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Cal. WAT § 13196 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 13196
Section 13196
Status: in_force

(a) The state board may require a person submitting a report to the state board, a regional board, or a local agency to submit the report in electronic format. The state board may also require that any report submitted in electronic format include the latitude and longitude, accurate to within one meter, of the location where any sample analyzed in the report was collected.

(b) The state board shall adopt a single, standard format for the electronic submission of analytical and environmental compliance data contained in reports. In adopting a standard format, the state board shall only consider formats that meet all of the following criteria:

(1) Are available free of charge.

(2) Are available in the public domain.

(3) Have available public domain means to import, manipulate, and store data.

(4) Allow the importation of data into tables indicating relational distances.

(5) Allow the verification of data submission consistency.

(6) Allow for inclusion of all of the following information:

(A) The physical site address from which the sample was taken, along with any information already required for permitting and reporting unauthorized releases.

(B) Environmental assessment data taken during the initial site investigation phase, as well as the continuing monitoring and evaluation phases.

(C) The latitude and longitude, accurate to within one meter, of the location where any sample was collected.

(D) A description of all tests performed on the sample, the results of that testing, any quality assurance and quality control information, any available narrative information regarding the collection of the sample, and any available information concerning the laboratory’s analysis of the sample.

(7) Fulfill any additional criteria the state board determines appropriate for an effective electronic report submission program.
Cal. PUC § 911 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 11 / Section 911
Section 911
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning February 1, 2016, the commission shall annually publish a report that includes all investigations into gas or electric service safety incidents reported, pursuant to commission requirements, by any gas corporation or electrical corporation. The report shall succinctly describe each safety investigation concluded during the prior calendar year and each investigation that remains open. The categories within the description shall include the month of the safety incident, the reason for the investigation, the facility type involved, and the owner of the facility.

(b) The commission shall include in its report required pursuant to Section 910, a summary of the staff safety investigations concluded during the prior calendar year and the staff safety investigations that remain open for any gas corporation or electrical corporation, with a link to the Internet Web site with the report that contains the information required pursuant to subdivision (a).
Cal. HNC § 7001 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7001
Section 7001
Status: in_force

This part and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be effective. This part does not affect any other law covering the same subject, nor apply to any proceedings had thereunder, nor does it in any manner interfere with existing harbors or prevent the formation, operation or government of harbors within the State under any other law.
Cal. FIN § 328 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 328
Section 328
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may make the agreements that he or she deems necessary or appropriate in exercising his or her powers.

(b) (1) The agreements authorized under subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to, agreements with agencies of this state, of other states of the United States, of the United States, or of foreign nations that regulate financial institutions, relating to examinations of banks, savings associations, credit unions, industrial loan companies, and other matters.

(2) Any agreement with a government agency that regulates financial institutions is exempt from the advertising and competitive bidding requirements of the Public Contract Code.
Cal. HSC § 112520 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 7 / Section 112520
Section 112520
Status: in_force

The license issued hereunder shall be in a form as the department shall prescribe and shall be under the seal of the department and shall set forth the name of the licensee, the location for which the license is issued, the period of the license and other information as the department may determine. Licenses shall be for a term of one calendar year and shall be renewed annually. The license is nontransferable. The original license or a certified copy thereof shall be conspicuously displayed by the licensee in the locker plant for which the license is issued.
Cal. PROB § 23 — California Code / Code prob / Division 1 / Part 2 / Section 23
Section 23
Status: in_force

(a) “Account in an insured savings and loan association” means a savings account or mutual capital certificate of either of the following:

(1) A federal association.

(2) A savings association doing business in this state which is an “insured institution” as defined in Title IV of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1724, et seq.).

(b) As used in this section:

(1) “Federal association” has the meaning given that term in subdivision (b) of Section 5102 of the Financial Code.

(2) “Mutual capital certificate” has the meaning given that term in Section 5111 of the Financial Code.

(3) “Savings account” has the meaning given that term in Section 5116 of the Financial Code.

(4) “Savings association” has the meaning given that term in subdivision (a) of Section 5102 of the Financial Code.
Cal. BPC § 3509 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7.7 / Article 2 / Section 3509
Section 3509
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board to:

(a) Establish standards for, and issue licenses to, applicants qualifying for licensure under this chapter as a physician assistant.

(b) Require the examination of applicants for licensure as a physician assistant who meet the requirements of this chapter.
Cal. BPC § 163 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 163
Section 163
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the department and each board in the department shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2) for the certification of a copy of any record, document, or paper in its custody or for the certification of any document evidencing the content of any such record, document or paper.
Cal. PRC § 4464.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 4464.5
Section 4464.5
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that, due to the absence of significant forest resources, lands in the Sutter Buttes in the County of Sutter are not likely to become eligible for classification as a state responsibility area under existing statutory criteria, but that those lands possess all other characteristics set forth in Section 4475, and substantial public benefits can be derived from prescribed burning operations on those lands. Accordingly, notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 4464, lands in the Sutter Buttes that have substantial accumulations of wildland fuel, the burning of which in a prescribed burning operation will achieve a combination of the purposes set forth in Section 4475, other than forest improvement, shall be deemed “wildland” for the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4475).
Cal. HSC § 4952 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 4952
Section 4952
Status: in_force

“Governing body,” as used in this chapter, means the governing body of the district.
Cal. COM § 10512 — California Code / Code com / Division 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 10512
Section 10512
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (Section 10511) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (subdivision (e) of Section 10508):

(1) The lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession, shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor’s or the supplier’s disposition for a reasonable time after the lessee’s seasonable notification of rejection;

(2) If the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account or ship them to the lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in Section 10511; but

(3) The lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.

(b) Action by the lessee pursuant to subdivision (a) is not acceptance or conversion.
Cal. FAC § 39910 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 10 / Section 39910
Section 39910
Status: in_force

If the product is labeled “Grade A,” all dairy ingredients shall be derived from market milk.
Cal. WIC § 10102 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.5 / Section 10102
Section 10102
Status: in_force

The State Department of Social Services shall establish and maintain a plan whereby costs of county administered social services programs will be effectively controlled within the amount annually appropriated for these services. Each county shall utilize least cost services, provided that the quality of services is maintained. Allocations shall be made to each county and shall be limited by, and determined based upon, an allocation plan developed by the State Department of Social Services and approved by the Department of Finance. In administering the plan, the State Department of Social Services shall not allocate funds to cover county cost overruns which result from county failure to meet requirements of the plan.
Cal. WIC § 254 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 254
Section 254
Status: in_force

All rehearings of matters heard before a referee shall be before a judge of the juvenile court and shall be conducted de novo.
Cal. HSC § 108525 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 108525
Section 108525
Status: in_force

A warning label shall be affixed near the thermostat of all new water heaters to be sold in the state for residential use. This warning shall read as follows:

“Warning: Setting of the water heater thermostat in excess of 130 degrees Fahrenheit or 54 degrees centigrade may cause accidental scalding or other injury, particularly to children or elderly persons.”

The Legislature does not intend by the enactment of this section to impose any duty on public utilities to affix this warning label or otherwise warn their customers relative to existing water heaters.
Cal. WIC § 14132.955 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 14132.955
Section 14132.955
Status: in_force

Personal care services that are provided pursuant to Section 14132.95 shall include services in the recipient’s place of employment if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) The personal care services are limited to those that are currently authorized for the recipient in the recipient’s home and those services are to be utilized by the recipient at the recipient’s place of employment to enable the recipient to obtain, retain, or return to, work. Authorized services utilized by the recipient at the recipient’s place of employment shall be services that are relevant and necessary in supporting and maintaining employment. However, work place services shall not be used to supplant any reasonable accommodations required of an employer by the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) or other legal entitlements or third-party obligations.

(b) The provision of personal care services at the recipient’s place of employment shall be authorized only to the extent that the total hours utilized at the work place are within the total personal care services hours authorized for the recipient in the home. Additional personal care services hours may not be authorized in connection with a recipient’s employment.
Cal. HSC § 7600 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 7600
Section 7600
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city having a population of more than fifteen hundred and not exceeding one hundred thousand, may, by ordinance, and under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, provide for the disinterring and removal of all human remains from cemeteries in which no interments have been made for a period of two years, which are within the city, or owned and controlled by the city and located without its boundaries.
Cal. HSC § 25111 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 2 / Section 25111
Section 25111
Status: in_force

“Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Cal. HSC § 2005 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 2005
Section 2005
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, special district, school district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state, including the California State University and the University of California, is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application of the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Cal. BPC § 4147 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 4147
Section 4147
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, “playground” means any park or outdoor recreational area specifically designed to be used by children that has play equipment installed or any similar facility located on public or private school grounds or county parks.

(b) Any hypodermic needle or syringe that is to be disposed of, shall be contained, treated, and disposed of, pursuant to Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) It is unlawful to discard or dispose of a hypodermic needle or syringe upon the grounds of a playground, beach, park, or any public or private elementary, vocational, junior high, or high school.

(d) A person who knowingly violates subdivision (c) is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for up to six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(e) Subdivision (c) does not apply to the containment, treatment, and disposal of medical sharps waste from medical care or first aid services rendered on school grounds, nor to the containment, treatment, and disposal of hypodermic needles or syringes used for instructional or educational purposes on school grounds.
Cal. PCC § 21431 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 108 / Section 21431
Section 21431
Status: in_force

(a) All contracts for the construction of any unit of work, except as provided in this article, estimated to cost in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000), shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder in the manner provided in this article. The board shall advertise by three insertions in a daily newspaper of general circulation or two insertions in a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the district inviting sealed proposals for the construction of the work before any contract shall be made, and may let by contract separately any part of the work. The board shall require the successful bidder to file with the board good and sufficient bonds to be approved by the board conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract and upon the payment of all claims for labor and material, the bonds to contain the terms and conditions set forth in Title 3 (commencing with Section 9000) of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code, and to be subject to the provisions of that title. The board shall also have the right to reject any bid, in which case the board may advertise for new bids.

(b) In the event no proposals are received pursuant to advertisement, where the estimated cost of the work does not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), the board of directors, by unanimous vote of all members present, may without advertising for bids, have the work done by force account. In case of an emergency, if notice for bids to let contracts will not be given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 22050).

(c) The district may purchase in the open market without advertisement for bids, materials and supplies for use in any work either under contract or by force account; provided, however, that materials and supplies for use in any new construction work or improvement, except work referred to in subdivision (b), may not be purchased if the cost exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), without advertising for bids and awarding the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

(d) The provisions of this section have no application to a contract entered into with the United States under the authority of Section 3 of Chapter 2127 of the Statutes of 1959, or to a contract authorized by a vote of the electorate of the district.
Cal. LAB § 1490 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 4.6 / Section 1490
Section 1490
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that stability in the California health care workforce will further its efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and address other public health issues that face Californians.

(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that providing California health care workers in 24 hour care facilities with retention payments, as appropriated and available, will advance California’s effort to promote stability and retention in California’s health care workforce.
Cal. BPC § 136 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 136
Section 136
Status: in_force

(a) Each person holding a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authority to engage in a profession or occupation issued by a board within the department shall notify the issuing board at its principal office of any change in the person’s mailing address within 30 days after the change, unless the board has specified by regulations a shorter time period.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, failure of a licensee to comply with the requirement in subdivision (a) constitutes grounds for the issuance of a citation and administrative fine, if the board has the authority to issue citations and administrative fines.
Cal. BPC § 10179 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 10179
Section 10179
Status: in_force

No violation of any of the provisions of this part relating to real estate or of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Part 2 of this division by any real estate salesperson or employee of any licensed real estate broker shall cause the revocation or suspension of the license of the responsible broker retaining the salesperson or the broker employing the employee unless it appears upon a hearing by the commissioner that the responsible broker or broker had guilty knowledge of the violation.
Cal. PUC § 3172 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 3172
Section 3172
Status: in_force

If a member of a nonstock association is other than a natural person, that member may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, manager, or member of it who is authorized in writing to do so.
Cal. WAT § 1310 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 1310
Section 1310
Status: in_force

If the application is for more than three cubic feet per second or for more than 200 acre-feet per annum of storage the notice of application shall be published in accordance with this article.
Cal. PUC § 5386.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 3 / Section 5386.5
Section 5386.5
Status: in_force

No charter-party carrier of passengers shall advertise its services, or in any manner represent its services, as being a taxicab or taxi service. For the purposes of this section, “advertise” includes any business card, stationery, brochure, flyer, circular, newsletter, fax form, printed or published paid advertisement in any media form, or telephone book listing.
Cal. BPC § 2736 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 2736
Section 2736
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for licensure as a registered nurse shall comply with each of the following:

(1) Have completed general preliminary education requirements as shall be determined by the board.

(2) Have successfully completed the courses of instruction prescribed by the board for licensure, in a program in this state approved by the board for training registered nurses, or have successfully completed courses of instruction in a school of nursing outside of this state that, in the opinion of the board at the time the application is filed with the board, are equivalent to the minimum requirements of the board for licensure established for an approved program in this state.

(3) Not be subject to denial of licensure under Section 480.

(b) An applicant who has received their training from a school of nursing in a country outside the United States and who has complied with subdivision (a), or has completed training equivalent to that required by subdivision (a), shall qualify for licensure by successfully passing the examination prescribed by the board.
Cal. PRC § 13031 — California Code / Code prc / Division 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 13031
Section 13031
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors is the governing body of the district, and, unless otherwise provided in this division, the provisions of the County Service Area Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 25210) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code) shall apply to the conduct of the business of the district.
Cal. COM § 13105 — California Code / Code com / Division 13 / Section 13105
Section 13105
Status: in_force

(1) A financing statement or a continuation thereof, properly filed and effective pursuant to Section 9401 as it existed prior to January 1, 1971, remains valid and effective after January 1, 1971, until expiration of the usual five-year period from date of filing. Any termination, release, assignment, or amendment of the financing statement prior to expiration of the five-year period of effectiveness shall be filed, as previously required, with the county recorder who has filed the financing statement.

(2) After January 1, 1971, any continuation of a financing statement which had been properly filed with a county recorder prior to January 1, 1971, and which now would be required to be filed with the Secretary of State, shall be filed with the Secretary of State in accordance with Sections 9515 and 9516. The continuation statement shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the entire record of the county recorder related to the financing statement. After filing of the continuation statement with the Secretary of State, any termination, release, assignment, amendment, or continuation of the financing statement shall also be filed with the Secretary of State and any documents affecting the financing statement that are not filed with the Secretary of State shall not be effective.