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Cal. HSC § 25395.61 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.82 / Article 1 / Section 25395.61
Section 25395.61
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to do all of the following:

(a) Establish the cleanup and reuse of these sites in a manner protective of public health and safety and the environment as a priority of the state.

(b) Relieve innocent owners, bona fide prospective purchasers, and owners of property adjacent to contaminated sites of liabilities and responsibilities that should be borne by those who caused or contributed to the contamination.

(c) Encourage process efficiencies that continue to ensure that cleanups are protective of public health and safety and the environment.

(d) Encourage the development and redevelopment of unused or underused properties in urban areas.

(e) Establish a voluntary process for bona fide purchasers, innocent landowners, and contiguous property owners to make certain the extent of their liability, if any, under state law for hazardous materials contamination caused by other persons, without otherwise altering existing state law regarding liability for hazardous materials releases.
Cal. PRC § 71352 — California Code / Code prc / Division 34 / Part 4.5 / Section 71352
Section 71352
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares:

(a) The state has been a leader in climate mitigation efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now, and in the coming years, it is critical for California and the global community to continue and intensify those efforts in order to avoid the most severe impacts from a changing climate. However, because the global climate system changes slowly, impacts are ongoing and will inevitably worsen. In order to address the challenges posed by a changing climate, the state must invest in building resiliency and strengthening adaptation efforts at the state, regional, and local levels using the best-available science.

(b) A principle of the state’s adaptation strategy document, Safeguarding California, is to prioritize actions that not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also help the state prepare for climate change impacts. Improved coordination, implementation, and integration of adaptation planning efforts and funding in the state’s climate policies can directly protect the state’s infrastructure, communities, environmental quality, public health, safety and security, natural resources, and economy from the unavoidable impacts of climate change for decades to come.

(c) In order to have a cohesive and comprehensive response to climate change impacts, the state must have integrated planning with coordinated strategies across state, regional, and local governments and agencies.

(d) The office is established as the comprehensive state planning agency that shall engage in the formulation, evaluation, and updating of long-range goals for factors that shape statewide development patterns and significantly influence the quality of the state’s environment, in addition to assisting state, regional, and local agencies in a variety of research and planning efforts, pursuant to Section 65040 of the Government Code. Therefore, the office is well-positioned to work with regional and local entities across the state, coordinating with state climate adaptation strategies.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature, therefore, that adaptation strategies to build resiliency to the risks and impacts from climate change be integrated in state policies, projects, and permitting processes, and that the office serve as a coordinating body for adaptation projects and goals across California.
Cal. PRC § 3316.15 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.5 / Section 3316.15
Section 3316.15
Status: in_force

“Unit operator” means the person or persons designated by the unit agreement or in accordance with subdivisions (g) and (j) of Section 3322 as operator or operators of the unitized area.
Cal. VEH § 21359 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 21359
Section 21359
Status: in_force

Whenever the Department of Transportation or a local authority as authorized by this code determines and declares a speed limit different from the limit otherwise applicable under Sections 22349 and 22352, appropriate speed restriction signs shall be erected and maintained at the outside entrance of the highway or portion thereof upon which the special speed limit is applicable. The special speed limit is not effective until appropriate signs have been erected.
Cal. PRC § 26585 — California Code / Code prc / Division 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 26585
Section 26585
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer of the district.
Cal. BPC § 7154 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 10 / Section 7154
Section 7154
Status: in_force

(a) A home improvement contractor licensed under this chapter shall notify the registrar in writing, on a form prescribed by the registrar, about the employment of a registered home improvement salesperson, pursuant to the terms of this article. This notification requirement shall include, but not be limited to, the name and registration number of the home improvement salesperson who is employed by the contractor. The form shall be submitted prior to the home improvement salesperson beginning work for the contractor.

(b) A home improvement contractor shall notify the registrar in writing, on a form prescribed by the registrar, when a registered home improvement salesperson ceases to be employed by the contractor. This notification requirement shall include, but not be limited to, the name and registration number of the home improvement salesperson who had been employed by the contractor. The form shall be submitted within 90 days after the home improvement salesperson ceases to be employed by the contractor.

(c) A home improvement contractor who employs a registered home improvement salesperson to sell home improvement contracts, but who fails to report to the registrar pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), is subject to disciplinary action by the registrar.

(d) A home improvement contractor who employs a person to sell home improvement contracts while that person is not registered by the registrar as a home improvement salesperson as provided in this article, is subject to disciplinary action by the registrar.
Cal. RTC § 43452.2 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 22 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 43452.2
Section 43452.2
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 43452, a refund of an overpayment of any tax, penalty, or interest collected by the board by means of levy, through the use of liens, or by other enforcement procedures, shall be approved if a claim for a refund is filed within three years of the date of an overpayment.
Cal. BPC § 4372 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 21 / Section 4372
Section 4372
Status: in_force

All board records and records of the pharmacists recovery program pertaining to the treatment of a pharmacist or intern pharmacist in the program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or disclosure pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code. However, board records and records of the pharmacists recovery program may be disclosed and testimony provided in connection with participation in the pharmacists recovery program, but only to the extent those records or testimony are relevant to the conduct for which the pharmacist or intern pharmacist was terminated from the pharmacists recovery program.
Cal. BPC § 7330 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 7330
Section 7330
Status: in_force

The board shall admit to examination for a license as an electrologist to practice electrolysis, any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter, and is qualified as follows:

(a) Is not less than 17 years of age.

(b) Has completed the 12th grade or an accredited senior high school course of study in public schools of this state or its equivalent.

(c) Is not subject to denial pursuant to Section 480.

(d) Has done any of the following:

(1) Completed a course of training in electrolysis from a school approved by the board.

(2) Practiced electrolysis, as defined in this chapter, for a period of 18 months outside of this state within the time equivalent to the study and training of a qualified person who has completed a course in electrolysis from a school the curriculum of which complied with requirements adopted by the board. Each three months of practice shall be deemed the equivalent of 100 hours of training for qualification under paragraph (1).

(3) Completed the apprenticeship program in electrology specified in Article 4 (commencing with Section 7332).
Cal. WAT § 23531 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 6.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 23531
Section 23531
Status: in_force

If at the hearing the board finds that it would not be for the best interest of the district to form the distribution district the board shall order the proceedings dismissed without prejudice to their renewal.
Cal. PRC § 4291.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 4291.6
Section 4291.6
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of trained volunteers to assist homeowners and fire agencies in achieving compliance with defensible space requirements will provide multiple benefits, including all of the following:

(A) Creating a significant public benefit by reducing the risk of the spread of wildfire.

(B) Creating significant savings for fire agencies by increasing general compliance with defensible space requirements, and thereby reducing the volume of inspections required by public agencies.

(C) Allowing fire agencies to focus their defensible space regulatory enforcement on landowners who are not in compliance after suggestions for voluntary compliance from trained volunteers.

(2) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the department do both of the following:

(A) Establish a pilot program using trained volunteers with any costs for the pilot project coming from the existing funds made available to the department from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.

(B) Consider using the services of the California Fire Science Consortium and the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity program at the Natural Resources Agency to implement this section.

(b) The department shall develop and implement a training program to train individuals to support and augment the department in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and public education efforts. The training program shall do both of the following:

(1) Provide for consistent training for third-party assessors who shall function to provide nonregulatory assistance to homeowners to reduce fire risk and to achieve compliance with defensible space requirements.

(2) Ensure that all defensible space and home hardening assessment and education programs undertaken by the department and by third parties are conducted to the same standard and use coordinated messaging, including messages at www.readyforwildfire.org or a successor internet website, as updated by the department.

(c) Upon an individual’s successful completion of the training program, the department shall issue a certification of completion to the individual.
Cal. INS § 11440 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 2 / Section 11440
Section 11440
Status: in_force

Any insurer so reorganized shall have assets representing a paid-in capital represented by shares of stock apart from any assets described in Section 11441. At least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of that capital shall be paid up before the insurer issues any policies on the reserve plan.
Cal. HSC § 110320 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 110320
Section 110320
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to sell, dispense, dispose of, hold, or conceal any food, drug, device, or cosmetic or its package, with knowledge that the trade name or other identifying marks, imprint, or likeness of the trade name or other identifying mark or imprint of another person has been placed on the food, drug, device, or cosmetic or its package in a manner prohibited by Section 110315.
Cal. VEH § 23251 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 23251
Section 23251
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall provide for proper and adequate policing of all toll highways and all vehicular crossings to ensure the enforcement thereon of this code and of any other law relating to the use and operation of vehicles upon toll highways, highways or vehicular crossings, and of the rules and regulations of the Department of Transportation in respect thereto, and to cooperate with the Department of Transportation to the end that vehicular crossings be operated at all times in a manner as to carry traffic efficiently. The authority of the Department of the California Highway Patrol is exclusive except as to the authority conferred by law upon the Department of Transportation in respect to vehicular crossings.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a private operator of a toll highway may make temporary arrangements, not to exceed 30 days, for traffic law enforcement services with an agency that employs peace officers as described in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code, if the Department of the California Highway Patrol cannot fulfill its responsibilities as described in this section, as determined by the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.

(c) The services provided by the Department of the California Highway Patrol for all toll highways that are operated by a private entity shall be reimbursed pursuant to Section 30809.1 of the Streets and Highways Code. If the private operator of a toll highway and the Department of the California Highway Patrol reach an impasse in negotiating an agreement for reimbursement, the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency shall assist in resolving the impasse.
Cal. FAC § 62718 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 62718
Section 62718
Status: in_force

The pools established shall be administered by the director. Each distributor shall deduct from moneys owed producers and pay to the director the amount necessary to cover the cost of administering the pool plan, but not to exceed two cents ($0.02) per hundredweight of fluid milk.

The amount of such fee shall be paid to the director on or before the 30th day following the last day of the month in which such fluid milk or fluid cream was received.

The director may fix such fee at a lesser amount and may adjust such fee from time to time.

In the event any distributor fails to pay to the director the fee provided for in this section on or before the date specified in this section, the director may add to such unpaid fee an amount not exceeding 10 percent of such unpaid fee to defray the cost of enforcing the collection of such unpaid fee. The distributor shall not be entitled to pass this penalty on to the producer.

All moneys received under the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Fund.
Cal. VEH § 14607.8 — California Code / Code veh / Division 6 / Chapter 4 / Section 14607.8
Section 14607.8
Status: in_force

Upon a first misdemeanor conviction of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 12500 or Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, 14601.4, or 14601.5, the court shall inform the defendant that, pursuant to Section 14607.6, a motor vehicle is subject to forfeiture as a nuisance if it is driven on a highway in this state by a driver with a suspended or revoked license, or by an unlicensed driver, who is a registered owner of the vehicle and has a previous misdemeanor conviction for a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 12500 or Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, 14601.4, or 14601.5.
Cal. WAT § 31306 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 31306
Section 31306
Status: in_force

If designated as depositary the county treasurer shall:

(a) Receive and receipt for all of the district’s money received by him and place it in the county treasury to the credit of the district.

(b) Be responsible upon his official bond for the safekeeping and disbursing of all district money so held by him.
Cal. LAB § 4726 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 4.5 / Section 4726
Section 4726
Status: in_force

The Department of General Services and the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation shall jointly adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
Cal. BPC § 18756 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 18756
Section 18756
Status: in_force

No amateur boxing contest shall be more than four rounds of not more than two minutes each, or three rounds of three minutes each, in length.

There shall be one minute rest between rounds.
Cal. FIN § 5311 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 5311
Section 5311
Status: in_force

(a) Any fine or civil penalty imposed under this chapter shall be based upon the ability of the defendant to pay. In setting the amount of the fine or civil penalty, consideration shall also be given to the seriousness of the offense, the amount of any pecuniary gain by the defendant, and the amount of any pecuniary loss, other than defendant’s own loss, caused by the offense.

(b) A civil penalty may not be imposed against a person under this chapter if that person has been punished by a fine or imprisonment for the same violation.

(c) A fine may not be imposed under this chapter if a civil penalty has previously been imposed for the same violation.
Cal. CIV § 6526 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5.3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 6526
Section 6526
Status: in_force

The definitions in this article govern the construction of this act.
Cal. FGC § 1606 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 1606
Section 1606
Status: in_force

The department shall not condition the issuance of an agreement on the receipt of another local, state, or federal permit.
Cal. RTC § 43433 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 22 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 43433
Section 43433
Status: in_force

At the sale the property shall be sold by the board, or by its authorized agent, in accordance with law and the notice, and the board shall deliver to the purchaser a bill of sale for the personal property and a deed for any real property sold. The bill of sale or deed vests title in the purchaser. The unsold portion of any property seized may be left at the place of sale at the risk of the taxpayer.
Cal. WAT § 9280 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 9280
Section 9280
Status: in_force

A certified copy of the judgment referring to the assessment lists shall be filed in the office of the board.
Cal. HSC § 13873 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 2.7 / Chapter 5 / Section 13873
Section 13873
Status: in_force

Employees of a district shall have the powers of peace officers while engaged in the prevention and suppression of fires and the protection and preservation of life and property, including, but not limited to, actions associated with rescue services, emergency medical services, hazardous material emergency response services, and ambulance services.
Cal. WAT § 13860 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 10.5 / Section 13860
Section 13860
Status: in_force

The committee is hereby empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in an aggregate amount of one hundred seventy-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($172,500,000) in the manner provided in this chapter. This debt or debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of providing the fund to be used for the objects and works specified in Section 13861.
Cal. FAC § 29112 — California Code / Code fac / Division 13 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 29112
Section 29112
Status: in_force

If an inspector finds any pest or disease which is known to be contagious in any apiary, the inspector may hold the apiary and may require that abatement be performed under his or her direct supervision. The inspector shall give notice that the apiary is held to the owner or bailee and post a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place in the apiary.
Cal. PROB § 11801 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 10 / Chapter 4 / Section 11801
Section 11801
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the share in a decedent’s estate of a beneficiary who survives the decedent but who dies before distribution shall be distributed under this chapter with the same effect as though the distribution were made to the beneficiary while living.

(b)  Subject to Section 21525, distribution may not be made under this chapter if the decedent’s will provides that the beneficiary is entitled to take under the will only if the beneficiary survives the date of distribution or other period stated in the will and the beneficiary fails to survive the date of distribution or other period.