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Cal. FGC § 12012 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 12012
Section 12012
Status: in_force

(a) A person who illegally takes, possesses, imports, exports, sells, purchases, barters, trades, or exchanges a bird, fish, mammal, reptile, amphibian, or part of any of those animals, for profit or personal gain, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b) If a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a), that person shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(c) If a second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a) also involves a violation of Section 8685.5, 8685.6, 8685.7, or 8688 that is punishable by subdivision (b) of Section 12004, the offense shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12004, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 802 of the Penal Code, prosecution of an offense punishable under this section shall be commenced within three years after commission of the offense.

(e) This section does not apply to fish taken pursuant to a commercial fishing license issued pursuant to Section 7852, or fish sold pursuant to a commercial fish business license issued in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 6.

(f) This section does not supersede Section 12005 or 12009.

(g) (1) Moneys equivalent to 50 percent of the revenue deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund from fines and forfeitures collected pursuant to this section shall be allocated for the support of the Special Operations Unit of the department, and used for law enforcement purposes.

(2) Moneys equivalent to 50 percent of the revenue from any fine collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the county in which the offense was committed, pursuant to Section 13003. The board of supervisors shall first use revenues pursuant to this subdivision to reimburse the costs incurred by the district attorney or city attorney in investigating and prosecuting the violation. Any excess revenues may be expended in accordance with Section 13103.
Cal. LAB § 6456 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 6456
Section 6456
Status: in_force

A decision of the standards board on a variance appeal is binding on the director and the division with respect to the parties involved in the particular appeal. The director shall have the right to seek judicial review of a standards board decision irrespective of whether he appeared or participated in the appeal to the standards board.
Cal. FAC § 55100 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 4 / Article 9 / Section 55100
Section 55100
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person to handle, advertise, or label rice in violation of this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person engaged in business as a retailer of rice who in good faith handles, labels, or advertises any rice in reliance on the representations of a producer or handler that the rice may be sold as certified, shall not be found to violate this chapter, except under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The retailer knew or should have known that the rice could not be sold as certified.

(2) The retailer was engaged in producing or handling the rice.

(3) The retailer prescribed or specified the manner in which the rice was produced or handled.
Cal. FAM § 7611.5 — California Code / Code fam / Division 12 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 7611.5
Section 7611.5
Status: in_force

Where Section 7611 does not apply, a man shall not be presumed to be the natural father of a child if either of the following is true:

(a) The child was conceived as a result of an act in violation of Section 261 of the Penal Code and the father was convicted of that violation.

(b) The child was conceived as a result of an act in violation of Section 261.5 of the Penal Code, the father was convicted of that violation, and the mother was under the age of 15 years and the father was 21 years of age or older at the time of conception.
Cal. BPC § 7340 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 7340
Section 7340
Status: in_force

All examinations shall be prepared by or under the direction of the board. The board shall establish standards and procedures governing administration and grading and shall exercise supervision as may be necessary to assure compliance therewith.
Cal. WAT § 6025 — California Code / Code wat / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 6025
Section 6025
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature by this part to provide for the regulation and supervision of dams and reservoirs exclusively by the State.
Cal. PRC § 75032.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 43 / Chapter 3 / Section 75032.5
Section 75032.5
Status: in_force

The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be available to the department for Flood Protection Corridor projects that are consistent with Water Code Section 79037.
Cal. WAT § 12878.37 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 6 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 4 / Section 12878.37
Section 12878.37
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall determine a rate of assessment sufficient to cover the amount of the estimate for each area or zone, making reasonable allowance for anticipated delinquencies. If a fraction of a cent occurs in a valuation of one hundred dollars ($100), it shall be taken as a full cent. The assessment shall be computed and entered upon the assessment roll by the auditor.
Cal. FGC § 5900 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 5900
Section 5900
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Dam” includes all artificial obstructions.

(b) “Conduit” includes pipe, millrace, ditch, flume, siphon, tunnel, canal, and any other conduit or diversion used for the purpose of taking or receiving water from any river, creek, stream, or lake.

(c) “Owner” includes the United States (except that for the purpose of Sections 5901, 5931, 5933, and 5938, “owner” does not include the United States as to any dam in the condition the dam existed on September 15, 1945), the State, a person, political subdivision, or district (other than a fish and game district) owning, controlling or operating a dam or pipe.

(d) “United States” means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto.
Cal. UIC § 3002 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 3002
Section 3002
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is the treasurer of the Disability Fund and shall have the custody of all money belonging to the Disability Fund and not otherwise held, deposited or invested under this part. The official bond of the State Treasurer shall cover the faithful performance of his or her duties as treasurer of the Disability Fund. The State Treasurer shall invest or otherwise deal with the Disability Fund under the supervision of the director. The State Treasurer may, pursuant to Section 16470 of the Government Code, file with the Pooled Money Investment Board a notice of election that investment of surplus money in the Disability Fund shall come under the provisions of the Surplus Money Investment Fund, and may revoke such election pursuant to Section 16470 of the Government Code. As of the effective date of any election with respect to the Disability Fund filed pursuant to Section 16470 of the Government Code, the State Treasurer shall transfer the surplus money in the Disability Fund to the Surplus Money Investment Fund, and may transfer all or any portion of the investments held by the Disability Fund at the date of such election, from the Disability Fund to the Surplus Money Investment Fund. As of the effective date of the revocation of any such election, the State Treasurer shall transfer from the Surplus Money Investment Fund to the Disability Fund the surplus money and earnings attributable to the Disability Fund.
Cal. SHC § 9142 — California Code / Code shc / Division 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 9142
Section 9142
Status: in_force

Upon the approval of the statement of the auditor the legislative body shall adopt a resolution reciting that the statement of the auditor has been approved and is on file with the clerk and that it shows the amount of outstanding bonds and the amount of due and unpaid interest coupons thereof, and the amount of assessments and interest and penalties thereon, together with descriptions of the property upon which reassessments are proposed to be levied, and the amount to be reassessed against each parcel. The resolution shall fix a time and place for hearing on the refunding and reassessment.
Cal. HSC § 53176 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 53176
Section 53176
Status: in_force

For the purposes of carrying out this part, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which have been authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this part. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund. Any money made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund, plus interest that the amounts would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from money received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying out this part.
Cal. PRC § 5786.29 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 5786.29
Section 5786.29
Status: in_force

A district may authorize the members of its board of directors and its employees to attend professional or vocational meetings and pay their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses while on official business.
Cal. PRC § 14549.5 — California Code / Code prc / Division 12.1 / Chapter 3 / Section 14549.5
Section 14549.5
Status: in_force

On or before April 1, 2004, and annually thereafter, or more frequently as determined to be necessary by the department, the department shall review and, if necessary in order to ensure payment of the most accurate commingled rate feasible, recalculate commingled rates paid for beverage containers and postfilled containers paid to curbside recycling programs and collection programs. Prior to recalculating a commingled rate pursuant to this section, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Consult with private and public operators of curbside recycling programs and collection programs concerning the size of the statewide sample, appropriate sampling methodologies, and alternatives to exclusive reliance on a statewide commingled rate.

(b) At least 60 days prior to the effective date of any new commingled rate, hold a public hearing, after giving notice, to make available to the public and affected parties the department’s review and any proposed recalculations of the commingled rate.

(c) At least 60 days prior to the effective date of any new commingled rate, and upon the request of any party, make available documentation or studies which were prepared as part of the department’s review of a commingled rate.

(d) (1) Notwithstanding this division, the department may calculate a curbside recycling program commingled rate pursuant to this subdivision for bimetal containers and a combined commingled rate for all plastic beverage containers displaying the resin identification code “3,” “4,” “5,” “6,” or “7” pursuant to Section 18015.

(2) The department may enter into a contract for the services required to implement the amendments to this section made by Chapter 753 of the Statutes of 2003. The department may not expend more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for each year of the contract. The contract shall be paid only from revenues derived from redemption payments and processing fees paid on plastic beverage containers displaying the resin identification code “3,” “4,” “5,” “6,” or “7” pursuant to Section 18015. If the department determines that insufficient funds will be available from these revenues, after refund values are paid to processors and the reduction is made in the processing fee pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 14575 for these containers, the department may determine not to calculate a commingled rate pursuant to this subdivision.
Cal. HSC § 117090 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 12 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 117090
Section 117090
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the amended permit, if the agency does not allow such use, it shall call for a vote of its constituents at the next statewide primary election or general election, or if the agency is a municipal corporation at the next general municipal election, to determine whether or not the use shall be allowed and if a majority vote is in favor the public agency shall allow public fishing in the body of water and other recreational uses in the surrounding area in compliance with the amended permit.
Cal. HSC § 40731 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 40731
Section 40731
Status: in_force

In order to assist in the development of the BACM, RACM, and BARCT measures specified in Sections 40724, 40724.5, and 40724.6, and to reduce or eliminate emissions of regulated air pollutants and their precursors, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association, in consultation with the state board and other interested parties, shall, not later than January 1, 2005, develop a clearinghouse of available control measures and strategies for agricultural sources of air pollution and emissions from agricultural operations, including, but not limited to, the following sources:

(a)  Operations that create fugitive dust emissions, including, but not limited to, discing, tilling, material handling and storage, and travel on unpaved roads.

(b)  Confined animal facilities, including, but not limited to, any structure, building, installation, barn, corral, coop, feed storage area, or milking parlor, including, but not limited to, a system for the collection, storage, treatment, and distribution of liquid or solid manure from domestic animals, including, but not limited to, cattle, calves, horses, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, or ducks, if those animals are corralled, penned, or otherwise caused to remain in restricted areas for commercial agricultural purposes, and feeding is by means other than grazing.

(c)  Internal combustion engines used in the production of crops or the raising of animals or fowl, except an engine that is used to propel an implement of husbandry, as that term is defined in Section 36000 of the Vehicle Code, as that section existed on January 1, 2003.

(d)  Other equipment, operations, or activities associated with the growing of crops or the raising of fowl or animals, that emit, or cause to be emitted, any regulated air pollutant, or any precursor to any regulated air pollutant.
Cal. HSC § 11362.81 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 6 / Article 2.5 / Section 11362.81
Section 11362.81
Status: in_force

(a) A person specified in subdivision (b) shall be subject to the following penalties:

(1) For the first offense, imprisonment in the county jail for no more than six months or a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(2) For a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment in the county jail for no more than one year, or a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(b) Subdivision (a) applies to any of the following:

(1) A person who fraudulently represents a medical condition or fraudulently provides any material misinformation to a physician, county health department or the county’s designee, or state or local law enforcement agency or officer, for the purpose of falsely obtaining an identification card.

(2) A person who steals or fraudulently uses any person’s identification card in order to acquire, possess, cultivate, transport, use, produce, or distribute cannabis.

(3) A person who counterfeits, tampers with, or fraudulently produces an identification card.

(4) A person who breaches the confidentiality requirements of this article to information provided to, or contained in the records of, the department or of a county health department or the county’s designee pertaining to an identification card program.

(c) In addition to the penalties prescribed in subdivision (a), a person described in subdivision (b) may be precluded from attempting to obtain, or obtaining or using, an identification card for a period of up to six months at the discretion of the court.

(d) In addition to the requirements of this article, the Attorney General shall develop and adopt appropriate guidelines to ensure the security and nondiversion of cannabis grown for medicinal use by patients qualified under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996.
Cal. PROB § 6200 — California Code / Code prob / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 6200
Section 6200
Status: in_force

Unless the provision or context clearly requires otherwise, these definitions and rules of construction govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 1596.85 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3.4 / Article 2 / Section 1596.85
Section 1596.85
Status: in_force

No license or special permit issued pursuant to Chapters 3.5 (commencing with Section 15967.90) and 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) shall have any property value for sale or exchange purposes and no person, including any owner, agent, or broker, shall sell or exchange the license or special permit for any commercial purpose.
Cal. INS § 1052 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 14 / Section 1052
Section 1052
Status: in_force

Thereupon the commissioner shall:

(a) Pay to each of such shareholders or his assignee or nominee, upon surrender of the shares held by such shareholder, the value of said shares so ascertained; subject, however, to the restrictions of subdivisions (d) and (e) of section 1047, and subject, also, to the terms and conditions of the mutualization plan as approved or modified.

(b) Appoint, with the approval of the court, the requisite number of directors in whom shall thereafter be vested the control and management of the assets and business of such insurer until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

(c) Transfer, upon the order of said court, to the appropriate officers appointed by such directors, the property, real and personal, and the books, records, accounts and papers of such insurer; provided, however, that the commissioner may retain, as a deposit, so much of such property as he deems necessary to defray additional costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with any proceeding under this article affecting such property or business.
Cal. HSC § 7021 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 7 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 7021
Section 7021
Status: in_force

“Directors” or “governing body” means the board of directors, board of trustees, or other policymaking body of a cemetery association.
Cal. WIC § 4050 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 4050
Section 4050
Status: in_force

The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide, to the extent resources are available, technical assistance, through its own staff, or by contract, to county mental health programs and other local mental health agencies in the areas of program operations, research, evaluation, demonstration, or quality assurance projects.
Cal. FGC § 2072.3 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 3 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 2 / Section 2072.3
Section 2072.3
Status: in_force

To be accepted, a petition shall, at a minimum, include sufficient scientific information that a petitioned action may be warranted. Petitions shall include information regarding the population trend, range, distribution, abundance, and life history of a species, the factors affecting the ability of the population to survive and reproduce, the degree and immediacy of the threat, the impact of existing management efforts, suggestions for future management, and the availability and sources of information. The petition shall also include information regarding the kind of habitat necessary for species survival, a detailed distribution map, and any other factors that the petitioner deems relevant.
Cal. MVC § 951.5 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 4 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 951.5
Section 951.5
Status: in_force

The public administrator of the county shall make every reasonable effort to determine if the unclaimed remains of a decedent referred to the public administrator belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran. If there is reason to believe that the remains belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran, the public administrator shall work with the county veteran service officer, a national veterans cemetery, the United States Social Security Administration, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or other applicable entity to determine if the remains belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran.
Cal. BPC § 3670 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.2 / Article 7 / Section 3670
Section 3670
Status: in_force

A naturopathic corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, if the corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional services who are naturopathic doctors are in compliance with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), this chapter, and all other statutes and regulations now or hereafter enacted or adopted pertaining to that corporation and the conduct of its affairs. With respect to a naturopathic corporation, the governmental agency referred to in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act is the board.
Cal. HSC § 105252 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 105252
Section 105252
Status: in_force

(a)  It is unlawful for any person to offer lead-related construction courses to meet department certificate requirements unless that person is an accredited training provider as specified in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 35001) of Division 1 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, as adopted pursuant to Sections 105250 and 124160.

(b)  It is unlawful for any person to issue, or offer to issue, a lead-related construction course completion form to any person except upon successful completion by that person of a DHS-approved course.

(c)  The department or any local enforcement agency may, consistent with Section 17972, enter, inspect, and photograph any premises or facilities, and inspect and copy any business record, where any accredited training provider, or any person who offers lead-related construction courses or issues lead-related construction course completion forms, conducts business to determine whether the person is complying with this section.

(d)  It is unlawful for any person who is an accredited training provider or who offers lead-related construction courses or issues lead-related construction completion forms, to refuse entry or inspection, the taking of photographs or other evidence, or access to copying of any record as authorized by this section, or to conceal or withhold evidence.

(e)  A violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months in the county jail, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.