Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The election on the question of formation of a district shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law. Except as otherwise provided in this part, general district elections shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Elec…

Every voter resident within the district or a proposed district for the period requisite to enable him to vote at a general election, is entitled to vote at district elections. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

At an annexation election every qualified voter resident in the territory proposed to be annexed for the length of time necessary to enable him to vote at a general election may vote.

At district elections the last great register of the county shall be used, and any person otherwise entitled to vote whose name is not upon the register is entitled to vote upon producing and filing with the election board a certificate, under the hand and seal of the county cler…

Except as provided in Sections 6580.1 and 6580.2, all elections of officers after the formation of the district, which elections shall be known as “general district elections,” shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year.

The election of officers may be consolidated with the direct primary election if the board of directors passes a resolution to that effect on or before the first day of August of the preceding odd-numbered year, and states in the resolution those offices of director to be filled …

An officer elected or appointed pursuant to Section 6580.1 shall hold office until the election or appointment and qualification of his or her successor. A district that has determined to consolidate its general district elections with the direct primary election may thereafter d…

The nominating petition may be upon one or more sheets of paper. Each petition shall contain the name of only one candidate who shall be a resident elector of the district.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall apply only to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District.

(a) In the case of an elected district board, the directors may be elected by divisions if a majority of the voters voting upon the question are in favor of the question at a general district or special election. Conversely, in the case of a district that has an elected district …

In the case of a district board elected by election divisions, the district board shall adjust the boundaries of the election divisions before November 1 of the year following the year in which each decennial federal census is taken. If at any time between each decennial federal …

(a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 6591, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for the proposal. The notice shall be published pursuant to…

(a) Sections 100 and 104 of the Elections Code shall govern the signing of the petition and the format of the petition. (b) A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. The chief petitioner or petitioners shall file the petition, together with all count…

(a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the secretary of the district board shall cause the petition to be examined and shall prepare a certificate of sufficiency indicating whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of signers. (b) The secretary shall…

Notice of bond elections shall be given by posting notices, signed by not less than a majority of the board, in three public places in the district, at least one of which shall be in each county in which the district is located, not less than 20 days before the election, and by p…

The notice shall contain: (a) Time and place of holding the election. (b) The names of the officers of election appointed to conduct it. (c) The hours during the day in which the polls will be open. (d) A statement of the purpose for which the election is held. (e) The amount of …

The vote shall be by ballot, without reference to the general law in regard to form of ballot. The ballots shall have printed on them the words “Shall the measure (stating the nature thereof) be adopted?” To the right or below the statement of the measure to be voted on, the word…

After the votes have been announced the ballots shall be sealed and delivered to the secretary or president of the board, which board shall on the seventh day after the election meet and canvass the returns and enter the results in its minutes. The entry is conclusive evidence of…

No person shall embalm the body of any person who has died from an unknown cause, except with the permission of the coroner.

No embalmer shall embalm a dead human body when he has information reasonably indicating crime in connection with the death until permission of the coroner has been obtained.

Every funeral director and embalmer shall immediately report to the local health officer every contagious case on which the funeral director or embalmer may be called. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

No embalmer shall embalm a dead human body when he has information reasonably indicating the death has occurred while the deceased was driving or riding in a motor vehicle, or as a result of the deceased being struck by a motor vehicle, until permission of the coroner, his appoin…

No embalmer shall embalm a dead body without obtaining written or oral permission of a person who has the right to control the disposition of the remains pursuant to Section 7100, except that prior authorization is not required if embalming is necessary in order to comply with ap…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bodies of persons who have died from any cause shall not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless the body has been embalmed and prepared by a licensed embalmer and placed in a sound casket and enclosed in a transpor…

The Governor is responsible for the coordination of all state response actions for sites identified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4 in order to assure the maximum use of available federal funds.

(a) For response actions taken pursuant to the federal act, only those costs for actions that are consistent with the priorities, guidelines, criteria, and regulations contained in the national contingency plan, as revised and republished pursuant to Section 105 of the federal ac…

No response actions taken pursuant to this part by the department or regional or local agencies shall duplicate federal response actions.

Whenever the director determines that there may be an imminent or substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or to the environment, because of a release or a threatened release of a hazardous substance, the director may do any or all of the following: (a) Order any …

(a) The department shall expend moneys available in the reserve account, established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 78240, only for the purpose of taking immediate corrective action necessary to remedy or prevent an emergency resulting from a fire or an explosion of, or h…

Any removal or remedial action taken or contracted by the department pursuant to Section 78870 or 78875 shall be exempt from all of the following provisions: (a) State Contract Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code). (b…

(a) The department may prequalify bidders for remedial or removal actions taken pursuant to Section 78870 or 78875. The department may reject the bid of any prospective bidder that has not been prequalified. (b) To prequalify bidders, the department shall adopt and apply a unifor…

For contracts for the cleanup of hazardous substances released into the environment carried out by the department pursuant to this part or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20, the department shall, wherever feasible, at least partially incorporate fixed-pri…

For cleanups of hazardous substances released into the environment carried out or overseen by the department pursuant to this part or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20, the department shall do both of the following: (a) Establish performance milestones to…

The state board or a regional board that has jurisdiction over a hazardous substance release site pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code may refer the site to the department as a candidate for listing pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Sectio…

If a hazardous substance release site is referred to the department and is listed pursuant to Section 78900, the department may expend money from the state account for removal or remedial action at the site, upon appropriation by the Legislature, without first issuing an order or…

(a) If a hazardous substance release site is referred to the department pursuant to Section 78900, and the department makes either of the following determinations, the department shall notify the appropriate regional board and the state board: (1) The department determines that t…

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.

(a) At each site, a community advisory group may be established by the affected community to review any response action and comment on the response action to be conducted in that community. (b) (1) If the department or regional board, whichever is overseeing a response action, re…

To the extent possible, the composition of each community advisory group shall reflect the composition of the affected community and the diversity of interests of the community by including all of the following types of individuals on the community advisory group: (a) Persons own…

The department or regional board shall regularly communicate, and confer as appropriate, with the community advisory group.

The following entities may participate in community advisory group meetings in order to provide information and technical expertise: (a) The department or regional boards. (b) Representatives of local environmental regulatory agencies. (c) The potentially responsible parties or o…

(a) The existence of a community advisory group shall not diminish any other obligation of the department or regional board with respect to public participation requirements specified in Section 78930. (b) Nothing in this article shall affect the status of any citizen advisory gr…

A community advisory group established pursuant to Section 78950 may request, in writing, and a potentially responsible party may fund, a technical assistance grant for a site, for the purpose of providing technical assistance to the community advisory group.

The department and the state board concurrently shall establish policies and procedures consistent with this part that the department’s representatives shall follow in overseeing and supervising the activities of responsible parties who are carrying out the investigation of, and …

(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 78075, any person may voluntarily enter into an enforceable agreement with the department pursuant to this section that allows removal or remedial actions to be conducted under the oversight of the department at site…

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.

(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…