Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The council shall meet as frequently as the regional district board or the council deem necessary. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) In addition to or in lieu of any other remedy or penalty, including, but not limited to, education, training, or an office conference, the department may issue a citation to a licensee, contractor, or fleet owner for a violation of the requirements of this chapter or a regula…

(a) If a person cited pursuant to Section 44050 wishes to contest the citation, that person shall, within 30 days after service of the citation, file in writing a request for an administrative hearing to the chief of the bureau or a designee. (b) (1) In addition to, or instead of…

(a) If a citation lists more than one violation, the amount of the civil penalty or administrative fine assessed shall be stated separately for each statute and regulation violated. (b) If a citation lists more than one violation arising from a single motor vehicle inspection or …

(a) Any failure by an applicant for a license or for the renewal of a license, or by any partner, officer, or director thereof, to comply with the final order of the department for the payment of an administrative fine, or to pay the amount specified in a settlement executed by t…

(a) In addition to an administrative fine pursuant to Section 44050, any person who violates this chapter, or any order, rule, or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to this chapter, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each …

A continuing violation of any provision of this chapter, or any order, rule, or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to this chapter, may be enjoined by the superior court of the county in which the violation is occurring. The action shall be brought by the attorney gene…

Any person who violates this chapter, or any order, rule, or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than six months, o…

The willful making of any false statement or entry with regard to a material matter in any oath, affidavit, certificate of compliance or noncompliance, or application form which is required by this chapter or Chapter 20.3 (commencing with Section 9880) of Division 3 of the Busine…

The cost of the acquisition or construction of the works for which bonds may be issued includes all of the following: (a) The cost of all property, rights, easements, and franchises deemed necessary or convenient therefor. (b) Engineering, clerical, legal, financial, paying and f…

Bonds issued and sold under this chapter shall be revenue bonds of the character and form known as “serials.” Each bond shall be entitled “sewer revenue bond,” and shall be paid and discharged within forty years from its date. (Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1124.)

Each bond, except those of the last installment, or one of each annual installment, shall be in multiples of one hundred dollars, in such amount as the governing body determines, but no bond shall be of greater denomination than one thousand dollars. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. …

The bonds shall bear interest, as the governing body shall determine, at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per annum, and shall, after the first principal maturity, be payable semiannually by coupon. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)

The governing body shall prescribe the form of the bonds, and provide that of the indebtedness represented thereby a part shall be payable each year after their date, at a time and place to be designated in the bonds, together with interest, until the whole of the indebtedness ha…

The number of bonds to be paid each year need not be the same, and the governing body may fix maturities so that the number of bonds retired each year will, in the discretion of the governing body, be most equitable and just; however, all bonds shall be completely paid within for…

If the district is a city, the bonds shall be signed by the mayor if there is one; otherwise by the president or chairman of the governing body, and countersigned by the clerk. The seal of the district shall be affixed to the bond. The coupons shall be signed by the treasurer by …

In the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, provision may be made, but are not limited to provisions: (a) That all or part of the bonds are callable, the manner of the call and the premiums to be paid thereon; (b) That all or part of the bonds are payable at the offic…

If the proceeds of the bonds for any reason are less than the cost of the works, additional bonds may in like manner be issued and sold to provide for the amount of the deficit, but not to exceed the amount necessary to complete the works according to the original plans and speci…

No error, defect, irregularity, informality, and no neglect or omission of any officer of any district in any proceedings under this chapter, that does not affect the jurisdiction of the governing body to order the doing of the acts proposed to be done, avoids or invalidates the …

Bonds may be made payable on a date subsequent to the time fixed for the collection of the second installment of general district taxes with which the first levy of taxes for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds is to be collected. In such event, the first inte…

An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1517.)

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the project. (b) All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent’s fee…

Except as provided in this article, the agency shall not make construction loans or first mortgage loans for the purpose of financing owner-occupied residential structures unless those loans are made through a qualified mortgage lender. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 82, Sec. 4. (A…

In rural mortgage areas the agency may make and undertake commitments to make construction loans and mortgage loans to finance owner-occupied residential structures without the participation of a qualified mortgage lender if no qualified mortgage lender will participate in financ…

The agency may make and undertake commitments to make construction loans and mortgage loans to finance residential structures without the participation of a qualified mortgage lender where the income of the owner-occupant is no greater than 65 percent of the median income for the…

With regard to sites listed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4 where the department or regional board is taking action to investigate or remediate the site, the community service offices shall facilitate communication between the department or regi…

(a) The department or the regional board, as appropriate, shall take the actions specified in this section to provide an opportunity for meaningful public participation in response actions undertaken for sites listed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapte…

The department or regional board shall advise local environmental regulatory agencies and other appropriate local agencies of planned response actions and provide opportunities for review and comment. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Op…

(a) Any agency or museum that fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter may be assessed a civil penalty by the commission, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each violation, pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission. A penalty assessed under t…

The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 8…

A cemetery authority which has established an endowment care fund may also take and hold any property bequeathed, granted, or given to it in trust to apply the principal, or proceeds, or income to either or all of the following purposes: (a) Improvement or embellishment of all or…

The sums paid in or contributed to the fund authorized by this article are hereby expressly permitted as and for a charitable and eleemosynary purpose. Such contributions are a provision for the discharge of a duty due from the persons contributing to the person or persons interr…

All money or property received by a cemetery authority for deposit in a special care fund shall be placed in the custody of the trustee or trustees thereof within 30 days after receipt by the cemetery authority. The corpus of special care trusts shall be invested and reinvested a…

The following shall be eligible investments for all special care trusts: (a) Bonds of the United States or this state, or of any county, city, or city and county in this state. (b) Bonds that are legal investments for commercial banks in this state. (c) Certificates of deposit or…

Each special care trust fund established pursuant to this article shall be administered in compliance with the following requirements: (a) (1) The board of trustees shall honor a written request of revocation by the trustor within 30 days upon receipt of the written request. (2) …

Nothing in this article shall require liquidation or transmutation of any lawful investment existing on December 31, 1976, but any reinvestment shall be governed by Section 8778, and any interest or other increment actually received on account of such an investment shall be reinv…

Each special care fund established pursuant to this article shall be held in trust and managed by either the board of trustees of the cemetery authority’s endowment care fund or by a board of trustees meeting the qualifications prescribed by this chapter for such a board of trust…

No person shall sell or offer for sale charcoal intended for use in the cooking or preparation of food, unless the package containing the charcoal has affixed a warning label on the outside visible surface pursuant to Section 108660. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effect…

The warning label required pursuant to Section 108650 shall be the same as the following: WARNING: Do Not Use for Indoor Heating or Cooking Unless Ventilation Is Provided for Exhausting Fumes to Outside. Toxic Fumes May Accumulate and Cause Death. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, …

For bags of charcoal, the warning label specified in Section 108655 shall appear within a heavy borderline in a color sharply contrasting to that of the background, on both front and back panels in the upper 25 percent of the panels of the bag at least two inches below the seam, …

Any violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Any food is adulterated if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health of man or any other animal that may consume it. The food is not considered adulterated if the substance is a naturally occurring substance and if the quan…

Any food is adulterated if it bears or contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance that is unsafe within the meaning of Section 110445. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The department shall regulate candy to ensure that the candy is not adulterated. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, “candy” means any confectionary intended for individual consumption that contains chili, tamarind, or any other ingredient identified as posing a health risk…

Any food is adulterated if it is, bears, or contains any food additive that is unsafe within the meaning of Section 110445. If, however, a pesticide chemical has been used in or on a raw agricultural commodity in conformity with an exemption granted or a tolerance prescribed unde…

Any food is adulterated if it consists in whole or in part of any diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for food. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)