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Cal. FAC § 77502 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 77502
Section 77502
Status: in_force

The maintenance of the forest products industry of California is necessary to ensure the public of a continuous supply of forest products and the maintenance of needed levels of income for those persons engaged in the industry.
Cal. HSC § 114421 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 114421
Section 114421
Status: in_force

(a) Each food facility that identifies a trade secret shall provide in writing to the enforcement agency the information they consider to be a trade secret.

(b) The enforcement agency shall treat as confidential, to the extent allowed by law, information that meets the criteria specified in law for a trade secret and is contained on inspection report forms and in the plans and specifications submitted as specified under Section 114419.1.
Cal. PUC § 96401 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 96401
Section 96401
Status: in_force

Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district of any transit facilities or any works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property necessary or convenient to carry out the objects, purposes, or powers of the district, the cost of which will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the district, it may at any subsequent meeting of the board provide by ordinance for the submission of the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purpose set forth in the resolution to the voters of the district at a special bond election held for that purpose.
Cal. WAT § 9340 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 9340
Section 9340
Status: in_force

The oath may be administered by any member of the board of election.
Cal. FAC § 34564 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 34564
Section 34564
Status: in_force

An “unauthorized person” with respect to possession of containers (including milk cases), cabinets, or other dairy equipment marked with a brand that is registered pursuant to this chapter includes any person in possession of this equipment except the following:

(a) The brand registrant or owner.

(b) A person in possession in compliance with the provisions of Sections 34561 or 34562.

(c) A person who, with the consent of the brand registrant or any other authorized person, has temporary possession of branded containers (including milk cases) as a result of the purchase of milk or milk products packaged and transported in the containers.

As to any containers (including milk cases), cabinets, or other dairy equipment marked with a brand registered pursuant to this chapter, the following acts are punishable under the provisions of Chapter 12.6 (commencing with Section 565) of Title 13 of Part 1 of the Penal Code:

(a) Possession or use of the branded containers, cabinets, or other dairy equipment by an unauthorized person.

(b) Obliteration of the registered brand on the containers, cabinets or other dairy equipment, except by the owner thereof or the brand registrant.
Cal. SHC § 36612 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 36612
Section 36612
Status: in_force

“Owners’ association” means a private nonprofit entity that is under contract with a city to administer or implement improvements, maintenance, and activities specified in the management district plan. An owners’ association may be an existing nonprofit entity or a newly formed nonprofit entity. An owners’ association is a private entity and may not be considered a public entity for any purpose, nor may its board members or staff be considered to be public officials for any purpose. Notwithstanding this section, an owners’ association shall comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), at all times when matters within the subject matter of the district are heard, discussed, or deliberated, and with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), for all records relating to activities of the district.
Cal. WAT § 75634 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 75634
Section 75634
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, “district” means the United Water Conservation District.
Cal. LAB § 1476 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 4.5.5 / Section 1476
Section 1476
Status: in_force

(a) A fast food restaurant operator shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any employee due to the employee’s participation in or testimony to any proceeding convened by the council.

(b) The council shall be deemed a governmental agency for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 1102.5.
Cal. SHC § 25445 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 25445
Section 25445
Status: in_force

All funding bonds shall be serial in character and approximately an even proportion of the total amount of each issue shall be payable annually. The amount of the principal due in each annual payment need not be exactly the same but with respect to each installment excepting the last may be made to differ not more than five hundred dollars ($500) from the amount obtained by dividing the total of the principal amount due under the bonds, by the number of installments. The last installment shall be for the balance of the total principal amount not provided to be paid in the previous installments.
Cal. BPC § 18720 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 18720
Section 18720
Status: in_force

(a) No boxing contest or match shall be more than 12 rounds of not more than three minutes each in length, except that championship contests may, if the written approval of the commission is first obtained, be 15 rounds of not more than three minutes each in length. The commission may limit the number of rounds in a contest within the maximum.

(b) There shall be one minute rest between consecutive rounds.
Cal. INS § 11538 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 11538
Section 11538
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall examine the plan submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 11536. As a part of the examination the commissioner may order a hearing on the plan after written notice of the hearing to the mutual company, and its members, all of whom shall have the right to appear at the hearing. The commissioner may require as a condition of consent that the mutual company make modifications of the proposed plan that the commissioner finds necessary for the protection of policyholders. The commissioner shall consent to the plan if he or she finds all of the following:

(1) For the conversion of a mutual insurer, the plan is fair and equitable to the insurer and its policyholders.

(2) For the conversion of a mutual holding company, the plan is fair and equitable to the company, its members, and the policyholders of the converted insurer.

(3) The plan does not violate the law.

(4) The converted insurer will, after the conversion, satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a license to write the line or lines of insurance for which it is presently licensed.

(b) For the conversion of a converting mutual life company, the commissioner may appoint one or more actuarial, financial, or other consultants, including legal counsel, as the commissioner finds necessary to advise the commissioner in making the determination of whether the proposed plan of conversion meets the applicable requirements of this chapter. The converting mutual life company is responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of any actuarial, financial, or other consultants, including legal counsel, appointed, and for the mailing and publication of notices to the mutual company and its members.
Cal. PUC § 90072 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 90072
Section 90072
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the resolutions or petitions, or sufficient combination of both, the board of supervisors shall call a hearing thereon not less than 77 days nor more than 91 days following the receipt of all of the required resolutions or petitions, or both. The board of supervisors shall publish notice of said hearing in any newspaper of general circulation published within the proposed district in accordance with Section 6066 of the Government Code. The notice shall state the name and nature of the proposed district, that all petitions and resolutions may be inspected at the office of the clerk of said board of supervisors, that the proposed district shall include the seven cities specified in Section 90050, the boundaries of any unincorporated territory proposed for inclusion, the time and place for the hearing, and that all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to express their views.
Cal. PRC § 25644 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 7.4 / Section 25644
Section 25644
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a commission agreement entered into for purposes of the Long-Duration Energy Storage Program shall not require the review, consent, or approval of the Department of General Services or any other state department or agency and are not required to comply with the requirements of the State Contracting Manual, the Public Contract Code, or the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. FAM § 125 — California Code / Code fam / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 125
Section 125
Status: in_force

“Quasi-community property” means all real or personal property, wherever situated, acquired before or after the operative date of this code in any of the following ways:

(a) By either spouse while domiciled elsewhere which would have been community property if the spouse who acquired the property had been domiciled in this state at the time of its acquisition.

(b) In exchange for real or personal property, wherever situated, which would have been community property if the spouse who acquired the property so exchanged had been domiciled in this state at the time of its acquisition.
Cal. WAT § 10609.16 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.55 / Chapter 9 / Section 10609.16
Section 10609.16
Status: in_force

The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021, guidelines and methodologies for the board to adopt that identify how an urban retail water supplier calculates its urban water use objective. The guidelines and methodologies shall address, as necessary, all of the following:

(a) Determining the irrigable lands within the urban retail water supplier’s service area.

(b) Updating and revising methodologies described pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 10608.20, as appropriate, including methodologies for calculating the population in an urban retail water supplier’s service area.

(c) Using landscape area data provided by the department or alternative data.

(d) Incorporating precipitation data and climate data into estimates of a urban retail water supplier’s outdoor irrigation budget for its urban water use objective.

(e) Estimating changes in outdoor landscape area and population, and calculating the urban water use objective, for years when updated landscape imagery is not available from the department.

(f) Determining acceptable levels of accuracy for the supporting data, the urban water use objective, and compliance with the urban water use objective.
Cal. BPC § 7599.20 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.6 / Article 11 / Section 7599.20
Section 7599.20
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, “branch office” means any additional location, other than the alarm company operator’s principal place of business, where the selling, monitoring, installation, or servicing of alarms is administered, directed, or controlled.

A telephone answering service or a telephone call forwarding device shall not be deemed to be a branch office.
Cal. VEH § 2430.1 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3.3 / Section 2430.1
Section 2430.1
Status: in_force

As used in this article, each of the following terms has the following meaning:

(a) “Tow truck driver” means a person who operates a tow truck, who renders towing service or emergency road service to motorists while involved in freeway service patrol operations, pursuant to an agreement with a regional or local entity, and who has or will have direct and personal contact with the individuals being transported or assisted. As used in this subdivision, “towing service” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2436.

(b) “Employer” means a person or organization that employs those persons defined in subdivision (a), or who is an owner-operator who performs the activity specified in subdivision (a), and who is involved in freeway service patrol operations pursuant to an agreement or contract with a regional or local entity.

(c) “Regional or local entity” means a public organization established as a public transportation planning entity pursuant to Title 7.1 (commencing with Section 66500) of the Government Code or authorized to impose a transaction and use tax for transportation purposes by the Public Utilities Code or the service authority for freeway emergencies described in Section 2551 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(d) “Emergency road service” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2436.

(e) “Freeway service patrol” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2561 of the Streets and Highways Code.
Cal. WAT § 12743.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 12743.1
Section 12743.1
Status: in_force

The City of San Diego shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by the act approved October 27, 1965, (Public Law 89-298, 79 Stat. 1073, Title II, the Flood Control Act of 1965), will be furnished by the city in connection with the project for flood protection adopted and authorized in Section 12743.
Cal. PUC § 29150 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 29150
Section 29150
Status: in_force

The district may borrow money, incur a bonded indebtedness in respect thereto, and levy taxes for the payment of principal and interest thereon, in the manner provided in Chapter 7 of this part, but no such bonded debt shall exceed fifteen (15) percent of the assessed valuation of taxable property within the district.
Cal. INS § 10380 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 10380
Section 10380
Status: in_force

The falsity of any statement in the application for any policy covered by this chapter shall not bar the right to recovery under the policy unless such false statement was made with actual intent to deceive or unless it materially affected either the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the insurer.
Cal. BPC § 7071.18 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 7071.18
Section 7071.18
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensee shall report to the registrar in writing the occurrence of any of the following within 90 days after the licensee obtains knowledge of the event:

(1) The conviction of the licensee for any felony.

(2) The conviction of the licensee for any other crime that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a licensed contractor.

(b) (1) The board shall consult with licensees, consumers, and other interested stakeholders in order to prepare a study of judgments, arbitration awards, and settlements that were the result of claims for construction defects for rental residential units and, by January 1, 2018, shall report to the Legislature the results of this study to determine if the board’s ability to protect the public as described in Section 7000.6 would be enhanced by regulations requiring licensees to report judgments, arbitration awards, or settlement payments of those claims. Participation by licensees and consumers shall be voluntary. The study shall include, but not be limited to, criteria used by insurers or others to differentiate between settlements that are for nuisance value and those that are not, whether settlement information or other information can help identify licensees who may be subject to an enforcement action, if there is a way to separate subcontractors from general contractors when identifying licensees who may be subject to an enforcement action, whether reporting should be limited to settlements resulting from construction defects that resulted in death or injury, the practice of other boards within the department, and any other criteria considered reasonable by the board. The board shall submit the report to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(2) Records or documents obtained by the board during the course of implementing this subdivision that are exempt from public disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) shall remain exempt from disclosure pursuant to that act.
Cal. VEH § 11603 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 11603
Section 11603
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue, or for reasonable cause shown, refuse to issue, a license to any applicant applying for a lessor-retailer license or branch office location.

(b) The license shall contain the applicant’s name, location address and the general distinguishing number assigned to the applicant.
Cal. HSC § 5413 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 5413
Section 5413
Status: in_force

Whenever the state department finds that a pollution or nuisance does, in fact, exist, that condition shall be immediately referred by the state department to the proper regional board for action, together with any recommendations for correction, and, commencing July 1 of a year in which the Legislature has appropriated sufficient funds for this purpose, the state department shall submit any report required pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 13193 of the Water Code. Upon request of a regional board, the state department shall inspect and report to the board on any technical factors involved in any condition of pollution or nuisance.
Cal. BPC § 22503.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 21 / Section 22503.5
Section 22503.5
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to any primary contractor or seller of tickets for the primary contractor operating under a written contract with the primary contractor.

“Primary contractor” means the person or organization who is responsible for the event for which tickets are being sold.
Cal. FAM § 8924 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 8924
Section 8924
Status: in_force

(a) For cases in which a child is emigrating from California to a convention country, an accredited agency or approved person providing any adoption service described in this chapter, shall perform all of the following:

(1) A background study on the child prepared in accordance with all requirements set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 96.53 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 8706, and applicable state law.

(2) Consents are obtained in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 96.53 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations and applicable state law.

(3) If the child is 12 years of age or older, the agency or person has given due consideration to the child’s wishes or opinions before determining that an intercountry adoption is in the child’s best interests and in accordance with applicable state law.

(4) Transmission to the United States Department of State or other competent authority, or accredited bodies of the convention country, of the child background study, proof that the necessary consents have been obtained, and the reasons for the determination that the placement is in the child’s best interests.

(b) The accredited agency shall comply with all placement standards set forth in Section 96.54 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations for children emigrating from California to a convention country.

(c) The accredited agency shall keep the central authority of the convention country and the Secretary informed as necessary about the adoption process and the measures taken to complete it for children emigrating from California to a convention country, in accordance with all communication and coordination functions set forth in Section 96.55 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(d) For all convention and nonconvention adoption cases involving children emigrating from California to a convention country, the agency, person, or public domestic authority providing adoption services shall report information to the Secretary in accordance with Part 99 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.