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Cal. BPC § 24048 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 24048
Section 24048
Status: in_force

Every license, other than a temporary license or a daily on-sale general license issued pursuant to Section 24045.1, is renewable unless the license has been revoked if the renewal application is made and the fee therefor is paid. All licenses expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the month posted on the license. All licenses issued shall be renewed as follows:

(a) On or before the first of the month preceding the month posted on the license, the department shall mail to each licensee at their licensed premises, or at any other email or postal address that the licensee has designated, an application to renew the license.

(b) The application to renew the license may be filed before the license expires upon payment of the annual fee as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 23320.

(c) For 60 days after the license expires, the license may be renewed upon payment of the annual renewal fee as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 23320, plus a penalty fee that shall be equal to 50 percent of the annual fee.

(d) Unless otherwise terminated, or unless renewed pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of this section, a license that is in effect on the month posted on the license continues in effect through 2 a.m. of the 60th day following the month posted on the license, at which time it is automatically canceled.

(e) On or before the 10th day preceding the cancellation of a license, the department shall send a notice of cancellation to each licensee who has not either filed an application to renew their license or notified the department of their intent not to do so. Failure to send the renewal application in accordance with subdivision (a) or to send the notice provided in this subdivision shall not continue the right to a license.

(f) A license that has been canceled pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section may be reinstated during the 30 days immediately following cancellation upon payment of the annual renewal fee as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 23320, plus a penalty fee that shall be equal to 100 percent of the annual fee. Payment shall be made by cashier’s check, money order, or electronically using any payment method authorized through the department’s online payment portal. A license that has been canceled pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section and that has not been reinstated within 30 days pursuant to this subdivision is automatically revoked on the 31st day after the license has been canceled.

(g) A renewal application shall not be deemed filed within the meaning of this section unless the document itself has been actually delivered to, and the required renewal fee has been paid at, any office of the department during office hours, or unless both the document and fee have been filed and remitted pursuant to Section 11003 of the Government Code.
Cal. HSC § 11480.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 10 / Chapter 8 / Section 11480.3
Section 11480.3
Status: in_force

(a) The panel may withdraw approval from a research project for reasonable cause.

(b) Prior to withdrawing approval, the panel shall communicate its concerns in a written notice of pending withdrawal of approval to the head of the research project. The notice shall prescribe a course of action to address the concerns of the panel and provide a reasonable period in which to effect that cure.

(c) Approval may be reinstated once the concerns raised in the notice have been resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the panel.

(d) Upon withdrawal of its approval, the panel shall notify the head of the research project to return or destroy any quantities of Schedule I or II controlled substances pursuant to any applicable state and federal regulations regarding the return or destruction of controlled substance research samples.
Cal. PRC § 8853 — California Code / Code prc / Division 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 8853
Section 8853
Status: in_force

The official geodetic datum to which orthometric heights are referenced within the State of California shall be NAVD88 or NAPGD2022.
Cal. HSC § 53524 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 53524
Section 53524
Status: in_force

[Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 93.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\n   Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.   See later operative version added by Sec. 94 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.   Note: This section was added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 26, and approved in Prop. 46 on Nov. 5, 2002.]
(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this part, the Housing Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this part, the Housing Finance Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee consists of the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services and Housing, the Director of Housing and Community Development, and the Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, or their designated representatives. The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.

(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the department is designated the “board” for programs administered by the department, and the agency is the “board” for programs administered by the agency.

(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.

[Repealed (in Sec. 93) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 94.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.]
(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this part, the Housing Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this part, the Housing Finance Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee consists of the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Secretary of California Housing and Homelessness, the Director of Housing and Community Development, and the Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, or their designated representatives. The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.

(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the department is designated the “board” for programs administered by the department, and the agency is the “board” for programs administered by the agency.

(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
Cal. HSC § 18061 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 18061
Section 18061
Status: in_force

With respect to advertising, it is unlawful:

(a)  To make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, in any newspaper or other publication, or any advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or by any other manner or means whatsoever, any statement which is untrue or misleading, and which is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, or to so make or disseminate or cause to be so disseminated any statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach or service so advertised at the price therein, or as so advertised.

(b)  To advertise or offer for sale or exchange in any manner, any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach not actually for sale at the premises of the dealer or available to the dealer through a listing agreement executed by the seller or from a manufacturer or distributor at the time of the advertisement or offer. However, this subdivision does not apply to advertising or offering for sale or exchange any used manufactured home, used mobilehome, or used commercial coach where the advertising or offering for sale is not contrary to any terms of a contract between the seller of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach and the owner of the mobilehome park, and which manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach is either in place on a lot rented or leased for human habitation within an established mobilehome park, or is otherwise located, pursuant to a local zoning ordinance or permit, on a lot where its presence has been authorized or its continued presence and use would be authorized for a total and uninterrupted period of at least one year.

(c)  To fail, within 48 hours, in writing, to withdraw any advertisement of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach that has been sold or withdrawn from sale.

(d)  To advertise or represent a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach as a new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach if the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach has been previously installed as a model without also advertising that it was a model.

(e)  To advertise or otherwise represent, or knowingly to allow to be advertised or represented on his or her behalf, or at his or her established place of business, that no downpayment is required in connection with the sale of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach when a downpayment is in fact required and the buyer is advised or induced to finance the downpayment by a loan in addition to any other loan financing the remainder of the purchase price of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach.
Cal. INS § 735.5 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 735.5
Section 735.5
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to limit the commissioner’s authority to use and, if appropriate, to make public, any final or preliminary examination report, any examiner or company workpapers or other documents, or any other information discovered or developed during the course of any examination in the furtherance of any legal or regulatory action which the commissioner may, in his or her discretion, deem appropriate.

(b) Nothing contained in this code shall prevent or be construed as prohibiting the commissioner from disclosing the content of an examination report, preliminary examination report or results, market analysis data, or any matter relating thereto, to the insurance department of this or any other state or country, or to law enforcement officials of this or any other state or agency of the federal government at any time, or to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, provided the recipient of the report or matters relating thereto agrees in writing to hold it confidential and in a manner consistent with this article, unless the prior written consent of the company to which it pertains has been obtained.

(c) All working papers, recorded information, documents, and copies thereof produced by, obtained by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person in the course of an examination made pursuant to this article shall be given confidential treatment and are not subject to subpoena and shall not be made public by the commissioner or any other person, except to the extent provided in subdivision (a) or (b).
Cal. FAC § 52512 — California Code / Code fac / Division 18 / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 52512
Section 52512
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the county in which any such nuisance is found, on the relation of the director or the commissioner or any enforcing officer of this chapter, shall maintain, in the name of the people of the State of California, a civil action to abate and prevent such nuisance. Upon judgment and by order of the court, such nuisance shall be condemned and destroyed in the manner directed by the court, or relabeled, denatured, or otherwise processed, or released upon such conditions as the court in its discretion may impose to insure that the nuisance will be abated.
Cal. WAT § 72073 — California Code / Code wat / Division 20 / Part 8 / Chapter 6 / Article 7 / Section 72073
Section 72073
Status: in_force

The board annually shall cause to be prepared a written report stating the reasons for and conclusions of the board upon the following, together with any additional information deemed by the board to be relevant to such conclusions:

(a) The amount of the total debt service payable by the district for the following fiscal year on any bonded indebtedness incurred pursuant to this chapter, and the estimated maintenance and operation costs of the improvements for such fiscal year.

(b) The amount of such total debt service and maintenance and operation costs proposed to be raised in each of the improvement districts established under the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with the estimated benefits to be received by the landowners, water users, and inhabitants of each such improvement district during the following fiscal year.

(c) The projected retail water sales within each such improvement district for the following fiscal year, stated by volume and anticipated revenue.

Such report shall be mailed at least 20 days before the hearing provided for in Section 72074 to (1) each retail water purveyor with a service area wholly or partly within the district, and (2) any other interested party having made written request therefor at least 20 days before such hearing.
Cal. BPC § 18858 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 8 / Chapter 2 / Article 14 / Section 18858
Section 18858
Status: in_force

Any licensee who directly or indirectly holds, participates in, aids, or abets any sham or fake contest or match shall be subject to disciplinary action.

This section does not apply to any exhibition.
Cal. FAM § 13 — California Code / Code fam / Division 1 / Part 1 / Section 13
Section 13
Status: in_force

If a provision or clause of this code or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the code which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this code are severable.
Cal. HSC § 25395.117 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.83 / Article 2 / Section 25395.117
Section 25395.117
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 1, 2006, the agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency shall implement the requirements imposed by this section.

(b) The department shall revise and upgrade the department’s database systems, including the list of hazardous substances release sites adopted pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 45 and the information sent to the agency pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code, to enable compatibility with existing databases of the board, including the GIS mapping system established pursuant to Section 25299.97. The department shall also install improvements to the database systems to maintain and display information that includes the number of brownfield sites, each brownfield site’s location, acreage, response action, site assessments, and the number of orphan sites where the department is overseeing the response action.

(c) The California Environmental Protection Agency, the department, the regional boards, and the board shall expand their respective internet websites to allow access to information about brownfield sites and other response action sites through a single internet website portal.
Cal. PRC § 25550 — California Code / Code prc / Division 15 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 1 / Section 25550
Section 25550
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Buyer of natural gas” means a gas corporation, local publicly owned gas utility, noncore gas customer, or core transport agent.

(b) “Core transport agent” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 980 of the Public Utilities Code.

(c) “Division” means the Geologic Energy Management Division.

(d) “Gas corporation” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code.

(e) “Natural gas infrastructure” means a natural gas facility used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, storage, or distribution necessary for the delivery of natural gas to end-use customers in California.

(f) “Noncore gas customer” means an entity that procures directly from natural gas producers or natural gas marketers and is not a gas corporation or local publicly owned gas utility.

(g) “Procure” means to acquire through ownership or contract.

(h) “Tracking” means using a system that communicates the pathway of a given volume of natural gas from its initial production to its delivery to end-use customers in this state.
Cal. BPC § 11013.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 11013.5
Section 11013.5
Status: in_force

The public report of the commissioner, when issued, shall indicate the method or procedure selected by the owner or subdivider to comply with the provisions of Sections 11013.1, 11013.2 or 11013.4.
Cal. BPC § 7574.04 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.4 / Article 1 / Section 7574.04
Section 7574.04
Status: in_force

The director may, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and subject to the provisions of Section 159.5, appoint and fix the compensation of inspectors, investigators, and other personnel as may be necessary for the enforcement of this chapter.
Cal. WAT § 128 — California Code / Code wat / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 128
Section 128
Status: in_force

(a) In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting from storms and floods, or where damage to watershed lands by forest fires has created an imminent threat of floods and damage by water, mud, or debris upon the occurrence of storms, the department may perform any work required or take any remedial measures necessary to avert, alleviate, repair, or restore damage or destruction to property having a general public and state interest and to protect the health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the general public of the state. In carrying out that work, the department may perform the work itself or through or in cooperation with any other state department or agency, the federal government, or any political subdivision, city, or district.

(b) This section is intended to supplement the emergency services of the state, and nothing in this section overrides or supersedes the authority of the Director of Emergency Services to coordinate and supervise state action, upon a declaration of a state of emergency, under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) or the Disaster Assistance Act (Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 8680) of that division).
Cal. PRC § 3968 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 3968
Section 3968
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter deprives the state, any city, county, district, person, firm, or corporation of any right to maintain any action or proceeding, in any jurisdiction, which it was entitled to maintain prior to April 8, 1953, or to receive or obtain in the action any remedy accorded to it under existing law.
Cal. HSC § 40862 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 40862
Section 40862
Status: in_force

The decision of a hearing board shall include the reasons for the decision.
Cal. WAT § 24507 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 8 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 24507
Section 24507
Status: in_force

Bonds so purchased may be canceled or held as a part of the district assets until the board determines that it is for the best interests of the district that the bonds or any of them be sold. Bonds not resold prior to the date of their maturity shall be canceled.
Cal. PUC § 408 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 408
Section 408
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and charges collected by the commission pursuant to this code from each common carrier and related business subject to Section 421 and from interstate or foreign highway carriers registered pursuant to the Interstate and Foreign Highway Carriers’ Registration Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 3901) of Division 2), shall be deposited in the Public Utilities Commission Transportation Reimbursement Account, in addition to the fee authorized by Section 421.
Cal. SHC § 22133 — California Code / Code shc / Division 15 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22133
Section 22133
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of the diagram and assessment the tax collector shall record them in a suitable book to be kept by him for that purpose, and append thereto his certificate of the date of recording. The record shall be the assessment roll. From the date of recording all persons shall be deemed to have notice of the contents of the assessment roll.
Cal. PROB § 2622.5 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 2622.5
Section 2622.5
Status: in_force

(a) If the court determines that the objections were without reasonable cause and in bad faith, the court may order the objector to pay the compensation and costs of the conservator or guardian and other expenses and costs of litigation, including attorney’s fees, incurred to defend the account. The objector shall be personally liable to the guardianship or conservatorship estate for the amount ordered.

(b) If the court determines that the opposition to the objections was without reasonable cause and in bad faith, the court may award the objector the costs of the objector and other expenses and costs of litigation, including attorney’s fees, incurred to contest the account. The amount awarded is a charge against the compensation of the guardian or conservator, and the guardian or conservator is liable personally and on the bond, if any, for any amount that remains unsatisfied.
Cal. INS § 11062 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Article 5 / Section 11062
Section 11062
Status: in_force

Any changes, additions or amendments to the charter or articles of incorporation, constitution or laws duly made or enacted subsequent to the issuance of the certificate, shall bind the member and the beneficiaries, and shall govern and control the agreement in all respects the same as though such changes, additions or amendments had been made prior to and were in force at the time of the application for membership, but no such changes, additions or amendments shall have the effect of terminating or reducing the benefit or benefits payable under any certificate in force at the time such changes, additions or amendments become effective.
Cal. BPC § 128 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 128
Section 128
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is a misdemeanor to sell equipment, supplies, or services to any person with knowledge that the equipment, supplies, or services are to be used in the performance of a service or contract in violation of the licensing requirements of this code.

The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to cash sales of less than one hundred dollars ($100).

For the purposes of this section, “person” includes, but is not limited to, a company, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or corporation.

For the purposes of this section, “license” includes certificate or registration.

A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months.