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Cal. FGC § 7260 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.3 / Section 7260
Section 7260
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)  California has the greatest biodiversity of native trout species of any state in the nation. Trout can be found in more than 18,000 miles of California’s cooler streams. California’s trout are the principal sport fish in 3,581 cold-water lakes and reservoirs.

(2) Self-sustaining native trout populations in “Heritage Trout Waters” that retain and promote genetic trout diversity and overall sustainable watershed and ecosystem environmental health are state policy.

(b) Funding for “Heritage Trout Waters” is a priority for the Hatchery and Inland Fisheries Fund.

(c) The commission may designate “Heritage Trout Waters” to recognize the beauty, diversity, historical significance, and special values of California’s native trout. The commission’s designation shall meet both of the following criteria:

(1) Only waters supporting populations that best exemplify indigenous strains of native trout within their historic drainages may qualify for designation.

(2) Only waters providing anglers with an opportunity to catch native trout consistent with the conservation of the native trout may qualify for designation.

(3) Any stocking of heritage trout waters shall meet the criteria established by Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 1725) of Division 2.
Cal. HSC § 34312.7 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 24 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 34312.7
Section 34312.7
Status: in_force

(a)  (1)  When refunding revenue bonds for multifamily housing which were previously issued pursuant to Section 34312.3, the authority shall ensure that rental units required, by this chapter or by applicable federal law at the time the original bonds were issued, to be reserved for occupancy for low- and very low income households shall remain occupied by, or made available to, those persons at least until the later of the following:

(A)  The date originally so required.

(B)  As long as any bonds remain outstanding with respect to the development.

(2)  For bonds previously issued to finance a development where all of the units, other than management units, are, at the time of the refunding, subsidized by a housing assistance payments contract for new construction and substantial rehabilitation pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f), subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall mean a period of time until the termination of the contract.

(b)  The authority may determine that the period set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not apply to the refunding of previously issued revenue bonds for which there is a mandatory redemption or acceleration as a result of default under the terms of the existing loan agreement or other security documents.
Cal. PUC § 29010.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 29010.5
Section 29010.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Sections 53091 and 53094 of the Government Code, nor any zoning override which may have been previously exercised pursuant thereto by a school district, whenever the district leases or has leased, mortgages or has mortgaged, sells or has sold, or otherwise disposes or has disposed of real property to the school district which was acquired from private owners, the city, whether general law or charter, in which such land is located, or county, in unincorporated areas, shall retain zoning and permit powers.
Cal. LAB § 2775.5 — California Code / Code lab / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 2775.5
Section 2775.5
Status: in_force

(a) Mere ownership of a vehicle, including a personal vehicle or a commercial vehicle, used by a person in providing labor or services for remuneration does not make that person an independent contractor. A person who owns a vehicle they use to provide labor or services, either as an individual or through a business entity they own, may be either an employee or an independent contractor depending on whether the conditions in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2775 are satisfied. If the conditions are not satisfied and the owner of the vehicle is an employee, the employee shall be reimbursed for use of the vehicle as described in Sections 2802 and 2802.2.

(b) This section is declarative of existing law.
Cal. FAC § 49012 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 49012
Section 49012
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Consumer incentive program” means a program administered by a qualified entity that increases the purchasing value of a nutrition benefit client’s benefits when the benefits are used to purchase California fresh fruits, nuts, and vegetables.

(b) “Nutrition benefit client” means a person who receives services or payments through any of the following:

(1) California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, as described in Section 123280 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) CalWORKs program, as described in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(3) CalFresh, as described in Section 18900.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(4) Implementation of the federal WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-314).

(5) The Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as described in Section 3007 of Title 7 of the United States Code.

(6) Supplemental Security Income or State Supplementary Payment, as described in Section 1381 and following of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(c) “Qualified entity” means either of the following:

(1) A certified farmers’ market, as described in Section 47004, an association of certified producers, a community-supported agriculture program, as defined in Section 47060, a farm stand, as defined in Section 47050, or a nonprofit organization representing a collective or association of certified producers that is authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture to accept federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Chapter 51 (commencing with Section 2011) of Title 7 of the United States Code) benefits from recipient purchasers at a farmers’ market. Certified producers shall be certified by the county agricultural commissioner pursuant to Section 47020.

(2) A small business, as defined in Section 14837 of the Government Code, that sells California grown fresh fruits, nuts, and vegetables and that is authorized to accept nutrition benefits from any of the programs listed in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (b).
Cal. VEH § 40300.5 — California Code / Code veh / Division 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 40300.5
Section 40300.5
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to make an arrest without a warrant pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 836 of the Penal Code, a peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person when the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person had been driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or under the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug when any of the following exists:

(a) The person is involved in a traffic crash.

(b) The person is observed in or about a vehicle that is obstructing a roadway.

(c) The person will not be apprehended unless immediately arrested.

(d) The person may cause injury to themselves or damage property unless immediately arrested.

(e) The person may destroy or conceal evidence of the crime unless immediately arrested.
Cal. FIN § 1562 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.1 / Chapter 16 / Article 2 / Section 1562
Section 1562
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 9.4 to 9.6, inclusive, Sections 9.8 to 9.15, inclusive, and Sections 9.18 to 9.101, inclusive, of the Fiduciary Regulations in all of their particular, including footnotes, are hereby referred to, incorporated by reference into this article, and adopted.

(b) All references to the term “national bank” or “national banks” used in the Fiduciary Regulations shall mean “bank” or “banks” for purposes of this article.
Cal. WAT § 7034 — California Code / Code wat / Division 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 7034
Section 7034
Status: in_force

Bridges or conduits heretofore or hereafter constructed in a permanent manner, whether by encroachment permit or otherwise, which cross county highways and which have been constructed or brought up to county standards, and have been accepted, either formally or informally by appropriate action, shall, after such acceptance, and regardless of who constructed them, be the sole responsibility of the county, so far as maintenance, repair, improvement for the benefit of the county, reconstruction or replacement of such bridges and conduits are concerned. If any such county highways become state highways, the State shall succeed to the foregoing obligations of the county.

The amendment of this section made at the 1963 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the pre-existing law.
Cal. VEH § 20017 — California Code / Code veh / Division 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 20017
Section 20017
Status: in_force

Any peace officer who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that a pesticide has been spilled or otherwise accidentally released, shall report the spill as required in Section 105215 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. VEH § 28500 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 28500
Section 28500
Status: in_force

(a) “Public agency utility” means a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code, a community water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, a water district, as defined in Section 20200 of the Water Code, and a wastewater treatment provider, as defined in Section 116773.2 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) Any state regulation that seeks to require, or otherwise compel, the procurement of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles shall authorize public agency utilities to purchase replacements for traditional utility-specialized vehicles that are at the end of life, as determined by the State Air Resources Board in consultation with public agency utilities, when needed to maintain reliable service and respond to major foreseeable events, including, but not limited to, severe weather, wildfires, natural disasters, and physical attacks, without regard to the model year of the vehicle being replaced. For the purposes of determining the daily usage of a medium- or heavy-duty vehicle, a public agency utility may provide comprehensive usage data for a class of vehicles that does not exclusively rely on the lowest mileage reading and does not exclude the highest usage days.
Cal. PRC § 32574 — California Code / Code prc / Division 22.7 / Chapter 4 / Section 32574
Section 32574
Status: in_force

(a) The conservancy may fix and collect fees for the use of any land owned or controlled, or for any service provided, by the conservancy. No fee shall exceed the cost of maintaining and operating the land or of providing the service for which the fee is charged.

(b) The fee revenue and all other revenue received pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. The money in the fund shall be expended by the conservancy, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of this division.

(c) Nothing in this act changes the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area’s status to receive funds as part of the state parks system.
Cal. BPC § 27.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Section 27.6
Section 27.6
Status: in_force

The successor agency to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education shall transmit any available data regarding school performance, including, but not limited to, attendance and graduation rates, it receives from any schools under its jurisdiction to the California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Cal. PUC § 96502 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 96502
Section 96502
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of refunding bonds, including and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the form, execution, issuance, maturity, redemption, refunding, validation, the payment of interest from bond funds, and the status of the bonds as investments.
Cal. INS § 7018 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 7018
Section 7018
Status: in_force

A director of any such insurer who wilfully refuses or neglects to perform the duties imposed upon him by law or by the insurer’s by-laws shall be liable in his individual capacity to the person sustaining a loss.
Cal. WIC § 902 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 25 / Section 902
Section 902
Status: in_force

(a) If it is found that the maximum amount established by the board of supervisors of the county is insufficient to pay the whole expense of support and maintenance of a dependent child or other minor person, the court may order and direct that the additional amount as is necessary shall be paid out of the earnings, property, or estate of the dependent child or other minor person, or by the parents or guardian of the dependent child or other minor person, or by any other person liable for his or her support and maintenance, to the county officers designated by the board of supervisors, who shall in turn pay it to the person, association, or institution that, under court order, is caring for and maintaining the dependent child or other minor person.

(b) (1) This section does not apply to a minor who is adjudged a ward of the juvenile court, who is placed on probation pursuant to Section 725, who is the subject of a petition that has been filed to adjudge the minor a ward of the juvenile court, or who is the subject of a program of supervision undertaken pursuant to Section 654.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this section applies to a minor who is designated as a dual status child pursuant to Section 241.1, for purposes of the dependency jurisdiction only and not for purposes of the delinquency jurisdiction.
Cal. BPC § 2570.7 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.6 / Section 2570.7
Section 2570.7
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant who has satisfied the requirements of Section 2570.6 may apply for examination for licensure in a manner prescribed by the board. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, an applicant who fails an examination may apply for reexamination.

(b) Each applicant for licensure shall successfully complete the entry level examination for occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants, such as the examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board, or the American Occupational Therapy Association. The examination shall be appropriately validated. Each applicant shall be examined by written examination to test his or her knowledge of the basic and clinical sciences relating to occupational therapy, occupational therapy techniques and methods, and any other subjects that the board may require to determine the applicant’s fitness to practice under this chapter.

(c) Applicants for licensure shall be examined at a time and place and under that supervision as the board may require.
Cal. HSC § 44323 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 44323
Section 44323
Status: in_force

A district may prepare an industrywide emissions inventory and health risk assessment for facilities specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44320 and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 44322, and shall prepare an industrywide emissions inventory for the facilities specified in subdivision (c) of Section 44322, in compliance with this part for any class of facilities that the district finds and determines meets all of the following conditions:

(a)  All facilities in the class fall within one four-digit Standard Industrial Classification Code.

(b)  Individual compliance with this part would impose severe economic hardships on the majority of the facilities within the class.

(c)  The majority of the class is composed of small businesses.

(d)  Releases from individual facilities in the class can easily and generically be characterized and calculated.
Cal. HNC § 678.9 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1.4 / Section 678.9
Section 678.9
Status: in_force

(a) On or before April 1, 2019, and on or before April 1 annually thereafter, the division shall prepare a report that includes all of the following information with respect to the prior calendar year:

(1) The total number of vessel operator cards issued pursuant to this article.

(2) The fees collected, and the costs incurred, by the division pursuant to this article.

(3) The correlation between vessel operator cards issued and the number of accidents, injuries, and fatalities related to the operation of vessels in the state that are reported pursuant to Section 656.

(4) The number of violations of this article reported to the division.

(b) The report shall be posted on the division’s Internet Web site.

(c) On or before April 1, 2023, and again on April 1, 2028, the report prepared by the division and posted on its Internet Web site shall include recommendations, developed by the division, in consultation with the technical advisory group established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 678.3, relating to any program changes to improve boater safety in California or, alternatively, reasons why the program should not be continued.
Cal. SHC § 5821.1 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 26 / Section 5821.1
Section 5821.1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may, in its resolution declaring its intention to order work done or improvements made, declare its intention to order the territory within which the work is to be done or improvements constructed annexed to an existing maintenance district formed under the provisions of this chapter or under the provisions of Chapter 4, Part 3, Division 5, of the Health and Safety Code.

The resolution of intention may describe the territory to be annexed as having the same boundaries as those of the district to be assessed for the cost of constructing the improvements.
Cal. ELEC § 6586 — California Code / Code elec / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 6586
Section 6586
Status: in_force

The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:

SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY
CANDIDATE

Section ____________ Page ____________

County of ______________. Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the American Independent Party presidential primary ballot.

State of California

County of ⎱
⎰ ss.

SIGNER’S STATEMENT

I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____________, State of California, and am registered as intending to affiliate with the American Independent Party. I hereby nominate ____________ for the presidential preference portion of the American Independent Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____________ day of ____________, 20____. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates, to the national convention of the party, and I further declare that I intend to support the candidate named herein.

Number Signature Printed name Residence
1.
2.
3.
etc.

CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT

I, ______, solemnly swear (or affirm) all of the following:

1. That I am 18 years of age or older.

2. That my residence address, including street and number, is
.
[If no street or number exists, a designation of my residence adequate to readily ascertain its location is
.]

3. That I secured signatures in the County of ____ to the nomination paper of a candidate in the presidential preference primary of the American Independent Party; that all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper numbered from 1 to ____, inclusive, were made in my presence, that the signatures were obtained between ____, 20_, and ____, 20_, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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Cal. CIV § 1714.2 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 3 / Section 1714.2
Section 1714.2
Status: in_force

(a) In order to encourage citizens to participate in emergency medical services training programs and to render emergency medical services to fellow citizens, no person who has completed a basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation course which complies with the standards adopted by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care, and who, in good faith, renders emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene of an emergency shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person rendering the emergency care.

(b) This section shall not be construed to grant immunity from civil damages to any person whose conduct in rendering such emergency care constitutes gross negligence.

(c) In order to encourage local agencies and other organizations to train citizens in cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, no local agency, entity of state or local government, or other public or private organization which sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises the training of citizens in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be liable for any civil damages alleged to result from such training programs.

(d) In order to encourage qualified individuals to instruct citizens in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, no person who is certified to instruct in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by either the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross shall be liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an individual who received instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation by that certified instructor.

(e) This section shall not be construed to grant immunity from civil damages to any person who renders such emergency care to an individual with the expectation of receiving compensation from the individual for providing the emergency care.
Cal. HSC § 118160 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 14 / Chapter 7 / Section 118160
Section 118160
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to issuing or renewing a permit for an offsite medical waste treatment facility, the department shall review the compliance history of the applicant, under any local, state, or federal law or regulation governing the control of medical waste or pollution.

(b) The department shall, pursuant to this section, deny a permit, or specify additional permit conditions, to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, if the department determines that in the three-year period preceding the date of application the applicant has violated laws or regulations identified in subdivision (a) at a facility owned or operated by the applicant, and the violations demonstrate a recurring pattern of noncompliance or pose, or have posed, a significant risk to public health and safety or to the environment.

(c) In making the determination of whether to deny a permit or to specify additional permit conditions, the department shall take both of the following into consideration:

(1) Whether a permit denial or permit condition is appropriate or necessary given the severity of the violation.

(2) Whether the violation has been corrected in a timely fashion.