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Cal. WAT § 10537 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.2 / Chapter 3 / Section 10537
Section 10537
Status: in_force

“Regional projects or programs” means projects or programs identified in an integrated regional water management plan that accomplish any of the following:

(a) Reduce water demand through agricultural and urban water use efficiency.

(b) Increase water supplies for any beneficial use through the use of any of the following, or other, means:

(1) Groundwater storage and conjunctive water management.

(2) Desalination.

(3) Precipitation enhancement.

(4) Water recycling.

(5) Regional and local surface storage.

(6) Water-use efficiency.

(7) Stormwater management.

(c) Improve operational efficiency and water supply reliability, including conveyance facilities, system reoperation, and water transfers.

(d) Improve water quality, including drinking water treatment and distribution, groundwater and aquifer remediation, matching water quality to water use, wastewater treatment, water pollution prevention, and management of urban and agricultural runoff.

(e) Improve resource stewardship, including agricultural lands stewardship, ecosystem restoration, flood plain management, recharge area protection, urban land use management, groundwater management, water-dependent recreation, fishery restoration, including fish passage improvement, and watershed management.

(f) Improve flood management through structural and nonstructural means, or by any other means.
Cal. HSC § 113711 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 113711
Section 113711
Status: in_force

In all laws and regulations, references to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 113700) or the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, shall mean this part or the California Retail Food Code.
Cal. HSC § 1416.80 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.35 / Article 5 / Section 1416.80
Section 1416.80
Status: in_force

Upon the determination to deny application for licensure for grounds specified in Section 1416.77, the program shall immediately notify the applicant in writing by certified mail. A petition for an administrative hearing must be received by the program within 20 business days of receipt of notification. Upon receipt, the department shall set the matter for administrative hearing, pursuant to procedures specified in Section 100171.
Cal. WIC § 4434 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.1 / Part 1 / Section 4434
Section 4434
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding preexisting rights to enforce the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500)), it is the intent of the Legislature that the department ensure that the regional centers operate in compliance with federal and state law and regulation and provide services and supports to consumers in compliance with the principles and specifics of this division.

(b) The department shall take all necessary actions to support regional centers to successfully achieve compliance with this section and provide high quality services and supports to consumers and their families.

(c) The contract between the department and individual regional centers required by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 4620) of Division 4.5 shall include a provision requiring each regional center to render services in accordance with applicable provisions of state laws and regulations. In the event that the department finds a regional center has violated this requirement, or whenever it appears that a regional center has engaged in, or is about to engage in, any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) or any regulation adopted thereunder, the department shall promptly take the appropriate steps necessary to ensure compliance with the law, including actions authorized under Section 4632 or 4635. The department, as the director deems appropriate, may pursue other legal or equitable remedies for enforcement of the obligations of regional centers including, but not limited to, seeking specific performance of the contract between the department and the regional center or otherwise act to enforce compliance with Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) or any regulation adopted thereunder.

(d) As part of its responsibility to monitor regional centers, the department shall collect and review printed materials issued by the regional centers, including, but not limited to, purchase of service policies and other policies, guidelines, or assessment tools utilized by regional centers when determining the service needs of a consumer, instructions and training materials for regional center staff, board meeting agendas and minutes, and general policy and notifications provided to all providers and consumers and families. Within a reasonable period of time, the department shall review new or amended purchase of service policies prior to implementation by the regional center to ensure compliance with statute and regulation. The department shall take appropriate and necessary steps to prevent regional centers from utilizing a policy or guideline that violates any provision of Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) or any regulation adopted thereunder. The department shall confirm that the purchase of service policies and other policies, guidelines, or assessment tools utilized by regional centers when determining the service needs of a consumer are available to the public, as required by paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 4629.5.
Cal. FAC § 65575.2 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 65575.2
Section 65575.2
Status: in_force

The public member of the commission shall represent the interests of the general public in all matters coming before the commission and shall have the same voting and other rights and immunities as other members of the commission. The public member shall have no financial interest in the table grape industry.
Cal. BPC § 450.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 450.5
Section 450.5
Status: in_force

A public member, or a lay member, at any time within five years immediately preceding his or her appointment, shall not have been engaged in pursuits which lie within the field of the industry or profession, or have provided representation to the industry or profession, regulated by the board of which he or she is a member, nor shall he or she engage in those pursuits or provide that representation during his or her term of office.
Cal. PRC § 42968.3 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 19.5 / Article 1 / Section 42968.3
Section 42968.3
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the ability of a permanent collection site that is a solid waste facility from charging for the disposal of a covered product that is contaminated or that will be rejected for recycling by the producer responsibility organization.
Cal. INS § 12745 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 12745
Section 12745
Status: in_force

(a) Any insurance holding company subject to Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1215) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 1, one of whose affiliates is a home protection company as defined in this part, may invest in or operate a corporation which provides home service contractor or dispatch services or appliance service or appliance repair services pursuant to a contract issued for that purpose. The corporation shall not be subject to licensing or regulation under this part except as set forth in this section, provided, that the contract shall not be sold in conjunction with, or otherwise attach to, the sale or any proposed sale of the real property to which it relates.

(b) At the time of filing its registration statement under Section 1215.4, and annually thereafter, each affiliate owning or operating such a corporation shall file as a supplement thereto, a statement of the financial condition of the corporation prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles, and a designated list of the name and addresses of all agents, employees, and independent contractors utilized to issue or sell those contracts. Each statement of financial condition and designated list shall be certified as correct by an officer of the corporation. The commissioner may prescribe the form for the statement or list.
Cal. SHC § 18324 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 18324
Section 18324
Status: in_force

Whenever a street lighting system is installed along a boundary line or street of any city, the city council may, by resolution, assess the land abutting upon such boundary line or street for the estimated cost and expense of improving the system, even though the system is partially or entirely without the boundaries of the city.
Cal. PCC § 10100 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10100
Section 10100
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the State Contract Act.
Cal. WIC § 11320.15 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3.2 / Section 11320.15
Section 11320.15
Status: in_force

[Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 43.   (AB 79)   Effective June 29, 2020.   Inoperative on or after May 1, 2022, as prescribed by its own provisions.   Repealed as of January 1 following inoperative date.]
(a) After a participant has been removed from the assistance unit pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11454, additional welfare-to-work services may be provided to the recipient, at the option of the county. If the county provides services to the recipient after the 48-month limit has been reached, the recipient shall participate in community service or subsidized employment, as described in Section 11322.64.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on May 1, 2022, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement Section 11320.15, as added by the act that added this subdivision, whichever date is later, and, as of January 1 of the following year, is repealed.

[Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 44.   (AB 79)   Effective June 29, 2020.   Operative on or after May 1, 2022, as prescribed by its own provisions.]
(a) After a participant has been removed from the assistance unit pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11454, additional welfare-to-work services may be provided to the recipient, at the option of the county. If the county provides services to the recipient after the 60-month limit has been reached, the recipient shall participate in community service or subsidized employment, as described in Section 11322.64.

(b) This section shall become operative on May 1, 2022, or when the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation to implement this section, whichever date is later.
Cal. COM § 8509 — California Code / Code com / Division 8 / Chapter 5 / Section 8509
Section 8509
Status: in_force

(a) If the substance of a duty imposed upon a securities intermediary by Sections 8504 to 8508, inclusive, is the subject of a federal statute, regulation, or rule, compliance with that statute, regulation, or rule satisfies the duty.

(b) To the extent that specific standards for the performance of the duties of a securities intermediary or the exercise of the rights of an entitlement holder are not specified by other statute, regulation, or rule or by agreement between the securities intermediary and entitlement holder, the securities intermediary shall perform its duties and the entitlement holder shall exercise its rights in a commercially reasonable manner.

(c) The obligation of a securities intermediary to perform the duties imposed by Sections 8504 to 8508, inclusive, is subject to the following:

(1) Rights of the securities intermediary arising out of a security interest under a security agreement with the entitlement holder or otherwise.

(2) Rights of the securities intermediary under other law, regulation, rule, or agreement to withhold performance of its duties as a result of unfulfilled obligations of the entitlement holder to the securities intermediary.

(d) Sections 8504 to 8508, inclusive, do not require a securities intermediary to take any action that is prohibited by other statute, regulation, or rule.
Cal. HSC § 9505 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 9505
Section 9505
Status: in_force

“Companion crypts” or “nest of crypts” means two or more crypts entered through a single crypt opening.
Cal. PUC § 353.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.3 / Article 3.5 / Section 353.5
Section 353.5
Status: in_force

Each electrical corporation, as part of its distribution planning process, shall consider nonutility owned distributed energy resources as a possible alternative to investments in its distribution system in order to ensure reliable electric service at the lowest possible cost.
Cal. WIC § 14184.51 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5.5 / Section 14184.51
Section 14184.51
Status: in_force

The department shall conduct, or arrange to have conducted, the evaluation of the PRIME program required under the Special Terms and Conditions.
Cal. BPC § 7405 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10 / Article 11 / Section 7405
Section 7405
Status: in_force

A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order the license suspended or revoked, or may decline to issue a license, when the time for appeal has elapsed, or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal or when an order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing the person to withdraw his or her plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the verdict of guilty, or dismissing the accusation, information or indictment.
Cal. FGC § 8405.1 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 9.1 / Section 8405.1
Section 8405.1
Status: in_force

(a) Applicants for a sea cucumber permit shall specify by gear type, either trawl or dive, the method in which the applicant intends to take sea cucumbers. The gear type of a sea cucumber permit, either trawl or dive, shall not be transferable.

(b) The fee for a sea cucumber permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(c) Each permittee shall complete and submit an accurate record of all sea cucumber fishing activities on forms provided by the department.

(d) In order to renew a sea cucumber permit for any permit year, an applicant shall have been issued a sea cucumber permit in the immediately preceding permit year. Applications for renewal of a sea cucumber permit shall be received by the department or, if mailed, postmarked, by April 30 of the permit year.
Cal. RTC § 19085 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 19085
Section 19085
Status: in_force

The taxpayer may appeal to the board from the Franchise Tax Board’s action on the petition for review. The appeal shall be made in the manner prescribed by Section 19046. Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of Chapter 4 relating to an appeal from the action of the Franchise Tax Board on a protest against an additional tax proposed to be assessed applies to the appeal.
Cal. INS § 10181.11 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4.5 / Section 10181.11
Section 10181.11
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever it appears to the department that any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any act or practice constituting a violation of this article, including the filing of inaccurate or unjustified rates or inaccurate or unjustified rate information, the department may review rate filing to ensure compliance with the law.

(b) The department may review other filings.

(c) The department shall accept and post to its Internet Web site any public comment on a rate increase submitted to the department during the applicable period described in subdivision (d) of Section 10181.7.

(d) The department shall report to the Legislature at least quarterly on all unreasonable rate filings.

(e) The department shall post on its Internet Web site any changes submitted by the insurer to the proposed rate increase, including any documentation submitted by the insurer supporting those changes.

(f) If the commissioner makes a decision that an unreasonable rate increase is not justified or that a rate filing contains inaccurate information, the department shall post that decision on its Internet Web site.

(g) Nothing in this article shall be construed to impair or impede the department’s authority to administer or enforce any other provision of this code.
Cal. PRC § 42298 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.4 / Section 42298
Section 42298
Status: in_force

A plastic bag that is labeled with a term specified in subdivision (a) of Section 42357 and that meets the current ASTM standard specified for that term, as defined in Section 42356, is exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
Cal. UIC § 13018 — California Code / Code uic / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 13018
Section 13018
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this division or other express provision of law, the information furnished or secured pursuant to this division shall be used solely for the purpose of administering the tax laws or other laws administered by the person or agency obtaining it. Any willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted disclosure or use of the information by the person or agency, or the employees and officers thereof, is a misdemeanor. For purposes of this section, “inspection” means any examination of confidential information furnished or secured pursuant to this division.

(b) The department shall notify a taxpayer of any known incidents of willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted disclosure or use of the taxpayer’s confidential tax records, but only if criminal charges have been filed for the willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted disclosure.
Cal. RTC § 2228.1 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 2228.1
Section 2228.1
Status: in_force

(a) Annually, the Department of Finance shall transmit to each community college district an estimate of its annual percentage change in adult population. Such estimates shall indicate the percentage change in the resident population within the geographic boundaries of the district consistent with the geographic boundaries used to determine the assessed valuation for the current and budget fiscal years excluding the population in state and federal correctional institutions and all full-time enrollment associated with four-year educational institutions with an enrollment of 3,000 or more and persons residing in military barracks of each district between January 1 of the prior year and January 1 of the current year if possible, or between the fall school census week of the prior fiscal year and the fall school census week of the current year. Such statements shall be transmitted by May 15.

The Department of Finance may request data from any local agency to be used to prepare the population estimate required by this section. If any local agency fails to supply the requested data, the department is not required to provide an estimate for the school district affected, but may do so using the method deemed most appropriate by the department after first notifying the community college district.

(b) If the total population of a district as currently delineated was within 15 percent of the total population of one or more cities or counties or city and county each of whose population is 50 percent or more within the district as of the most recent federal special or decennial census or local census carried out under the Department of Finance supervision covering the area in question, it may apply to the Department of Finance for a special estimate of the percentage change in total population of the corresponding area for the past year. The department will prepare the estimate in accordance with the data and methods used pursuant to Section 2227 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and the district may use the estimate in lieu of the estimate prepared under subdivision (a) of this section.
Cal. PRC § 42325 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 3 / Section 42325
Section 42325
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter. These regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) Procedures for certifying compliance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 42310), including a requirement that product manufacturers include in their specifications for rigid plastic packaging containers a requirement that the packaging manufacturer certify that the rigid plastic packaging containers comply with this chapter.

(b) Procedures for considering and granting waivers pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 42330).
Cal. WAT § 71959 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 71959
Section 71959
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued by a district have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by a city and are exempt from all taxation within the State.
Cal. WAT § 13400 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 13400
Section 13400
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context:

(a) “Facilities” means any of the following:

(1) Facilities for the collection, treatment, or export of waste when necessary to prevent water pollution.

(2) Facilities to recycle wastewater and to convey recycled water.

(3) Facilities or devices to conserve water.

(4) Any combination of the facilities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).

(b) “Fund” means the State Water Quality Control Fund.

(c) “Not-for-profit organization” means an organization operated on a not-for-profit basis, including, but not limited to, an association, cooperative, or private corporation that is a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that meets technical, managerial, and financial capacity criteria specified by the state board for public water systems, or that is subject to regulatory authority pursuant to this division.“Not-for-profit organization” includes only an organization that is either controlled by a local public body or bodies or has a broadly based ownership by, or membership of, people of the local community.

(d) “Public agency” means any city, county, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of the state.
Cal. PRC § 75240 — California Code / Code prc / Division 44 / Part 4 / Section 75240
Section 75240
Status: in_force

The Transformative Climate Communities Program is hereby created, to be administered by the Strategic Growth Council. The program shall fund the development and implementation of neighborhood-level transformative climate community plans that include multiple, coordinated greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects that provide local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities, as described in Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code. By making such comprehensive public investments, it is the intent of the Legislature that private resources can be more effectively catalyzed to support innovative community and climate transformation in disadvantaged communities.
Cal. SHC § 8280 — California Code / Code shc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 8280
Section 8280
Status: in_force

Any territory which will not be benefited by inclusion in the district shall not be included in the district.
Cal. LAB § 117 — California Code / Code lab / Division 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 117
Section 117
Status: in_force

The administrative director may appoint an attorney licensed to practice law in the state as counsel to the division.