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Cal. FAC § 24015 — California Code / Code fac / Division 11 / Chapter 8 / Section 24015
Section 24015
Status: in_force

(a) Every event shall be registered with the department, unless otherwise prescribed by the secretary by regulation. The event manager of an event shall file a completed registration form with the department, as prescribed by the secretary, at least 60 days before the beginning of the event, which shall constitute the registration of the event.

(b) An event manager who fails to register an event required to be registered pursuant to this chapter is subject to a civil penalty to be levied by the secretary in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). In determining the amount of the penalty, the secretary shall consider any previous violations, and whether the event manager cooperated in good faith with the department.

(c) In addition to the civil penalty specified in subdivision (b), the secretary may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend the event manager from hosting or managing a public equine event for a period of not less than 90 days or more than one year for each violation. It is unlawful for an event manager suspended from hosting or managing a public equine event by the secretary to conduct a public equine event during the period of suspension. An event manager suspended by the secretary from hosting or managing a public equine event, who hosts or manages a public equine event during the period of suspension, is subject to the civil penalty prescribed by subdivision (b) for each public equine event held during the period of suspension.
Cal. FGC § 8554 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 15 / Section 8554
Section 8554
Status: in_force

The commission, in adopting regulations for the commercial herring fishery, shall provide for the temporary substitution of a permittee to take herring, if the permittee is ill or injured, by a crewmember aboard the vessel operated by the permittee. The commission may require that proof of the illness or injury be substantiated to the satisfaction of the department.
Cal. PRC § 5649 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 3.3 / Section 5649
Section 5649
Status: in_force

(a) An eligible nonprofit organization may apply for a grant on its own behalf or on behalf of an eligible city, county, or district pursuant to a contract with that city, county, or district to acquire and develop the park or recreation area. The application may include a copy of the contract and the resolution or other authorization for the contract. The contract shall specify arrangements for the long-term management and operation of the park or recreation area.

(b) An eligible applicant may apply for a grant to develop state-owned parklands if the applicant manages those lands under a contract with the state without state reimbursement for management costs.
Cal. PUC § 382 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.3 / Article 7 / Section 382
Section 382
Status: in_force

(a) Programs provided to low-income electricity customers, including, but not limited to, targeted energy-efficiency services and the California Alternate Rates for Energy program shall be funded at not less than 1996 authorized levels based on an assessment of customer need.

(b) In order to meet legitimate needs of electric and gas customers who are unable to pay their electric and gas bills and who satisfy eligibility criteria for assistance, recognizing that electricity is a basic necessity, and that all residents of the state should be able to afford essential electricity and gas supplies, the commission shall ensure that low-income ratepayers are not jeopardized or overburdened by monthly energy expenditures. Energy expenditure may be reduced through the establishment of different rates for low-income ratepayers, different levels of rate assistance, and energy efficiency programs.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit electric and gas providers from offering any special rate or program for low-income ratepayers that is not specifically required in this section.

(d) Beginning in 2002, an assessment of the needs of low-income electricity and gas ratepayers shall be conducted periodically by the commission with the assistance of the Low-Income Oversight Board. A periodic assessment shall be made not less often than every third year. The assessment shall evaluate low-income program implementation and the effectiveness of weatherization services and energy efficiency measures in low-income households. The assessment shall consider whether existing programs adequately address low-income electricity and gas customers’ energy expenditures, hardship, language needs, and economic burdens.

(e) The commission shall, by not later than December 31, 2020, ensure that all eligible low-income electricity and gas customers are given the opportunity to participate in low-income energy efficiency programs, including customers occupying apartments or similar multiunit residential structures. The commission and electrical corporations and gas corporations shall make all reasonable efforts to coordinate ratepayer-funded programs with other energy conservation and efficiency programs and to obtain additional federal funding to support actions undertaken pursuant to this subdivision.

These programs shall be designed to provide long-term reductions in energy consumption at the dwelling unit based on an audit or assessment of the dwelling unit, and may include improved insulation, energy efficient appliances, measures that utilize solar energy, and other improvements to the physical structure.

(f) The commission shall allocate funds necessary to meet the low-income objectives in this section.
Cal. HSC § 124560 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 124560
Section 124560
Status: in_force

(a)  The Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers Advisory Committee is hereby established in the State Department of Health Services.

(b)  The committee shall advise the department on the level of resources, priorities, criteria, and guidelines necessary to implement this chapter pertaining to the health of seasonal and migratory agricultural workers.

(c)  The committee shall be composed of 11 members, appointed by the Director of Health Services, who are knowledgeable concerning the health care needs of seasonal and migratory farm workers and their families. Committee members shall serve two-year terms. Two members shall be nominated by the Speaker of the Assembly, and two by the Senate Committee on Rules. The members of the committee shall be selected from the following categories of persons:

(1)  Seasonal and migratory farm workers and their families.

(2)  Health care providers from nonprofit community health centers that have a documented history of serving seasonal and migratory agricultural workers.

(3)  Health care professionals.

(4)  Private citizens with documented experience in serving the seasonal agricultural and migratory worker population.
Cal. COM § 11304 — California Code / Code com / Division 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 11304
Section 11304
Status: in_force

If the sender of a payment order that is erroneously executed as stated in Section 11303 receives notification from the receiving bank that the order was executed or that the sender’s account was debited with respect to the order, the sender has a duty to exercise ordinary care to determine, on the basis of information available to the sender, that the order was erroneously executed and to notify the bank of the relevant facts within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days after the notification from the bank was received by the sender. If the sender fails to perform that duty, the bank is not obliged to pay interest on any amount refundable to the sender under subdivision (d) of Section 11402 for the period before the bank learns of the execution error. The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the sender on account of a failure by the sender to perform the duty stated in this section.
Cal. HSC § 11709 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10.2 / Section 11709
Section 11709
Status: in_force

(a)  Two or more persons may join in one action under this division as plaintiffs if their respective actions have at least one market for illegal controlled substances in common and if any portion of the period of use of an illegal controlled substance overlaps with the period of use of an illegal controlled substance for every other plaintiff.

(b)  Two or more persons may be joined in one action under this division as defendants if those persons are liable to at least one plaintiff.

(c)  A plaintiff need not participate in obtaining and a defendant need not participate in defending against all the relief demanded. Judgment may be given for one or more plaintiffs according to their respective rights to relief and against one or more defendants according to their respective liabilities.
Cal. ELEC § 19288 — California Code / Code elec / Division 19 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 19288
Section 19288
Status: in_force

Within 60 days after the completion of the examination of a remote accessible vote by mail system, the Secretary of State shall make publicly available a report stating whether the remote accessible vote by mail system has been certified or conditionally approved, or whether certification has been withheld.
Cal. WIC § 5965.13 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 5965.13
Section 5965.13
Status: in_force

All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except that amounts derived from premium may be reserved and used to pay costs of bond issuance before any transfer to the General Fund.
Cal. WAT § 24272 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 8 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 24272
Section 24272
Status: in_force

Within six days after he settles with the secretary, the collector shall file in the district office with the secretary a statement under oath, showing:

(a) An account of all his transactions and receipts during the period for which the settlement was made.

(b) Payment to the treasurer of all money collected by him as collector during the period for which the settlement was made except redemption money held for assignees of certificates of sale.

(c) The respective sums of redemption money held by him for assignees of certificates of sale and the names of the persons entitled to receive this money if known to him.
Cal. HSC § 8344.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 8344.5
Section 8344.5
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a crematory regulated by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau shall knowingly cremate only human remains in cremation chambers, along with the cremation container, personal effects of the deceased, and no more than a negligible amount of chlorinated plastic pouches utilized for disease control when necessary.

(b) Upon request of the person with the authority to dispose of the remains, a crematory may cremate the remains of a person who was a member of a branch of the United States military with a single American flag. A flag incinerated pursuant to this subdivision is not subject to the requirements of Section 8344.6.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a crematory regulated by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau also may incinerate one or more American flags, under the following conditions:

(A) Incineration of the flag or flags is performed separately from the cremation of human remains, as provided in subdivision (a).

(B) Incineration of the flag or flags is in accordance with Section 8(k) of Title 4 of the United States Code.

(C) Incineration of the flag or flags occurs within one week before or after any of the following:

(i) Presidents’ Day.

(ii) Memorial Day.

(iii) Flag Day.

(iv) Independence Day.

(v) Veterans’ Day.

(2) This subdivision does not attempt to restrict or otherwise infringe upon any person’s right to free expression under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Cal. PUC § 21640 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 21640
Section 21640
Status: in_force

To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs, improvements, storage, or care of any personal property by the department or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the state, the state has a lien on the property, which is enforceable by the department as provided by law.
Cal. HSC § 26220 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 20.5 / Section 26220
Section 26220
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Animal Control Officer Standards Act.
Cal. FAM § 5700.711 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 7 / Section 5700.711
Section 5700.711
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

(1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

(b) If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this state, Section 5700.708(c) applies.
Cal. FAM § 5202 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 5 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 5202
Section 5202
Status: in_force

“Assignment order” has the same meaning as “earnings assignment order for support.”
Cal. BPC § 3622 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.2 / Article 2 / Section 3622
Section 3622
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt regulations in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Unless contrary to this chapter, regulations adopted by the Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine and the Naturopathic Medicine Committee shall continue to apply to the board and its licensees.
Cal. FAC § 74872 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.7 / Article 3 / Section 74872
Section 74872
Status: in_force

The vote of a majority of the members, or alternate members when acting in the place of the members, present at the meeting at which there is a quorum shall constitute the act of the commission.
Cal. WAT § 35252.6 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 4 / Chapter 9.3 / Section 35252.6
Section 35252.6
Status: in_force

All directors elected after January 1, 1996, shall be residents of the district and shall be registered at the time of their election and during their term of office.
Cal. PUC § 132400 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.7 / Chapter 6 / Section 132400
Section 132400
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) The “authority” is the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority created under this chapter, formerly known as the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority.

(b) The “board” is the governing board of the authority.

(c) The “commission” is the California Transportation Commission.

(d) The “LACMTA” is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

(e) The “project” is the Los Angeles-Pasadena Foothill Extension Gold Line light rail project, formerly known as the Los Angeles-Pasadena Metro Blue Line, extending from Union Station in the City of Los Angeles to Sierra Madre Villa Boulevard in the City of Pasadena and any mass transit guideway that may be planned east of Sierra Madre Villa Boulevard along the rail right-of-way extending to the City of Montclair.

(f) The “extension cities” are the Cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont, and Montclair.
Cal. FAC § 67105 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 6 / Section 67105
Section 67105
Status: in_force

All assessments shall be paid to the commission by the handler first handling avocados who shall be primarily and personally liable for the payment of the assessment. Failure of the handler to collect the assessment from any producer shall not exempt the handler from that primary liability. Any producer or handler subject to this section who fails to file a return or pay any assessment within the time required shall pay to the commission a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined to be due, and, in addition, 1 1/2-percent interest per month on the unpaid balance.
Cal. PUC § 120500 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 120500
Section 120500
Status: in_force

Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities as permitted under the Federal Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.

It is declared to be in the public interest that the board shall not express any preference for one union over another.
Cal. PROB § 16337 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 16337
Section 16337
Status: in_force

(a) A unitrust plan shall provide the period used under Sections 16335 and 16336. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 16338, the period may be any of the following:

(1) A calendar year.

(2) A 12-month period other than a calendar year.

(3) A calendar quarter.

(4) A three-month period other than a calendar quarter.

(5) Another period.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 16338, a unitrust plan may provide standards for any of the following:

(1) Using fewer preceding periods under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of, or paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (b) of, Section 16335 if any of the following circumstances exists:

(A) The trust was not in existence in a preceding period.

(B) Market indices or other published data are not available for a preceding period.

(2) Using fewer preceding periods under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (5) of, subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of, or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of, Section 16366, under either of the following circumstances:

(A) The trust was not in existence in a preceding period.

(B) Fair market values are not available for a preceding period.

(3) Prorating the unitrust amount on a daily basis for a part of a period in which the trust or the administration of the trust as a unitrust or the interest of any beneficiary commences or terminates.
Cal. PRC § 14573.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.1 / Chapter 6 / Section 14573.5
Section 14573.5
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 14573.6, a processor shall pay, by check or electronic transfer, to a certified recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program, for all types of empty beverage containers, by type of beverage container, received by the processor from a recycling center, curbside program, or dropoff or collection program, upon receipt by the certified processor of a shipping report from the supplier of the material, in the form adopted by the regulations adopted by the department. A processor shall not make the payment in cash. The payment shall include the sum of all of the following amounts:

(1) The refund value.

(2) Three-fourths of 1 percent of the refund value for administrative costs.

(3) The processing payment established pursuant to Section 14575.

(b) The processor shall make the payment required in subdivision (a) within two working days of the date that the processor receives these empty beverage containers, or within the time which the department determines to be necessary and adequate. Under the procedures authorized by the department, the department may authorize a certified recycling center to cancel containers, and a certified processor may authorize a certified recycling center to cancel containers on behalf of the certified processor.

(c) If the department has set up an accounts receivable procedure or other procedure for seeking the payment of money improperly obtained by a certified recycling center from the fund, the department may reimburse the processor for its payments to that certified recycling center.
Cal. RTC § 51.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 0.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 51.5
Section 51.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, any error or omission in the determination of a base year value pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 110.1, including the failure to establish that base year value, which does not involve the exercise of an assessor’s judgment as to value, shall be corrected in any assessment year in which the error or omission is discovered.

(b) An error or an omission described in subdivision (a) which involves the exercise of an assessor’s judgment as to value may be corrected only if it is placed on the current roll or roll being prepared, or is otherwise corrected, within four years after July 1 of the assessment year for which the base year value was first established.

(c) An error or an omission involving the exercise of an assessor’s judgment as to value shall not include errors or omissions resulting from the taxpayer’s fraud, concealment, misrepresentation, or failure to comply with any provision of law for furnishing information required by Sections 441, 470, 480, 480.1, and 480.2, or from clerical errors.

(d) If a correction authorized by subdivision (a) or (b) reduces the base year value, appropriate cancellations or refunds of tax shall be granted in accordance with this division. If the correction increases the base year value, appropriate escape assessments shall be imposed in accordance with this division.

(e) The existence of a clerical error shall be proved by a preponderance of the evidence, except that if the correction is made more than four years after July 1 of the assessment year for which the base year value was first established the clerical error shall be proved by clear and convincing evidence, including the papers in the assessor’s office. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to change the standard of proof applicable to a determination of the value of property.

(f) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Assessment year” means an assessment year as defined in Section 118.

(2) “Clerical errors” means only those defects of a mechanical, mathematical, or clerical nature, not involving judgment as to value, where it can be shown from papers in the assessor’s office or other evidence that the defect resulted in a base year value that was not intended by the assessor at the time it was determined.
Cal. PRC § 3241 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4.1 / Section 3241
Section 3241
Status: in_force

The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall develop a strategy for extracting existing accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas from abandoned oil and gas wells in high-risk areas identified by the supervisor in order to protect the health and safety of the public. The strategy shall also provide plans for the management of methane gas and other hazardous gas from wells in high-risk areas where no accumulations are discovered in order to prevent future accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas.