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Cal. PRC § 4527 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 4527
Section 4527
Status: in_force

(a) (1) “Timber operations” means the cutting or removal, or both, of timber or other solid wood forest products, including Christmas trees, from timberlands for commercial purposes, together with all the incidental work, including, but not limited to, construction and maintenance of roads, fuelbreaks, firebreaks, stream crossings, landings, skid trails, and beds for the falling of trees, fire hazard abatement, and site preparation that involves disturbance of soil or burning of vegetation following timber harvesting activities, but excluding preparatory work such as treemarking, surveying, or roadflagging.

(2) “Commercial purposes” includes (A) the cutting or removal of trees that are processed into logs, lumber, or other wood products and offered for sale, barter, exchange, or trade, or (B) the cutting or removal of trees or other forest products during the conversion of timberlands to land uses other than the growing of timber that are subject to Section 4621, including, but not limited to, residential or commercial developments, production of other agricultural crops, recreational developments, ski developments, water development projects, and transportation projects.

(b) For purposes of this section, the removal of trees less than 16 inches in diameter at breast height from a firebreak or fuelbreak does not constitute “timber operations” if the removal meets all of the following criteria:

(1) It is located within 500 feet of the boundary of an urban wildland interface community at high risk of wildfire, as defined in pages 751 to 776, inclusive, of Volume 66 of the Federal Register (66 FR 751-02), as that definition may be amended from time to time. For purposes of this paragraph, “urban wildland interface community at high risk of wildfire” means an area having one or more structures for every five acres.

(2) It is part of a community wildfire protection plan approved by the department or part of a department fire plan.

(3) The trees to be removed will not be processed into logs or lumber, unless the work is being conducted by, or in partnership with, a public agency or a nonprofit organization that has received a grant from the department for vegetation management or fuel reduction, in which case the logs or lumber may be sold.

(4) The work to be conducted is under a firebreak or fuelbreak project that has been subject to a project-based review pursuant to a negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration, or environmental impact report in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)). For projects to be conducted on forested landscapes, as defined in Section 754, the project and the project-based review shall be prepared by or in consultation with a registered professional forester.

(5) The removal of surface and ladder fuels is consistent with former paragraph (9) of subdivision (j) of Section 4584, as that section read on December 31, 2018.
Cal. RTC § 47100 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 25 / Chapter 3 / Section 47100
Section 47100
Status: in_force

All revenues collected pursuant to this part, less refunds and reimbursement to the department for expenses incurred in the administration and collection of the taxes imposed by this part, shall be deposited into the Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, as follows:

(a) (1) Eighty percent shall be disbursed by the Controller to all counties in proportion to the amounts of the taxes, interest, penalties, and other amounts collected for lithium extraction within each county. Each county shall establish for deposit of these revenues an account or fund separate from the other accounts and funds of the county.

(2) (A) Of the amount disbursed to the County of Imperial pursuant to this subdivision, the county shall establish a method to distribute an amount not less than 30 percent of that disbursed amount to the County of Imperial communities that are most directly and indirectly impacted by the lithium extraction activities, including, but not limited to, the following communities:

(i) The directly affected communities listed below:

(I) Bombay Beach.

(II) The City of Brawley.

(III) The City of Calipatria.

(IV) Niland.

(V) The City of Westmorland.

(ii) The indirectly affected communities listed below:

(I) Bard.

(II) The City of Calexico.

(III) Desert Shores.

(IV) The City of El Centro.

(V) Heber.

(VI) The City of Holtville.

(VII) The City of Imperial.

(VIII) Ocotillo.

(IX) Palo Verde.

(X) Salton City.

(XI) Salton Sea Beach.

(XII) Seeley.

(XIII) Winterhaven.

(XIV) Vista Del Mar.

(B) The County of Imperial shall annually, on a date and in a manner determined by the department, report to the department the communities to which funding was distributed pursuant to this paragraph.

(b) Twenty percent shall be disbursed as follows:

(1) Twenty percent of the revenues collected in the County of Imperial shall be deposited into the Salton Sea Lithium Fund created in Section 2951 of the Fish and Game Code.

(2) Twenty percent of the revenues collected in a county other than the County of Imperial shall be disbursed to that county for distribution to communities in that county that are the most impacted by the lithium extraction activities.
Cal. PROB § 4300 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 4300
Section 4300
Status: in_force

A third person shall accord an attorney-in-fact acting pursuant to the provisions of a power of attorney the same rights and privileges that would be accorded the principal if the principal were personally present and seeking to act. However, a third person is not required to honor the attorney-in-fact’s authority or conduct business with the attorney-in-fact if the principal cannot require the third person to act or conduct business in the same circumstances.
Cal. COM § 11201 — California Code / Code com / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 11201
Section 11201
Status: in_force

“Security procedure” means a procedure established by agreement of a customer and a receiving bank for the purpose of (i) verifying that a payment order or communication amending or canceling a payment order is that of the customer, or (ii) detecting error in the transmission or the content of the payment order or communication. A security procedure may impose an obligation on the receiving bank or the customer and may require the use of algorithms or other codes, identifying words, numbers, symbols, sounds, biometrics, encryption, callback procedures, or similar security devices. Comparison of a signature on a payment order or communication with an authorized specimen signature of the customer or requiring a payment order to be sent from a known email address, IP address, or telephone number is not by itself a security procedure.
Cal. HSC § 57053.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 37.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 57053.3
Section 57053.3
Status: in_force

The consolidated permit agency shall coordinate the activities of the participating permit agencies in order that each participating permit agency is able to act on its component repair or maintenance project permits within the time limits set pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 57053.1.
Cal. RTC § 16810 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 9.5 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 16810
Section 16810
Status: in_force

The tax imposed by this part is a lien in the manner prescribed in Section 13610 upon the property transferred from the time the generation skipping transfer is made and until the expiration of 10 years from and after the time a deficiency determination is issued pursuant to the provisions of this part or until the tax is paid, whichever is earlier.
Cal. HSC § 113085 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 113085
Section 113085
Status: in_force

In addition to other remedies herein provided, the department may bring an action in the superior court, and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter. Any proceeding under this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that the department shall not be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show lack of adequate remedy at law or to show or tending to show irreparable damage or loss.
Cal. LAB § 2779 — California Code / Code lab / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 2779
Section 2779
Status: in_force

(a)Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the relationship between two individuals wherein each individual is acting as a sole proprietor or separate business entity formed as a partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation performing work pursuant to a contract for purposes of providing services at the location of a single-engagement event, as defined below, under the following conditions:

(1) Neither individual is subject to control and direction by the other, in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact.

(2) Each individual has the ability to negotiate their rate of pay with the other individual.

(3) The written contract between both individuals specifies the total payment for services provided by both individuals at the single-engagement event, and the specific rate paid to each individual.

(4) Each individual maintains their own business location, which may include the individual’s personal residence.

(5) Each individual provides their own tools, vehicles, and equipment to perform the services under the contract.

(6) If the work is performed in a jurisdiction that requires an individual to have a business license or business tax registration, then each individual has the required business license or business tax registration.

(7) Each individual is customarily engaged in the same or similar type of work performed under the contract or each individual separately holds themselves out to other potential customers as available to perform the same type of work.

(8) Each individual can contract with other businesses to provide the same or similar services and maintain their own clientele without restrictions.

(b) “Single-engagement event” means a stand-alone non-recurring event in a single location, or a series of events in the same location no more than once a week.

(c) “Services” under this section do not include services provided in an industry designated by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health or the Department of Industrial Relations as a high hazard industry pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 6401.7 or janitorial, delivery, courier, transportation, trucking, agricultural labor, retail, logging, in-home care, or construction services other than minor home repair.
Cal. BPC § 12022.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 12022.5
Section 12022.5
Status: in_force

Fresh meat or roasts of any kind or cut shall be exposed, advertised, offered for sale or sold on the basis of net weight of the fresh meat or roast only, and any added fat of any kind whatsoever either wrapped within or injected with a larding needle or otherwise inserted in such fresh meat or roast shall be considered as tare weight only.

Notwithstanding the above provision, added fat shall not be considered tare weight if the meat package containing such added fat is clearly and prominently labeled in eight-point type or larger with the term “fat added.”
Cal. HSC § 40510.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 7 / Section 40510.5
Section 40510.5
Status: in_force

In addition to the limits on total fee collections established by Sections 40500.1 and 40523, the south coast district board shall not increase any existing permit fee by a percentage greater than any percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year, unless the board complies with both of the following requirements:

(a)  The district board shall make a finding, based upon relevant information in a rulemaking record, that the fee increase is necessary and will result in an apportionment of fees that is equitable. This finding shall include an explanation of why the fee increase meets the requirements of this section and Section 40510.

(b)  The fee increase shall be phased in over a period of at least two years.
Cal. PUC § 100000 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 1 / Section 100000
Section 100000
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Act.”
Cal. PRC § 8712 — California Code / Code prc / Division 7.7 / Chapter 1 / Section 8712
Section 8712
Status: in_force

The trustee may acquire real property or any interest in real property with the objective of facilitating management of school lands for the purpose of generating revenue. The trustee may delegate authority to the trustee’s executive officer to make a nonrefundable downpayment for a potential acquisition of real property or any interest in real property.
Cal. WAT § 12953 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 7 / Section 12953
Section 12953
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this part the Department of Water Resources shall designate the site of principal construction of every water construction project undertaken by the State, and the date construction was started.
Cal. VEH § 12206 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 11 / Section 12206
Section 12206
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days of receiving an application, the recovery corporation shall notify the applicant, in writing, that the application is complete or, if the application is incomplete, what additional information is required.

(b) (1) Within 60 days of the recovery corporation providing notice to the applicant of a complete application, the recovery corporation shall either pay the eligible claim from the fund as prescribed in this chapter or deny the claim. A claim shall be deemed granted unless the directors affirmatively vote to deny the claim.

(2) The recovery corporation, for good cause, may extend the 60-day period not more than an additional 90 days to investigate the accuracy of the application or evidence submitted by a dealer or lessor-retailer.

(c) A director shall not be involved in the decision of a claim if the director has a financial interest in the outcome of the decision; has a financial interest in or is employed by the participant that is the subject of the claim; or has a familial or close personal relationship with the claimant or an owner, officer, director, or manager of the participant.
Cal. RTC § 23804 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 23804
Section 23804
Status: in_force

Section 1367(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to adjustments in case of inherited stock, shall apply for decedents dying after December 31, 1996.
Cal. WAT § 45400 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 45400
Section 45400
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the issuance of bonds, or if a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds has been adopted and approved in accordance with Section 45102, the board shall cause bonds in the amount stated in the order calling the election or in such resolution, as the case may be, to be sold as herein provided and shall deliver the assessment list segregated as to affected counties to the treasurer.
Cal. ELEC § 361 — California Code / Code elec / Division 0.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 361
Section 361
Status: in_force

“Voting machine” means any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a precinct optical scanner and a direct recording voting system, into which a voter may enter his or her votes, and which, by means of electronic tabulation and generation of printouts or other tangible, human-readable records, furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for or against each measure.
Cal. FAC § 17096 — California Code / Code fac / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 17096
Section 17096
Status: in_force

If any person shall, within one year after the date of the sale, prove to the satisfaction of the director his ownership of an animal which was sold pursuant to this article, the director shall order the net proceeds of the sale of the animal to be paid to such person.
Cal. ELEC § 16620 — California Code / Code elec / Division 16 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 16620
Section 16620
Status: in_force

The court shall meet at the time and place designated in the order setting the contest for trial, and shall have all powers necessary to determine the issues.
Cal. INS § 1063.6 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 14.2 / Section 1063.6
Section 1063.6
Status: in_force

All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in any court in the state shall, subject to waiver by the association in specific cases involving covered claims and subject to waiver by the commissioner as to matters that are not covered claims, be stayed for 60 days from the date that an order of liquidation or an order of receivership with a finding of insolvency has been entered by a superior court in this state or by a court in the state of domicile of the insurer, and an additional time thereafter as may be determined necessary by the court to permit proper defense or conduct of all pending causes of action by the association or the commissioner, as applicable. The stay as to matters to which the insolvent insurer is a party shall be superseded by and when an injunction or stay order is entered by the court in this state having jurisdiction of the liquidation or the ancillary liquidation.

The liquidator, receiver, or statutory successor of an insolvent member insurer shall permit reasonable access by the association to the insolvent insurer’s records as is necessary for the association to carry out its duties with regard to covered claims. In addition, the liquidator, receiver, or statutory successor shall provide the association with copies of these records upon the reasonable request of the association and at the expense of the association.
Cal. FAC § 10495 — California Code / Code fac / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 10495
Section 10495
Status: in_force

If an owner of a brucellosis infected herd violates any law or regulation pertaining to brucellosis eradication, the cattle owner shall immediately become responsible for paying to the director all further costs incurred by the department in eradicating the disease from the herd of cattle owned by such person.
Cal. HNC § 67.4 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2.5 / Section 67.4
Section 67.4
Status: in_force

The department shall conduct the repair and restoration of the beach and shoreline located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and in the City of Oceanside if the city does all of the following:

(a) Prepares a plan for the repair and restoration which is approved by the department and the State Coastal Conservancy.

(b) Agrees to commit funds for the repair and restoration equal to the amount of state funds appropriated for the repair and restoration.
Cal. PRC § 25480 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 5.8 / Section 25480
Section 25480
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Transportation.
Cal. FAC § 4059 — California Code / Code fac / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Section 4059
Section 4059
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Food and Agriculture shall develop criteria to be used, subject to the approval of the Department of General Services, for the disposal of property by a district agricultural association and the California Exposition and State Fair.

(2) As used in this section, “disposal of property” means the sale of equipment, materials or other forms of personal property no longer necessary to effectuate the purposes of the fair and that do not exceed an estimated fair market value of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

(b) The board of the district agricultural association or California Exposition and State Fair shall, prior to the disposal of property, as defined in this section, first be required to determine, through the Department of Food and Agriculture, if the property can be used by another fair in the California Fair Network or other state agency or department. If determined that such use is not possible, the board of the district agricultural association or California Exposition and State Fair shall sell the property to the buyer that submits the highest bid.

(c) The regular department audit of district agricultural associations shall confirm the source of funds of any disposed property and compliance with the criteria developed under this section for the disposal of property.

(d) The adoption of the criteria developed pursuant to this section shall relieve a district agricultural association and the California Exposition and State Fair of any requirements to abide by the provisions of the State Administrative Manual which may apply to disposal of property developed by the Department of General Services.
Cal. SHC § 171 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4.5 / Section 171
Section 171
Status: in_force

Prior to the commencement of each fiscal year, the department may advertise for bids for capital outlay projects anticipated to be budgeted during the fiscal year. However, the department shall not award any contract for any capital outlay project until (1) sufficient funds have been appropriated for such project and (2) the commission has allocated sufficient funds for the project.
Cal. PRC § 4416 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 4416
Section 4416
Status: in_force

This chapter does not authorize a county firewarden, a firefighter, or a county officer to obligate the state for the payment of any money.
Cal. WAT § 9313 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 9313
Section 9313
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall credit the amount of assessments received by him to the construction fund of the assessment.
Cal. SHC § 610 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 610
Section 610
Status: in_force

Route 395 is from:

(a) Route 15 near Cajon Pass to the Nevada state line passing near Little Lake, Independence, Bridgeport, and Coleville.

(b) Nevada state line northwest of Reno to the Oregon state line near New Pine Creek via Alturas.