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Cal. HSC § 40910 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 10 / Section 40910
Section 40910
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that districts shall endeavor to achieve and maintain state ambient air quality standards for ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide by the earliest practicable date. In developing attainment plans and regulations to achieve this objective, districts shall consider the full spectrum of emission sources and focus particular attention on reducing the emissions from transportation and areawide emission sources. Districts shall also consider the cost-effectiveness of their air quality programs, rules, regulations, and enforcement practices in addition to other relevant factors, and shall strive to achieve the most efficient methods of air pollution control. However, priority shall be placed upon expeditious progress toward the goal of healthful air. It is also the intent of the Legislature that redundant work shall be avoided.
Cal. WIC § 5118 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 5118
Section 5118
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of conducting hearings under this part, the court in and for the county where the petition is filed may be convened at any time and place within or outside the county suitable to the mental and physical health of the patient, and receive evidence both oral and written, and render decisions, except that the time and place for hearing shall not be different from the time and place for the trial of civil actions for such court if any party to the proceeding, prior to the hearing, objects to the different time or place.

(b) Hearings conducted at a state hospital or a mental health facility designated by a county as a treatment facility under this part or any facility referred to in Section 5358 or Division 7 (commencing with Section 7100), within or outside the county, shall be deemed to be hearings held in a place for the trial of civil actions and in a regular courtroom of the court.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, a hearing held under this part is presumptively closed to the public if that hearing involves the disclosure of confidential information.

(2) The individual who is the subject of the proceeding may demand that the hearing be public, and be held in a place suitable for attendance by the public.

(3) The individual who is the subject of the proceeding may also request the presence of any family member or friend without waiving the right to keep the hearing closed to the rest of the public.

(4) A request by any other party to the proceeding to make the hearing public may be granted if the judge, hearing officer, or other person conducting the hearing finds that the public interest in an open hearing clearly outweighs the individual’s interest in privacy.

(5) Before commencing a hearing, the judge, hearing officer, or other person conducting the hearing shall inform the individual who is the subject of the proceeding of their rights under this section.

(d) As used in this section, “hearing” means any proceeding conducted under this part, including, but not limited to, conservatorship and other hearings held pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350), certification review hearings, and jury trials.
Cal. INS § 12693.271 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 6.2 / Chapter 4 / Section 12693.271
Section 12693.271
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state faces a fiscal crisis that requires unprecedented measures to reduce General Fund expenditures.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning the first day of the fifth month following the enactment of the 2008–09 Budget Act, the rates for the participating health, dental, and vision plans shall be set by reducing the rates that were in effect on July 1, 2007, by 5 percent, and by adjusting the July 1, 2007, rates downward to account for any reduction in the actuarial value of the benefits provided to subscribers as of the first day of the fifth month following the enactment of the 2008–09 Budget Act, associated with annual limitations on dental benefits. This requirement does not preclude the board from making other downward adjustments that it deems appropriate as a result of its annual rate negotiation process.
Cal. WAT § 12751 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 12751
Section 12751
Status: in_force

Any county, city, state agency or public district affected by a small flood control project referred to in Section 12750 shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required for such projects by Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948, as amended, will be furnished by such local agency. Such agency, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, shall execute the project and may make such modifications and amendments to the plans as may be necessary to execute them for the purposes of Chapters 1 and 2 of this part.
Cal. BPC § 12 — California Code / Code bpc / Appendix GENERAL PROVISIONS / Section 12
Section 12
Status: in_force

12.

Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.
Cal. PUC § 13206 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 13206
Section 13206
Status: in_force

Upon receiving a petition with the certificate of the secretary stating that it contains the required number of signatures, the board shall formulate for submission to the voters of the district at a special bond election called for that purpose the proposition of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purposes set forth in the petition. In its discretion the board may defer the calling of the election until the next general election to be held in the district in order to consolidate them.
Cal. FAM § 9301 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 9301
Section 9301
Status: in_force

A married person who is not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse may not adopt an adult without the consent of the spouse, provided that the spouse is capable of giving that consent.
Cal. WAT § 80508 — California Code / Code wat / Division 28 / Chapter 1 / Section 80508
Section 80508
Status: in_force

(a) The department may prescribe, adopt, and enforce emergency regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this division. Any emergency regulations prescribed, adopted, or enforced pursuant to this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and, for purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption of such regulations is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare.

(b) The provisions of the Government Code and Public Contract Code applicable to state contracts, including, but not limited to, advertising and competitive bidding requirements and prompt payment requirements, apply to contracts entered into under this division, unless the department determines that application of any of those provisions to contracts entered into under this division is detrimental to accomplishing the purposes of this division.
Cal. FAC § 8553 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 8553
Section 8553
Status: in_force

(a) A district may pay limited compensation to the owner of any citrus tree infected with citrus tristeza virus which is removed by the district or by the owner within 15 days after written notice of the infection to the owner by the district. The limited compensation shall not exceed the following payment schedule, with the age of the tree being conclusively established as of the time written notice of the infection is first given to the owner.

(b) The schedule of payments is as follows:

Age of trees Maximum payment
1 year $ 5.00 per tree
2 years 7.50 per tree
3 years 10.00 per tree
4 years 14.00 per tree
5 years 17.50 per tree
6 years 20.75 per tree
7 years or older 25.00 per tree

(c) For the purposes of this section, the holder of the record title of the real property on which the trees are located shall be considered to be the owner of the citrus trees to whom written notice of infection is given.

(d) The written notice referred to in subdivision (a) shall be a written or printed document labeled “Notice of Infection,” addressed to the owner and informing the owner of the existence of the infected trees, their location, and that they should be removed forthwith.

(e) For the purposes of determining the age of infected citrus trees under this section, trees shall be considered one year old as of the January 1st succeeding the calendar year in which they are planted, and shall be deemed one year older on the January 1st of each succeeding year.
Cal. MVC § 484.2 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 484.2
Section 484.2
Status: in_force

A resolution of issuance may include a convenant that the department will at all times use its best efforts to maintain the powers, functions, duties, and obligations reposed in it pursuant to law at the time of adoption of such resolution, and that it will not at any time voluntarily do, suffer, or permit any act or thing, the effect of which would be to hinder, delay, or imperil the payment of the indebtedness evidenced by any of the revenue bonds or the performance or observance of any of the covenants contained in such resolution.
Cal. FAM § 4701 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 4701
Section 4701
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Child Support Services shall administer a statewide automated system for the reporting of court-ordered child support obligations to credit reporting agencies.

(b) The department shall design and develop standards for the system in conjunction with representatives of the California Family Support Council and the credit reporting industry.

(c) The standards for the system shall be consistent with credit reporting industry standards and reporting format and with the department’s statewide central automated system for support enforcement.

(d) The standards shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Court-ordered child support obligations and delinquent payments, including amounts owed and by whom. The California local child support agencies, on a monthly basis, shall update this information, and then submit it to the department which, in turn, shall consolidate and transmit it to the credit reporting agencies.

(2) Before the initial reporting of a court-ordered child support obligation or a delinquent payment, the local child support agency shall attempt to notify the obligor parent of the proposed action and give 30 days to contest in writing the accuracy of the information, or to pay the arrearage, if any, in compliance with the due process requirements of the laws of this state.

(e) The department and the local child support agencies are responsible for the accuracy of information provided pursuant to this section, and the information shall be based upon the data available at the time the information is provided. Each of these organizations and the credit reporting agencies shall follow reasonable procedures to ensure maximum possible accuracy of the information provided. Neither the department, nor the local child support agencies are liable for any consequences of the failure of a parent to contest the accuracy of the information within the time allowed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (d).
Cal. PUC § 5503 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 5503
Section 5503
Status: in_force

(a) All commercial air operators shall maintain in force at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) of liability insurance for personal injury, wrongful death, and property damage resulting from the operation of an aircraft pursuant to this article, with additional liability coverage of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each passenger for any aircraft covered by this article.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2018.
Cal. BPC § 5812 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 3.9 / Section 5812
Section 5812
Status: in_force

It is an unfair business practice for any person to represent or hold themselves out as, or to use the title “Certified Interior Designer” or any other term, such as “licensed,” “registered,” or “CID,” that implies or suggests that the person is certified as an interior designer when they do not hold a valid certification as provided in Sections 5800 and 5801.
Cal. HSC § 1797.64 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1797.64
Section 1797.64
Status: in_force

“Commission” means the Commission on Emergency Medical Services created pursuant to the provisions of Section 1799.
Cal. WIC § 376 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 11 / Section 376
Section 376
Status: in_force

The expense of the transfer and all expenses in connection with the transfer and for the support and maintenance of such person shall be paid from the county treasury of the court ordering the transfer until the receipt and filing of the finding and order of transfer in the juvenile court of the transferee county.

The judge shall inquire into the financial condition of such person and of the parent, parents, guardian, or other person charged with his support and maintenance, and if he finds such person, parent, parents, guardian, or other person able, in whole or in part, to pay the expense of such transfer, he shall make a further order requiring such person, parent, parents, guardian, or other person to repay to the county such part, or all, of such expense of transfer as, in the opinion of the court, is proper. Such repayment shall be made to the probation officer who shall keep suitable accounts of such expenses and repayments and shall deposit all such collections in the county treasury.
Cal. BPC § 5152.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 5152.1
Section 5152.1
Status: in_force

Each accountancy corporation shall renew its permit to practice biennially and shall pay the renewal fee fixed by the board in accordance with Section 5134. At the time of renewal, if the corporation has a valid email address, it shall provide that email address to the board.
Cal. UIC § 1056 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 1056
Section 1056
Status: in_force

The director may prescribe regulations for the establishment, maintenance, and dissolution of joint accounts by two or more employers and shall, in accordance with such regulations, upon application by two or more employers to establish such account or to merge their several individual accounts in a joint account, maintain such joint account, as if it constituted a single employer’s account.
Cal. FGC § 1324 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 1324
Section 1324
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the Members of the Legislature shall constitute an interim investigating committee on the subject of this chapter and as such shall have the powers and duties imposed upon such a committee by the Joint Rules of the Senate and the Assembly.
Cal. WIC § 10069.5 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 10069.5
Section 10069.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the project management for a statewide electronic benefits transfer system shall be transferred from the department to the Health and Welfare Agency Data Center.
Cal. BPC § 7585 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.5 / Article 5 / Section 7585
Section 7585
Status: in_force

(a) The course of training in the carrying and usage of firearms, the satisfactory completion of which shall be required of applicants who wish to obtain a firearms qualification card, shall be in the format prescribed by the Department of Consumer Affairs as delineated in the bureau’s “Firearms Training Manual.” The course of training contained in the manual shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) Moral and legal aspects of firearms usage.

(2) Firearms nomenclature and maintenance.

(3) Weapon handling and shooting fundamentals.

(4) Emergency procedures.

(5) Prequalification range training, including the firing of practice rounds.

(6) Qualification course of fire.

(7) Examination which has been provided by the bureau of the subject matter taught.

(8) The appropriate use of force, as described in paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) of Section 7583.7.

(b) The bureau’s development, adoption, amendment, or repeal of the Firearms Training Manual is exempt from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2023.
Cal. PRC § 42885.7 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 42885.7
Section 42885.7
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent feasible, the department shall strengthen the California tire tracking system to quantify more precisely the number of used tires flowing from California, and from other states through California, into the State of Baja California, Mexico, and the nearby State of Sonora, Mexico.

(b) To the extent feasible, the department shall work with United States Customs and Border Protection to obtain detailed data on California used tire exports to the State of Baja California, Mexico, including, but not limited to, exports of wrecked vehicles for auto dismantlers.
Cal. VEH § 23540 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 23540
Section 23540
Status: in_force

(a) If a person is convicted of a violation of Section 23152 and the offense occurred within 10 years of a separate violation of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5, 23152, or 23153, that resulted in a conviction, that person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year and by a fine of not less than three hundred ninety dollars ($390) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). The person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall be suspended by the department pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 13352. The court shall require the person to surrender the driver’s license to the court in accordance with Section 13550.

(b) Whenever, when considering the circumstances taken as a whole, the court determines that the person punished under this section would present a traffic safety or public safety risk if authorized to operate a motor vehicle during the period of suspension imposed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 13352, the court may disallow the issuance of a restricted driver’s license required under Section 13352.5.

(c) This section shall become operative on September 20, 2005.
Cal. PRC § 41760 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 41760
Section 41760
Status: in_force

The countywide integrated waste management plan and any amendments thereto, with the exception of any source reduction and recycling element, household hazardous waste element, or nondisposal facility element, prepared by a city or county, shall be approved by the county and by a majority of the cities within the county which contain a majority of the population of the incorporated areas of the county, except in those counties which have only two cities, in which case the plan is subject to the approval of the city which contains a majority of the population of the incorporated areas of the county. Each city shall act upon the plan and any proposed amendment within 90 days after receipt of the amendment. If a city fails to act upon the plan or the proposed amendment within 90 days after receiving the plan or the amendment, the city shall be deemed to have approved the plan or the amendment as submitted.
Cal. INS § 10930.3 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 9.6 / Section 10930.3
Section 10930.3
Status: in_force

(a) A domestic or foreign CO-OP admitted as a CO-OP insurer shall be subject to all of the provisions of this code that are applicable to insurers issuing policies of health insurance in the state and all applicable rules and regulations of the commissioner, including, but not limited to, the general provisions governing issuance of a certificate of authority in Article 3 (commencing with Section 699) of, the examination provisions in Article 4 (commencing with Section 729) of, the risk-based capital requirements in Article 4.1 (commencing with Section 739) of, and the financial statement filing requirements in Article 10 (commencing with Section 900) of, Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1.

(b) In compliance with Section 1322(c)(5) of PPACA (42 U.S.C. Sec. 18042(c)(5)), and any rules or regulations issued under that section, a domestic or foreign CO-OP admitted as a CO-OP insurer shall be subject to any state laws that do not prevent the application of requirements under PPACA.