FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Cal. HSC § 4863 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 4863
Section 4863
Status: in_force

“Clerk,” as used in this chapter, means the clerk of the board of supervisors.
Cal. RTC § 41129 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 41129
Section 41129
Status: in_force

Every service supplier or seller in this state shall keep such records pertaining thereto in such form as the department may require.
Cal. FAC § 36062 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 12 / Section 36062
Section 36062
Status: in_force

A label or advertisement of market milk is false, misleading, or deceptive if in any particular it is untrue, or by ambiguity or inference creates a misleading or deceptive impression regarding the production, handling, processing, quality, composition, merits, or value of such market milk.
Cal. PUC § 70089 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 70089
Section 70089
Status: in_force

The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the board of directors of the Marin County Transit District.” All ordinances shall be signed by the chairman or vice chairman of the board and attested by the clerk.
Cal. BPC § 2064.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 2064.4
Section 2064.4
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as specified in subdivision (b), no student, including a person without lawful immigration status, a person who is exempt from nonresident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, or a person who is both without lawful immigration status and exempt from nonresident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, who meets the requirements for admission to a healing arts residency training program whose participants are not paid shall be denied admission to that program based on the student’s citizenship status or immigration status.

(b) Except for students granted status pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(T) or (U) of Title 8 of the United States Code, this section shall not apply to a person excluded from the term “immigrant,” for purposes of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101), pursuant to paragraph (15) of subdivision (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the United States Code, as that paragraph exists on January 1, 2017.
Cal. FAC § 71080 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 9.5 / Article 4 / Section 71080
Section 71080
Status: in_force

The commission may promote the sale of rice by advertising and any other promotional means, including cost-sharing advertising, for the purpose of maintaining and expanding present markets and creating new and larger intrastate, interstate, and foreign markets for rice, and to educate and instruct the public with respect to the uses, healthful properties, and nutritional value of rice.
Cal. FAC § 22004 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 10 / Article 1 / Section 22004
Section 22004
Status: in_force

Carcasses and hides received by the licensed frozen food locker plant or processor shall be identified in a manner prescribed by regulation and inspected, or released, by the brand inspector. It shall be the responsibility of the person who slaughtered the animal to identify each carcass and hide. Operators of licensed frozen food locker plants or processors shall only receive a carcass when the hide and carcass have been properly identified in accordance with this provision. The director shall adopt the regulations reasonably necessary for implementing this section.
Cal. HSC § 13160 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 2 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 1 / Section 13160
Section 13160
Status: in_force

With the advice of the State Fire Advisory Board, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and administer regulations and standards as he or she may deem necessary for the protection and preservation of life and property to control the servicing, including charging, and testing, of all portable fire extinguishers for controlling and extinguishing fires, and for controlling the sale and marketing of all such devices with respect to conformance with standards of their use, capacity, and effectiveness. In adopting the regulations, the State Fire Marshal shall consider the standards of the National Fire Protection Association.
Cal. WIC § 14499.77 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 8 / Section 14499.77
Section 14499.77
Status: in_force

All services, except those specified for exclusion by the department, received by Medi-Cal recipients residing in the geographical area served by the fiscal intermediary shall be paid for by the fiscal intermediary. Services shall be provided only by providers which have entered into agreements with the fiscal intermediary, unless authorized by the fiscal intermediary.
Cal. BPC § 4984.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 13 / Article 4 / Section 4984.3
Section 4984.3
Status: in_force

A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee shall, as a condition precedent to its reinstatement, pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the date on which it is reinstated, plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at the time of its revocation.
Cal. FAC § 24831 — California Code / Code fac / Division 12 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 24831
Section 24831
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:

(a) Violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation which is adopted pursuant to it.

(b) Operate a poultry plant without a license.

(c) Mislabel poultry meat.
Cal. PRC § 22000 — California Code / Code prc / Division 14 / Chapter 1 / Section 22000
Section 22000
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Zone, defined in Section 22012, as the last large undeveloped area contiguous to the shoreline within the greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Region, comprised of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, represents a unique and irreplaceable natural resource to the people of the state, that uses of the zone include recreation, conservation, open space, and utilization and enjoyment of the sea and the mountains, that the zone functions as an integral component of the physical and biological systems of the entire region, and to a significant, although not as yet precisely determined degree, impacts upon these essential life-support systems, that there are pressures of population growth and economic development in the zone, and that if conservation and development practices are permitted to continue in their present unplanned, uncoordinated, and haphazard manner, irreversible deterioration of the zone as a precious natural resource for the people of the entire state may ensue.
Cal. HSC § 25227 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 11.1 / Section 25227
Section 25227
Status: in_force

A person shall not engage in any of the following on land that is subject to a recorded land use restriction pursuant to former Section 25229, 25230, or 25398.7, as those sections read on January 1, 2012, or pursuant to Section 25202.5, 25221, or 79055, unless the person obtains a specific approval in writing from the department for the land use on the land in question:

(a) A new use of the land, other than the use, modification, or expansion of an existing industrial or manufacturing facility or complex on land that is owned by, or held for the beneficial use of, the facility or complex on or before January 1, 1981.

(b) Subdivision of the land, as that term is used in Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code, except that this subdivision does not prevent the division of a parcel of land so as to divide that portion of the parcel that contains hazardous materials, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 25260, from other portions of that parcel.

(c) Construction or placement of a building or structure on the land that is intended for use as any of the following, or the new use of an existing structure for the purpose of serving as any of the following:

(1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a residence, including a mobilehome or factory built housing constructed or installed for use as permanently occupied human habitation.

(B) The addition of rooms or living space to an existing single-family dwelling or other minor repairs or improvements to residential property that do not change the use of the property, increase the population density, or impair the effectiveness of a response action, shall not constitute construction or placement of a building or structure for purposes of subparagraph (A).

(2) A hospital for humans.

(3) A school for persons under 21 years of age.

(4) A day care center for children.

(5) A permanently occupied human habitation, other than those used for industrial purposes.
Cal. HSC § 6592 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 2.5 / Section 6592
Section 6592
Status: in_force

In the case of a district board elected by election divisions, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions before November 1 of the year following the year in which each decennial federal census is taken. If at any time between each decennial federal census a change of organization alters the population of the district or the district increases or decreases the number of members of the district board, the district board shall reexamine the boundaries of its election divisions. If the district board finds that the population of any election division has varied so that the divisions no longer meet the criteria specified in subdivision (c) of Section 6591, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions so that the divisions shall be as nearly equal in population as possible. The district board shall make this change within 60 days of the effective date of the change of organization or an increase or decrease in the number of members of the district board.
Cal. BPC § 6537 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 6537
Section 6537
Status: in_force

The bureau may deny a license for the reasons specified in Section 480 or 6536. An applicant notified of the denial of his or her application for licensure shall have the right to appeal to the bureau as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 480) of Division 1.5.
Cal. BPC § 23371 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 23371
Section 23371
Status: in_force

A rectifier who also performs the functions of a distilled spirits wholesaler shall comply with all the provisions of this division applicable to a holder of a distilled spirits wholesaler’s license.
Cal. PROB § 2014 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 2014
Section 2014
Status: in_force

(a) At least 15 days before registering a conservatorship in this state, the conservator shall provide notice of an intent to register to all of the following:

(1) The court supervising the conservatorship.

(2) Every person who would be entitled to notice of a petition for the appointment of a conservator in the state where the conservatorship is being supervised.

(3) Every person who would be entitled to notice of a petition for the appointment of a conservator in this state.

(b) Each notice provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall comply with all of the following:

(1) The notice shall prominently state that when a conservator acts pursuant to this article, the conservator is subject to the law of this state governing the action, including, but not limited to, all applicable procedures, and is not authorized to take any action prohibited by the law of this state.

(2) The notice shall explain that if a conservatorship is registered pursuant to this article, and the conservator later proposes to take a specific action pursuant to this article, which, under the law of this state, requires court approval or other action in court, the conservator will be required to notify the recipient of the request for court approval or other court action, and the recipient will have an opportunity to object or otherwise participate at that time, in the same manner as other persons are entitled to object or otherwise participate under the law of this state.

(3) The notice shall advise the recipient that information about a conservator’s rights, duties, limitations, and responsibilities under the law of this state is available, free of charge, on an Internet Web site maintained by the Judicial Council. The notice shall explain specifically how to locate that information on the Judicial Council’s Internet Web site.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 2023, each notice provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall also prominently state that the registration is effective only while the conservatee resides in another jurisdiction and does not authorize the conservator to take any action while the conservatee is residing in this state.
Cal. BPC § 22601 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 22.6 / Section 22601
Section 22601
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.

(b) (1) “Companion chatbot” means an artificial intelligence system with a natural language interface that provides adaptive, human-like responses to user inputs and is capable of meeting a user’s social needs, including by exhibiting anthropomorphic features and being able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions.

(2) “Companion chatbot” does not include any of the following:

(A) A bot that is used only for customer service, a business’ operational purposes, productivity and analysis related to source information, internal research, or technical assistance.

(B) A bot that is a feature of a video game and is limited to replies related to the video game that cannot discuss topics related to mental health, self-harm, sexually explicit conduct, or maintain a dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game.

(C) A stand-alone consumer electronic device that functions as a speaker and voice command interface, acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and does not sustain a relationship across multiple interactions or generate outputs that are likely to elicit emotional responses in the user.

(c) “Companion chatbot platform” means a platform that allows a user to engage with companion chatbots.

(d) “Office” means the Office of Suicide Prevention established pursuant to Section 131300 of the Health and Safety Code.

(e) “Operator” means a person who makes a companion chatbot platform available to a user in the state.

(f) “Sexually explicit conduct” has the meaning defined in Section 2256 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(g) “Video game” means a game played on an electronic amusement device that utilizes a computer, microprocessor, or similar electronic circuitry and its own monitor, or is designed to be used with a television set or a computer monitor, that interacts with the user of the device.
Cal. FIN § 1651 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 17 / Article 2 / Section 1651
Section 1651
Status: in_force

Any bank or trust company may receive bonds issued by the United States Government for safekeeping, collection, or storage, and shall receipt therefor to the depositor and shall maintain adequate records of all transactions therewith. In every case of such deposit the depositary bank shall have the right to return to the depositor either the identical bonds deposited by him or other bonds of the same issue, par value, and character.
Cal. PRC § 25110 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 25110
Section 25110
Status: in_force

“Facility” means any electric transmission line or thermal powerplant, or both electric transmission line and thermal powerplant, regulated according to the provisions of this division.
Cal. LAB § 1149 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 3.5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 1149
Section 1149
Status: in_force

There shall be a general counsel of the board who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Senate, for a term of four years. The general counsel shall have the power to appoint such attorneys, administrative assistants, and other employees as necessary for the proper exercise of his duties. The general counsel of the board shall exercise general supervision over all attorneys employed by the board (other than administrative law officers and legal assistants to board members), and over the officers and employees in the regional offices. He shall have final authority, on behalf of the board, with respect to the investigation of charges and issuance of complaints under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1160) of this part, and with respect to the prosecution of such complaints before the board. He shall have such other duties as the board may prescribe or as may be provided by law. All employees appointed by the general counsel shall perform their duties in an objective and impartial manner without prejudice toward any party subject to the jurisdiction of the board. In case of a vacancy in the office of the general counsel, the Governor is authorized to designate the officer or employee who shall act as general counsel during such vacancy, but no person or persons so designated shall so act either (1) for more than 40 days when the Legislature is in session unless a nomination to fill such vacancy shall have been submitted to the Senate, or (2) after the adjournment sine die of the session of the Senate in which such nomination was submitted.
Cal. WAT § 51512 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 51512
Section 51512
Status: in_force

If a district is situated partly in different counties the assessment shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which the particular parcel is situated.
Cal. WAT § 8974 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 8974
Section 8974
Status: in_force

The Controller shall credit the original warrant to the fund upon which it was originally drawn and shall prepare and issue warrants in accordance with the claim so presented showing thereon that the substituted warrants are issued in lieu of warrant No.____ (giving the warrant number of the original warrant) and also showing the date of issuance and date of registration of the original warrant.
Cal. WAT § 26655 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 26655
Section 26655
Status: in_force

Unpaid district assessments are delinquent on the same hour and day that county taxes are delinquent and the lands subject thereto shall either be sold to the district or be declared tax-defaulted in the manner, at the time, and upon the penalties of default of property for nonpayment of county taxes.
Cal. RTC § 24357.6 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 24357.6
Section 24357.6
Status: in_force

No deduction shall be allowed under this part for an out-of-pocket expenditure made on behalf of an organization described in Section 24359 (other than an organization described in subdivision (e) of Section 23704.5 (relating to churches, etc.)) if the expenditure is made for the purpose of influencing legislation (within the meaning of Section 23701d).
Cal. HSC § 1385.046 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 6.2 / Section 1385.046
Section 1385.046
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receiving notice of a rate change, a large group contractholder that has coverage that is experience rated in whole or blended and that meets the criteria in subdivision (e) may apply within 60 days to have the department review the rate change to determine whether the rate change is unreasonable or not justified, consistent with this article.

(b) Upon receiving an application, the department shall notify the health care service plan of the application, and the plan shall provide the information required by the department to complete the department’s review of the proposed rate within five business days of the department’s request or as otherwise required by the department.

(c) The department shall use all reasonable efforts to complete its review of the rate change within 60 days of receiving all the information the department requires to make its determination, and shall notify the health care service plan and the large group contractholder of its determination.

(d) A rate change under review by the department shall not be imposed before a determination is made by the department pursuant to subdivision (c) or within 60 days following receipt by the department of all information the department requires to make its determination, whichever occurs earlier.

(e) To apply for a review of a rate change for a particular group, at least one of the following shall apply:

(1) The contractholder has more than 2,000 total enrollees.

(2) The plan failed to provide the information required by this article or Section 1385.10.

(f) To facilitate review, the department may group appeals that apply to the same health care service plan and that raise similar questions about rates, methodology, assumptions, or factors.

(g) The department may contract with a consultant or consultants with expertise to assist the department in its review. Contracts entered into pursuant to the authority in this article shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the State Contract Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).

(h) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2021.
Cal. WAT § 36050 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 5 / Section 36050
Section 36050
Status: in_force

An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. INS § 12937 — California Code / Code ins / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 12937
Section 12937
Status: in_force

(a) Escheated funds deposited in the Insurance Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1517 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be available for expenditure by the commissioner to fund proceedings and to pay expenses on nonasseted estates for which liabilities have been or will be incurred.

(b) A policyholder who was entitled to funds described in subdivision (a) pursuant to an order of distribution and who has not previously received an appropriate distribution may submit a claim to the commissioner. The commissioner shall pay the claim from the escheated funds deposited in the Insurance Fund pursuant to subdivision (a) upon verification that the claim is valid.

(c) The department shall not be required to conduct outreach programs to attempt to locate policyholders described in subdivision (b).
Cal. SHC § 8115 — California Code / Code shc / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 8115
Section 8115
Status: in_force

Separation of grade districts may be formed as provided in this part and may exercise the powers herein granted. Any such district shall consist of contiguous areas within a single county and shall include either a city and unincorporated territory or two or more cities with or without unincorporated territory.