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Cal. PUC § 29142.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 29142.5
Section 29142.5
Status: in_force

On and after July 1, 1984, for purposes of meeting the requirement of subdivision (b) of Section 29142.4, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission may consider, as fare revenues, that portion of the local support of an operator for its transit system which exceeds its base level of operating support as determined by the commission, if the commission finds that this consideration will enable the operator to maintain or improve vital transit within a coordinated fare structure.
Cal. UIC § 1272.5 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1.5 / Section 1272.5
Section 1272.5
Status: in_force

If an individual fails to submit for any week during a period of training or retraining the certification required by Section 1272, he or she shall be ineligible to receive any benefits for that week. This section shall not render an individual ineligible for benefits for any week during the period of training or retraining if on or before Monday of that week he or she notifies the department that his or her training or retraining course of instruction has been or is being discontinued or terminated prior to that week.
Cal. HSC § 116680 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 116680
Section 116680
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) It is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and development, which are essential to the social, fiscal, and economic well-being of the state. The Legislature recognizes that the logical formation, consolidation, and operation of water systems is an important factor in promoting orderly development and in balancing that development against sometimes competing state interests of discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open space and prime agricultural lands, and efficiently extending other government services. Therefore, the policy of the state should be affected by the logical formation, consolidation, and operation of water systems.

(b) The powers set forth in Section 116682 for consolidation of water systems are consistent with the intent of promoting orderly growth.
Cal. PUC § 120268 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 120268
Section 120268
Status: in_force

The board may enter into cooperative agreements with cities within its area of jurisdiction and with the County of San Diego to establish uniform policies and regulations governing the use of bus passenger loading zones and establishing responsibility and standards for the maintenance of bus loading zones and any associated improvements.
Cal. ELEC § 18670 — California Code / Code elec / Division 18 / Chapter 7 / Article 8 / Section 18670
Section 18670
Status: in_force

Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, either as principal or agent, files in the office of the Secretary of State, county elections official, or in the office of any other officer designated by law to receive the filing, a petition or any section of a petition relating to the Constitution or the laws of this state, authorized by the Constitution or laws of this state regulating the statewide initiative or referendum, with the intention of thereby defeating that initiative or referendum measure that is embraced in the petition. Nothing in this section applies to any person who, in good faith, files a petition embracing an initiative or referendum measure that conflicts with a similar measure already on file.
Cal. BPC § 7599.7 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.6 / Article 10 / Section 7599.7
Section 7599.7
Status: in_force

If an applicant fails to pass an initial examination or fails to appear as scheduled for an examination, he or she shall not be eligible for any subsequent examination except upon payment of the reexamination fee for each subsequent examination, accompanied by a completed application for reexamination duly filed within the time limits and conditions relating to applications for original examinations provided in Section 7599.6.
Cal. RTC § 19706 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 9 / Section 19706
Section 19706
Status: in_force

Any person or any officer or employee of any corporation who, within the time required by or under the provisions of this part, willfully fails to file any return or to supply any information with intent to evade any tax imposed by Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or who, willfully and with like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return or statement or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or in the state prison, or by fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, together with the costs of investigation and prosecution.
Cal. HSC § 12759 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 12759
Section 12759
Status: in_force

The State Fire Marshal shall establish fees pursuant to this part that shall be deposited in the State Fire Marshal Licensing and Certification Fund.
Cal. PUC § 2704 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 2704
Section 2704
Status: in_force

Any owner of a water supply not otherwise dedicated to public use and primarily used for domestic or industrial purposes by him or for the irrigation of his lands, who (a) sells or delivers the surplus of such water for domestic or school district purposes or for the irrigation of adjoining lands, or (b) in an emergency water shortage sells or delivers water from such supply to others for a limited period not to exceed one irrigation season, or (c) sells or delivers a portion of such water supply as a matter of accommodation to neighbors to whom no other supply of water for domestic or irrigation purposes is equally available, is not subject to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the commission.
Cal. BPC § 2513.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 24 / Section 2513.5
Section 2513.5
Status: in_force

The Medical Board of California shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice of all applicants for a midwife license, as defined by Section 2507, to determine whether the applicant has a criminal conviction record in this state or in any other jurisdiction, including foreign countries, pursuant to Section 2042. The Department of Justice shall provide a state- and federal-level response pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code for the board to determine whether the applicant is subject to denial of licensure under the provisions of Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).
Cal. COM § 10302 — California Code / Code com / Division 10 / Chapter 3 / Section 10302
Section 10302
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this division, each provision of this division applies whether the lessor or a third party has title to the goods, and whether the lessor, the lessee, or a third party has possession of the goods, notwithstanding any statute or rule of law that possession or the absence of possession is fraudulent.
Cal. PUC § 17372 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 17372
Section 17372
Status: in_force

The time fixed for hearing shall not be less than 20 days nor more than 60 days after the date of the first publication of the resolution, and the notice and resolution shall be posted in three public places in the territory proposed to be annexed at least 15 days before the date set for the hearing.
Cal. MVC § 998.086 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 5t / Section 998.086
Section 998.086
Status: in_force

The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except as otherwise provided herein, is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued by this article, and the provisions of that law are included in this article as though set out in full in this article. All references in this article to “herein” refer both to this article and that law.
Cal. WAT § 10726.2 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 2.74 / Chapter 5 / Section 10726.2
Section 10726.2
Status: in_force

A groundwater sustainability agency may do the following:

(a) Acquire by grant, purchase, lease, gift, devise, contract, construction, or otherwise, and hold, use, enjoy, sell, let, and dispose of, real and personal property of every kind, including lands, water rights, structures, buildings, rights-of-way, easements, and privileges, and construct, maintain, alter, and operate any and all works or improvements, within or outside the agency, necessary or proper to carry out any of the purposes of this part.

(b) Appropriate and acquire surface water or groundwater and surface water or groundwater rights, import surface water or groundwater into the agency, and conserve and store within or outside the agency that water for any purpose necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this part, including, but not limited to, the spreading, storing, retaining, or percolating into the soil of the waters for subsequent use or in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 10727.2. As part of this authority, the agency shall not alter another person’s or agency’s existing groundwater conjunctive use or storage program except upon a finding that the conjunctive use or storage program interferes with implementation of the agency’s groundwater sustainability plan.

(c) Provide for a program of voluntary fallowing of agricultural lands or validate an existing program.

(d) Perform any acts necessary or proper to enable the agency to purchase, transfer, deliver, or exchange water or water rights of any type with any person that may be necessary or proper to carry out any of the purposes of this part, including, but not limited to, providing surface water in exchange for a groundwater extractor’s agreement to reduce or cease groundwater extractions. The agency shall not deliver retail water supplies within the service area of a public water system without either the consent of that system or authority under the agency’s existing authorities.

(e) Transport, reclaim, purify, desalinate, treat, or otherwise manage and control polluted water, wastewater, or other waters for subsequent use in a manner that is necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this part.

(f) Commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, compromise, and assume the cost and expenses of any and all actions and proceedings.
Cal. PROB § 16082 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 16082
Section 16082
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the trust instrument, a person who holds a power to appoint or distribute income or principal to or for the benefit of others, either as an individual or as trustee, may not use the power to discharge the legal obligations of the person holding the power.
Cal. COM § 3109 — California Code / Code com / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3109
Section 3109
Status: in_force

(a) A promise or order is payable to bearer if it is any of the following:

(1) States that it is payable to bearer or to the order of bearer or otherwise indicates that the person in possession of the promise or order is entitled to payment.

(2) Does not state a payee.

(3) States that it is payable to or to the order of cash or otherwise indicates that it is not payable to an identified person.

(b) A promise or order that is not payable to bearer is payable to order if it is payable (1) to the order of an identified person or (2) to an identified person or order. A promise or order that is payable to order is payable to the identified person.

(c) An instrument payable to bearer may become payable to an identified person if it is specially indorsed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3205. An instrument payable to an identified person may become payable to bearer if it is indorsed in blank pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3205.
Cal. SHC § 36023 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 36023
Section 36023
Status: in_force

Whenever a hearing is held under this part, the city council shall hear all protests and receive evidence for or against the proposed action; the council shall also rule upon all protests which determination shall be final; and the council may continue the hearing from time to time. Proceedings shall terminate if protest is made by businesses in the proposed area which (1) pay a majority of the taxes within the area under the general business license tax, or (2) if there is no general business license tax, would pay a majority of the taxes within the area under the proposed tax.
Cal. FAM § 359 — California Code / Code fam / Division 3 / Part 2 / Section 359
Section 359
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Sections 420 and 426, applicants to be married shall first appear together in person before the county clerk to obtain a marriage license.

(b) The contents of the marriage license are provided in Part 1 (commencing with Section 102100) of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) The issued marriage license shall be presented to the person solemnizing the marriage by the parties to be married.

(d) The person solemnizing the marriage shall complete the solemnization sections on the marriage license, and shall cause to be entered on the marriage license the printed name, signature, and mailing address of at least one, and no more than two, witnesses to the marriage ceremony.

(e) The marriage license shall be returned by the person solemnizing the marriage to the county recorder of the county in which the license was issued within 10 days after the ceremony.

(f) As used in this division, “returned” means presented to the appropriate person in person, or postmarked, before the expiration of the specified time period.

(g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.
Cal. PROB § 10313 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 10313
Section 10313
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall make an order confirming the sale to the person making the highest offer that satisfies the requirements of this article, and directing conveyances or assignments or both to be executed, if it appears to the court that all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) Either the sale was authorized or directed to be made by the decedent’s will or good reason existed for the sale.

(2) If notice of the sale was required, the proof required by Section 10312 has been made.

(3) The sale was legally made and fairly conducted.

(4) The amount for which the sale is to be confirmed is not disproportionate to the value of the property.

(5) In the case of a private sale, the sale complied with the requirements of Section 10309.

(6) If the sale is confirmed to the original bidder, it does not appear that a sum exceeding the original bid by at least 10 percent more on the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the original bid and 5 percent more on the amount of the original bid in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), exclusive of the expenses of a new sale, may be obtained.

(b)  Upon its own motion or upon the request of the personal representative, the agent or broker, or any other interested person, made at the time of the confirmation hearing or at another time, the court shall fix the compensation of the agent or broker as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10160).

(c) If it appears to the court that the requirements of subdivision (a) are not satisfied, the court shall vacate the sale and order a new sale.

(d) If the court orders a new sale under subdivision (c) of this section or under subdivision (c) of Section 10311, notice of the new sale shall be given and the new sale shall in all respects be conducted as if no previous sale had taken place.
Cal. VEH § 5100 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 8.5 / Section 5100
Section 5100
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to provide revenue for the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
Cal. FAC § 6047.3 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 8.5 / Section 6047.3
Section 6047.3
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this section, the secretary shall create in the department the Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board, which shall consist of at least 14, but not more than 15 members, of which eight shall be representatives of producers who are not also processors and six shall be representatives of processors who are also producers.

(b) The secretary shall appoint the members of the board from recommendations received from the industry. In making the appointments, the secretary shall select no more than one person from a producer or processor entity and shall ensure that there is representation on the board from each of the major grape production areas in the state.

(c) The secretary may appoint one additional member to the board, from nominees received from the board, who shall serve as the public member. The public member shall represent the interests of the public in all matters coming before the board and shall have the same voting and other rights and immunities as other members of the board.

(d) The secretary and other appropriate individuals, as determined by the board, shall be nonvoting ex officio members of the board.

(e) It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that persons appointed to the board are intended to represent and further the interests of the industry concerned, and that this representation and furtherance is intended to serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Legislature finds that, with respect to persons who are appointed to the board, the industry concerned is tantamount to, and constitutes, the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.
Cal. EVID § 817 — California Code / Code evid / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 817
Section 817
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), when relevant to the determination of the value of property, a witness may take into account as a basis for an opinion the rent reserved and other terms and circumstances of any lease which included the property or property interest being valued or any part thereof which was in effect within a reasonable time before or after the date of valuation, except that in an eminent domain proceeding where the lease includes only the property or property interest being taken or a part thereof, such lease may not be taken into account in the determination of the value of property if it is entered into after the filing of the lis pendens.

(b) A witness may take into account a lease providing for a rental fixed by a percentage or other measurable portion of gross sales or gross income from a business conducted on the leased property only for the purpose of arriving at an opinion as to the reasonable net rental value attributable to the property or property interest being valued as provided in Section 819 or determining the value of a leasehold interest.
Cal. VEH § 22852 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 10 / Article 2 / Section 22852
Section 22852
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever an authorized member of a public agency directs the storage of a vehicle, as permitted by this chapter, or upon the storage of a vehicle as permitted under this section (except as provided in subdivision (f) or (g)), the agency or person directing the storage shall provide the vehicle’s registered and legal owners of record, or their agents, with the opportunity for a poststorage hearing to determine the validity of the storage.

(b) A notice of the storage shall be mailed or personally delivered to the registered and legal owners within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, and shall include all of the following information:

(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the agency providing the notice.

(2) The location of the place of storage and description of the vehicle, which shall include, if available, the name or make, the manufacturer, the license plate number, and the mileage.

(3) The authority and purpose for the removal of the vehicle.

(4) A statement that, in order to receive their poststorage hearing, the owners, or their agents, shall request the hearing in person, writing, or by telephone within 10 days of the date appearing on the notice.

(c) The poststorage hearing shall be conducted within 48 hours of the request, excluding weekends and holidays. The public agency may authorize its own officer or employee to conduct the hearing if the hearing officer is not the same person who directed the storage of the vehicle.

(d) Failure of either the registered or legal owner, or his or her agent, to request or to attend a scheduled hearing shall satisfy the poststorage hearing requirement.

(e) The agency employing the person who directed the storage shall be responsible for the costs incurred for towing and storage if it is determined in the poststorage hearing that reasonable grounds for the storage are not established.

(f) This section does not apply to vehicles abated under the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program pursuant to Sections 22660 to 22668, inclusive, and Section 22710, or to vehicles impounded for investigation pursuant to Section 22655, or to vehicles removed from private property pursuant to Section 22658.

(g) This section does not apply to abandoned vehicles removed pursuant to Section 22669 that are determined by the public agency to have an estimated value of five hundred dollars ($500) or less.
Cal. PUC § 29722 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 10.5 / Article 6 / Section 29722
Section 29722
Status: in_force

The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following:

Shall territory in ____ (giving name of public agency or portion thereof) be annexed to San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Special Service District No. ___ (here insert number)? YES
NO
Cal. HSC § 13152 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 13152
Section 13152
Status: in_force

The authority for the enforcement of the provisions of this article shall be in accordance with Sections 13145 and 13146, Health and Safety Code.
Cal. RTC § 17635 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 17635
Section 17635
Status: in_force

(a) An organization described in Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code which is subject to the provisions of this section shall not be exempt from taxation under Section 17631 if it has engaged in a prohibited transaction after December 31, 1960.

(b) An organization described in Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be denied exemption from taxation under Section 17631 by reason of subdivision (a) only for taxable years after the taxable year during which it is notified by the Franchise Tax Board that it has engaged in a prohibited transaction, unless the organization entered into the prohibited transaction with the purpose of diverting corpus or income of the organization from its exempt purposes, and the transaction involved a substantial part of the corpus or income of the organization.
Cal. PUC § 125715 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 125715
Section 125715
Status: in_force

All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this chapter, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all taxation within the state, except for transfer, franchise, inheritance, and estate taxes.