FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Cal. FAC § 410 — California Code / Code fac / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 410
Section 410
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with appropriate county officials and industry representatives, develop mutually satisfactory sources of nonstate funding to augment budget programs in the areas of county agricultural commissioners and county sealers of weights and measures.
Cal. WIC § 7290 — California Code / Code wic / Division 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 7290
Section 7290
Status: in_force

The State Department of Developmental Services may enter into a special agreement, secured by a properly executed bond, with the relatives, guardian, conservator, or friend of any patient for the patient’s care, support, maintenance, or other expenses at the institution. The agreement and bond shall be to the people of the State of California and action to enforce the same may be brought by the department. All charges due under this section, including the monthly rate for the patient’s care and treatment, as established by or pursuant to law, shall be collected monthly. No patient, however, shall be permitted to occupy more than one room in any state institution.
Cal. WIC § 18999.94 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 19 / Section 18999.94
Section 18999.94
Status: in_force

(a) The Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems Program Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury. Moneys deposited in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, may be expended by the department for the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The department may enter into agreements with one or more entities to facilitate the implementation of the program, which may not exceed 5 percent of funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Convening and facilitating the stakeholder workgroup.

(2) Providing technical assistance to grantees and community-based organizations receiving funding pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Evaluating program data and information and preparing the public report described in subdivision (e) of Section 18999.93.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the department may not expend more than 5 percent of funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter on its administrative costs.

(d) The department shall award all grants pursuant to this chapter on or before January 1, 2023.
Cal. FAC § 78694 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 24 / Article 5 / Section 78694
Section 78694
Status: in_force

Nonreceipt of a ballot by an eligible person shall not invalidate a referendum.
Cal. BPC § 26150 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 10 / Chapter 15 / Section 26150
Section 26150
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter:

(a) “Advertise” means the publication or dissemination of an advertisement.

(b) “Advertisement” includes any written or verbal statement, illustration, or depiction which is calculated to induce sales of cannabis or cannabis products, including any written, printed, graphic, or other material, billboard, sign, or other outdoor display, public transit card, other periodical literature, publication, or in a radio or television broadcast, or in any other media; except that such term shall not include:

(1) Any label affixed to any cannabis or cannabis products, or any individual covering, carton, or other wrapper of that container that constitutes a part of the labeling under provisions of this division.

(2) Any editorial or other reading material, such as a news release, in any periodical or publication or newspaper for the publication of which no money or valuable consideration is paid or promised, directly or indirectly, by any licensee, and which is not written by or at the direction of the licensee.

(c) “Advertising sign” is any sign, poster, display, billboard, or any other stationary or permanently affixed advertisement promoting the sale of cannabis or cannabis products which are not cultivated, manufactured, distributed, or sold on the same lot.

(d) “Health-related statement” means any statement related to health, and includes statements of a curative or therapeutic nature that, expressly or by implication, suggest a relationship between the consumption of cannabis or cannabis products and health benefits, or effects on health.

(e) “Market” or “Marketing” means any act or process of promoting or selling cannabis or cannabis products, including, but not limited to, sponsorship of sporting events, point-of-sale advertising, and development of products specifically designed to appeal to certain demographics.
Cal. RTC § 40069.5 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 19 / Chapter 4 / Article 2.1 / Section 40069.5
Section 40069.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any return, declaration, statement, or other document required to be made under this part that is filed using electronic media shall be filed and authenticated pursuant to any method or form the board may prescribe.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, any return, declaration, statement, or other document otherwise required to be signed that is filed by the taxpayer using electronic media in a form as required by the board shall be deemed to be a signed, valid original document, including upon reproduction to paper form by the board.

(c) Electronic media includes, but is not limited to, computer modem, magnetic media, optical disk, facsimile machine, or telephone.
Cal. FAC § 62755 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 62755
Section 62755
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary shall find that producers have assented to the continued operation of this chapter if the secretary finds on a statewide basis that not less than 51 percent of the total number of eligible producers in the state have voted in the referendum and that 51 percent or more of the total number of eligible producers who voted in the referendum and who produced 51 percent or more of the total amount of fluid milk produced in the state during the calendar month next preceding the month of the commencement of the referendum period by all producers who voted in the referendum, approve the continued operation of this chapter.

(b) If the secretary finds that a vote favorable to the continued operation of this chapter has not been given, the secretary shall so certify to the Secretary of State and shall declare this chapter inoperative.

(c) The secretary may reveal the names of producers whose votes have been received to both proponents and opponents of the continued operation of this chapter. However, whether individual producers voted for or against the continued operation of this chapter shall be kept confidential.
Cal. HSC § 1342.74 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 1 / Section 1342.74
Section 1342.74
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 1342.71, a health care service plan shall not subject antiretroviral drugs that are medically necessary for the prevention of AIDS/HIV, including preexposure prophylaxis or postexposure prophylaxis, to prior authorization or step therapy, except as provided in paragraph (2).

(2) If the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved one or more therapeutic equivalents of a drug, device, or product for the prevention of AIDS/HIV, this section does not require a health care service plan to cover all of the therapeutically equivalent versions without prior authorization or step therapy, if at least one therapeutically equivalent version is covered without prior authorization or step therapy.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a health care service plan shall not prohibit, or permit a delegated pharmacy benefit manager to prohibit, a pharmacy provider from dispensing preexposure prophylaxis or postexposure prophylaxis.

(c) A health care service plan shall cover preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis that has been furnished by a pharmacist, as authorized in Sections 4052.02 and 4052.03 of the Business and Professions Code, including the pharmacist’s services and related testing ordered by the pharmacist. A health care service plan shall pay or reimburse, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, for the service performed by a pharmacist at an in-network pharmacy or a pharmacist at an out-of-network pharmacy if the health care service plan has an out-of-network pharmacy benefit.

(d) This section does not require a health care service plan to cover preexposure prophylaxis or postexposure prophylaxis by a pharmacist at an out-of-network pharmacy, unless the health care service plan has an out-of-network pharmacy benefit.

(e) This section shall not apply to Medi-Cal managed care plans contracting with the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000), Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), or Chapter 8.75 (commencing with Section 14590) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to the extent that the services described in this section are excluded from coverage under the contract between the Medi-Cal managed care plans and the State Department of Health Care Services.
Cal. FAC § 79274 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 26 / Article 6 / Section 79274
Section 79274
Status: in_force

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

(b) Information on volume shipments, crop value, and any other related information that is required for reports to governmental agencies, financial reports to the commission or aggregate sales and inventory information, and any other information that gives only totals, but excludes individual information, may be disclosed by the commission.
Cal. ELEC § 9245 — California Code / Code elec / Division 9 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 9245
Section 9245
Status: in_force

If approval of an ordinance by the mayor or like officer is necessary, the date of approval shall be deemed the date of its final passage by the legislative body within the meaning of this article.

If an ordinance becomes law when the time for approval or veto has expired, and no action has been taken, the date of the expiration of that time shall be deemed the date of its final passage by the legislative body within the meaning of this article.
Cal. WAT § 12303 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 4.8 / Chapter 1 / Section 12303
Section 12303
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, subject to subdivision (b) of Section 12929.12, if twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) or any lesser amount is transferred pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 to the California Water Fund from the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund in each of the fiscal years 1990–91 to 1997–98, inclusive, and if six million dollars ($6,000,000) or any lesser amount is so transferred in the 1998–99 fiscal year, that amount shall be appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund for the purposes specified in subdivision (b) of Section 12300, in lieu of the funds deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code. However, that the director, in consultation with the Department of Finance, may accelerate payments to the California Water Fund for reappropriation to the Delta Flood Protection Fund if the director deems it appropriate to do so.

(b) The obligation of the State Water Resources Development System to reimburse the California Water Fund, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937, shall decrease by amounts equal to the amounts which are transferred from the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund to the California Water Fund and appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c) For any fiscal year, the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Director of Water Resources, may recommend in the Budget Act a source of funding for the Delta Flood Protection Fund which is different from that set forth in subdivision (a). If the Legislature approves the alternative source of funding, the portion of the State Water Resources Development System obligation specified in subdivision (b) which remains outstanding because of the selection of the alternative funding source shall be discharged pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 11913.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the creation of the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount pursuant to Section 78540, as proposed to be added by S.B. 900 of the 1995–96 Regular Session, that subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall not apply to the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount and that the funds of the subaccount shall be available to fund equally both of the following:

(1) The delta levee maintenance subventions program pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980), associated mitigation and habitat improvement programs, and the administration thereof.

(2) The special delta flood protection projects pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310), associated mitigation and habitat improvement programs, and the administration thereof.
Cal. PUC § 29038 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 29038
Section 29038
Status: in_force

The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the board and shall be reasonable. Insofar as practicable, the rates shall be fixed so as to result in revenue which will be sufficient to do all of the following:

(a) Pay the operating expenses of the district.

(b) Provide for repairs, maintenance, and depreciation of works owned or operated by the district.

(c) Provide for the purchase, lease, or acquisition of rolling stock, including provisions for interest, sinking funds, reserve funds, or other funds required for the payment of any obligations incurred by the district for the acquisition of rolling stock.

(d) After making any current allocation of funds required for the foregoing purposes and by the terms of any indebtedness incurred under Articles 6 (commencing with Section 29240) and 7 (commencing with Section 29250) of Chapter 8, provide funds for any purpose the board deems necessary and desirable to carry out the purposes of this part.
Cal. FAM § 3022 — California Code / Code fam / Division 8 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 3022
Section 3022
Status: in_force

The court may, during the pendency of a proceeding or at any time thereafter, make an order for the custody of a child during minority that seems necessary or proper.
Cal. FIN § 31410 — California Code / Code fin / Division 15 / Chapter 6 / Section 31410
Section 31410
Status: in_force

This section creates and authorizes an exempt class of persons pursuant to Section 1 of Article XV of the State Constitution. The restrictions upon rates of interest contained in Section 1 of Article XV of the State Constitution shall not apply to any loans made by, or forbearances of, any licensee. This section shall apply retroactively to any such loans or forbearances.
Cal. PROB § 4673 — California Code / Code prob / Division 4.7 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 4673
Section 4673
Status: in_force

(a) A written advance health care directive is legally sufficient if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) The advance directive contains the date of its execution.

(2) The advance directive is signed either by the patient or in the patient’s name by another adult in the patient’s presence and at the patient’s direction.

(3) The advance directive is either acknowledged before a notary public or signed by at least two witnesses who satisfy the requirements of Sections 4674 and 4675.

(b) An electronic advance health care directive or power of attorney for health care is legally sufficient if the requirements in subdivision (a) are satisfied, except that for the purposes of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), an acknowledgment before a notary public shall be required, and if a digital signature is used, it meets all of the following requirements:

(1) The digital signature either meets the requirements of Section 16.5 of the Government Code and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 22000) of Division 7 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations or the digital signature uses an algorithm approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

(2) The digital signature is unique to the person using it.

(3) The digital signature is capable of verification.

(4) The digital signature is under the sole control of the person using it.

(5) The digital signature is linked to data in such a manner that if the data are changed, the digital signature is invalidated.

(6) The digital signature persists with the document and not by association in separate files.

(7) The digital signature is bound to a digital certificate.
Cal. HSC § 50899.6 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 50899.6
Section 50899.6
Status: in_force

The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program generally will be administered by the department in a manner consistent with the Federal ESG Program. However, the department may administer the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program differently from the Federal ESG Program, and include such modifications as the department may determine are necessary to address the purposes of this chapter or to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program, including but not limited to:

(a) The participation of all continuum of care service areas within California, using a formula distribution that reflects the entire continuum of care service area.

(b) The modification of formula factors in the Federal ESG Program for use in the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program.
Cal. BPC § 12018 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 12018
Section 12018
Status: in_force

Any person neglecting or refusing to exhibit any weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument, or appliances and accessories connected therewith in his possession or under his control, to any sealer for inspection and examination is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. PUC § 102399 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 14 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 102399
Section 102399
Status: in_force

(a) It is a primary purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the district by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of employees to join employee organizations of their own choice, to be represented, to select one employee organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit, and to afford employees a voice at work.

(b) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, and the powers and duties of that board, as described in Section 3541.3 of the Government Code, shall have jurisdiction, as appropriate, to enforce this chapter and its existing regulations, shall apply, as appropriate, to this chapter. The board shall perform its duties under this section consistent with its regulations and shall have the authority to make additional regulations. The board may also adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this article as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations pursuant to this subdivision is conclusively presumed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare within the meaning of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.
Cal. PROB § 275 — California Code / Code prob / Division 2 / Part 8 / Chapter 2 / Section 275
Section 275
Status: in_force

A beneficiary may disclaim any interest, in whole or in part, by filing a disclaimer as provided in this part.
Cal. FAC § 2127 — California Code / Code fac / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 2127
Section 2127
Status: in_force

Deputy commissioners and inspectors shall be appointed from a list which is furnished by the director of persons who hold a license for the office.
Cal. RTC § 32552 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 14 / Chapter 11 / Section 32552
Section 32552
Status: in_force

Any person who wilfully evades or attempts in any manner to evade or defeat the payment of the excise tax imposed by this part is guilty of a felony.
Cal. HSC § 122415 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 122415
Section 122415
Status: in_force

(a)  The Director of Corrections shall do all of the following:

(1)  Provide the budget subcommittees of the Legislature, on or before March 1, 2002, with an annual statistical report on the prevalence of the hepatitis C virus in correctional facilities and trends in the incidence and prevalence of the hepatitis C virus in the correctional system.

(2)  Establish and make available a voluntary program to test inmates for the presence of the hepatitis C virus upon incarceration and in conjunction with any routine blood testing.

(3)  Update treatment protocols and regimens as new therapies become available.

(b)  This section shall be implemented only to the extent funds for this purpose have been appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
Cal. HSC § 25249.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 12.5 / Section 25249.2
Section 25249.2
Status: in_force

On or before July 1, 2004, the owner or operator of a perchlorate facility, located within a 5-mile radius of a public drinking water well that has been found by any state or local agency to be contaminated with perchlorate, shall submit to the Environmental Protection Agency a summary of any subsurface and any groundwater monitoring, investigation, or remediation work that has been performed at the facility. The owner or operator shall submit the information electronically, if it is available in electronic format.
Cal. BPC § 2647 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 5.7 / Article 4 / Section 2647
Section 2647
Status: in_force

A person who fails to renew his or her license within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it shall not be reissued, reinstated, or restored thereafter. However, the person may apply for a new license if he or she satisfies the requirements set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 2635).
Cal. WAT § 11295 — California Code / Code wat / Division 6 / Part 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 11 / Section 11295
Section 11295
Status: in_force

In addition to the works specified, the units shall include such plants and works for the generation of electric power by steam or other power, and such electric transmission lines and facilities for the sale, use, and distribution of electric power as the department determines to be necessary for making a reasonable, proper, and advantageous sale, use, and distribution of electric power made available by the units.
Cal. FIN § 7505.5 — California Code / Code fin / Division 2 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 7505.5
Section 7505.5
Status: in_force

(a) A savings association may make loans the principal purpose of which is to provide financing with respect to what is, or what is to become, primarily residential real estate, for which the association relies substantially on the borrower’s general credit standing and projected future income for repayment, without other security, or relies on other assurances for repayment, including guarantees or other obligations of third parties.

(b) An association’s aggregate investment in residential real estate loans described in subdivision (a) shall not exceed an amount equal to 5 percent of the association’s assets.