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Cal. INS § 10089.3 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8.5 / Section 10089.3
Section 10089.3
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall adopt regulations setting forth standards governing the training of insurance adjusters in evaluating damage caused by earthquakes. For purposes of this section, the California Earthquake Authority shall make available to the Department of Insurance the standards used by the authority in order for the department to develop regulations that are consistent with the authority’s standards. On or before December 31, 2004, insurers shall train and accredit adjusters in accordance with these standards. Thereafter, an insurer using one or more adjusters who are not trained and accredited in accordance with those standards shall submit the names of those adjusters to the department, along with the claim number of the claim adjusted by that adjuster. An adjuster trained and accredited by one insurer pursuant to this section shall not be required to receive training and accreditation again in order to adjust claims for a different insurer. An insurer using an adjuster who has been trained and accredited by another insurer pursuant to this section shall not be required to submit the name of that adjuster to the department.

(b) For purposes of this section, “insurance adjuster” shall include the following persons:

(1) Persons licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) of Division 5.

(2) Employees of persons licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) of Division 5 who perform insurance adjusting activities as defined in Section 14021.

(3) Employees of an insurer who perform insurance adjusting activities as defined in Section 14021.
Cal. ELEC § 14054 — California Code / Code elec / Division 14 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 14054
Section 14054
Status: in_force

In an action to enforce subdivision (a) of Section 14052, the court shall allow the prevailing plaintiff other than the state or political subdivision of the state, a reasonable attorney’s fee consistent with the standards established in Serrano v. Priest (1977) 20 Cal.3d 25, 48-49, and litigation expenses including, but not limited to, expert witness fees and expenses as part of the costs. A prevailing defendant shall not recover any costs, unless the court finds the action to be frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation.
Cal. HSC § 78575 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 78575
Section 78575
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the progress of the cleanup of the San Gabriel Valley groundwater sites in the County of Los Angeles, and on the progress of enforcement actions relating to those sites, in the biennial report specified in Section 25178. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) State expenditures and planned expenditures.

(2) Actions accomplished at the sites.

(3) Actions planned, including a time schedule for the accomplishment of planned actions.

(b) The report may be prepared in cooperation with other state and federal agencies involved with the sites, and shall include a summary of the activities of those additional agencies.
Cal. WAT § 34022 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 34022
Section 34022
Status: in_force

“Assessor” means the assessor of the district.
Cal. INS § 10235.51 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 4 / Section 10235.51
Section 10235.51
Status: in_force

(a) Every policy or certificate shall include a provision that gives the insured the option to elect, no less frequently than on each anniversary date after the policy or certificate is issued, to pay an extra premium for one or more riders that increase coverage in any of the following ways:

(1) Increase the amount of the per diem benefits.

(2) Increase the lifetime maximum benefit.

(3) Increase the amount of both the nursing facility per diem benefit and the home- and community-based care benefits of a comprehensive long-term care insurance policy or certificate.

(b) The premiums for the riders to increase coverage may be based on the attained age of the insured. The premium for the original policy or certificate will not be changed and will continue to be based on the insured’s age when the original policy or certificate was issued.

(c) The insurer may require the insured to undergo new underwriting, in addition to the payment of an additional premium, to qualify for the additional coverage. The insurer may restrict the age for issuance of additional coverage and restrict the aggregate amount of additional coverage an insured may acquire to the maximum age and coverage the insurer allows when issuing a new policy or certificate.
Cal. RTC § 256.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 256.5
Section 256.5
Status: in_force

The affidavit for the cemetery exemption shall show that:

(a) The property is used or held exclusively for the burial or other permanent deposit of the human dead or for the care, maintenance or upkeep of such property or such dead, and

(b) The property is not used or held for profit.
Cal. WAT § 8936 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 8936
Section 8936
Status: in_force

The Controller shall request the State Treasurer to transfer and the Treasurer shall immediately transfer, any and all moneys deposited in the Bond Fund or Bond Interest Fund of the assessment from the fund or funds into the Construction Fund of the assessment to be used for the retirement of warrants pursuant to the provisions of this part.
Cal. FAC § 67030 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 67030
Section 67030
Status: in_force

“Handle” means to engage in the business of a handler.
Cal. FAC § 56276 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 56276
Section 56276
Status: in_force

If there is any dispute or disagreement between a consignor and a commission merchant which arises at the time of delivery as to condition, quality, grade, pack, quantity, or weight of any lot, shipment, or consignment of any farm product, the department shall furnish, upon the payment of a reasonable fee for it by the requesting party, a certificate which establishes the condition, quality, grade, pack, quantity, or weight of such lot, shipment, or consignment.
Cal. FAC § 76059 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 76059
Section 76059
Status: in_force

(a) Any producer member, grower-handler member, or the member’s alternate on the commission shall be an individual or an employee representing a producer who has a financial interest in producing, or causing to be produced, cherries for market or processing. The qualifications of a producer member, grower-handler member, and an alternate producer or grower-handler member shall be maintained during the entire term of office.

(b) Any shipper member or his or her alternate shall be an individual or an employee representing a shipper who has a financial interest in handling cherries for market or processing. The qualifications of a shipper member and an alternate shipper member shall be maintained during the entire term of office.

(c) Not more than one producer member, grower-handler member, or shipper member shall be a person employed by, or connected in a proprietary capacity with, the same corporation, firm, partnership, association, or business organization.
Cal. WAT § 81635 — California Code / Code wat / Division 31.7 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 81635
Section 81635
Status: in_force

The board shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings. All meetings of the board shall be called and held in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
Cal. FGC § 8405 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 9.1 / Section 8405
Section 8405
Status: in_force

(a) Sea cucumbers shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed by a person for commercial purposes except under a valid sea cucumber permit issued to that person, which has not been suspended or revoked.

(b) When taking sea cucumbers by diving, every diver shall have a sea cucumber diving permit issued to that person, which has not been suspended or revoked. When taken by means other than diving, at least one person aboard the boat shall have a valid sea cucumber trawl permit issued to that person, which has not been suspended or revoked.
Cal. WAT § 36447.12 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 4.95 / Section 36447.12
Section 36447.12
Status: in_force

In lieu of refunding outstanding bonds by defeasing or calling for redemption, the board may also refund under Article 6 (commencing with Section 36060) of Chapter 2 by purchasing the bonds to be refunded with proceeds of the refunding bonds or by acquiring the bonds to be refunded and exchanging them for the refunding bonds, in either case in a negotiated transaction with the bondholder or through an intermediary agent of the district.
Cal. HSC § 50472 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 50472
Section 50472
Status: in_force

The department shall allocate the funds described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50470 as follows:

(a) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Bridges at Kraemer Place emergency shelter, located in Orange County.

(b) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the County of Merced, in furtherance of Phase 1 to create a homeless navigation center. These efforts may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Capital and construction costs.

(2) Contracting costs associated with hiring outside consultants to provide technical assistance for development of the homeless navigation center.

(3) Operating subsidies for current homelessness intervention efforts located in the county, coordinated by the county, and provided by a nonprofit organization, community-based housing, or homeless service provider in partnership with the county or by county employees.

(c) Of the funds remaining after making the allocations described in subdivisions (a) and (b), 50 percent of those funds shall be available for purposes of Chapter 2.8 (commencing with Section 50490), and 50 percent shall be available for the Housing for a Healthy California Program (Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590)).
Cal. FAC § 69023 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 69023
Section 69023
Status: in_force

“Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale of pistachios.
Cal. RTC § 256.6 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 256.6
Section 256.6
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Prior to the lien date, the assessor shall annually mail a notice to every person or entity that received, in the immediately preceding fiscal year, the exemption provided by Section 204.

(2) The board shall prescribe the form for the annual notice described in paragraph (1), which form shall specify the following:

(A) The circumstances under which the property may be disqualified from exemption.

(B) That the person or entity has a duty to inform the assessor if the property no longer qualifies for the exemption.

(b) At the same time the notice described in subdivision (a) is mailed, the assessor shall include with that notice a card that may be returned to the assessor by the person or entity receiving the notice, which card shall be in the following form:

To all persons and entities that have received a nonprofit cemetery exemption for the ____ fiscal year.

QUESTION: Will the property to which the exemption applied in the ____ fiscal year continue to be used or held exclusively for the burial or other permanent deposit of the human dead or for the care, maintenance, or upkeep of that property or those dead in the ____ fiscal year?

___ yes  ___ no

Signature: ____________ Title: __________

Failure to return this card does not constitute a waiver of this exemption as specified by the California Constitution, but may result in an onsite inspection by the assessor to verify any exempt activity.
Cal. MVC § 1177.5 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 6 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1177.5
Section 1177.5
Status: in_force

The notice required in Section 1176 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the matter of the formation of a memorial district. The notice shall describe the territory or shall specify the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be organized into a district.
Cal. FAC § 77721 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 19 / Article 2 / Section 77721
Section 77721
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 17990 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 1.5 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 17990
Section 17990
Status: in_force

The time to file a written pleading in response to a summons in an action brought pursuant to this article is 10 days.
Cal. HSC § 79590 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 79590
Section 79590
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The department may issue a complaint to any person subject to a penalty pursuant to Sections 78680 and 79550.

(2) The complaint shall allege the acts or failures to act that constitute a basis for liability and the amount of the proposed penalty.

(3) The complaint shall be served by personal service or certified mail and shall inform the party so served of the right to a hearing.

(b) (1) Any person served with a complaint pursuant to this section may, within 45 days after service of the complaint, request a hearing by filing a notice of defense with the department. A notice of defense is deemed to be filed within a 45-day period if it is postmarked within the 45-day period.

(2) If no notice of defense is filed within 45 days after service of the complaint, the department shall issue an order setting liability in the amount proposed in the complaint, unless the department and the party have entered into a settlement agreement, in which case the department shall issue an order setting liability in the amount specified in the settlement agreement.

(3) Where the party has not filed a notice of defense or where the department and the party have entered into a settlement agreement, the order shall not be subject to review by any court or agency.
Cal. FAC § 3957 — California Code / Code fac / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 3957
Section 3957
Status: in_force

If two or more counties constitute a district, each county shall be represented on the board by at least two persons who are citizens and residents of such county.
Cal. HSC § 43150 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 43150
Section 43150
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that the people of this state, in order to achieve the purposes of this part, have a special interest in assuring that only those new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines which meet this state’s stringent emission standards and test procedures, and which have been certified pursuant to this chapter, are used or registered in this state. The Legislature also finds and declares that this special interest must be protected in a manner which will not unduly or unreasonably infringe upon the right of the people of this state and other states to travel and do business interstate.
Cal. HSC § 5473.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 5473.2
Section 5473.2
Status: in_force

At the time stated in the notice, the legislative body shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to said report referred to in said notice and may continue the hearing from time to time. If the legislative body finds that protest is made by the owners of a majority of separate parcels of property described in the report, then the report shall not be adopted and the charges shall be collected separately from the tax roll and shall not constitute a lien against any parcel or parcels of land.
Cal. FGC § 8103 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 8103
Section 8103
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(1) The accidental death of a limited entry permittee results in great hardships on the permittee’s family.

(2) Under the law as it existed immediately prior to January 1, 1987, if a member of the permittee’s family has not been actively working in the fishery, the limited entry permit could not be transferred to a member of the family, an action which deprives the family of the opportunity to continue to derive a livelihood from the fishery and which imposes greater hardships.

(3) When there is an accidental death of a limited entry permittee, a transition period is necessary to allow a family member to join the fishery and to become acclimated, knowledgeable, and experienced in the fishery.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 8102, the department shall transfer a permit for a limited entry fishery, upon application, to a parent, spouse, child, or sibling of a permittee whose death was the result of an accident which occurred after January 1, 1986.

(c) Application for the transfer of a permit pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be made on or before January 1, 1987, or not more than one year after the death of the permittee, whichever is later.

(d) The director may authorize another person, when requested by the new permittee, to serve in the place of the new permittee and to engage in fishing activities under the authority of the limited entry permit for not more than two years from the date of the permit transfer.

(e) “Accidental death” means death resulting directly and solely from any of the following:

(1) An accidental injury visible on the surface of the body or disclosed by an autopsy, sustained solely by external, violent, and accidental means.

(2) A disease or infection resulting directly from an accidental injury and beginning within 30 days after the date of the injury.

(3) An accidental drowning.
Cal. PRC § 44016 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 44016
Section 44016
Status: in_force

(a) The enforcement agency may, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 44300), suspend or revoke the permit of any solid waste facility designed to convert solid waste from offsite sources into energy or synthetic fuels if the facility utilizes recyclable materials for conversion to energy and if the local agency in whose jurisdiction the materials are collected requires, by ordinance, contract, or otherwise, that recyclable materials within the jurisdiction of that local agency be converted into energy at that facility. This subdivision does not otherwise restrict the ability of a solid waste facility to purchase, collect, transport, or process recyclable materials.

(b) As used in this section, “local agency” means any county, city, or district authorized to collect, dispose, or collect and dispose of solid waste, or any joint powers authority formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code which is authorized to construct and operate a facility for the conversion of solid waste into energy, synthetic fuel, or reusable materials.

(c) As used in this section, “recyclable materials” means discarded paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, ferrous metal, or aluminum which has been segregated from other solid waste materials for the purpose of reuse or recycling, except that recyclable materials do not include materials which a local agency, having jurisdiction over the locations where these materials exist, determines could be potentially harmful to the public health, or materials which create a public nuisance, as defined in Section 3480 of the Civil Code.
Cal. FIN § 12200 — California Code / Code fin / Division 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 12200
Section 12200
Status: in_force

No person shall engage in the business, for compensation, of selling checks, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose, or of receiving money as agent of an obligor for the purpose of paying bills, invoices, or accounts of such obligor, or acting as a prorater, nor shall any person, without direct compensation and not as an authorized agent for a utility company, accept money for the purpose of forwarding it to others in payment of utility bills, without first obtaining a license from the commissioner.
Cal. ELEC § 13316 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 4 / Section 13316
Section 13316
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a county, city, city and county, or district using voting machines may use reasonable facsimiles of the county voter information guides sent to the voters of the local jurisdiction as vote by mail ballots.
Cal. WIC § 18360.36 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 6.3 / Section 18360.36
Section 18360.36
Status: in_force

This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, or 24 months after the effective date specified in paragraph (9) of subdivision (h) of Section 11461, whichever is later, and, as of January 1 of the following year, is repealed.
Cal. PUC § 132370.8 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.7 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 132370.8
Section 132370.8
Status: in_force

The consolidated agency may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. MVC § 1650 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 1650
Section 1650
Status: in_force

Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation, or the State or any of its political subdivisions engaged in, or preparing to engage in, defense preparation, whose property, except where it fronts on water or where there are entrances for railway cars, vehicles, persons, or things, is enclosed, may post around its property at each gate, entrance, dock, or railway entrance and every 100 feet of water front a sign reading “no entry without permission.”
Cal. BPC § 7574.32 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.4 / Article 5 / Section 7574.32
Section 7574.32
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of Section 7574.10 is an infraction subject to the procedures described in Sections 19.6 and 19.7 of the Penal Code when either of the following applies:

(1) A complaint or a written notice to appear in court pursuant to Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code is filed in court charging the offense as an infraction unless the defendant, at the time he or she is arraigned, after being advised of his or her rights, elects to have the case proceed as a misdemeanor.

(2) The court, with the consent of the defendant and the prosecution, determines that the offense is an infraction in which event the case shall proceed as if the defendant has been arraigned on an infraction complaint.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a violation of Section 7574.10 if the defendant has had his or her registration previously revoked or suspended.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of Section 7574.10, which is an infraction, is punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). No portion of the minimum fine may be suspended by the court unless as a condition of that suspension the defendant is required to submit proof of a current valid registration pursuant to this chapter.