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Cal. PUC § 100615 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 9 / Section 100615
Section 100615
Status: in_force

All decisions and determinations of the board, upon notice and hearing, are final and conclusive upon all persons entitled to appeal to the board as to all errors, informalities, and irregularities which the board might have avoided or remedied during the progress of the proceedings or which it can, at that time, remedy.

Any objection, appeal, or protest not made at the time of any hearing is deemed to be waived voluntarily by any person who might have made the appeal, protest, or objection, and the person is deemed to have consented to the action taken following the hearing and any other matter on which objection, protest, or appeal could have been made.
Cal. SHC § 104 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 104
Section 104
Status: in_force

The department may acquire, either in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, any real property that it considers necessary for state highway purposes. Real property for these purposes includes, but is not limited to, real property considered necessary for any of the following purposes:

(a) For rights-of-way, including those necessary for state highways within cities.

(b) For purposes of exchanging the same for other real property to be used for rights-of-way.

(c) For rock quarries, gravel pits, or sand or earth borrow pits.

(d) For offices, shops, or storage yards.

(e) For parks adjoining or near a state highway.

(f) For the culture and support of trees that benefit a state highway by aiding in the maintenance and preservation of the roadbed, or that aid in the maintenance of the attractiveness of the scenic beauties of a state highway.

(g) For drainage in connection with a state highway.

(h) For the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a state highway so as to promote the safety of the traveling public.

(i) For the construction and maintenance of stock trails.

(j) For the construction and maintenance of nonmotorized transportation facilities, as defined in Section 887.

(k) (1) (A) For environmental mitigation property, which the department may transfer to, purchase for transfer to, or purchase in the name of a, governmental entity, special district, nonprofit organization, for-profit entity, person, or other entity in accordance with Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 65965) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, as applicable.

(B) Where feasible, a governmental entity holding property pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall have the principal responsibility for natural resource protection or conservation. A governmental entity holding property pursuant to this section shall be approved through the due diligence process set forth in Section 65967 of the Government Code.

(2) For purposes of this section, “environmental mitigation property” means property that is required by state or federal law, or by permit conditions imposed by a state or federal agency, to be preserved or restored and maintained as natural habitat to offset the environmental impacts caused by the construction and operation of a state highway improvement project or for advance mitigation purposes as provided in Section 800.6.
Cal. HSC § 113025 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 113025
Section 113025
Status: in_force

“Processed pet food” means a food for pets that has been prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of treatment prescribed by regulation of the department. The term includes, special diet, health foods, supplements, treats and candy for pets, but does not include fresh or frozen pet foods subject to the control of the Department of Food and Agriculture of this state.
Cal. WIC § 300.3 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 300.3
Section 300.3
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 215 or 272, or any other provision of law, a child or nonminor whose jurisdiction is modified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 607.2 or subdivision (i) of Section 727.2 and who is placed in foster care may be supervised by the probation department of the county in which the court with jurisdiction over the dependent is located, if the county protocol in that county requires it. In those counties, all case management, case plan review, and reporting functions as described in Sections 671 and 675 of Title 42 of the United States Code and contained in this article shall be performed by the probation officer for these dependents.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2012.
Cal. BPC § 4018 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 4018
Section 4018
Status: in_force

“Board” means the California State Board of Pharmacy.
Cal. PROB § 11951 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 10 / Chapter 7 / Section 11951
Section 11951
Status: in_force

(a) A petition under this chapter may be filed at any time before an order for distribution of the affected property becomes final.

(b) The petition shall:

(1) Describe the property.

(2) State the names of the persons having or claiming undivided interests.

(3) Describe the undivided interests, so far as known to the petitioner.
Cal. SHC § 18692 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 18692
Section 18692
Status: in_force

If no protests are filed or if all protests filed are heard and denied, or if any of the authorized modifications are made and the city council after hearing evidence on the question of benefits, determines that the territory within the finally established boundaries of the district will be benefited by the maintenance and operation finally determined upon, then the city council shall have jurisdiction to proceed.
Cal. FIN § 22060 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 22060
Section 22060
Status: in_force

This division does not apply to a loan made or arranged by a licensed residential mortgage lender or servicer when acting under the authority of that license.
Cal. FAC § 27639 — California Code / Code fac / Division 12 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 27639
Section 27639
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:

(a) Refuse to submit any eggs or any container, subcontainer, lot, load, or display of eggs to the inspection of any enforcement officer.

(b) Refuse to stop, at the request of any enforcement officer, any vehicle which is transporting eggs.
Cal. ELEC § 3106 — California Code / Code elec / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 3106
Section 3106
Status: in_force

(a) A military or overseas voter who is living outside of the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia, or is called for military service within the United States on or after the seventh day prior to the date of the election, may return their ballot by facsimile transmission. To be counted, the ballot returned by facsimile transmission shall be received by the voter’s elections official no later than the closing of the polls on election day and shall be accompanied by an identification envelope containing all of the information required by Section 3011 and an oath of voter declaration in substantially the following form:

“OATH OF VOTER
I, , acknowledge that by returning my voted
ballot by facsimile transmission I have waived my right to have my ballot
kept secret. Nevertheless, I understand that, as with any vote by mail
voter, my signature, whether on this oath of voter form or my identification
envelope, will be permanently separated from my voted ballot to maintain
its secrecy at the outset of the tabulation process and thereafter.
My residence address (last U.S. residence for voter qualification purposes) is (Street Address)  (City)  (ZIP Code).
My current mailing address is (Street Address) (City)  (ZIP Code).
My email address is _________________. My facsimile transmission
number is _________________.
I am a resident of __________ County, State of California, or am qualified
as an elector pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 321 of
the Elections Code and I have not voted, nor intend to vote, a ballot from any other jurisdiction for the same election.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Dated this __________ day of ______, 20_____.
(Signature)
(voter)  (power of attorney cannot be accepted)
YOUR BALLOT CANNOT BE COUNTED UNLESS YOU SIGN THE
ABOVE OATH AND INCLUDE IT WITH YOUR BALLOT AND
IDENTIFICATION ENVELOPE, ALL OF WHICH ARE RETURNED
BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION.”

(b) Notwithstanding the voter’s waiver of the right to a secret ballot, each elections official shall adopt appropriate procedures to protect the secrecy of ballots returned by facsimile transmission.

(c) Upon receipt of a ballot returned by facsimile transmission, the elections official shall determine the voter’s eligibility to vote by comparing the signature on the return information with the signature on the voter’s affidavit of registration or any signature permitted for comparison under Section 3019. The ballot shall be duplicated and all materials preserved according to procedures set forth in this code.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a military or overseas voter who is permitted to return their ballot by facsimile transmission is, nonetheless, encouraged to return their ballot by mail or in person if possible. A military or overseas voter should return a ballot by facsimile transmission only if doing so is necessary for the ballot to be received before the close of polls on election day.
Cal. FAC § 79873 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 29 / Article 6 / Section 79873
Section 79873
Status: in_force

(a) Handlers of olive oil shall keep a complete and accurate record of all olives purchased by them and olive oil handled by them with the name of the producer or producers whose olives were purchased or handled.

(b) A producer who handles olive oil made from his or her olives shall keep a complete and accurate record of the olive oil handled.

(c) The records described in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall contain information required by the commission. The records shall be preserved by the producer or handler for a period of two years and shall be offered and submitted for inspection at any reasonable time upon written demand by the commission or its duly authorized agent.
Cal. SHC § 194 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 194
Section 194
Status: in_force

Each annual proposed budget prepared pursuant to Section 165 shall include an amount recommended to be appropriated to the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund. The amount shall, to the extent possible, equal the pro rata share of the comprehensive transportation planning duties attributable to highway and to exclusive public mass transit guideway planning and development.
Cal. LAB § 2441 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 2441
Section 2441
Status: in_force

(a) Every employer of labor in this state shall, without making a charge therefor, provide fresh and pure drinking water to his or her employees during working hours. Access to the drinking water shall be permitted at reasonable and convenient times and places. Any violation of this section is punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

(b) The State Department of Health Services and all health officers of counties, cities, and health districts shall enforce the provisions of this section pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 118390 of the Health and Safety Code. The enforcement shall not be construed to abridge or limit in any manner the jurisdiction of the Division of Industrial Safety of the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300).
Cal. BPC § 17533.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 17533.5
Section 17533.5
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell or offer for sale any surplus materials as defined in the Federal Surplus Property Act of 1944, being Chapter 479, Public Laws United States 457, approved October 3, 1944, if such person, firm, corporation or association does business, carries on or trades under or in any way uses in dealing with the public, directly or indirectly, any name which by reason of the inclusion of a word or words such as “Army,” “Navy,” “United States,” “Federal,” “treasury,” “procurement,” “G.I.,” or any others which connote the United States Government or its armed forces or any of its departments or agencies, has a tendency to lead the purchasing public to believe, contrary to fact, that the establishment at which such materials are offered for sale has some official relationship to the United States Government or that all of the articles sold or offered for sale are such surplus materials or that the articles there sold are of higher quality and lower prices than those elsewhere obtainable; provided, however, that this section shall not prohibit the continued use of a trade name by an establishment which for three years prior to the effective date of this section has continually used such word or words as its trade name or as a portion thereof.
Cal. LAB § 87 — California Code / Code lab / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 87
Section 87
Status: in_force

All persons, other than temporary employees, serving in the state civil service and engaged in the performance of a function transferred pursuant to this chapter, or engaged in the administration of a law, the administration of which is transferred pursuant to this chapter, shall, in accordance with Section 19050.9 of the Government Code, remain in the state civil service and are hereby transferred to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. The status, positions, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by their transfer and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 5 of the Government Code), except as to positions the duties of which are vested in a position that is exempt from civil service.
Cal. RTC § 723 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 723
Section 723
Status: in_force

The board may use the principle of unit valuation in valuing properties of an assessee that are operated as a unit in a primary function of the assessee. When so valued, those properties are known as “unitary property.” Property of an assessee not valued through the use of the principle of unit valuation are known as “nonunitary property.” When valuing nonunitary property, the board shall consider current market value information of comparable properties provided by the assessor just prior to the reappraisal by the board of that property.
Cal. PUC § 102002 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 14 / Chapter 1 / Section 102002
Section 102002
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the formation of this district shall further the concept of regional rapid transit and transit districts, with the eventual goal of the creation of a network of rapid transit systems throughout the state which would be operated as a single coordinated statewide system to facilitate the expeditious movement of people between the major metropolitan centers of the state.
Cal. MVC § 169 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 169
Section 169
Status: in_force

The Adjutant General shall attest commissions issued to military officers.
Cal. SHC § 2563 — California Code / Code shc / Division 3 / Chapter 15 / Section 2563
Section 2563
Status: in_force

Tow truck drivers and employers participating in a freeway service patrol pursuant to this chapter are subject to the standards and qualifications established under Article 3.3 (commencing with Section 2430) of Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Vehicle Code.
Cal. FAC § 71022 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 9.5 / Article 2 / Section 71022
Section 71022
Status: in_force

“Commission” means the California Rice Commission.
Cal. FIN § 5865 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 5865
Section 5865
Status: in_force

A mutual holding company shall be deemed to be a savings association continuing its organization under this division and may engage only in activities authorized for an association, but may not issue or accept savings accounts or other deposits and the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 5606 requiring insurance of savings accounts by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall not be applicable. The articles of incorporation of the mutual holding company shall be amended to delete any inappropriate statements otherwise required by Section 5501.5 and shall include the following statement:

“This corporation is a mutual holding company organized under the California Savings Association Law (Article 10 (commencing with Section 5860) of Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Financial Code).”
Cal. BPC § 7730.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 7730.6
Section 7730.6
Status: in_force

(a) For reinstatement of a license within the fiscal year, the fee shall be fifty dollars ($50).

(b) As used in this section, “reinstatement of a license” means the reissuance of a canceled cemetery broker’s license, or a cemetery salesperson’s license which was canceled during the year for which it was issued upon the salesperson’s withdrawal from the employ of a cemetery broker.
Cal. PROB § 248.5 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 248.5
Section 248.5
Status: in_force

The clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court and give notice thereof in the manner provided in Sections 1230 and 1260. The petitioner shall cause notice of the hearing to be given in the manner specified in Sections 1220 and 1260.
Cal. UIC § 801.5 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 801.5
Section 801.5
Status: in_force

To the extent permitted by federal law, a nonprofit organization which before the operative date of this section elected reimbursement financing pursuant to Section 801 and which has a favorable reserve account on the operative date of this section shall not be liable for the reimbursement of benefits pursuant to the election to the extent that the cost of benefits does not exceed the amount in the reserve account. Notwithstanding Section 1029, the reserve account shall not be canceled and the cost of benefits otherwise chargeable to the organization shall be charged to the reserve account until it is exhausted.
Cal. BPC § 17361 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 17361
Section 17361
Status: in_force

Any person offering for sale or selling telephone handsets or keysets or private branch exchanges or private automatic branch exchanges of not more than 20-station capacity, whether new or reconditioned, shall specify in all advertisements and catalogs therefor, except point-of-sale advertising, and on or in the equipment package both of the following:

(a) Whether the equipment employs pulse, tone, pulse-or-tone, or other signaling method, and a general description of the services it can or cannot access as a result thereof.

(b) Whether the equipment is registered with the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to Part 68 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Cal. PROB § 103 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 1 / Section 103
Section 103
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 224, if spouses die leaving community or quasi-community property and it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that one spouse survived the other:

(a) One-half of the community property and one-half of the quasi-community property shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if one spouse had survived and as if that one-half belonged to that spouse.

(b) The other one-half of the community property and the other one-half of the quasi-community property shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if the other spouse had survived and as if that one-half belonged to that spouse.
Cal. PCC § 10220 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 10220
Section 10220
Status: in_force

Every contract awarded under this part shall be submitted to the Attorney General or the attorney appointed according to law and authorized to represent the department under which it is to be performed. Such a contract is not binding on the state until the appropriate attorney finds it to be in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, and endorses such finding thereon.

A certified copy of each contract shall be filed with the Controller, but the failure so to file does not invalidate it.
Cal. WAT § 35548 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2.75 / Article 1 / Section 35548
Section 35548
Status: in_force

If a written protest is made pursuant to Section 35546 against the proposed plan and the board finds that the protest represents more than one-half of the assessed value of the lands to which delivery of water would be curtailed under the proposed plan, and such protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the same to less than a majority of such assessed value, the proceedings shall be terminated and no further proceedings may be taken with respect to such plan or any modification thereof for a period of one year from the time of the decision of the board on the hearing.
Cal. RTC § 19802 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 10 / Section 19802
Section 19802
Status: in_force

(a) In the determination of any case arising under this part, the rule of res judicata is applicable only if the liability involved is for the same year as was involved in another case previously determined.

(b) Notwithstanding the holding in Pope Estate Company v. Johnson, 43 Cal. App. 2d 170, in any action filed pursuant to Section 19382 (relating to taxpayer suits for refund), in addition to the defenses or relief sought in the action, the Franchise Tax Board shall assert in defense only those unpaid liabilities of the taxpayer for the same year which are evidenced by any of the following:

(1) A final proposed assessment.

(2) A notice of tax due.

(3) A final notice of action.

In addition, any refund claim of a taxpayer for the same year resulting from a federal audit adjustment made subsequent to the filing of the action need not be asserted by the taxpayer in that action.