Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Any person, firm, corporation, or agent violating any of the provisions of this article with the exception of Article 4 (commencing with Section 113310), or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this article, shall upon conviction be punished for the first offense by a fine n…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all programs funded under this part shall be partially self-supporting by raising revenues in addition to the funds allocated by the department. These revenues may include, but are not limited to, fees for services, private contributio…

(a) The Sacramento district shall, at a minimum, be governed by a district board composed of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento. (b) If the County of Placer submits a resolution of inclusion, pursuant to Section 40963, one or more elected officials from that cou…

The Sacramento district board shall elect a chairperson every two years from its membership. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 664, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)

(a) Each member of the Sacramento district board shall receive actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing board duties. In addition, members may receive compensation for their service, as determined by the Sacramento district board at an open regular meeting. The com…

The secretary shall expend the funds from the Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods Account established pursuant to Section 80350 that are made available in the annual Budget Act for expenditure to subsidize the cost of the environmental insurance products o…

The secretary shall provide the following subsidies, in accordance with the application process specified in this article, from the funds made available pursuant to Section 80800: (a) Up to 50 percent of the cost of the premiums for the environmental insurance products provided p…

(a) Any person who is conducting a response action at an eligible property under the oversight of the department or a regional board and who purchases the prenegotiated environmental insurance products from the insurance company selected pursuant to Section 80760 may apply to the…

An applicant for a subsidy made available pursuant to this article shall provide the secretary with all information necessary to demonstrate to the secretary that the applicant is eligible to receive a subsidy. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1…

The state and the Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods Account do not have any obligation to provide funds to any person that applies for a subsidy pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operat…

The secretary shall provide an applicant with a subsidy only to the extent that money in the Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods Account established pursuant to Section 80350 has been reserved in the annual Budget Act for the purpose of providing environme…

When any certificate of birth of a living child is registered without the name of the child being entered thereon, the local registrar shall make out and deliver to the parents of the child a special blank for a supplemental report of the name of the child. (Added by Stats. 1995,…

The parents shall complete the report and return it to the local registrar as soon as the child is named. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The State Registrar shall send a certified copy of the newly amended record of birth to the applicant without additional cost, except for those amendments that are filed within one year of the date of occurrence of the event. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective Janu…

This amendment to the record shall be handled in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 103225). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Legislature finds and declares that the people of the State of California have a primary interest in the sanitary conditions under which food crops are grown and harvested for human consumption and in the health and related sanitary conditions under which the workers are empl…

For the purposes of this article “food crop” shall mean all fruits and vegetables intended for human consumption. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

For the purpose of this article “food crop growing and harvesting operation” shall mean any field activity or operation wherein a food crop is grown and harvested, where five or more employees are working as a crew, unit, or group for a period of two or more hours. (Added by Stat…

Every employer shall provide or cause to be provided toilet and handwashing facilities for every food crop growing and harvesting operation. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Employees shall use the toilet and handwashing facilities provided. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Toilet facilities shall provide privacy and shall be so designed as to keep human excreta from contaminating the crop and to keep flies away from the excreta. Toilet paper shall be provided. Toilet facilities shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. (Added by Stats.…

Handwashing facilities shall be such as to afford an opportunity to wash hands in clean water using soap or other suitable cleansing agent and to dispose of used wash water without nuisance or contamination of food crop. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1…

Toilet and handwashing facilities for food crop harvesting operations shall be provided at convenient locations. For the purpose of this article “convenient” means within a five-minute walk of place of work. When, because of layout of access roads, ground terrain, or other physic…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department, after consultation with the State Departments of Food and Agriculture and Industrial Relations, may make and adopt reasonable regulations in accordance with this article pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1134…

(a) The primary responsibility for enforcement of this article shall be vested in the local health officers; county agricultural commissioners may participate in enforcement. The State Departments of Health Services, Industrial Relations, and Food and Agriculture may also enforce…

Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this article, or of the regulations adopted under this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The Sacramento district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws and rules and regulations that reflect the best available technological and administrative practices. Upon adoption and approval of the air quality improvement…

(a) After a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to require owners or operators of public or commercial motor vehicle fleets, or both, including those operated by the state, to periodically submit information to the Sacramento district on the number and t…

In consultation with the Department of Transportation and other appropriate state and local public agencies, after a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to encourage ridesharing, van pooling, peak shifting, or flexible work hours, in order to improve air…

The Sacramento district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of indirect or areawide sources. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 3.)

The Sacramento district may conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to transportation emission control measures. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 3.)

This chapter does not constitute an infringement on the existing authority of local governments to plan or control land use, and nothing in this chapter provides or transfers new authority over such land use to the Sacramento district. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 3.)

This chapter does not limit or restrict any authority of the City of Sacramento to adopt and implement any transportation system improvement program or air quality improvement program. The Sacramento district and the City of Sacramento may enter into a contract to implement any s…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the agency, the secretary, the state, their respective employees and agents, and any of the state’s other political subdivisions or their employees, shall not be liable to any person for any of the following: (a) Any acts or omissions b…

The immunity from liability set forth in Section 80840 specifically includes, but is not limited to, immunity if an insurance company selected to provide prenegotiated environmental insurance products pursuant to Section 80760 does any of the following: (a) Cancels, rescinds, or …

The immunity set forth in this article is in addition to other immunities and defenses otherwise available to the agency, the secretary, the state, their respective employees and agents, and any of the state’s political subdivisions and employees thereof. (Added by Stats. 2022, C…

In implementing this chapter, the agency, the secretary, the state, their respective employees and agents, and any of the state’s other political subdivisions and employees thereof, may not: (a) Be construed to be an insurer, as defined in Section 23 of the Insurance Code, an ins…

The purpose of this article is to provide a remedy for correction of birth certificates that contain entries regarding race or color that, in the opinion of the registrant, constitute racial slurs or are otherwise offensive. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective Janua…

Any person who was born in this state and whose birth is registered in this state may apply to the State Registrar for the establishment and issuance of a new birth certificate and the sealing of the original if the person certifies that the entry or entries in the original birth…

Upon receipt of the application and payment of the required fee, the State Registrar shall establish a new birth certificate for the person. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The entry for race or color in the new certificate shall be as indicated in the application. No reference shall be made in the new birth certificate that it is not the original birth certificate of the registrant. The new birth certificate shall supplant any birth certificate pre…

The State Registrar shall transmit a certified copy of a birth certificate newly established under this article to the registrant without additional charge. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

When a new birth certificate is established pursuant to this article, the State Registrar shall inform the local registrar and the county recorder whose records contain copies of the original certificate, who shall forward the copies to the State Registrar for filing with the ori…

The Sacramento district may, pursuant to agreement with one or more local agencies within the district, establish the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Coordinating Council to provide for coordinated air quality planning within the Sacramento district. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch…

(a) The agency may adopt regulations to implement this chapter pursuant to this section. (b) (1) The regulations adopted to implement this chapter shall be deemed to be emergency regulations for purposes of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code. (2) Notwithstanding the time peri…

(a) If a person who has a birth certificate issued by this state has their name changed by order of a court of this state, another state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, or any foreign court, an application, including an affidavit of this fact, may b…