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Cal. SHC § 1967.35 — California Code / Code shc / Division 2.5 / Chapter 9 / Section 1967.35
Section 1967.35
Status: in_force

(a) The transportation management agency is an independent and autonomous public agency governed by the board of the transportation authority, as designated by the board of supervisors on April 1, 2014, or by any future revised governance as designated by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 1967.3. The transportation management agency is a separate and distinct legal entity responsible for its own obligations, debts, and liabilities and not for the obligations, debts, or liabilities of any other agency or entity.

(b) The transportation management agency is authorized under its own name to do all acts necessary or convenient for the exercise of its designated powers and the financing of projects, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) To employ agents or employees.

(2) To acquire, construct, manage, maintain, lease, or operate any public facility or improvements.

(3) To sue and be sued in its own name.

(4) To invest any money not required for the immediate necessities of the transportation management agency, as it determines is advisable.

(c) The transportation management agency shall adopt an annual budget. Its board members shall be compensated as determined by the transportation management agency and shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with performing transportation management agency duties. The transportation management agency shall pay all costs required by this section.

(d) The transportation authority may make direct contributions or contributions on a reimbursement-for-cost basis to the transportation management agency in furtherance of the exercise of its powers as designated under Section 1967.3.
Cal. PRC § 30250 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 30250
Section 30250
Status: in_force

(a) New residential, commercial, or industrial development, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall be located within, contiguous with, or in close proximity to, existing developed areas able to accommodate it or, where such areas are not able to accommodate it, in other areas with adequate public services and where it will not have significant adverse effects, either individually or cumulatively, on coastal resources. In addition, land divisions, other than leases for agricultural uses, outside existing developed areas shall be permitted only where 50 percent of the usable parcels in the area have been developed and the created parcels would be no smaller than the average size of surrounding parcels.

(b) Where feasible, new hazardous industrial development shall be located away from existing developed areas.

(c) Visitor-serving facilities that cannot feasibly be located in existing developed areas shall be located in existing isolated developments or at selected points of attraction for visitors.
Cal. PUC § 1011 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 1011
Section 1011
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article are enacted under the State’s reserved power over public utilities or corporations, or both, as the case may be, for the purpose of acting on the right of the grantee of a public utility franchise granted by a city, county, or city and county, to exercise rights thereunder, and not for the purpose of acting on the right of any city or city and county to grant any such franchise. The Legislature hereby declares that the provisions of this article shall remain in full force and effect concurrently with the right of any city or city and county to grant franchises for public utilities upon the terms and conditions and in the manner prescribed by law.
Cal. HSC § 120580 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 120580
Section 120580
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person employed by a public health department may perform venipuncture or skin puncture for the purpose of withdrawing blood for test purposes, upon specific authorization from a licensed physician and surgeon, even though he or she is not otherwise licensed to withdraw blood; provided that the person meets all of the following requirements:

(1)  He or she works under the direction of a licensed physician and surgeon.

(2)  He or she has been trained by a licensed physician and surgeon or by a licensed clinical laboratory scientist or bioanalyst in the proper procedures to be employed when withdrawing blood, in accordance with training requirements established by the department, and has a statement signed by the instructing physician and surgeon that the training has been successfully completed.

(b)  Any person employed by a public health department to perform venipuncture or skin puncture shall hold a valid and current certification after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 1246 of the Business and Professions Code.
Cal. PRC § 5099.3 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.9 / Article 2 / Section 5099.3
Section 5099.3
Status: in_force

The director shall apply to the Department of the Interior of the United States for participation in or the receipt of aid under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. He shall enter into contracts and agreements with the Department of the Interior of the United States, keep financial and other records relating thereto, and furnish to appropriate officials thereof such reports and information as may be reasonably necessary to enable such officials to perform their duties under the act. In connection with obtaining the benefits of the act, the director shall coordinate his activities with, and represent the interests of, all state and local governmental agencies and subdivisions of the state having interests in the planning, development, and maintenance of outdoor recreation resources and facilities. In so doing, the director shall give equal consideration to urban and rural areas in disbursing the fund.
Cal. FGC § 1504 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 1504
Section 1504
Status: in_force

(a) When income is derived directly from real property acquired and operated by the state as a wildlife management area, and regardless of whether income is derived from property acquired after October 1, 1949, the department may pay annually to the county in which the property is located an amount equal to the county taxes levied upon the property at the time title to the property was transferred to the state. The department may also pay the assessments levied upon the property by any irrigation, drainage, or reclamation district.

(b) Any delinquent penalties or interest applicable to any of those assessments made before September 9, 1953, are hereby canceled and shall be waived.

(c) Payments provided by this section shall only be made from funds that are appropriated to the department for the purposes of this section.

(d) As used in this section, the term “wildlife management area” includes waterfowl management areas, deer ranges, upland game bird management areas, and public shooting grounds.

(e) Any payment made under this section shall be made on or before December 10 of each year, with the exception of newly acquired property for which payments shall be made pursuant to subdivision (f).

(f) Any payments made for the purposes of this section shall be made within one year of the date title to the property was transferred to the state, or within 90 days from the date of designation as a wildlife management area, whichever occurs first, prorated for the balance of the year from the date of designation as a wildlife management area to the 30th day of June following the date of designation as a wildlife management area, and, thereafter, payments shall be made on or before December 10 of each year.

(g) Notwithstanding any other law, payments provided under this section shall not be allocated to a school district, a community college district, or a county superintendent of schools.
Cal. CIV § 4270 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 4270
Section 4270
Status: in_force

(a) A declaration may be amended pursuant to the declaration or this act. Except where an alternative process for approving, certifying, or recording an amendment is provided in Section 4225, 4230, 4235, or 4275, an amendment is effective after all of the following requirements have been met:

(1) The amendment has been approved by the percentage of members required by the declaration and any other person whose approval is required by the declaration.

(2) That fact has been certified in a writing executed and acknowledged by the officer designated in the declaration or by the association for that purpose, or if no one is designated, by the president of the association.

(3) The amendment has been recorded in each county in which a portion of the common interest development is located.

(b) If the declaration does not specify the percentage of members who must approve an amendment of the declaration, an amendment may be approved by a majority of all members, pursuant to Section 4065.
Cal. WIC § 5701.4 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 5701.4
Section 5701.4
Status: in_force

Costs that were reimbursed, prior to July 1, 1991, from the local assistance appropriation contained in Item 4440-101-001 of the annual Budget Act, shall be reimbursed from funds received by counties pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. CIV § 4926 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 4926
Section 4926
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law or the association’s governing documents, a board meeting or meeting of the members may be conducted entirely by teleconference, without any physical location being held open for the attendance of any director or member, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The notice for each meeting conducted under this section includes, in addition to other required content for meeting notices, all of the following:

(A) Clear technical instructions on how to participate by teleconference.

(B) The telephone number and electronic mail address of a person who can provide technical assistance with the teleconference process, both before and during the meeting.

(C) A reminder that a member may request individual delivery of meeting notices, with instructions on how to do so.

(2) Every director and member has the same ability to participate in the meeting that would exist if the meeting were held in person.

(3) Any vote of the directors shall be conducted by a roll call vote.

(4) Any person who is entitled to participate in the meeting shall be given the option of participating by telephone.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a meeting at which ballots are counted and tabulated pursuant to Section 5120.
Cal. FAC § 76089 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 14 / Article 4 / Section 76089
Section 76089
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all its dealings, which shall be subject to an annual audit by an auditing firm selected by the commission with the concurrence of the director.

(b)  A summary of the audit shall be made a part of an annual report to all producers of cherries, copies of which shall also be submitted to the Legislature and the department. In addition, the director may, as determined necessary, conduct or cause to be conducted a fiscal and compliance audit of the commission.
Cal. INS § 680 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 680
Section 680
Status: in_force

An insurer shall not transact any class of insurance which is not authorized by its charter.
Cal. RTC § 40074 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 19 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 40074
Section 40074
Status: in_force

If any part of the deficiency for which a deficiency determination is made is due to negligence or intentional disregard of this part or authorized rules and regulations, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the determination shall be added thereto.
Cal. HSC § 7150.20 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 7150.20
Section 7150.20
Status: in_force

(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift through any of the following:

(1) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver’s license or identification card and included on a donor database registry.

(2) Directly through the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Internet Web site.

(3) In a will.

(4) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication that clearly expresses the donor’s wish, addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness. The witnesses shall memorialize this communication in a writing and sign and date the writing.

(5) As provided in subdivision (b).

(b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 7150.15 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol, indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift, be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and shall comply with all of the following:

(1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person.

(2) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (1).

(c) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver’s license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.

(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor’s death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor’s death does not invalidate the gift.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 7150.65, a document of gift may designate a particular physician to carry out the recovery procedures. In the absence of this designation, or if the designee is not reasonably available or is deemed by the organ procurement organization not to be qualified to perform the required procedure, the organ procurement organization may authorize another physician or technician to carry out the recovery.
Cal. LAB § 1900 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 1900
Section 1900
Status: in_force

Every employee of a city whose hours of labor exceed 120 in a week is entitled to be off duty at least three hours during every twenty-four hours for the purpose of procuring meals. No deduction of salary shall be made by reason thereof.
Cal. WAT § 35520.15 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 5 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 35520.15
Section 35520.15
Status: in_force

When the secretary files the certificate as provided in Section 35520.11 or, if objections are raised, when the board approves the assessment as finally fixed as provided in Section 35520.14, the board shall call a special district election at which there shall be submitted to the electors of the district the question of whether the board shall be authorized to issue bonds secured by the benefit assessment roll. The election shall be held and conducted in the manner set forth in Section 35520.16. To the right of or below each bond proposition on the ballot, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets.
Cal. BPC § 809.05 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 809.05
Section 809.05
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that peer review be performed by licentiates. This policy is subject to the following limitations:

(a) The governing bodies of acute care hospitals have a legitimate function in the peer review process. In all peer review matters, the governing body shall give great weight to the actions of peer review bodies and, in no event, shall act in an arbitrary or capricious manner.

(b) In those instances in which the peer review body’s failure to investigate, or initiate disciplinary action, is contrary to the weight of the evidence, the governing body shall have the authority to direct the peer review body to initiate an investigation or a disciplinary action, but only after consultation with the peer review body. No such action shall be taken in an unreasonable manner.

(c) In the event the peer review body fails to take action in response to a direction from the governing body, the governing body shall have the authority to take action against a licentiate. Such action shall only be taken after written notice to the peer review body and shall fully comply with the procedures and rules applicable to peer review proceedings established by Sections 809.1 to 809.6, inclusive.

(d) A governing body and the medical staff shall act exclusively in the interest of maintaining and enhancing quality patient care.

(e) It is not the intent or purpose of this section to prohibit or discourage public members on state licensing boards and medical quality review committees from participating in disciplinary actions as authorized by law.
Cal. FIN § 521 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 521
Section 521
Status: in_force

(a) A bank or credit union subject to the examination authority of the commissioner shall report annually, on or before March 1, to the commissioner on the amount of revenue earned from overdraft fees and nonsufficient funds fees collected in the most recently completed calendar year and the percentage of that revenue as a proportion of the net income of the bank or credit union.

(b) (1) The commissioner shall publish, pursuant to paragraph (2), in a report the data for each bank or credit union required by subdivision (a) and make the report available on the department’s internet website.

(2) (A) The commissioner shall publish the first report required by this subdivision on or before March 31, 2023, covering data from the 2022 calendar year.

(B) In a calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the commissioner shall publish the report required by this subdivision on or before March 31 covering data from the most recently completed calendar year.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) “Nonsufficient funds fees” means fees resulting from the initiation of a transaction that exceeds the customer’s account balance if the customer’s bank or credit union declines to make the payment.

(2) “Overdraft fees” means fees resulting from the processing of a debit transaction that exceeds a customer’s account balance.
Cal. PUC § 106020 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 17 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 106020
Section 106020
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall be governed by a board of directors which shall be composed of one representative from each member jurisdiction. Each member of the board of directors shall have one vote. Each member jurisdiction shall appoint one regular member and one alternate member to the board of directors and shall notify the district in writing of its appointments or any change of representative.

(b) Membership of the district shall be limited to the County of Monterey and incorporated cities within the county and includes the county and each city that gives the district the right of first priority for use of any local, state, or federal funds allocated specifically for public transit systems and to which the city member might otherwise be entitled to claim as, but not limited to, local transportation funds pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11. The county shall give the district the right of first priority of use of any local, state, or federal funds allocated specifically for public transit to which the county might otherwise be entitled to claim as, but not limited to, local transportation funds pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 according to a ratio of unincorporated population within three-quarters of a mile of the district transit routes to the total unincorporated population of the county.

(c) Each member shall serve solely at the pleasure of the appointing member jurisdiction. Members shall be either elected officials or officers or employees of the appointing member jurisdiction.

(d) If any portion of the unincorporated area of the county is annexed to a member city, that city shall assume the obligation of the county for that area. If any portion of the unincorporated area of the county becomes incorporated, that city shall assume the obligations of the county for that area.
Cal. RTC § 118 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 118
Section 118
Status: in_force

“Assessment year” means the period beginning with a lien date and ending immediately prior to the succeeding lien date for taxes levied by the same agency.
Cal. HSC § 50787 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 50787
Section 50787
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other uses of the fund and activities authorized by this chapter, the department may contract directly with nonprofit corporations that have significant experience working with mobilehome park residents, or acquiring, rehabilitating, and preserving affordable housing, and have statewide or regional capacity to deliver technical assistance to mobilehome park residents or community-based nonprofit corporations in order to assist them in acquiring, financing, operating, and improving mobilehome parks occupied by low- and moderate-income households, including reasonable administrative costs for the grant recipient or recipients. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, moneys in the fund may be used for grants to provide services for initial terms of no more than three years.

(b) No funds provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used for the purposes of taking a mobilehome park by the state, county, or city by eminent domain pursuant to Section 19 of Article I of the California Constitution.

(c) The department may contract directly with one or more nonprofit lenders to administer loans or grants authorized by this chapter.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract entered into pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be for local assistance.
Cal. HNC § 7013 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 7013
Section 7013
Status: in_force

Within 10 days from the filing thereof the county registrar of voters, or if there be none, the county clerk, shall examine the petition and report in writing to the board of supervisors as to the sufficiency thereof. If the report shows the petition to be insufficient a supplemental petition may be filed within one month from the date of the report.
Cal. HSC § 51204 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 51204
Section 51204
Status: in_force

The agency may prescribe regulations specifying the categories of cost which shall be allowable in the construction or rehabilitation of a housing development. The agency may require any housing sponsor to certify the development costs upon completion of the housing development. Such certification of development costs shall be subject to audit and verification by the agency.
Cal. WAT § 55527 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 55527
Section 55527
Status: in_force

In case any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, the signature or countersignature shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.