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Cal. BPC § 5300 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 5300
Section 5300
Status: in_force

(a) A person engages in the business of outdoor advertising whenever, personally or through employees, that person places an advertising display, changes the advertising message of an advertising display that does not pertain exclusively to that person’s business and is visible to a state highway or freeway.

(b) A manufacturer or distributor of a product for sale to the general public does not engage in the business of outdoor advertising when furnishing a sign pertaining to the product to a retailer of that product for installation on the retailer’s place of business or when installing on the retailer’s place of business a sign containing advertising pertaining to the product, the name or the business of the retailer.
Cal. BPC § 4 — California Code / Code bpc / Section 4
Section 4
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this code, but all procedure thereafter taken therein shall conform to the provisions of this code so far as possible.
Cal. WAT § 13906 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 13906
Section 13906
Status: in_force

If a city or county fails to adopt an ordinance controlling discharges of waste from houseboats within 120 days of receipt of the regional board’s notice pursuant to Section 13903, or fails to adopt or modify such ordinance in the manner determined as necessary by the regional board pursuant to Section 13905, within 90 days of receipt of the regional board’s notice, the regional board may adopt regulations necessary for the control of discharges of waste from houseboats for the area designated. Such regional board regulations shall take effect 30 days from the date of their adoption and shall be enforced by the city or county and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a city or county ordinance.
Cal. WAT § 20982 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 20982
Section 20982
Status: in_force

The change of name shall become effective for all purposes upon the recordation of the resolution after which the district shall perform all functions, exercise all powers, be responsible for its obligations and in all respects conduct its affairs under its name as changed with the same force and effect as under the name by which it was designated upon its formation.
Cal. RTC § 45864 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 23 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 45864
Section 45864
Status: in_force

Procedures of the board, relating to appeals staff review conferences before a staff attorney or supervising tax auditor independent of the assessing department, shall include all of the following:

(a) Any conference shall be held at a reasonable time at a board office that is convenient to the taxpayer.

(b) The conference may be recorded only if prior notice is given to the fee payer and the fee payer is entitled to receive a copy of the recording.

(c) The fee payer shall be informed prior to any conference that he or she has a right to have present at the conference his or her attorney, accountant, or other designated agent.
Cal. FGC § 3212 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 3212
Section 3212
Status: in_force

The keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club may sell portions of a quarter or loin of a large mammal, or the carcass of a game bird or mammal raised or imported under a domesticated game breeder’s license, to a patron for actual consumption on the premises only, and no license for that purpose shall be required of such keeper or club. All keepers of hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses, or clubs who sell any such game for consumption to a patron shall be required to submit to the inspection of their premises by the department and shall display for such inspection any carcass or parts thereof held in storage for sale. All such game shall be tagged under Section 3206.
Cal. PROB § 3704 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 8 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 3704
Section 3704
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of the nature of the proceedings and the time and place of the hearing shall be given by the petitioner at least 15 days before the hearing date by all of the following means:

(1) By delivery pursuant to Section 1215, together with a copy of the petition, to all persons comprising the family of the absentee.

(2) By delivery by a method that would be sufficient for service of summons in a civil action, together with a copy of the petition, to the secretary concerned or to the head of the United States department or agency concerned.

(3) By publication pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proceedings will be held.

(b) If notice to an officer or agency of this state or of the United States is required under Section 1461 or 1822 upon petition for appointment of a conservator, notice shall be given of the petition under this chapter.
Cal. ELEC § 6856 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 6856
Section 6856
Status: in_force

Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, which shall meet all of the requirements of Section 104. No other declaration is required to be made.
Cal. FAC § 5802 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 5802
Section 5802
Status: in_force

If a source of any prohibited or restricted kind or variety of plant has been demonstrated to be free of dangerous or detrimental viruses or mycoplasma-like organisms, the director shall, in the regulation, permit use of such source.
Cal. BPC § 21625 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 21625
Section 21625
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to curtail the dissemination of stolen property and to facilitate the recovery of stolen property by means of a uniform, statewide, state-administered program of regulation of persons whose principal business is the buying, selling, trading, auctioning, or taking in pawn of tangible personal property and to aid the State Board of Equalization to detect possible sales tax evasion.

Further, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require the uniform statewide reporting of tangible personal property acquired by persons whose principal business is the buying, selling, trading, auctioning, or taking in pawn of tangible personal property, unless the property or the transaction is specifically exempt herein, for the purpose of correlating these reports with other reports of city, county, and city and county law enforcement agencies and further utilizing the services of the Department of Justice to aid in tracing and recovering stolen property.

Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that this article shall not be superseded or supplanted by the provisions of any ordinance or charter of any city, county, or city and county.
Cal. BPC § 6032 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 6032
Section 6032
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to collect, in conjunction with the State Bar’s collection of its annual license fees, voluntary fees on behalf of and for the purpose of funding the California Supreme Court Historical Society, which advances the science of jurisprudence by preserving and disseminating to the general public the history of the Supreme Court and the Judicial Branch.
Cal. SHC § 8830 — California Code / Code shc / Division 10 / Part 14 / Section 8830
Section 8830
Status: in_force

(a) As a cumulative remedy, if any assessment or reassessment or installment thereof, or of any interest thereon, together with any penalties, costs, fees, and other charges accruing under applicable taxation provisions are not paid when due, the legislative body may order that the same be collected by an action brought in the superior court to foreclose the lien thereof as provided by this part.

(b) The legislative body may, by resolution adopted prior to issuance of bonds under this division, covenant for the benefit of bondholders to commence and diligently prosecute any foreclosure action regarding delinquent installments of any assessments or reassessments which secure the bonds that are to be issued, and, at any time, may assign the causes of action arising from the foreclosure to a trustee to do so on behalf of the bondholders. The resolution may specify a deadline for commencement of the foreclosure action and other terms and conditions as the legislative body may determine to be reasonable regarding the foreclosure action.

(c) Except as provided in Section 8836, all installments, interest, penalties, costs, fees, and other charges that are delinquent at the time of the ordering of a foreclosure action shall be collected in the action. If a lot or parcel of property has not been sold pursuant to judgment in the foreclosure action at the time that subsequent installments and interest become delinquent, the court may include the subsequent installments, interest, penalties, costs, fees, and other charges in the judgment or modified judgment.

(d) For purposes of financing delinquent assessments pursuant to Section 26220, the legislative body may act as if it were a board of supervisors.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no trustee or joint powers authority shall be obligated to accept the tender of bonds in satisfaction of any obligation arising from a delinquent assessment, although either may do so if authorized to do so by the legislative body.

(f) An action to determine the validity of any bonds issued, any joint powers agreement entered into, and any related agreements entered into, by a joint powers agency acting pursuant to this section may be brought by the joint powers agency pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any appeal from a judgment in the action shall be commenced within 30 days after entry of judgment.
Cal. WIC § 4133 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 4133
Section 4133
Status: in_force

All day hospitals and rehabilitation centers maintained by the State Department of State Hospitals shall be subject to the provisions of this code pertaining to the admission, transfer, and discharge of patients at the state hospitals, except that all admissions to those facilities shall be subject to the approval of the chief officer thereof. Charges for services rendered to patients at those facilities shall be determined pursuant to Section 4025. The liability for the charges shall be governed by the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 7275) of Chapter 2 of Division 7, except at the hospitals maintained by the State Department of Developmental Services the liability shall be governed by the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6715) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 6 and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7500) of Division 7.
Cal. PUC § 21243 — California Code / Code puc / Division 9 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 21243
Section 21243
Status: in_force

The department may make and amend general or special rules, regulations, and procedures and establish minimum standards, consistent with and clearly within the scope of federal legislation governing aeronautics and the rules, regulations, and standards issued thereunder. The department may, by regulation, classify airports into several reasonable classes or groups according to their facilities and the types and number of aircraft which they are capable of handling and may make and amend rules, regulations, and procedures and establish minimum standards for each separate class or group.
Cal. PRC § 21080.09 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 2.6 / Section 21080.09
Section 21080.09
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Public higher education” has the same meaning as specified in Section 66010 of the Education Code.

(2) “Long-range development plan” means a physical development and land use plan to meet the academic and institutional objectives for a particular campus or medical center of public higher education.

(b) The selection of a location for a particular campus and the approval of a long-range development plan are subject to this division and require the preparation of an environmental impact report.

(c) The approval of a project on a particular campus or medical center of public higher education is subject to this division and may be addressed, subject to the other provisions of this division, in a tiered environmental analysis based upon a long-range development plan environmental impact report.

(d) Compliance with this section satisfies the obligations of public higher education pursuant to this division to consider the environmental impact of academic and campus population plans as they affect campuses or medical centers, provided that any such plans shall become effective for a campus or medical center only after the environmental effects of those plans have been analyzed as required by this division in a long-range development plan environmental impact report or tiered analysis based upon that environmental impact report for that campus or medical center, and addressed as required by this division. Enrollment or changes in enrollment, by themselves, do not constitute a project as defined in Section 21065.

(e) (1) If a court determines that increases in campus population exceed the projections adopted in the most recent long-range development plan and analyzed in the supporting environmental impact report, and those increases result in significant environmental impacts, the court may order the campus or medical center to prepare a new, supplemental, or subsequent environmental impact report. Only if a new, supplemental, or subsequent environmental impact report has not been certified within 18 months of that order, the court may, pursuant to Sections 525 and 526 of the Code of Civil Procedure, enjoin increases in campus population that exceed the projections adopted in the most recent long-range development plan and analyzed in the supporting environmental impact report.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any injunction or judgment in effect as of the effective date of this subdivision suspending or otherwise affecting enrollment shall be unenforceable.

(3) The amendments made to this section by Senate Bill 118 of the 2021–22 Regular Session shall apply retroactively to any decision related to enrollment or changes in enrollment made before the effective date of that bill.
Cal. FAC § 74033 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 74033
Section 74033
Status: in_force

“Market research” means any investigation, development, analysis, or implementation of information relating to the marketing of wine, winegrapes, and winegrape products including, but not limited to, trade practices, consumer trends, promotion, sales, and advertising.
Cal. INS § 11536 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 14 / Article 1 / Section 11536
Section 11536
Status: in_force

The plan of conversion shall include appropriate proceedings for amending the mutual company’s articles of incorporation to give effect to the conversion from a nonstock corporation into a stock corporation. The plan shall be:

(a) Approved by a resolution of the majority of the board of directors. The resolution shall specify the reasons for and the purposes of the proposed conversion of the mutual company and the manner in which the conversion is expected to benefit and serve the best interests of the policyholders, for a mutual insurer, or members, for a mutual holding company.

(b) Submitted to the commissioner for consent in writing, subject to the provisions of Section 11538, by an application executed by an authorized officer of the mutual company and accompanied by the following documents, or true and correct copies of the documents:

(1) The proposed plan of conversion.

(2) The proposed articles of incorporation of each corporation that is a constituent corporation of the conversion.

(3) The proposed bylaws of each corporation that is a constituent corporation of the conversion.

(4) A list of the officers and directors, together with their biographies in the form customarily required by the commissioner, of each corporation that is a constituent corporation of the conversion.

(5) The resolution of the board of directors of the mutual company, certified by the secretary of the board of directors, authorizing the conversion under this chapter.

(6) Financial statements, which may be prepared on a pro forma basis, in the form required by the commissioner.

(7) For a conversion of a mutual insurer, a plan of operations for the converted insurer.

(8) A summary of the plan of conversion and drafts of written materials to be mailed to members seeking their approval of the plan.

(9) Other relevant information that the commissioner may require.

(c) Approved by a majority vote of the members of the mutual company voting at a meeting of the members called for that purpose, subject to the provisions of Section 11539.

(d) Filed in the office of the commissioner after receipt of the commissioner’s consent, and after having been approved as provided in Sections 11538 and 11539, respectively.
Cal. INS § 12693.33 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 6.2 / Chapter 4 / Section 12693.33
Section 12693.33
Status: in_force

To the extent feasible and permissible under federal law and with receipt of necessary federal approvals, the State Department of Health Services and the board shall develop a joint Medi-Cal and program application and enrollment form for children. The department shall seek any federal approval necessary to implement a combined application form.
Cal. RTC § 30105.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 30105.5
Section 30105.5
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed by this part shall not apply to the sale or gift of federally tax-free cigarettes or tobacco products when the cigarettes or tobacco products are delivered directly from the manufacturer under Internal Revenue bond to a veterans’ home of the State of California or a hospital or domiciliary facility of the United States Veterans’ Administration for gratuitous issue to veterans receiving hospitalization or domiciliary care. The tax shall not be imposed with respect to the use or consumption of such cigarettes or tobacco products by the institution or by the veteran patients or domiciliaries.
Cal. WAT § 26082 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 26082
Section 26082
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to pleadings, proofs, and trials are applicable to proceedings to enforce collection of assessments.
Cal. WAT § 60371 — California Code / Code wat / Division 18 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 60371
Section 60371
Status: in_force

A petition, which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by registered voters residing within the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed equal in number to at least 10 per centum of the number of such voters residing within the area so proposed to be annexed.
Cal. PROB § 2460 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 2460
Section 2460
Status: in_force

The guardian or conservator may insure:

(a) Property of the estate against loss or damage.

(b) The ward or conservatee, the guardian or conservator, and all or any part of the estate against liability to third persons.
Cal. HSC § 1327.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 1327.3
Section 1327.3
Status: in_force

Subdivision (b) of Section 1327 shall not be construed to prohibit the state department from including on its list of qualified receivers a consortium of community agencies that includes one or more licensed nursing home administrators, as long as the consortium is established as a legal entity.

The court may approve receivership arrangements where more than one individual shares receivership duties, as long as one licensed nursing home administrator or other responsible person or entity is the legally appointed receiver.
Cal. WIC § 5686 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 5686
Section 5686
Status: in_force

If a county believes that a person with a mental health disability may be unable to manage their SSI/SSP funds, the county mental health program shall advise the person that they may have a trusted family member, relative, or friend designated as their representative payee under the SSI/SSP program.
Cal. PRC § 8890 — California Code / Code prc / Division 8 / Chapter 5 / Section 8890
Section 8890
Status: in_force

Orthometric heights within the State of California that are based on the North America Vertical Datum of 1988 and conforming to the provisions of this chapter shall be known as “California Orthometric Heights of 1988.” Orthometric heights are commonly referred to as “elevations.”
Cal. FAC § 79968 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 30 / Article 5 / Section 79968
Section 79968
Status: in_force

Before the referendum vote conducted by the secretary pursuant to this article, the proponents of the commission shall deposit with the secretary an amount of funds determined necessary by the secretary to defray the expenses of preparing the necessary lists and information and conducting the vote. Any funds not used for this purpose shall be returned to the proponents of the commission who deposited the funds with the secretary. Upon establishment of the commission, the commission board of directors may reimburse the proponents of the commission for any funds deposited with the secretary and for any legal expenses and costs incurred in establishing the commission.
Cal. PROB § 4623 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.7 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 4623
Section 4623
Status: in_force

“Individual health care instruction” or “individual instruction” means a patient’s written or oral direction concerning a health care decision for the patient.
Cal. WAT § 13830 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 10.2 / Section 13830
Section 13830
Status: in_force

For the purpose of administering of this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the State Department of Health Services may not exceed 4 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter. The department shall establish a reasonable schedule of administrative fees for loans, which fees shall be paid by the supplier pursuant to Section 13819, to reimburse the state for the costs of state administration of this chapter.

Charges incurred by the Attorney General in protecting the state’s interests in the use and repayment of grant and loan funds under this chapter, and under the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 (Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 13850)), shall be paid from the proceeds of bond sales under this chapter. These charges shall not be paid be from the 4 percent allocated for administrative purposes, but shall be treated as a program expense not to exceed 1.5 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be sold under this chapter.