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Cal. FAM § 5700.607 — California Code / Code fam / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 5700.607
Section 5700.607
Status: in_force

(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:

(1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;

(2) the order was obtained by fraud;

(3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;

(4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;

(5) there is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought;

(6) full or partial payment has been made;

(7) the statute of limitation under Section 5700.604 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or

(8) the alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.

(b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (a), a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this state.

(c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (a) to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
Cal. HSC § 105405 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 105405
Section 105405
Status: in_force

(a)  The department through its Indoor Air Quality Program shall develop nonbinding guidelines for the reduction of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) from construction materials in newly constructed or remodeled office buildings. At a minimum, the department shall consider all of the following:

(1)  The type of building to which the guidelines shall apply.

(2)  The methodology for identifying indoor sources of VOC.

(3)  The bake-out procedures prior to occupancy for newly constructed buildings.

(4)  The procedures for VOC reduction during and after major remodeling of occupied buildings.

(5)  The need to establish mandatory regulations rather than nonbinding guidelines for the procedures to reduce VOC exposure in newly constructed buildings and during the remodeling of buildings and, in addition, the need for regulation regarding the occupancy of a newly constructed building or a building undergoing remodeling where VOC reduction is to be a consideration.

(6)  The need to establish an ad hoc group of building construction material manufacturers, builders, building owners and managers, organized labor, sheetmetal contractors, plumbing contractors, mechanical engineers, architects, and building inspectors to advise the department on procedures and costs related to implementing the proposed guidelines.

(b)  The department shall develop and submit the nonbinding guidelines to the Legislature, and file copies with the Department of General Services and the State Building Standards Commission, by January 1, 1992.

(c)  The guidelines developed by the department pursuant to this section shall be nonbinding and voluntary, and shall therefore, be exempt from the procedures for adoption of regulations, including the review and approval by the Office of Administrative Law, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code.
Cal. BPC § 4172 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 12 / Section 4172
Section 4172
Status: in_force

A prescriber who dispenses drugs pursuant to Section 4170 shall store all drugs to be dispensed in an area that is secure. The Medical Board of California shall, by regulation, define the term “secure” for purposes of this section.
Cal. HSC § 113949 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 113949
Section 113949
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce the likelihood of foodborne disease transmission by preventing any food employee who is suffering from symptoms associated with an acute gastrointestinal illness, or known to be infected with a communicable disease that is transmissible through food, from engaging in the handling of food until the food employee is determined to be free of that illness or disease, or incapable of transmitting the illness or disease through food as specified in this article.
Cal. SHC § 30409 — California Code / Code shc / Division 17 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 30409
Section 30409
Status: in_force

In all cases where, by statute or otherwise, any right is reserved or granted to the state or any state agency to construct or maintain highways, bridges, or approaches thereto, or other highway crossings, or railroads, or transportation facilities over, through, under, on, or across any public or private property, the commission is entitled to the benefit of such reservation or grant.
Cal. PUC § 101260 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 13 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 101260
Section 101260
Status: in_force

Whenever the district avails itself of the services of any officer or department of the County of Kern, or of any city within the district, in the performance of any function of the district, the district shall reimburse the county or the city, as the case may be, for the reasonable value of any such service so performed in an amount, or at a rate of charge, to be fixed by the legislative body of the agency performing the service.

Reimbursement to the county for its services to the district in the collection of district taxes shall be subject to the limitation prescribed by Section 29142 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 78770 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 78770
Section 78770
Status: in_force

The department shall assign each site listed pursuant to Section 78760 to one of the following priority tiers for the purpose of informing the public of the relative hazard of listed sites:

(a) “Priority tier one” shall include any site that the department determines, using the criteria described in Section 78760, meets any of the following conditions:

(1) The site may pose a known or probable threat to public health or safety through direct human contact.

(2) The site may pose a substantial probability of explosion or a fire or a significant risk due to hazardous air emissions.

(3) The site has a high potential to contaminate or to continue to contaminate groundwater resources that are present or possible future sources of drinking water.

(4) There is a risk that the costs of a response action will increase rapidly or risks to human health or safety or the environment will increase significantly if response action is deferred.

(b) “Priority tier two” shall include any site that poses a substantial but less immediate threat to public health or safety or the environment and any site that will require a response action, but presents only a limited and defined threat to human health or safety or the environment. Priority tier two may contain sites previously listed in priority tier one if the department determines that direct threats to human health or safety have been removed and if physical deterioration of the site has been stabilized so that threats to the environment are not significantly increasing.
Cal. PUC § 2780.1 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 2780.1
Section 2780.1
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission consider the legal, administrative, and operational costs that an electric microutility faces if it is named as a respondent in a hearing generally applicable to electrical corporations. The limited resources of a microutility are disproportionately strained by the cost of response.

(b) Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission consider the costs described in subdivision (a) before naming an electric microutility as a respondent in a hearing generally applicable to electrical corporations.
Cal. HSC § 6952.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 6952.5
Section 6952.5
Status: in_force

“Owner of real property” means any public agency owning land and any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll; provided that where such person is no longer the owner, the term means any person entitled to be shown as owner on the next assessment roll and where land is subject to a recorded written agreement of sale, the term means any person shown therein as purchaser.
Cal. INS § 10801 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 1 / Section 10801
Section 10801
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to improve the competition in the pricing and delivering of health care coverage for employers and small employers. It does so by allowing for the establishment of private competing purchasing alliances through which eligible employers or small employers can purchase health coverage. Another goal is to avoid jurisdictional confusion by clarifying the respective roles and jurisdiction of existing regulatory agencies and a purchasing alliance. This chapter provides a mechanism for employers or small employers to join together solely for the purpose of procuring health coverage and operates as an exception to existing false group or fictitious group laws.
Cal. FAM § 8909 — California Code / Code fam / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 8909
Section 8909
Status: in_force

(a) An agency may not place a child for adoption unless a written report on the child’s medical background and, if available, the medical background of the child’s biological parents so far as ascertainable, has been submitted to the prospective adoptive parents and they have acknowledged in writing the receipt of the report.

(b) The report on the child’s background shall contain all known diagnostic information, including current medical reports on the child, psychological evaluations, and scholastic information, as well as all known information regarding the child’s developmental history and family life.

(c) (1) The biological parents may provide a blood sample at a clinic or hospital approved by the State Department of Health Services. The biological parents’ failure to provide a blood sample shall not affect the adoption of the child.

(2) The blood sample shall be stored at a laboratory under contract with the State Department of Health Services for a period of 30 years following the adoption of the child.

(3) The purpose of the stored sample of blood is to provide a blood sample from which DNA testing can be done at a later date after entry of the order of adoption at the request of the adoptive parents or the adopted child. The cost of drawing and storing the blood samples shall be paid for by a separate fee in addition to any fee required under Section 8907. The amount of this additional fee shall be based on the cost of drawing and storing the blood samples but at no time shall the additional fee be more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(d) (1) The blood sample shall be stored and released in such a manner as to not identify any party to the adoption.

(2) Any results of the DNA testing shall be stored and released in such a manner as to not identify any party to the adoption.
Cal. RTC § 5767 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 12 / Chapter 4 / Section 5767
Section 5767
Status: in_force

If any person required by Section 5782 to file a report fails to file it by the time specified, the tax collector shall impose on the lawful amount of taxes due under this part, a penalty equal to 10 percent of the tax, and the penalties provided by Section 5763. If any person required to file the report required by Section 5782 files any false or fraudulent report with an intent to defeat or evade any tax due under this part, the tax collector shall impose on the lawful amount of tax due under this part, a penalty equal to 25 percent of the tax, and the penalties provided by Section 5763.
Cal. PUC § 70044 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 70044
Section 70044
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall make all provisions for the holding of the election throughout the district as proposed, and the cost of said election shall be a charge against the general funds of the county.
Cal. WAT § 1729 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10.5 / Article 1 / Section 1729
Section 1729
Status: in_force

A proposed temporary change under this article shall be exempt from the requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.
Cal. WIC § 4519.9 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 1.6 / Section 4519.9
Section 4519.9
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a community navigator program to promote the utilization of generic and regional center services by using community leaders, family members, or self-advocates to provide information and guidance to consumers and their families who could benefit from added support to navigate available resources.

(1) The program shall be structured to utilize individuals and families who are receiving or have received regional center services to provide education to those individuals who are or may be eligible for regional center services regarding the developmental disabilities services system, agencies available to assist them, and other available resources.

(2) The program shall focus on cultural and linguistic competency in supporting individuals and families to improve equitable access to regional center services.

(b) The department shall engage stakeholders to obtain input on key elements for the community navigator program by August 31, 2021.

(c) The department shall allocate funding to family resource centers to administer community navigator programs.

(1) To the extent possible, each funded program shall share a culture or ethnicity, or both, community, and language with the individuals and families they support when offering assistance and education to reduce barriers in accessing services.

(2) Each program funded pursuant to this subdivision shall assist individuals and families in accessing and utilizing generic and regional center services in their communities, including, but not limited to, assistance in building trust with regional center staff, education on available services, guidance on how to request needed services, and support from peers in the community who have experience with the regional center system.

(d) The department shall issue funding guidelines regarding the selection of community navigator programs and the conditions under which the funding shall be used consistent with the requirements of this section. The guidelines shall be exempt from the rulemaking process of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(e) A family resource center receiving funding for the purpose of the community navigator program shall report to the department in a manner and within a time period determined and outlined in guidance by the department on how the funding allocations were used and shall include recommendations of priorities for activities that may be effective in addressing disparities, including removing barriers to accessing and utilizing generic and regional center services. The department shall post these reports on its internet website by November 1, 2022.
Cal. BPC § 3090 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 3090
Section 3090
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the board may take action against all persons guilty of violating this chapter or any of the regulations adopted by the board. The board shall enforce and administer this article as to licenseholders, including those who hold a retired license, a license with a retired volunteer designation, an inactive license issued pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 700) of Chapter 1, or a temporary license, and the board shall have all the powers granted in this chapter for these purposes, including, but not limited to, investigating complaints from the public, other licensees, health care facilities, other licensing agencies, or any other source suggesting that an optometrist may be guilty of violating this chapter or any of the regulations adopted by the board.
Cal. FGC § 3213 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 3213
Section 3213
Status: in_force

A retail meat dealer may, without a license, sell portions of a quarter or loin of a large mammal or the carcass of a game bird or mammal raised or imported under a domesticated game breeder’s license to a customer for actual consumption.

Retail dealers shall submit their premises to inspection by the department, and shall display at any authorized inspection any carcass or parts thereof held by them in storage. Such game meat or carcasses shall be tagged under Section 3206.
Cal. PRC § 5795.15 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 13 / Section 5795.15
Section 5795.15
Status: in_force

The board of directors may be reorganized pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 5785).
Cal. PUC § 12823 — California Code / Code puc / Division 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 12823
Section 12823
Status: in_force

(a) A district furnishing its inhabitants with light, water, power, or heat shall not terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the district first gives notice of the delinquency and impending termination, as provided in Section 12823.1.

(b) A district shall not terminate residential service for nonpayment in any of the following situations:

(1) During the pendency of an investigation by the district of a customer dispute or complaint.

(2) When a customer has been granted an extension of the period for payment of a bill.

(3) On the certification of a licensed physician and surgeon that to do so will be life threatening to the customer and the customer is financially unable to pay for service within the normal payment period and is willing to enter into an amortization agreement with the district pursuant to subdivision (e) with respect to all charges that the customer is unable to pay before delinquency.

(c) A residential customer who has initiated a complaint or requested an investigation within five days of receiving a disputed bill, or who has, within 13 days of the mailing of the notice required by subdivision (a), made a request for an extension of the payment period of a bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay in full during the normal period for payment, shall be given an opportunity for review of the complaint, investigation, or request by a review manager of the district. The review shall include consideration of whether the customer shall be permitted to amortize the unpaid balance of the account over a reasonable period of time, generally within 12 months, but a district may grant a longer period of time if the district finds a longer period of time is necessary to avoid undue hardship to the customer based on the individual circumstances of the case. No termination of service shall be effected for any customer complying with an amortization agreement, if the customer also keeps the account current as charges accrue in each subsequent billing period.

(d) A customer whose complaint or request for an investigation pursuant to subdivision (c) has resulted in an adverse determination by the district may appeal the determination to the board. A subsequent appeal of the dispute or complaint to the board is not subject to this section.

(e) A customer meeting the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) shall, upon request, be permitted to amortize the unpaid balance of any bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay within the normal period for payment, generally within 12 months, but a district may grant a longer period if the district finds a longer period is necessary to avoid undue hardship to the customer based on the individual circumstances of the case.
Cal. PROB § 4685 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.7 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 4685
Section 4685
Status: in_force

Unless the power of attorney for health care provides otherwise, the agent designated in the power of attorney who is known to the health care provider to be reasonably available and willing to make health care decisions has priority over any other person in making health care decisions for the principal.
Cal. PRC § 42283.7 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.3 / Article 3 / Section 42283.7
Section 42283.7
Status: in_force

All moneys collected pursuant to this article shall be retained by the store and may be used only for the following purposes:

(a) Costs associated with complying with the requirements of this article.

(b) Actual costs of providing recycled paper bags or reusable grocery bags.

(c) Costs associated with a store’s educational materials or educational campaign encouraging the use of reusable grocery bags.
Cal. FAM § 2335 — California Code / Code fam / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 2335
Section 2335
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by statute, in a pleading or proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, including depositions and discovery proceedings, evidence of specific acts of misconduct is improper and inadmissible.
Cal. MVC § 124 — California Code / Code mvc / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 124
Section 124
Status: in_force

Enrollment shall be made upon such notice and in such manner as the Governor may direct. Every person required by such notice to enroll who fails or refuses so to do is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. HSC § 18870.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.3 / Chapter 7 / Section 18870.2
Section 18870.2
Status: in_force

Fees as applicable shall be submitted for permits:

(a)  Fees for a permit to conduct any construction subject to this part as determined by the schedule of fees adopted by the department.

(b)  Plan checking fees equal to one-half of the construction, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical permit fees, except that the minimum fee shall be ten dollars ($10).

(c)  Except for a temporary recreational vehicle park, an annual operating permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) and an additional two dollars ($2) per lot or two dollars ($2) per camping party for the maximum number of camping parties to be accommodated at any one time in an incidental camping area.

(d)  Temporary recreational vehicle park operating permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), with no additional fee for the lots.

(e)  Change in name fee or transfer of ownership or possession fee of ten dollars ($10).

(f)  Duplicate permit fee or amended permit fee of ten dollars ($10).
Cal. HSC § 50062 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 50062
Section 50062
Status: in_force

“Concentrated rehabilitation area” means an area characterized by substantial deterioration of residential structures and which is designated by the agency pursuant to Section 51302.
Cal. PROB § 13211 — California Code / Code prob / Division 8 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 13211
Section 13211
Status: in_force

If the court finds that a person designated as a successor of the decedent in a certified copy of an affidavit issued under Section 13202 has acted reasonably and in good faith under the circumstances as known to the person, the court may, in its discretion, excuse the person from liability to pay interest, in whole or in part, under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 13206 or paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 13206, if it would be equitable to do so.