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Cal. RTC § 4985.3 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 9 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 4985.3
Section 4985.3
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2610.5, in the case of cancellations made to the roll pursuant to Section 1646.1, where a taxpayer has failed to pay an amount of tax computed upon assessed value that is the subject of a pending assessment appeal, the relief from penalties shall apply only to the difference between the county board’s final determination of value and the value on the assessment roll for the fiscal year covered by the application. For purposes of this section, “county board” means either a county board of supervisors that meets as a county board of equalization or an assessment appeals board.

(b) The county board shall cause notice of the requirements of this section to be mailed to each taxpayer or to be presented to each taxpayer upon filing an application for reduction in assessment with the county board if that taxpayer will be impacted by the penalty provisions of this section.

(c) For any taxpayer who has paid at least 80 percent of the amount of tax finally determined due by the county board within 60 days of mailing or presentation of the notice prescribed in subdivision (b), the tax collector shall accept payment of the balance of the tax due without penalties or interest.

(d) This section shall apply only to those properties upon which an application for reduction in assessment is pending before the county board on the effective date of the act adding this section or those applications for reduction in assessment that are filed with the county board after the effective date of the act adding this section.

(e) This section shall only become operative if the board of supervisors of a county, with the approval of the county’s tax collector and the county’s auditor, adopts a resolution or ordinance approving this section.
Cal. HSC § 14955 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 8 / Section 14955
Section 14955
Status: in_force

(a) A manufacturer or any other person or entity that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes other than through retail sale in violation of this part is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each sale.

(b) A retailer, distributor, or wholesaler that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of this part shall be subject to the following:

(1) A civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each sale or offer for sale in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale does not exceed 50 packages of cigarettes.

(2) A civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each sale or offer for sale in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale exceeds 50 packages of cigarettes.

(c) The civil penalties imposed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be deposited in the Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Fund.

(d) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, any corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, limited partnership, or association engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes that knowingly makes a false certification pursuant to Section 14953 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each false certification.

(e) A person who violates any other provision in this part is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. Any cigarettes that have been sold or offered for sale that do not comply with the performance standard required by Section 14952 shall be deemed contraband per se and subject to seizure and disposal by the department or a law enforcement agency.

(f) The Attorney General may bring an action on behalf of the people of the state to restrain further violations of this part and for any other relief that may be appropriate. In any action by the Attorney General to enforce this act, the Attorney General shall be entitled to recover costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney’s fees.

(g) It is a defense in any action for civil penalties that a distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or a person in the stream of commerce relied in good faith on the manufacturer’s certificate or marking that the cigarettes comply with this part.
Cal. WIC § 903.47 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 25 / Section 903.47
Section 903.47
Status: in_force

(a) The Judicial Council shall establish a program to collect reimbursements from the person liable for the costs of counsel appointed to represent parents or minors pursuant to Section 903.1 in dependency proceedings.

(1) As part of the program, the Judicial Council shall:

(A) Adopt a statewide standard for determining the ability to pay reimbursements for counsel, which shall at a minimum include the family’s income, their necessary obligations, the number of individuals dependent on this income, and the cost-effectiveness of the program.

(B) Adopt policies and procedures allowing a court to recover from the money collected the costs associated with implementing the reimbursements program. The policies and procedures shall at a minimum limit the amount of money a court may recover to a reasonable proportion of the reimbursements collected and provide the terms and conditions under which a court may use a third party to collect reimbursements. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “costs associated with implementing the reimbursements program” means the court costs of assessing a parent’s ability to pay for court-appointed counsel and the costs to collect delinquent reimbursements.

(2) The money collected shall be deposited as required by Section 68085.1 of the Government Code. Except as otherwise authorized by law, the money collected under this program shall be utilized to reduce caseloads, for attorneys appointed by the court, to the caseload standard approved by the Judicial Council. Priority shall be given to those courts with the highest attorney caseloads that also demonstrate the ability to immediately improve outcomes for parents and children as a result of lower attorney caseloads.

(b) The court may do either of the following:

(1) Designate a court financial evaluation officer to make financial evaluations of liability for reimbursement pursuant to Section 903.1.

(2) With the consent of the county and pursuant to the terms and conditions agreed upon by the court and county, designate a county financial evaluation officer to make financial evaluations of liability for reimbursement pursuant to Section 903.1.

(c) In handling reimbursement of payments pursuant to Section 903.1, the court financial evaluation officer and the county financial evaluation officer shall follow the procedures set forth for county financial evaluation officers in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 903.45.
Cal. WAT § 41007 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 41007
Section 41007
Status: in_force

At least 20 days prior to any district election, the secretary shall prepare a list for each precinct showing:

(a) The names of the holders of title to land who enter into contracts of sale, as shown by the copies of the contracts on file in his office.

(b) The name of the purchaser.

(c) A description of the land subject to each contract.
Cal. HNC § 400 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 400
Section 400
Status: in_force

“Appurtenances” include all things belonging to the owners, which are on board a vessel, and which are connected with its proper use and the objects of the voyage and adventure in which it is engaged.
Cal. RTC § 195.102 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 195.102
Section 195.102
Status: in_force

After the county auditor of an eligible county, as described in Section 195.101, has made the applicable certification to the Director of Finance pursuant to that section, the director shall, within 30 days after verification of the county auditor’s estimate, certify this amount to the Controller for allocation to the county. Upon receipt of certification from the Director of Finance, the Controller shall make the appropriate allocation to the county within 10 working days.
Cal. INS § 10236.2 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 4 / Section 10236.2
Section 10236.2
Status: in_force

Except where the provisions of a group contract provide otherwise, the provisions of subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 10236.1 shall apply to all group long-term care insurance policies issued before the approval of premium rate schedules under Section 10236.11.
Cal. INS § 662.1 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 662.1
Section 662.1
Status: in_force

Proof of mailing or delivery of a notice of cancellation to a lienholder or an additional interest on a policy to which this chapter applies shall be sufficient to terminate the interest of the parties provided the notice is mailed or delivered at least the maximum number of days prior to termination of the parties’ interest as required by Section 662. For purposes of this section, “delivery” includes electronic transmittal or facsimile or personal delivery. No lienholder or additional interest shall require a more restrictive form of notice.
Cal. PUC § 13151.2 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 9 / Section 13151.2
Section 13151.2
Status: in_force

The board may provide for such bonds being negotiable or nonnegotiable.
Cal. BPC § 17550.195 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2.6 / Section 17550.195
Section 17550.195
Status: in_force

(a) The Attorney General shall immediately suspend the registration of a seller of travel who has been convicted of a felony offense pursuant to Section 17550.19.

(b) A person who has been convicted of a felony offense pursuant to Section 17550.19 is prohibited, for a period of seven years commencing on the date of his or her conviction, from registering as a seller of travel and from participating in the Travel Consumer Restitution Fund.
Cal. FIN § 4832 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1.6 / Chapter 2 / Section 4832
Section 4832
Status: in_force

Whenever the commissioner issues an order or license under this division, he or she may impose conditions as may in his or her opinion be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this division.
Cal. FAC § 77155 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 16.5 / Article 6 / Section 77155
Section 77155
Status: in_force

Every handler shall be personally liable for the payment of collected assessments to the commission, and the failure of a handler to collect the assessment from any producer does not exempt any handler from liability.
Cal. BPC § 3578 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7.8 / Section 3578
Section 3578
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a clinic or health facility licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of the Health and Safety Code from employing a certified polysomnographic technologist.
Cal. PUC § 107024 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 18 / Chapter 7 / Section 107024
Section 107024
Status: in_force

(a) Territory within the district may be detached from the district by a supermajority vote of the directors, which shall be at least 80 percent of the nonweighted vote of the existing board provided that all pending legal and financial obligations have been satisfied.

(b) The detachment of territory from the district shall become effective upon giving of the notice required in Section 57204 of the Government Code, provided that the detached territory shall not be relieved from liability for taxation for the payment of any bonded indebtedness existing at the time of detachment.

(c) Notice of the detachment of territory from the district shall be given to each assessor whose roll is used for a tax levy made pursuant to this part and with the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 4742.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 4742.5
Section 4742.5
Status: in_force

It may make provision for street-cleaning and streetsweeping services upon the roads and streets within the boundaries of the district. It may contract with any district, city, governmental agency or person for the operation of a street-cleaning and streetsweeping service upon the roads and streets within the boundaries of the district, when, in the judgment of the district board, it is for the best interest of the district to do so, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
Cal. HSC § 100275 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 101 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 100275
Section 100275
Status: in_force

(a)  The department may adopt and enforce regulations for the execution of its duties.

(b)  All regulations heretofore adopted by the department or its predecessors relating to public health, the licensing and certification of health facilities, except the licensing of community care facilities, or any other function performed by the Division of Public Health of the department, and in effect immediately preceding July 1, 1978, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended, or repealed by the director or as otherwise provided by Section 25 or other provisions of law. This subdivision shall not apply to any regulation relating to a function transferred to a different state agency or department as a result of another provision of the statutes enacted during the 1977–78 Regular Session.
Cal. HSC § 114189 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 114189
Section 114189
Status: in_force

The enforcement agency may monitor and enforce the potable drinking water standards in the California Safe Drinking Water Act (Chapter 4 commencing with Section 116275) for purposes of enforcing this part and compliance with any requirements with regard to potable water, as defined in Section 113869.
Cal. UIC § 937 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 937
Section 937
Status: in_force

“Wages” does not include the payment to, or on behalf of, an employee for moving expenses, if at the time of the payment it is reasonable to believe that a corresponding deduction from income is allowable to the employee under Section 217 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Cal. WIC § 14087.10 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.6 / Section 14087.10
Section 14087.10
Status: in_force

Any contract hospital that provides the services required by a Medi-Cal beneficiary and has a physician with staff privileges who is willing to accept the Medi-Cal beneficiary and has the appropriate bed, personnel, and equipment necessary to treat the Medi-Cal beneficiary shall accept the transfer of the Medi-Cal beneficiary from a noncontract hospital.
Cal. HSC § 1437 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.4 / Section 1437
Section 1437
Status: in_force

If a health facility, or an applicant for a license has not been previously licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250), the state department may only provisionally license the facility as provided in this section. A provisional license to operate a health facility shall terminate six months from the date of issuance. Within 30 days of the termination of a provisional license, the state department shall give the facility a full and complete inspection, and, if the facility meets all applicable requirements for licensure, a regular license shall be issued. If the health facility does not meet the requirements for licensure but has made substantial progress towards meeting the requirements, as determined by the state department, the initial provisional license shall be renewed for six months. If the state department determines that there has not been substantial progress towards meeting licensure requirements at the time of the first full inspection provided by this section, or, if the state department determines upon its inspection made within 30 days of the termination of a renewed provisional license that there is lack of full compliance with the requirements, no further license shall be issued.

If an applicant for a provisional license to operate a health facility has been denied provisional licensing by the state department, he or she may contest the denial by filing a request for a hearing pursuant to Section 100171.

The department shall not apply less stringent criteria when granting a provisional license pursuant to this section than it applies when granting a permanent license.

General acute care hospitals and acute psychiatric hospitals are exempt from this section.
Cal. WAT § 1851 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 12 / Article 5 / Section 1851
Section 1851
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or abridge the right of any person to bring an action for equitable or legal relief for harm caused by an unauthorized diversion or a violation of a term or condition of a permit or license. No such person shall be required to exhaust any administrative remedy provided by this chapter before bringing such an action.
Cal. VEH § 27909 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 27909
Section 27909
Status: in_force

Any vehicle which carries liquefied petroleum gas fuel or natural gas, in a tank attached to a vehicle, in any concealed area, including trunks, compartments, or under the vehicle, shall display on the exterior of the vehicle the letters “CNG,” “LNG,” or “LPG,” whichever type fuel is utilized, in block letters at least one inch high. The letters shall be of contrasting color and shall be placed as near as possible to the area of the location of the tank. Any vehicle fueled by liquefied petroleum gas fuel or by natural gas may also comply with this section by displaying on each side of the vehicle words or letters at least 0.25 inch high indicating that the vehicle is fueled by liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas. It is unlawful to dispense liquefied petroleum gas fuel or natural gas into any tank in a concealed area of any vehicle registered in California, unless the vehicle complies with the requirements of this section.
Cal. FIN § 22102 — California Code / Code fin / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 22102
Section 22102
Status: in_force

(a) A finance lender, broker, or program administrator licensee seeking to engage in business at a new location shall submit an application for a branch office license to the commissioner at least 10 days before engaging in business at a new location and pay the fee required by Section 22103. The commissioner may require an applicant seeking to engage in business at a new location to submit its application, or parts thereof, through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

(b) The licensee may engage in business at the new location 10 days after the date of submission of a branch office application.

(c) (1) The commissioner shall approve or deny the person responsible for the lending activity at the new location in accordance with Section 22109, and shall notify the licensee of this decision within 90 days of the date of receipt of the application.

(2) If the commissioner denies the application, the licensee shall, within 10 days of the date of receipt of notification of the commissioner’s denial, submit a new application to the commissioner designating a different person responsible for the lending activity at the new location. The commissioner shall approve or deny the different person as provided in paragraph (1).

(d) A licensee shall not engage in business at a new location in a name other than a name approved by the commissioner.

(e) The commissioner may adopt regulations to implement the requirements of this section.

(f) A branch office license to engage in business at a new location shall be issued in accordance with this section. A change of street address of a place of business designated in a license shall be made in accordance with Section 22153 and shall not constitute a new location subject to the requirements of this section.

(g) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2019.
Cal. ELEC § 3002 — California Code / Code elec / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 3002
Section 3002
Status: in_force

All persons granted confidentiality pursuant to Section 2166 shall (1) be required to vote by mail ballot, and (2) in addition to the required residence address, provide a valid mailing address to the county elections official to be used in place of the residence address.
Cal. WIC § 1760.8 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2.5 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 1760.8
Section 1760.8
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall annually develop a population management and facilities master plan presenting projected population and strategies for treatment and housing of wards for the succeeding five-year period. This plan shall set forth the department’s strategy for bridging the gap between available bedspace and the projected ward population.

(b) The Department of the Youth Authority may contract with the Department of Corrections or the Office of Project Development and Management within the Department of General Services for professional and construction services related to the construction of facilities or renovation projects included in the Department of the Youth Authority’s 1994–99 master plan for which funds are appropriated by the Legislature. The Department of the Youth Authority shall be responsible for program planning and all design decisions. The Department of Corrections or the Department of General Services shall, in consultation with the Department of the Youth Authority, ensure that all facilities are designed and constructed specifically for the needs of the youthful offender population. The Department of the Youth Authority also shall ensure that the design and construction of any facilities are consistent with the mission of the Department of the Youth Authority, which emphasizes the protection of the public from criminal activity and the rehabilitation of youthful offenders by providing education, training, and treatment services for those offenders committed by the courts. Any power, function, or jurisdiction for planning, design, and construction of facilities or renovation projects pursuant to the 1994–99 master plan that is conferred upon the Department of General Services shall be deemed to be conferred upon the Department of Corrections for purposes of this section. The Director of the Department of General Services may, upon the request of the Director of the Department of Corrections, delegate to the Department of Corrections any power, function, or jurisdiction for planning, design, and construction of any additional projects included within subsequent Department of the Youth Authority master plans.
Cal. FIN § 31230 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 31230
Section 31230
Status: in_force

In this article, “distribution to its shareholders” has the meaning set forth in Corporations Code Section 166.