Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

In addition to injunctive relief, the court may impose as a civil penalty, damages up to a maximum amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the violation is continued. Damages shall be paid one-half to the State Treasury, and one-half to the county where the action is…

A violation of Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 is a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) Within 60 days after notification of the final allocation of each fiscal year pursuant to Section 11814, the board of supervisors of each county requesting to contract for federal funding from the state to provide alcohol and other drug prevention, treatment, and recovery ser…

(a) The department shall negotiate contracts with each county that requests to enter into a contract to provide alcohol and other drug services. (b) The department shall allocate funds for the purpose of establishing a contract with each contracting county in accordance with Sect…

A local agency may implement a medical waste management program by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the local governing body, in accordance with this part. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

A local agency that elects to implement a medical waste management program shall notify the department of its intent to do so. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 25. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)

(a) If a local agency does not elect to implement a medical waste management program, the local agency may elect to contract with another local agency to implement a medical waste management program or to implement it at a later date. This election shall be made by the local gove…

Any local agency that has elected to implement a medical waste management program shall maintain a program that is consistent with Section 117820 and the regulations adopted pursuant to that section. With the approval of the department, the local agency may administer or enforce …

A medical waste management program shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Issuing medical waste registrations and permits pursuant to the Medical Waste Management Act. (b) Processing and reviewing the medical waste management plans and inspecting onsite t…

Each local enforcement agency that elects to implement the medical waste management program may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, the registration and permit fees necessary to pay its reasonable expenses to administer the program. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effe…

(a) A local agency electing to implement a medical waste management program is the enforcement agency for the jurisdiction where it is located and so designated by the department. (b) In any local jurisdiction where the local agency does not elect to implement a medical waste man…

The department shall establish and maintain a database of persons registered as small quantity generators and as large quantity generators for whom the department is the enforcement agency under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 117925) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 117…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to this part be fully supported from the fees received pursuant to this part. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department shall implement this part so as to maximize the funds that may be received from the federal government. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Legislature recognizes the importance of encouraging research to study the biological aspects of, and the social factors contributing to, problems related to the inappropriate use of alcoholic beverages and other drug use. The Legislature further recognizes the value of inter…

Information may be shared between the department and the Environmental Protection Agency. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

If the department finds that a local enforcement agency is not consistently fulfilling its responsibilities, the department shall notify the agency of the particular reasons for finding that the agency is not fulfilling its responsibilities and of the department’s intention to wi…

The department may enter into contracts for special studies and research to develop the information needed for formulating policies that will reduce the incidence of alcohol and other drug use problems through promising and innovative approaches in prevention, intervention, and t…

If the department withdraws its designation of a local enforcement agency, the department shall become the enforcement agency within the jurisdiction of the local enforcement agency. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department may coordinate task forces and committees of subject-matter experts to assess and document successful practical applications suggested by research. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1328, Sec. 21.)

If the department identifies significant violations of minimum requirements that were not identified and resolved through previous inspections by the local enforcement agency, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Conduct a performance review of the agency within 120 …

The department shall withdraw a local enforcement agency’s designation pursuant to Section 117860 if it determines that the enforcement agency has failed to submit an adequate plan of correction or has failed to implement the plan. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effectiv…

If the department becomes the enforcement agency, it may charge the fees specified in this part. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) There is in the State Treasury the Medical Waste Management Fund, that shall be administered by the director. Money deposited in the fund shall be available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of this part. (b) In addition to any other f…

(a) No large quantity generator shall generate medical waste unless the large quantity generator is registered with the enforcement agency pursuant to this part. (b) Registration pursuant to this part shall also allow the large quantity generator to generate medical waste at temp…

Registration pursuant to this part shall allow a small quantity generator to generate medical waste at temporary events, including, but not limited to, health fairs, vaccination clinics, and veteran stand downs, without further registration or permitting required. The small quant…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this part that include a bond counsel opin…

Bonds in the total amount of seven hundred fifty million dollars ($750,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this part and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond …

The bonds authorized by this part shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all of the provisions of…

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law of the bonds authorized by this part, the Children’s Hospital Bond Act Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this part, the Children’s Hospital Bond Ac…

The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this part in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 1179.21 and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be author…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all …

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated continuously from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this part, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of…

For the purposes of carrying out this part, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this part. Any am…

All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest. (Added November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition …

Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds. These costs shall be shared proportionally by each program funded through this bond act. (Added Novem…

The authority may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for purposes of carrying out this part. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold…

The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the issuance of the bon…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this part that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purpose…

The people hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this part are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the provisions of this part are severable. If any provision of this part or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision …

Bonds in the total amount of nine hundred eighty million dollars ($980,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this part and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond …

The bonds authorized by this part shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all of the provisions of…

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law of the bonds authorized by this part, the Children’s Hospital Bond Act Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this part, the Children’s Hospital Bond Ac…

The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this part in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 1179.54 and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be author…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all …