Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

In every park there shall be installed and kept burning from sunset to sunrise sufficient artificial light to adequately illuminate every building containing toilets and showers, and roadways and walkways within the park. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January…

(a) In every park there shall be a person available to receive by telephonic or like means, including telephones, cellular telephones, telephone answering machines, answering services or pagers, or in person who shall be responsible for, and who shall reasonably respond in a time…

Every person who owns or operates an incidental camping area with an attendant on the premises shall keep a register in which shall be entered all of the following: (a) The name and address of the owner or occupant of each recreational vehicle or each person in a camping party. (…

(a) “Article” as used in this chapter means and includes any article of wearing apparel, cloth, drapery or other fabric or material made from or containing any natural or synthetic fiber. (b) “Vendor” as used in this chapter means any individual, firm or corporation engaged in th…

The Fire Marshal of the State of California or any Deputy State Fire Marshal has right of access to the premises of any vendor during business hours for the purpose of determining whether inflammable articles are being manufactured or offered for sale therein and may take either …

Any article or samples taken under the provisions of Section 19811 hereof shall be subjected to tests by the Fire Marshal and determination made by him as to whether or not the article or samples are inflammable articles as defined in Section 19810. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 728…

The State Fire Marshal may make such rules and regulations relating to inflammable articles as defined in Section 19810 as may reasonably be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act and prevent the risk of fire and avoid the hazards of injury to life and property in this …

Any inflammable article in the possession of any vendor in violation of the rules or regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall be subject to seizure by the State Fire Marshal or any Deputy State Fire Marshal. Any inflammable article seized under this section may be disposed of …

Any vendor whose property is seized under the provisions of Section 19814 may within 10 days after such seizure petition the State Fire Marshal to return the property seized upon the ground that such property was illegally or erroneously seized. Any petition filed hereunder shall…

Any vendor who knowingly and wilfully violates any rule or regulation of the Fire Marshal relating to inflammable articles shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 728.)

No person may manufacture, sell, or exchange, possess with intent to sell or exchange, or expose or offer for sale or exchange any eyeglass or sunglass frame made of cellulose nitrate or any other material whose flammability characteristics approximate those of cellulose nitrate.…

The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare and adopt such flammability standards and promulgate such regulations, relating to the use of fabric and fabric-like materials in items including, but not limited to, examination gowns, sle…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Administrative expenses” means expenses relating to the general management of a health care district, such as accounting, budgeting, personnel, procurement, legal fees, legislative advocacy services, pu…

(a) A nonprovider health care district shall not spend more than 20 percent of its annual budget on administrative expenses. (b) A nonprovider health care district shall spend at least 80 percent of its annual budget on community grants awarded to organizations that provide direc…

Notwithstanding Section 32496, and prior to payment of any annual budget item described in Section 32496, a nonprovider health care district shall pay any amount required to be paid in the district’s annual budget year by a final judgment, court order, or arbitration award for wh…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a redevelopment agency that formerly operated pursuant to the Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program (Part 1.9 (commencing with Section 34192)), that becomes subject to this part pursuant to Section 34195, shall be subject to all …

(a) The state board shall implement a pilot program to determine emissions from locomotives, using wayside remote sensing devices. The objectives of the pilot program are to determine whether remote sensing devices can accurately and replicably determine, with a reasonable level …

The state board shall establish an advisory group to make recommendations to the state board regarding the design and implementation of the pilot program. (a) The advisory group shall consist of an even number of members, not to exceed 14, as determined by the boards of the South…

The state board may contract with an independent entity to conduct the pilot program specified in Section 39940, and shall oversee the work of the independent entity. The state board shall implement the pilot program in consultation with the advisory group established pursuant to…

(a) On or before December 31, 2006, the state board shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes both of the following: (1) A summary of data acquired through the pilot program. (2) The state board’s determination as to whether the remote sensing devices can meet the ob…

The South Coast Air Quality Management District, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway shall each reimburse the state board for its costs of implementing the pilot program established pursuant to this chapter. The Union Pacific Railroad and the …

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) Existing programs to ensure that new motor vehicles sold in California emit less pollution may not be adequate to allow attainment of ambient air quality standards. Continued use of older high-emission motor vehicles, inad…

(a) The state board shall specify smog index numbers for new light-duty passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks with a gross vehicle weight up to 6,000 pounds to be sold in California. That smog index shall be based on certification data quantifying tailpipe and evaporative emis…

The state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall establish smog index numbers for classes or categories of vehicles that may be modified by the use of an emissions retrofit device. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative on date presc…

If the Environmental Protection Agency adopts a system that provides for the assignment of one or more index numbers to vehicles in a manner, and for purposes, similar to the smog index provided for in this chapter, the state board shall adopt the index numbers assigned to vehicl…

(a) The state board shall publish the smog index numbers in a form that is convenient for use by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the bureau, vehicle owners, manufacturers, dealers, and consumers shopping for a new or used motor vehicle of a particular type. (b) The state board,…

This chapter shall become inoperative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this chapter, and on the January 1 following that date is repealed. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative on date prescribed…

In furtherance of his responsibilities under this division and to complement, as necessary, the noise research programs of federal agencies and of other state agencies, the director is authorized to: (a) Conduct research, and finance research by contract with other public and pri…

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Applicant” means a continuum of care, city, or county. (b) “Continuum of care” has the meaning provided in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations as that section read on May 1, 2021. (c) “Council” means the Homeless Coordin…

(a) The Family Homelessness Challenge Grants and Technical Assistance Program is hereby established for the purpose of providing one-time grants and technical assistance to local jurisdictions in order to address and end family homelessness. (b) (1) Council staff shall administer…

(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, forty million dollars ($40,000,000) or whatever greater or lesser sum is appropriated for purposes of the program, shall be distributed in accordance with this subdivision. (1) Seventy-five percent of the amount appropriated shall be dis…

(a) (1) The council shall make available an application for the first round of allocations no later than March 1, 2022. (2) Applications shall be due to the council no later than 60 days from the date the council makes those applications available pursuant to paragraph (1). (3) I…

(a) All recipients of funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with federal law, to their local Homeless Management Information System, for tracking in the statewide Homeless Data Integra…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) “Designated time period” means the time period designated in the Notice of Funding Availability required under subdivision (b) of Section 50702. (…

There is hereby established in state government the Housing-Related Parks Program, to be administered by the department, using funds allocated, upon appropriation, under subdivision (d) of Section 53545, for the purpose of providing grants for the creation, development, or rehabi…

(a) To the extent that funds are available for this purpose, the department shall determine a base grant amount to be provided under this chapter to any city, county, or city and county that meets all of the following criteria: (1) On or before the end of the period covered by th…

(a) The department shall award bonus funds in addition to the base grant award for applicants that meet the requirements under Section 50702. The department shall determine the amount of the bonus funds to be awarded pursuant to this chapter. (b) The amount of the bonus funds to …

(a) (1) Except as authorized under paragraph (2), a city, county, or city and county shall not receive a grant unless it qualifies, based on building permits issued during the period designated in the Notice of Funding Availability, for a grant in an amount of seventy-five thousa…

The department shall adopt guidelines for the operation of the program. The guidelines shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 641, Sec. 1. Effective Januar…

The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential to the economic growth of the state and the supply of adequate residential and multifamily rental housing in the state and that it is a public purpose to expand the program of the agency of purchasing and selling residential…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, as used in this chapter: (a) “Mortgage loan” means any residential mortgage loan or multifamily rental housing loan. (b) “Multifamily rental housing” means any existing structure of more than four dwelling units or any work or…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the agency may establish a mortgage loan program. Under the mortgage loan program, the agency may acquire or make first or second mortgage loans for the construction, purchase, improvement, or rehabilitation of residences …

(a) The agency may, from time to time, issue its taxable securities in whatever principal amount the agency determines is necessary to provide sufficient funds for the acquisition or making of mortgage loans and for the payment of interest on the securities, establishment of rese…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it would be beneficial to empower counties and cities to issue tax-exempt revenue bonds for the purpose of lending the proceeds to nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Inter…

A city or county may issue bonds to provide funds to be loaned by the city or county to nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)), for use by the organization to …

(a) Occupancy and rent restrictions with respect to housing acquired pursuant to this chapter shall either meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) or the requirements of paragraph (2), as follows: (1) (A) Not less than 20 percent of the total number of…