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Cal. FAC § 76600 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16 / Article 2 / Section 76600
Section 76600
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is enacted in the exercise of the power of this state for the purposes of protecting and furthering the public health and welfare.
Cal. FIN § 6855 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 6855
Section 6855
Status: in_force

No association paying any fiduciary, beneficiary, or designated person in accordance with this article or the California Multiple-Party Accounts Law contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section 5100) of Division 5 of the Probate Code shall, because of the payment, be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes that may be due this state.
Cal. WAT § 10608.4 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.55 / Chapter 1 / Section 10608.4
Section 10608.4
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this part, to do all of the following:

(a) Require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of use of this essential resource.

(b) Establish a framework to meet the state targets for urban water conservation identified in this part and called for by the Governor.

(c) Measure increased efficiency of urban water use on a per capita basis.

(d) Establish a method or methods for urban retail water suppliers to determine targets for achieving increased water use efficiency by the year 2020, in accordance with the Governor’s goal of a 20-percent reduction.

(e) Establish consistent water use efficiency planning and implementation standards for urban water suppliers and agricultural water suppliers.

(f) Promote urban water conservation standards that are consistent with the California Urban Water Conservation Council’s adopted best management practices and the requirements for demand management in Section 10631.

(g) Establish standards that recognize and provide credit to water suppliers that made substantial capital investments in urban water conservation since the drought of the early 1990s.

(h) Recognize and account for the investment of urban retail water suppliers in providing recycled water for beneficial uses.

(i) Require implementation of specified efficient water management practices for agricultural water suppliers.

(j) Support the economic productivity of California’s agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors.

(k) Advance regional water resources management.
Cal. SHC § 30110 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 30110
Section 30110
Status: in_force

The commission, in behalf of the State, by itself or its agents or assigns, or through the department or its agents or assigns, may operate the transportation facilities of any toll bridge or other highway crossing constructed or acquired pursuant to this chapter and the additional transportation facilities authorized to be constructed or acquired pursuant to this chapter. This power may be exercised upon default of any party contracting under Section 30104 or 30105 with the commission for the transportation of persons or property for hire over any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing, or upon the termination or cessation of any such contract or agreement, or in the absence of such contract or agreement.

Prior to the operation of any such transportation facilities by the commission or its agents or assigns or by the department or its agents or assigns, the commission shall first determine that the operation thereof is advisable or necessary for the financing of the bridge or other toll highway crossing, or for the proper or necessary use of the bridge or other toll highway crossing, and is for the best interests of the State.
Cal. HSC § 5471 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 5471
Section 5471
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the powers granted in the principal act, any entity shall have power, by an ordinance or resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative body thereof, to prescribe, revise and collect, fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges for services and facilities furnished by it, either within or without its territorial limits, in connection with its water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage system.

(b) In addition to the powers granted in the principal act, any entity shall have power, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, to prescribe, revise, and collect water, sewer, or water and sewer standby or immediate availability charges for services and facilities furnished by it, either within or without its territorial limits, in connection with its water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage system.

(c) The entity may provide that the charge for the service shall be collected with the rates, tolls, and charges for any other utility, and that any or all of these charges may be billed upon the same bill. Where the charge is to be collected with the charges for any other utility service furnished by a department or agency of the entity and over which its legislative body does not exercise control, the consent of the department or agency shall be obtained prior to collecting water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage charges with the charges for any other utility. Revenues derived under the provisions in this section, shall be used only for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of water systems and sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage facilities, to repay principal and interest on bonds issued for the construction or reconstruction of these water systems and sanitary, storm drainage, or sewerage facilities and to repay federal or state loans or advances made to the entity for the construction or reconstruction of water systems and sanitary, storm drainage, or sewerage facilities. However, the revenue shall not be used for the acquisition or construction of new local street sewers or laterals as distinguished from main trunk, interceptor, and outfall sewers.

(d) If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the entity may, by ordinance or resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative body thereof, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the entity shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.
Cal. FAC § 26991 — California Code / Code fac / Division 12 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 26991
Section 26991
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to immerse or soak the carcass of any slaughtered rabbit in water for a period longer than necessary to eliminate the natural animal heat in the carcass and in no event for a period longer than 2 1/2 hours.
Cal. LAB § 1860 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 1860
Section 1860
Status: in_force

The awarding body shall cause to be inserted in every public works contract a clause providing that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3700, every contractor will be required to secure the payment of compensation to his or her employees.
Cal. BPC § 6517 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 6517
Section 6517
Status: in_force

The bureau may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions 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), regulations necessary to enable the bureau to carry into effect the provisions of law relating to this chapter.
Cal. MVC § 1185 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1185
Section 1185
Status: in_force

A district may be formed in the manner prescribed by this article that is within an existing memorial district, if, in addition to the petition required by Section 1173, there is filed with the county elections official a verified copy of a resolution by the board of the existing district consenting to the formation of the new district.
Cal. PRC § 26571 — California Code / Code prc / Division 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 26571
Section 26571
Status: in_force

A district is comprised of an area specially benefited by and subject to special assessment to pay the cost of an improvement. While a district performs certain governmental and proprietary functions as a political subdivision of the state, it is not a special district within the meaning of Section 56036 of the Government Code.
Cal. FAC § 4512 — California Code / Code fac / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 4512
Section 4512
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall assist each fair in the development of a long-term maintenance schedule, subject to annual review by the department. The review is for the purpose of ensuring that the schedule is established so individual project costs, project descriptions, and projected completion dates are readily available for public agency review.

(b) The department shall develop an appeal process which allows individual fairs to request funding for projects and to present information concerning needed projects at their fairgrounds.
Cal. WAT § 60410 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 60410
Section 60410
Status: in_force

The board of any district, by resolution, may initiate proceedings for the exclusion of territory from such district. Such resolution shall describe the boundaries of the area proposed to be excluded, shall state that neither the persons nor property within the area proposed to be excluded benefit directly or indirectly from the use of or right to use the ground water supplies within the district and the replenishment thereof, shall require all persons interested in the proposed exclusion to appear before the board and be heard as to why said area should not be so excluded, shall fix the time of the meeting of the board at which the persons so interested will be heard, and shall direct the secretary of the district to give notice thereof. The secretary thereupon shall cause the text of said resolution and a notice of the time and place of said hearing to be published in the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. Publication shall be complete at least seven, but not more than 28, days before the time so fixed for the hearing.
Cal. EVID § 195 — California Code / Code evid / Division 2 / Section 195
Section 195
Status: in_force

“Public employee” means an officer, agent, or employee of a public entity.
Cal. WIC § 242 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 242
Section 242
Status: in_force

The members of the probation commission shall hold office for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Of those first appointed, however, one shall hold office for one year, two for two years, two for three years, and two for four years; and the respective terms of the members first appointed shall be determined by lot as soon as possible after their appointment. When a vacancy occurs in a probation commission by expiration of the term of office of any member thereof, his or her successor shall be appointed to hold office for the term of four years. When a vacancy occurs for any other reason the appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.
Cal. HSC § 50406.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 50406.4
Section 50406.4
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted under federal law and the California Constitution, the department shall allow an owner of a property subject to a regulatory agreement with the department to take out additional debt on the development to finance, with the department’s approval, rehabilitation of the property or investment in new affordable housing, if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) (1) All hard debt, including the additional debt, is underwritten with a debt-service coverage ratio of at a minimum 1.15 and is demonstrated to project positive cash flow for 15 consecutive years.

(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, “hard debt” means debt that must be repaid via an amortizing payment or at a specified maturity date.

(b) Any new debt is subordinate to the department’s lien and regulatory agreement, as applicable, unless the department reasonably determines that subordination of the department’s lien is necessary for the feasibility of a project and to fund reasonable rehabilitation or improvements, including soft costs.

(c) (1) Any extracted equity is any of the following:

(A) With the department’s approval, contributed to other projects that will increase or improve the supply of deed-restricted affordable housing serving low-income households in the state.

(B) Utilized in the purchase of a limited partner interest of a tax credit investor in the project, provided that the amount used to purchase that interest shall be subject to the guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision (h) of 50560.

(C) Utilized in the payment of any unpaid deferred developer fee for the project pursuant to any applicable department regulations.

(D) Applied toward payment for necessary repairs and rehabilitation of the project.

(E) Utilized for the establishment or replenishment of department-approved project reserves.

(F) Utilized for reimbursement of borrower advances for predevelopment costs, unreimbursed capital improvements, and unreimbursed operating deficits.

(G) Utilized for any other purposes approved by the department.

(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, “extracted equity” means distributed funds that are financed with debt that is secured by a department-regulated property and is not used for any of the following purposes:

(A) Approved project rehabilitation work.

(B) To pay off existing debt.

(C) Replenishment of reserves.

(D) Other department-approved project specific uses.

(d) The department’s regulatory agreement remains in place for the project for its remaining term. If equity is extracted for purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), the department’s regulatory agreement will be recorded in a senior position.

(e) The department continues to be entitled to receive monitoring fees to ensure compliance with the existing regulatory agreement.
Cal. HSC § 101525 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 101525
Section 101525
Status: in_force

(a)  The Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary that a special authority be established in Sonoma County in order to meet the problems of the delivery of publicly assisted and indigent dental health care in the county. Because there is no general law under which this authority could be formed, the adoption of a special act and the formation of a special authority is required.

(b)  The Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County may, by ordinance, establish the Sonoma County Dental Health Authority to receive state funds and technical assistance for the purpose of managing a dental health care delivery program for indigent persons and Medi-Cal recipients covered under the Denti-Cal program. The enabling ordinance shall specify the membership of the authority, the qualifications of members, the manner of appointment, selection, or removal of members, and their term of office, and any other matters that the board of supervisors deems necessary or convenient for the conduct of the authority’s activities. The authority so established shall be considered an entity separate from the county, shall file the statement required by Section 53051 of the Government Code, and shall have the rights, powers, duties, privileges conferred by this chapter, the power to acquire, possess, and dispose of real or personal property, as may be necessary for the performance of its functions, to employ personnel and contract for services required to meet its obligations, and to sue or be sued. Any obligations of the authority, statutory, contractual, or otherwise, shall be the obligations solely of the authority and shall not be the obligations of the county or of the state unless expressly provided for in a contract or grant agreement between the authority and the county or the state.

(c)  The authority shall bill the Medi-Cal program for services provided to Medi-Cal recipients.

(d)  In the event the authority no longer functions for the purposes for which it was established, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, terminate the authority at that time as the authority’s then existing obligations have been satisfied or the authority’s assets have been exhausted. Prior to the termination of the authority, the board of supervisors shall notify the department of its intent to terminate the authority and shall provide the department with an accounting of the assets and liabilities of the authority.

(e)  Any assets of the authority shall be disposed of pursuant to provisions contained in the grant agreement entered into between the state and the authority pursuant to this chapter.

(f)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the department may not enter into any arrangement with the authority to provide case management or fiscal intermediary services for dental health care provided to Medi-Cal recipients.
Cal. WIC § 10618 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 10618
Section 10618
Status: in_force

Funding of Section 10617 is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100) of this division.
Cal. HSC § 1600 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1600
Section 1600
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 23243 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 23243
Section 23243
Status: in_force

Public land of the United States within any district shall be subject to assessment for all purposes of this chapter to the extent provided for by the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916, entitled “An act to promote reclamation of arid lands,” or any other law which may hereafter be enacted by Congress in the same relation, upon full compliance therewith by the district.
Cal. FAC § 6246 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 12 / Article 4 / Section 6246
Section 6246
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may charge the district for any expenses incurred by the county in connection with the proceedings for the formation of the district, and the district shall reimburse the county from assessments levied for those expenses.
Cal. WIC § 15207 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 15207
Section 15207
Status: in_force

The county shall estimate the social security increases for the month of October and such estimated increase shall be taken into consideration in determining eligibility for and the amount of the October 1, 1972, grant for recipients of aid under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 13000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Cal. PUC § 180264 — California Code / Code puc / Division 19 / Chapter 6 / Section 180264
Section 180264
Status: in_force

Any action or proceedings wherein the validity of the adoption of the retail transactions and use tax ordinance provided for in this chapter or the issuance of any bonds thereunder or any of the proceedings in relation thereto is contested, questioned, or denied, shall be commenced within six months from the date of the election at which the ordinance is approved; otherwise, the bonds and all proceedings in relation thereto, including the adoption and approval of the ordinance, shall be held to be valid and in every respect legal and incontestable.
Cal. BPC § 17528.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.6 / Section 17528.5
Section 17528.5
Status: in_force

In addition to any other remedies available under law, a court may order the transfer of a domain name as part of the relief awarded for a violation of this article.
Cal. BPC § 8527 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 8527
Section 8527
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt and use a seal. The seal shall have the words “Structural Pest Control Board, State of California,” and such other devices as the board may desire, engrossed thereon. The registrar shall have the care and custody of the seal.
Cal. WIC § 1712.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 1712.1
Section 1712.1
Status: in_force

(a) A ward confined in a facility of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, shall be encouraged to communicate with family members, clergy, and others, and to participate in programs that will facilitate his or her education, rehabilitation, and accountability to victims, and that may help the ward become a law-abiding and productive member of society. If the division or a facility requires a ward to provide a list of allowed visitors, calls, or correspondents, that list shall be transferable from facility to facility, so that the transfer of the ward does not unduly interrupt family and community communication.

(b) A ward shall be allowed a minimum of four telephone calls to his or her family per month. A restriction or reduction of the minimum amount of telephone calls allowed to a ward shall not be imposed as a disciplinary measure. If calls conflict with institutional operations, supervision, or security, telephone usage may be temporarily restricted to the extent reasonably necessary for the continued operation and security of the facility. When speaking by telephone with a family member, clergy, or counsel, a ward may use his or her native language or the native language of the person to whom he or she is speaking.

(c) (1) If a ward’s visitation rights are suspended, division or facility staff shall be prepared to inform one or more persons on the list of those persons allowed to visit the ward, if any of those persons should call to ask.

(2) The division or facility shall maintain a toll-free telephone number that families and others may call to confirm visiting times, and to provide timely updates on interruptions and rescheduling of visiting days, times, and conditions.

(3) (A) The division shall encourage correspondence with family or clergy by providing blank paper, envelopes, pencils, and postage. Materials shall be provided in a manner that protects institutional and public safety.

(B) When corresponding with a family member, clergy, or counsel in writing, the ward may use his or her native language or the native language of the person to whom he or she is writing.

(C) Blank paper, envelopes, and pencils shall not be deemed contraband nor seized except in cases where the staff determines that these items would likely be used to cause bodily harm, injury, or death to the ward or other persons, or, based on specific history of property damage by the individual ward, would likely be used to cause destruction of state property. If the staff asserts that it is necessary to seize materials normally used for correspondence, the reasons for the seizure shall be entered in writing in the ward’s file or records.