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Cal. SHC § 186.3 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 186.3
Section 186.3
Status: in_force

Funds apportioned pursuant to Section 2106 may be expended for highway-oriented transportation studies requested by a state or federal agency. Any expenditure of funds apportioned pursuant to Section 2106 or 2107 by a county or city for the acquisition of rights-of-way or construction upon a state highway, or upon a county road or city street not under the jurisdiction of the county or city that complements the system of roads or streets of the county or city, shall be deemed an expenditure upon the system of roads or streets of the county or city, as the case may be, making such expenditure.
Cal. FAC § 39842 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 39842
Section 39842
Status: in_force

UHT flavored nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk shall contain not more than twenty hundredths of 1 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent of milk solids-not-fat.
Cal. WAT § 20540 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 20540
Section 20540
Status: in_force

“Limited assessments” means any or all of the following:

(a) Completion assessment.

(b) Particular purpose assessment.

(c) Emergency assessment.
Cal. INS § 10233.4 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 3 / Section 10233.4
Section 10233.4
Status: in_force

No long-term care insurance benefits may be reduced because of out-of-pocket expenditures by the insured or on behalf of the insured by a family member of the insured or by any other individual.
Cal. WAT § 79732 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26.7 / Chapter 6 / Section 79732
Section 79732
Status: in_force

(a) In protecting and restoring California rivers, lakes, streams, and watersheds, the purposes of this chapter are to:

(1) Protect and increase the economic benefits arising from healthy watersheds, fishery resources, and instream flow.

(2) Implement watershed adaptation projects in order to reduce the impacts of climate change on California’s communities and ecosystems.

(3) Restore river parkways throughout the state, including, but not limited to, projects pursuant to the California River Parkways Act of 2004 (Chapter 3.8 (commencing with Section 5750) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code), in the Urban Streams Restoration Program established pursuant to Section 7048, and urban river greenways.

(4) Protect and restore aquatic, wetland, and migratory bird ecosystems, including fish and wildlife corridors and the acquisition of water rights for instream flow.

(5) Fulfill the obligations of the State of California in complying with the terms of multiparty settlement agreements related to water resources.

(6) Remove barriers to fish passage.

(7) Collaborate with federal agencies in the protection of fish native to California and wetlands in the central valley of California.

(8) Implement fuel treatment projects to reduce wildfire risks, protect watersheds tributary to water storage facilities, and promote watershed health.

(9) Protect and restore rural and urban watershed health to improve watershed storage capacity, forest health, protection of life and property, stormwater resource management, and greenhouse gas reduction.

(10) Protect and restore coastal watersheds, including, but not limited to, bays, marine estuaries, and nearshore ecosystems.

(11) Reduce pollution or contamination of rivers, lakes, streams, or coastal waters, prevent and remediate mercury contamination from legacy mines, and protect or restore natural system functions that contribute to water supply, water quality, or flood management.

(12) Assist in the recovery of endangered, threatened, or migratory species by improving watershed health, instream flows, fish passage, coastal or inland wetland restoration, or other means, such as natural community conservation plan and habitat conservation plan implementation.

(13) Assist in water-related agricultural sustainability projects.

(b) Funds provided by this chapter shall only be used for projects that will provide fisheries or ecosystem benefits or improvements that are greater than required applicable environmental mitigation measures or compliance obligations.
Cal. VEH § 38007 — California Code / Code veh / Division 16.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 38007
Section 38007
Status: in_force

The Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall adopt courses of instruction in off-highway motor vehicle safety, operation, and principles of environmental preservation by January 1, 2005. For this purpose the division shall consult with the Department of the California Highway Patrol and other public and private agencies or organizations. The division shall make this course of instruction available directly, through contractual agreement, or through volunteers authorized by the division to conduct a course of instruction.
Cal. WIC § 5345 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 9 / Section 5345
Section 5345
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as Laura’s Law.

(b) “Assisted outpatient treatment” shall be defined as categories of outpatient services that have been ordered by a court pursuant to Section 5346 or 5347.
Cal. PUC § 22731 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 22731
Section 22731
Status: in_force

A notice of the bond election, signed by a majority of the directors, shall be posted in three public places in the district not less than 20 days before the election and shall be published in each affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 110424.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 110424.1
Section 110424.1
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing January 1, 2027, a manufacturer of a bulk prenatal multivitamin product or a packaged prenatal multivitamin product that is sold, manufactured, delivered, held, or offered for sale in the state shall test a representative sample of each lot of the manufacturer’s bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product at a proficient laboratory for heavy metals.

(b) The proficient laboratory, including a manufacturer’s in-house laboratory, that analyzes the bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product for heavy metals shall meet all of the following criteria:

(1) (A) Be accredited under the standards of the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) ISO/IEC 17025:2017 international standard regarding the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories as they pertain to the testing of heavy metals.

(B) To the extent such standards contradict the requirements of any federal regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act pertinent to supplements, the federal regulations shall control.

(2) Use an analytical method that is at least as sensitive and specific as that described in Section 4.7 of the United States Food and Drug Administration’s Elemental Analysis Manual for Food and Related Products: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometric Determination of Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, and Other Elements in Food Using Microwave Assisted Digestion.

(3) Demonstrate proficiency in quantifying each heavy metal to 10 micrograms or less of the heavy metal to kilogram of supplement (μg/kg) through an independent proficiency test. Proficiency means that a laboratory achieves a z-score that is less than, or equal to, plus or minus two (≤ ±2).

(c) Both manufacturers and brand owners shall provide test results to an authorized agent of the department upon their request pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 110140) of Chapter 2 or Article 11 (commencing with Section 111015) of Chapter 5. If a brand owner does not manufacture the bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product, they may comply with this subdivision by providing the test results of the manufacturer they use to produce the bulk prenatal multivitamin product or packaged prenatal multivitamin product.
Cal. ELEC § 7925 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 6 / Chapter 4 / Section 7925
Section 7925
Status: in_force

A person shall not be a member of the state coordinating committee unless she or he is registered as a voter preferring the Green Party.
Cal. PRC § 7606 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 7606
Section 7606
Status: in_force

Any of the lands designated in this chapter which, by reason of periodical overflow, need, and are susceptible of, reclamation, may be reclaimed by the formation of districts, in the same manner and subject to all of the provisions of law regulating the reclamation of swamp and overflowed lands. The board of supervisors of the county in which the lands, or the greater part thereof, are situated, shall first determine, upon proper petition presented therefor by the holders of the title, or evidence of title, representing one-half or more of any body of such land, that such reclamation is necessary and feasible.
Cal. VEH § 260 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 260
Section 260
Status: in_force

(a) A “commercial vehicle” is a motor vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

(b) Passenger vehicles and house cars that are not used for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit are not commercial vehicles. This subdivision shall not apply to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3.

(c) Any vanpool vehicle is not a commercial vehicle.

(d) The definition of a commercial vehicle in this section does not apply to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 15200) of Division 6.
Cal. HSC § 119325 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 15 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 119325
Section 119325
Status: in_force

(a) The piercing of the ear with a mechanical stud and clasp device does not constitute body art or body piercing as defined in this chapter. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to provide uniform and statewide requirements for the performance of ear piercing with a mechanical stud and clasp device. The piercing of an ear with a mechanical stud and clasp device shall only be subject to the requirements in this article.

(b) The area within a facility where mechanical stud and clasp ear piercing is conducted shall be safe and sanitary and shall not constitute a threat to the public health and safety, as reasonably determined by the local enforcement agency.

(c) The mechanical stud and clasp device that is used to pierce an ear pursuant to this article shall be single-use, presterilized, stud and clasp only.

(d) The single-use mechanical stud and clasp device used to pierce an ear pursuant to this article shall meet the jewelry requirements in subdivision (e).

(e) Only jewelry made of ASTM F138, ISO 5832-1, and AISI 316L or AISI 316LVM implant grade stainless steel, solid 14-karat through 18-karat yellow or white gold, niobium, ASTM F136 6A4V titanium, platinum, or other materials found to be equally biocompatible shall be placed in newly pierced skin.
Cal. PRC § 5096.517 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.695 / Article 2 / Section 5096.517
Section 5096.517
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other requirements or standards prescribed by law, appraisal reports prepared for the acquisition of any land or interest therein by or with funding from an “acquisition agency,” as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 5096.501, shall include all of the following to be considered for appraisal review by the state:

(1) A collection of descriptive photographs and maps of sufficient quality and detail to clearly depict the subject property and any market data relied upon, including the relationship between the location of the subject property and the market data.

(2) A complete description of the subject property land, site characteristics, and improvements. Valuations based on a property’s development potential shall include:

(A) Verifiable data on the development potential of the land.

(B) A description of what would be required for a development project to proceed, such as legal entitlements, and infrastructure needs.

(C) Presentation of evidence that sufficient demand exists, or is likely to exist in the future, to provide market support for the development.

(3) A statement by the appraiser indicating to what extent land title conditions were investigated and considered in the analysis and value conclusion. The appraisal shall also include a preliminary title report when such a report is available.

(4) A discussion of implied dedication, prescriptive rights, or other unrecorded rights as described in Sections 801 to 813, inclusive, and Sections 1006 to 1009, inclusive, of the Civil Code, that may affect value, indicating the extent of investigation and any knowledge or observation of conditions that might indicate evidence of public use. If the appraiser has no knowledge of, or has not observed, those conditions, a statement to that effect shall be included in the appraisal report.

(5) An appraisal report that includes more than nominal value for specialty interests, including, but not limited to, timber, water, minerals, or carbon credits, shall include a separate valuation prepared and signed by a certified or registered professional qualified in the field of specialty interest. This valuation shall be reviewed and approved by a second qualified, certified or registered professional, considered by the appraiser, and appended to the appraisal report.

(b) Each appraisal report shall be prepared by, and include a signature by an appropriately licensed or certified real estate appraiser in good standing pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 11300) of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, and its implementing regulations.
Cal. FAC § 77972 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 5 / Section 77972
Section 77972
Status: in_force

The director shall establish a period to conduct the referendum which shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 60 days in duration, and may prescribe additional procedures that may be necessary to conduct the referendum. If the initial period established is less than 60 days, the director may extend the period to not more than 60 days.
Cal. HSC § 25997.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 15 / Section 25997.6
Section 25997.6
Status: in_force

No liability under this chapter shall be created as to workmen who are employees of a contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with this chapter.
Cal. SHC § 1320 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 1320
Section 1320
Status: in_force

A board of supervisors may construct, operate, manage, or maintain summer bridges under rules and regulations, and at the times and places, that it considers necessary. The board shall cause any expenditure with regard to the bridges to be paid out of the county general fund.
Cal. HSC § 18870.15 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.3 / Chapter 7 / Section 18870.15
Section 18870.15
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the petition, the enforcement agency shall set a time and place for the hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At the hearing the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show cause, if any, why the notice should be modified or withdrawn.
Cal. BPC § 22579 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 22 / Section 22579
Section 22579
Status: in_force

This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2004.
Cal. HSC § 122352 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 6 / Chapter 9 / Section 122352
Section 122352
Status: in_force

(a) Primary enclosures shall comply with all of the following structural standards:

(1) Primary and temporary enclosures shall be structurally sound and maintained in good repair to protect the animals from injury, to contain the animals, to keep other animals out, and to promote the health and well-being of the enclosed animals. Primary enclosures shall be constructed so they can be routinely maintained to allow animals to stay clean.

(2) The floor of the primary enclosure shall be constructed to prevent injury. A solid surface, platform, or shelf shall be provided when a grid-flooring system is used.

(3) Primary enclosures shall be constructed of materials that are impervious to moisture and can be sanitized.

(4) All primary enclosures shall provide adequate space for the animal or animals housed in the enclosure.

(5) Each primary enclosure shall provide animals with an enrichment device or devices appropriate for the species, age, size, and condition of the animal.

(b) In addition to the requirements set forth in subdivision (a), primary enclosures for cats shall provide an elevated platform as appropriate for the size of the cat.

(c) In addition to the requirements set forth in subdivision (a), primary enclosures for birds shall be designed to ensure all of the following:

(1) A bird can fully extend both of its wings at the same time without contacting the sides of the enclosure.

(2) Perches are provided in a diameter that is appropriate for the species, age, size, and condition of the bird, and for the size of the enclosure.

(3) There is sufficient space to enable each bird to fully extend its wings in every direction while all birds are simultaneously perched.

(d) Primary enclosures for prey species shall be located where they cannot be directly seen by predator animals for that species.
Cal. BPC § 13352 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 13352
Section 13352
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, “point-of-sale” system means any computer or electronic system used by a retail establishment such as, but not limited to, Universal Product Code scanners, price lookup codes, or an electronic price lookup system as a means for determining the price of the item being purchased by a consumer.
Cal. HSC § 16022 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 16022
Section 16022
Status: in_force

The State Architect shall do all of the following:

(a)  Observe the implementation and administration of this chapter.

(b)  Establish and adopt, in consultation with the League of Cities, County Supervisors Association, and California Building Officials, those regulations deemed necessary for carrying out this chapter.

(c)  Provide advice and assistance to local jurisdictions regarding essential services buildings.

(d)  Hear appeals relative to the administration of this chapter.

The State Architect may establish an advisory committee to assist the State Architect with his or her responsibilities under this chapter. The State Architect shall periodically inform the Seismic Safety Commission and the State Fire Marshal with respect to the implementation and the administration of this chapter.
Cal. WIC § 11010.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 11010.5
Section 11010.5
Status: in_force

General unrestricted or undesignated private charitable donations and contributions made to charitable or nonprofit organizations shall not be deducted from the cost of providing services under this division or Division 5 (commencing with Section 5000).
Cal. HSC § 108580 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 108580
Section 108580
Status: in_force

When a toy is alleged to be in violation of this article, the department or the local health officer shall commence proceedings in the superior court in whose county the toy is located, for condemnation of the article.
Cal. FGC § 3960 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3960
Section 3960
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Pursue” means pursue, run, or chase.

(2) “Bear” means any black bear (Ursus americanus) found in the wild in this state.

(b) It is unlawful to permit or allow any dog to pursue any big game mammal during the closed season on that mammal, to pursue any fully protected, rare, or endangered mammal at any time, to pursue any bear or bobcat at any time, or to pursue any mammal in a game refuge or ecological reserve if hunting within that refuge or ecological reserve is unlawful.

(c) The department may take any of the following actions:

(1) Capture any dog not under the reasonable control of its owner or handler, when that uncontrolled dog is pursuing, in violation of this section, any of the following mammals:

(A) A big game mammal.

(B) A bear or bobcat.

(C) A fully protected, rare, or endangered mammal.

(2) Capture or dispatch any dog inflicting injury or immediately threatening to inflict injury to any of the following mammals, under the specified conditions:

(A) A big game mammal, during the closed season on that mammal.

(B) A bear or bobcat, at any time.

(C) A fully protected, rare, or endangered mammal, at any time.

(D) A mammal in a game refuge or ecological reserve, if hunting within that refuge or ecological reserve is unlawful.

(d) No criminal or civil liability shall accrue to any department employee as a result of enforcement of this section.

(e) This section does not apply to the use of dogs to pursue bears or bobcats by federal, state, or local law enforcement officers, or their agents or employees, when carrying out official duties as required by law.

(f) If a dog captured or dispatched pursuant to this section has identification, its owner shall be notified within 72 hours after capture or dispatch.
Cal. BPC § 19462 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 19462
Section 19462
Status: in_force

If any license is suspended or revoked, the board shall state publicly its reasons for the suspension or revocation, and shall cause an entry of such reasons to be made on its minute book.
Cal. PUC § 131104 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 131104
Section 131104
Status: in_force

(a) The county shall conduct the election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 131102, and the county shall bear the cost in conducting the election, but shall be reimbursed from the proceeds of the tax by the agency imposing the tax if the tax is approved pursuant to Section 131102.

(b) The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by law for the conduct of elections by a county.