FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Cal. HSC § 17995.3 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 1.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 17995.3
Section 17995.3
Status: in_force

Any person who is convicted pursuant to Section 17995 for a second or subsequent time within a five-year period for violations at the same property where such violations are determined by the trier of fact to be so extensive and of such a nature that the immediate health and safety of residents or the public is endangered and where the extent and nature of the violations are due to the defendant’s habitual neglect of customary maintenance and display a flagrant lack of concern for the health and safety of residents and the public, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) and by imprisonment of not less than six months but not exceeding one year, provided also that the trier of fact finds at least four serious violations of the following categories of violations are involved:

(a)  Termination, extended interruption or serious defects of gas, water or electric utility systems provided such interruptions or termination is not caused by the tenant’s failure to pay such gas, water or electric bills.

(b)  Serious defects or lack of adequate space and water heating.

(c)   Serious rodent, vermin or insect infestation.

(d)  Severe deterioration, rendering significant portions of the structure unsafe or unsanitary.

(e)  Inadequate numbers of garbage receptacles or service.

(f)  Unsanitary conditions affecting a significant portion of the structure as a result of faulty plumbing or sewage disposal.

(g)  Inoperable hallway lighting.
Cal. HSC § 4985 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 5 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 4985
Section 4985
Status: in_force

The cost of the acquisition or construction of the works for which bonds may be issued includes all of the following:

(a)  The cost of all property, rights, easements, and franchises deemed necessary or convenient therefor.

(b)  Engineering, clerical, legal, financial, paying and fiscal agent’s fees and expenses, cost of bond proceedings, bond reserve funds and working capital and bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period of not to exceed twelve (12) months after completion of construction.

(c)  All other expenses connected with or incident to the works in the operation and performance of the acts required by this chapter to be done.
Cal. WIC § 827.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 22 / Section 827.1
Section 827.1
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county, or city and county may establish a computerized data base system within that city, county, or city and county that permits the probation department, law enforcement agencies, and school districts to access probation department, law enforcement, school district, and juvenile court information and records which are nonprivileged and where release is authorized under state or federal law or regulation, regarding minors under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 602 or for whom a program of supervision has been undertaken where a petition could otherwise be filed pursuant to Section 602.

(b) Each city, county, or city and county permitting computer access to these agencies shall develop security procedures by which unauthorized personnel cannot access data contained in the system as well as procedures or devices to secure data from unauthorized access or disclosure. The right of access granted shall not include the right to add, delete, or alter data without the written permission of the agency holding the data.
Cal. RTC § 32010 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 1 / Section 32010
Section 32010
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed by this part are in lieu of all county, municipal, or district taxes on the sale of beer, wine, or distilled spirits.

This section does not prohibit the application of Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001), Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) or Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) to the sale, storage, use or other consumption of beer, wine, or distilled spirits.
Cal. HSC § 25117.9 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 2 / Section 25117.9
Section 25117.9
Status: in_force

“Non-RCRA hazardous waste” means all hazardous waste regulated in the state, other than RCRA hazardous waste, as defined in Section 25120.2. A hazardous waste regulated in the state is presumed to be RCRA hazardous waste, unless it is determined, pursuant to regulations adopted by the department, that the hazardous waste is a non-RCRA hazardous waste.
Cal. VEH § 220 — California Code / Code veh / Division 1 / Section 220
Section 220
Status: in_force

(a) An “automobile dismantler” is a person not otherwise expressly excluded by Section 221 who is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in vehicles of a type required to be registered under this code, including nonrepairable vehicles, for the purpose of dismantling the vehicles, who buys or sells the integral parts and component materials thereof, in whole or in part, or deals in used motor vehicle parts. This section does not apply to the occasional and incidental dismantling of vehicles by dealers who have secured dealer plates from the department for the current year whose principal business is buying and selling new and used vehicles, or by owners who desire to dismantle not more than three personal vehicles within any 12-month period.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), “automobile dismantler” includes a person not otherwise expressly excluded by Section 221 who keeps or maintains on real property owned by the person, or under their possession or control, either of the following vehicles or catalytic converters, whether for the purpose of resale of used parts, for the purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of the materials, whether metal, glass, fabric, or otherwise, or to dispose of them, or for any other purpose:

(1) Two or more unregistered motor vehicles no longer intended for, or in condition for, legal use on the highways.

(2) Nine or more used catalytic converters that have been cut from a motor vehicle using a sharp implement.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), a “junk dealer,” as defined in Section 21601 of the Business and Professions Code, a “recycler,” as defined in Section 21605 of the Business and Professions Code, or a “commercial enterprise” or “core recycler,” as defined in Section 21610 of the Business and Professions Code, is not an automobile dismantler even if it possesses nine or more used catalytic converters that have been cut from a motor vehicle using a sharp implement.

(2) This subdivision does not apply to a “commercial enterprise” described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 21610 of the Business and Professions Code.
Cal. HSC § 108560 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 108560
Section 108560
Status: in_force

(a)  All toys offered for sale or exchange, shall contain a label with the name and place of business of the manufacturer, distributor, or importer in the United States.

(b)  It is unlawful to fail to provide any information required by this section upon the request of the department.
Cal. WIC § 18473 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 18473
Section 18473
Status: in_force

In determining and redetermining budgets and standards, the department may give consideration to living costs and may establish budgets and standards varying in monetary worth or amount, but providing a standard of living compatible with decency and health.
Cal. HSC § 111923.9 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Article 4 / Section 111923.9
Section 111923.9
Status: in_force

[Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 576, Sec. 10.   (AB 45)   Effective October 6, 2021.   Superseded on January 1, 2028; see amendment by Stats. 2025, Ch. 248.]
A hemp manufacturer or retailer who is operating in conformance with this part and in good faith compliance with their responsibilities under this chapter may manufacture or sell industrial hemp products or raw hemp extract without authorization for three months after the effective date of the act that added this chapter.

[Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 248, Sec. 39.   (AB 8)   Effective January 1, 2026.   Operative January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 111921.8.   Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.]
(a) A hemp manufacturer or retailer who is operating in conformance with this part and in good faith compliance with their responsibilities under this chapter may manufacture or sell industrial hemp products or raw hemp extract without authorization for three months after the effective date of the act that added this chapter.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. HSC § 1540.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 1540.2
Section 1540.2
Status: in_force

Any person who, without lawful authorization from a duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department, informs an owner, operator, employee, agent, or resident of a community care facility, of an impending and unannounced site visit to that facility by personnel of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 180 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
Cal. EVID § 1037.8 — California Code / Code evid / Division 8 / Chapter 4 / Article 8.7 / Section 1037.8
Section 1037.8
Status: in_force

A domestic violence counselor shall inform a domestic violence victim of any applicable limitations on confidentiality of communications between the victim and the domestic violence counselor. This information may be given orally.
Cal. WAT § 31630.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 12 / Part 6 / Chapter 7 / Section 31630.5
Section 31630.5
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Annual” or “year” means a calendar year unless the context indicates a contrary meaning.

(b) “District” means the Coachella Valley Water District.

(c) “Fiscal year” means the period of July 1 through June 30, inclusive.

(d) “Production” or “produce” means the extraction of groundwater by pumping or any other method within the boundaries of the district or the diversion within the district of surface supplies which naturally replenish the groundwater supplies within the district and are used therein.

(e) “Producer” means any individual, partnership, association or group of individuals, lessee, firm, private corporation, or any public agency or public corporation, including, but not limited to, the Coachella Valley Water District.

(f) “Minimal pumper” means any producer who produces 25 or fewer acre-feet in any year.

(g) “Replenishment” and “replenishing” include incentive programs encouraging producers to use reclaimed water supplied by the district, or Colorado River water from the district’s Coachella Branch Canal, for irrigation or other purposes, instead of groundwater.

(h) “Supplemental water” means water from the State Water Resources Development System, or from the Colorado River Aqueduct of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, or from any other source which is not part of the natural replenishment of the groundwater supplies within the district, including reclaimed water.
Cal. WAT § 2000 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 2000
Section 2000
Status: in_force

In any suit brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State for determination of rights to water, the court may order a reference to the board, as referee, of any or all issues involved in the suit.
Cal. UIC § 1335 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 1335
Section 1335
Status: in_force

If an appeal is filed, benefits with respect to the period prior to the final decision on the appeal shall be paid only after the decision, except that:

(a) If benefits for any week are payable in accordance with a determination by the department irrespective of any decision on the issues set forth in the appeal, such benefits shall be promptly paid regardless of such appeal.

(b) If an administrative law judge affirms a determination allowing benefits, such benefits shall be promptly paid regardless of any appeal which may thereafter be taken, and regardless of any action taken under Section 1336 or otherwise by the director, appeals board, or other administrative body or by any court.

If the determination is finally reversed, no employer’s account shall be charged with benefits paid because of that determination, except as provided in Section 1026, or if the department determines pursuant to Section 1026.1 that the employer’s reserve account should not be credited.

(c) If benefits for any week are payable in accordance with a determination by the department, or an administrative law judge issues a decision allowing benefits, the benefits shall be promptly paid regardless of any appeal, and regardless of any action taken by the appeals board pursuant to Section 412 or 413. If the determination of the department or the decision of the administrative law judge is finally reversed, no employer’s reserve account shall be charged with benefits paid pursuant to this subdivision, except as provided in Section 1026 or if the department determines pursuant to Section 1026.1 that the employer’s reserve account should not be credited.
Cal. BPC § 1632.5 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 1632.5
Section 1632.5
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to implementation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the department’s Office of Professional Examination Services shall review the Western Regional Examining Board examination to ensure compliance with the requirements of Section 139 and to certify that the examination process meets those standards. If the department determines that the examination process fails to meet those standards, paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632 shall not be implemented.

(b) The Western Regional Examining Board examination process shall be regularly reviewed by the department pursuant to Section 139.

(c) The Western Regional Examining Board examination shall meet the mandates of subdivision (a) of Section 12944 of the Government Code.

(d) As part of its next scheduled sunset review by the appropriate committees of the Legislature, the Dental Board of California shall report to that committee and the department on the pass rates of applicants who sat for the Western Regional Examining Board examination, compared with the pass rates of applicants who sat for the state clinical and written examination administered by the Dental Board of California. This report shall be a component of the evaluation of the examination process that is based on psychometrically sound principles for establishing minimum qualifications and levels of competency.
Cal. SHC § 6462.1 — California Code / Code shc / Division 7 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 6462.1
Section 6462.1
Status: in_force

The legislative body conducting the proceedings may provide for a classification of assessments into different terms of maturity so that some assessments may be made to mature over a shorter period of time than other assessments and may also provide for assessments to mature in other than equal annual amounts.

In such event, the bond declaration in the resolution of intention, assessment, and notice of recording the assessment may recite that the last installment of bonds shall mature a maximum rather than an exact number of years from the second day of January next succeeding the next September 1st following their date.
Cal. BPC § 3761 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 8.3 / Article 6 / Section 3761
Section 3761
Status: in_force

(a) No person may practice respiratory care or represent himself or herself to be a respiratory care practitioner in this state, without a valid license granted under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(b) No person or corporation shall knowingly employ a person who holds himself or herself out to be a respiratory care practitioner without a valid license granted under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Cal. WIC § 14124.1 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 14124.1
Section 14124.1
Status: in_force

Each provider, as defined in Section 14043.1, of health care services rendered under the Medi-Cal program or any other health care program administered by the department or its agents or contractors, shall keep and maintain records of each service rendered under the Medi-Cal program or any other health care program administered by the department or its agents or contractors, the beneficiary or person to whom rendered, the date the service was rendered, and any additional information as the department may by regulation require. Records required to be kept and maintained under this section shall be retained by the provider for a period of 10 years from the final date of the contract period between the plan and the provider, from the date of completion of any audit, or from the date the service was rendered, whichever is later, in accordance with Section 438.3(u) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Cal. PUC § 1202.4 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 1202.4
Section 1202.4
Status: in_force

If a city or county develops and adopts, by resolution upon a majority vote of the city council or the board of supervisors, a plan to improve mobility for multimodal access that calls for new or modified railroad crossings, the commission shall make an engineer available from the Rail Crossings and Engineering Branch to assist and advise that city or county on the safety of the planned railroad crossings before the filing of an application to the commission for the approval of the new or modified railroad crossings.
Cal. BPC § 4191 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 14 / Section 4191
Section 4191
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to the issuance of a clinic license authorized under this article, the clinic shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the State Department of Public Health and the board relating to drug distribution to ensure that inventories, security procedures, training, protocol development, recordkeeping, packaging, labeling, dispensing, and patient consultation are carried out in a manner that is consistent with the promotion and protection of the health and safety of the public. The policies and procedures to implement the laws and regulations shall be developed and approved by the consulting pharmacist, the professional director, and the clinic administrator.

(b) The dispensing of drugs in a clinic that has received a license under this article shall be performed only by a physician, a pharmacist, or other person lawfully authorized to dispense drugs, and only in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Cal. PROB § 1250 — California Code / Code prob / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 1250
Section 1250
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after the issuance of letters in a proceeding under this code for the administration of a decedent’s estate, any person interested in the estate, whether as devisee, heir, creditor, beneficiary under a trust, or as otherwise interested, may, in person or by attorney, file with the court clerk a written request for special notice.

(b) The request for special notice shall be so entitled and shall set forth the name of the person and the address to which notices shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215.

(c) Special notice may be requested of one or more of the following matters:

(1) Petitions filed in the administration proceeding.

(2) Inventories and appraisals of property in the estate, including any supplemental inventories and appraisals.

(3) Objections to an appraisal.

(4) Accounts of a personal representative.

(5) Reports of status of administration.

(d) Special notice may be requested of any matter in subdivision (c) by describing it, or of all the matters in subdivision (c) by referring generally to “the matters described in subdivision (c) of Section 1250 of the Probate Code” or by using words of similar meaning.

(e) A copy of the request shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 to the personal representative or to the attorney for the personal representative. If personally delivered, the request is effective when it is delivered. If mailed or electronically delivered, the request is effective when it is received.

(f) If the original of the request is filed with the court clerk, it shall be accompanied by a written admission or proof of service.
Cal. WAT § 47105 — California Code / Code wat / Division 14 / Part 9 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 47105
Section 47105
Status: in_force

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board may either:

(a) Adopt the report.

(b) Modify the report.

(c) Cause a new report to be made to be again set for hearing as in the first instance.

(d) Abandon, either in whole or in part, the levying of any assessment pursuant to the report.

(e) Determine that the assessment is necessary and make an order of supplementary assessment.
Cal. WIC § 14092.3 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 3 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.95 / Section 14092.3
Section 14092.3
Status: in_force

In implementing this article, the director has discretion to extend administrative or reimbursement flexibilities to participating primary care providers.
Cal. HSC § 19200 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 19200
Section 19200
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that existing law does not require that any new seismic gas shutoff valve sold by any person in this state shall, prior to sale, be certified by the State Architect.