Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is a conviction within the meaning of this article. The director may order the license suspended or revoked or may decline to issue a license, when the time for appeal has elapsed, or the judgment of …

The director may take disciplinary action against any licensee after a hearing as provided in this article by any of the following: (a) Imposing probation upon terms and conditions to be set forth by the director. (b) Suspending the license. (c) Revoking the license. (Added by St…

Upon the effective date of any order of suspension or revocation of any license governed by this chapter, the licensee shall surrender the license to the director. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 386, Sec. 11.)

The expiration or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the director or a court of law, or the voluntary surrender of a license by a licensee shall not deprive the director of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation of, or action or discipl…

All accusations against licensees shall be filed within three years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary action, except that with respect to an accusation alleging a violation of subdivision (d) of Section 44072.2, the accusation may be filed within tw…

When a license has been revoked or suspended following a hearing under this article, any additional license issued under this chapter in the name of the licensee may be likewise revoked or suspended by the director. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 386, Sec. 11.)

After suspension of the license upon any of the grounds set forth in this article, the director may reinstate the license upon proof of compliance by the applicant with all provisions of the decision as to reinstatement. After revocation of a license upon any of the grounds set f…

The governing body shall establish just and equitable rates for the use and maintenance of the works, to be paid by the person leasing or occupying the building or premises served thereby or that in any way uses or is served by the works, and may change and readjust the rates fro…

The governing body shall establish rates that, beyond all reasonable doubt, will bring in sufficient money to meet the interest and principal on all outstanding bonds as they fall due, in addition to the expense of operation. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Whenever it appears that the rates are insufficient to provide enough money to pay the principal and interest, in addition to the operating expenses, and the governing body neglects or refuses to fix adequate rates therefor, any bondholder may petition the superior court for a wr…

The governing body may establish variable rates for different classes of users, or for different parts of the area, where all or any portion of the sewage works have been previously installed and financed under other laws or methods, so that the variable rates may be most equitab…

However, the rates may only be imposed and collected from the users of all or any portion of such works as are constructed with money derived from the sale of the bonds. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If the users of all or any portion of any works previously acquired and financed by other methods receive any additional benefits from the construction or operation of all or any portion of the works subsequently constructed or acquired from the proceeds of the bonds, the governi…

No rates shall be established until after a public hearing, at which all the users of the works and owners of property served or proposed to be served thereby and others interested have opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed rates. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

After introduction of the ordinance, resolution, or order fixing the rate, and before it is finally enacted, notice of the hearing, setting forth the proposed schedule of rates shall be given by one publication in a newspaper published in the district, if there is such a newspape…

After the hearing the ordinance, resolution, or order establishing rates, either as originally introduced or as modified and amended, shall be passed and put into effect. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

A copy of the schedule of the rates shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk, and shall be open to inspection by any interested person. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The rates for any class of users or property served may be extended to cover any additional premises thereafter served which fall within the same class, without the necessity of hearing or notice. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Any change or readjustment of the rates shall be made in the same manner as the rates were originally established. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If the rate is not paid when due, on the first day of each calendar month thereafter a penalty of ten per cent of the amount of the delinquent rate shall be added. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The rates and penalties may be collected in the following manner: (a) An action may be brought in the name of the district against the person who occupied the property when the service was rendered for the collection of the amount of the delinquent rate and all penalties. A reaso…

The remedies specified for collecting and enforcing rates are cumulative and may be pursued alternatively or may be used consecutively when the governing body so determines. If any remedy is invalid, all valid remedies shall remain effectual. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Until the principal and interest of the bonds are fully paid any holder of any bond outstanding at any time may compel the use of any or all of the remedies provided in this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

After rates are fixed pursuant to this article, any person may pay such rates under protest and bring an action against the governing body in the superior court to recover any money which the governing body refuses to refund. Payments made and actions brought under this section, …

The agency may, in connection with a housing development, arrange or contract with a local public entity (1) for the planning, replanning, opening, grading, or closing of streets, roads, roadways, alleys or other places, (2) for the furnishing of utilities or any community, munic…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of General Services, any other state agency or officer authorized by law to convey real property of the state, and any local public entity may, in his or her or its discretion, from time to time sell, lease for a term not…

(a) Upon application to the department, any city, county, city and county, or combination thereof acting jointly, or the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria shall be certified as a local housing agency by the department if the department determin…

In exercising its authority at a hazardous substance release site pursuant to Section 78870 or 79055, the department shall issue orders to the largest manageable number of potentially responsible parties after considering all of the following: (a) The adequacy of the evidence of …

The department shall schedule a meeting pursuant to Section 25269.5 and notify all identified potentially responsible parties of the date, time, and location of the meeting. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pu…

(a) A person issued an order pursuant to Section 78870 or 79055 may identify additional potentially responsible parties for the site to which the order is applicable and may request the department to issue an order to those parties. The request shall include, with appropriate doc…

Any determination made by the department regarding the largest manageable number of potentially responsible parties or the identification of other persons as potentially responsible parties pursuant to this article is not subject to judicial review. This section does not affect t…

Except as provided in Section 113995, it is unlawful for any person to transport, hold, or display any potentially hazardous refrigerated food at any temperature above 45 degrees Fahrenheit. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 532, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) California’s air is the most polluted in the nation and the largest source of that pollution is automobiles. (b) California has the most stringent new car emission standards in the nation as well as a vehicle inspection (smog che…

(a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the state board, shall institute procedures for auditing the emissions of vehicles while actually being driven on the streets and highways of the state. The department may undertake those procedures itself or seek a qualified vendor of …

(a) The California Environmental Protection Agency, the state board, and the department, in cooperation with, and with the participation of, the Environmental Protection Agency, shall jointly undertake a pilot demonstration program to do all of the following: (1) Determine the em…

In addition to other programs authorized in this article, a district may, on or after March 1, 1993, establish programs to identify gross polluters and other high-emitting vehicles whose emissions could be reduced by repair, using remote sensors or other methods, and to provide f…

Districts may establish procedures to generate marketable emission reduction credits from programs established pursuant to Section 44084. Emission reduction credits generated pursuant to this section may be used to meet or offset transportation control requirements, average vehic…

Each district shall, in establishing, reviewing, or updating the plan required by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 40910) of Part 3, consider the relative cost-effectiveness of the programs authorized in this article compared to other control measures under consideration. (Add…

Any district owning or operating works may contract with one or more other cities, counties, sanitation districts, or sanitary districts for the use of the works, but only to the extent of their capacity and without impairing their usefulness, upon such terms and conditions as ma…

The governing body of the district may by ordinance establish, change, and adjust rates for the service rendered in the lessee-district by the works, against the owners of the premises served, in the manner provided for establishing, changing, and adjusting rates for the service …

The necessary intercepting sewers and appurtenant works for connecting the works of the owner-district with the sewerage system of the lessee-district shall be constructed by the owner-district or the lessee-district, or both, upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in th…

The income received by the owner-district under the contract shall, if so provided in the ordinance, be deemed to be a part of the revenue of the works. The owner-district shall deduct from the whole cost and expenses such part as shall be paid by the lessee-district pursuant to …

(a) Except as provided in Sections 79060 and 79065, no money shall be expended from the state account for removal or remedial actions on any site selected for inclusion on the list established pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4, unless the departme…

Section 79055 does not apply, and money from the state account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for removal or remedial actions, if any of the following conditions apply: (a) The department, after a reasonable effort, is unable to identify a potentially …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 79055, the department may expend funds, upon appropriation by the Legislature, from the state account to conduct activities necessary to verify that an uncontrolled release of hazardous substances has occurred at a suspected hazardous substance release…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department may not expend funds from the state account for a removal or remedial action with respect to a hazardous substance release site owned or operated by the federal government or a state or local agency at the time of disposal…