Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The court may appoint the Director of Developmental Services as guardian or conservator of the person and estate or person or estate of a minor or adult developmentally disabled person. The preferences established in Section 1812 of the Probate Code for appointment of a conservat…

Prior to the appointment of the Director of Developmental Services as guardian or conservator of the person or estate of a minor or adult developmentally disabled person, the court shall inform the person of the nature and purpose of the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding…

The State Department of Health Services shall submit to the State Air Resources Board recommendations for ambient air quality standards reflecting the relationship between the intensity and composition of air pollution and the health, illness, irritation to the senses, and the de…

Notwithstanding any provision of state law, and unless prohibited by federal law, a county may eliminate or consolidate any health advisory boards that are required by state law or regulation, or in any existing contract with the department. Where advisory boards are required onl…

The state board may certify new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines pursuant to this article.

(a) The state board shall adopt and implement emission standards for new motor vehicles for the control of emissions from new motor vehicles that the state board finds to be necessary and technologically feasible to carry out the purposes of this division. Before adopting these s…

The emission standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 43101 for the 1983 and later model-year motor vehicles shall be limited by the following: (a) For all gasoline-powered passenger vehicles prior to the 1986 model year, the state board shall not adopt primary st…

(a) No new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine shall be certified by the state board, unless the vehicle or engine, as the case may be, meets the emission standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 43101 under test procedures adopted by the state board pursuan…

For the certification of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, the state board shall adopt, by regulation, test procedures and any other procedures necessary to determine whether the vehicles or engines are in compliance with the emissions standards established pursuan…

No new motor vehicle, new motor vehicle engine, or motor vehicle with a new motor vehicle engine required pursuant to this part to meet the emission standards established pursuant to Section 43101 shall be sold to the ultimate purchaser, offered or delivered for sale to the ultim…

(a) For all 1994 and later model-year motor vehicles equipped with on board diagnostic systems (OBD’s) and certified in accordance with the test procedures adopted pursuant to Section 43104, the state board, not later than January 1, 2002, shall adopt regulations that require a m…

Each new motor vehicle or engine required pursuant to this part to meet the emission standards established pursuant to Section 43101 shall be, in all material respects, substantially the same in construction as the test motor vehicle or engine, as the case may be, which has been …

(a) The state board may, by regulation, adopt emission standards for new 1977 and later model year motorcycles registered or identified by the Department of Motor Vehicles which are sold in the state on or after July 1, 1976, or such later date as established by the state board b…

(a) In lieu of certification pursuant to Section 43102, the state board may certify a new motor vehicle designed for exclusive use as a schoolbus, or a new motor vehicle engine intended for use in a schoolbus, if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has grante…

The Legislature finds and declares that the people of this state, in order to achieve the purposes of this part, have a special interest in assuring that only those new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines which meet this state’s stringent emission standards and test proc…

(a) A person shall not offer for sale, introduce into commerce, import, deliver, purchase, rent, lease, acquire, or receive a new motor vehicle, new motor vehicle engine, or motor vehicle with a new motor vehicle engine for use, registration, or resale in this state unless the mo…

No person who is engaged in this state in the business of selling to an ultimate purchaser, or renting or leasing new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including, but not limited to, manufacturers, distributors, and dealers, shall intentionally or negligently import, d…

No person who is engaged in this state in the business of selling to an ultimate purchaser or renting or leasing new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including, but not limited to, manufacturers, distributors, and dealers, shall intentionally or negligently sell, or o…

(a) (1) A person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500) for each such action. For a manufacturer or distributor who violates any provision of this article, the payment of th…

An action brought pursuant to Section 43154 to recover such civil penalties shall take special precedence over all other civil matters on the calendar of the court except those matters to which equal precedence on the calendar is granted by law.

(a) For purposes of this article, it is conclusively presumed that the equitable or legal title to any motor vehicle with an odometer reading of 7,500 miles or more, has been transferred to an ultimate purchaser, except as provided in subdivision (b), and that the equitable or le…

(a) The state board may adopt a regulation to prohibit the sale and registration in this state of a new motor vehicle certified by the state board to which there has not been securely and conspicuously affixed on a side window to the rear of the driver or, if it cannot be so plac…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that since 1998, the state board has imposed smog index label specifications on new passenger cars and light-duty trucks that are sold and registered in the state to inform consumers about emissions of air pollutants from the use of new vehi…

(a) The sale and registration in this state of any new motor vehicle is prohibited unless a decal in the form specified by the state board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44254 has been securely affixed by the manufacturer to a window of the motor vehicle, and affixed in a…

(a) Any dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit who sells a new motor vehicle without the decal required by Section 43200 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) Any penalty recovered pursuant to this section shall be depo…

No new motor vehicle required to meet the emission standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 43101 shall be sold and registered in this state unless the manufacturer thereof permits the state board to conduct surveillance testing of emissions of new motor vehicles …

(a) For purposes of this section, “real-world conditions emissions testing” includes both new and used motor vehicles being driven on-road, outside of normal laboratory testing conditions. (b) The state board shall enhance its certification, audit, and compliance activities for n…

(a) The state board, by regulation, may impose fees on manufacturers of new motor vehicles to recover the state board’s reasonable costs in implementing Section 43202.5. The total amount of fees collected pursuant to this section shall not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000)…

(a) In connection with surveillance of emissions from new motor vehicles prior to their retail sale, the state board may, by regulation, impose fees on manufacturers of these vehicles to recover the state board’s costs in conducting this surveillance. (b) A manufacturer who fails…

The state board shall adopt, by regulation, a certification program for new direct import vehicles, as defined by Sections 39024.6, and 39042, which are less than two years old. The state board shall issue a certificate of conformance to each new direct import vehicle which meets…

(a) The manufacturer of each motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine manufactured prior to the 1990 model-year shall warrant to the ultimate purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine is: (1) Designed, built, and equipped so as to conform…

(a) Commencing with the 1990 model-year, the manufacturer of each light-duty and medium-duty motor vehicle and motor vehicle engine shall warrant to the ultimate purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine meets all of the following requ…

Commencing with the 1990 model-year, the manufacturer of each motor vehicle and motor vehicle engine, other than a light-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, shall warrant to the ultimate purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the motor vehicle or moto…

Commencing January 1, 1982, and annually thereafter, every person who manufactures new motor vehicles for sale in California shall file with the state board a report as to the person’s efforts and progress in meeting state standards adopted pursuant to Section 43101 and federal s…

The state board may revoke outstanding certification of new motor vehicles for sale in California if the manufacturer thereof willfully fails to file any semiannual report required by Section 43206 or files a report which is deemed by the state board to inadequately describe the …

Factory assembly line test procedures shall not apply to light-duty motor vehicles, if (a) the manufacturer thereof advises the state board in writing that the manufacturer does not intend to sell more than 1,000 motor vehicles in California in a given model year, and (b) the man…

No manufacturer or distributor who pays a penalty pursuant to Section 43212 shall add the amount of such penalty to the cost of any motor vehicles sold by such manufacturer, and any provision of any contract of sale including such penalty as part of the cost of a motor vehicle sh…

(a) The state board shall provide, by regulation, for the testing of motor vehicles on factory assembly lines or in a manner which the state board determines best suited to carry out the purpose of this part and this section. (b) If a motor vehicle does not meet the prescribed as…

The state board shall, by regulation, require manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines to determine the extent to which emissions-related defects exist in each engine family and to recommend the diagnostic and repair procedures that can result in the identificati…

(a) A new motor vehicle sold in California shall meet the emission standards adopted by the state board, and a manufacturer who sells, attempts to sell, or causes to be offered for sale a new motor vehicle that fails to meet the applicable emission standards shall be subject to a…

(a) (1) A manufacturer or distributor who does not comply with the emission standards or the test procedures adopted by the state board shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500) for each vehicle that does not comply wit…

Sections 43211 and 43212 shall be enforced by the state board, and may be enforced by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the bureau.

The state board may order a manufacturer of motor vehicles to bring its vehicles into compliance with the emissions configuration to which they were certified. Compliance with the order may be required by the executive officer of the state board as a condition for the continued s…

Whenever 25 persons in any county, or in two or more counties within the same natural watershed area, desire the formation of a sanitary district within the area, they may sign and present a petition to the board of supervisors of the county in which the greatest portion of the a…

The petition shall contain: (a) The name of the proposed district. (b) The boundaries of the proposed district. (c) A request that the territory within the boundaries be formed into a district as provided by this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Each petitioner shall be a resident and freeholder in the proposed district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which the district is located.

With the petition there shall be published a notice stating the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors, and that all persons interested may appear and be heard. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

At the time designated the board of supervisors shall hear the petition, and may adjourn the hearing from time to time. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)