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Cal. FAC § 74770 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 12.6 / Article 5 / Section 74770
Section 74770
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter, the director shall establish a list of grape rootstock nurseries eligible to vote on the implementation of this chapter. In establishing the list, the director may require that all grape rootstock nurseries submit the names and mailing addresses of all grape rootstock nurseries. The director also may require that the information provided include the quantity of grape rootstock produced by each nursery or, in the alternative, may establish procedures for receiving the information at the time of the referendum vote specified in Section 74771. The request for the information shall be in writing, and the requested information shall be filed within 10 days following receipt of the request.

(b) Any grape rootstock nursery whose name does not appear upon the appropriate list may have his or her name placed on the list by filing with the director a signed statement identifying himself or herself as a nursery owner or representative of a nursery owner. The absence of an owner’s name from the list does not exempt the person from paying assessments and does not invalidate any industry votes conducted pursuant to this article.

(c) Proponents and opponents of the commission may contact nurseries on the lists in a form and manner prescribed by the director if all expenses associated with the contacts are paid in advance.
Cal. WIC § 5976 — California Code / Code wic / Division 5 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 5976
Section 5976
Status: in_force

The respondent shall:

(a) Receive notice of the hearings.

(b) Receive a copy of the court-ordered evaluation.

(c) Be entitled to be represented by counsel at all stages of a proceeding commenced under this chapter, regardless of the ability to pay.

(d) Be allowed to have a supporter be present with them to perform the functions described in Sections 5980 and 5981, subject to the limits provided in those sections.

(e) Have the right to be present at the hearing unless the respondent waives that right.

(f) Have the right to present evidence.

(g) Have the right to call witnesses.

(h) Have the right to cross-examine witnesses.

(i) Have the right to appeal decisions, and to be informed of the right to appeal.

(j) Have the right to an interpreter in all proceedings if necessary for the respondent to fully participate.
Cal. SHC § 2107.1 — California Code / Code shc / Division 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 2107.1
Section 2107.1
Status: in_force

Any city or city and county may apply to the United States Bureau of Census to determine its population. Upon receipt from the bureau of its determination of population, the city or city and county may, at its option, file a certified copy of the determination with the Controller.

All apportionments made under Section 2107 and all payments under Section 11005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for any apportionment made beginning with the month following the filing of the determination shall be based upon the population so determined until such time as a subsequent determination is made by the bureau and a certified copy is filed by the city or city and county with the Controller or a certified copy of a subsequent estimate or census result validated by the Department of Finance is filed with the Controller as provided in Section 2107.2. For the purposes of this section, a written or telegraphic certification from the Director of the Census to the Controller of the determination of population may be accepted by the Controller in lieu of the filing by the city or city and county of the certified copy of the determination.

The cost of any determination by the United States Bureau of Census or by the Department of Finance is a proper charge against the city or city and county applying therefor and shall be paid by it to the bureau or to the department.

This section does not apply to counties.
Cal. FAC § 42682 — California Code / Code fac / Division 17 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 42682
Section 42682
Status: in_force

The director may, upon a petition of a person that the director finds has a substantial interest in the growing or handling of the particular fruit, nut, or vegetable involved, establish, modify, or rescind by regulation, which initially took effect January 1, 1971, standard container, lid, marking, sizing requirement for commodities, and packing arrangement for any fruits, nuts, or vegetables, for which specific quality standards have otherwise been provided by law or regulation.

The director shall not, by regulation, adopt any new container or packing requirement, unless the new container or packing requirement has previously been authorized by regulation of the director as an experimental pack or container.

The director shall, upon the petition of 10 persons that the director finds have a substantial interest in the growing or handling of the particular fruit, nut, or vegetable involved, hold a hearing to establish if the requested standard container, lid, marking, sizing requirement for commodities, or packing arrangement for any fruit, nut, or vegetable for which specific quality standards have otherwise been provided should be adopted by regulation.

All regulations shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Cal. VEH § 17714 — California Code / Code veh / Division 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 17714
Section 17714
Status: in_force

In the event, in one or more actions, judgment is rendered against a defendant under this chapter based upon the negligent or wrongful act or omission of a minor in the operation of a vehicle, and also by reason of such act or omission rendered against such defendant under Article 2 (commencing with Section 17150) of Chapter 1 of Division 9, then such judgment or judgments shall not be cumulative but recovery shall be limited to the amount specified in Section 17709.
Cal. WAT § 22432 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 22432
Section 22432
Status: in_force

A district may on terms its board deems for the best interests of the district take a deed or release from any claimant, including any other taxing or assessing agency, to any interest in any property owned or claimed by the district.
Cal. RTC § 19777 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 10.2 / Chapter 9.5 / Article 4 / Section 19777
Section 19777
Status: in_force

(a) If a taxpayer has been contacted by the Franchise Tax Board regarding an abusive tax avoidance transaction, and has a deficiency attributable to an abusive tax avoidance transaction, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to 100 percent of the interest payable under Section 19101 for the period beginning on the last date prescribed by law for the payment of that tax, determined without regard to extensions, and ending on the date the notice of proposed assessment is mailed.

(b) For purposes of this section, “abusive tax avoidance transaction” means any of the following:

(1) A tax shelter as defined in Section 6662(d)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to reduction not to apply to tax shelters. For purposes of this chapter, Section 6662(d)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting the phrase “income or franchise tax” for “Federal income tax.”

(2) A reportable transaction, as defined in Section 6707A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to reportable transaction, with respect to which the requirements of Section 6664(d)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code are not met.

(3) A listed transaction, as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to listed transaction.

(4) A gross misstatement, within the meaning of Section 6404(g)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(5) Any transaction to which Section 19774 applies.

(c) The penalty imposed by this section is in addition to any other penalty imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part.

(d) (1) If a taxpayer files an amended return reporting an abusive tax avoidance transaction, described in subdivision (b), after the taxpayer is contacted by the Franchise Tax Board regarding that abusive tax avoidance transaction but before a notice of proposed assessment is issued under Section 19033, then the amount of the penalty under this section shall be 50 percent of the interest payable under Section 19101 with respect to the amount of any additional tax reflected in the amended return attributable to that abusive tax avoidance transaction.

(2) If a notice of proposed assessment under Section 19033, with respect to an abusive tax avoidance transaction as described in subdivision (a), is issued after the amended return described in paragraph (1) is filed, the penalty imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be applicable to the additional tax reflected in the notice of proposed assessment attributable to that abusive tax avoidance transaction in excess of the additional tax shown on the amended return.

(e) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2011 shall apply to notices mailed on or after the effective date of that act and to amended returns filed more than 90 days after that effective date with respect to taxable years for which the statute of limitations for mailing a notice of proposed assessment has not expired as of that date.
Cal. BPC § 9810 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 20 / Article 2 / Section 9810
Section 9810
Status: in_force

(a) (1) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Household Goods and Services, under the supervision and control of the director. The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19000) and Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 19225) of Division 8.

(2) There is a Division of Household Movers within the bureau for purposes of administering Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 19225) of Division 8. The Division of Household Movers shall be overseen by the chief of the bureau.

(b) The Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, a chief of the bureau at a salary to be fixed and determined by the director with the approval of the Director of Finance. The chief shall serve under the direction and supervision of the director and at the pleasure of the Governor.

(c) Every power granted to or duty imposed upon the director under this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19000) and Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 19225) of Division 8 may be exercised or performed in the name of the director by a deputy or assistant director or by the chief, subject to conditions and limitations that the director may prescribe.

(d) Whenever the laws of this state refer to the Bureau of Electronic Repair Dealer Registration or the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, the reference shall be construed to be to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, as set forth in this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19000) and Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 19225) of Division 8, shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The review shall be performed as if this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19000) and Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 19225) of Division 8 were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028.
Cal. LAB § 1726 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 1726
Section 1726
Status: in_force

(a) The body awarding the contract for public work shall take cognizance of violations of this chapter committed in the course of the execution of the contract, and shall promptly report any suspected violations to the Labor Commissioner.

(b) If the awarding body determines as a result of its own investigation that there has been a violation of this chapter and withholds contract payments, the procedures in Section 1771.6 shall be followed.

(c) A contractor may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover from an awarding body the difference between the wages actually paid to an employee and the wages that were required to be paid to an employee under this chapter, any penalties required to be paid under this chapter, and costs and attorney’s fees related to this action, if either of the following is true:

(1) The awarding body previously affirmatively represented to the contractor in writing, in the call for bids, or otherwise, that the work to be covered by the bid or contract was not a “public work,” as defined in this chapter.

(2) The awarding body received actual written notice from the Department of Industrial Relations that the work to be covered by the bid or contract is a “public work,” as defined in this chapter, and failed to disclose that information to the contractor before the bid opening or awarding of the contract.
Cal. PRC § 9923 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 10 / Article 8 / Section 9923
Section 9923
Status: in_force

The directors may, after the hearing, order the improvement district dissolved.
Cal. HSC § 120392.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 2 / Chapter 1.6 / Section 120392.6
Section 120392.6
Status: in_force

No person who has been offered the vaccine as required under this chapter may receive either an influenza vaccine or pneumococcal vaccine pursuant to this chapter if any of the following conditions exists:

(a) The vaccine is medically contraindicated, as described in the product labeling approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

(b) Receipt of the vaccine is against the resident’s personal beliefs.

(c) Receipt of the vaccine is against the resident’s wishes, or, if the person lacks the capacity to make medical decisions, is against the wishes of the person legally authorized to make medical decisions on the resident’s behalf.
Cal. PRC § 4593.8 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 7.5 / Section 4593.8
Section 4593.8
Status: in_force

The nonindustrial tree farmer may submit a proposed amendment to the approved plan and may not take any action which substantially deviates, as defined by the board, from the approved plan until the amendment has been filed with the director and the director has determined that the amendment is in compliance with the rules and regulations of the board and the provisions of this chapter which were in effect at the time the nonindustrial timber management plan was approved, in accordance with the same procedures specified in Section 4593.7.
Cal. WIC § 148.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 1 / Chapter 1.8 / Section 148.1
Section 148.1
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the activities of any organization or association of persons or any person engaged by or under its authority, in soliciting donations of salvageable personal property solely from members of the organization or in selling salvageable personal property obtained from the organization’s members by that soliciting, or the soliciting and sale of salvageable personal property by fraternal, social, political, or service organizations for occasional rummage sales or bazaars where the activity does not constitute a major part of the organization’s activities and is not conducted as a permanent or continuous operation. Nor shall the provisions of this chapter apply to an association which is exempt under Section 23701d or 23701f of the Revenue and Taxation Code if the membership of the association is comprised of persons with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities and the primary purpose of the association is to provide services to persons with those disabilities.
Cal. WAT § 25067 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 9 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 25067
Section 25067
Status: in_force

No proposal to sell bonds to the district pursuant to this article at a price in excess of their par value shall be accepted.
Cal. SHC § 19313 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 17 / Section 19313
Section 19313
Status: in_force

Where the board of supervisors or legislative body has so declared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of a lighting district or any annexation thereto, the board of supervisors or legislative body may, in its resolution ordering the formation of a lighting district or any annexation thereto, order the district divided into tax assessment zones. Tax assessment zones may be formed at a time other than at the formation of the district or any annexation thereto if pursuant to the same procedure of resolution, notice, and hearing as are applicable under this chapter to the annexation of territory.

No district shall be divided into zones unless the board of supervisors or legislative body finds that a tax assessment zone requires special services or special facilities in addition to those provided generally by the lighting district or the replacement of obsolete equipment, and that the tax levy is commensurate with the special benefits to be provided in the zone. The boundaries of tax assessment zones may be changed or a zone may be dissolved in the same manner that a zone may be formed in an existing district.
Cal. FAC § 56107 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 56107
Section 56107
Status: in_force

“Dealer” means any person who obtains title to, or possession, control, or delivery of, any farm product from a licensee or producer at a designated price for the purpose of resale, or who buys or agrees to buy any farm product from a licensee or the producer of the farm product at a designated price.
Cal. BPC § 7414.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10 / Article 12.5 / Section 7414.3
Section 7414.3
Status: in_force

(a) Any representative of the board designated by the director shall have the authority to issue a written notice to appear in court pursuant to Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code. Representatives so designated are not peace officers and are not entitled to safety member retirement benefits, as a result of that designation. Except as otherwise provided, the representative’s authority is limited to the issuance of written notices to appear for infraction violations of the Filante Tanning Facility Act of 1988 and only when the violation is committed in the presence of the representative.

(b) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any representative, acting pursuant to subdivision (a) and within the scope of his or her authority, for false arrest or false imprisonment arising out of any arrest which is lawful or which the representative, at the time of that arrest, had reasonable cause to believe was lawful.

(c) This section shall become effective July 1, 1994.
Cal. WIC § 10354 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.8 / Chapter 19 / Section 10354
Section 10354
Status: in_force

Any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in conformance with the procedures established in Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 10340).
Cal. FAC § 21708 — California Code / Code fac / Division 10 / Chapter 8 / Article 1 / Section 21708
Section 21708
Status: in_force

An auctioneer shall not offer any milking cow for sale at any auction sale of cattle unless the milking cow has been milked out and stripped within 12 hours of the time such offer to sell the cow takes place.
Cal. HSC § 41248 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 41248
Section 41248
Status: in_force

The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the names of the individual Mojave Desert district employees for the respective amounts due each employee so that each employee may be furnished with a statement of the amount earned and an itemization of the amounts withheld.
Cal. BPC § 7159.2 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 10 / Section 7159.2
Section 7159.2
Status: in_force

(a) No home improvement goods or services contract of a value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less shall provide for a security interest in real property, except for a mechanic’s lien or other interest in property that arises by operation of law. Any lien in violation of this subdivision is void and unenforceable.

(b) When the proceeds of a loan secured by a mortgage on real property are used to fund goods or services pursuant to a home improvement goods or services contract of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), the person or entity making the loan shall only pay a contractor under the home improvement goods or services contract from the proceeds of the loan by either of the following methods:

(1) By an instrument payable to the borrower or jointly to the borrower and the contractor.

(2) At the election of the borrower, through a third-party escrow agent pursuant to the terms of a written agreement signed by the borrower, the person or entity making the loan, and the contractor prior to the disbursement.

(c) Any person or entity who violates any provision of this section shall be liable for actual damages suffered by the borrower for damages that proximately result from the violation.

(d) Any person or entity who intentionally or as a pattern or practice violates any provision of this section shall be additionally liable for three times the contract price for the home improvement.

(e) Any person who is a senior citizen or disabled person, as defined in subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 1761 of the Civil Code, as part of any action for a violation of this section, may seek and be awarded, in addition to the remedies provided in this section, up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1780 of the Civil Code.

(f) The court shall award court costs and attorney’s fees to a prevailing plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to this section. Reasonable attorney’s fees may be awarded to a prevailing defendant upon a finding by the court that the plaintiff’s prosecution of the action was not in good faith.
Cal. PUC § 24509 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 24509
Section 24509
Status: in_force

“Public agency” includes a city, city and county, a county, the State of California, or any public district organized under the laws of the State of California or any agency or authority of any thereof.
Cal. PUC § 451.8 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 451.8
Section 451.8
Status: in_force

(a) Following the approval of each general rate case, the commission shall review which costs, if any, differed from the general rate case forecasts for each electrical corporation or gas corporation. The commission shall adjust the authorized revenue requirement in the subsequent general rate case, as appropriate, based on the actual past costs the corporation records.

(b) (1) The commission shall establish guidelines for electrical corporations and gas corporations to calculate and report their actual rates of return to the commission.

(2) The commission shall require electrical corporations and gas corporations to report their actual rates of return to the commission annually.

(3) The commission shall adopt processes to adequately track an electrical corporation’s or gas corporation’s actual rate of return relative to its forecasted rate of return and shall require the corporation to identify the cost categories where projected costs differed from actual costs.

(c) This section does not restrict, limit, or otherwise affect the commission’s obligation to ensure that rates are sufficient to enable an electrical corporation or gas corporation to recover a just and reasonable amount of revenue, pursuant to Section 451, including a reasonable return.