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Cal. HSC § 1385.01 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 6.2 / Section 1385.01
Section 1385.01
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) (1) “Blended” means a rating method that combines community rating and experience rating methods.

(2) “Community rated” means a rating method in the large group market that bases rates on the expected costs to a health care service plan of providing covered benefits to all enrollees, including both low-risk and high-risk enrollees. Premiums may vary according to the factors in this article.

(3) “Experience rated” means a rating method in the large group market under which a health care service plan calculates the premiums for a large group in whole or blended based on the group’s prior experience.

(b) (1) For individual and small group market products, “geographic region” has the same meaning as in Sections 1357.512 and 1399.855.

(2) For large group market products, “geographic region” means one of the following areas composed of the regions defined in Sections 1357.512 and 1399.855:

(A) An area composed of regions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, which consist of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma and the City and County of San Francisco.

(B) An area composed of regions 1 and 3, which consist of the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba.

(C) An area composed of regions 9 and 12, which consist of the Counties of Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Ventura.

(D) An area composed of regions 10, 11, and 14, which consist of the Counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare.

(E) An area composed of regions 13 and 17, which consist of the Counties of Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino.

(F) An area composed of regions 15 and 16, which consist of the County of Los Angeles.

(G) An area composed of regions 18 and 19, which consist of the Counties of Orange and San Diego.

(c) “Large group health care service plan contract” means a group health care service plan contract other than a contract issued to a small employer, as defined in Section 1357, 1357.500, or 1357.600.

(d) “Small group health care service plan contract” means a group health care service plan contract issued to a small employer, as defined in Section 1357, 1357.500, or 1357.600.

(e) “PPACA” means Section 2794 of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-94), as amended by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law (111-148)), and any subsequent rules, regulations, or guidance issued under that section.

(f) “Unreasonable rate increase” has the same meaning as that term is defined in PPACA.
Cal. BPC § 19614.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 9.5 / Section 19614.6
Section 19614.6
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 19614, any county fair in the central zone that conducted fair racing meetings prior to January 1, 1980, commencing with the 2006 racing season, may retain that portion of the license fee applicable to its live racing meeting that exceeds the amount of license fees paid during its 2004 live racing meeting for payment of a capital expense loan incurred for the purpose of improving its facilities for horse racing. The license fee retention shall be applicable only during the loan period, only in an amount equal to the loan payments, and only if all the moneys retained are used to pay off the loan for those capital expenses. Any portion of the license fee in excess of the amount needed to make loan payments pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fair and Exposition Fund. However, if after the effective date of this section, the rate of the license fee imposed on fairs is reduced, the county fair may retain that portion of the license fee applicable to its live racing meeting that exceeds the amount of the license fees that would have been paid on its 2004 live racing meeting at the reduced rate.
Cal. HSC § 32498.8 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 23 / Chapter 9 / Section 32498.8
Section 32498.8
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall notify the Santa Cruz County local agency formation commission if the district sells the Watsonville Community Hospital to another entity or stops providing health care services at the facility.

(b) If the commission receives notification subject to subdivision (a), it shall order the dissolution of the district.

(c) The dissolution of the district pursuant to this section is not subject to any of the following:

(1) Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 57000) to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 57176), inclusive, of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(2) Determinations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56881 of the Government Code.

(3) Requirements for commission-initiated changes of organization described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 56375 of the Government Code.

(4) Sections 99 and 99.01 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
Cal. LAB § 1454 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 4.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1454
Section 1454
Status: in_force

A domestic work employee who is a personal attendant shall not be employed more than nine hours in any workday or more than 45 hours in any workweek unless the employee receives one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over nine hours in any workday and for all hours worked more than 45 hours in the workweek.
Cal. PRC § 71082 — California Code / Code prc / Division 34 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 71082
Section 71082
Status: in_force

(a) As appropriate, a budget change proposal submitted to the Legislature by a board, department, or office within the California Environmental Protection Agency or the Resources Agency shall describe how the proposal would affect any applicable “Type I” environmental indicator. To the extent that a budget change proposal relates to a “Type II” or “Type III” environmental indicator, the budget change proposal shall reference what data collection and further analysis is needed before the environmental status or trend that is the subject of the indicator may be presented.

(b) A board, department, or office within the California Environmental Protection Agency shall explain how its bond programs relate to or affect environmental indicators.
Cal. ELEC § 17502 — California Code / Code elec / Division 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17502
Section 17502
Status: in_force

(a) The following provisions shall apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Representative.

(b) The elections official shall preserve the following records reflecting the appointment of precinct officials until 22 months from the date of any election.

(1) Precinct officers’ declaration of intention required by Section 12321.

(2) Precinct board member applications specified in Section 12300.

(3) Order appointing members of the several precinct boards and designating the polling places specified in Section 12286.

(4) Nominations for appointment to the precinct board by the county central committee of each qualified political party specified in Section 12306.

(5) Written orders appointing precinct board members or designating the polling place for the precinct pursuant to Section 12327.
Cal. WAT § 22970.20 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 22970.20
Section 22970.20
Status: in_force

Not less than seven days before any runoff election, any voter entitled to vote by vote by mail ballot as provided in Section 10530 of the Elections Code may file with the county elections official, either in person or by mail, his or her written application for a vote by mail ballot. Vote by mail voting shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 10530 of the Elections Code.
Cal. BPC § 7338 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 7338
Section 7338
Status: in_force

(a) The examination of applicants for a license shall consist of a written examination that evaluates competency in protecting the health and safety of consumers of the services provided by licensees.

(b) The examination shall include written tests to determine the applicant’s skill in, and knowledge of, the practice of the occupation for which a license is sought and shall include written tests in antisepsis, disinfection, and the use of mechanical apparatus and electricity as applicable to the practice for which the applicant has applied for licensure.

(c) The written tests, as specified in subdivision (b), shall determine the applicant’s skill in, and knowledge of, providing services to individuals with varying hair types and textures, as applicable to the practice for which the applicant has applied for licensure.
Cal. HSC § 113729.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 113729.5
Section 113729.5
Status: in_force

“Acceptable market name” means a name that the FDA recognizes as a suitable statement of identity, as described in Section 101.3 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, in the labeling of a species. An acceptable market name fairly represents the identity of the species to United States consumers because it is not confusingly similar to the name of another species and because it is not otherwise misleading. An acceptable market name may be any of the following:

(a) A common or usual name established by either a history of common usage in the United States or by regulation.

(b) The common name.

(c) A name specifically coined as the market name for a species. For example, “basa” is the market name coined for Pangasius bocourti.
Cal. PUC § 98214 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 98214
Section 98214
Status: in_force

No such taking or acquisition by the district which would involve the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of property of a railroad corporation, as defined in Section 230 of this code, shall be permitted, unless the Public Utilities Commission, after hearing, shall find and determine that the public interest and necessity require the abandonment, removal, relocation, or use of such property and that such taking or acquisition will not unreasonably impair the ability of the railroad corporation involved to provide safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service.
Cal. LAB § 5500 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 5500
Section 5500
Status: in_force

No pleadings other than the application and answer shall be required. Both shall be in writing and shall conform to forms prescribed by the appeals board in its rules of practice and procedure, simply but clearly and completely delineating all relevant matters of agreement and all issues of disagreement within the jurisdiction of the appeals board, and providing for the furnishing of any additional information as the appeals board may properly determine necessary to expedite its hearing and determination of the claim.

The amendment of this section made during the 1993 portion of the 1993–94 Regular Session shall apply to all applications filed on or after January 1, 1994.

Notwithstanding Section 5401, except where a claim form has been filed for an injury occurring on or after January 1, 1990, and before January 1, 1994, the filing of an application for adjudication and not the filing of a claim form shall establish the jurisdiction of the appeals board and shall commence proceedings before the appeals board for the collection of benefits.
Cal. PRC § 4623 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 9 / Section 4623
Section 4623
Status: in_force

The application shall be accompanied by an affidavit by the applicant that the applicant has a present bona fide intent to convert the land to a use other than timber growing. The board may require such additional proof of intent to convert as it deems necessary.
Cal. UIC § 13101 — California Code / Code uic / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Section 13101
Section 13101
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any criminal penalty provided by law, if any individual makes a statement under Section 13040, 13041, or 13042 which results in a decrease in the amounts deducted and withheld under this division, and as of the time the statement was made, there was no reasonable basis for the statement, the individual shall pay a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for the statement.

(b) The department may waive, in whole or in part, the penalty imposed under subdivision (a) if the taxes imposed with respect to the individual under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the taxable year are equal to or less than the sum of both of the following:

(1) The credits against those taxes allowed by Sections 17052.1 through 17053.7 and Section 19002.

(2) The payments of estimated tax which are considered payments on account of those taxes.

(c) Article 11 (commencing with Section 1221) of Chapter 4 of Part 1, relating to administrative appellate review, shall not apply to the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subdivision (a).

(d) This section shall apply to acts and failures to act after December 31, 1981.
Cal. FAC § 61825 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 61825
Section 61825
Status: in_force

“Dairy product” or “milk product” includes any product manufactured from milk or any derivative or product of milk.
Cal. FAC § 56301 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 8 / Section 56301
Section 56301
Status: in_force

Every licensee operating as a dealer who purchases any farm product from the producer of the farm product or from any licensee for the purpose of resale, shall promptly make and keep a correct record which shows in detail all of the following:

(a) The name and address of the producer or licensee.

(b) The date received.

(c) The price to be paid.

(d) An itemized statement of any charges paid by the dealer for the account of the seller.
Cal. WIC § 4834 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 12 / Section 4834
Section 4834
Status: in_force

The Director of the Department of Developmental Services may contract with a designated agency, pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 39051.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 39051.5
Section 39051.5
Status: in_force

“Schoolbus” means a heavy-duty motor vehicle exclusively designed and built for the transportation of any school, college, or university student to or from educational facilities or activities.
Cal. WAT § 13891 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 10.6 / Section 13891
Section 13891
Status: in_force

For the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter, the total expenditures of bond proceeds by the department and the State Department of Health Services in any fiscal year may not exceed 3 percent of the total of the grants awarded in such fiscal year pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. FAC § 21051.4 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 21051.4
Section 21051.4
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter, the director may levy a civil penalty against any person who violates this chapter of an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation.

(b) Before a civil penalty is levied, the person who is charged with a violation shall be provided a notice of the violation, shall have an opportunity to be heard, and shall have the right to review the evidence and to present evidence on his or her behalf.

(c) The decision of the director may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(d) The director shall deposit the funds collected pursuant to this section in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund for expenditure as authorized by this division.
Cal. PRC § 4609 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 8 / Section 4609
Section 4609
Status: in_force

If the corrective action is not taken on or before the date specified in the notice served pursuant to Section 4608, the department may take, or contract for the taking of, such corrective action and recover the expenses of the corrective action as provided in Section 4610. Where the person responsible makes a request for public hearing, the board, after at least 15 days written notice, shall hold a public hearing to hear the objections to the proposed action. The board may, but need not, conduct the hearing in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board may make an order specifying the action to be taken by the person responsible to correct the violation, setting the time limits for such action, and authorizing the taking of such action by the department if the person responsible does not do so within the specified time.
Cal. RTC § 17020.13 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 17020.13
Section 17020.13
Status: in_force

Section 7701(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to treatment of certain amounts paid to charity, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.
Cal. WAT § 13417 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 13417
Section 13417
Status: in_force

The election shall be held in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) The procedure for holding an election on the incurring of bonded indebtedness by the public agency shall be utilized for an election of the proposed contract as nearly as the same may be applicable. Where the law applicable to the public agency does not contain a bond election procedure, the procedure set forth in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), as it may now or hereafter be amended, shall be utilized as nearly as the same may be applicable.

(b) No particular form of ballot is required.

(c) The notice of the election shall include a statement of the time and place of the election, the purpose of the election, the general purpose of the contract, and the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract.

(d) The ballots for the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of the election and shall state the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract. To the right of or below the statement of the proposition to be voted on, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.

(e) The election shall be held in the entire public agency except where the public agency proposes to contract with the state board on behalf of a specified portion, or of specified portions of the public agency, in which case the election shall be held in the applicable portion or portions of the public agency only.
Cal. HSC § 34213.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 34213.1
Section 34213.1
Status: in_force

“Construction loan” means a short-term loan secured by real property, made for costs incurred in construction or rehabilitation of a housing project.
Cal. PUC § 30753 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 30753
Section 30753
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, the district shall assume and observe all existing labor contracts, and to the extent necessary for operation of facilities acquired, all of the employees of such acquired public utility whose duties pertain to the facilities acquired, shall be appointed to comparable positions in the district without examination, subject to all the rights and benefits of this part, and these employees shall be given sick leave, seniority, pension and vacation credits in accordance with the records and labor agreements of the acquired public utility.

(b) Members and beneficiaries of any pension or retirement system or other benefits established by that public utility shall continue to have the rights, privileges, benefits, obligations and status with respect to such established system. No employee of any acquired public utility shall suffer any worsening of his wages, seniority, pension, vacation or other benefits by reason of the acquisition.
Cal. WAT § 26 — California Code / Code wat / Section 26
Section 26
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050.
Cal. PRC § 95001 — California Code / Code prc / Division 50 / Chapter 10 / Section 95001
Section 95001
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law, and all of the provisions of that law, except subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 16727 of the Government Code, apply to the bonds and to this division and are hereby incorporated in this division as though set forth in full in this division.
Cal. WIC § 18242 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 3.3 / Article 5 / Section 18242
Section 18242
Status: in_force

(a) Upon application by a county board of supervisors, the department may approve up to three demonstration projects to test models of child support assurance. The projects shall either test different models of child support assurance or may test the same model if counties in which the same model is tested involve counties with different demographics.

(b) The department may approve joint projects by two or more counties if both of the following apply:

(1) The equity of access to the project and its related services is ensured to all participants.

(2) The project includes appropriate operational and fiscal arrangements between the counties submitting the joint project.

(c) If the department approves a joint project by two or more counties, that joint project shall constitute one of the projects authorized by subdivision (a).

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of the demonstration projects authorized by this article is to test child support assurance models as alternatives to welfare under which families with earnings and a child support order receive a guaranteed child support payment, in lieu of a grant under the CalWORKs program, from funds continuously appropriated for the CalWORKs program.

(e) A county may limit the number of families that will be permitted to enroll in its child support assurance demonstration program.