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Cal. PRC § 42040 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 42040
Section 42040
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Disadvantaged and low-income communities are disproportionately impacted by the human health and environmental impacts of plastic pollution and fossil fuel extraction.

(2) (A) Local jurisdictions are the backbone of the solid waste management and recycling efforts in California. The new statewide comprehensive circular economy framework established by this chapter is intended to shift the burden of costs to collect, process, and recycle materials from the local jurisdictions to the producers of covered material.

(B) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to ensure that local jurisdictions will be made financially whole for any new costs incurred associated with the implementation of this chapter and its implementing regulations.

(3) (A) In 2021, only 5 percent of postconsumer plastic waste in the United States was recycled, down from a high of 9.5 percent in 2014, when the United States exported millions of tons of plastic waste to China. Even then, much of this material was incinerated or dumped into the environment and not recycled.

(B) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a producer responsibility program designed to ensure that producers of single-use packaging and food service ware covered by this program take responsibility for the costs associated with the end-of-life management of that material and ensure that the material is recyclable or compostable. This standardization will reduce consumer confusion regarding recycling and composting, reduce costs to ratepayers, and increase system efficiency.

(C) It is also the intent of the Legislature that these improvements will allow California, going forward, to better harmonize curbside collection programs as local jurisdictions will collect material identified as either recyclable or compostable if that material is found to be suitable for curbside collection.

(4) Recycling can be an effective way to reclaim some natural resources, such as metals, glass, paper, and some plastic resins. However, in some circumstances, recycling is cost-prohibitive and an ineffective means to handle the end-of-life management of a covered material. In these circumstances, the Legislature acknowledges that some material types cannot effectively meet the requirements of this chapter and producers will be required to eliminate, redesign, or shift packaging or food service ware to a covered material category that can more efficiently meet the requirements of this chapter.

(5) This chapter does not modify, limit, or abrogate in any manner the existing rights of an owner of recyclable materials to sell or donate those materials.
Cal. PUC § 11863 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 11863
Section 11863
Status: in_force

Directors elected at the formation election shall enter upon their official duties immediately upon the filing of the order declaring the result of the election with the Secretary of State, after qualifying according to law. The terms of directors elected after the formation election shall commence on the first day of January next following their election.
Cal. ELEC § 12327 — California Code / Code elec / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 12327
Section 12327
Status: in_force

(a) If the precinct board members for any precinct have not been appointed or cannot serve, or the polling place has not been designated prior to an election, the county elections official shall, by written order, immediately appoint the precinct board members or designate the polling place for the precinct, as the case may require, and shall notify each precinct board member of the appointment.

(b) If, at this time, the elections official cannot make suitable arrangements for a polling place in any precinct in which none has been designated, the elections official may designate a polling place in any contiguous precinct. Any precinct board member serving in this polling place shall be regarded as serving in the proper precinct within the meaning of this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 1324.14 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 7.5 / Section 1324.14
Section 1324.14
Status: in_force

In implementing this article, the department may utilize the services of the Medi-Cal fiscal intermediary through a change order to the fiscal intermediary contract to administer this program, consistent with the requirements of Sections 14104.6, 14104.7, 14104.8, and 14104.9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Cal. HSC § 101962 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 5.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 101962
Section 101962
Status: in_force

The board may, by ordinance, develop a master plan for health care in the county.
Cal. INS § 1851 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 1851
Section 1851
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all insurance on risks or on operations in this state, except:

(a) Reinsurance, other than joint reinsurance to the extent stated in Article 5 (commencing with Section 1856).

(b) Life insurance.

(c) Insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builders’ risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine, as distinguished from inland marine, insurance policies. Inland marine insurance shall be deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined by statute, or by interpretation thereof, or if not so defined or interpreted, by ruling of the commissioner or as established by general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance.

(d) Title insurance.

(e) Disability insurance.

(f) Workers’ compensation insurance and insurance of any liability of employers for injuries to, or death of, employees arising out of, and in the course of, employment when this insurance is incidental to, and written in connection with, the workers’ compensation insurance issued to the same employer and covering the same employer interests.

(g) Insurance transacted by county mutual fire insurers or county mutual fire reinsurers.
Cal. SHC § 1070 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1070
Section 1070
Status: in_force

Whenever a board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote of its membership, determines that the public convenience and necessity demand the acquisition or construction of a new county highway or the improvement, repair or maintenance of any existing county highway, and that the expense of such new highway or the expense of improving, repairing or maintaining such existing highway is too great to pay out of the road fund of the district, the board may, by a resolution passed by a four-fifths vote of its membership, determine to make such acquisition or do such work, and charge the expense thereof to the county general fund, the road fund of the county or the district fund of any district benefited.
Cal. WAT § 4026 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 4026
Section 4026
Status: in_force

Service areas shall be created from time to time as rights to water are ascertained and determined.
Cal. PRC § 10246 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.2 / Chapter 2 / Section 10246
Section 10246
Status: in_force

Grants may be made for land improvements. Use of these grants shall be limited to the improvement of land protected by a conservation easement or a similar long-term conservation agreement as determined by the director if the improvement will directly benefit the protected land. An application for a land improvement grant shall be evaluated with respect to the extent to which it satisfies one or more of the following criteria:

(a) The improvement will enhance the agricultural value of the land protected by the easement, and promote its long-term sustainable agricultural use such as water supply development and revegetation of eroding streambanks.

(b) The improvement will increase the compatibility of agricultural operations with sensitive natural areas.

(c) The improvement will demonstrate new and innovative best management practices that have the potential for wide application.

(d) The proposed improvement includes the financial and technical involvement of other agencies, such as resource conservation districts, the Wildlife Conservation Board, the University of California Cooperative Extension, the United States Farm Services Agency, and the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service.

(e) The improvement is part of a coordinated watershed management plan or the equivalent.

(f) The improvement will restore or enhance resources on the land.

(g) The application satisfies other relevant criteria established by the department.
Cal. CIV § 4070 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 4070
Section 4070
Status: in_force

If a provision of this act requires that an action be approved by a majority of a quorum of the members, the action shall be approved or ratified by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes represented and voting in a duly held election in which a quorum is represented, which affirmative votes also constitute a majority of the required quorum.
Cal. BPC § 1971 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 9.5 / Section 1971
Section 1971
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

(a) “Account” means the Dentally Underserved Account established in Section 1973, which is contained within the fund.

(b) “Board” means the Dental Board of California.

(c) “Dentally underserved area” means a geographic area eligible to be designated as having a shortage of dental professionals pursuant to Part I of Appendix B to Part 5 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations or an area of the state in which unmet priority needs for dentists exist as determined by the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission pursuant to Section 128224 of the Health and Safety Code.

(d) “Dentally underserved population” means persons without dental insurance and persons eligible for Denti-Cal who are population groups described as having a shortage of dental care professionals in Part I of Appendix B to Part 5 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(e) “Fund” means the State Dentistry Fund.

(f) “Medi-Cal threshold languages” means primary languages spoken by limited-English-proficient (LEP) population groups meeting a numeric threshold of 3,000 eligible LEP Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in a county, 1,000 Medi-Cal eligible LEP beneficiaries residing in a single ZIP Code, or 1,500 LEP Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in two contiguous ZIP Codes.

(g) “Program” means the California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program.

(h) “Practice setting” means either of the following:

(1) A community clinic, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1204 and subdivision (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital and health system, or a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that maintains the primary contract with a county government to fulfill the county’s role pursuant to Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code that is located in a dentally underserved area or at least 50 percent of whose patients are from a dentally underserved population.

(2) A dental practice or dental corporation, as defined in Section 1800, located in a dentally underserved area or at least 50 percent of whose patients are from a dentally underserved population.
Cal. LAB § 4754.5 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 4754.5
Section 4754.5
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall impair the right of the Attorney General or the Department of Industrial Relations to release by compromise any claims brought under the provisions of this article. No such compromise and release agreement is valid unless it is approved by the appeals board; however, the provisions of Sections 5000 to 5004, inclusive, of this code, shall not apply to such compromise and release agreements.
Cal. HNC § 812 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 4 / Chapter 2 / Section 812
Section 812
Status: in_force

During a voyage, the master of a vessel is a general agent for each of the owners of the cargo, and has authority to do whatever they might do for the preservation of their respective interests, but he can not sell or hypothecate the cargo, except in the cases mentioned in this chapter.
Cal. PEN § 15001 — California Code / Code pen / Part 5 / Section 15001
Section 15001
Status: in_force

(a) The construction of a memorial to California peace officers on the grounds of the State Capitol is hereby authorized. For purposes of this part, the grounds of the State Capitol are that property in the City of Sacramento bounded by Ninth, Fifteenth, “L,” and “N” Streets. The actual site for the memorial shall be selected by the commission after consultation with the Department of General Services and the State Office of Historic Preservation.

(b) Funds for the construction of the memorial shall be provided through private contributions for this purpose.
Cal. BPC § 472.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 472.1
Section 472.1
Status: in_force

The department shall establish a program for certifying each third-party dispute resolution process used for the arbitration of disputes pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1793.22 of the Civil Code. In establishing the program, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Prescribe and provide forms to be used to apply for certification under this chapter.

(b) Establish a set of minimum standards which shall be used to determine whether a third-party dispute resolution process is in substantial compliance with subdivision (d) of Section 1793.22 of the Civil Code and this chapter.

(c) Prescribe the information which each manufacturer, or other entity, that operates a third-party dispute resolution process shall provide the department in the application for certification. In prescribing the information to accompany the application for certification, the department shall require the manufacturer, or other entity, to provide only that information which the department finds is reasonably necessary to enable the department to determine whether the third-party dispute resolution process is in substantial compliance with subdivision (d) of Section 1793.22 of the Civil Code and this chapter.

(d) Prescribe the information that each qualified third-party dispute resolution process shall provide the department, and the time intervals at which the information shall be required, to enable the department to determine whether the qualified third-party dispute resolution process continues to operate in substantial compliance with subdivision (d) of Section 1793.22 of the Civil Code and this chapter.
Cal. PRC § 5024.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 5024.5
Section 5024.5
Status: in_force

(a) No state agency shall alter the original or significant historical features or fabric, or transfer, relocate, or demolish historical resources on the master list maintained pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5024 without, early in the planning processes, first giving notice and a summary of the proposed action to the officer who shall have 30 days after receipt of the notice and summary for review and comment.

(b) If the officer determines that a proposed action will have an adverse effect on a listed historical resource, the head of the state agency having jurisdiction over the historical resource and the officer shall adopt prudent and feasible measures that will eliminate or mitigate the adverse effects. The officer shall consult the State Historical Building Safety Board for advice when appropriate.

(c) Each state agency shall maintain written documentation of the officer’s concurrence with proposed actions which would have an effect on an historical resource on the master list.

(d) The officer shall report to the Office of Planning and Research for mediation instances of state agency refusal to propose, to consider, or to adopt prudent and feasible alternatives to eliminate or mitigate adverse effects on historical resources on the master list as specified in subdivision (f) of Section 5024.

(e) The officer may monitor the implementation of proposed actions of any state agency.

(f) Until such time as a structure is evaluated for possible inclusion in the inventory pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5024, state agencies shall assure that any structure which might qualify for listing is not inadvertently transferred or unnecessarily altered.

(g) The officer may provide local governments with information on methods to preserve their historical resources.
Cal. SHC § 8045 — California Code / Code shc / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 8045
Section 8045
Status: in_force

If the city council finds that:

(a) Such protests are not signed by the owners of a majority of the property fronting on the street or portion thereof on which such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made; or

(b) The proposed change or modification of grade extends for a distance of not more than one block, and the grade of such street for at least one block thereof immediately adjacent to the block in which such change or modification of grade is proposed to be made, on each side thereof, has already been established; or

(c) The proposed change or modification of grade extends for a distance of not more than one block at the end of a street, and the grade thereof for at least one block thereof immediately adjacent to such block has already been established, the city council shall thereupon fix a time for hearing such protests, which time shall be not less than 10 days after the meeting of the council at which such time is so fixed.
Cal. HSC § 9028 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 9028
Section 9028
Status: in_force

(a)  At the first meeting of the initial board of trustees of a newly formed district, and in the case of an existing district not later than the first meeting of every calendar year, the board of trustees shall elect its officers.

(b)  The officers of a board of trustees are a chairperson, vice chairperson, and a secretary. The chairperson and vice chairperson shall be trustees. The secretary may be either a trustee or a district employee. A board of trustees may create additional officers and elect members to those positions. No trustee shall hold more than one office.

(c)  Except as provided in Section 9077, the county treasurer of the principal county shall act as the district treasurer. The county treasurer shall receive no compensation for the receipt and disbursement of money of the district.
Cal. HSC § 17008.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 17008.5
Section 17008.5
Status: in_force

A tenant who is an agricultural employee residing in employee housing has all rights applicable to a person residing in employee housing, including the following:

(a) The right to file a verified complaint with the Civil Rights Department alleging a violation of housing discrimination, or to assert any other right, under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(b) Any protections for tenants or lessees under the Civil Code or the Labor Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 17031.6.

(c) Any protection or right under the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 (Part 3.5 (commencing with Section 1140) of Division 2 of the Labor Code).
Cal. HSC § 6512.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6512.6
Section 6512.6
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of furnishing water in the district for any present or future beneficial use, the Lost Hills Sanitary District may exercise any of the powers of a county water district, including the power to acquire, operate, finance, and control water rights, works, property, rights, and privileges useful or necessary to convey, supply, store, or make use of water for any useful purpose, all in the same manner as county water districts formed under the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Water Code). However, the Lost Hills Sanitary District shall otherwise continue to be governed in all respects as a sanitary district under the provisions of this part, and the provisions of this section are intended only to vest additional powers in the district which the district may elect to exercise.
Cal. FAC § 3306 — California Code / Code fac / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 3306
Section 3306
Status: in_force

The California Exposition and State Fair created by Section 3311 shall assume all of the obligation for any revenue bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 1072 of the Statutes of 1957.

Nothing in this part shall impair any of the rights given the holders of bonds sold by the State Public Works Board pursuant to the State Building Construction Act of 1955 (Part 10b (commencing with Section 15800) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
Cal. BPC § 2570.23 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.6 / Section 2570.23
Section 2570.23
Status: in_force

Any person who violates Section 2570.3 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment of not more than one year in a county jail, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Cal. PROB § 8525 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 8525
Section 8525
Status: in_force

(a) The acts of the personal representative before a vacancy occurs are valid to the same extent as if no vacancy had later occurred.

(b) The liability of a personal representative whose office is vacant, or of the surety on the bond, is not discharged, released, or affected by the vacancy or by appointment of a successor, but continues until settlement of the accounts of the personal representative and delivery of all the estate of the decedent to the successor personal representative or other person appointed by the court to receive it. The personal representative shall render an account of the administration within the time that the court directs.
Cal. HSC § 12691 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 12691
Section 12691
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of any regulation adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this part.
Cal. PRC § 25603 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 7 / Section 25603
Section 25603
Status: in_force

For research purposes, the commission shall, in cooperation with other state agencies, participate in the design, construction, and operation of energy-conserving buildings using data developed pursuant to Section 25401, in order to demonstrate the economic and technical feasibility of such designs.
Cal. FAC § 20722 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 20722
Section 20722
Status: in_force

If the renewal fee that is required by Article 6 (commencing with Section 20751) is not paid by April 30th following the recordation of the brand, or by April 30th of the year that follows the last year for which the renewal fee has been paid, the right to use the brand is suspended by operation of law as of April 1st of that year.