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Cal. WIC § 5693 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 3 / Section 5693
Section 5693
Status: in_force

The following principles should guide development of community vocational rehabilitation systems:

(a) Work:

(1) Work should be meaningful, necessary, and have value to the individual performing it.

(2) For individuals participating in vocational programs every effort should be made to pay them the minimum wage. However, in all cases, wages paid shall be in compliance with all relevant state and federal labor laws.

(3) That work will result in the development of attributes that will enhance further employability.

(b) Staff:

(1) Staffing patterns at all levels should reflect the cultural, linguistic, ethnic, racial, disability, sexual, and other social characteristics of the community the program serves.

(2) All participating programs should take affirmative action to encourage the application and employment of consumers and former consumers of the mental health system at all program levels.

(3) Programs should be designed to use multidisciplinary professional consultation and staff to meet the specific needs of clients.

(4) When operating a business enterprise, programs should employ individuals with the business, management, supervisorial, trade, and occupational skills necessary for successful operation.

(5) Programs should, where appropriate, employ paraprofessionals.

(6) Programs should develop and implement staff training and development plans for personnel at all levels.

(c) Facilities:

(1) The individual elements of the system should, where possible, be in separate facilities.

(2) Facilities housing vocational and employment programs should be modeled on competitive businesses operating in the community.

(3) Facilities shall be in compliance with all relevant state and federal safety, health, and accessibility regulations.

(d) System:

(1) Counties developing a community vocational rehabilitation system should utilize existing program resources to develop prevocational programs and a referral base for vocational programs.

(2) Individual programs operate most effectively within the context of a complete system. Counties undertaking development of a community vocational rehabilitation system should commit themselves to the implementation of regionally integrated prevocational and vocational programs.

(3) Rural counties, where appropriate, should be encouraged to develop intercounty systems, or to integrate their programs with programs serving other target populations.

(4) The system should have the capacity to deliver services tailored to individual needs. If a program is found to be unsuitable for a client at a specific time, an explanation will be provided to the client and he or she shall be referred to a more suitable program and encouraged to reapply. The system should have policies designed to meet changing client needs and to work with individuals over time to develop their vocational potential.
Cal. INS § 4052 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 4052
Section 4052
Status: in_force

The payment of any such dividends on a workers’ compensation policy shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11738 and for that purpose a mutual policy shall be considered to be a participating policy.
Cal. PRC § 5019.62 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.7 / Section 5019.62
Section 5019.62
Status: in_force

State seashores consist of relatively spacious coastline areas with frontage on the ocean, or on bays open to the ocean, including water areas landward of the mean high tide line and seasonally connected to the ocean, possessing outstanding scenic or natural character and significant recreational, historical, archaeological, or geological values.

The purpose of state seashores shall be to preserve outstanding natural, scenic, cultural, ecological, and recreational values of the California coastline as an ecological region and to make possible the enjoyment of coastline and related recreational activities which are consistent with the preservation of the principal values and which contribute to the public enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of those values.

Improvements undertaken within state seashores shall be for the purpose of making the areas available for public enjoyment, recreation, and education in a manner consistent with the perpetuation of their natural, scenic, cultural, ecological, and recreational value. Improvements which do not directly enhance the public enjoyment of the natural, scenic, cultural, ecological, or recreational values of the seashore, or which are attractions in themselves, shall not be undertaken.
Cal. ELEC § 21 — California Code / Code elec / Division 0.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 21
Section 21
Status: in_force

(a) Within three court days after a state or local agency or political subdivision files or is served with a court action relating to elections that contains a claim arising under federal law, the state or local agency or political subdivision shall provide written notice to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. Notice shall include the case number, case name, and venue.

(b) At least 14 court days before a state or local agency or political subdivision enters into a settlement, consent decree, or other court-approved agreement in a court action relating to elections that contains a claim arising under federal law, the state or local agency or political subdivision shall provide a draft copy of the settlement, consent decree, or other court-approved agreement to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General in order to provide them an opportunity to deliver guidance to the state or local agency or political subdivision to ensure that the settlement, consent decree, or other court-approved agreement is consistent with California law, including California regulations. Any records or information exchanged under this section shall be exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(c) For purposes of this section, a claim arising under federal law includes, but is not limited to, a claim brought under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10301 et seq.), the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 et seq.), the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20901 et seq.), the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20701 et seq.), and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

(d) This section shall not be construed to require the Secretary of State or the Attorney General to become a party to any action of which they receive written notice.

(e) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern, and therefore this section applies to all cities and counties, including charter cities, charter counties, and charter cities and counties.
Cal. SHC § 32956 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 32956
Section 32956
Status: in_force

If the authority operates the project it may readvertise for bids as provided in this chapter once every year.
Cal. PUC § 105115 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 16 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 105115
Section 105115
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, which shall include an affirmative vote of at least three directors from each county within the district appointed pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Section 105020, the board may by resolution submit to the voters of the district a measure proposing a retail transactions and use tax ordinance in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the special taxes authorized in this article may also be imposed by a qualified voter initiative pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code if the qualified voter initiative complies with both of the following requirements:

(1) The qualified voter initiative proposes a rate for the retail transactions and use tax that is no less than one-quarter of 1 percent.

(2) The qualified voter initiative proposes expenditures for the revenues generated from the retail transactions and use tax that are consistent with the purpose of providing a rail transit system under the jurisdiction of the district.
Cal. PRC § 5900 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5.8 / Chapter 1 / Section 5900
Section 5900
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act.
Cal. PRC § 4750.4 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 9 / Section 4750.4
Section 4750.4
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The department shall implement a program to detect, remove, and treat, if possible, trees infected with Phytophthora ramorum. This program shall encourage tree management and replanting in urban and other infected areas and assist counties in seeking innovative solutions to problems caused by Phytophthora ramorum.

(2) The department is primarily responsible for carrying out the intent of this article in cooperation with the task force and other private and public entities or persons and appropriate local, state, and federal agencies.

(b) (1) The department shall cooperate with those agencies of the federal government that have powers and duties concerning forestry, and shall perform all actions necessary to secure for this state the benefits of federal forestry programs.

(2) To facilitate the implementation of this article, the director may enter into agreements and contracts with any public or private entity, including any local agency, that has forestry related jurisdictional responsibilities. The director may consult with those entities and agencies when carrying out the objectives of this article.

(c) The director shall take all necessary steps to prevent or retard the introduction, establishment, and spread of Phytophthora ramorum.

(d) The department and the Department of Food and Agriculture shall cooperate in setting quarantine boundary lines, if necessary, and in enforcing the provisions relating to plant quarantine and pest control in Division 4 (commencing with Section 5001) of the Food and Agricultural Code if a quarantine is established with regard to Phytophthora ramorum.
Cal. PUC § 2835 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 7.7 / Section 2835
Section 2835
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) (1) “Energy storage system” means commercially available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for a period of time, and thereafter dispatching the energy. An “energy storage system” may have any of the characteristics in paragraph (2), shall accomplish one of the purposes in paragraph (3), and shall meet at least one of the characteristics in paragraph (4).

(2) An “energy storage system” may have any of the following characteristics:

(A) Be either centralized or distributed.

(B) Be either owned by a load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility, a customer of a load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility, or a third party, or is jointly owned by two or more of the above.

(3) An “energy storage system” shall be cost effective and either reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, reduce demand for peak electrical generation, defer or substitute for an investment in generation, transmission, or distribution assets, or improve the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or distribution grid.

(4) An “energy storage system” shall do one or more of the following:

(A) Use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy that was generated at one time for use at a later time.

(B) Store thermal energy for direct use for heating or cooling at a later time in a manner that avoids the need to use electricity at that later time.

(C) Use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy generated from renewable resources for use at a later time.

(D) Use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy generated from mechanical processes that would otherwise be wasted for delivery at a later time.

(b) “Load-serving entity” has the same meaning as defined in Section 380.

(c) “New” means, in reference to an energy storage system, a system that is installed and first becomes operational after January 1, 2010.

(d) “Offpeak” means, in reference to electrical demand, a period that is not within a peak demand period.

(e) “Peak demand period” means a period of high daily, weekly, or seasonal demand for electricity. For purposes of this chapter, the peak demand period for a load-serving entity shall be determined, or approved, by the commission and shall be determined, or approved, for a local publicly owned electric utility, by its governing body.

(f) “Procure” and “procurement” means, in reference to the procurement of an energy storage system, to acquire by ownership or by a contractual right to use the energy from, or the capacity of, including ancillary services, an energy storage system owned by a load-serving entity, local publicly owned electric utility, customer, or third party. Nothing in this chapter, and no action by the commission, shall discourage or disadvantage development and ownership of an energy storage system by an electrical corporation.
Cal. PRC § 30300 — California Code / Code prc / Division 20 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 30300
Section 30300
Status: in_force

There is in the Resources Agency the California Coastal Commission.
Cal. BPC § 5056 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 5056
Section 5056
Status: in_force

Any person who has received from the board a certificate of public accountant may, subject to Section 5051, be styled and known as a “public accountant” and may also use the abbreviation “P.A.” No other person, except a firm registered under this chapter, shall assume or use that title, designation, or abbreviation or any other title, designation, sign, card, or device tending to indicate that the person using it is a public accountant.
Cal. WIC § 4005.4 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 4005.4
Section 4005.4
Status: in_force

All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Health pursuant to authority now vested in the State Department of Mental Health by Section 4005.1 and in effect immediately preceding the operative date of this section, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended or repealed by the Director of Mental Health.
Cal. PROB § 13205.5 — California Code / Code prob / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 13205.5
Section 13205.5
Status: in_force

(a) If proceedings for the administration of the decedent’s estate are commenced, a transferee may voluntarily return transferred property to the decedent’s estate for administration.

(b) The property to be restored to the estate under this section shall be reduced or increased as provided in Section 13208.5.
Cal. PCC § 20445 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 27 / Section 20445
Section 20445
Status: in_force

If a contribution of labor or of labor and any portion of materials, supplies or equipment is to be made by any local, state or national agency or authority, the contract shall contain a provision that the legislative body may cancel the order for any undelivered materials, supplies or equipment by giving the contractor 24 hours notice of said cancellation, and require the contractor to accept the return of the unused materials and supplies, in which event the contractor will be entitled to compensation for only so much of the materials, supplies and equipment as has been used prior to the giving of such notice. The contract shall also contain a provision that no materials, supplies or equipment shall be delivered until a delivery permit signed by the superintendent of streets has been received by the contractor.
Cal. ELEC § 9092 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 9092
Section 9092
Status: in_force

Not less than 20 days before he or she submits the copy for the state voter information guide to the State Printer, the Secretary of State shall make the copy available for public examination. Any elector may seek a writ of mandate requiring a copy to be amended or deleted from the state voter information guide. A peremptory writ of mandate shall issue only upon clear and convincing proof that the copy in question is false, misleading, or inconsistent with the requirements of this code or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 88000) of Title 9 of the Government Code, and that issuance of the writ will not substantially interfere with the printing and distribution of the state voter information guide as required by law. Venue for a proceeding under this section shall be exclusively in Sacramento County. The Secretary of State shall be named as the respondent and the State Printer and the person or official who authored the copy in question shall be named as real parties in interest. If the proceeding is initiated by the Secretary of State, the State Printer shall be named as the respondent.
Cal. EVID § 772 — California Code / Code evid / Division 6 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 772
Section 772
Status: in_force

(a) The examination of a witness shall proceed in the following phases: direct examination, cross-examination, redirect examination, recross-examination, and continuing thereafter by redirect and recross-examination.

(b) Unless for good cause the court otherwise directs, each phase of the examination of a witness must be concluded before the succeeding phase begins.

(c) Subject to subdivision (d), a party may, in the discretion of the court, interrupt his cross-examination, redirect examination, or recross-examination of a witness, in order to examine the witness upon a matter not within the scope of a previous examination of the witness.

(d) If the witness is the defendant in a criminal action, the witness may not, without his consent, be examined under direct examination by another party.
Cal. PRC § 43503 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 43503
Section 43503
Status: in_force

The closure plan and the postclosure maintenance plan shall be submitted not later than the first date after July 1, 1990, that the solid waste facilities permit is required to be reviewed or revised pursuant to Section 44015. The closure plans and postclosure maintenance plans shall be included in that review. If the owner or operator intends to close the solid waste landfill on or before September 28, 1992, or if the solid waste landfill does not have sufficient permitted capacity to operate after September 28, 1992, the owner or operator shall submit the plans on or before July 1, 1990, or upon application to become an operator of a solid waste facility pursuant to Section 44001.
Cal. HSC § 46060 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 28 / Chapter 6 / Section 46060
Section 46060
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage the enactment and enforcement of local ordinances in those areas which are most properly the responsibility of local government. It is further the purpose to insure that the state is of maximum assistance to local agencies in the discharge of those responsibilities, furnishing technical and legal expertise to assist local agencies in the enactment and enforcement of meaningful and technically sufficient noise abatement measures.
Cal. HSC § 1452 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 1452
Section 1452
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of counties of the 20th class and 40th to 58th class, inclusive, in connection with the administration of a county hospital may establish in the county treasury a special fund to be known as the “Hospital Trust Fund,” into which may be placed deposits made voluntarily by patients entering such hospital.

At the time of any patient’s dismissal from a county hospital, there shall be refunded to him, upon the order of the business manager or other person designated by the board of supervisors, such portion of the deposit made voluntarily by the patient at the time of his entrance into the hospital as was unneeded for his care while confined therein. The portion earned by the hospital shall be transferred to the hospital fund in the county treasury.

Upon presentation of an order for refund under this section, the county auditor shall draw his warrant on the Hospital Trust Fund, and the county treasurer shall pay the amount due thereon.

If no refund is made within 30 days after the patient’s discharge, the patient may file a claim against the county pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.
Cal. WAT § 56090 — California Code / Code wat / Division 17 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 56090
Section 56090
Status: in_force

If the result of any election upon the question of the issuance of bonds is in favor of issuance, the board may, in its discretion, commence in the superior court of the county, a special proceeding to determine its right to issue the bonds and their validity, similar to the proceeding in relation to irrigation bonds, provided for by the “Irrigation District Law,” and all supplementary acts, and all their provisions apply to and govern the proceedings to be commenced by the board, so far as applicable.

The judgment has the same effect as a judgment in relation to irrigation bonds under the provisions of that act.
Cal. PRC § 6701 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 6701
Section 6701
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Section 6702, no amendment, modification, or revocation, in whole or in part, of any grant of tide or submerged lands heretofore made or that may be hereafter made by the Legislature shall impair or affect the rights or obligations of third parties, including lessees, lenders for value, holders of contracts conferring the right to the use and occupation of, or the right to conduct operations upon or within such lands, arising from leases, contracts, or other instruments lawfully entered into prior to the effective date of such amendment, modification, or revocation.
Cal. WIC § 12104 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 12104
Section 12104
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, upon the order of the Director of Finance, the Director of Social Services shall defer all supplemental payments to the federal government required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12100 in February 2010 and March 2010 and, instead, make payments for those months after April 20, 2010, but no later than May 31, 2010.
Cal. PROB § 220 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 220
Section 220
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if the title to property or the devolution of property depends upon priority of death and it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that one of the persons survived the other, the property of each person shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if that person had survived the other.