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Cal. HSC § 52503 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 6 / Chapter 1 / Section 52503
Section 52503
Status: in_force

The policy committee is comprised of five voting members, including a chairperson. The members shall be:

(a)  The State Treasurer, or his or her designee, who shall be the chairperson of the policy committee.

(b)  The chairperson of the board appointed pursuant to Section 50901.

(c)  The board member appointed by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50902.

(d)  Both of the board members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (h) and (i) of Section 50902.

If the chairperson of the board and the person appointed to serve under subdivision (c) is the same individual, then the fifth voting member of the policy committee shall be the board member appointed by the Governor to the board pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 50902.

If there is no person on the board appointed to serve under subdivision (c), the Governor shall appoint a person to the policy committee who would have qualified in that capacity and such appointee shall serve for a six-year term and shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.

The Director of Finance and the executive director of the agency shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the policy committee.
Cal. HSC § 118900 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 118900
Section 118900
Status: in_force

Within every restaurant in a publicly owned building serving food or alcoholic beverages in rooms whose occupied capacity is 50 or more persons there shall be designated and posted by signs of sufficient number and posted in locations as to be readily seen by persons within the area, a contiguous area of not less than 20 percent of the serving area where the smoking of tobacco is prohibited.

(a)  This section shall not apply to banquet rooms in use for private functions.

(b)  This section shall not apply to premises under lease as a restaurant for the time as the lessee of record on January 1, 1977, has a lease as the operator of the restaurant.

(c)  As used in this section, “restaurant” means any place designated as a restaurant by Section 28522.
Cal. FAM § 2081 — California Code / Code fam / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 2081
Section 2081
Status: in_force

The restoration of a former name or birth name requested under Section 2080 shall not be denied on the basis that the party has custody of a minor child who bears a different name, or for any other reason except fraud.
Cal. HSC § 40373 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 40373
Section 40373
Status: in_force

Taxes levied by a board of supervisors for the benefit of a regional district shall be a lien upon all property within such county, or that portion thereof, lying within the regional district and shall have the same force and effect as other liens for taxes. Their collection may be enforced in the same manner as liens for county taxes are enforced.
Cal. FAC § 6293.5 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 6293.5
Section 6293.5
Status: in_force

(a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition.

(b) The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, or more than 40 days, after the filing of the petition with the board of supervisors.

(c) The board of supervisors shall order the clerk of the board of supervisors to give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition.
Cal. MVC § 485.1 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Article 4 / Section 485.1
Section 485.1
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the California National Guard Members’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1978, a special account known as the National Guard Members’ Revenue Bond Revenue Account. All revenues shall be deposited in the National Guard Members’ Revenue Bond Revenue Account. All moneys deposited in the National Guard Members’ Revenue Bond Revenue Account shall be allocated and applied by the State Treasurer only as provided in the appropriate resolution of issuance of the department and separate and apart from all other moneys in the State Treasury. The moneys deposited in the National Guard Members’ Revenue Bond Revenue Account shall be segregated and applied as provided in the resolution of issuance. The resolution of issuance may provide for the creation of any other funds or accounts which will be deemed necessary or desirable for the payment of or further security of revenue bonds. The resolution of issuance establishing such fund or accounts may provide for the manner and method of disbursement of such funds or accounts, the amounts to be deposited therewith and withdrawn therefrom, the application of any surplus moneys in any such funds or accounts to the purchase or redemption of revenue bonds and for the investment of moneys in such funds or accounts in particular bonds or obligations which are then made eligible for such investments by the terms of such resolution.
Cal. BPC § 17755 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 17755
Section 17755
Status: in_force

“Trading stamp company” means any person engaged in any manner in distributing trading stamps for retail issuance by others or in redeeming trading stamps for retailers.
Cal. FAC § 77947 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 4 / Section 77947
Section 77947
Status: in_force

The commission may administer and enforce this chapter and perform all acts and exercise all powers incidental to, or in connection with, or deemed reasonably necessary for, the proper or advisable effectuation of this chapter.
Cal. PRC § 5784.7 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 5784.7
Section 5784.7
Status: in_force

(a) Within 45 days after their first election and after each general district election or unopposed election, or at the beginning of each new term for members of an appointed board, the board of directors shall meet and elect its officers.

(b) The officers of a board of directors are a chair and vice chair. A board of directors may create additional officers and elect members to those positions, provided that no member of a board of directors shall hold more than one office.

(c) The board of directors may appoint one of its members as secretary. The board of directors may also employ a clerk to perform the duties of the secretary. If the board of directors does not appoint a secretary, the clerk shall perform the duties of the secretary.

(d) In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the city treasurer shall act as the district treasurer and shall receive no compensation for the receipt and disbursement of money of the district. In all other cases, the county treasurer of the principal county shall act as the district treasurer and shall receive no compensation for the receipt and disbursement of money of the district.
Cal. HSC § 1797.218 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2.5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 1797.218
Section 1797.218
Status: in_force

Any local EMS agency may authorize an advanced life support or limited advanced life support program which provides services utilizing EMT-II or EMT-P, or both, for the delivery of emergency medical care to the sick and injured at the scene of an emergency, during transport to a general acute care hospital, during interfacility transfer, while in the emergency department of a general acute care hospital until care responsibility is assumed by the regular staff of that hospital, and during training within the facilities of a participating general acute care hospital.
Cal. PUC § 495.6 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 495.6
Section 495.6
Status: in_force

(a) Any city, county, or city and county that levies a utility user tax on the consumption of telephone services, including, but not limited to, the tax authorized by Section 7284.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall provide to the commission the rate of the tax, the manner in which the tax is collected, and the frequency with which the tax is collected.

(b) The commission shall establish the periodic frequency at which information required by subdivision (a) shall be submitted to the commission.

(c) The commission shall provide information received pursuant to subdivision (a) to any person or entity upon receiving a request for the information. The commission may charge a fee, at a level that shall not exceed the direct expenses of the commission in preparing and providing the information, to any person or entity that receives the information.

(d) The commission shall not be responsible for the accuracy of the information that it receives from a city, county, or city and county and provides pursuant to this section.
Cal. BPC § 100 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 100
Section 100
Status: in_force

(a) There is in the state government, in the Business and Consumer Services Agency, a Department of Consumer Affairs.

(b) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
Cal. HSC § 101880 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 101880
Section 101880
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that a corporation subject to this chapter shall continue to be private, notwithstanding this chapter, and in any event, shall not be subject to the provisions of the Government Code or the Education Code made applicable to any public agency, or any public or constitutional corporation, generally, or collectively. Nothing in this chapter grants any authority to any person, including any public agency or constitutional corporation, to establish a corporation to which this chapter applies.
Cal. WAT § 25504 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 25504
Section 25504
Status: in_force

The assessor shall prepare an assessment book with appropriate headings, in which shall be listed all of the land.
Cal. HSC § 13841 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 2.7 / Chapter 4 / Section 13841
Section 13841
Status: in_force

Except in the case where a county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the district board, each member of a district board and each member of a fire commission appointed pursuant to Section 13844 shall be a resident of the district. In addition, if the district board is elected, each member of the district board shall be a registered voter of the district. In the case of a district board which is elected by divisions, each director shall be a registered voter of the division from which he or she is elected.
Cal. MVC § 328 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 328
Section 328
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this section is to help defray the uniform and travel costs paid by volunteers in the State Guard and Naval Militia.

(b) On January 1, 2007, the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Military Department for the purposes of providing a combined uniform and travel allowance to each volunteer member of the State Guard or Naval Militia, on or before the last day of the month following the volunteer member’s completion of one year of satisfactory service in the State Guard or Naval Militia, and annually thereafter following the completion of any subsequent full year of satisfactory service.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “satisfactory service” shall consist of 100 percent constructive attendance at training assemblies or as otherwise defined by Military Department regulations.

(d) The amount of the allowance shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per year.
Cal. WIC § 18900.2 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 10 / Section 18900.2
Section 18900.2
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to Section 18900.1, the name of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Chapter 51 (commencing with Section 2011) Title 7 of the United States Code) as administered in California shall be CalFresh.

(b) Any reference in any other law to the Food Stamp program shall refer to CalFresh.
Cal. HSC § 1569.283 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.2 / Article 2.7 / Section 1569.283
Section 1569.283
Status: in_force

(a) A licensee shall not accept, retain, or store any deadly weapon, as defined in Section 1569.281, of a resident or licensee.

(b) A licensee shall not accept, retain, or store any of the following firearms owned or possessed by a resident or licensee:

(1) A firearm regulated pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 18710) of Division 5 of Title 2 of Part 6 of the Penal Code.

(2) A firearm regulated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 30500) of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code.

(3) A firearm regulated pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 32610) of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code.

(4) A firearm regulated pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 33300) of Chapter 8 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code.

(c) The licensee shall not accept, retain, or store a firearm required to be registered with the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 29180 of the Penal Code unless it verifies it is in fact registered with the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 29180 of the Penal Code.

(d) The licensee may accept, retain, or store a firearm that is otherwise required to be registered with the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 29180 of the Penal Code but which is exempt from the registration requirements because it was entered into the centralized registry set forth in Section 11106 of the Penal Code prior to July 1, 2018, as being owned by a specific individual or entity if that firearm has assigned to it a distinguishing number or mark of identification because the department accepted entry of that firearm into the centralized registry.

(e) Commencing July 1, 2021, unless it is an antique firearm, the licensee shall not accept, retain, or store a firearm unless the owner of the firearm provides to the licensee documentation that the person is listed with the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 11106 of the Penal Code as the registered owner of that firearm.
Cal. BPC § 25205 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 13 / Article 2 / Section 25205
Section 25205
Status: in_force

(a) Any container of beer or alcoholic beverage, other than sake, that is approved for labeling as a malt beverage under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.), that derives 0.5 percent or more of its alcoholic content by volume from flavors or other ingredients containing distilled alcohol and that is sold by a manufacturer or importer to a wholesaler or retailer within this state on or after July 1, 2009, shall bear a distinctive, conspicuous, and prominently displayed label, or firmly affixed sticker, containing the following information:

(1) The percentage alcohol content of the beverage by volume.

(2) The phrase “CONTAINS ALCOHOL” in bold capitalized letters at least three millimeters in height and that is distinguishable from the background and placed conspicuously in either horizontal or vertical lettering on the front of the brand label. A firmly affixed sticker need not be placed on the brand label provided it is placed on the front of the container.

(b) The department may require licensees to submit information as it determines to be necessary, and may adopt regulations as may be required, to implement and enforce this section. The regulations shall be for the limited purpose of ensuring compliance with this section and shall not place additional requirements on the label or sticker required by this section. Any information required to be provided by any licensee to the department pursuant to this section shall be considered confidential and corporate proprietary information. This information shall not be subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(c) It is the exclusive purpose of this section to identify and specially label products described in subdivision (a) and not to classify these specially labeled products. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the classification of any product in a manner that is inconsistent with the definitions of beer, wine, and distilled spirits set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 23000) of this division.
Cal. FAC § 15306 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 7.5 / Article 3 / Section 15306
Section 15306
Status: in_force

The director shall not determine a device to be beneficial or efficacious if any of the following exists:

(a) The ability of the device to control pests falls below the standard or quality that the device is represented to have, or the device is of little or no value for the purpose for which it is intended.

(b) Any component or subsystem that is necessary to the effectiveness of the device has been wholly or partially omitted in its manufacture, or other materials have been substituted for that component or subsystem.
Cal. INS § 11580.010 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 11580.010
Section 11580.010
Status: in_force

(a) Any automobile liability insurer that is responsible for coverage for ordinary, reasonable, and necessary medical transportation services provided to an insured, or on behalf of an insured, to a valid claimant is liable for those charges to the person performing those services. The insurer may discharge this obligation by making payment to the person performing the medical transportation services or to the insured or on behalf of the insured to the claimant.

(b) Any insured or claimant who has received payment, which includes charges for medical transportation services, from an insurer for a loss relating to a vehicle is liable for those charges to the person performing those services.
Cal. HSC § 25179 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 7 / Section 25179
Section 25179
Status: in_force

(a)  A city or county or an agency or entity established by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code may enter into a contract or contracts with a business entity for the purpose of planning, financing, constructing, and operating an offsite hazardous waste facility to transfer or treat hazardous waste.

(b)  The authority granted by this section to a city, county, agency, or entity is in addition to any other authority granted by law.

(c)  For purposes of this section, “business entity” means any private organization or enterprise operated for profit, including, but not limited to, a proprietorship, partnership, firm, business, trust, joint venture, syndicate, corporation, or association.
Cal. INS § 1371 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 1371
Section 1371
Status: in_force

If an exchange does either liability or workers’ compensation insurance, it shall at all times maintain assets in a sum sufficient to discharge all liabilities and to provide a surplus over all liabilities of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

An exchange subject to the provisions of this section is also subject to the provisions of Sections 1370.2, 1370.4, and 1370.8.
Cal. FAC § 24714 — California Code / Code fac / Division 12 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 24714
Section 24714
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a poultry plant where poultry is slaughtered, dressed, and sold upon the premises where it was produced for purposes other than resale, if the entire poultry meat output of the producer is so sold.
Cal. RTC § 24355.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 24355.5
Section 24355.5
Status: in_force

(a) Section 197 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(b) (1) Section 13261(g) of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66), relating to effective dates, shall apply, except as otherwise provided.

(2) (A) If a taxpayer has, at any time, made an election for federal purposes under Section 13261(g)(2) of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66), relating to election to have amendments apply to property acquired after July 25, 1991, or Section 13261(g)(3) of that act, relating to elective binding contract exception, a separate election for state purposes shall not be allowed under paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 23051.5 and the federal election shall be binding for purposes of this part.

(B) If a taxpayer has not made an election for federal purposes under Section 13261(g)(2) of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66), relating to election to have amendments apply to property acquired after July 25, 1991, or Section 13261(g)(3) of that act, relating to elective binding contract exception, with respect to property acquired before August 11, 1993, then the taxpayer shall not be allowed to make an election under Section 13261(g) of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66), for purposes of this part, with respect to that property.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, each of the following shall apply:

(1) No deduction shall be allowed under this section for any taxable year beginning prior to January 1, 1994.

(2) No inference is intended with respect to the allowance or denial of any deduction for amortization in any taxable year beginning before January 1, 1994.

(3) In the case of an intangible that was acquired in an taxable year beginning before January 1, 1994, the amount to be amortized shall not exceed the adjusted basis of that intangible as of the first day of the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, and that amount shall be amortized ratably over the period beginning with the first month of the first taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, and ending 15 years after the month in which the intangible was acquired.
Cal. SHC § 36610 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 36610
Section 36610
Status: in_force

“Improvement” means the acquisition, construction, installation, or maintenance of any tangible property with an estimated useful life of five years or more including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Parking facilities.

(b) Benches, booths, kiosks, display cases, pedestrian shelters and signs.

(c) Trash receptacles and public restrooms.

(d) Lighting and heating facilities.

(e) Decorations.

(f) Parks.

(g) Fountains.

(h) Planting areas.

(i) Closing, opening, widening, or narrowing of existing streets.

(j) Facilities or equipment, or both, to enhance security of persons and property within the district.

(k) Ramps, sidewalks, plazas, and pedestrian malls.

(l) Rehabilitation or removal of existing structures.
Cal. PRC § 42887 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 42887
Section 42887
Status: in_force

Except in the case of fraud, intent to evade this chapter or rules and regulations adopted to implement this chapter, or failure to file a return, the notice of a deficiency determination shall be mailed within three years after the amount that is proposed to be determined was due or within three years after the return is filed, whichever period expires later. In the case of failure to file a return, the notice of determination shall be mailed within eight years after the amount that is proposed to be determined was due.