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Cal. PCC § 22170 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 4.1 / Section 22170
Section 22170
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) (1) “Best value” means a value determined by evaluation of objective criteria that may include, but are not limited to, price, features, function, life-cycle costs, experience, and past performance.

(2) A best value determination may involve the selection of the lowest cost proposal meeting the interests of the local agency and the objectives of the project.

(b) “Construction subcontract” means each subcontract awarded by the design-build entity to a subcontractor that will perform work or labor or render service to the design-build entity in or about the construction of the work or improvement, or a subcontractor licensed by the State of California that, under subcontract to the design-build entity, specially fabricates and installs a portion of the work or improvement according to detailed drawings contained in the plans and specifications produced by the design-build team.

(c) “Design-build entity” means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, or other legal entity that is able to provide appropriately licensed contracting, architectural, and engineering services as needed pursuant to a design-build contract.

(d) “Design-build project” means any project that treats, pumps, stores, or conveys water, wastewater, recycled water, advanced treated water, or supporting facilities using the progressive design-build construction procurement process described in this chapter.

(e) “Design-build team” means the design-build entity itself and the individuals and other entities identified by the design-build entity as members of its team. Members shall include the general contractor and, if utilized in the design of the project, all electrical, mechanical, and plumbing contractors.

(f) “Guaranteed maximum price” means the maximum payment amount agreed upon by the local agency and the design-build entity for the design-build entity to finish all remaining design, preconstruction, and construction activities sufficient to complete and close out the project.

(g) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, or special district authorized by law to provide for the production, storage, supply, treatment, or distribution of any water from any source.

(h) “Progressive design-build” means a project delivery process in which both the design and construction of a project are procured from a single entity that is selected through a qualifications-based selection at the earliest feasible stage of the project.

(i) “Qualifications-based selection” means the process by which the local agency solicits for services from the design-build entities and that price is not the sole factor as the basis of award.
Cal. PRC § 43304 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 43304
Section 43304
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt an enforcement program consisting of regulations necessary to implement this division and the standards adopted pursuant thereto. The enforcement program shall include a description for carrying out the permit and inspection program pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44001).
Cal. BPC § 21305 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 8.5 / Section 21305
Section 21305
Status: in_force

This chapter applies with respect to equipment sold or in use on or after January 1, 2025.
Cal. WAT § 72090.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 72090.5
Section 72090.5
Status: in_force

A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.
Cal. ELEC § 7672 — California Code / Code elec / Division 7 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 7672
Section 7672
Status: in_force

In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8020) to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8100), inclusive, of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 8, signed on his or her behalf by the voters of the Assembly or supervisorial district in which he or she is a candidate.
Cal. BPC § 8001 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 8001
Section 8001
Status: in_force

(a) Appointment as a member of the board shall be for a term of four years. Members of the board shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors or until one year shall have elapsed since the expiration of the term for which they were appointed, whichever first occurs. No person shall serve as a member of the board for more than two consecutive terms except as provided in Section 131. Vacancies occurring shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

(b) The Governor shall appoint one of the public members and the two certified members qualified as provided in Section 8000. The Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint a public member.

(c) Members of the board may be removed from office by their appointing authority.
Cal. PUC § 130002 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12 / Chapter 1 / Section 130002
Section 130002
Status: in_force

As used in this division, “commission” means a county transportation commission created pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 130050).
Cal. RTC § 197 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 197
Section 197
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Eligible county” means a county which meets both of the following requirements:

(1) Has been proclaimed by the Governor to be in a state of disaster as a result of the earthquake and aftershocks which occurred in California during October 1989.

(2) Has adopted an ordinance providing property tax relief for earthquake, aftershock, and fire disaster victims as provided in Section 170.

(b) “Eligible property” means real property and any manufactured home, including any new construction which was completed or any change in ownership which occurred prior to October 17, 1989, which meets both of the following requirements:

(1) Is located in an eligible county.

(2) Has sustained substantial disaster damage due to the earthquake or aftershocks occurring during 1989, which earthquake and aftershocks resulted in the issuance of disaster proclamations by the Governor.

“Eligible property” does not include any real property or any manufactured home, whether or not it otherwise qualifies as eligible property, if that real property or manufactured home was purchased or otherwise acquired by a claimant for relief under this chapter after October 17, 1989.

(c) “Substantial disaster damage,” as to real property located in a county declared to be a disaster by the Governor as a result of the earthquake and aftershocks occurring in October 1989, means, with respect to real property and any manufactured home which has received the homeowners’ exemption or is eligible for the exemption as of March 1, 1989, damage amounting to at least 10 percent of its fair market value or five thousand dollars ($5,000), whichever is less; and, with respect to other property, damage to the parcel of at least 20 percent of its fair market value immediately preceding the disaster causing the damage.

(d) “Fair market value” means “full cash value” or “fair market value” as defined in Section 110.

(e) “Property tax deferral claim” means a claim filed by the owner of eligible property in conjunction with or in addition to the filing of an application for reassessment of that property pursuant to Section 170, which enables the owner to defer payment of the December 10, 1989, installment of taxes on property on the regular secured roll for the 1989–90 fiscal year, as provided in Section 197.1, or to defer payment of taxes on property on the supplemental roll for the 1989–90 fiscal year, as provided in Section 197.9.
Cal. ELEC § 14110 — California Code / Code elec / Division 14 / Chapter 2 / Section 14110
Section 14110
Status: in_force

All officers required by law to designate polling places shall furnish the polling places with a sufficient number of places, booths, or compartments, at or in which voters may conveniently mark their ballots, so that they may be screened from the observation of others. Each place, compartment, or booth shall be so adjusted as to conceal from any observation the voter’s marking of the ballot. The number of voting booths or compartments shall be determined by the officer conducting the election.

This section shall become operative on January 1, 1990.
Cal. HSC § 116767 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 4.6 / Article 3 / Section 116767
Section 116767
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Adequate supply” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.

(b) “Administrator” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116686.

(c) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.

(d) “Community water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.

(e) “Consistently fails” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.

(f) “Disadvantaged community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 79505.5 of the Water Code.

(g) “Domestic well” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.

(h) “Fund” means the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund established pursuant to Section 116766.

(i) “Fund expenditure plan” means the fund expenditure plan adopted by the board pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 116768).

(j) “Groundwater sustainability agency” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10721 of the Water Code.

(k) “Low-income household” means a single household with an income that is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, as updated periodically in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under authority of Section 9902(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(l) “Mutual water company” means a mutual water company, as described in Section 14300 of the Corporations Code, that operates a public water system or a state small water system.

(m) “Nonprofit organization” means an organization qualified to do business in California and qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

(n) “Public agency” means a state agency or department, special district, joint powers authority, city, county, city and county, or other political subdivision of the state.

(o) “Public utility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code.

(p) “Public water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.

(q) “Replacement water” includes, but is not limited to, bottled water, vended water, point-of-use, or point-of-entry treatment units.

(r) “Safe drinking water” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.

(s) “Service connection” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.

(t) “State small water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.

(u) “Technical assistance provider” means a person whom the state board has determined is competent to assist a water system by providing administrative, technical, operational, legal, or managerial services to meet the purposes of this section, pursuant to criteria set forth in the policy adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 116768.5 and the fund expenditure plan. A privately owned public utility may serve as a technical assistance provider for purposes of this section.

(v) “Vended water” has the same meaning as defined in Section 111070.
Cal. WIC § 11453.01 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 11453.01
Section 11453.01
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing July 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the maximum aid payment set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 11450 shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increases or decreases in the cost of living, and these adjustments shall become effective October 1 of each year. The annual cost-of-living adjustment shall be based on the increase in the California Necessities Index for the year in which the adjustment becomes effective.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to subdivision (a), commencing on or after July 1, 2022, and for each year thereafter, shall be 0 percent.
Cal. FAM § 2110 — California Code / Code fam / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 2110
Section 2110
Status: in_force

In the case of a default judgment, the petitioner may waive the final declaration of disclosure requirements provided in this chapter, and shall not be required to serve a final declaration of disclosure on the respondent nor receive a final declaration of disclosure from the respondent. However, a preliminary declaration of disclosure by the petitioner is required unless the petitioner served the summons and petition by publication or posting pursuant to court order and the respondent has defaulted.
Cal. WAT § 50012 — California Code / Code wat / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 50012
Section 50012
Status: in_force

“County clerk” means the county clerk of the principal county.
Cal. RTC § 531.7 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 531.7
Section 531.7
Status: in_force

If property has not been legally assessable on the local secured roll for any year because the property has been tax deeded to a taxing agency other than the state, the property shall be deemed to have escaped assessment for that year and shall be subject to this article if any of the following circumstances apply:

(a) The property has not been declared tax defaulted for delinquent taxes.

(b) The property has been redeemed from the tax sale and deeded to the taxing agency.

(c) The tax deed to the taxing agency has been held to be invalid and has been canceled; provided, however, that the statute of limitations provided for in Section 532 shall not apply.
Cal. PRC § 541.6 — California Code / Code prc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 541.6
Section 541.6
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Water Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Division 43 (commencing with Section 75001)) to be expended as follows:

(1) The amount appropriated in this item is available for expenditures for capital outlay and support for capital outlay projects of a state park.

(2) No commitment of funds from this item shall be authorized prior to 30 days after the Department of Parks and Recreation notifies the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Department of Finance of the projects to be funded from this section. No funds shall be expended for capital outlay projects without prior approval of the State Public Works Board.

(3) The amount appropriated in this section shall be available for expenditure until June 30, 2015.
Cal. HSC § 102937 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 102 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 102937
Section 102937
Status: in_force

(a) The coroner or medical examiner shall begin data collection upon completion of the training. For each year of the pilot program, the data shall be aggregated, deidentified, and reported to the board of supervisors and the department.

(b) For each year of the pilot program, the department shall include the data reported pursuant to this article in the California Violent Death Reporting System established pursuant to Section 131230.
Cal. SHC § 6772 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Section 6772
Section 6772
Status: in_force

The legislative body, by ordinance, may prescribe and enforce additional regulations and penalties that it deems necessary to compel the improvement in accordance with this part of any portion of any street which is occupied by a railroad track.
Cal. HSC § 124410 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 106 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 124410
Section 124410
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, if requested by the nonprofit or public agency and to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be performed under any agreement entered into pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) and that is otherwise in compliance with the requirements contained in Section 100350. Individual advance payments made to any nonprofit or public agency that requests those payments shall be made in a timely fashion and shall not exceed 25 percent of the total amount of the grant award.
Cal. WAT § 31673 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 31673
Section 31673
Status: in_force

A certified copy of the ordinance or resolution determining that any land is entitled to a special rate of taxation shall be delivered to the county assessor, and thereafter until notified of a change in the determination, he shall enter the land described in the ordinance or resolution separately on the assessment roll and so designate it and the percentage of the regular rate of taxation to which it is entitled that it may readily be distinguished from other land not entitled to a special rate.
Cal. BPC § 8776.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 15 / Article 5.7 / Section 8776.2
Section 8776.2
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days of payment of all or any portion of any civil action judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award described in Section 8776 against a licensee of the board, any insurer providing professional liability insurance to that licensee shall report to the board the name of the licensee; the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award; the amount paid by the insurer; and the identity of the payee.

(b) Within 30 days of payment of all or any portion of any civil action judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award described in Section 8776 against a licensee of the board, any state or local government agency that self-insures that licensee shall report to the board the name of the licensee; the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or binding arbitration award; the amount paid; and the identity of the payee.
Cal. SHC § 30910.7 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 30910.7
Section 30910.7
Status: in_force

If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the department develop a project to open the third lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to automobile traffic on the eastbound level and to bicycle traffic on the westbound level, the lead agency may, to the extent feasible, complete the design work for the project simultaneously with the environmental review conducted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
Cal. INS § 12170 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 12170
Section 12170
Status: in_force

Motor clubs certificated on the effective date of this chapter shall not be required to be recertificated, but thereafter shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall be issued continuous certificates of authority subject to the conditions provided in this chapter.
Cal. FAC § 74569 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.5 / Article 3 / Section 74569
Section 74569
Status: in_force

The term of office of members and alternate members shall be for two years or until their successors have been elected and have qualified. However, of the first members of the commission, one-half of the vintner members and their alternate members shall serve for one year; and one-half of the vintner members and their alternate members shall serve for two years. The determination of the term of each member shall be made by lot. No member or alternate member shall serve more than four consecutive terms.
Cal. PROB § 15406 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 15406
Section 15406
Status: in_force

In determining the class of beneficiaries whose consent is necessary to modify or terminate a trust pursuant to Section 15403 or 15404, the presumption of fertility is rebuttable.
Cal. WIC § 14093 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.97 / Section 14093
Section 14093
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to ensure quality of care and to provide increased access to health care services in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible, to persons who are eligible to receive medical benefits under publicly supported programs other than Medi-Cal.
Cal. HSC § 41960.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 41960.3
Section 41960.3
Status: in_force

(a)  Each district which requires the installation of systems for the control of gasoline vapors resulting from motor vehicle fueling operations shall establish a toll free telephone number for use by the public in reporting problems experienced with the systems. Districts within an air basin or adjacent air basin may enter into a cooperative program to implement this requirement. All complaints received by a district shall be recorded on a standardized form which shall be established by the state board, in consultation with districts, the State Fire Marshal, and the Division of Measurement Standards in the Department of Food and Agriculture.

The operating instructions required by Section 41960.4 shall be posted at all service stations at which systems for the control of gasoline vapors resulting from motor vehicle fueling operations are installed and shall include a prominent display of the toll free telephone number for complaints in the district in which the station is located.

(b)  Upon receipt of each complaint, the district shall diligently either investigate the complaint or refer the complaint for investigation by the state or local agency which properly has jurisdiction over the primary subject of the complaint. When the investigation has been completed, the investigating agency shall take such remedial action as is appropriate and shall advise the complainant of the findings and disposition of the investigation. A copy of the complaint and response to the complaint shall be forwarded to the state board.
Cal. ELEC § 9103.5 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 9103.5
Section 9103.5
Status: in_force

From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9103 until the day after the county elections official determines that the initiative petition does not contain the minimum number of signatures required, the day after the election at which the initiative measure is put before the voters, or the day after the proposed ordinance is adopted by the board of supervisors after being submitted to the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 9101, as applicable, the county elections official shall do both of the following:

(a) Keep on file at his or her office the notice of intention, written text of the initiative, and request for a ballot title and summary that the proponents of the initiative measure filed with the county elections official pursuant to Section 9103.

(b) Furnish copies of the materials he or she is required to keep on file pursuant to subdivision (a) to any person upon request. The county elections official may charge a fee to a person obtaining copies pursuant to this subdivision. The fee may not exceed the actual cost incurred by the county elections official in providing the copies.