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CA Pub Util Code § 181003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181003.

181003.  The authority, in cooperation with local agencies that elect to participate, may perform coordination and implementation activities, within the boundaries of Sonoma County, to assist those agencies in meeting their greenhouse gas emission reduction goals as set forth in resolutions and adopted plans and develop, coordinate, and implement programs and policies to comply with Chapter 488 of the Statutes of 2006 and other federal or state mandates and programs designed to respond to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. “Local agency,” as used in this division, shall mean a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, or any board, commission, or agency thereof, or other local public agency.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181004.

181004.  Activities authorized under Section 181003 shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(a) Reduction of energy consumption.(b) Coordination and implemention of energy efficiency projects.(c) Increasing efficiency of water use.(d) Utilizing carbon sequestration opportunities.(e) Administration of grants to local entities.(f) Alternative transportation options.(g) Measuring and quantifying ongoing greenhouse gas reductions.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181005.

181005.  The authority shall adopt rules for its proceedings consistent with the laws of the state.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181006.

181006.  A majority of the members of the authority constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the authority require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the authority.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181007.

181007.  The acts of the authority shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181008 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181008.

181008.  All meetings of the authority shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181009 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181009.

181009.  The authority shall do all of the following:(a) Adopt an annual budget.(b) Adopt an administrative code, by ordinance, which prescribes the powers and duties of the authority officers, the method of appointment of the authority employees, and methods, procedures, and systems of operation and management of the authority.(c) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the authority to be made at least annually by a certified public accountant.(d) Do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181010.

181010.  The members of the authority shall be compensated as determined by the authority and shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with performing authority duties.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181011 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181011.

181011.  (a) Notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the adoption of the annual budget shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code not later than 15 days prior to the hearing.(b) The proposed annual budget shall be available for public inspection at least 15 days prior to the hearing.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181012 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181012.

181012.  The authority may sue and be sued, except as provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181013 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181013.

181013.  All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code, except as provided therein, or by other statute or regulation expressly applicable thereto.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181014 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181014.

181014.  The authority may apply for funds available to carry out its functions and may receive grants of funds to carry out its functions. All funds available to the authority shall be held in a separate account and accounted for independently. No transportation funds may be used for purposes of this division other than those activities of the authority related to transportation. No funding from the Traffic Relief Act for Sonoma County (Measure M), approved by voters in 2004 shall be used for the purpose of this division.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 181015 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 19.1 - SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY|Section 181015.

181015.  Nothing in this division shall supersede or interfere with activities, plans, or actions of other local agencies.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 881) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 1.

1.  This act shall be known as the Revenue and Taxation Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 2.

2.  The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 3.

3.  All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code, continue to hold them according to their former tenure.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 4.

4.  Any action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, or any right accrued, is not affected by this code, but all procedure taken shall conform to the provisions of this code as far as possible.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 5.

5.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 6.

6.  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. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 7.

7.  Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty imposed on, any person or board by any provision of this code, it may be exercised or performed by any deputy or person authorized by the person or board to whom the power is granted or on whom the duty is imposed, unless it is expressly provided that the power or duty shall be exercised or performed only by the person or board to whom the power is granted or on whom the duty is imposed.(Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 874.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 8.

8.  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, petition, permit, statement, or record is required by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 9.

9.  Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law, the reference applies to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 10.

10.  “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned and “subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 11.

11.  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 12.

12.  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 12.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 12.2.

12.2.  “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 94. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 13.

13.  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 14.

14.  “City” includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 15.

15.  “County” includes city and county.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 16.

16.  “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 17 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 17.

17.  “Oath” includes affirmation and written declarations signed under the penalties of perjury.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 323.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 18 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 18.

18.  “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark. Such mark shall be made as required in the Civil Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 19 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 19.

19.  “Person” includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. As used in Division 2 (commencing with Section 6001), “person” shall include, in addition to the items of definition contained in the first sentence, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, executor, administrator, or assignee.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 679, Sec. 10. Effective October 10, 1995.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 20.

20.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), and notwithstanding any other law, “board” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.(b) Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this code or any other code, “board,” with respect to an appeal, means the Office of Tax Appeals if the authority to handle appeals has been transferred from the State Board of Equalization to the Office of Tax Appeals pursuant to Part 9.5 (commencing with Section 15670) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(c) Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this code or any other code, “board” means the State Board of Equalization where the State Board of Equalization has retained authority pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 15600.(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2017.(Repealed (in Sec. 14) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 16, Sec. 15. (AB 102) Effective June 27, 2017. Section operative July 1, 2017, by its own provisions.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 20.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 20.5.

20.5.  (a) Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this code or any other code, “board, itself” or “State Board of Equalization meeting as a public body” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for those duties, powers, and responsibilities transferred to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to Section 15570.22 of the Government Code.(b) Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this code or any other code, “executive director” or “executive officer of the board” means the director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for those duties, powers, and responsibilities transferred to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to Section 15570.22 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 252, Sec. 16. (AB 131) Effective September 16, 2017.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 21 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 21.

21.  “Controller” means the State Controller.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 22.

22.  “Auditor” of a city or county means the chief accounting officer, by whatever title he may be known.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 23 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 23.

23.  “Assessee” means the person to whom property or a tax is assessed.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 24 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 24.

24.  No act in all the proceedings for raising revenue by taxation is illegal on account of informality or because not completed within the required time.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 25.

25.  Unless expressly otherwise provided, any notice required to be given to any person by any provision of this code may be given in the manner prescribed in the Code of Civil Procedure for service by mail.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 26 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 26.

26.  If any provision of this code, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 27 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 27.

27.  This code, and any amendment hereto made by any statute enacted at the fifty-third session of the Legislature, takes effect on February 1, 1941.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 28.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 28.5.

28.5.  As used in Division 1 of this code, “partnership” shall include limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, and foreign limited liability partnership, except where the context or the specific provisions of this division otherwise require.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 679, Sec. 11. Effective October 10, 1995.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 29 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 29.

29.  Whenever any official is authorized to commence an action for the violation of any law relating to revenue or to compel the specific performance of such a law, he may designate the county in which the action shall be commenced and prosecuted, unless otherwise provided by law.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 30 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 30.

30.  The courts of this State shall recognize and enforce liabilities for taxes lawfully imposed by any other state, or the political subdivisions thereof, which extends a like comity to this State.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1381.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 31 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 31.

31.  The Attorney General or an appropriate official of any political subdivision of this State may bring suits in the courts of other states to collect taxes legally due this State or any political subdivision thereof. The officials of other states which extend a like comity to this State are empowered to sue for the collection of such taxes in the courts of this State. A certificate by the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of the State that such officers have authority to collect the tax is conclusive evidence of such authority. This section does not apply to Parts 8 and 9 of Division 2.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 569.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 33 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 33.

33.  Human whole blood, plasma, blood products, and blood derivatives, or any human body parts held in a bank for medical purposes, shall be exempt from taxation for any purpose.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 930.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 34 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 34.

34.  Whenever an amount of money paid by a person to the state or any of its agencies includes a sum which can be identified as in fact intended as payment of a locally administered tax which should have been paid directly to a city, city and county, county or district within the state, the state or its agency may pay the amount to the local government entitled thereto and notify the payor of its action. This procedure, however, shall not be followed by the state or any of its agencies unless the governing body of the local government concerned has, by resolution, agreed with respect to such payments that a timely payment received by the state or its agency will be regarded as a timely payment to the local government concerned, and that it will process all claims with respect to such payment in the same manner as though the payment had been made to it in the first instance.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 2.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 35 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 35.

35.  Commencing with its January 1, 1985, population base and continuing until the date of certification of the 1990 Federal Census, the population to be used by the Controller and by all other state and county agencies for all purposes of allocation and distribution of grant funds and subventions, including, without limitation, the annual allocation from the Public Library Fund and from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, for any general law city located in a county of the 11th class, which city’s population as of January 1, 1985, was 38,925 based upon an estimate validated by the Department of Finance, shall be 38,925, adjusted annually, commencing January 1, 1986, by the percentage of population growth of the State of California as a whole.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 440, Sec. 1. Effective September 8, 1987.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 36 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 36.

36.  Whenever any notice or other communication is required by this code to be mailed by registered mail, the mailing of such notice or other communication by certified mail shall be deemed to be sufficient compliance with the requirements of law.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 287.)
CA Rev & Tax Code § 36.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 36.5.

36.5.  (a) Whenever this code requires the tax collector to publish a notice in a newspaper, the tax collector shall also provide notice on the tax collector’s regularly maintained Internet Web site.(b) Any notice provided on the tax collector’s Internet Web site pursuant to this section shall be available for at least the same amount of time as the notice is required to be published in a newspaper.(c) The notice required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be provided using either of the following methods:(1) By posting a copy of the newspaper containing the notice in a format that is downloaded in PDF format.(2) By providing a link to the Internet Web site of the newspaper containing the notice.(d) For purposes of this section, “newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 336, Sec. 1. (SB 653) Effective January 1, 2018.)