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Cal. COM § 2702 — California Code / Code com / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 2702
Section 2702
Status: in_force

(1) Where the seller discovers the buyer to be insolvent he may refuse delivery except for cash including payment for all goods theretofore delivered under the contract, and stop delivery under this division (Section 2705).

(2) Where the seller discovers that the buyer has received goods on credit while insolvent he may reclaim the goods upon demand made within 10 days after the receipt, but if misrepresentation of solvency has been made to the particular seller in writing within three months before delivery the 10-day limitation does not apply. Except as provided in this subdivision the seller may not base a right to reclaim goods on the buyer’s fraudulent or innocent misrepresentation of solvency or of intent to pay.

(3) The seller’s right to reclaim under subdivision (2) is subject to the rights of a buyer in ordinary course or other good faith purchaser under this division (Section 2403). Successful reclamation of goods excludes all other remedies with respect to them.
Cal. PUC § 132415 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.7 / Chapter 6 / Section 132415
Section 132415
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board consisting of five voting members and four nonvoting members who shall be appointed as follows:

(1) Three members shall be appointed by the City Councils of the Cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and South Pasadena, with each city council appointing one member by a majority vote of the membership of that city council.

(2) One member shall be appointed by the President of the Governing Board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, subject to confirmation by that board.

(3) One member shall be appointed by the LACMTA.

(4) One nonvoting member shall be appointed by the Governor.

(5) Two nonvoting members shall be appointed by the City Councils of the Cities of Pasadena and South Pasadena, with each city appointing one nonvoting member.

(6) One nonvoting member shall be appointed by the president of the board of directors of the San Bernardino Associated Governments, subject to confirmation by that board.

(b) All members shall serve a term of not more than four years, with no limit on the number of terms that may be served by any person.

(c) Each appointing authority shall also appoint an alternate member to serve in a member’s absence. If the position of a voting member becomes vacant, the alternate member shall serve until the position is filled as required pursuant to subdivision (a).

(d) Members of the board are subject to the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code).

(e) Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

(f) The board shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among the membership of the board.

(g) Each member of the board may be compensated at a rate of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day spent attending to the business of the authority. Compensation, if paid, shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month, plus expenses directly related to the performance of duties imposed by the authority, including, but not limited to, travel and personal expenses.

(h) Members appointed to the board may include members of the entities set forth in subdivision (a), and members of the city councils or other elected officials of the extension cities, or both. The simultaneous membership described in this subdivision shall not constitute a violation of Section 1099 or 1126 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 53526 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 53526
Section 53526
Status: in_force

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year, and it is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.
Cal. HSC § 11998 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.6 / Chapter 1 / Section 11998
Section 11998
Status: in_force

This chapter sets forth the long-range goals of a five-year master plan to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse in California. The goals of this chapter are advisory, but it is the intent of the Legislature that the goals will be addressed to the extent possible by each county and by state government. These advisory goals do not amend existing law. Implementation of the goals of the master plan, after the state plan has been developed and issued, shall be subject to the budget review process.
Cal. VEH § 22953 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 11 / Section 22953
Section 22953
Status: in_force

(a) An owner or person in lawful possession of private property that is held open to the public, or a discernible portion thereof, for parking of vehicles at no fee, or an employee or agent thereof, shall not tow or remove, or cause the towing or removal, of a vehicle within one hour of the vehicle being parked.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a vehicle may be removed immediately after being illegally parked within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, in a fire lane, in a manner that interferes with an entrance to, or an exit from, the private property, or in a parking space or stall legally designated for disabled persons.

(c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to property designated for parking at residential property, or to property designated for parking at a hotel or motel where the parking stalls or spaces are clearly marked for a specific room.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature in the adoption of subdivision (a) to avoid causing the unnecessary stranding of motorists and placing them in dangerous situations, when traffic citations and other civil remedies are available, thereby promoting the safety of the general public.

(e) A person who violates subdivision (a) is civilly liable to the owner of the vehicle or his or her agent for two times the amount of the towing and storage charges.
Cal. FGC § 8583.5 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 16 / Section 8583.5
Section 8583.5
Status: in_force

This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.
Cal. VEH § 11604.1 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 11604.1
Section 11604.1
Status: in_force

Any cause specified in this chapter as a cause to suspend or revoke the license issued to a lessor-retailer is a cause to refuse to issue a license to a lessor-retailer.
Cal. PROB § 6526 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 6526
Section 6526
Status: in_force

(a) Property of the decedent set apart as a probate homestead is liable for claims against the estate of the decedent, subject to the probate homestead right. The probate homestead right in property of the decedent is liable for claims that are secured by liens and encumbrances on the property at the time of the decedent’s death but is exempt to the extent of the homestead exemption as to any claim that would have been subject to a homestead exemption at the time of the decedent’s death under Article 4 (commencing with Section 704.710) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(b) The probate homestead right in the property of the decedent is not liable for claims against the person for whose use the probate homestead is set apart.

(c) Property of the decedent set apart as a probate homestead is liable for claims against the testate or intestate successors of the decedent or other successors to the property after administration, subject to the probate homestead right.
Cal. PRC § 71160 — California Code / Code prc / Division 34 / Part 3.7 / Section 71160
Section 71160
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall explore and may implement options within the agency’s jurisdiction to establish a more coordinated and efficient regulatory review and permitting process for coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure.

(b) (1) By July 1, 2023, the agency shall report to the Legislature on suggestions and recommendations for improving and expediting the coordination between appropriate agencies in their regulatory review and permitting process for coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure.

(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this subdivision is inoperative on July 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(3) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(c) (1) For purposes of this section, “coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure” means development, as defined in Section 30106, that relies on natural ecological systems or processes to reduce vulnerability to climate change related hazards, or other related climate change effects, while increasing the long-term adaptive capacity of coastal and inland areas by perpetuating or restoring ecosystem services. This includes, but is not limited to, the conservation, preservation, or sustainable management of any form of aquatic or terrestrial vegetated open space, such as beaches, dunes, tidal marshes, reefs, seagrass, parks, rain gardens, and urban tree canopies. It also includes systems and practices that use or mimic natural processes, such as permeable pavements, bioswales, and other engineered systems, such as levees that are combined with restored natural systems, to provide clean water, conserve ecosystem values and functions, and provide a wide array of benefits to people and wildlife.

(2) Coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure may also include, but are not limited to, both of the following:

(A) Soft strategies that avoid fixing the shoreline with hard structures and instead rely on the use of dynamic systems to attenuate coastal hazards, such as dune or wetland restoration.

(B) Hybrid armoring that combines fixing the shoreline to some limited extent, such as with a buried revetment or other shoreline protective device, with a nature-based feature to provide ecological benefits.
Cal. HSC § 9063 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 9063
Section 9063
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 9060, the Oroville Cemetery District may use its cemetery on Feather River Boulevard, north of Oro Dam Boulevard for up to a total of 100 interments, for interment in the ground of any person who is not a resident of the district if all of the following apply:

(a)  The board of trustees determines that the cemetery has adequate space for the foreseeable future.

(b)  The district has an endowment care fund that requires at least the minimum payment set pursuant to Section 9065.

(c)  The district requires the payment of a nonresident fee set pursuant to Section 9068.
Cal. FIN § 21202 — California Code / Code fin / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 21202
Section 21202
Status: in_force

Every pawnbroker shall enter at the time of the transaction, in records of loans and pledges kept by him for that purpose, the date, duration, amount, and rate of interest or charges of every loan made by him, a reasonably accurate description of the property pledged, the name and residence address of the pledgor. Every pawnbroker shall deliver to the pledgor a written copy of such entry. Such written copy need not include the name and address of the pledgor.
Cal. WIC § 5903 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 5903
Section 5903
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Client” means an individual who is all of the following:

(A) A person with a mental health disability.

(B) Medi-Cal eligible.

(C) Under 65 years of age.

(D) Certified for placement in an institution for mental disease by a county.

(E) Eligible for Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (SSI/SSP) benefits.

(2) “Client’s payee” means an authorized representative who may receive revenue resources, including SSI/SSP benefits, on behalf of a client.

(3) “SSI/SSP benefits” means revenue resources paid to an eligible client, or the client’s payee, by the federal Social Security Administration pursuant to Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code, and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9.

(b) (1) Between August 1, 1991, and June 30, 1992, institution for mental disease providers shall make reasonable efforts to collect SSI/SSP benefits from a client or a client’s payee. The provider shall invoice the client or the client’s payee for the SSI/SSP benefits, minus the personal and incidental allowance amount as established by the Social Security Administration, and remit all SSI/SSP funds collected to the department pursuant to procedures established by the department.

(2) Commencing July 1, 1992, and to the extent permitted by federal law, institution for mental disease providers may collect SSI/SSP benefits from a client or a client’s payee. The amount to be invoiced shall be the amount of the client’s SSI/SSP benefits, minus the personal and incidental allowance amount as established by the Social Security Administration. The administrative mechanism for collection of SSI/SSP benefits, including designation of the party responsible for collection, shall be determined by negotiation between the counties and the providers.

(c) In collecting SSI/SSP benefits from the client or the client’s payee, the provider shall not be deemed to be the authorized representative, as defined in Section 72015 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, for purposes of handling the client’s moneys or valuables.

(d) Providers shall make all reasonable efforts, as specified in procedures developed by the department in consultation with providers, to collect SSI/SSP benefits from the client or the client’s payee. Providers shall establish an accounting procedure, approved by the department, for the actual collection and remittance of these funds.

(e) Providers shall prorate the client’s SSI/SSP benefits by the number of days spent in the facility.

(f) After June 30, 1992, and not later than January 1, 1993, the department shall make data available to the Legislature, upon request, regarding the SSI/SSP collections made by institution for mental disease providers pursuant to this section.
Cal. ELEC § 6745 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 6745
Section 6745
Status: in_force

The number of delegate candidates to be selected from each territory by each group shall be, to the nearest whole number, proportional to that portion of the state’s registered Peace and Freedom Party voters residing in each territory as reflected in statements of voters and political affiliation transmitted to the Secretary of State on the 135th day before the presidential primary election.
Cal. FAC § 14291 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 14291
Section 14291
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for a two-year registration certificate for a livestock drug is one hundred eighty dollars ($180). The certificate period shall commence beginning January 1 of each even-numbered year and expire on December 31 of the next odd-numbered year.

(b) The fee for a registration certificate submitted during an odd-numbered year shall be ninety dollars ($90), and the certificate shall remain in effect until December 31 of that year.

(c) The fee shall accompany the application for registration. The fee is not refundable if the registration is refused.
Cal. PUC § 150150 — California Code / Code puc / Division 15.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 150150
Section 150150
Status: in_force

The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
Cal. FAC § 76344 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 15 / Article 6 / Section 76344
Section 76344
Status: in_force

Every handler shall be personally liable for the payment of collected assessments and failure of a handler to collect the assessment from a producer shall not exempt the handler from liability.
Cal. PROB § 222 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 222
Section 222
Status: in_force

(a) If property is so disposed of that the right of a beneficiary to succeed to any interest in the property is conditional upon surviving another person and it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that the beneficiary survived the other person, the beneficiary is deemed not to have survived the other person.

(b) If property is so disposed of that one of two or more beneficiaries would have been entitled to the property if he or she had survived the others, and it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that any beneficiary survived any other beneficiary, the property shall be divided into as many equal portions as there are beneficiaries and the portion of each beneficiary shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if that beneficiary had survived the other beneficiaries.
Cal. RTC § 9152.3 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 9152.3
Section 9152.3
Status: in_force

(a) A claim for refund that is otherwise valid under Sections 9152 and 9153 that is made in the case in which the amount of tax determined has not been paid in full shall be deemed to be a timely filed claim for refund with respect to all subsequent payments applied to that determination.

(b) For purposes of this section, “amount of tax determined” means an amount of tax, interest, or penalty, with respect to a single determination made under Article 2 (commencing with Section 8776), Article 3 (commencing with Section 8801), or Article 4 (commencing with Section 8826) of Chapter 4.

(c) This section shall apply to all claims for refund on or after the effective date of the act adding this section.
Cal. BPC § 2570.21 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.6 / Section 2570.21
Section 2570.21
Status: in_force

Subject to Sections 107 and 154, the board may employ an executive officer and other officers and employees
Cal. VEH § 21228 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 21228
Section 21228
Status: in_force

Any person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or right edge of the roadway, except under the following situations:

(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

(b) When preparing for a left turn, the operator shall stop and dismount as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or right edge of the roadway and complete the turn by crossing the roadway on foot, subject to the restrictions placed on pedestrians in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21950).

(c) (1) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or substandard width lanes, which make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or right edge of the roadway, subject to Section 21656.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a “substandard width lane” is a lane that is too narrow for a motorized scooter and another vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.

(d) Any person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway that carries traffic in one direction only and has two or more marked traffic lanes may operate the motorized scooter as near the left-hand curb or left edge of that roadway as practicable.

However, when preparing for a right turn, the operator shall stop and dismount as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or left edge of the highway and complete the turn by crossing the roadway on foot, subject to the restrictions placed on pedestrians in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21950).
Cal. EVID § 667 — California Code / Code evid / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 667
Section 667
Status: in_force

A person not heard from in five years is presumed to be dead.
Cal. BPC § 7121.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 7121.6
Section 7121.6
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who meets all of the following criteria shall not perform any act regulated under this chapter for or on behalf of a licensee, other than as a bona fide nonsupervising employee:

(1) The individual was listed as an officer, director, owner, manager, partner, or associate of a license that was revoked.

(2) The individual had knowledge of or participated in any act or omission for which the license was revoked.

(3) The individual is not eligible for reinstatement for licensure under Section 7102.

(b) An individual who meets all of the following criteria shall not perform any act regulated under this chapter for or on behalf of a licensee, other than as a bona fide nonsupervising employee:

(1) The individual furnished the qualifications for licensure, as set forth under Section 7068, and that license was revoked.

(2) The individual served in the capacity of the qualifying individual during the commission or omission of any of the acts that resulted in the revocation of the license, whether or not he or she had knowledge of or participated in those acts.

(3) The individual is not eligible for reinstatement for licensure under Section 7102.

(c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500), by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment. The penalty provided by this subdivision is cumulative to the penalties available under other laws of this state.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an indictment for any violation of this section shall be found or an information or complaint filed within four years from the performance of any act that is prohibited under this section.
Cal. INS § 11490 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 11490
Section 11490
Status: in_force

Any life insurer which has transformed its business pursuant to this chapter shall value its assessment policies according to the standard of valuation which would be used in the absence of the transformation, and shall value its nonassessable reserve basis policies according to the standard of valuation set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10478) of Chapter 5. The various kinds of insurance written shall be governed by the provisions of this code applicable thereto.
Cal. HNC § 495.6 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 495.6
Section 495.6
Status: in_force

After the attachment is levied, the owner, or the master, agent, or consignee of the vessel, may, in behalf of the owner, have the attachment discharged, upon filing with the court, subject to the provisions of Section 489.060 of the Code of Civil Procedure, an undertaking in an amount sufficient to satisfy the demand in the suit, besides costs. Upon receiving notice of the filing of the undertaking with the court, the sheriff or marshal shall restore to the owner, or the master, agent, or consignee of the owner, the vessel attached.
Cal. SHC § 27244 — California Code / Code shc / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 13 / Section 27244
Section 27244
Status: in_force

If, after any bond has been duly signed by any properly authorized officer, that officer ceases to hold office, the bond may nevertheless be delivered with the same effect as if it had been signed by the person holding the office at the time of delivery.