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Cal. LAB § 7203 — California Code / Code lab / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 7203
Section 7203
Status: in_force

The board shall make, and may from time to time amend, general safety orders in the manner prescribed by law. Such orders shall specify and fix the nature and methods of signals and signaling devices and uniform signals to be used in this State under this article.
Cal. EVID § 669 — California Code / Code evid / Division 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 669
Section 669
Status: in_force

(a) The failure of a person to exercise due care is presumed if:

(1) He violated a statute, ordinance, or regulation of a public entity;

(2) The violation proximately caused death or injury to person or property;

(3) The death or injury resulted from an occurrence of the nature which the statute, ordinance, or regulation was designed to prevent; and

(4) The person suffering the death or the injury to his person or property was one of the class of persons for whose protection the statute, ordinance, or regulation was adopted.

(b) This presumption may be rebutted by proof that:

(1) The person violating the statute, ordinance, or regulation did what might reasonably be expected of a person of ordinary prudence, acting under similar circumstances, who desired to comply with the law; or

(2) The person violating the statute, ordinance, or regulation was a child and exercised the degree of care ordinarily exercised by persons of his maturity, intelligence, and capacity under similar circumstances, but the presumption may not be rebutted by such proof if the violation occurred in the course of an activity normally engaged in only by adults and requiring adult qualifications.
Cal. BPC § 2613 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.7 / Article 1 / Section 2613
Section 2613
Status: in_force

The board may appoint qualified persons to give the whole or any portion of any examination as provided in this chapter, who shall be designated as a commissioner on examination. A commissioner on examination need not be a member of the board but shall be subject to the same rules and regulations and shall be entitled to the same fee as if he or she were a member of the board.
Cal. PROB § 15805 — California Code / Code prob / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 15805
Section 15805
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General is subject to the limitations on the rights of beneficiaries of revocable trusts provided by Sections 15800 to 15802, inclusive.
Cal. BPC § 25009 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 25009
Section 25009
Status: in_force

Any defendant in any action brought under this chapter or any person who may be a witness therein under Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.010) of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Section 776 of the Evidence Code, and the books and records of the defendant or witness, may be brought into court and the books and records may be introduced by reference into evidence, but no information so obtained may be used against the defendant or the witness as a basis for a misdemeanor prosecution under this chapter.
Cal. INS § 10123.210 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10123.210
Section 10123.210
Status: in_force

(a) A health insurer that provides health coverage to the employees of a religious employer that does not include coverage and benefits for both abortion and contraception shall provide, in writing upon initial enrollment and annually thereafter upon renewal, each insured with information regarding both of the following:

(1) Abortion and contraception benefits or services that are not included in the insured’s health insurance policy.

(2) Abortion and contraception benefits or services that may be available at no cost through the California Reproductive Health Equity Program.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Abortion” has the same meaning as defined in Section 123464 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) “California Reproductive Health Equity Program” means the program established pursuant to Section 127632 of the Health and Safety Code.

(3) “Contraception” means the services and contraceptive methods described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 10123.196.

(4) “Religious employer” has the same meaning as described in Section 10123.196.

(c) This section does not alter the applicability of any other requirement of this chapter.
Cal. BPC § 2530.4 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.3 / Article 1 / Section 2530.4
Section 2530.4
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a speech-language pathologist or audiologist to practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing, except that authorized by Section 2530.2.
Cal. PUC § 779.3 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 779.3
Section 779.3
Status: in_force

(a) A gas or electrical corporation shall not disconnect service for nonpayment by a residential customer receiving a medical baseline allowance pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 739 who is financially unable to pay for service within the normal payment period, who is willing to enter into an amortization agreement with the corporation pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 779 with respect to all charges that the customer is unable to pay, and who meets any of the following criteria:

(1) The customer or a member of the customer’s household is under hospice care at home.

(2) The customer or a member of the customer’s household depends upon life-support equipment, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 739.

(3) The customer or a member of the customer’s household has a life-threatening condition or illness, and a licensed physician, a person licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Initiative Act, a physician assistant practicing within his or her scope of practice in compliance with the Physician Assistant Practice Act (Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code), or a nurse practitioner certifies that gas or electric service is medically necessary to sustain the life of the person or prevent deterioration of the person’s medical condition.

(b) The commission may identify strategies for reasonable cost recovery by a gas or electrical corporation for costs incurred in providing gas or electric service to customers whom the gas or electrical corporation was unable to disconnect due to compliance with this section.

(c) A gas or electrical corporation may institute a verification process to implement this section.
Cal. CORP § 13 — California Code / Code corp / Section 13
Section 13
Status: in_force

The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular.
Cal. WIC § 10241 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.8 / Chapter 7 / Section 10241
Section 10241
Status: in_force

Programs operated pursuant to this part may be designed to meet child-related needs identified by parents or guardians which may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) Care for schoolage children during nonschool hours.

(b) Weekend care.

(c) Night shift care.

(d) Worksite care.

(e) Temporary emergency child care.

(f) Child care for ill children.
Cal. HSC § 114419 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 114419
Section 114419
Status: in_force

(a) Food facilities may engage in any of the following activities only pursuant to an HACCP plan as specified in Section 114419.1:

(1) Smoking food as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement.

(2) Curing food.

(3) Using food additives or adding components such as vinegar as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement, or to render a food so that it is not potentially hazardous.

(4) Operating a molluscan shellfish life support system display tank used to store and display shellfish that are offered for human consumption.

(5) Custom processing animals that are for personal use as food and not for sale or service in a food facility.

(6) Preparing food by another method that is determined by the enforcement agency to require an HACCP plan.

(b) Food facilities may engage in the following only pursuant to an HACCP plan that has been approved by the department:

(1) Using acidification or water activity to prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum.

(2) Packaging potentially hazardous food using a reduced-oxygen packaging method as specified in Section 114057.1, except if the food facility uses a reduced-oxygen packaging method to package hazardous food that always complies with the following standards with respect to packaging the hazardous food:

(A) The food is labeled with the production time and date.

(B) The food is held at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or lower during refrigerated storage.

(C) The food is removed from its package in the food facility within 48 hours after packaging.
Cal. PCC § 10784 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 5 / Section 10784
Section 10784
Status: in_force

The bidder’s security of the second and third lowest responsible bidders may be withheld until the contract has been finally executed. The cash, cashier’s checks, and certified checks submitted by all other unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them within 10 days after the contract is awarded, and their bidders’ bonds shall be of no further effect.
Cal. SHC § 255 — California Code / Code shc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 255
Section 255
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall prevent the department, either by acquisition or by condemnation, from terminating easements of access to any state highway not in the California Freeway and Expressway System, provided that such action by the department shall not have the effect of including the highway in the California Freeway and Expressway System.
Cal. PRC § 615 — California Code / Code prc / Division 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 615
Section 615
Status: in_force

Grants administered by the department, including, but not limited to, those awarded pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001), Division 10.2 (commencing with Section 10200), and Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14500), are not subject to the State Contract Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) or Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code.
Cal. RTC § 30358 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 13 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 30358
Section 30358
Status: in_force

If upon any sale the moneys received exceed the amount due to the state from the taxpayer, the board shall return the excess to the taxpayer and obtain his or her receipt. If any person having an interest in or lien upon the property files with the board prior to the sale notice of his or her interest or lien, the board shall withhold payment of any excess pending a determination of the rights of the respective parties to the excess moneys by a court of competent jurisdiction. If for any reason the receipt of the taxpayer is not available, the board shall deposit the excess moneys with the Controller, as trustee for the taxpayer, his or her heirs, successors, or assigns.
Cal. HSC § 116046 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 116046
Section 116046
Status: in_force

(a) The State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall issue best practices guidelines related to pool safety at K–12 schools.

(b) Guidelines promulgated pursuant to this section that relate to the use or placement of automated external defibrillators shall be consistent with the requirements imposed under Section 1797.196, and shall include a reference to Section 49417 of the Education Code for purposes of providing information to schools about the liability protections and funding mechanisms provided in that section.
Cal. PRC § 21080.48 — California Code / Code prc / Division 13 / Chapter 2.6 / Section 21080.48
Section 21080.48
Status: in_force

(a) This division does not apply to a project, as defined in Section 21080.47, that is a community water system that is funded pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024 (Division 50 (commencing with Section 90000)) or the State Water Resources Control Board’s Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience program that does not otherwise include any construction activities if the project does both of the following:

(1) Results in long-term net benefits to climate resiliency, biodiversity, and sensitive species recovery.

(2) Includes procedures and ongoing management for the protection of the environment.

(b) A project exempt from this division pursuant to this section remains subject to all other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and shall not weaken or violate any applicable environmental or public health standards.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. BPC § 10249 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 8 / Section 10249
Section 10249
Status: in_force

(a) A person acting as a principal or agent who intends, in this state, to sell or lease or offer for sale or lease lots, parcels, or interests in a subdivision, as defined in Section 10249.1, situated outside of this state but within the United States, shall, prior to a sale, lease, or offer, register the subdivision with the commissioner. An application for registration shall be made on a form acceptable to the commissioner and include, together with a fee, a description of the offering, certification by the applicant that the subdivision is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the state or states wherein the project is located, evidence of this compliance, if applicable, and a consent to service as described in Section 10249.92.

(b) The commissioner, within 10 days of receipt of an application of registration, shall provide the applicant with notice of the completion of the registration or a notice of deficiency. If the department does not provide a notice within 10 days, the registration shall be deemed complete.
Cal. PCC § 10102 — California Code / Code pcc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 10102
Section 10102
Status: in_force

Improvements on the property of the state on the waterfront of the City and County of San Francisco under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Port Commission are not subject to this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 6351 — California Code / Code puc / Division 3 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 6351
Section 6351
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Municipality” includes counties.

(b) “Energy transporter” means and includes every utility and nonutility owner or operator, or both, of a natural gas or electric transmission or distribution system, or both, subject to a franchise agreement executed pursuant to this division, provided that proprietary gas pipelines whose franchise fees are set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 6231) of Chapter 2 shall not be covered by this chapter.

(c) “Transportation customer” means every person, firm, or corporation, other than the State of California or a political subdivision thereof, transporting gas or electricity on an energy transporter’s transmission or distribution system, or both, when the gas or electricity was purchased by the transportation customer from a third party. Transportation customer shall not include one gas utility transporting gas, for end use in its commission designated service area through another gas utility’s service area, nor shall transportation customer include a utility transporting its own gas through its own gas transmission or distribution system, or both, for purposes of generating electricity or for use in its own operations. In addition, “transportation customer” shall not include a cogeneration or nonutility generation facility when the facility transports electricity through its own electric transmission or distribution system or otherwise delivers electricity in the manner described in Section 218.

(d) “Surcharge” means a municipal surcharge for the use of public lands by a transportation customer as defined in subdivision (c).
Cal. LAB § 2112 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 8.6 / Section 2112
Section 2112
Status: in_force

The provisions of this part are severable. If any provision of this part or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Cal. PRC § 10250 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.2 / Chapter 3 / Section 10250
Section 10250
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall only apply to acquisitions of agricultural conservation easements.

(b) In reviewing applications for agricultural conservation easements, the department shall determine whether the proposed project meets the applicable requirements set forth in this division and conforms with any rules or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this division.
Cal. WAT § 55523 — California Code / Code wat / Division 16 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 55523
Section 55523
Status: in_force

The board may determine and fix a date for the earliest maturity of the principal of the bonds, or series thereof, not more than 10 years from the date of issue of bonds. The principal amount of the indebtedness, or series thereof, must be made payable in not to exceed 40 years from the time of contracting the same; and beginning with the date of earliest maturity of the bonds, or series thereof, not less than one-fortieth of the principal amount of the indebtedness, or series thereof, shall be paid annually.
Cal. BPC § 6159.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 9.5 / Section 6159.1
Section 6159.1
Status: in_force

A true and correct copy of any advertisement made by a person or licensee shall be retained for one year by the person or licensee who pays for an advertisement soliciting employment of legal services.
Cal. BPC § 7599.6 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 11.6 / Article 10 / Section 7599.6
Section 7599.6
Status: in_force

In order to be eligible for an initial examination, an applicant shall have completed and filed his or her application together with the application fee prescribed by this chapter in the office of the bureau in Sacramento, California, and have his or her experience independently verified by the bureau, not later than 30 days prior to the next scheduled examination date. Applicants shall not be scheduled until a thorough investigation has been concluded by the bureau. Applicants whose applications are not completed and filed within the time limits of this section may, at the discretion of the director, be scheduled for the next scheduled examination.
Cal. HSC § 39730.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 4.2 / Section 39730.6
Section 39730.6
Status: in_force

(a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, methane emissions reduction goals shall include the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics:

(1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020.

(2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.

(b) Except as provided in this section and Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code, the state board shall not adopt, prior to January 1, 2025, requirements to control methane emissions associated with the disposal of organic waste in landfills other than through landfill methane emissions control regulations.
Cal. PRC § 29009 — California Code / Code prc / Division 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 29009
Section 29009
Status: in_force

The Legislature further finds and declares that land within or adjacent to the Suisun Marsh should be acquired for public use or resource management, or both, and facilities suitable for such purposes should be constructed thereon, if the land meets one or more of the following criteria:

(a) It is suitable for passive recreational purposes such as fishing and nature observation and is located in the outer portions of the marsh near population centers or existing transportation routes, such as State Highway Route 12.

(b) It is suitable for the purpose of restoring areas to tidal action or to marsh or managed-wetland conditions and such restoration cannot be required as a condition of private development.

(c) It is suitable for providing additional wildlife habitat necessary to effective wildlife management, including consolidation of management units and improved public hunting opportunities. Acquisitions within this category should avoid privately owned property already managed as wildlife habitat unless offered for sale to the state.
Cal. INS § 500 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5.2 / Section 500
Section 500
Status: in_force

Whenever any insurer has, as a regular course of conduct, sent renewal premium notices to an insured, and intends to discontinue that practice, it shall notify such insured of its intention not to send such notices.
Cal. FAC § 79973 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 30 / Article 6 / Section 79973
Section 79973
Status: in_force

(a) All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the secretary from any source, including the names and addresses of growers and processors, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except if required by court order in a judicial proceeding.

(b) Information on volume shipments and any other related information that is required for reports to governmental agencies, financial reports to the commission on aggregate sales and inventory information, and any other information that gives only totals, but excludes individual information, may be disclosed by the commission.
Cal. PEN § 11 — California Code / Code pen / Section 11
Section 11
Status: in_force

This code does not affect any power conferred by law upon any court-martial, or other military authority or officer, to impose or inflict punishment upon offenders; nor, except as provided in Section 19.2 of this code, any power conferred by law upon any public body, tribunal, or officer, to impose or inflict punishment for a contempt.
Cal. HNC § 571 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 571
Section 571
Status: in_force

(a) A person who takes away any goods from a stranded vessel, or any goods cast by the sea upon the land, or found in a bay or creek, or who knowingly has in his or her possession any goods so taken or found, and does not deliver them to the sheriff of the county where they were found, or notify him or her of his or her readiness to do so within 30 days after they have been taken by him or her or have come into his or her possession, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) A person found guilty of a misdemeanor violation of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or both that fine and imprisonment.
Cal. FAC § 36805 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 36805
Section 36805
Status: in_force

(a) Ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, sherbet, or quiescently frozen confections when sold in package form shall be labeled with the name, address, and ZIP Code of the manufacturer, the wholesale distributor, or the retailer.

(b) If the name and address is not that of the original milk products processing plant, there shall be stamped, printed, or embossed upon the package, in a manner acceptable to the director, the plant number of the manufacturer or packer. This plant identification shall be consistent with, and not more restrictive than, the National Uniform Coding System for packaging identification of milk and milk products processing plants.