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Cal. FAM § 6455 — California Code / Code fam / Division 10 / Part 6 / Section 6455
Section 6455
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action for false arrest or false imprisonment against, a law enforcement officer who makes an arrest pursuant to a Canadian domestic violence protection order that is regular upon its face, if the law enforcement officer, in making the arrest, acts in good faith and has reasonable cause to believe that the person against whom the order is issued has notice of the order and has committed an act in violation of the order.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to exonerate a law enforcement officer from liability for the unreasonable use of force in the enforcement of the order. The immunities afforded by this section shall not affect the availability of any other immunity that may apply, including, but not limited to, Sections 820.2 and 820.4 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 31703.8 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Section 31703.8
Section 31703.8
Status: in_force

Annually, the El Dorado Hills County Water District, El Dorado County, may request, and the board of supervisors shall levy, a bond tax on land only in the district or improvement district benefited by the purposes of the bonded debt. The bond tax levied pursuant to this section constitutes a lien on all property, both land and improvements, located on the land benfited by the purposes of the bonded debt.

This special provision is necessary because of the benefit to undeveloped land within the El Dorado Hills County Water District by the availability of improvements in the area.
Cal. PUC § 98020 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 98020
Section 98020
Status: in_force

The County of Santa Cruz may organize and incorporate the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District.
Cal. PCC § 22169 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 22169
Section 22169
Status: in_force

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. BPC § 8020 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 8020
Section 8020
Status: in_force

Any person over the age of 18 years, who has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for the denial of licensure under Sections 480, 8025, and 8025.1, who has a high school education or its equivalent as determined by the board, and who has satisfactorily passed an examination under any regulations that the board may prescribe, or has met the examination requirements pursuant to Section 8020.5, shall be entitled to a certificate and shall be styled and known as a certified shorthand reporter. No person shall be admitted to the examination without first presenting satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant has obtained one of the following:

(a) One year of experience in making verbatim records of depositions, arbitrations, hearings, or judicial or related proceedings by means of written symbols or abbreviations in shorthand or machine shorthand writing or voice writing and transcribing these records.

(b) A verified certificate of satisfactory completion of a prescribed course of study in a recognized court reporting school or a certificate from the school that evidences an equivalent proficiency and the ability to make a verbatim record of material dictated in accordance with regulations adopted by the board contained in Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations. For purposes of this subdivision, and until the board adopts regulations governing voice writing, but in any case no later than January 1, 2024, references contained in Section 2411 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations to “machine shorthand” shall include voice writing.

(c) A certificate from the National Court Reporters Association or the National Verbatim Reporters Association demonstrating proficiency in machine shorthand reporting or voice writing.

(d) A valid certified shorthand reporters certificate or license to practice shorthand reporting issued by a state other than California whose requirements and licensing examination are substantially the same as those in California.
Cal. PRC § 21168.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 6 / Section 21168.5
Section 21168.5
Status: in_force

In any action or proceeding, other than an action or proceeding under Section 21168, to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding, or decision of a public agency on the grounds of noncompliance with this division, the inquiry shall extend only to whether there was a prejudicial abuse of discretion. Abuse of discretion is established if the agency has not proceeded in a manner required by law or if the determination or decision is not supported by substantial evidence.
Cal. WAT § 79772 — California Code / Code wat / Division 26.7 / Chapter 10 / Section 79772
Section 79772
Status: in_force

Of the funds authorized by Section 79771, eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) shall be available for grants for treatment and remediation activities that prevent or reduce the contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water.
Cal. PUC § 733 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 733
Section 733
Status: in_force

(a) If the common carriers do not agree upon the division between them of the joint rates, fares, or charges established by the commission over through routes, the commission shall, after hearing, by supplemental order, establish that division. Where any railroad, or passenger stage corporation that is made a party to a through route has itself over its own line an equally satisfactory through route between the termini of the through route established, that railroad, or passenger stage corporation may require as its division of the joint rate, fare, or charge its local rate, fare, or charge over the portion of its line comprised in the through route, and the commission may, in its discretion, allow to that railroad or passenger stage corporation, more than its local rate, fare, or charge if the commission determines that it will be equitable so to do. The commission may establish and fix through routes and joint rates, fares, or charges over common carriers and stage or auto stage lines which may not be otherwise subject to the provisions of this part, and may fix the division of those joint rates, fares, or charges.

(b) Subdivision (a) is not applicable to network railroad transportation.
Cal. PUC § 1802.4 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 1802.4
Section 1802.4
Status: in_force

An eligible local government entity is eligible for an award of compensation pursuant to this article for its involvement to the extent that the involvement was for the purpose of protecting health and safety within the entity’s jurisdiction and to the extent that the involvement was germane to the material loss suffered by its residents.
Cal. WIC § 17501 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 5 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 17501
Section 17501
Status: in_force

(a) A county may, upon the affirmative vote of the board of supervisors, elect to contract with a contracting agency for services which provide counseling and referral and resource information services that conform to the purposes listed in Section 17500.

(b) The services provided under contract may include:

(1) Telephone crisis counseling.

(2) Development and publication of resource guides.

(3) Direct supportive counseling.

(c) The services provided under contract may not include direct financial assistance to clients.

(d) The direct services provided under contract shall be delivered at or near the local Employment Development Department offices or other related public service sites.

(e) The contractor shall be encouraged to use volunteer resources in service delivery to the maximum extent possible.
Cal. FAC § 11221 — California Code / Code fac / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 11221
Section 11221
Status: in_force

The director may employ hunters and trappers throughout the state to control or eradicate coyotes and other harmful predatory animals and to shoot or trap bears which are damaging livestock, agricultural crops, or standing timber.
Cal. VEH § 430 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 430
Section 430
Status: in_force

A “new vehicle” is a vehicle constructed entirely from new parts that has never been the subject of a retail sale, or registered with the department, or registered with the appropriate agency or authority of any other state, District of Columbia, territory or possession of the United States, or foreign state, province, or country.
Cal. FAC § 54443 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 54443
Section 54443
Status: in_force

The advisory committee shall study and report on all of the following issues:

(a) Unfair trade practices.

(b) Licensing.

(c) Funding.

(d) Investigation and hearing procedures.

(e) The need for a mechanism to resolve bargaining disputes.

(f) Any other issues relating to this chapter.

(g) Any recommended changes to this chapter.
Cal. LAB § 920 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 920
Section 920
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, “promise” includes promise, undertaking, contract, or agreement, whether written or oral, express or implied.
Cal. HSC § 1399.809 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 11.5 / Section 1399.809
Section 1399.809
Status: in_force

The director may require a plan to discontinue the offering of contracts or the acceptance of applications from any individual upon a determination by the director that the plan does not have sufficient financial viability, organization, and administrative capacity to assure the delivery of health care services to its enrollees. In determining whether the conditions of this section have been met, the director shall consider, but not be limited to, the plan’s compliance with the requirements of Section 1367, Article 6 (commencing with Section 1375), and the rules adopted thereunder.
Cal. RTC § 20.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Section 20.5
Section 20.5
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this code or any other code, “board, itself” or “State Board of Equalization meeting as a public body” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for those duties, powers, and responsibilities transferred to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to Section 15570.22 of the Government Code.

(b) Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this code or any other code, “executive director” or “executive officer of the board” means the director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for those duties, powers, and responsibilities transferred to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to Section 15570.22 of the Government Code.
Cal. WIC § 15200.05 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 5 / Section 15200.05
Section 15200.05
Status: in_force

(a) Federal block grant funds received for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program pursuant to subtitle A (commencing with Section 401) of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.) may be deposited in, and shall be administered through, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Upon authorization by the Director of Finance, special accounts may be established within this fund, and the fund may be used in accounting for any federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds received from the federal government after August 22, 1996.

(b) A fund condition statement for the federal block grant received for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program shall be provided to the Department of Finance with the estimates submitted pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10614 whether or not the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund created by this section is used for the deposit and administration of those moneys.
Cal. ELEC § 14290 — California Code / Code elec / Division 14 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 14290
Section 14290
Status: in_force

The precinct board shall immediately cancel, without unfolding them, all the spoiled ballots returned. The board shall write the word “spoiled” on the back of each spoiled ballot in ink or indelible pencil and return the spoiled ballots with the unused ballots.
Cal. FGC § 6605 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 1 / Section 6605
Section 6605
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this chapter is intended, and it shall not be construed, to limit or affect the authority or duties of any state or local agency, including, but not limited to, the commission, the council, and the California Coastal Commission.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to do any of the following:

(1) Relieve the applicant or prior owner or operator of an offshore oil structure from any continuing liability under any of the following, if the liability is associated with seepage or release of oil from an offshore oil structure that was decommissioned pursuant to an order of, or any action taken by, and in accordance with, any applicable rule or regulation of, any federal or state agency:

(A) Any state statute or regulation regarding liability for the spilling of oil.

(B) The federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.).

(C) Any other provision of law.

(2) Establish any new liability on the part of the state.

(3) Require any agency with jurisdiction to approve the partial removal of an offshore oil structure.

(4) Promote, encourage, or facilitate offshore oil exploration, development, and production within California’s open coastal waters.

(5) Require the United States Department of the Interior or the commission to modify, amend, or alter an existing oil and gas lease to approve partial removal of an offshore oil structure.

(6) Alter any existing law or applicable rule or regulation of any federal or state agency that establishes liability for damages arising with respect to artificial reefs or reef materials, including, but not limited to, components of decommissioned oil structures.

(7) Alter any existing law or policy that protects natural reefs.

(8) Approve any particular method of abandonment.

(c) Any partial removal of an offshore oil structure pursuant to this chapter shall not be used or counted as mitigation for any environmental impacts or natural resource damages.
Cal. WAT § 37960 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 8.2 / Chapter 6 / Section 37960
Section 37960
Status: in_force

The district may, by ordinance, levy groundwater extraction charges, including volumetric charges intended to provide an incentive for reduced water use, on the extraction of groundwater from all water extraction facilities within the territory of the district for the purposes of paying the costs of initiating, carrying on, and completing any of the powers, purposes, and groundwater management activities described in this act. Any groundwater extraction charges shall be uniform for groundwater extraction within the territory of the district.
Cal. ELEC § 11006 — California Code / Code elec / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 11006
Section 11006
Status: in_force

Proceedings may be commenced for the recall of any elective officer, including any officer appointed in lieu of election or to fill a vacancy, by the service, filing and publication or posting of a notice of intention to circulate a recall petition pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 12686 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 12686
Section 12686
Status: in_force

The Counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Benito and the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation required by Section 3 of the act of Congress approved December 22, 1944 (Public, Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session), will be furnished by the counties and the district in connection with the flood control project authorized and adopted in Section 12685.
Cal. PRC § 10262 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.2 / Chapter 4 / Section 10262
Section 10262
Status: in_force

An agricultural conservation easement shall not prevent any of the following:

(a) The granting of rights-of-way by the owner of the subject land in and through the land for the installation, transportation, or use of water, sewage, electric, telephone, gas, oil, or oil product lines, stock water development and storage, energy generation, and fencing if the agricultural productivity of the land and any multiple uses that made the acquisition a priority for selection under the program are not significantly impaired by those activities.

(b) The construction and use of structures on the subject land that are necessary for agricultural production and marketing, including, but not limited to, barns, shops, packing sheds, cooling facilities, greenhouses, roadside marketing stands, stock water development and storage, energy generation, and fencing, if the agricultural productivity of the land and any multiple uses that made the acquisition a priority for selection under the program are not significantly impaired by those activities.

(c) Customary part time or off season rural enterprises or activities, including, but not limited to, hunting and fishing, wildlife habitat improvement, predator control, timber harvesting, and firewood production, if the agricultural productivity of the land and any multiple uses that made the acquisition a priority for selection under the program are not significantly impaired by those activities.
Cal. FIN § 18213 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 18213
Section 18213
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law not within this division, industrial loan companies making loans pursuant to this division may not precompute interest on such loans.
Cal. FIN § 30702 — California Code / Code fin / Division 14 / Chapter 4 / Section 30702
Section 30702
Status: in_force

The authority to make or conduct any examination, investigation, or hearing, including the authority to administer oaths and to subpoena witnesses, and to take their testimony may be delegated by the commissioner to any deputy, investigator, or auditor appointed by him for that purpose. The appointment shall be made by an instrument in writing, signed by the Commissioner. Upon any examination, investigation, or hearing, the instrument shall be produced by the deputy, investigator, or auditor at any time upon demand.
Cal. WAT § 22180 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 22180
Section 22180
Status: in_force

The board and the officers, agents, and employees of districts shall do all necessary and proper acts for the construction and operation of its sewage collection and disposal system.
Cal. PUC § 99233.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 99233.5
Section 99233.5
Status: in_force

Up to 10 percent of the remaining money for the area under the jurisdiction of a transit development board created pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 120000) shall be allocated to the transit development board and the transportation planning agency to carry out administrative and planning powers, duties, and functions and construction and acquisition programs in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 132353) of Chapter 3 of Division 12.7.

Thereafter, the remaining money for allocation in that area shall be allocated by the transportation planning agency to claimants.
Cal. ELEC § 8100 — California Code / Code elec / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 8100
Section 8100
Status: in_force

All nomination documents shall be filed as follows:

(a) For state offices, United States Senators, Representatives in Congress, Members of the State Senate and Assembly, and members of the Board of Equalization, in the office of the Secretary of State.

(b) For all officers to be voted for wholly within one county, except as provided in subdivision (a), in the office of the elections official of that county.
Cal. HSC § 20071.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 14 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 20071.5
Section 20071.5
Status: in_force

The district may contract with a municipality within the county in which the district is located or with the county for the furnishing of police protection service by any police agency of the municipality or county.
Cal. BPC § 19619.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 9.5 / Section 19619.1
Section 19619.1
Status: in_force

With respect to harness meetings, all funds that are not distributed to horsemen as purses pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19612, Section 19612.6, and subdivision (d) of Section 19616.1 or as breeder awards pursuant to Sections 19567 and 19617.5 within 180 days after the conclusion of a licensed harness race meet or a portion of a split harness meet, shall be deposited into the account for the California Standardbred Sires Stakes Program established pursuant to Section 19619.
Cal. PUC § 103240.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 103240.5
Section 103240.5
Status: in_force

(a) The district may take by gift, or take or convey by grant, purchase, devise, or lease, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for, transit-oriented joint development projects that meet the definition and requirement set forth in subdivision (b).

(b) (1) For purposes of this section, a transit-oriented joint development project is a commercial, residential, or mixed-use development that is undertaken in connection with existing, planned, or proposed intermodal transit facilities and is located 1/4 mile or less from the external boundaries of that facility.

(2) Any transit-oriented joint development project created under this section shall comply with the land use and zoning regulations of the city, county, or city and county in which the project is located.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 103265 or any other provision of law, the authority granted under this section is subject to the land use and zoning regulations of the city, county, or city and county jurisdiction in which the transit-oriented joint development is located, in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 65000) of the Government Code), relating to zoning.

(d) The authority granted under this section extends to any joint powers agency of which the district is a member and for which the district serves as the managing agency.
Cal. FAC § 77416 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 17.5 / Article 2 / Section 77416
Section 77416
Status: in_force

“Districts” consist of the following:

(a) District 1 consists of San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside Counties.

(b) District 2 consists of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties.

(c) District 3 consists of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

(d) District 4 consists of Ventura County.

(e) District 5 consists of Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, Inyo, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Sacramento Counties and all other counties within the State of California not included in Districts 1 to 4, inclusive, and District 6.

(f) District 6 consists of Alameda, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties, and the City and County of San Francisco.

The boundaries of any district may be changed by a two-thirds vote of the commission, which is concurred in by the secretary, to ensure proper representation. The boundaries need not coincide with county lines.