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Cal. HSC § 1375.61 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 6 / Section 1375.61
Section 1375.61
Status: in_force

(a) A contract between a health care service plan and a provider of health care services shall not contain any term that would result in termination or nonrenewal of the contract or otherwise penalize the provider, based solely on either of the following:

(1) A civil judgment issued in another state, a criminal conviction in another state, or another disciplinary action in another state, if the judgment, conviction, or disciplinary action is based solely on the application of another state’s law that interferes with a person’s right to receive care that would be lawful if provided in this state.

(2) The manufacture, transport, distribution, delivery, receipt, acquisition, sale, possession, furnishment, dispensation, repackaging, or storage of brand name or generic mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion that is lawful under the laws of the state.

(b) A health care service plan shall not discriminate, with respect to the provision of, or contracts for, professional services, against a licensed provider solely on the basis of either of the following:

(1) A civil judgment issued in another state, a criminal conviction in another state, or another disciplinary action in another state if the judgment, conviction, or disciplinary action is based solely on the application of another state’s law that interferes with a person’s right to receive care that would be lawful if provided in this state.

(2) The manufacture, transport, distribution, delivery, receipt, acquisition, sale, possession, furnishment, dispensation, repackaging, or storage of brand name or generic mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion that is lawful under the laws of the state.

(c) This section does not apply to a civil judgment, a criminal conviction, or a disciplinary action imposed in another state based upon conduct that would subject a provider to claim, charge, or action under the laws of this state.
Cal. RTC § 23335 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 23335
Section 23335
Status: in_force

(a) Any return filed pursuant to Section 18601 that the taxpayer designates in the appropriate place on the form provided by the Franchise Tax Board as the taxpayer’s final franchise tax return as the result of a dissolution or withdrawal shall be treated as a request for information on how to properly dissolve or withdraw.

(b) If a taxpayer has filed a return as described in subdivision (a), the Franchise Tax Board shall provide the taxpayer with information regarding all documents that are required by this article to be filed with the Franchise Tax Board and the Secretary of State.
Cal. CIV § 43.8 — California Code / Code civ / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 43.8
Section 43.8
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the privilege afforded by Section 47, there shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, any person on account of the communication of information in the possession of that person to any hospital, hospital medical staff, veterinary hospital staff, professional society, medical, dental, podiatric, psychology, marriage and family therapy, professional clinical counselor, midwifery, or veterinary school, professional licensing board or division, committee or panel of a licensing board, the Senior Assistant Attorney General of the Health Quality Enforcement Section appointed under Section 12529 of the Government Code, peer review committee, quality assurance committees established in compliance with Sections 4070 and 5624 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or underwriting committee described in Section 43.7 when the communication is intended to aid in the evaluation of the qualifications, fitness, character, or insurability of a practitioner of the healing or veterinary arts.

(b) The immunities afforded by this section and by Section 43.7 shall not affect the availability of any absolute privilege that may be afforded by Section 47.

(c) Nothing in this section is intended in any way to affect the California Supreme Court’s decision in Hassan v. Mercy American River Hospital (2003) 31 Cal.4th 709, holding that subdivision (a) provides a qualified privilege.
Cal. WAT § 8785 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 8785
Section 8785
Status: in_force

If consent in writing is not filed in the manner and at the time provided, no further expenditures for the project shall be made, nor shall any obligations be incurred therefor.
Cal. HNC § 426 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 426
Section 426
Status: in_force

So far as possible, a jettison shall begin with the most bulky and least valuable articles.
Cal. HSC § 1280.18 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 1280.18
Section 1280.18
Status: in_force

(a) Every provider of health care shall establish and implement appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the privacy of a patient’s medical information. Every provider of health care shall reasonably safeguard confidential medical information from any unauthorized access or unlawful access, use, or disclosure.

(b) In exercising its duties pursuant to Section 1280.17, the department shall consider the provider’s capability, complexity, size, and history of compliance with this section and other related state and federal statutes and regulations, the extent to which the provider detected violations and took steps to immediately correct and prevent past violations from reoccurring, and factors beyond the provider’s immediate control that restricted the facility’s ability to comply with this section.

(c) The department may conduct joint investigations of individuals and health facilities for violations of this section and Section 1280.15, respectively.
Cal. PRC § 95007 — California Code / Code prc / Division 50 / Chapter 10 / Section 95007
Section 95007
Status: in_force

The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account or any other form of interim financing in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carrying out this division. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division, excluding any refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 95012, less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this section and any amount withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section 95009 and not yet returned to the General Fund. The board shall execute those documents required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated in accordance with this division.
Cal. FAM § 9321 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 9321
Section 9321
Status: in_force

(a) The prospective adoptive parent and the proposed adoptee may file in the county in which either person resides a petition for approval of the adoption agreement.

(b) The petition for approval of the adoption agreement shall state all of the following:

(1) The length and nature of the relationship between the prospective adoptive parent and the proposed adoptee.

(2) The degree of kinship, if any.

(3) The reason the adoption is sought.

(4) A statement as to why the adoption would be in the best interest of the prospective adoptive parent, the proposed adoptee, and the public.

(5) The names and addresses of any living birth parents or adult children of the proposed adoptee.

(6) Whether the prospective adoptive parent or the prospective adoptive parent’s spouse has previously adopted any other adult and, if so, the name of the adult, together with the date and place of the adoption.
Cal. INS § 2079 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 2079
Section 2079
Status: in_force

Clauses may be added to the standard form:

(a) Covering subject matter and risks not otherwise covered; provided that clauses covering loss or damage caused by nuclear reaction, nuclear radiation or radioactive contamination, all whether directly or indirectly resulting from an insured peril under the standard policy issued pursuant to Section 2071 may be insured under said policy only by a written endorsement providing such insurance, with such endorsement affixed to said standard policy.

(b) Assuming greater liability than is otherwise imposed on the insurer.

(c) Granting insured permits and privileges not otherwise provided.

(d) Waiving any of the matters which may be waived and which avoid the policy or suspend the insurance.

(e) Waiving any of the requirements imposed on the insured after loss.

(f) As provided in Section 3047.
Cal. RTC § 3795.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 6 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 3795.5
Section 3795.5
Status: in_force

In the case of an agreement involving a nonprofit organization, the board of supervisors may establish conditions of sale, including reporting, to assure the completion of rehabilitation within a reasonable time and maximum benefit to low-income persons. These conditions shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) Requiring compliance with a jurisdiction’s consolidated plan or a community development plan.

(b) Articles of incorporation filed with the Secretary of State, stating that the organization is incorporated for the purposes specified in subdivision (b) of Section 3772.5.
Cal. BPC § 19417.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 19417.5
Section 19417.5
Status: in_force

“Appaloosa racing” is the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is an Appaloosa horse, is mounted by a jockey, and engages in races on the flat over a distance of not less than one-quarter of a mile or more than four miles.
Cal. WAT § 31052 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 31052
Section 31052
Status: in_force

The North Marin County Water District may purchase devices for generation of energy from solar radiation and may resell such devices for use within the district. Resales shall be on reasonable terms and conditions, which may include warranties and guarantees by the district of payment of purchase loans.
Cal. BPC § 6532 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6532
Section 6532
Status: in_force

Only a person who holds a current and active license from the bureau may identify themselves as a “licensed professional fiduciary.”
Cal. PUC § 99354 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 99354
Section 99354
Status: in_force

The county shall preserve and protect the security of the bonds and the rights of the bondholders and warrant and defend their rights against all claims and demands of all persons.
Cal. FGC § 8830 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 10 / Section 8830
Section 8830
Status: in_force

“Trawl net” means a cone or funnel-shaped net which is towed or drawn through the water by a fishing vessel and includes any gear appurtenant to the net. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the use of trawl nets shall conform to federal groundfish regulations adopted pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1801 et seq.).
Cal. VEH § 5302 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 9.5 / Section 5302
Section 5302
Status: in_force

(a) Motor vehicles registered in any state other than California are not permitted to participate in this program.

(b) Section 4604 does not apply to vehicles registered under this article.

(c) The department may conduct an audit of the records of each fleet owner or lessee of the vehicle fleets electing to participate in the program. The department shall be fully reimbursed by the fleet owner or lessee for the costs of conducting the audits.
Cal. VEH § 26457 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 26457
Section 26457
Status: in_force

Special mobile equipment, logging vehicles, equipment operated under special permit, and any chassis without body or load are not subject to stopping distance requirements, but if any such vehicle or equipment cannot be stopped within 32 feet from an initial speed of 15 miles per hour, it shall not be operated at a speed in excess of that permitting a stop in 32 feet.
Cal. BPC § 22700 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 23 / Section 22700
Section 22700
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Filante Tanning Facility Act of 1988.
Cal. BPC § 9874 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 20 / Article 6 / Section 9874
Section 9874
Status: in_force

All salaries, expenses, or costs incurred or sustained pursuant to this chapter shall be payable only out of the Household Goods and Services Fund.
Cal. ELEC § 19252 — California Code / Code elec / Division 19 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 19252
Section 19252
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

(a) “Board” means the Voting Modernization Board, established pursuant to Section 19256.

(b) “Bond” means a state general obligation bond issued pursuant to this article adopting the provisions of the State General Obligation Bond Law.

(c) “Bond act” means this article authorizing the issuance of state general obligation bonds and adopting the State General Obligation Bond Law by reference.

(d) “Committee” means the Voting Modernization Finance Committee, established pursuant to Section 19253.

(e) “Fund” means the Voting Modernization Fund, created pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19254.

(f) “Voting system” means any voting machine, voting device, or vote tabulating device that does not use prescored punch card ballots.
Cal. WIC § 4122 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 4122
Section 4122
Status: in_force

The State Department of State Hospitals, when it deems it necessary, may, under conditions prescribed by the director, transfer any patients of a state institution under its jurisdiction to another institution. Transfers of patients of state hospitals shall be made in accordance with Section 7300.

The expense of any transfer shall be paid from the moneys available by law for the support of the department or for the support of the institution from which the patient is transferred. Liability for the care, support, and maintenance of the transferred patient in the institution to which they have been transferred shall be the same as if they had originally been committed to the institution. The State Department of State Hospitals shall present to the county, not more frequently than monthly, a claim for the amount due the state for care, support, and maintenance of those patients and which the county shall process and pay pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 29700) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.
Cal. FAM § 8609.5 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 8609.5
Section 8609.5
Status: in_force

An adoption request for the adoption or readoption of a nondependent minor may be filed with the court in the county in which one of the following applies:

(a) The petitioner resides.

(b) The child was born or resides at the time of filing.

(c) An office of the agency that placed the child or is filing the petition for adoption is located.

(d) An office of the department or a public adoption agency that is investigating the petition is located.

(e) The county in which a placing birth parent or parents resided when the adoptive placement agreement, consent, or relinquishment was signed.

(f) The county in which a placing birth parent or parents resided when the petition was filed.

(g) The county in which the child was freed for adoption.
Cal. FIN § 6050 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 6050
Section 6050
Status: in_force

(a) The register of stockholders or members, the books of account, and the minutes of an association shall be subject to inspection upon the written demand of any stockholder or member or group of stockholders or members at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a proper purpose reasonably related to the stockholder’s or member’s interest. The right of inspection is limited to a stockholder, or member, or group of stockholders or members, who hold of record voting shares having a cost of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or who hold of record voting shares constituting not less than 1 percent of the outstanding voting shares, provided in either case, the stockholder, member, or group of stockholders or members, have been holders of record of the voting shares for at least six months before making the written demand. The right of inspection created by this subdivision shall extend to the records of each subsidiary of an association subject to this subdivision and includes the right to make extracts.

(b) Notwithstanding the right of inspection granted in subdivision (a), no stockholder, member, or group of stockholders or members, shall have the right to inspect or make extracts of any portion of any register, book, or minutes of an association containing any of the following:

(1) A list of depositors in or borrowers from the association.

(2) The addresses of depositors or borrowers from the association.

(3) Individual deposit or loan balances or records. “Records” for the purposes of this paragraph means confidential facts pertaining to personal financial information about an individual, including, but not limited to, an individual’s credit file and any loan application.

(4) Any data from which any of the information described in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, could be reasonably constructed.

(c) Each association director shall have the right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, documents of every kind, and the physical properties of that association. The inspection may be made in person or by agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to make extracts. In the case of foreign associations the right of inspection extends only to books, records, documents, and property located in this state.

(d) Savings accountholders who are not stockholders, members, or directors of an association shall have no right of inspection under this section.
Cal. PRC § 5093.52 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.4 / Section 5093.52
Section 5093.52
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.

(b) “Natural Resources Agency” means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency and any constituent units of the Resources Agency that the secretary determines to be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(c) “River” means the water, bed, and shoreline of rivers, streams, channels, lakes, bays, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, and lagoons, up to the first line of permanently established riparian vegetation.

(d) “Free-flowing” means existing or flowing without artificial impoundment, diversion, or other modification of the river. The presence of low dams, diversion works, and other minor structures does not automatically bar a river’s inclusion within the system. However, this subdivision does not authorize or encourage future construction of those structures on any component of the system.

(e) “System” means the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

(f) “Land use regulation” means the regulation by any state or local governmental entity, agency, or official of any activities that take place other than directly on the waters of the segments of the rivers designated in Section 5093.54.

(g) “Director” means the Director of Fish and Wildlife.

(h) “Immediate environments” means the land immediately adjacent to the segments of the rivers designated in Section 5093.54.

(i) “Special treatment areas” means, for purposes of this chapter, those areas defined as special treatment areas in Section 895.1 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 2004, as that definition applies to wild and scenic river segments designated from time to time in Section 5093.54, and also includes areas within 200 feet of the watercourse transition line of a state-designated recreational river segment designated in Section 5093.54 that may be at risk during timber operations.

(j) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Cal. FAC § 5774 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 4.5 / Section 5774
Section 5774
Status: in_force

The notice shall be delivered by hand distribution whenever practicable. If it is not practicable to provide notice by hand distribution, then notice may be accomplished by first-class mail so long as the affected residents and physicians receive the notice within the time limits prescribed in this article.
Cal. ELEC § 7654 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 7654
Section 7654
Status: in_force

A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment or election.
Cal. FIN § 22326 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 22326
Section 22326
Status: in_force

No person, except as authorized by this division, shall directly or indirectly charge, contract for, or receive any interest, discount, or consideration greater than the lender would be permitted by law to charge if he or she were not a licensee hereunder, upon the loan, use, or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action, or upon the loan, use, or sale of credit. This section applies to any person, who by any device, subterfuge, or pretense charges, contracts for, or receives greater interest, consideration, or charges than is authorized by this division for any loan, use, or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action or for any loan, use, or sale of credit.
Cal. PRC § 80028 — California Code / Code prc / Division 46 / Chapter 1 / Section 80028
Section 80028
Status: in_force

Funds provided pursuant to this division, and any appropriation or transfer of those funds, shall not be deemed to be a transfer of funds for the purposes of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 2780) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code.
Cal. HSC § 39940 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Section 39940
Section 39940
Status: in_force

(a) The state board shall implement a pilot program to determine emissions from locomotives, using wayside remote sensing devices. The objectives of the pilot program are to determine whether remote sensing devices can accurately and replicably determine, with a reasonable level of precision:

(1) The levels of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and carbon monoxide emissions from locomotives.

(2) Whether a locomotive is subject to tier 0, 1, or 2 federal certification standards.

(3) Whether the measured results can be calibrated to determine whether the locomotive emissions are above or below the applicable federal emissions certification levels.

(b) The state board shall design and implement the pilot program in consultation with the advisory group established pursuant to Section 39941.

(c) The pilot program shall collect sufficient data to ensure that a representative sample of locomotives operating in the state are tested, so that there is a sufficient basis for the state board to meet the objectives and to make the determinations that are set forth in subdivision (a). Data collection shall, at a minimum, be performed under representative conditions in northern and southern California.