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Cal. PRC § 5096.134 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.68 / Section 5096.134
Section 5096.134
Status: in_force

The Director of Parks and Recreation may make agreements with respect to any real property acquired pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5096.124 for continued tenancy of the seller of the property for a period of time and under such conditions as mutually agreed upon by the state and the seller so long as the seller promises to pay such taxes on his interest in the property as shall become due, owing, or unpaid on the interest created by such agreement, and so long as the seller conducts his operations on the land according to specifications issued by the Director of Parks and Recreation to protect the property for the public use for which it was acquired. A copy of such agreement shall be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the property lies. Such arrangement shall be compatible with the operation of the area by the state, as determined by the Director of Parks and Recreation.
Cal. INS § 10830 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 10830
Section 10830
Status: in_force

No owner, officer, partner, or board members or members of their household nor any management personnel of the alliance may be employed by, be a consultant for, be a member of the board of directors of, be affiliated with an agent of, or otherwise be a representative of any carrier or other insurer, agent or broker, or a health care provider. This provision shall not preclude any of the above from purchasing coverage through an alliance.

Any employee of a purchasing alliance and any person or organization having any ownership interest in a purchasing alliance or any organization the alliance contracts with for marketing purposes shall be prohibited from receiving compensation based upon the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation, or geographic location of participating employers or small employers or the participating employer’s or small employer’s employees exclusive of a compensation arraignment that provides compensation on the basis of a percentage of premium, provided that the percentage shall not vary because of health status, industry, occupation, medical utilization, claims experience, or geographic location within a service region. Those employees, persons, and organizations are expressly prohibited from receiving compensation based upon a participating carrier’s loss ratio resulting from the carrier’s participation in the purchasing alliance.

Additionally, any employee of a purchasing alliance and those persons or organizations having an ownership interest in the purchasing alliance shall be prohibited from encouraging or directing employers or small employers to seek coverage from a source other than the alliance because of the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation, or geographic location of the employer or small employer or the employer’s or small employer’s employees.
Cal. INS § 10123 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10123
Section 10123
Status: in_force

(a) No self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this section, which provides coverage for an employee and one or more covered persons dependent upon such employee and provides for an extension of coverage for any period following a termination of employment of the employee, shall fail to provide that such extension of coverage shall apply to dependents upon the same terms and conditions precedent as applied to the covered employee, for the same period of time, subject to payment of premiums, if any, as required by the terms of the policy and subject to any limitations or conditions set forth in any applicable collective-bargaining agreement. All such plans entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this section shall be construed to be in compliance with this section, and any provision in any such plan which is in conflict with this section shall be of no force or effect.

(b) A plan contract which provides benefits that accrue after a certain time of confinement in a health care facility shall specify what constitutes a day of confinement or the number of consecutive hours of confinement which are requisite to the commencement of benefits.

(c) As used in subdivisions (a) and (b), “self-insured employee welfare benefit plan” has the same meaning as that specified in subdivision (d) of Section 10121.
Cal. FAM § 6451 — California Code / Code fam / Division 10 / Part 6 / Section 6451
Section 6451
Status: in_force

In this part:

(a) “Canadian domestic violence protection order” means a judgment or part of a judgment or order issued in English in a civil proceeding by a court of Canada under law of the issuing jurisdiction that relates to domestic violence and prohibits a respondent from doing any of the following:

(1) Being in physical proximity to a protected individual or following a protected individual.

(2) Directly or indirectly contacting or communicating with a protected individual or other individual described in the order.

(3) Being within a certain distance of a specified place or location associated with a protected individual.

(4) Molesting, annoying, harassing, or engaging in threatening conduct directed at a protected individual.

(b) “Domestic protection order” means an injunction or other order issued by a tribunal that relates to domestic or family violence laws to prevent an individual from engaging in violent or threatening acts against, harassment of, direct or indirect contact or communication with, or being in physical proximity to, another individual.

(c) “Issuing court” means the court that issues a Canadian domestic violence protection order.

(d) “Law enforcement officer” means an individual authorized by law of this state to enforce a domestic protection order.

(e) “Person” means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.

(f) “Protected individual” means an individual protected by a Canadian domestic violence protection order.

(g) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(h) “Respondent” means an individual against whom a Canadian domestic violence protection order is issued.

(i) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a federally recognized Indian tribe.

(j) “Tribunal” means a court, agency, or other entity authorized by law to establish, enforce, or modify a domestic protection order.
Cal. BPC § 7854 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12.5 / Article 4 / Section 7854
Section 7854
Status: in_force

An unsuspended, unrevoked and unexpired certificate and endorsement of registry made under this chapter is presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the person named therein is legally registered.
Cal. HSC § 103875 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 103875
Section 103875
Status: in_force

(a)  The department shall conduct a program of epidemiological assessments of the incidence of cancer. The program shall encompass all areas of the state for which cancer incidence data are available. The program shall include the monitoring of cancers associated with suspected carcinogens encountered by the general public both in occupational locations and in the environment generally.

(b)  The program shall be under the direction of the director, who may enter into contracts as are necessary for the conduct of the program and may accept, on behalf of the state, grants of public or private funds for the program. The director shall analyze available incidence data and prepare reports and perform studies as necessary to identify cancer hazards to the public health and their remedies.

(c)  It is the intent of the Legislature that an appropriation be included in each Budget Act in an amount sufficient to provide for the annual cost of the program.
Cal. LAB § 3203 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 3203
Section 3203
Status: in_force

This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) do not apply to employers or employments which, according to law, are so engaged in interstate commerce as not to be subject to the legislative power of the state, nor to employees injured while they are so engaged, except in so far as these divisions are permitted to apply under the Constitution or laws of the United States.
Cal. RTC § 46613 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 24 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 46613
Section 46613
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement an education and information program directed at, but not limited to, all of the following groups:

(1) Fee payers newly registered with the board.

(2) Board audit and compliance staff.

(b) The education and information program shall include all of the following:

(1) A program of written communication with newly registered fee payers explaining in simplified terms their duties and responsibilities.

(2) Participation in seminars and similar programs organized by federal, state, and local agencies.

(3) Revision of fee payer educational materials currently produced by the board that explain the most common areas of fee payer nonconformance in simplified terms.

(4) Implementation of a continuing education program for audit and compliance personnel to include the application of new legislation to fee payer activities and areas of recurrent fee payer noncompliance or inconsistency of administration.

(c) Electronic media used pursuant to this section shall not represent the voice, picture, or name of members of the board or of the Controller.
Cal. HSC § 2101 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 2101
Section 2101
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program to be administered by the University of California, Davis, which shall perform all of the following functions:

(1) Maintain an interactive internet website for management and dissemination of data on mosquitoborne virus and surveillance control.

(2) Work in conjunction with local mosquito abatement and vector control districts to conduct research on arbovirus surveillance, transmission of vectorborne diseases, and mosquito ecology and control.

(3) Coordinate with the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, State Department of Public Health, local mosquito abatement and vector control districts, local governments, and other affected stakeholders to share information.

(b) The program established by this section shall perform the functions described in subdivision (a) to the extent the program receives federal or state grants or private donations or grants made for those purposes.
Cal. RTC § 276.3 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.5 / Section 276.3
Section 276.3
Status: in_force

(a) In the event that property receiving a disabled veterans’ exemption as described in Section 205.5 is sold or otherwise transferred to a person who is not eligible for that exemption, the exemption shall cease to apply on the date of that sale or transfer.

(b) In the event that property receiving a disabled veterans’ exemption as described in Section 205.5 is no longer used by a claimant as his or her principal place of residence, the exemption shall cease to apply on the date the claimant terminates his or her residency at that location.

(c) Termination of the exemption under this section shall result in an escape assessment of the property pursuant to Section 531.1.
Cal. FAC § 77064 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16.5 / Article 3 / Section 77064
Section 77064
Status: in_force

The commission shall be and is hereby declared and created a corporate body. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and to have and possess all of the powers of a corporation. It may adopt a corporate seal. Copies of its proceedings, records, and acts, when authenticated, shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of all statements herein.
Cal. PCC § 20563 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 35 / Section 20563
Section 20563
Status: in_force

The board shall give notice by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the principal office of a district is kept, or if no newspaper is published in that county, in a newspaper the board deems advisable, calling for bids for the construction of the works or of any portion of them.
Cal. LAB § 3201.9 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 3201.9
Section 3201.9
Status: in_force

(a) On or before June 30, 2004, and biannually thereafter, the report required in subdivision (i) of Section 3201.5 and subdivision (h) of Section 3201.7 shall include updated loss experience for all employers and groups of employers participating in a program established under those sections. The report shall include updated data on each item set forth in subdivision (i) of Section 3201.5 and subdivision (h) of Section 3201.7 for the previous year for injuries in 2003 and beyond. Updates for each program shall be done for the original program year and for subsequent years. The insurers, the Department of Insurance, and the rating organization designated by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 11750) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, shall provide the administrative director with any information that the administrative director determines is reasonably necessary to conduct the study.

(b) Commencing on and after June 30, 2004, the Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee, shall prepare for inclusion in the report required in subdivision (i) of Section 3201.5 and subdivision (h) of Section 3201.7 a review of both of the following:

(1) The adequacy of rates charged for these programs, including the impact of scheduled credits and debits.

(2) The comparative results for these programs with other programs not subject to Section 3201.5 or Section 3201.7.

(c) Upon completion of the report, the administrative director shall report the findings to the Legislature, the Department of Insurance, the designated rating organization, and the programs and insurers participating in the study.

(d) The data obtained by the administrative director pursuant to this section shall be confidential and not subject to public disclosure under any law of this state.
Cal. LAB § 4627 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2.5 / Section 4627
Section 4627
Status: in_force

The board and the administrative director may promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to interpret this article and compel compliance with its provisions.
Cal. BPC § 2398 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 17 / Section 2398
Section 2398
Status: in_force

No licensee, who in good faith and without compensation renders voluntary emergency medical assistance to a participant in a community college or high school athletic event or contest, at the site of the event or contest, or during transportation to a health care facility, for an injury suffered in the course of such event or contest, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person in rendering such voluntary medical assistance. The immunity granted by this section shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross negligence.
Cal. PRC § 40507.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 40507.1
Section 40507.1
Status: in_force

(a) As part of the annual report required to be submitted by the board to the Legislature pursuant to Section 40507 on or before March 1, 2003, the board shall include a report on new and emerging conversion technologies, including, but not limited to, noncombustion thermal technologies, including gasification and pyrolysis, chemical technologies such as acid hydrolysis or distillation, and biological technologies, other than composting, such as enzyme hydrolysis. The board shall only evaluate those conversion technologies that provide demonstrated environmental benefits over the transformation and disposal of solid waste.

(b) The report required by subdivision (a) shall contain all of the following:

(1) Specific and discrete definitions and descriptions of each conversion technology evaluated.

(2) A description and evaluation of the life-cycle environmental and public health impacts of each conversion technology in comparison to those environmental and public health impacts from the transformation and disposal of solid waste.

(3) A description and evaluation of the technical performance characteristics, feedstocks, emissions, and residues used by each conversion technology and identification of the cleanest, least polluting conversion technologies.

(4) A description and evaluation of the impacts on the recycling and composting markets as a result of each conversion technology.

(c) The board shall require that the report be subject to an external scientific peer review process conducted pursuant to Section 57004 of the Health and Safety Code.

(d) The board shall consult with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and other state, federal, or international governmental agencies in preparing the report required by this section.
Cal. BPC § 2872.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 2 / Section 2872.1
Section 2872.1
Status: in_force

The board upon written application and receipt of the required application fee may issue a license without examination to any applicant who possesses a valid, unrevoked license as a vocational nurse or practical nurse issued by any other state or a foreign country, and who in the opinion of the board meets all the other requirements set forth in Sections 2866 and 2873.
Cal. HSC § 79795 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 79795
Section 79795
Status: in_force

An action for recovery of costs or expenditures incurred from the state account pursuant to this part in response to a hazardous substance release may not be brought against an owner of property unless the department first certifies that, in the opinion of the department, one of the following applies:

(a) The hazardous substance release that occurred on the property occurred after the owner acquired the property.

(b) The hazardous substance release that occurred on the property occurred before the owner acquired the property and at the time of acquisition the owner knew or had reason to know of the hazardous substance release.

(c) The owner of property where there has been a release of a hazardous substance to groundwater underlying the property took, or is taking, one or more of the following actions:

(1) Caused or contributed to a release of a hazardous substance to the groundwater.

(2) Fails to provide the department, or its authorized representative, with access to the property.

(3) Interferes with response action activities.
Cal. SHC § 27227 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 12 / Section 27227
Section 27227
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the district shall be legal investments for savings banks, and shall have the same force and effect and shall be equivalent to bonds issued by any municipality, and shall be exempt from all taxation within this State.
Cal. WIC § 4440.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 4440.1
Section 4440.1
Status: in_force

The department may contract with the State Department of State Hospitals to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities in state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals.
Cal. HSC § 25147 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 4.5 / Section 25147
Section 25147
Status: in_force

Except as expressly provided in Section 25149, it is not the intent of this article to preempt local land use regulation of existing hazardous waste facilities.
Cal. FAC § 79685 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 28 / Article 6 / Section 79685
Section 79685
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who fails to pay any assessment within 30 days of the due date shall pay, in addition to his or her assessment fee, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined to be past due and, in addition, interest on the unpaid balance at the rate of 1.5 percent per month.

(b) In addition to any other penalty imposed, the commission may require any person who fails to pay any assessment or related charge pursuant to this article to furnish and maintain a surety bond in a form and amount and for a period of time specified by the commission as assurance that all payments to the commission will be made when due.
Cal. FAC § 6293.12 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 6293.12
Section 6293.12
Status: in_force

(a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the winegrape growers of the county, the board of supervisors shall, by order entered in its minutes, declare the district duly organized under the name designated in the petition for the formation of the district.

(b) The order shall describe the territory included in the district and, if the board of supervisors does not exclude or include land pursuant to Section 6293.13, it is a sufficient description of the territory to describe the boundaries in substantially the same way as they are described in the petition.

(c) A copy of the order duly certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district is situated.
Cal. HSC § 1374.76 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 5.6 / Section 1374.76
Section 1374.76
Status: in_force

(a) No later than January 1, 2015, a large group health care service plan contract shall provide all covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343) and all rules, regulations, and guidance issued pursuant to Section 2726 of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-26).

(b) No later than January 1, 2015, an individual or small group health care service plan contract shall provide all covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), all rules, regulations, and guidance issued pursuant to Section 2726 of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-26), and Section 1367.005.

(c) Until January 1, 2016, the director may issue guidance to health care service plans regarding compliance with this section. This guidance shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). Any guidance issued pursuant to this subdivision shall be effective only until the director adopts regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. The department shall consult with the Department of Insurance in issuing guidance under this subdivision.