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Cal. WIC § 102 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 102
Section 102
Status: in_force

(a) Each CASA program shall, if feasible, be staffed by a minimum of one paid administrator. The staff shall be directly accountable to the presiding juvenile court judge and the CASA program board of directors, as applicable.

(b) The program shall provide for volunteers to serve as CASAs. A CASA may be appointed to any dependent, nonminor dependent, or ward who is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

(c) Each CASA shall serve at the pleasure of the court having jurisdiction over the proceedings in which a CASA has been appointed and that appointment may continue after the child attains his or her age of majority, with the consent of the nonminor dependent. A CASA shall do all of the following:

(1) Provide independent, factual information to the court regarding the cases to which he or she is appointed.

(2) Represent the best interests of the child involved, and consider the best interests of the family, in the cases to which he or she is appointed.

(3) At the request of the judge, monitor cases to which he or she has been appointed to ensure that the court’s orders have been fulfilled.

(d) The Judicial Council, through its rules and regulations, shall require an initial and ongoing training program consistent with this chapter for all persons acting as a CASA, including, but not limited to, each of the following:

(1) Dynamics of child abuse and neglect.

(2) Court structure, including juvenile court laws.

(3) Social service systems.

(4) Child development.

(5) Cultural competency and sensitivity relating to, and best practices for, providing adequate care to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.

(6) Interviewing techniques.

(7) Report writing.

(8) Roles and responsibilities of a CASA.

(9) Rules of evidence and discovery procedures.

(10) Problems associated with verifying reports.

(e) The Judicial Council, through its CASA Advisory Committee, shall adopt guidelines for the screening of CASA volunteers, which shall include personal interviews, reference checks, checks for records of sex offenses and other criminal records, information from the Department of Motor Vehicles, and other information that the Judicial Council deems appropriate.
Cal. PUC § 102603 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 14 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 102603
Section 102603
Status: in_force

The district shall not incur a total indebtedness under the provisions of this chapter which exceeds 15 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property within the district.
Cal. ELEC § 21000 — California Code / Code elec / Division 21 / Chapter 1 / Section 21000
Section 21000
Status: in_force

The county elections official in each county shall compile and make available to the Legislature or any appropriate committee of the Legislature any information and statistics that may be necessary for use in connection with the reapportionment of legislative districts, including, but not limited to, precinct maps indicating the boundaries of municipalities, school districts, judicial districts, Assembly districts, senatorial districts, and congressional districts, lists showing the election returns for each precinct, and election returns for each precinct reflecting the vote total for all ballots cast, including both vote by mail ballots and ballots cast at polling places, compiled pursuant to Section 15321 in the county at each statewide election. If the county elections official stores the information and statistics in data-processing files, he or she shall make the files available, along with whatever documentation shall be necessary in order to allow the use of the files by the appropriate committee of the Legislature and shall retain these files until the next reapportionment has been completed.
Cal. RTC § 38805 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 18.5 / Chapter 9 / Section 38805
Section 38805
Status: in_force

In the determination of any case arising under this part the rule of res judicata is applicable only if the liability involved is for the same quarterly period as was involved in another case previously determined.
Cal. SHC § 388 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 388
Section 388
Status: in_force

Route 88 is from:

(a) Route 99 near Stockton to Route 49 passing south of Ione.

(b) Route 49 in Jackson to the Nevada state line via Pine Grove, Silver Lake, and Kirkwood.
Cal. FAC § 6157 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 6157
Section 6157
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to pack, ship, deliver for shipment or sell in any container any caprifigs of the mamme crop, which contain more than 25 percent of spent figs, or more than 10 percent of blanks.
Cal. HSC § 131050 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 112 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 131050
Section 131050
Status: in_force

(a) As set forth in this article, the State Department of Public Health shall succeed to and be vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former State Department of Health Services as they relate to public health, licensing and certification of health facilities, and any other functions performed immediately preceding the operative date of this section by, or under the supervision of, all of the following:

(1) The Deputy Director for Prevention Services of the former State Department of Health Services, excluding the Office of Clinical Preventive Medicine.

(2) The Deputy Director for Licensing and Certification.

(3) The Deputy Director for Health Information and Strategic Planning.

(4) The Deputy Director for Public Health Emergency Preparedness.

(5) The California Conference of Local Health Officers.

(6) The Deputy Director for Primary Care and Family Health as follows: Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health as set forth in Part 2 excluding Articles 5, 5.5, 6, and 6.5 of Chapter 3, Part 3, Part 5 excluding Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 2, Part 7 and Part 8, of Division 106.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in implementing this article, the duties, powers, purposes, and responsibilities transferred to the State Department of Public Health shall include those formerly performed by the programs of the former State Department of Health Services set forth in this article, provided, however, that nothing in this article shall be construed to require that the State Department of Public Health be organized according to programs described in this article, or to limit the authority or discretion of the State Public Health Officer pursuant to Section 11152 of the Government Code to organize the State Department of Public Health, unless that organization is otherwise required by law. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require that the State Department of Public Health maintain, or refrain from terminating, any program described in this article except to the extent that maintenance of the program is otherwise required by law. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or expand the authority of any program described in this article.
Cal. WIC § 1703 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1703
Section 1703
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Public offenses” means public offenses as that term is defined in the Penal Code.

(b) “Court” includes any official authorized to impose sentence for a public offense.

(c) “Youth Authority,” “Authority,” “authority,” or “division” means the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities.

(d) “Board” or “board” means the Board of Parole Hearings, until January 1, 2007, at which time “board” shall refer to the body created to hear juvenile parole matters under the jurisdiction of the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

(e) The masculine pronoun includes the feminine.
Cal. WAT § 51253 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 51253
Section 51253
Status: in_force

The decision of the board of supervisors in approving the assessment list is final, and thereafter the endorsed assessment list is conclusive evidence that the charges were levied according to law, except in an action commenced pursuant to Section 51259.
Cal. RTC § 9261 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 9261
Section 9261
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish the position of the Taxpayers’ Rights Advocate. The advocate or his or her designee shall be responsible for facilitating resolution of taxpayer complaints and problems, including any taxpayer complaints regarding unsatisfactory treatment of taxpayers by board employees, and staying actions where taxpayers have suffered or will suffer irreparable loss as the result of those actions. Applicable statutes of limitation shall be tolled during the pendency of a stay. Any penalties and interest that would otherwise accrue shall not be affected by the granting of a stay.

(b) The advocate shall report directly to the executive officer of the board.
Cal. SHC § 2931 — California Code / Code shc / Division 4 / Part 6 / Section 2931
Section 2931
Status: in_force

If any majority protest is against only a portion of the improvement or acquisition then all further proceedings to construct that portion of the improvement or to acquire that portion of the acquisition so protested against shall be barred for a period of one year, but the legislative body shall not be barred from commencing new proceedings not including any part of the improvement or acquisition so protested against. Nothing in this act contained shall prohibit the legislative body, within said one-year period, from commencing and carrying on new proceedings for the construction of a portion of the improvement or the acquiring of a portion of the acquisition so protested against if it finds, by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members, that the owners of a majority of the property within the area of the assessment district to be established under said new proceedings are in favor of going forward with said portion of the improvement or acquisition.
Cal. FAC § 74744 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.6 / Article 3 / Section 74744
Section 74744
Status: in_force

All funds received by any person from the assessments levied under the authority of this chapter or otherwise received by the commission shall be deposited in banks that the commission may designate and shall be disbursed by order of the commission through an agent or agents designated by the commission for that purpose. The agent or agents shall be bonded by a fidelity bond, executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, in favor of the commission, in an amount of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
Cal. SHC § 10121 — California Code / Code shc / Division 12 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 10121
Section 10121
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the election may be conducted by mailed ballot pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Division 4 of the Elections Code, regardless of the number of voters eligible to vote. Prior to the election, the legislative body shall provide for published notice of the election at least once a week for two weeks. Only one vote may be cast for each parcel of land within the territory proposed to be studied.

(b) If the landowner is a partnership, joint tenancy, corporation, or tenancy in common, the vote to which the landowner is entitled may be cast by any of the partners, joint tenants, or tenants in common. However, only one vote may be cast on behalf of the landowner.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) “Landowner” means any person shown on the last equalized assessment roll as the owner of land. However, if the ownership of the land is changed after the making of the last equalized assessment roll, the new owner thereof may vote upon the production of evidence of ownership of the land.

(2) “Parcel” means any parcel as identified on the last equalized assessment roll.
Cal. PROB § 1800.3 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1800.3
Section 1800.3
Status: in_force

(a) If the need therefor is established to the satisfaction of the court and the other requirements of this chapter are satisfied, the court may appoint:

(1) A conservator of the person or estate of an adult, or both.

(2) A conservator of the person of a minor who is married or whose marriage has been dissolved.

(b) A conservatorship of the person or of the estate shall not be granted by the court unless the court makes an express finding that the granting of the conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative needed for the protection of the conservatee.

(c) In determining whether a conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative available, and whether to grant or deny a conservatorship petition, the court shall consider the person’s abilities and capacities with current and possible supports, including, but not limited to, supported decisionmaking agreements, as defined in Section 21001 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, powers of attorney, designation of a health care surrogate as set forth in Section 4711, and advance health care directives.

(d) If the court becomes aware that the proposed conservatee has a developmental disability, and the proposed conservator is not seeking authority to act under Section 2356.5, the court shall deem the proceeding to be seeking a limited conservatorship.
Cal. PUC § 96409 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 96409
Section 96409
Status: in_force

The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
Cal. ELEC § 9341 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 9341
Section 9341
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 9340, ordinances authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds by a school district, special district, or any other local agency as part of a joint powers entity pursuant to Section 6547 of the Government Code, shall not take effect for 60 days.

(b) When the number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election within the boundaries of the school district, special district, or any other local agency described in subdivision (a) exceeds 500,000, the ordinance is subject to referendum upon presentation of a petition bearing signatures of at least 5 percent of the entire vote cast within the boundaries of the school district, special district, or any other local agency for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election. When the number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election within the boundaries of the school district, special district, or any other local agency is less than 500,000, the ordinance is subject to referendum upon presentation of a petition bearing signatures of at least 10 percent of the entire vote cast within the boundaries of the school district, special district, or any other local agency for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election.

(c) For the purpose of submitting the question to the voters pursuant to subdivision (b), the ballot wording shall approximate the following:

“Shall the ___________________,
(school district,
special district,
or any other local
agency name)
as a member of the _____________,
(joint powers
entity name)
authorize the issuance of revenue bonds by the joint powers entity in the amount of $____ pursuant to ordinance number ____ dated ____, the bonds to be used for the following purposes and to be redeemed in the following manner: ________?”
Cal. HSC § 101075 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 101075
Section 101075
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

(a)  “Hazardous waste” means a waste, or combination of wastes, that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may do any of the following:

(1)  Cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness.

(2)  Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed.

(b)  “Waste” means either of the following:

(1)  Any material for which no use or reuse is intended and that is to be discarded.

(2)  Any material that spills, escapes, or is released from any manufacturing, industrial, commercial, or other plant, facility, or process, or that escapes or is released during the transporting or transferring from one place to another, or during the pumping, processing, storing, or packaging of any material in, to, or from such a plant, facility, or process, or that enters or may enter an uncontained air space or a surface water course that is not totally contained on the contiguous property of the plant, facility, or process, or which enters, or may enter, the groundwater underlying such plant, facility, or process.
Cal. WAT § 1246 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 1246
Section 1246
Status: in_force

For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of any damage claimed to have been suffered or sustained by reason of any of the acts or things mentioned in Section 1245, every municipal corporation and every person, firm or corporation causing any such damage, is authorized to enter into an agreement for the arbitration or compromise of any claims, and all of the laws of this State relating to arbitration of controversies are made applicable to such claims.
Cal. PUC § 701.4 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 701.4
Section 701.4
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that state and municipal electric resource acquisition programs recognize and include a value for the resource diversity provided by renewable resources.
Cal. LAB § 6901 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 6901
Section 6901
Status: in_force

(a) No common carrier operating more than four trains each way per day of 24 hours on any main track or branch line of railroad within this state, or on any part of a main track or branch line, shall run or permit to be run, on any part of a main track or branch line, any passenger, mail, or express train on which there is not employed at least one conductor, one brakeman, and the following:

(1) One engineer and one fireman for each diesel locomotive.

(2) One electric motorman for each train propelled or run by electricity.

(3) One motor or power control man for each train propelled by motive power other than diesel or electricity.

(4) Two brakemen, where four or more cars, exclusive of railroad officers’ private cars, are hauled.

(5) One baggageman, except on a train upon which baggage is not hauled, and on gasoline motorcars.

(b) This section does not apply to any diesel locomotive weighing 45 tons or less.

(c) Paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) does not apply where its application would conflict with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.

(d) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board or the North San Diego County Transit Development Board.

(e) With respect to commuter train service provided by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board or the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, there shall be at least one qualified crewmember inside a train car set during revenue service. For the purpose of this subdivision, “revenue service” means service during which passengers are carried or are scheduled to be carried.
Cal. VEH § 11605 — California Code / Code veh / Division 5 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 11605
Section 11605
Status: in_force

(a) Upon refusal of the department to issue a license to a lessor-retailer, the applicant shall be entitled to demand in writing a hearing before the director or his representative within 60 days after notice of refusal.

(b) The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. PRC § 8025 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 10 / Section 8025
Section 8025
Status: in_force

The Department of Water Resources shall keep a record of all expenditures chargeable against each portion of the Water Resources Revolving Fund derived from matching moneys and any unused balance in any such portion of the fund shall on approval by the Department of Finance be withdrawn therefrom and paid out or refunded as provided in the agreement relating to such matching moneys.
Cal. FAM § 20017 — California Code / Code fam / Division 20 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 20017
Section 20017
Status: in_force

The Family Law Evaluator shall be an attorney, licensed to practice in this state.
Cal. INS § 1301 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 1301
Section 1301
Status: in_force

Such persons are termed subscribers.
Cal. FAC § 33765 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 33765
Section 33765
Status: in_force

No container, utensil, apparatus, or equipment, except as otherwise provided, shall be used for any purpose other than that of handling milk and the products of milk.
Cal. PUC § 131301 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.5 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 131301
Section 131301
Status: in_force

The county transportation authority shall determine the use of the net revenues derived from the imposition of the retail transactions and use tax in conformance with the priorities established in the adopted county transportation expenditure plan.
Cal. HSC § 80505 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 80505
Section 80505
Status: in_force

The department shall not approve a loan pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 80480) if the total debt against the eligible property subject to the release or threatened release of a hazardous material on which the response action will be taken exceeds 80 percent of the estimated value of the property after all necessary response actions are complete.
Cal. FAC § 73107 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 73107
Section 73107
Status: in_force

(a) The director may require the commission to correct or cease any existing activity or function which is determined by the director not to be in the public interest or which is in violation of this chapter.

(b) If the commission refuses or fails to cease the activities or functions or to make the corrections as required by the director, the director may, upon written notice, suspend all or a portion of the activities or functions of the commission until the time that the cessation or correction of activities or functions required by the director has been accomplished by the commission.