by this part and actually due from a cultivator or cannabis retailer, may refund such amount to the cultivator or cannabis retailer, even though such tax amount has already been paid over to the department and no corresponding credit or refund has yet been secured. The distributor or manufacturer may claim credit for that overpayment against the amount of tax imposed by this part that is due upon any other quarterly return, providing that credit is claimed in a return dated no later than three years from the date of overpayment.

(c) Any tax collected from a cultivator, cannabis retailer, or purchaser that has not been remitted to the department shall be deemed a debt owed to the State of California by the person required to collect and remit the tax.
Cal. WAT § 40334 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 40334
Section 40334
Status: in_force

The bonds of the directors, other than the first directors, shall be approved by a judge of the superior court, recorded in the office of the recorder of the office county, and filed with the secretary.
Cal. ELEC § 322 — California Code / Code elec / Division 0.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 322
Section 322
Status: in_force

“Electoral jurisdiction,” as used in Division 11 (commencing with Section 11000), means the area within which the voters reside who are qualified to vote for the officer sought to be recalled.
Cal. BPC § 3007 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 3007
Section 3007
Status: in_force

An optometrist shall retain a patient’s records for a minimum of seven years from the date he or she completes treatment of the patient. If the patient is a minor, the patient’s records shall be retained for a minimum of seven years from the date he or she completes treatment of the patient and at least until the patient reaches 19 years of age.