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Cal. PRC § 5019.65 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.7 / Section 5019.65
Section 5019.65
Status: in_force

State reserves consist of areas embracing outstanding natural or scenic characteristics or areas containing outstanding cultural resources of statewide significance. State reserve units may be established in the terrestrial or nonmarine aquatic (lake or stream) environments of the state and shall be further classified as one of the following types:

(a) State natural reserves, consisting of areas selected and managed for the purpose of preserving their native ecological associations, unique faunal or floral characteristics, geological features, and scenic qualities in a condition of undisturbed integrity. Resource manipulation shall be restricted to the minimum required to negate the deleterious influence of man.

Improvements undertaken shall be for the purpose of making the areas available, on a day use basis, for public enjoyment and education in a manner consistent with the preservation of their natural features. Living and nonliving resources contained within state natural reserves shall not be disturbed or removed for other than scientific or management purposes.

(b) State cultural reserves, consisting of areas selected and managed for the purpose of preserving and protecting the integrity of places that contain historic or prehistoric structures, villages, or settlements, archaeological features, ruins, artifacts, inscriptions made by humans, burial grounds, landscapes, hunting or gathering sites, or similar evidence of past human lives or cultures. These areas may also be places of spiritual significance to California Native Americans. Within state cultural reserves, the highest level of resource protection shall be sought. Improvements may be undertaken for the purpose of providing public access, enjoyment, and education, and for cultural resource protection. Improvements made for the purpose of cultural resource protection shall take into account the possible need for access to the site for ceremonial or spiritual purposes. Living and nonliving resources contained within state cultural reserves may be used for ceremonial or spiritual purposes, consistent with other laws, and if the use is not harmful to threatened or endangered species or to the cultural resources intended for protection by this designation. Management actions shall be consistent with the preservation of cultural resources and with federal and state laws.
Cal. PUC § 40231 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 40231
Section 40231
Status: in_force

The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against incurring the indebtedness. It shall also recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the transit facilities, works, lands, structures, rights, equipment, or other property proposed to be acquired, constructed, or completed, the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred therefor, and the maximum rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness, which shall not exceed 6 percent per annum, payable semiannually or annually the first year and thereafter semiannually.
Cal. PUC § 913.20 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 913.20
Section 913.20
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, in coordination with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the Department of Water Resources, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature each year on the status of new resource additions and revisions to the state’s electric demand forecast, and the impact of these updates on the need for keeping the Diablo Canyon powerplant online.
Cal. PRC § 43202 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 43202
Section 43202
Status: in_force

An enforcement agency may be designated by the local governing body and certified by the board to act to carry out this chapter within each jurisdiction. If an enforcement agency is not designated and certified, the board, in addition to its other powers and duties, shall be the enforcement agency within the jurisdiction, subject to the agreement required pursuant to Section 43212.1 or 43310.1.
Cal. PUC § 282 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 282
Section 282
Status: in_force

Any moneys that are deposited in funds created pursuant to this chapter shall not be used by the state for any purpose other than as specified in this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Controller may use the funds created pursuant to this chapter for loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code and, upon approval of the Director of Finance, moneys deposited in funds created pursuant to this chapter may be used to make transfers as loans to other funds created pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 78681.8 — California Code / Code wat / Division 24 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 78681.8
Section 78681.8
Status: in_force

The board shall provide adequate public review for proposed programs or projects and shall determine that those programs or projects are consistent with the requirements of Section 78681.4.
Cal. RTC § 7288.1 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1.7 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 7288.1
Section 7288.1
Status: in_force

A local public finance authority shall be established for the purpose of financing drug abuse prevention, crime prevention, health care services, and public education in any county if either, or both, of the following occur:

(a) The county board of supervisors adopts a resolution declaring its intent to propose an increase in the transactions and use tax in the county pursuant to this chapter.

(b) The county superintendent of schools receives resolutions from a majority of the governing boards of the school districts in the county declaring their intent to propose an increase in the transactions and use tax in the county pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. CIV § 4735 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 4735
Section 4735
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of the governing documents or architectural or landscaping guidelines or policies shall be void and unenforceable if it does any of the following:

(1) Prohibits, or includes conditions that have the effect of prohibiting, the use of low water-using plants as a group or as a replacement of existing turf.

(2) Prohibits, or includes conditions that have the effect of prohibiting, the use of artificial turf or any other synthetic surface that resembles grass.

(3) Has the effect of prohibiting or restricting compliance with either of the following:

(A) A water-efficient landscape ordinance adopted or in effect pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65595 of the Government Code.

(B) Any regulation or restriction on the use of water adopted pursuant to Section 353 or 375 of the Water Code.

(b) This section shall not prohibit an association from applying landscaping rules established in the governing documents, to the extent the rules fully conform with subdivision (a).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except as provided in subdivision (d), an association shall not impose a fine or assessment against an owner of a separate interest for reducing or eliminating the watering of vegetation or lawns during any period for which either of the following have occurred:

(1) The Governor has declared a state of emergency due to drought pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the Government Code.

(2) A local government has declared a local emergency due to drought pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8558 of the Government Code.

(d) Subdivision (c) shall not apply to an owner of a separate interest that, prior to the imposition of a fine or assessment described in subdivision (c), receives recycled water, as defined in Section 13050 of the Water Code, from a retail water supplier, as defined in Section 13575 of the Water Code, and fails to use that recycled water for landscaping irrigation.

(e) An owner of a separate interest upon which water-efficient landscaping measures have been installed in response to a declaration of a state of emergency described in subdivision (c) shall not be required to reverse or remove the water-efficient landscaping measures upon the conclusion of the state of emergency.
Cal. RTC § 6368.1 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 6368.1
Section 6368.1
Status: in_force

(a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part, the gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of watercraft which are leased, or are sold to persons for the purpose of leasing, and any sales of tangible personal property becoming a component part of such watercraft in the course of constructing, repairing, cleaning, altering, or improving the same, and charges made for labor and services rendered in respect to such constructing, repairing, cleaning, altering, or improving, if any of the following conditions are met:

(1) The lessee uses the watercraft in interstate and foreign commerce involving the transportation of property or persons for hire.

(2) The watercraft is for use in commercial deep sea fishing operations outside the territorial waters of this state by persons who are regularly engaged in commercial deep sea fishing.

(3) The lessee functionally uses the watercraft 80 percent or more of the time in the transporting for hire of property or persons to vessels or offshore drilling platforms located outside the territorial waters of this state.

(b) For purposes of this section, it shall be rebuttably presumed that a person is not regularly engaged in the business of commercial deep sea fishing if the person has gross receipts from commercial fishing operations of less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) a year.

(c) For purposes of this section, it shall be rebuttably presumed that the watercraft is not regularly used in the business of transporting for hire property or persons, if the yearly gross receipts of the lessor from the lease of that watercraft to persons using that watercraft in the transportation of property or persons do not exceed 10 percent of the cost of that watercraft to the lessor, or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever is less.
Cal. WIC § 17737 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 5.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 17737
Section 17737
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent children with special health care needs who have adoption as a case plan goal from receiving services under this program.
Cal. PUC § 4351 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 4351
Section 4351
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Gas” means natural or manufactured gas, except propane, used for light, heat, or power.

(b) “Distribution system” means a system of pipes within a mobilehome park operated by a person or corporation, other than a public utility, which is connected to a meter or other measuring device under the control of a privately owned or publicly owned public utility, for purposes of distribution of gas by the operator of a mobilehome park to the tenants of the mobilehome park who are the actual users of the gas furnished through the meter or device to the operator by the public utility.

(c) “Operator” is a mobilehome park owner or operator who maintains and operates a master-metered natural gas distribution system.

(d) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(e) “Local enforcement agency” means the city, county, or city and county which has assumed the responsibility for the enforcement of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 18300) of Part 2.1 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code.

(f) “Federal law” or “federal pipeline standards” means the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 1671 et seq.) and the regulations contained in Parts 190, 191, and 192 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Cal. WAT § 51249 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 51249
Section 51249
Status: in_force

At the hearing on the changes in the assessment an objection in writing may be made by any person interested, and the board of supervisors shall proceed to hear that objection in the same manner as upon the original hearing.
Cal. WAT § 52701 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 52701
Section 52701
Status: in_force

Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued in substantially the manner prescribed by Chapter 3 of this part for the issuance of refunding bonds, except as otherwise provided herein, and the provisions thereof concerning the authorization, issuance, exchange and sale of refunding bonds issued pursuant thereto shall be applicable to refunding bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. PRC § 25103 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 25103
Section 25103
Status: in_force

“Coastal zone” means the “coastal zone” as defined in Section 30103.
Cal. PROB § 7601 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 7601
Section 7601
Status: in_force

(a) If no personal representative has been appointed, the public administrator of a county shall take prompt possession or control of property of a decedent in the county that is deemed by the public administrator to be subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation, or that the court orders into the possession or control of the public administrator after notice to the public administrator as provided in Section 1220.

(b) If property described in subdivision (a) is beyond the ability of the public administrator to take possession or control, the public administrator is not liable for failing to take possession or control of the property.
Cal. WAT § 75359 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 75359
Section 75359
Status: in_force

When a district is in more than one county, the total annual estimate shall be divided by the board in proportion to the value of the land of the district in each county. This value shall be determined from the equalized values of the last assessment rolls of such counties, as revised by the boards of supervisors. When such division of the estimate has been made, the board shall furnish the board of supervisors and auditor of each affected county a written statement of the part of the estimate apportioned to that county.
Cal. BPC § 22453 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 20 / Section 22453
Section 22453
Status: in_force

An applicant shall pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) to the county clerk at the time he or she files an application for registration. An additional fee for each card in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable regulatory costs associated with the issuance of additional cards, as determined by the county clerk, shall be paid to the county clerk for each additional card of identification.
Cal. FIN § 812 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 812
Section 812
Status: in_force

Bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the Federal Financing Bank, the United States Postal Service, or issued or assumed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, the Asian Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, or the African Development Bank.
Cal. FIN § 1718 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 19 / Article 4 / Section 1718
Section 1718
Status: in_force

(a) (1) No uninsured foreign (other state) bank may be issued a license to maintain a facility unless it has first filed with the commissioner, in the form that the commissioner may by regulation or order require, an appointment irrevocably appointing the commissioner and the commissioner’s successor from time to time in office as the bank’s attorney to receive service of process in any noncriminal judicial or administrative proceeding against the bank or any of its successors that arises out of the activities in this state of the facility after the appointment has been filed, with the same force and validity as if served personally on the bank or its successors, as the case may be.

(2) Any uninsured foreign (other state) bank that maintains a facility and that has not filed with the commissioner an appointment pursuant to paragraph (1) is deemed by the maintenance of the facility to have appointed the commissioner and the commissioner’s successor from time to time in office as its attorney to receive service of any lawful process in a noncriminal judicial or administrative proceeding against the bank or any of its successors that arises out of the activities in this state of the facility with the same force and validity as if served personally on the bank or its successors, as the case may be.

(b) Service may be made on an uninsured foreign (other state) bank that has appointed or is deemed to have appointed the commissioner as its attorney for service of process by leaving a copy of the process at an office of the commissioner. However, the service is not effective unless (1) the party making the service, who may be the commissioner, forthwith sends notice of the service and a copy of the process by registered or certified mail to the bank served at the last address on file with the commissioner for any of its offices in this state or at its head office, and (2) an affidavit of compliance with this subdivision by the party making the service is filed in the case on or before the return date, if any, or within any further time that the court, in the case of a judicial proceeding, or the administrative agency, in the case of an administrative proceeding, allows.
Cal. PRC § 19535 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.9 / Chapter 5 / Section 19535
Section 19535
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who violates Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 19510) or this section is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) In addition to subdivision (a), any person who violates this division may be assessed a civil penalty by the department of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation, pursuant to a notice and a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Any civil penalties and fines received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fiberglass Recycled Content Account, which is hereby established in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, and the funds in that account may be expended by the department for the administration of this division upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Cal. HSC § 8129 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 8129
Section 8129
Status: in_force

The public cemeteries of cities, towns, or neighborhoods or of fraternal or beneficial associations or societies shall be inclosed and laid off into plots.
Cal. WAT § 26675 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 9 / Section 26675
Section 26675
Status: in_force

No right in any water or water right owned by the district or the public agency shall be acquired or lost by the use permitted by this chapter.
Cal. WIC § 11325.91 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 3.2 / Section 11325.91
Section 11325.91
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of Section 10850, a team engaged in any activity permitted pursuant to Section 11325.93 shall be deemed to be engaged in the administration of public social services.
Cal. BPC § 8698.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14.5 / Section 8698.2
Section 8698.2
Status: in_force

The Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter. In adopting regulations the director shall, in consultation with the Structural Pest Control Board, review recommendations from any individual, including any licensed pest control operator regarding matters which pertain to the use of structural fumigation to control pests. The director shall respond within a reasonable period of time to recommendations which the director deems are practicable and in the interest of the structural pest control industry and the public. The response of the director shall be in writing and shall contain statements regarding reasons for acceptance or rejection of a recommendation.
Cal. VEH § 32001 — California Code / Code veh / Division 14.1 / Chapter 1 / Section 32001
Section 32001
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Any authorized employee of the department may inspect any sealed or unsealed vehicle, container, or shipment subject to this division in maintenance facilities, terminals, or other public or private property to ascertain the quantity and kind of hazardous material and to ensure compliance with the provisions of this code and regulations adopted pursuant to this code.

(2) If a seal is opened for inspection, the department shall reseal any vehicle, container, or shipment prior to further transportation.

(b) Unless specifically stated, nothing contained in this division shall be deemed to exempt any vehicle transporting a hazardous material subject to this division or the operator or any other person from other provisions of this code.

(c) No motor carrier shall direct the transportation of any shipment of a hazardous material in any vehicle unless all of the following are complied with:

(1) The vehicle is equipped as required by this code and applicable regulations adopted pursuant to law.

(2) The shipment complies with laws and regulations pertaining to the shipment or transportation of hazardous material.

(3) The motor carrier holds a valid license for the transportation of hazardous materials.

(4) (A) A vehicle or combination of vehicles required to display placards pursuant to Section 27903 is equipped with a two-way communication device, maintained in good working order, that enables the driver to contact the personnel responsible for the safety operations of the motor carrier in the event of an emergency.

(B) For the purposes of this section, “two-way communication device” means a radio, cellular telephone, or other similar device that permits communication between the driver and personnel responsible for the safety operations of the motor carrier.

(5) (A) The enclosed cargo body, when the display of placards is required pursuant to Section 27903, shall be locked and remain locked during transit of the hazardous materials so as to prevent any unauthorized entry and shall be opened only during loading, unloading, or at the direction of a peace officer, an authorized employee of the department, or a person authorized pursuant to Section 25185 of the Health and Safety Code.

(B) A driver transporting hazardous material in a locked cargo body shall verify that all locks are in place if the vehicle has been left unattended for any length of time. Each driver shall make a notation in his or her log book of the time and date that the verification occurred.

(C) For the purposes of this section, “cargo body” means a fully enclosed area that is an integral part of the vehicle and designed to encapsulate the entire load, such as a van body or an intermodal freight container, and does not mean a tank or flatbed type of vehicle.

(d) The commissioner may issue exemptions from the provisions of this section.

(e) Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of other state or local agencies to carry out their regulatory, enforcement, or emergency response duties under other provisions of law.