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Cal. FIN § 16022 — California Code / Code fin / Division 5 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 16022
Section 16022
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioner finds all of the following with respect to an application by a foreign (other state) credit union for approval to establish a California branch office, the commissioner shall approve the application:

(1) That the foreign (other state) credit union, the directors and officers of the foreign (other state) credit union, and the proposed management of the branch office are each of good character and sound financial standing.

(2) That the financial history and condition of the foreign (other state) credit union are satisfactory.

(3) That the management of the foreign (other state) credit union and the proposed management of the branch office are adequate.

(4) That it is reasonable to believe that, if licensed to maintain the branch office, the foreign (other state) credit union will operate the branch office in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and orders.

(5) That the foreign (other state) credit union’s plan to establish and to maintain the branch office affords reasonable promise of successful operation.

(6) That the foreign (other state) credit union’s establishment and maintenance of the branch office will promote the convenience and advantage of its members, and is necessary or convenient to meet the needs of the foreign (other state) credit union’s members.

(7) Not more than 50 percent of the members of the foreign (other state) credit union are or will be residents of this state.

If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application.

(b) Whenever an application by a foreign (other state) credit union for approval to establish a California branch office has been approved and all conditions precedent to the issuance of a license authorizing the foreign (other state) credit union to maintain the California branch office have been fulfilled, the commissioner shall issue the license.
Cal. BPC § 10231.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 10231.1
Section 10231.1
Status: in_force

No person in doing any of the acts set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 10131, subdivision (e) of Section 10131, and Section 10131.1 shall, as agent or principal, retain funds payable according to the terms of a promissory note or real property sales contract secured directly or collaterally by a lien on real property, for a period longer than 25 days, except pursuant to a written agreement with the purchaser or lender.
Cal. PRC § 10 — California Code / Code prc / Section 10
Section 10
Status: in_force

“Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
Cal. MVC § 998.310 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 5w / Section 998.310
Section 998.310
Status: in_force

The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds authorized by this article at the time or times established by the Treasurer.

Whenever the committee deems it necessary for an effective sale of the bonds, the committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell any issue of bonds at less than their par value, notwithstanding Section 16754 of the Government Code. However, the discount on the bonds shall not exceed 3 percent of the par value thereof.
Cal. FIN § 1395 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 1395
Section 1395
Status: in_force

No California state bank may conduct any activity as an agent for an insured depository institution that the California state bank would be prohibited from conducting as a principal.
Cal. HSC § 116760.50 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 4 / Section 116760.50
Section 116760.50
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements.

(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness on loans, from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to a project for a water system eligible under subdivision (a) of Section 116761.20.
Cal. WAT § 12670.7 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 12670.7
Section 12670.7
Status: in_force

(a) The project for flood protection along the Feather River and Yuba River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, in the report entitled “Yuba River Basin Investigation, California Feasibility Report.”

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 12585.5, the nonfederal engineering costs and the nonfederal design costs required by Section 2215 (b) and (c) of Title 33 of the United States Code, with regard to the project described in subdivision (a), are eligible for reimbursement by the state before federal and state authorization and before the appropriation of construction funds by Congress.

(c) Funds shall be appropriated for the project in the annual Budget Act.
Cal. PRC § 42852 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 16 / Article 6 / Section 42852
Section 42852
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing required under this chapter shall be conducted by the director in accordance with the informal hearing requirements specified in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, but the department may initially file a hearing pursuant to, or convert a hearing to be conducted pursuant to, the formal hearing requirements specified in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. In making a decision regarding a denial, revocation, suspension, or penalty, the director shall take into consideration the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, the violator’s past and present efforts to prevent, abate, or clean up conditions posing a threat to the public health or safety or the environment, the violator’s ability to pay the proposed civil penalty, and the prophylactic effect that imposition of the proposed penalty will have on both the violator and on the regulated community as a whole.

(b) For a period of up to one year, following the issuance of a final decision by either the director or an administrative law judge, if the hearing is converted to a formal hearing, that is based on a finding of a violation of this chapter or of any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the department shall perform inspections at the location of the violation that are in addition to those inspections otherwise required by this chapter or by any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, at a frequency determined by the department.

(c) The responding party shall reimburse the department for the cost of the additional inspections conducted pursuant to subdivision (b), including the cost of preparing for the inspection, traveling to and from the inspection, and writing up the inspection reports, at the same amounts that are determined annually and approved for enforcement agents to be charged by the department for purposes of the enforcement of this chapter.
Cal. BPC § 321 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 321
Section 321
Status: in_force

Whenever it appears to the director that the interests of the consumers of this state are being damaged, or may be damaged, by any person who engaged in, or intends to engage in, any acts or practices in violation of any law of this state, or any federal law, the director or any officer or employee designated by the director, or the Attorney General, may commence legal proceedings in the appropriate forum to enjoin such acts or practices and may seek other appropriate relief on behalf of such consumers.
Cal. HSC § 127501.12 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 2 / Section 127501.12
Section 127501.12
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The board shall establish a Health Care Affordability Advisory Committee to provide input, including recommendations, to the board and the office on a range of areas, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) A statewide health care cost target and specific targets by health care sector and geographic region.

(B) The methodology for setting cost targets and adjustment factors to modify cost targets when appropriate.

(C) Definitions of health care sectors.

(D) Benchmarks for primary care and behavioral health spending.

(E) Statewide goals for the adoption of alternative payment models and standards.

(F) Quality and equity metrics.

(G) Standards to advance the stability of the health care workforce.

(H) Other areas requested by the board or the office.

(2) The advisory committee may provide input, including recommendations, to the board regarding board requests for data analysis performed by the office, but does not have authority to direct data analysis or any other work performed by the office.

(b) (1) The board shall appoint the members of the advisory committee. Appointments shall be made by a majority vote of the voting members of the board. When appointing members to the advisory committee, the board shall aim for broad representation, including, at a minimum, representatives of consumer and patient groups, payers, fully integrated delivery systems, hospitals, organized labor, health care workers, medical groups, physicians, and purchasers, and shall apply the same considerations of demonstrated knowledge, expertise, diversity, and personal experience outlined in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (c) of Section 127501.10.

(2) Each appointed member shall serve at the discretion of the board and may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the voting members of the board.

(3) The advisory committee members shall not have access to confidential, nonpublic information that is accessible to the board and office. Instead, the advisory committee shall only have access to information that is publicly available. Neither the board nor the office shall disclose any confidential, nonpublic information to the advisory committee members.

(4) Advisory committee members shall receive reimbursement for travel and other actual costs.

(c) (1) The advisory committee shall meet at least four times per year or when requested by the board.

(2) At least one member of the board shall attend the advisory committee meetings.

(3) Advance notice of any advisory committee meetings shall be posted on the office’s internet website to allow for public participation at the meetings. Meeting minutes of all advisory committee meetings and input, including recommendations, on proposed cost targets shall be posted on the office’s internet website.

(d) The board shall consider input, including recommendations, from the advisory committee, along with public comments, in the board’s deliberation and decisionmaking.
Cal. RTC § 2263 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 2263
Section 2263
Status: in_force

The maximum property tax rate which may be levied by, or on behalf of, a special district formed prior to January 1, 1972, shall be:

(1) The maximum property tax rate authorized by the enabling statute under which the district is organized; provided that any rate in excess of such maximum rate which is authorized by Section 35 of Chapter 1 of the Statutes of 1968 (First Extraordinary Session) and which was levied during either the 1971–1972 or the 1972–1973 fiscal year may continue to be levied.

(2) If no such maximum property tax rate is provided by statute, or if a maximum property tax rate is provided but such rate is applicable only to a portion of the purposes for which such district is levying an ad valorem property tax, the maximum rate shall be the rate levied by, or on behalf of, the district for either the 1971–1972 or the 1972–1973 fiscal year, at the option of the governing body of the district. If a district operates on a calendar year, the maximum rate which may be levied pursuant to this subdivision shall be that levied in either calendar 1972 or calendar 1973, at the option of the governing body of the district.

(3) In addition, if the voters of a district, pursuant to provisions of the enabling statute under which the district is organized, have authorized an additional rate, such augmented rate shall be the maximum property tax rate.
Cal. WIC § 5356 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 5356
Section 5356
Status: in_force

The report of the officer providing conservatorship investigation shall contain his or her recommendations concerning the powers to be granted to, and the duties to be imposed upon the conservator, the legal disabilities to be imposed upon the conservatee, and the proper placement for the conservatee pursuant to Section 5358. Except as provided in this section, the report to the court shall also contain an agreement signed by the person or agency recommended to serve as conservator certifying that the person or agency is able and willing to serve as conservator. The public guardian shall serve as conservator of any person found by a court under this chapter to be gravely disabled, if the court recommends the conservatorship after a conservatorship investigation, and if the court finds that no other person or entity is willing and able to serve as conservator.
Cal. WAT § 517 — California Code / Code wat / Division 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 517
Section 517
Status: in_force

“Submeter” means a device that measures water consumption of an individual rental unit within a multiunit residential structure or mixed-use residential and commercial structure, and that is owned and operated by the owner of the structure or the owner’s agent. As used in this section, “multiunit residential structure” and “mixed-use residential and commercial structure” mean real property containing two or more dwelling units.
Cal. BPC § 19056 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 19056
Section 19056
Status: in_force

Every bedding renovator shall hold an upholstered-furniture and bedding manufacturer’s license.
Cal. HSC § 1599.63 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.93 / Section 1599.63
Section 1599.63
Status: in_force

(a)  Every long-term health care facility shall make complete blank copies of its admission contract immediately available to the public at cost, upon request.

(b)  Every long-term health care facility shall post conspicuously in a location accessible to public view within the facility either a complete copy of its admission contract or notice of the availability of it from the facility.
Cal. INS § 1802.7 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 1802.7
Section 1802.7
Status: in_force

Any applicant may deposit with the commissioner, in lieu of a bond required by this chapter, securities of the kind and character set forth in sections 1170 to 1175, and 1179 to 1240, in a sum not less than the required amount of the penal sum of said bond. Such securities shall be held in trust by the commissioner for the fulfillment of the same terms and conditions as in the case of a bond required by section 1802.5.
Cal. HNC § 1120 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1120
Section 1120
Status: in_force

Vessels which use pilotage services, and their tackle, apparel, furniture, and other appurtenances, and their owners, operators, and agents are jointly and severally liable for pilotage fees and for the surcharges established pursuant to this division.
Cal. HSC § 113320 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 11 / Article 4 / Section 113320
Section 113320
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article “food crop growing and harvesting operation” shall mean any field activity or operation wherein a food crop is grown and harvested, where five or more employees are working as a crew, unit, or group for a period of two or more hours.
Cal. SHC § 18301 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 18301
Section 18301
Status: in_force

This part shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
Cal. WIC § 675 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 17 / Section 675
Section 675
Status: in_force

(a) All cases under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard at a special or separate session of the court, and no other matter shall be heard at that session. Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person on trial, awaiting trial, or under accusation of crime, other than a parent, guardian, or relative of the minor, shall be permitted to be present at any such session, except as a witness.

(b) Hearings for two or more minors may be heard upon the same rules of joinder, consolidation, and severance as apply to trials in a court of criminal jurisdiction.
Cal. HSC § 1649.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 4.9 / Section 1649.4
Section 1649.4
Status: in_force

This chapter does not require a health care facility to provide or furnish a patient with a recommendation to use medicinal cannabis in compliance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11362.7) of Chapter 6 of Division 10 or include medicinal cannabis in a patient’s discharge plan.
Cal. INS § 10509.911 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 10509.911
Section 10509.911
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall apply to any recommendation to purchase, exchange, or replace an annuity made to a consumer that results in the purchase, exchange, or replacement that was recommended.

(b) Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to preclude, preempt, or otherwise interfere with the application of any other laws of this state that may apply in any matter involving the sale of an annuity that is subject to this article.
Cal. HSC § 1569.617 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.2 / Article 6 / Section 1569.617
Section 1569.617
Status: in_force

(a)  (1)  There is hereby created in the State Treasury, the Certification Fund from which moneys, upon appropriation of the Legislature, shall be expended by the department for the purpose of administering the administrator certification training programs for residential care facilities for the elderly pursuant to Sections 1569.23 and 1569.616, for adult residential facilities pursuant to Section 1562.3, and for group homes and short-term residential therapeutic programs pursuant to Section 1522.41.

(2)  All money contained in the Residential Care Facility for the Elderly Fund on the operative date of this paragraph shall be retained in the Certification Fund for appropriation for the purposes specified in paragraph (1).

(b)  The Certification Fund shall consist of specific appropriations that the Legislature sets aside for use by the fund and all fees, penalties, and fines collected pursuant to Sections 1522.41, 1562.3, 1569.23, and 1569.616.
Cal. INS § 10508.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 10508.5
Section 10508.5
Status: in_force

It shall be the obligation of each life, life and disability, and disability insurance agent and any other agent and insurer to preserve and maintain all applicable records defined in Section 10508 in his or her possession, in addition to those records transmitted to the insurer, at his or her principal place of business for a minimum of five years. The records shall be kept in an orderly manner so that the information therein is readily available, and shall be open to inspection or examination by the commissioner at all times.
Cal. BPC § 1808 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 1808
Section 1808
Status: in_force

The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article and the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, including rules and regulations requiring (a) that the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a dental corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of that corporation owned by a disqualified person (as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act), or a deceased person, shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of that corporation within the time as the rules and regulations may provide, and (b) that a dental corporation shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its patients arising out of the rendering of professional services.
Cal. FAM § 7841 — California Code / Code fam / Division 12 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 7841
Section 7841
Status: in_force

(a) An interested person may file a petition under this part for an order or judgment declaring a child free from the custody and control of either or both parents.

(b) For purposes of this section, an “interested person” is one who has a direct interest in the action, and includes, but is not limited to, a person who has filed, or who intends to file within a period of 6 months, an adoption petition under Section 8714, 8802, or 9000, or a licensed adoption agency to whom the child has been relinquished by the other parent.
Cal. HSC § 44072.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 44072.1
Section 44072.1
Status: in_force

The director may deny a license if the applicant, or any partner, officer, or director thereof, does any of the following:

(a)  Fails to meet the qualifications established by the bureau pursuant to Articles 2 (commencing with Section 44010) and 3 (commencing with Section 44030) and the regulations adopted for the issuance of the license applied for.

(b)  Was previously the holder of a license issued under this chapter, which license has been revoked and never reissued or which license was suspended and the terms of the suspension have not been fulfilled.

(c)  Has committed any act that, if committed by any licensee, would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

(d)  Has committed any act involving dishonesty, fraud, or deceit whereby another is injured or whereby the applicant has benefited.

(e)  Has acted in the capacity of a licensed person or firm under this chapter without having a license therefor.

(f)  Has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of, or been convicted of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the licenseholder in question, and the time for appeal has elapsed or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal, irrespective of an order granting probation following the conviction, suspending the imposition of sentence, or of a subsequent order under Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing the person to withdraw a plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the plea or verdict of guilty, or dismissing the accusation or information.
Cal. WAT § 10753.10 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.75 / Chapter 3 / Section 10753.10
Section 10753.10
Status: in_force

In adopting rules and regulations pursuant to Section 10753.9, the local agency shall consider the potential impact of those rules and regulations on business activities, including agricultural operations, and to the extent practicable and consistent with the protection of the groundwater resources, minimize any adverse impacts on those business activities.