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Cal. PROB § 4520 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 4520
Section 4520
Status: in_force

(a) The superior court has jurisdiction in proceedings under this division.

(b) The court in proceedings under this division is a court of general jurisdiction and the court, or a judge of the court, has the same power and authority with respect to the proceedings as otherwise provided by law for a superior court, or a judge of the superior court, including, but not limited to, the matters authorized by Section 128 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. INS § 670 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 10.2 / Section 670
Section 670
Status: in_force

(a) No admitted insurer licensed to issue motor vehicle liability policies, as defined in Section 16450 of the Vehicle Code, shall cancel, or refuse to renew, a motor vehicle liability insurance policy covering drivers hired to drive by a commercial business establishment nor execute the agreement specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 11580.1 with respect to those drivers for the reason that those drivers have been convicted of violations of the Vehicle Code or the traffic laws of any subdivision of the state that were committed while operating private passenger vehicles not owned or leased by their employer.

(b) This section does not apply to drivers convicted of any of the following:

(1) Homicide or assault arising out of the operation of a private passenger motor vehicle.

(2) A violation while operating a private passenger motor vehicle of any of the following sections or section subdivisions of the Vehicle Code:

(A) Subdivision (a) of Section 14601.

(B) Subdivision (a) of Section 14601.1.

(C) Subdivision (a) of Section 14601.2.

(D) Section 20001 or 20002.

(E) Subdivision (a) of Section 20008.

(F) Section 23104 or 23105.

(G) Subdivision (c) of Section 23152.

(H) Section 23153.

(3) A violation, while operating a private passenger motor vehicle, of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 23152 of the Vehicle Code punishable under Section 23540 or 23546 of the Vehicle Code.
Cal. FIN § 1574 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 1574
Section 1574
Status: in_force

Securities deposited pursuant to this article may be exchanged from time to time, with the approval of the commissioner, for other like securities of equal market value. Upon written request to the commissioner, any trust company shall be entitled to withdraw from the Treasurer, from time to time, any amount of its securities so deposited in excess of the amount it is required to maintain on deposit in order to conform with the requirements of this article. Upon receiving a written request for such withdrawal or exchange, and satisfactory proof of the facts warranting the same, the commissioner shall forthwith deliver to the Treasurer a written order directing the withdrawal or exchange of such securities so as to conform with the provisions of this section. The Treasurer shall comply with such written order. So long as the trust company so depositing such securities shall continue solvent, it shall have the right and shall be permitted by the Treasurer to receive the interest and dividends on any securities deposited by it.
Cal. HSC § 33823 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 33823
Section 33823
Status: in_force

After the receipt of the report, the legislative body may adopt a resolution of intention to form a special assessment area and to levy special assessments on properties located therein to provide supplemental revenues for the purpose of making payments on the indebtedness when due.
Cal. UIC § 684 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 684
Section 684
Status: in_force

(a) Solely for the purposes of Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) of this division, “employer” also means any employing unit which employs individuals to perform domestic service in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority and pays wages in cash of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) or more to individuals employed in such service during any calendar quarter in the calendar year or the preceding calendar year.

(b) Any employing unit which qualifies as an employer under this section shall not be treated as an employer with respect to wages paid for any service other than domestic service specified by this section unless such employing unit also qualifies as an employer with respect to such other service under Section 675, 676, 677, or 678.
Cal. PRC § 21003 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 1 / Section 21003
Section 21003
Status: in_force

The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that:

(a) Local agencies integrate the requirements of this division with planning and environmental review procedures otherwise required by law or by local practice so that all those procedures, to the maximum feasible extent, run concurrently, rather than consecutively.

(b) Documents prepared pursuant to this division be organized and written in a manner that will be meaningful and useful to decisionmakers and to the public.

(c) Environmental impact reports omit unnecessary descriptions of projects and emphasize feasible mitigation measures and feasible alternatives to projects.

(d) Information developed in individual environmental impact reports be incorporated into a data base which can be used to reduce delay and duplication in preparation of subsequent environmental impact reports.

(e) Information developed in environmental impact reports and negative declarations be incorporated into a data base which may be used to make subsequent or supplemental environmental determinations.

(f) All persons and public agencies involved in the environmental review process be responsible for carrying out the process in the most efficient, expeditious manner in order to conserve the available financial, governmental, physical, and social resources with the objective that those resources may be better applied toward the mitigation of actual significant effects on the environment.
Cal. WIC § 9625 — California Code / Code wic / Division 8.5 / Chapter 9.5 / Section 9625
Section 9625
Status: in_force

(a) No later than June 30, 2007, each multipurpose senior center and each senior center, as defined in subdivisions (j) and (n) of Section 9591, shall develop and maintain a written emergency operations plan. This emergency operations plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Facility preparation procedures to identify the location of first aid supplies, secure all furniture, appliances, and other free-standing objects, and provide instructions for operating gas and water shutoff valves.

(2) An inventory of neighborhood resources that shall include, but not be limited to, the identification and location of all the following nearby resources:

(A) Generators.

(B) Telephones.

(C) Hospitals and public health clinics.

(D) Fire stations and police stations.

(3) Evacuation procedures, including procedures to accommodate those who will need assistance in evacuating the center. This evacuation plan shall be located in an area that is accessible to the public.

(4) Procedures to accommodate seniors, people with disabilities, and other community members in need of shelter at the senior center, in the event that other community facilities are inoperable.

(5) Personnel resources necessary for postdisaster response.

(6) Procedures for conducting periodic evacuation drills, fire drills, and earthquake drills.

(7) Procedures to ensure service continuation after a disaster.

(8) Consideration of cultural and linguistic barriers in emergency and evacuation plans, and ways to appropriately address those barriers.

(b) In the development of the emergency operations plans required by this chapter, multipurpose senior centers and senior centers shall coordinate with the Office of Emergency Services, the local area agency on aging, as defined in Section 9006, and other relevant agencies and stakeholders.
Cal. FAC § 74038 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 74038
Section 74038
Status: in_force

“Wine” means the product obtained by the fermentation of winegrapes or juice therefrom, with or without addition or abstracting, and includes any product made from winegrapes which is defined as a wine and permitted under Part III (commencing with Section 5381) of Subchapter F of Chapter 51 of Title 26 of the United States Code, and in the statutes of this state and regulations issued thereunder defining wine produced from grapes.
Cal. WIC § 14087.9722 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.81 / Section 14087.9722
Section 14087.9722
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission established pursuant to this article no longer functions for the purposes for which it was established, when the commission’s existing obligations have been satisfied or the commission’s assets have been exhausted, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, resolution, or other action, terminate the commission.

(b) Prior to the termination of the commission, the board of supervisors shall notify the department of its intent to terminate the commission. Within 30 days of the notification, the department shall conduct an audit of the records of the commission to determine the liabilities and assets of the commission. The department shall report its findings to the board of supervisors within 10 days of the completion of the audit. The board of supervisors shall prepare a plan to liquidate or otherwise dispose of the assets of the commission and to pay the liabilities of the commission to the extent of the commission’s assets, and shall present the plan to the department within 30 days after receiving the department’s audit findings.

(c) Upon termination of the commission by the board of supervisors, the county shall manage any remaining assets of the commission until superseded by a plan approved by the department.

(d) All assets of the commission remaining after the payment of the liabilities of the commission pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be disposed of pursuant to the contract entered into between the state and the commission pursuant to Section 14087.
Cal. PRC § 4475 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 4475
Section 4475
Status: in_force

(a) The director may enter into an agreement, including a grant agreement, for prescribed burning or other hazardous fuel reduction that is consistent with this chapter and the regulations of the board with any person to conduct prescribed burning operations and joint prescribed burning operations that serve the public interest and are beneficial to the state. To be considered for the public interest and beneficial to the state, each prescribed burn shall be for any of the following purposes, or any combination of those purposes:

(1) Prevention of high-intensity wildland fires through reduction of the volume and continuity of wildland fuels.

(2) Watershed management.

(3) Range improvement.

(4) Vegetation management.

(5) Forest improvement.

(6) Wildlife habitat improvement.

(7) Air quality maintenance.

(b) For the purposes of this article and consistent with subdivision (c), “person” includes, but is not limited to, private or nongovernmental entities, Native American tribes, or local, state, and federal public agencies. For purposes of this article, “person” shall also include the plural when the department determines an agreement needs to contain two or more persons as defined in this section.

(c) The Legislature finds and declares that historically, the department conducted prescribed burns only utilizing its own personnel and therefore was liable for any damages resulting from the burn. However, to reach the statewide prescribed burn goals identified in the “California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate,” to limit the threat of catastrophic wildfire, and to improve forest health, the department may have a smaller role on individual prescribed burns with a cooperator taking more control as authorized by the act adding this subdivision. This cooperator control may range from creating the burn plan to being the burn boss and conducting the burn.
Cal. EVID § 454 — California Code / Code evid / Division 4 / Section 454
Section 454
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the propriety of taking judicial notice of a matter, or the tenor thereof:

(1) Any source of pertinent information, including the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, may be consulted or used, whether or not furnished by a party.

(2) Exclusionary rules of evidence do not apply except for Section 352 and the rules of privilege.

(b) Where the subject of judicial notice is the law of an organization of nations, a foreign nation, or a public entity in a foreign nation and the court resorts to the advice of persons learned in the subject matter, such advice, if not received in open court, shall be in writing.
Cal. PROB § 4619 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.7 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 4619
Section 4619
Status: in_force

“Health care institution” means an institution, facility, or agency licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business.
Cal. HSC § 19134 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2a / Section 19134
Section 19134
Status: in_force

The enforcement agency may approve changes in any application, plans, or specifications previously approved by it.
Cal. INS § 733 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 733
Section 733
Status: in_force

In making such examination the commissioner:

(a) Shall have free access to all the books and papers of the company.

(b) Shall thoroughly inspect and examine all its affairs.

(c) Shall ascertain its condition and ability to fulfill its obligations.

(d) Shall ascertain if it has complied with all laws applicable to its insurance transactions.

(e) May appraise or cause to be appraised by competent appraisers appointed by him or her all property in which the insurer has or claims an interest, or which is security, in any form, for the payment of any debt or obligation to the insurer. All such appraisals of real property shall be in writing.

(f) Shall, in conducting the examination, observe those guidelines and procedures set forth in the Examiner’s Handbook adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The commissioner may also employ other guidelines or procedures which the commissioner may deem appropriate.

(g) May retain attorneys, appraisers, independent actuaries, independent certified public accountants, or other professionals and specialists as examiners, or any of the employees of the department assigned by the commissioner to carry out the purposes of this article, the cost of which shall be borne by the company subject to examination.
Cal. SHC § 19003 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 19003
Section 19003
Status: in_force

Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.
Cal. PUC § 28832 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 28832
Section 28832
Status: in_force

The general manager need not be a resident of this State at the time of his appointment.
Cal. HSC § 118165 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 14 / Chapter 7 / Section 118165
Section 118165
Status: in_force

On and after April 1, 1991, all persons operating a medical waste treatment facility shall maintain individual records for a period of three years and shall report or submit to the enforcement agency upon request, all of the following information:

(a) The type of treatment facility and its capacity.

(b) All treatment facility operating records.

(c) Copies of the tracking documents for all medical waste it receives for treatment from offsite generators, hazardous waste haulers, or, pursuant to Section 118032, common carriers.
Cal. WAT § 78699 — California Code / Code wat / Division 24 / Chapter 10 / Section 78699
Section 78699
Status: in_force

The State Water Resources Control Board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purposes of carrying out this division. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee, by resolution, has authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division. The State Water Resources Control Board shall execute any documents required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated by the State Water Resources Control Board in accordance with this division.
Cal. HSC § 118700 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 15 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 118700
Section 118700
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health, unless otherwise specified.

(b) “Eligible medical condition” means Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, other inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or another medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility.
Cal. HSC § 13072 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 13072
Section 13072
Status: in_force

The goal of the FIRESCOPE Program is the improvement of fire incident management and the coordination of multiagency firefighting resources on major or multiple incidents. The program shall include, but is not limited to, the following areas as part of its research, development, and implementation objectives:

(a)  Improved methods to coordinate multiagency firefighting resources during major incidents.

(b)  Improved methods for forecasting fire behavior.

(c)  The capability to assess fire, weather, and terrain conditions at the scene of an incident.

(d)  Standard fire terminology for improving incident management.

(e)  Improved multiagency fire communications.

(f)  Multiagency training on FIRESCOPE components and products.

(g)  A common mapping system, including orthophoto maps.

(h)  Improved fire information management systems.

(i)  Regional operational coordination centers for regional multiagency coordination of firefighting resources.
Cal. RTC § 24453 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 8 / Section 24453
Section 24453
Status: in_force

Section 302(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to determining termination of interest, is modified to refer to the periods of limitation provided in “Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19001) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 19201) of Part 10.2,” in lieu of “Sections 6501 and 6502” of the Internal Revenue Code and to refer to “taxes imposed under the Personal Income Tax Law” and the “Corporation Tax Law,” in lieu of “Federal income tax.”
Cal. PUC § 125227 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11.5 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 125227
Section 125227
Status: in_force

The district may contract for the services of independent contractors.
Cal. HNC § 1170.2 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1170.2
Section 1170.2
Status: in_force

Before changing the number of pilots which may be licensed pursuant to this division, the board shall conduct a hearing pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 71000 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 71000
Section 71000
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Water District Law of 1911.
Cal. HSC § 40505 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 7 / Section 40505
Section 40505
Status: in_force

Any form developed by the south coast district for use in filing an application for variance shall contain a notice to small businesses of the availability of assistance in filling out the form, developing compliance schedules, and obtaining low-cost financing for air pollution control equipment to meet its regulations.
Cal. SHC § 31111 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 31111
Section 31111
Status: in_force

All of the members of the authority shall serve thereon without compensation, but they shall receive their necessary actual traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
Cal. WAT § 12749.93 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 12749.93
Section 12749.93
Status: in_force

(a) The Murrieta Creek Flood Control Project from Winchester Road downstream through the city of Temecula, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with Public Law 106-377, enacted on October 27, 2000, and Section 12585.7, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state cooperation, upon the recommendation and advice of the department, and in accordance with Section 12847.

(b) The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, that the local cooperation required by federal law will be furnished by the district in connection with the project for flood control adopted and authorized in subdivision (a).

(c) The district, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall carry out the plans and project and may make modifications and amendments to the plans as may be necessary to carry out the plans for the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this chapter.

(d) The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall enter into an agreement with the department pursuant to which the district agrees to indemnify and hold and save the state, its officers, agents, and employees harmless for any and all liability for damages that may arise out of the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of the project.
Cal. BPC § 22973.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8.6 / Chapter 2 / Section 22973.2
Section 22973.2
Status: in_force

The department shall, upon request, provide to the State Department of Public Health, the office of the Attorney General, a law enforcement agency, a local lead agency, and any agency authorized to enforce or administer state or local tobacco control laws, access to the department’s database of licenses issued to retailers within the jurisdiction of that agency, local lead agency, or law enforcement agency. The agencies authorized by this section to access the department’s database shall access and use the department’s database only for purposes of enforcing tobacco control laws and shall adhere to all state laws, policies, and regulations pertaining to the protection of personal information and individual privacy.
Cal. ELEC § 9080 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 9080
Section 9080
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 9084 to 9093, inclusive, are a restatement of, and shall be construed in conformity with, Sections 88001 to 88007, inclusive, of the Government Code.