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CA Prob Code § 2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 2.

2.  (a) A provision of this code, insofar as it is substantially the same as a previously existing provision relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as a restatement and continuation thereof and not as a new enactment.(b) A provision of this code, insofar as it is the same in substance as a provision of a uniform act, shall be so construed as to effectuate the general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact that provision.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 4.

4.  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 5.

5.  If a notice or other communication is required by this code to be mailed by registered mail, the mailing of the notice or other communication by certified mail is deemed to be sufficient compliance with the requirement.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 6.

6.  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the general provisions and rules of construction in this part govern the construction of this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 7.

7.  Whenever a reference is made to any portion of this code or to any other law, the reference applies to all amendments and additions heretofore or hereafter made.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 8.

8.  Unless otherwise expressly stated:(a) “Division” means a division of this code.(b) “Part” means a part of the division in which that term occurs.(c) “Chapter” means a chapter of the division or part, as the case may be, in which that term occurs.(d) “Article” means an article of the chapter in which that term occurs.(e) “Section” means a section of this code.(f) “Subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs.(g) “Paragraph” means a paragraph of the subdivision in which that term occurs.(h) “Subparagraph” means a subparagraph of the paragraph in which that term occurs.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 9.

9.  The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 10.

10.  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 11.

11.  If any provision or clause of this code or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the code which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this code are severable.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 12.

12.  “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS|Section 13.

13.  (a) The degree of kinship or consanguinity between two persons is determined by counting the number of generations separating those persons, pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c). Each generation is called a degree.(b) Lineal kinship or consanguinity is the relationship between two persons, one of whom is a direct descendant of the other. The degree of kinship between those persons is determined by counting the generations separating the first person from the second person. In counting the generations, the first person is excluded and the second person is included. For example, parent and child are related in the first degree of lineal kinship or consanguinity, grandchild and grandparent are related in the second degree, and great-grandchild and great-grandparent are related in the third degree.(c) Collateral kinship or consanguinity is the relationship between two people who spring from a common ancestor, but neither person is the direct descendent of the other. The degree of kinship is determined by counting the generations from the first person up to the common ancestor and from the common ancestor down to the second person. In counting the generations, the first person is excluded, the second person is included, and the common ancestor is counted only once. For example, siblings are related in the second degree of collateral kinship or consanguinity, an aunt or uncle and a niece or nephew are related in the third degree, and first cousins are related in the fourth degree.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 348, Sec. 4. (SB 308) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Prob Code § 20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 20.

20.  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this part govern the construction of this code.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 82, Sec. 1. Effective June 30, 1991. Operative July 1, 1991, by Sec. 31 of Ch. 82.)
CA Prob Code § 21 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 21.

21.  “Account,” when used to mean a contract of deposit of funds between a depositor and a financial institution, includes a checking account, savings account, certificate of deposit, share account, mutual capital certificate, and other like arrangements.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 22.

22.  “Account in an insured credit union” means a share account in a credit union, either federally chartered or state licensed, that is insured under Title II of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1781, et seq.).(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 23 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 23.

23.  (a) “Account in an insured savings and loan association” means a savings account or mutual capital certificate of either of the following:(1) A federal association.(2) A savings association doing business in this state which is an “insured institution” as defined in Title IV of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1724, et seq.).(b) As used in this section:(1) “Federal association” has the meaning given that term in subdivision (b) of Section 5102 of the Financial Code.(2) “Mutual capital certificate” has the meaning given that term in Section 5111 of the Financial Code.(3) “Savings account” has the meaning given that term in Section 5116 of the Financial Code.(4) “Savings association” has the meaning given that term in subdivision (a) of Section 5102 of the Financial Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 24 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 24.

24.  “Beneficiary” means a person to whom a donative transfer of property is made or that person’s successor in interest, and:(a) As it relates to the intestate estate of a decedent, means an heir.(b) As it relates to the testate estate of a decedent, means a devisee.(c) As it relates to a trust, means a person who has any present or future interest, vested or contingent.(d) As it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 26 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 26.

26.  “Child” means any individual entitled to take as a child under this code by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 28 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 28.

28.  “Community property” means:(a) Community property heretofore or hereafter acquired during marriage by a married person while domiciled in this state.(b) All personal property wherever situated, and all real property situated in this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired during the marriage by a married person while domiciled elsewhere, that is community property, or a substantially equivalent type of marital property, under the laws of the place where the acquiring spouse was domiciled at the time of its acquisition.(c) All personal property wherever situated, and all real property situated in this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired during the marriage by a married person in exchange for real or personal property, wherever situated, that is community property, or a substantially equivalent type of marital property, under the laws of the place where the acquiring spouse was domiciled at the time the property so exchanged was acquired.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 29 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 29.

29.  “Conservatee” includes a limited conservatee.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 30 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 30.

30.  “Conservator” includes a limited conservator.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 32 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 32.

32.  “Devise,” when used as a noun, means a disposition of real or personal property by will, and, when used as a verb, means to dispose of real or personal property by will.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 34 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 34.

34.  (a) “Devisee” means any person designated in a will to receive a devise.(b) In the case of a devise to an existing trust or trustee, or to a trustee on trust described by will, the trust or trustee is the devisee and the beneficiaries are not devisees.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 36 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 36.

36.  “Dissolution of marriage” includes divorce.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 37 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 37.

37.  (a) “Domestic partner” means one of two persons who have filed a Declaration of Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State pursuant to Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 297) of the Family Code, provided that the domestic partnership has not been terminated pursuant to Section 299 of the Family Code.(b) Notwithstanding Section 299 of the Family Code, if a domestic partnership is terminated by the death of one of the parties and Notice of Termination was not filed by either party prior to the date of death of the decedent, the domestic partner who survives the deceased is a surviving domestic partner, and shall be entitled to the rights of a surviving domestic partner as provided in this code.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 893, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Prob Code § 38 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 38.

38.  “Family allowance” means an allowance provided for in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6540) of Part 3 of Division 6.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 39 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 39.

39.  “Fiduciary” means personal representative, trustee, guardian, conservator, attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney, custodian under the California Uniform Transfer To Minors Act (Part 9 (commencing with Section 3900) of Division 4), or other legal representative subject to this code.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 724, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Prob Code § 40 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 40.

40.  “Financial institution” means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan association or credit union, or like organization.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 42 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 42.

42.  “General personal representative” is defined in subdivision (b) of Section 58.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 44 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 44.

44.  “Heir” means any person, including the surviving spouse, who is entitled to take property of the decedent by intestate succession under this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 45 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 45.

45.  “Instrument” means a will, a document establishing or modifying a trust, a deed, or any other writing that designates a beneficiary or makes a donative transfer of property.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 56, Sec. 1. (SB 308) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Prob Code § 46 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 46.

46.  “Insured account in a financial institution” means an account in a bank, an account in an insured credit union, and an account in an insured savings and loan association, to the extent that the account is insured.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 48 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 48.

48.  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), “interested person” includes any of the following:(1) An heir, devisee, child, spouse, creditor, beneficiary, and any other person having a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent which may be affected by the proceeding.(2) Any person having priority for appointment as personal representative.(3) A fiduciary representing an interested person.(b) The meaning of “interested person” as it relates to particular persons may vary from time to time and shall be determined according to the particular purposes of, and matter involved in, any proceeding.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 50 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 50.

50.  “Issue” of a person means all his or her lineal descendants of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being determined by the definitions of child and parent.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 52 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 52.

52.  “Letters”:(a) As it relates to a personal representative, means letters testamentary, letters of administration, letters of administration with the will annexed, or letters of special administration.(b) As it relates to a guardian or conservator, means letters of guardianship or conservatorship or temporary guardianship or conservatorship.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 54 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 54.

54.  “Parent” means any individual entitled to take as a parent under this code by intestate succession from the child whose relationship is involved.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 55 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 55.

55.  “Pay-on-death account” or “P.O.D. account” is defined in Section 5140.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 56 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 56.

56.  “Person” means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other entity.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 202. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Prob Code § 58 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 58.

58.  (a) “Personal representative” means executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, special administrator, successor personal representative, public administrator acting pursuant to Section 7660, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law of another jurisdiction governing the person’s status.(b) “General personal representative” excludes a special administrator unless the special administrator has the powers, duties, and obligations of a general personal representative under Section 8545.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 888, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Prob Code § 59 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 59.

59.  “Predeceased spouse” means a person who died before the decedent while married to the decedent, except that the term does not include any of the following:(a) A person who obtains or consents to a final decree or judgment of dissolution of marriage from the decedent or a final decree or judgment of annulment of their marriage, which decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they (1) subsequently participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each to the other or (2) subsequently live together as spouses.(b) A person who, following a decree or judgment of dissolution or annulment of marriage obtained by the decedent, participates in a marriage ceremony to a third person.(c) A person who was a party to a valid proceeding concluded by an order purporting to terminate all marital property rights.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 76. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Prob Code § 60 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 60.

60.  “Probate homestead” means a homestead provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6520) of Part 3 of Division 6.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 60.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 60.1.

60.1.  (a) “Professional fiduciary” means a person who is a professional fiduciary as defined under subdivision (f) of Section 6501 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) On and after January 1, 2009, no person shall act or hold himself or herself out to the public as a professional fiduciary unless he or she is licensed as a professional fiduciary under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 354, Sec. 70. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Prob Code § 62 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 62.

62.  “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property and any interest therein.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 66 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 66.

66.  “Quasi-community property” means the following property, other than community property as defined in Section 28:(a) All personal property wherever situated, and all real property situated in this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired by a decedent while domiciled elsewhere that would have been the community property of the decedent and the surviving spouse if the decedent had been domiciled in this state at the time of its acquisition.(b) All personal property wherever situated, and all real property situated in this state, heretofore or hereafter acquired in exchange for real or personal property, wherever situated, that would have been the community property of the decedent and the surviving spouse if the decedent had been domiciled in this state at the time the property so exchanged was acquired.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 68 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 68.

68.  “Real property” includes a leasehold interest in real property.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 69 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 69.

69.  “Revocable transfer on death deed” or “revocable TOD deed” means a revocable transfer on death deed as described in Section 5614.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 3. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Prob Code § 70 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 70.

70.  “Security” includes any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share, voting trust certificate or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation, any temporary or interim certificate, receipt, or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
CA Prob Code § 72 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 72.

72.  “Spouse” includes domestic partner, as defined in Section 37 of this code, as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 77. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Prob Code § 74 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS|PART 2 - DEFINITIONS|Section 74.

74.  “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)