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Cal. WAT § 537 — California Code / Code wat / Division 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 537
Section 537
Status: in_force

(a) The structures in all of the following categories shall be exempt from this article:

(1) Low-income housing. For purposes of this paragraph, “low-income housing” means a residential building financed with low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, or local, state, or federal loans or grants, for which the rents of the occupants in lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, do not exceed rents prescribed by deed restrictions or regulatory agreements pursuant to the terms of the financing or financial assistance, and for which not less than 90 percent of the dwelling units within the building are designated for occupancy by lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) Housing at a place of education, as defined in Section 202 of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations).

(3) Long-term health care facilities, as defined in Section 1418 of the Health and Safety Code.

(4) Time-share property, as defined in subdivision (aa) of Section 11212 of the Business and Professions Code.

(5) Residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined in Section 1569.2 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) A submeter used to measure water supplied to an individual residential unit that is required pursuant to this chapter shall be of a type approved pursuant to Section 12500.5 of the Business and Professions Code, and shall be installed and operated in compliance with regulations established pursuant to Section 12107 of the Business and Professions Code.
Cal. WAT § 72142 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 9 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 72142
Section 72142
Status: in_force

On or before 60 days after the effective date of this chapter, and on or before the third Wednesday in April of each year after 1975, the board shall adopt a budget and by resolution levy such two-dollar ($2)-per-acre-foot assessment, unless the board determines that the purposes of this chapter can be accomplished with a lesser assessment, in which case the board may, by resolution, levy such lesser assessment. Such assessment shall be applicable to all production within the Chino Basin during the fiscal year in which such assessment is levied.
Cal. BPC § 7651.10 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 12 / Article 3.5 / Section 7651.10
Section 7651.10
Status: in_force

A cemetery license does not give authority to do any act specified in this act to any person other than the person to whom the license is issued.
Cal. PUC § 16468 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 16468
Section 16468
Status: in_force

Charges fixed by the board for commodities or services furnished may be made payable in advance.
Cal. FIN § 31305 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 31305
Section 31305
Status: in_force

Each licensee shall maintain at each of its offices personnel who are competent to conduct the business of such office.
Cal. WAT § 55333.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 55333.5
Section 55333.5
Status: in_force

A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
Cal. RTC § 50103 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 26 / Chapter 1 / Section 50103
Section 50103
Status: in_force

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
Cal. PROB § 10380 — California Code / Code prob / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 18 / Article 9 / Section 10380
Section 10380
Status: in_force

The personal representative is liable to an interested person for damages suffered by the interested person by reason of the neglect or misconduct of the personal representative in the proceedings in relation to a sale.
Cal. RTC § 7363 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 7363
Section 7363
Status: in_force

The tax specified in Section 7360 is also imposed on all of the following:

(a) The removal of motor vehicle fuel in this state from any refinery if either of the following applies:

(1) The removal is by bulk transfer and the refiner or the owner of the motor vehicle fuel immediately before the removal is not a licensed supplier.

(2) The removal is at the refinery rack.

(b) The entry of motor vehicle fuel into this state for sale, consumption, use, or warehousing if either of the following applies:

(1) The entry is by bulk transfer and the enterer is not a licensed supplier.

(2) The entry is not by bulk transfer.

(c) The removal or sale of motor vehicle fuel in this state to an unlicensed person unless there was a prior taxable removal, entry, or sale of the motor vehicle fuel.

(d) The removal or sale of blended motor vehicle fuel in this state by the blender thereof. The number of gallons of blended motor vehicle fuel subject to tax is the difference between the total number of gallons of blended motor vehicle fuel removed or sold and the number of gallons of previously taxed motor vehicle fuel used to produce the blended motor vehicle fuel.
Cal. FAC § 33087 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 33087
Section 33087
Status: in_force

A member of the advisory committee shall not receive a salary. The director may authorize the reimbursement for any actual expenses incurred while engaged in performing the duties authorized by this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 96129 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 96129
Section 96129
Status: in_force

At the time fixed for any hearing before the board any board of supervisors or city council eligible to file a request for hearing, not a party to the original request for hearing, may intervene and shall be entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence.
Cal. PUC § 125101 — California Code / Code puc / Division 11.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 125101
Section 125101
Status: in_force

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.
Cal. PRC § 25117 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 25117
Section 25117
Status: in_force

“Plan” means the Emergency Load Curtailment and Energy Distribution Plan.
Cal. RTC § 55303 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 30 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 55303
Section 55303
Status: in_force

The board may employ accountants, auditors, investigators, and other expert and clerical assistance necessary to enforce its powers and perform its duties under this part.
Cal. PRC § 6905 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 5.5 / Section 6905
Section 6905
Status: in_force

Permits and leases may be issued pursuant to this article only to those who qualify for permits and leases under Section 6801.
Cal. INS § 779.12a — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.9 / Section 779.12a
Section 779.12a
Status: in_force

If a group policy of credit life insurance or credit disability insurance (1) has been delivered in this State before September 18, 1959, or (2) has been or is delivered in another state before or after such date, the insurer shall be required to file only the group certificate and notice of proposed insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this State as specified in Sections 779.6 and 779.7 of this article, and such forms shall be approved by the commissioner if, (a) they conform with the requirements specified in said Sections 779.6 and 779.7; (b) they are accompanied by a certification in a form satisfactory to the commissioner that the substance of such forms are in substantial conformity with the master policy; and (c) the schedules of premium rates applicable to the insurance evidenced by any such certificate or notice are not in excess of the insurer’s schedules of premium rates filed with the commissioner; provided, however, the premium rate in effect on existing group policies may be continued until the first policy anniversary date following October 1, 1963.
Cal. BPC § 6149.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 8.5 / Section 6149.5
Section 6149.5
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the payment of one hundred dollars ($100) or more in settlement of any third-party liability claim the insurer shall provide written notice to the claimant if both of the following apply:

(1) The claimant is a natural person.

(2) The payment is delivered to the claimant’s lawyer or other representative by draft, check, or otherwise.

(b) For purposes of this section, “written notice” includes providing to the claimant a copy of the cover letter sent to the claimant’s attorney or other representative that accompanied the settlement payment.

(c) This section shall not create any cause of action for any person against the insurer based upon the insurer’s failure to provide the notice to a claimant required by this section. This section shall not create a defense for any party to any cause of action based upon the insurer’s failure to provide this notice.
Cal. WIC § 15893 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3.3 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 15893
Section 15893
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby continued in existence in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund that is, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes specified in Section 15894, Section 10127.16 of the Insurance Code, and Section 1373.622 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) Funds may be deposited in the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund from one or more of the following accounts in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund:

(1) The Hospital Services Account.

(2) The Physician Services Account.

(3) The Unallocated Account.

(c) Effective July 1, 2017, the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund in the State Treasury is abolished and all moneys in the fund shall be transferred to the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund created pursuant to subdivision (d). Any remaining balance, assets, liabilities, and encumbrances of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund as of July 1, 2017, shall be transferred to, and become part of, the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund.

(d) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund that is, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of funding the nonfederal share of health care services for children, adults, seniors, persons with disabilities, and dual-eligible beneficiaries in the Medi-Cal program.

(e) Any law that refers to the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund, including, but not limited to, a reference in this chapter to the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund or the “fund,” shall be construed to refer to the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund, effective July 1, 2017.

(f) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the funds in the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 8015 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 8015
Section 8015
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receiving a written request for repatriation of an item on the inventory, the commission shall forward a copy of the request to the agency or museum in possession of the item, if the criteria specified in subdivision (a) of Section 8016 have been met. At this time, the commission shall also publish the request for repatriation on its internet website.

(b) This section does not prohibit a requesting lineal descendent or California Indian tribe, an agency, or a museum from coordinating directly with each other on repatriation. The commission shall receive, for their records, copies of all repatriation agreements and shall have the power to enforce these agreements.
Cal. PUC § 404 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 404
Section 404
Status: in_force

(a) All fees paid pursuant to this chapter, exclusive of any penalties for delinquency, shall be allowed by the commission in a separate order as an ordinary operating expense for purposes of establishing rates or charges. The commission shall authorize each person or corporation subject to Section 421 or 431 to annually adjust its rates or charges for intrastate services so as to collect from its customers and subscribers an amount sufficient to pay the amount of the fee required by Section 421 or 431 together with the costs of collecting the fee from each customer or subscriber.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules to determine the appropriate level of fees for carriers that provide transportation services incidental to commercial balloon operations, commercial river rafting, or skiing.

(c) Each person or corporation subject to Section 421 or 431 may identify separately, on the bill of each customer or subscriber, the amount to be paid by each customer or subscriber for purposes of funding the commission pursuant to this chapter.

(d) Persons or corporations subject to Section 421 or 431 shall pay the fee in accordance with Section 423 or 433 after collection from their customers or subscribers.
Cal. FGC § 5989 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 5989
Section 5989
Status: in_force

After acceptance, should the screen fail to function in an efficient manner, no changes in conditions affecting its operation having occurred subsequent to the acceptance of the screen, the owner shall not be required to install a new screen. However, the department may install another screen at the sole cost and expense of the department of a type, size, mesh, and at a location agreed upon by the department and the owner, or approved by the Department of Water Resources, as provided in Section 5992 of this code.
Cal. EVID § 634 — California Code / Code evid / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 634
Section 634
Status: in_force

A person in possession of an order on himself for the payment of money, or delivery of a thing, is presumed to have paid the money or delivered the thing accordingly.
Cal. BPC § 4046 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 4046
Section 4046
Status: in_force

“Surplus medication collection and distribution intermediary” means a firm, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, state governmental agency, or political subdivision that performs the functions specified in Section 4169.5 for the purpose of a program established pursuant to Division 116 (commencing with Section 150200) of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. PRC § 4129.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 4129.1
Section 4129.1
Status: in_force

When the incorporation of a city removes land from a state responsibility area and the county continues to provide residential fire service for the newly incorporated city and remains under contract to provide fire service for the state responsibility area, the county shall, during the three years subsequent to incorporation, contract with the city to continue to provide fire service to the area removed from the state responsibility area under the same terms and conditions as under the state contract. The county may bill the newly incorporated city for actual revenue lost under the state contract because of removal of land from the state responsibility area during that period, but may not, during the three-year period, require the city to pay an amount greater than that apportioned for the affected area under the state contract.

If the budget of the department is revised to reflect the removal of the affected lands from a state responsibility area and payments to the county are accordingly reduced, the county may bill the newly incorporated city for the allocable decrease, or if the amount cannot be readily ascertained, the county may, after the effective date of the new budget, charge the city an amount equal to the total payment to the county divided by the total acres of the state responsibility area times the removed acres which are annexed to the city.

This section does not change any power, duty, or responsibility of the department. This section does not require the department to base its budget on per acre costs and does not impose any requirement that the department implement or design any formula or budget.

This section applies only in counties with a population greater than 8,000,000.
Cal. SHC § 30308 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 30308
Section 30308
Status: in_force

Money required to meet the costs of acquisition or construction and all expenses and costs incidental to the acquisition or construction of any particular toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities, or to meet the costs of operating, maintaining, and repairing them, shall be paid from the proper fund therefor upon demand of the department and after audit thereof as provided by law upon warrants drawn by the Controller.
Cal. HSC § 111922.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 111922.3
Section 111922.3
Status: in_force

[Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 576, Sec. 10.   (AB 45)   Effective October 6, 2021.   Superseded on January 1, 2028; see amendment by Stats. 2025, Ch. 248.]
(a) A hemp manufacturer who produces raw extract that will only be used for dietary supplements, foods, beverages, and cosmetics, or a hemp manufacturer who produces industrial hemp products shall comply with this chapter and, to the extent applicable, this part.

(b) A hemp manufacturer who produces processed pet food products shall comply with this chapter and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 113025) of Part 6 and shall follow good manufacturing practices pursuant to those provisions.

[Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 248, Sec. 37.   (AB 8)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Operative January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 111921.8.]
(a) A hemp manufacturer who produces industrial hemp products shall comply with this chapter and, to the extent applicable, this part.

(b) A hemp manufacturer who produces processed pet food products shall comply with this chapter and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 113025) of Part 6 and shall follow good manufacturing practices pursuant to those provisions.
Cal. WAT § 13433 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 2.5 / Section 13433
Section 13433
Status: in_force

The state board shall, by regulation, prescribe rules and procedures for all of the following:

(a) To pay money from the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund to an insured local agency or bondholder in the event that the amount in the local agency’s bond reserve fund falls below a minimum amount, or in the event of failure by the local agency to pay the principal of, or interest on, an insured bond issue on time, as the state board may require.

(b) To require, by court action if necessary, a local agency to raise sewer service charges, levy additional assessments, collect charges or assessments, or foreclose or otherwise sell property as needed to prevent a reduction in the local agency’s bond reserve fund, or to prevent default, or to collect funds to repay to the fund any payments made pursuant to subdivision (a).
Cal. PCC § 12501.5 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 12501.5
Section 12501.5
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor shall designate the Secretary of State and Consumer Services as the state’s representative for purposes of communicating and negotiating with representatives of the United States Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, federally funded DOE and NASA research and development centers in California, and NASA field centers in California regarding any issue that may affect a contractual relationship between the state and these federal entities. The Secretary of State and Consumer Services may delegate this responsibility to the Director of the Department of General Services if the secretary views such delegation as necessary to advance the successful negotiation of contracts between the state and one or more of those federal entities.

(b) The Secretary of State and Consumer Services or his or her designee shall develop policies and procedures to encourage and enable the contracting process with federally funded DOE and NASA research and development centers and NASA field centers and shall develop model contract language that is available for use by any state agency or department in negotiating a contract with one of these centers. The Regents of the University of California shall not be considered a state agency for the purposes of this chapter, and specifically shall not be covered as prime contractor with the DOE for management of DOE laboratories.
Cal. HSC § 113973 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 113973
Section 113973
Status: in_force

(a) Single-use nonlatex gloves shall be worn when contacting food and food-contact surfaces if the employee has any cuts, sores, rashes, artificial nails, nail polish, rings, other than a plain ring, such as a wedding band, uncleanable orthopedic support devices, or fingernails that are not clean, smooth, or neatly trimmed.

(b) Whenever gloves are worn, they shall be changed, replaced, or washed as often as handwashing is required by this part. Single-use gloves shall not be washed.

(c) If used, single-use gloves shall be used for only one task, such as working with ready-to-eat food or with raw food of animal origin, used for no other purpose, and shall be discarded when damaged or soiled, or when interruptions in the food handling occur.

(d) Except as specified in subdivision (e), nonlatex, slash-resistant gloves that are used to protect the hands during operations requiring cutting shall be used only with food that is subsequently cooked as specified in Section 114004, such as frozen food or a primal cut of meat.

(e) Nonlatex, slash-resistant gloves may be used with ready-to-eat food that will not be subsequently cooked if the slash-resistant gloves have a smooth, durable, and nonabsorbent outer surface or if the slash-resistant gloves are covered with a smooth, durable, nonabsorbent glove, or a single-use glove.

(f) Cloth gloves may not be used in direct contact with food unless the food is subsequently cooked.

(g) The use of latex gloves is prohibited in food facilities and retail food establishments. Types of nonlatex gloves that may be used in a food facility or retail food establishment include, but are not limited to, nitrile, polyethylene, and vinyl.
Cal. FAC § 73158 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 4 / Section 73158
Section 73158
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint a committee or committees to deal specifically with budget and advertising issues.

Commission members who pay the full assessment are entitled to a proportionately greater membership, as determined by the commission, on the committee or committees, than members who receive a brand credit as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 73251).
Cal. HSC § 115980 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 115980
Section 115980
Status: in_force

No person shall own or conduct a resort unless it is equipped with at least one lifeboat.
Cal. HSC § 108810 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Section 108810
Section 108810
Status: in_force

The words “safe,” “safely,” “safety,” or words having the same meaning that would detract from the value of the cautionary statement shall not be used upon the labels of containers of dangerous drugs, poisons, and other highly toxic substances.