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Cal. PUC § 4452 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 4.1 / Section 4452
Section 4452
Status: in_force

(a) On or before July 1, 1995, the commission shall undertake a propane safety inspection and enforcement program for propane distribution systems to ensure compliance with the federal pipeline standards by propane operators within the state. The commission may adopt rules, which shall be at least as stringent as the federal law, in order to protect the health and safety of customers served by propane distribution systems. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the commission from adopting more stringent standards than those in the federal pipeline standards.

(b) As part of this propane safety inspection and enforcement program, the commission inspectors may:

(1) Enter public or private property as is necessary to carry out this chapter.

(2) Enter and inspect all propane distribution systems, wherever situated, and inspect all documents (including those records listed in subdivision (a) of Section 4453), accommodations, equipment, or paraphernalia used in connection with or related to the distribution system.

(c) The commission’s propane safety inspection and enforcement program shall not cover propane used by any of the following:

(1) Single customers served by single tanks.

(2) Distribution systems, other than mobilehome parks, that serve less than 10 customers, unless any portion of the system is located in a public place.

(3) Recreational vehicles and appliances.

(4) Vehicular fuel.

(5) Agricultural, commercial serving less than 10 customers, unless a portion of the system is located in a public place, industrial, and refinery systems.

(6) Cylinder exchange operations.
Cal. WAT § 9495 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Article 7 / Section 9495
Section 9495
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall make a report to the board as often as requested of all entries made by him on the collection list.
Cal. PRC § 6871.3 — California Code / Code prc / Division 6 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 6871.3
Section 6871.3
Status: in_force

Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease lands subject to the provisions of Section 6871.1 or 6877 of this code for the production of oil or gas therefrom, or whenever a person who possesses the qualifications provided in this chapter makes written request therefor, the commission may, subject to the provisions of Section 6871.4, offer the same for bidding at such times and in such parcels as the commission shall determine to be in the best interests of the State.
Cal. BPC § 732 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 10.5 / Section 732
Section 732
Status: in_force

(a) A physician and surgeon and a dentist shall refund any amount that a patient has paid for services rendered that has subsequently been paid to the physician and surgeon or dentist by a third-party payor and that constitutes a duplicate payment. The refund shall be made as follows:

(1) If the patient requests a refund, within 30 days following the request from that patient for a refund if the duplicate payment has been received, or within 30 days of receipt of the duplicate payment if the duplicate payment has not been received.

(2) If the patient does not request a refund, within 90 days of the date the physician and surgeon or dentist knows, or should have known, of the receipt of the duplicate payment, the physician and surgeon or dentist shall notify the patient of the duplicate payment, and the duplicate payment shall be refunded within 30 days unless the patient requests that a credit balance be retained.

(b) Violation of this section shall constitute unprofessional conduct. Disciplinary proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Medical Practice Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000)) or the Dental Practice Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1600)), as applicable.
Cal. HSC § 51002 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 51002
Section 51002
Status: in_force

Subject to any agreements with holders of particular bonds, revenue derived pursuant to this part from property improvement loans and mortgage loans shall be deposited in a special account, which shall be used exclusively for the amortization of debt and the protection of the underlying security, until current debt service and reserves are funded.
Cal. HSC § 42400 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 42400
Section 42400
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 42400.1, 42400.2, 42400.3, 42400.3.5, or 42400.4, any person who violates this part, or any rule, regulation, permit, or order of the state board or of a district, including a district hearing board, adopted pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 39000) to Part 4 (commencing with Section 41500), inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.

(b) If a violation under subdivision (a) with regard to the failure to operate a vapor recovery system on a gasoline cargo tank is directly caused by the actions of an employee under the supervision of, or of any independent contractor working for, any person subject to this part, the employee or independent contractor, as the case may be, causing the violation is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in subdivision (a). That liability shall not extend to the person employing the employee or retaining the independent contractor, unless that person is separately guilty of an action that violates this part.

(c) Any person who owns or operates any source of air contaminants in violation of Section 41700 that causes actual injury, as defined in subdivision (d), to the health or safety of a considerable number of persons or the public is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than nine months, or both.

(d) As used in this section, “actual injury” means any physical injury that, in the opinion of a licensed physician and surgeon, requires medical treatment involving more than a physical examination.

(e) Each day during any portion of which a violation of subdivision (a) or (c) occurs is a separate offense.
Cal. WIC § 14043.4 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 1.3 / Section 14043.4
Section 14043.4
Status: in_force

If discrepancies are found to exist during the preenrollment period, the department may conduct additional inspections prior to enrollment. Failure of a provider to remediate discrepancies as prescribed by the director may result in denial of the application for enrollment. The department may deactivate all of the provider’s business addresses if the department determines that the discrepancies are material to the provider’s continued enrollment and the provider’s compliance with program requirements at the additional business addresses.
Cal. FAC § 79008 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 25 / Article 1 / Section 79008
Section 79008
Status: in_force

Opportunity exists for increasing the stability and reliability of the sea urchin fishery. The success of those efforts is uniquely dependent upon effective fishery and resource management, fishery biological research, industry engagement in management decisions, and fishery promotion. A stable and reliable sea urchin fishery provides an important source of jobs for many people in this state and economic activity in many small coastal communities, and serves to ensure the preservation of historically and culturally significant coastal dependent industry.
Cal. PUC § 96506 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 96506
Section 96506
Status: in_force

Whenever outstanding bonds are refunded they shall be surrendered to the treasurer of the district, who shall cancel them by endorsing on their face the manner in which the refunding was effected (whether by exchange or purchase, and the amount for which so purchased, if any) and by perforating through each bond and each coupon attached thereto the word “canceled” together with the date of cancellation.
Cal. PUC § 100608 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 9 / Section 100608
Section 100608
Status: in_force

Delivery of any bonds issued under this chapter may be made at any place either inside or outside the state, and the purchase price may be received in cash or bank credits.
Cal. LAB § 1161 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 3.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 1161
Section 1161
Status: in_force

(a) The Agricultural Employee Relief Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board for the purposes specified in subdivision (c). The board shall act as a trustee of all moneys deposited in the fund.

(b) Any monetary relief ordered by the board pursuant to this part to be paid by an employer to an employee shall be collected by the board on behalf of the employee. All monetary relief so collected by the board shall be remitted to the employee for whom the board collected the money.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 1519 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if the board has made a diligent effort to locate an employee on whose behalf the board has collected monetary relief pursuant to this part, and is unable to locate the employee or the lawful representative of the employee for a period of two years after the date the board collected the monetary relief, the board shall deposit those moneys in the fund.

(2) Moneys in the fund shall be used by the board to pay employees the unpaid balance of any monetary relief ordered by the board to be paid by an employer to an employee. Prior to making any payment from the fund, the board first shall make a finding that, in an individual case, the collection of the full amount of the monetary relief ordered is not possible after reasonable efforts have been made to collect the balance from the employer.

(d) As used in this section, “fund” means the Agricultural Employee Relief Fund.

(e) On or before July 1, 2002, the board shall report to the Legislature on the status of the fund.
Cal. HSC § 18630 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.1 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 18630
Section 18630
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt regulations regarding plumbing in parks that it determines are reasonably necessary for the protection of life and property and to carry out the purposes of this part. The department shall propose and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 for the purposes described in this section. The building standards published in the California Building Standards Code and the other regulations adopted by the department shall apply to all plumbing within permanent buildings, except a park in a city, county, or city and county that has adopted and is enforcing a plumbing code with amendments adopted pursuant to Section 17958.5 and which city, county, or city and county is the enforcement agency.
Cal. WAT § 26138 — California Code / Code wat / Division 11 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 26138
Section 26138
Status: in_force

Ten years after the issuance of a certificate of sale for the nonpayment of a district assessment or one year after the addition of this section, whichever is the later, it shall be conclusively presumed that redemption was made from the sale, unless prior to such time a deed was issued by the collector pursuant to the certificate of sale and such deed was recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property described in the certificate of sale was located.
Cal. FAC § 55874 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 6 / Article 17 / Section 55874
Section 55874
Status: in_force

It is a violation of this chapter if the licensee has knowingly employed an agent without causing the agent to comply with the licensing requirements of this chapter which are applicable to agents.
Cal. INS § 4017 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 4017
Section 4017
Status: in_force

A member shall have the right to vote in person or by his written proxy filed with the corporate secretary not less than five days prior to the meeting. No such proxy shall be made irrevocable, nor be valid beyond the earliest of the following dates:

(a) The date of expiration set forth in the proxy; or

(b) The date of termination of membership; or

(c) Eleven months from the date of execution of the proxy; or

(d) Such time as may be specified in the bylaws, not to exceed eleven months.
Cal. WIC § 14174 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 5.3 / Section 14174
Section 14174
Status: in_force

The right of the director to use the summary judgment procedure contained in this article shall be in addition to any other collection procedure available to him. No action taken by the director shall be construed to be an election to pursue the summary judgment procedure to the exclusion of any other collection procedure.
Cal. WAT § 31032.1 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 31032.1
Section 31032.1
Status: in_force

A district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix, as an alternative to the charge prescribed by Section 31031, in each fiscal year, water standby or availability assessments of not to exceed thirty dollars ($30) per acre per year for each acre of land, or thirty dollars ($30) per year for each parcel of land less than an acre within the district to which water is made available for any purpose by the district, whether the water is actually used or not, unless the standby charge is imposed pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). The board of directors of a district that fixes the assessment may establish schedules varying the assessment according to the land uses and the degree of availability or quantity of use of water to the affected lands, and may restrict the assessment to lands lying within one or more improvement districts within the district. If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby charge was established were followed, the board of directors may, by resolution, continue the charge pursuant to this section in successive years at the same rate. If new, increased, or extended assessments are proposed, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code.

A district may elect to have the assessments for the fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, its general taxes. In that event, it shall cause a written report to be prepared and filed with the secretary which report shall contain a description of each parcel of real property and the amount of the assessment for each parcel for the year.
Cal. RTC § 201.3 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 201.3
Section 201.3
Status: in_force

Property which is exclusively devoted to public purposes and is owned by a nonprofit entity, in which a chartered city with a population of over 750,000 and located in a county of the third class has the sole ownership interest shall be deemed to be property owned by the chartered city.

This section shall not be construed to exempt from ad valorem property taxation property of the chartered city located outside of its boundaries.
Cal. BPC § 825 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 12.5 / Section 825
Section 825
Status: in_force

As used in this article with reference to persons holding licenses as physicians and surgeons, “licensing agency” means a panel of the Division of Medical Quality.
Cal. INS § 1864 — California Code / Code ins / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 10 / Section 1864
Section 1864
Status: in_force

(a) Each insurer engaged in writing child care liability insurance coverage in this state shall submit to the commissioner a report of its operations regarding child care liability claims experience for the last preceding calendar year at the request of the commissioner, but not more than annually, on a form prescribed by the commissioner. Each report shall separately state the following information for family day care homes, as defined in Section 1596.78 of the Health and Safety Code, and licensed child care centers, as defined in Section 1596.76 of the Health and Safety Code:

(1) Premiums earned.

(2) Premiums written.

(3) Number of claims.

(4) Number of new claims during the reporting period.

(5) Number of claims closed during the reporting period.

(6) Number of claims outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

(7) Total losses incurred.

(8) Total losses incurred as a percentage of premiums earned.

(9) Total number of policies in force on the last day of the reporting period.

(10) Total number of policies canceled.

(11) Total number of policies nonrenewed.

(12) Net underwriting gain or loss.

(13) Separate allocations of expenses for commissions, other acquisition costs, general office expenses, taxes, licenses and fees, and other expenses. The allocations required by this section shall be made by dividing the company’s total premiums earned for child care liability insurance by its total premiums earned and applying the ratio determined to the expenses reported in the company’s annual statement filed with the commissioner pursuant to Section 900.

(b) The commissioner shall develop and issue reporting forms to insurers at least 90 days prior to the due date of the reports required pursuant to this section.

(c) The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest of the policyholders of this state that insurers writing child care liability insurance permit remittance of premiums to occur on an installment basis.

(d) The information provided under this section pertaining to a specified claim, insurance policy, or insurer shall be confidential and shall only be revealed by the department on a nonspecific basis as part of an aggregate report of claims or policies.
Cal. PROB § 4463 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.5 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Section 4463
Section 4463
Status: in_force

In a statutory form power of attorney, the language granting power with respect to tax matters empowers the agent to do all of the following:

(a) Prepare, sign, and file federal, state, local, and foreign income, gift, payroll, Federal Insurance Contributions Act returns, and other tax returns, claims for refunds, requests for extension of time, petitions regarding tax matters, and any other tax-related documents, including receipts, offers, waivers, consents (including consents and agreements under Internal Revenue Code Section 2032A or any successor section), closing agreements, and any power of attorney required by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority with respect to a tax year upon which the statute of limitations has not run and to the tax year in which the power of attorney was executed and any subsequent tax year.

(b) Pay taxes due, collect refunds, post bonds, receive confidential information, and contest deficiencies determined by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority.

(c) Exercise any election available to the principal under federal, state, local, or foreign tax law.

(d) Act for the principal in all tax matters for all periods before the Internal Revenue Service and any other taxing authority.
Cal. HSC § 80800 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 80800
Section 80800
Status: in_force

The secretary shall expend the funds from the Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods Account established pursuant to Section 80350 that are made available in the annual Budget Act for expenditure to subsidize the cost of the environmental insurance products offered by the insurance company selected pursuant to Section 80760, in accordance with Section 80805.
Cal. FIN § 18317 — California Code / Code fin / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 18317
Section 18317
Status: in_force

No company may have investment certificates outstanding with a person or related persons in an aggregate amount in excess of 20 percent of the unimpaired capital stock and surplus of the company not available for dividends as provided in Section 18319.
Cal. WAT § 41303 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 41303
Section 41303
Status: in_force

Affidavits of the publication and posting of the election notices shall be filed with the county elections official of each affected county, together with a copy of the order calling the election, certified by the president, and duplicates shall be filed with the board.
Cal. BPC § 6752 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 6752
Section 6752
Status: in_force

An applicant for registration as a civil engineer must have gained his experience under the direction of a civil engineer legally qualified to practice.
Cal. VEH § 31601 — California Code / Code veh / Division 14 / Section 31601
Section 31601
Status: in_force

(a) This division shall apply to the operation of any motor vehicle on any highway, and to the operation and parking of any vehicle on any property designated pursuant to this division as a safe stopping place for the purpose of transporting any explosive in any amount when the transportation is rendered as a delivery service or for hire, or in any other event for the purpose of transporting any explosive or a combined load of any explosive and ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture (blasting agent) in an amount in excess of 1,000 pounds. The transportation of quantities of explosives of 1,000 pounds or less, or other than on a public highway, is governed by Division 11 (commencing at Section 12000) of the Health and Safety Code. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, a license required by Section 31602 may be used to transport quantities of less than 1,000 pounds of explosives if all other requirements of this division are met.

(b) It is the legislative intention in enacting this division and with particular reference to requiring licenses for transportation of explosives as set forth herein that such provisions shall apply uniformly throughout the State of California and that such license to be obtained from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as provided in Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 2500) of Division 2, shall be in lieu of any requirement for any license to be obtained by any such owner from any local authority within the state.
Cal. FAC § 77921 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 20 / Article 2 / Section 77921
Section 77921
Status: in_force

“Market research” means any investigation, development, analysis, or use of information relating to the marketing, sales, or promotion of flower products in this state and nationally and internationally, including, but not limited to, trade practices, consumer trends, promotion, sales, and advertising.
Cal. HSC § 1288.4 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 1288.4
Section 1288.4
Status: in_force

A health facility licensed under subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 shall post conspicuously, in a prominent location within the premises and accessible to public view, a notice providing the telephone number of the state department’s regional licensing office where complaints regarding the facility may be reported. The state department shall inform the health facility of the telephone number to be included in the notice.