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Cal. BPC § 6056 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 3.5 / Section 6056
Section 6056
Status: in_force

(a) The State Bar, acting pursuant to Section 6001, shall assist the Sections of the State Bar to incorporate as a private, nonprofit corporation organized under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and shall transfer the functions and activities of the 16 State Bar Sections and the California Young Lawyers Association to the new private, nonprofit corporation, to be called the California Lawyers Association. The California Lawyers Association shall be a voluntary association, shall not be a part of the State Bar, and shall not be funded in any way through mandatory fees collected by the State Bar. The California Lawyers Association shall have independent contracting authority and full control of its resources. The California Lawyers Association shall not be considered a state, local, or other public body for any purpose, including, but not limited to, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(b) The California Lawyers Association shall establish the criteria for membership in the California Young Lawyers Association. The California Lawyers Association may change the name of the California Young Lawyers Association to another name consistent with the criteria for membership and its mission.

(c) The State Bar may assist the California Lawyers Association in gaining appointment to the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates, consistent with the California Lawyers Association’s mission and subject to the consent of the ABA.

(d) The State Bar shall support the California Lawyers Association’s efforts to partner with the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), subject to agreement by the University of California.

(e) The State Bar of California shall ensure that State Bar staff who support the Sections, as of September 15, 2017, are reassigned to other comparable positions within the State Bar.

(f) The Sections of the State Bar or the California Lawyers Association and the State Bar shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding the terms of separation of the Sections of the State Bar from the State Bar and mandatory duties of the California Lawyers Association, including a requirement to provide all of the following:

(1) Low- and no-cost mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE).

(2) Expertise and information to the State Bar, as requested.

(3) Educational programs and materials to the licensees of the State Bar and the public.

(g) The State Bar of California shall assist the California Lawyers Association in meeting the association’s requirement to provide low- and no-cost MCLE by the inclusion on the State Bar’s internet website of easily accessible links to the low- and no-cost MCLE provided by the California Lawyers Association.
Cal. VEH § 4456.1 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 4456.1
Section 4456.1
Status: in_force

(a) A dealer or lessor-retailer who violates paragraph (1), (2), or (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 4456 shall pay to the department an administrative service fee of five dollars ($5) for each violation.

(b) A dealer or lessor-retailer who violates paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 4456 shall pay to the department an administrative service fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each violation.

(c) Subject to subdivision (d), each violation of Section 4456 is, in addition to the obligation to pay an administrative service fee, a separate cause for discipline pursuant to Section 11613 or 11705.

(d) A violation of subdivision (a) of Section 4456 because of a dealer or lessor-retailer’s failure to submit to the department an application for registration or transfer of registration is a cause for disciplinary action pursuant to Section 11613 or 11705 only if the initial application is submitted 50 days or more following the date of sale of the vehicle if the vehicle is a used vehicle, and 40 days if the vehicle is a new vehicle.
Cal. VEH § 16050 — California Code / Code veh / Division 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 16050
Section 16050
Status: in_force

In order to establish evidence of financial responsibility, every driver or employer involved in an accident and required to report the accident under Section 16000 shall establish to the satisfaction of the department that the provisions of this article are applicable to his or her responsibilities arising out of the accident.
Cal. WIC § 4405 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.1 / Part 1 / Section 4405
Section 4405
Status: in_force

With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint to serve at his pleasure, the Director of Developmental Services. He shall have the powers of a head of a department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

Upon recommendation of the director, the Governor may appoint a chief deputy director of the department who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The salary of the chief deputy director shall be fixed in accordance with law.
Cal. VEH § 21117 — California Code / Code veh / Division 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 21117
Section 21117
Status: in_force

(a) Local authorities may, notwithstanding Section 21101 or 21101.6, by written agreement approved by their legislative bodies, transfer among themselves the responsibility for maintaining, operating, or controlling public access to any highway under their respective jurisdictions located in or adjacent to an ecological reserve or an environmentally sensitive area within their respective jurisdictions.

(b) An agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) may authorize the local authority having responsibility for the highway under the agreement to do all of the following:

(1) Limit access by motor vehicles to the highway during certain hours of the day or certain days of the week.

(2) Prohibit access by motor vehicles during certain hours of the day or certain days of the week.

(3) Provide for the construction or erection of barricades or other devices designed or intended to separate pedestrians from vehicles or motor vehicles.

(4) Establish and operate a program by which vehicular access is permitted only in conjunction with specified educational programs or for disabled persons, or both.

(5) Issue temporary permits for special events valid for less than one day.

(c) As used in this section, the term “ecological reserve” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1584 of the Fish and Game Code, and “environmentally sensitive area” has the same meaning as defined in Section 30107.5 of the Public Resources Code.
Cal. HSC § 114785 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 9 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 114785
Section 114785
Status: in_force

Each privately owned and publicly owned public utility operating a nuclear powerplant with a generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more shall establish a system of offsite radiation monitoring devices as specified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to Regulatory Guide 1.97 or related standards. The utility shall consult with the department and the appropriate county emergency services agency regarding the type, number, and locations of the radiation monitoring devices. The consultation with the department and the appropriate county emergency services agency shall be completed prior to submitting a plan to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the radiation monitoring devices.
Cal. PRC § 71340 — California Code / Code prc / Division 34 / Part 4.4 / Section 71340
Section 71340
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, through the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program established pursuant to Part 4.5 (commencing with Section 71350), shall develop the California Climate Change Assessment, in coordination with the Natural Resources Agency, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Strategic Growth Council, and in consultation with partner public agencies designated by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation. The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation may also contract with outside entities, including public universities, research institutions, organizations that serve vulnerable communities, and other technical experts to produce the assessment.

(b) The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall complete the assessment no less frequently than every five years, and may release components of the assessment on a rolling basis as they become available.

(c) The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall consider research from independent, scientifically peer-reviewed panels, financial reports, and other relevant and reasonably accessible data.

(d) For purposes of this part, “vulnerable communities” has the same meaning as the definition of “vulnerable communities” adopted by the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program Technical Advisory Council in the most up-to-date “Defining Vulnerable Communities in the Context of Climate Adaptation” resource guide published by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation.
Cal. HSC § 117475 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 13 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 117475
Section 117475
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this article the term “garbage” includes any or all of the following:

(a)  Garbage.

(b)  Swill.

(c)  Refuse.

(d)  Cans.

(e)  Bottles.

(f)  Paper.

(g)  Vegetable matter.

(h)  Carcass of any dead animal.

(i)  Offal from any slaughter pen or butcher shop.

(j)  Trash.

(k)  Rubbish.

( l)  Radioactive waste materials.

(m)  Discarded, nonbiodegradable materials including plastics or damaged or broken marine equipment.
Cal. HNC § 461 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 461
Section 461
Status: in_force

A bottomry lien, if created out of a real or apparent necessity, in good faith, is preferred to every other lien or claim upon the same thing, excepting only a lien for seamen’s wages, a subsequent lien of material-men for supplies or repairs indispensable to the safety of the vessel, and a subsequent lien for salvage.
Cal. HSC § 78200 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 78200
Section 78200
Status: in_force

The Director of Finance shall schedule in the annual proposed budget the projects proposed in any fiscal year, that will incur direct costs for removal and remedial actions at hazardous substance release sites.
Cal. HSC § 5053 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 5053
Section 5053
Status: in_force

The rates and penalties may be collected in the following manner:

(a)  An action may be brought in the name of the district against the person who occupied the property when the service was rendered for the collection of the amount of the delinquent rate and all penalties. A reasonable attorney’s fee shall be awarded the plaintiff.

(b)  The governing body may provide that the rates shall be collected with the rates for any other utility service rendered by the district and all the rates shall be itemized, billed upon the same bill, and collected as one item, together with and not separate from such other utility service charge.

(c)  Such rates may be collected with the rates for any other utility service furnished by a department or agency of such district over which the legislative body thereof does not exercise control, or with a publicly or privately owned public utility, with the written consent and agreement of said department or agency or public utility owner, which agreement shall establish the terms and conditions upon which such collections shall be made. Such agreement, in the discretion of such department or agency or public utility owner making the collections, also may provide that said rates shall be itemized, billed upon the same bill, and collected as one item, together with and not separately from such other utility service charge.
Cal. BPC § 17511.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1.4 / Section 17511.2
Section 17511.2
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Department” means the Department of Justice.

(b) “Item” means any goods and services, and includes coupon books which are to be used with businesses other than the seller’s business.

(c) “Owner” means a person who owns or controls 10 percent or more of the equity of, or otherwise has claim to 10 percent or more of the net income of, a telephonic seller.

(d) “Person” includes an individual, firm, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any other business entity.

(e) “Principal” means an owner, an executive officer of a corporation, a general partner of a partnership, a sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship, a trustee of a trust, or any other individual with similar supervisory functions with respect to any person.

(f) “Purchaser” or “prospective purchaser” means a person who is solicited to become or does become obligated to a telephonic seller.

(g) “Salesperson” means any individual employed, appointed or authorized by a telephonic seller, whether referred to by the telephonic seller as an agent, representative, or independent contractor, who attempts to solicit or solicits a sale on behalf of the telephonic seller. The principals of a seller are themselves salespersons if they solicit sales on behalf of the telephonic seller.
Cal. VEH § 24253 — California Code / Code veh / Division 12 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 24253
Section 24253
Status: in_force

(a) All motor vehicles manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1970, shall be equipped so all taillamps are capable of remaining lighted for a period of at least one-quarter hour with the engine inoperative. This requirement shall be complied with by an energy storing system which is recharged by energy produced by the vehicle.

(b) All motorcycles manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1971, shall be equipped so all taillamps, when turned on, will remain lighted automatically for a period of at least one-quarter hour if the engine stops.
Cal. RTC § 7285.92 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 1.7 / Chapter 2.3 / Section 7285.92
Section 7285.92
Status: in_force

The authority of a city to impose transactions and use taxes under this chapter is in addition to any authority to impose these taxes contained in Chapters 2.6 (commencing with Section 7286.20) to 2.99 (commencing with Section 7286.80), inclusive, of this part. The authority of a city to impose transactions and use taxes under any provision of law is subject to the rate limitation specified in Section 7251.1.
Cal. HSC § 1793.54 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 1793.54
Section 1793.54
Status: in_force

If an administrator is appointed to rehabilitate a provider, the administrator may do any of the following:

(a)  Take possession of and preserve, protect and recover any assets, books, records, or property of the provider, including, but not limited to, claims or causes of action belonging to, or which may be asserted by, the provider.

(b)  Deal with the property in the administrator’s name in the capacity as administrator, and purchase at any sale any real estate or other asset upon which the provider may hold any lien or encumbrance or in which the provider may have an interest.

(c)  File, prosecute, and defend or compromise any suit or suits which have been filed, or which may thereafter be filed, by or against the provider as necessary to protect the provider or the residents or any property affected thereby.

(d)  Deposit and invest any of the provider’s available funds.

(e)  Pay all expenses of the rehabilitation.

(f)  Perform all duties of the provider in the provision of care and services to residents in the continuing care retirement community at the time the administrator takes possession.

(g)  Facilitate the orderly transfer of residents should the provider ultimately fail.

(h)  Exercise any other powers and duties as may be authorized by law or provided by order of the court.
Cal. PUC § 7002 — California Code / Code puc / Division 3.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 7002
Section 7002
Status: in_force

When a utility enters into a relocation agreement with the authority in connection with a transit or transportation capital improvement project, the agreement may include, but not be limited to, the following elements, as agreed to by the parties:

(a) Location of the work to be completed.

(b) Cost arrangements between the parties for the work to be conducted.

(c) Schedule for the work to be completed.

(d) Remedies for contract impairment.

(e) Definition of default on the part of either party.

(f) Remedies for default by either party.

(g) What constitutes abandonment of utility relocation work, and remedies for addressing any abandonment.
Cal. WIC § 317.6 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 317.6
Section 317.6
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 1, 1996, the Judicial Council shall, after consulting with representatives from the State Bar of California, county counsels, district attorneys, public defenders, county welfare directors, and children’s advocacy groups, adopt rules of court regarding the appointment of competent counsel in dependency proceedings, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) The screening and appointment of competent counsel.

(2) Establishing minimum standards of experience and education necessary to qualify as competent counsel to represent a party in dependency proceedings.

(3) Procedures for handling client complaints regarding attorney performance, including measures to inform clients of the complaint process.

(4) Procedures for informing the court of any interests of the minor that may need to be protected in other proceedings.

(b) On or before July 1, 1996, each superior court shall, after consulting with representatives from the State Bar of California and the local offices of the county counsel, district attorney, public defender, county welfare department, and children’s advocacy groups, adopt local rules of court regarding the conduct of dependency proceedings that address items such as procedures and timeframes for the presentation of contested issues and witness lists to eliminate unnecessary delays in dependency hearings.
Cal. LAB § 98.11 — California Code / Code lab / Division 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 98.11
Section 98.11
Status: in_force

The Labor Commissioner shall develop a model list of employees’ rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws that complies with the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 1102.8. The model list shall be accessible on the Labor Commissioner’s internet website so that it is reasonably accessible to an employer.
Cal. ELEC § 13107.3 — California Code / Code elec / Division 13 / Chapter 2 / Section 13107.3
Section 13107.3
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate who submits a ballot designation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13107 shall file a ballot designation worksheet that supports the use of that ballot designation by the candidate, in a format prescribed by the Secretary of State.

(b) The ballot designation worksheet shall be filed with the elections official at the same time that the candidate files his or her declaration of candidacy.

(c) In the event that a candidate fails to file a ballot designation worksheet in accordance with subdivision (a), no designation shall appear under the candidate’s name on the ballot.
Cal. WAT § 23665 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 23665
Section 23665
Status: in_force

Regardless of any findings made by the board if more than one-third in number of the holders of title to land within a proposed improvement district object at the hearing to its formation or the levy of the proposed assessment, the board shall deny the petition, and no further proceeding shall be had on it.
Cal. WIC § 18460 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 18460
Section 18460
Status: in_force

A county may incur all necessary expenses in transporting a nonresident applicant for or recipient of relief under this chapter to another state or county, when information at hand reasonably tends to show that the person has a legal residence in that state or county. The state shall reimburse the county for the full amount of the cost of such transportation.
Cal. WAT § 8686 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 8686
Section 8686
Status: in_force

The plans and specifications for the work shall be prepared and approved by the board and delivered to the department with a request that the work be done by the department.
Cal. WAT § 31144.72 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 9.7 / Section 31144.72
Section 31144.72
Status: in_force

In addition to the other powers provided by law, the Malaga County Water District may levy and collect fees or charges in the manner provided for in this division for activities undertaken pursuant to Section 31144.71.
Cal. HNC § 6024 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 8 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 6024
Section 6024
Status: in_force

Upon the completion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall have a finding of facts entered upon the minutes if it appears that:

(a) The petition and notice of hearing have been duly published.

(b) The petition is signed by a sufficient number of persons who possess the required qualifications.

(c) A harbor exists within the proposed district.

(d) The harbor can be improved and developed as generally described in the petition.
Cal. FIN § 5755 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 5755
Section 5755
Status: in_force

When a merger or consolidation agreement has been approved by the directors and the stockholders or members of an association, the association shall mail notice of the approval to each of its stockholders or members at least 10 days before filing the certificate as provided in this section unless the consents of all stockholders or members entitled to vote have been solicited and received in writing.

After approval by the directors and stockholders or members has been given, the association shall prepare and submit to the commissioner for written approval a certificate in the form of an officers’ certificate (Section 173 of the Corporations Code) which shall set forth the following:

(a) An identification of the agreement of merger or consolidation by reference to names of parties and date.

(b) That the agreement was approved by the board of directors of the association.

(c) The total number of outstanding shares of each class of stock entitled to vote, or in the case of a mutual association the total value of accounts outstanding.

(d) That the principal terms of the agreement were approved by the vote or written consent of a number of shares of each class of stock which equaled or exceeded the vote required, or in the case of a mutual association that approval by the members was not required by the commissioner or that the principal terms of the agreement were approved by the vote or written consent of members holding a total value of accounts which equaled or exceeded the vote required.

(e) The percentage vote required of each class.

(f) That the agreement for merger or consolidation submitted to the commissioner for written approval and for filing with the Secretary of State concurrently with this certificate is the agreement hereinabove referred.

(g) Any additional matters that the commissioner may require.