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Cal. RTC § 30283 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 30283
Section 30283
Status: in_force

(a) If the department finds that a person’s failure to make a timely return or payment was due to a disaster, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of the interest provided by Sections 30171, 30185, 30190, 30223, and 30281.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a person seeking to be relieved of the interest shall file with the department a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the person bases their claim for relief.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the department may grant relief of the interest for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the department pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The department may grant the relief in paragraph (1) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.
Cal. FGC § 6592 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 6592
Section 6592
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in state government the California Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program. The purpose of the program is to advance research on the artificial propagation, rearing, stocking, and distribution of marine fish species that are important to sport and commercial fishing in the ocean waters off the coast of California south of a line extending due west from Point Arguello, including research on the efficacy of artificial enhancement of stocks of these marine fish species through hatchery production.
Cal. COM § 9524 — California Code / Code com / Division 9 / Chapter 5 / Section 9524
Section 9524
Status: in_force

Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this chapter is excused if both of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office.

(2) The filing office exercises reasonable diligence under the circumstances.
Cal. WAT § 13414 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 13414
Section 13414
Status: in_force

All money received in repayment of loans under this chapter shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the fund.
Cal. BPC § 2920.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6.6 / Article 2 / Section 2920.2
Section 2920.2
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 2920 renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
Cal. RTC § 3956 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 6 / Chapter 10 / Section 3956
Section 3956
Status: in_force

Within 10 days after the filing of the complaint, plaintiff shall file or cause to be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county where the property is situated, a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the matters required by Section 409 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. HSC § 123330 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 123330
Section 123330
Status: in_force

Any person or persons who have embezzled, willfully misapplied, stolen, or fraudulently obtained funds or benefits pursuant to this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in federal regulations for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, that is provided for in Section 246 and following of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Cal. WIC § 5008.2 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 5008.2
Section 5008.2
Status: in_force

(a) When applying the definition of mental disorder for the purposes of Articles 2 (commencing with Section 5200), 4 (commencing with Section 5250), and 5 (commencing with Section 5275) of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350), the historical course of the person’s mental disorder, as determined by available relevant information about the course of the person’s mental disorder, shall be considered when it has a direct bearing on the determination of whether the person is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or is gravely disabled, as a result of a mental disorder. The historical course shall include, but is not limited to, evidence presented by persons who have provided, or are providing, mental health or related support services to the patient, the patient’s medical records as presented to the court, including psychiatric records, or evidence voluntarily presented by family members, the patient, or any other person designated by the patient. Facilities shall make every reasonable effort to make information provided by the patient’s family available to the court. The hearing officer, court, or jury shall exclude from consideration evidence it determines to be irrelevant because of remoteness of time or dissimilarity of circumstances.

(b) This section shall not be applied to limit the application of Section 5328 or to limit existing rights of a patient to respond to evidence presented to the court.
Cal. BPC § 2020 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 2020
Section 2020
Status: in_force

(a) The board, by and with the approval of the director, may employ an executive director exempt from the provisions of the Civil Service Act and may also employ investigators, legal counsel, medical consultants, and other assistance as it may deem necessary to carry this chapter into effect. The board may fix the compensation to be paid for services subject to the provisions of applicable state laws and regulations and may incur other expenses as it may deem necessary. Investigators employed by the board shall be provided special training in investigating medical practice activities.

(b) The Attorney General shall act as legal counsel for the board for any judicial and administrative proceedings and the services of the Attorney General shall be a charge against it.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. PUC § 880 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 880
Section 880
Status: in_force

The commission may determine any question of fact in its administration of this article.
Cal. SHC § 136 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 136
Section 136
Status: in_force

The department may enter into contracts for the leasing or renting of tools or equipment for State highway purposes.
Cal. HNC § 130 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 1.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 130
Section 130
Status: in_force

Every person who cuts or causes to be cut down any tree, so that it falls into any navigable waters, and who does not remove it within twenty-four hours after it falls into the water, is liable to a penalty of five dollars for each tree.
Cal. FIN § 4978.6 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.7 / Chapter 3 / Section 4978.6
Section 4978.6
Status: in_force

A person who originates covered loans shall inform any employee, who originates covered loans on behalf of the person, of the administrative or civil penalties for a violation of this division.
Cal. PUC § 22229.3 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 22229.3
Section 22229.3
Status: in_force

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters.

In selecting the arguments, the election officials shall give preference and priority in the order named to the arguments of the following:

(a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board.

(b) Individual voters or bona fide associations of citizens or a combination of such voters and associations.
Cal. MVC § 998.401 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 5x / Section 998.401
Section 998.401
Status: in_force

(a) The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except as otherwise provided herein, is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued by this article, and the provisions of that law are included in this article as though set out in full in this article. All references in this article to “herein” refer both to this article and that law.

(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the Department of Veterans Affairs is designated the board.
Cal. WAT § 25262 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 25262
Section 25262
Status: in_force

Until the payment or retirement of the bonds for the benefit of which an allocation was made, the revenue allocated shall be applied solely to the payment of the obligation specified in the allocating resolution.
Cal. WAT § 22080.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.5 / Section 22080.5
Section 22080.5
Status: in_force

Any duty or authority vested in a watermaster appointed by a district may be exercised by the watermaster directly or through the agency of a deputy watermaster if there is one.
Cal. HSC § 114101.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 5 / Section 114101.1
Section 114101.1
Status: in_force

A warewashing machine shall be provided with an easily accessible and readable data plate affixed to the machine by the manufacturer that indicates the machine’s design and operating specifications including the temperatures required for washing, rinsing, and sanitizing, the pressure required for the fresh water sanitizing rinse, unless the machine is designed to use only a pumped sanitizing rinse, and the conveyor speed for conveyor machines or cycle time for stationary rack machines.
Cal. BPC § 3642 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.2 / Article 4 / Section 3642
Section 3642
Status: in_force

A naturopathic doctor may not perform any of the following functions:

(a) Prescribe, dispense, or administer a controlled substance or device identified in Sections 801 to 971, inclusive, of Title 21 of the United States Code, except as authorized by this chapter.

(b) Administer therapeutic ionizing radiation or radioactive substances.

(c) Practice or claim to practice any other system or method of treatment beyond that authorized by this chapter, for which licensure is required, unless otherwise licensed to do so.

(d) Administer general or spinal anesthesia.

(e) Perform an abortion.

(f) Perform any surgical procedure.

(g) Perform acupuncture or traditional Chinese and Asian medicine, including Chinese herbal medicine, unless licensed as an acupuncturist as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 4927.
Cal. PUC § 130263 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 130263
Section 130263
Status: in_force

The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall not reduce, by order or by reducing funding, the size of the service areas under the jurisdiction of presently existing included municipal operators (as defined in Section 99207), the level of services they provide, or the scope of their operations, without first consulting with the municipal operators and securing the approval of the municipalities within which they operate.
Cal. HSC § 6440 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 6440
Section 6440
Status: in_force

At the time designated the board of supervisors shall hear the petition, and may adjourn the hearing from time to time.
Cal. BPC § 2770.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 3.1 / Section 2770.2
Section 2770.2
Status: in_force

(a) One or more intervention evaluation committees is hereby created in the state to be established by the board. Each committee shall be composed of five persons appointed by the board. No board member shall serve on any committee.

(b) Each committee shall have the following composition:

(1) Three registered nurses, holding active California licenses, who have demonstrated expertise in the field of chemical dependency or psychiatric nursing.

(2) One physician, holding an active California license, who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictive diseases or mental illness.

(3) One public member who is knowledgeable in the field of chemical dependency or mental illness.

(c) It shall require a majority vote of the board to appoint a person to a committee. Each appointment shall be at the pleasure of the board for a term not to exceed four years. In its discretion the board may stagger the terms of the initial members appointed.
Cal. FAC § 61836 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 61836
Section 61836
Status: in_force

“Producer” means any person that produces market milk from five or more cows in conformity with the applicable health regulations of the place in which it is sold, and whose bulk market milk is received, acquired, or handled by any handler or any nonprofit association of producers. It includes the nonprofit cooperative associations described in Article 3 (commencing with Section 61871) of this chapter in the transactions in which such article provides that the associations are producers.
Cal. FAC § 77083 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16.5 / Article 4 / Section 77083
Section 77083
Status: in_force

The commission may administer and enforce this chapter and do and perform all acts and exercise all powers incidental to, or in connection with, deemed reasonably necessary for the proper or advisable implementation of this chapter.
Cal. INS § 10753.12 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 8.01 / Article 2 / Section 10753.12
Section 10753.12
Status: in_force

(a) A carrier shall not be required to offer coverage or accept applications for benefit plan designs pursuant to this chapter where the carrier demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commissioner both of the following:

(1) The acceptance of an application or applications would place the carrier in a financially impaired condition.

(2) The carrier is applying this subdivision uniformly to all employers without regard to the claims experience of those employers and their employees and dependents or any health status-related factor relating to those employees and dependents.

(b) The commissioner’s determination under subdivision (a) shall follow an evaluation that includes a certification by the commissioner that the acceptance of an application or applications would place the carrier in a financially impaired condition.

(c) A carrier that has not offered coverage or accepted applications pursuant to this chapter shall not offer coverage or accept applications for any individual or group health benefit plan until the later of the following dates:

(1) The 181st day after the date that coverage is denied pursuant to this section.

(2) The date on which the carrier ceases to be financially impaired, as determined by the commissioner.

(d) Subdivision (c) shall not limit the carrier’s ability to renew coverage already in force or relieve the carrier of the responsibility to renew that coverage as described in Sections 10273.4, 10273.6, and 10753.13.

(e) Coverage offered within a service area after the period specified in subdivision (c) shall be subject to the requirements of this section.
Cal. RTC § 19371 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 19371
Section 19371
Status: in_force

(a) At any time within 10 years after the determination of liability for any tax, penalties, and interest, or within the period during which a lien is in force as the result of the recording of an abstract under Section 19203 or of the recording or filing of a notice of state tax lien under Section 7171 of the Government Code, the Franchise Tax Board may bring an action in the courts of this state, of any other state, or of the United States in the name of the people of the State of California to recover the amount of any taxes, penalties, and interest due and unpaid under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part.

(b) The amendments made by Sections 41 and 108 of Chapter 117 of the Statutes of 1991 shall apply to any of the following:

(1) Taxes assessed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part after July 16, 1991.

(2) Taxes assessed on or before July 16, 1991, under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part, if the period specified in subdivision (a), determined without regard to those amendments, has not expired on July 16, 1991.
Cal. PRC § 42701 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 42701
Section 42701
Status: in_force

(a) In purchasing any materials to be used in paving or paving subbase for use by the Department of Transportation and any other state agencies that provide construction and repair services, the State Procurement Officer shall contract for those items that utilize recycled materials in paving materials and base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials, unless the Director of Transportation determines that the use of the materials is not cost effective. In determining the cost-effectiveness of the materials subject to this section, the factors that the director shall consider include both of the following:

(1) The lifespan and durability of the pavement containing the materials.

(2) The maintenance cost of the pavement containing the materials.

(b) This section also applies to any person who contracts with the Department of General Services or with any other state agency to provide these construction and repair services.

(c) The recycled materials shall include, but are not limited to, recycled asphalt, crushed concrete subbase, foundry slag, and paving materials utilizing crumb rubber from automobile tires, ash, and glass and glassy aggregates. The specifications shall be based on the standards of the Department of Transportation for recycled paving materials and for recycled base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials.
Cal. WAT § 72689 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 72689
Section 72689
Status: in_force

Any action or proceeding in which the validity of an annexation to an improvement district pursuant to this article is contested, questioned, or denied shall be commenced within three months after the date of the resolution approving such annexation; otherwise the annexation shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
Cal. WAT § 36830.4 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 36830.4
Section 36830.4
Status: in_force

If any negotiable paper is not paid on due presentment for any reason, any record of payment made on the assessment book because of its acceptance shall be canceled, and the assessment is a lien as though no payment had been attempted. The tax collector, when accepting negotiable paper, shall make any memoranda necessary to enable him to make proper cancellation on its return without payment.
Cal. HNC § 494 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 494
Section 494
Status: in_force

The cost of repairing or replacing any buoy or beacon which is maintained by authority of the United States Bureau of Lighthouses which may be misplaced, damaged, or destroyed by any vessel being made fast to it, is, when the cost is legally ascertained, a lien upon the vessel, and is recoverable against it and its owner.
Cal. HSC § 25214.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 10.2 / Section 25214.7
Section 25214.7
Status: in_force

The department shall do all of the following:

(a)  Coordinate with local agencies to provide technical assistance to businesses engaged in the dismantling or crushing of motor vehicles concerning the safe removal and proper disposal of mercury-containing light switches from motor vehicles, including information about vehicle makes and models that contain mercury light switches and entities that provide mercury recycling services.

(b)  Coordinate and encourage entities, such as associations representing motor vehicle repair shops, to offer to the public the replacement and recycling of mercury-containing motor vehicle light switches.

(c)  Make available to the public information concerning services to replace and recycle mercury-containing motor vehicle light switches.
Cal. FAC § 10065 — California Code / Code fac / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 10065
Section 10065
Status: in_force

The slaughtering of any reacting bovine animal, pursuant to this article, shall be under the supervision of the department, or of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Cal. FGC § 15101 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 12 / Chapter 2 / Section 15101
Section 15101
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of each aquaculture facility shall register all of the following information with the department by March 1 of each year:

(1) The owner’s name.

(2) The species grown.

(3) The location or locations of each operation or operations.

(b) The department may provide registration forms for this purpose, may establish a procedure for the review of the information provided to ensure that the operation will not be detrimental to native wildlife, and shall impose a registration fee of five hundred forty-nine dollars ($549) to recover the cost of reviewing new registrations. For renewing registrations, the department shall impose a registration fee of two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275). It is unlawful to conduct aquaculture operations or to culture approved species of aquatic plants and animals unless registered under this section. The registration fees specified in this section are applicable to the 2004 registration year and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.

(c) The annual registration of information required by subdivision (a) is not a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025, at which time the registration fees specified in this section shall be adjusted pursuant to subdivision (b) as if this section had not been inoperative.
Cal. WIC § 14133.85 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 14133.85
Section 14133.85
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, prior authorization shall not be required for hospice services.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any admission that violates federal law.

(b) Prior authorization shall be required for inpatient hospice services.

(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.