Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The secretary shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing by causing a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 6550.2 to be published for the time provided by Section 6066 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in the propos…

The hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be held by the board of directors upon the date and at the time specified in the resolution initiating proceedings. At the hearing the board of directors shall hear and receive any oral or written protests, objections, or evi…

The district board shall have power to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the project to be undertaken, the estimate of the cost of the project, the method by which the project is to be financed, or any two or more of such matters; provided, however, that…

If the district board proposes to change the boundaries of the proposed improvement district by adding territory thereto, the project, the estimate of cost, or the method by which the project is to be financed or to increase the proposed maximum amount of the tax, it shall state …

If prior to the conclusion of the hearing written protests against the formation of the proposed improvement district or the proposed project signed by the current holders of title to taxable property within the proposed improvement district which, as shown by the last equalized …

At the conclusion of the hearing, if the proceedings are not terminated pursuant to Section 6550.7, the district board shall by resolution determine whether it is deemed necessary to form the improvement district and to undertake the project and, if so, the amount of any proposed…

When the district board has made its determinations as provided in Section 6550.8, and if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness to finance the project for which the improvement district was formed, the board shall by resolution call a special election in suc…

The governing body of any city or city and county, having a population of more than one hundred thousand persons, may order the disinterment and removal of all human remains interred in all or any part of any cemetery of more than five acres in extent situated within its limits, …

The governing body of such city or city and county may in any ordinance ordering or directing the disinterment and removal of such remains prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the manner of making disinterments and removals and providing for reinterment in cemeter…

The cemetery authority of any cemetery from which human remains are ordered removed by an ordinance adopted in accordance with this chapter, may declare its intention and purpose to disinter and remove the remains in accordance with the ordinance, and to reinter the remains in an…

Any resolution or declaration of intention to disinter and remove human remains pursuant to this chapter adopted or declared by any cemetery authority shall specify and declare that at any time after the expiration of ten months from and after the first publication of the notice …

Notice of a declaration of intention to remove the human remains from all or any part of any cemetery shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, or city and county, in which the cemetery or the portion from which removals are to be …

The notice shall be entitled “Notice of Declaration of Intention to Remove Human Remains from ____ (insert name of cemetery) in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. ____ (insert number) of the ____ (insert name of city, or city and county) adopted ____ (insert date)” a…

Copies of the notice shall within ten days after the first publication be posted in at least three conspicuous places in the cemetery or the portion from which removals are to be made. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

A copy of the notice shall be mailed to every person who owns, holds, or has the right of interment in, any plot in the cemetery or part affected, whose name appears upon the records of the cemetery. The notice shall be addressed to the last known post-office address of the plot …

The notice shall also be mailed to each known living heir at law of any person whose remains are interred in the cemetery, if his address is known. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

At any time before the date fixed for the removal of remains by the cemetery authority, any relative or friend of any person whose remains are interred in the cemetery from which removals are to be made may give the cemetery authority written notice that he desires to be present …

The notice to the cemetery authority shall specify: (a) The name of the person whose remains are to be disinterred. (b) As accurately as possible, the plot where the remains are interred. (c) The date of interment. (d) An address at which the required notices may be given by the …

The notice may be delivered, or forwarded by registered mail, to the office or principal place of business of the cemetery authority proposing to make removals. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

After receipt of such notice before the date fixed for the removal of the remains by the cemetery authority, it shall give written notice to the person requesting it of the time when the remains shall be disinterred and of the time when and the place where they will be reinterred…

Whenever a request of notice is given by a relative or friend, the cemetery authority shall not disinter the remains referred to until the notice of the time of disinterment is given the relative or friend, as provided in this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

At any time prior to the removal by a cemetery authority of the remains of any person, any relative or friend of the decedent may voluntarily remove and dispose of the remains. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The person desiring to cause the removal shall, prior to removal, deliver to the cemetery authority an affidavit stating the name of the decedent whose remains it is desired to remove and, so far as is known to affiant, the date of burial and the names and places of residence of …

Removal of all remains in a plot without the filing of an affidavit of consent may be caused by any of the following: (a) The purchaser or owner of the plot. (b) The purchaser or owner of the right of interment in the plot. (c) Any one of joint purchasers or owners of the plot or…

If the right, title or interest of any grantee of any plot or of the right of interment therein has passed by succession to the heir or heirs at law of the grantee without distribution by order of court, the heir or heirs at law may remove the remains of persons interred in the p…

Whenever remains are removed by a relative or friend of a decedent, under the provisions of this chapter, the person causing the removal is entitled to remove any vault, monument, headstone, coping or other improvement appurtenant to the interment space from which the remains hav…

If such appurtenances remain on the plot for more than ninety days after the removal of the last human remains, they may be removed and disposed of by the cemetery authority, and thereafter no person claiming any interest in the plot, or any such appurtenance shall maintain in an…

After the completion of notice, and after the expiration of the period of ten months specified in the notice, any cemetery authority may cause the removal of all human remains interred in the cemetery or portion from which the remains have been ordered removed, and may reinter su…

Whenever any remains are removed from any cemetery or portion of a cemetery pursuant to this chapter by a cemetery authority, they shall be transported to and reinterred in a cemetery in an adjoining county where interments by the cemetery authority are permitted. (Enacted by Sta…

The remains of each person reinterred shall be placed in a separate and suitable receptacle and decently and respectfully interred under rules and regulations adopted by the cemetery authority making the removal. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

When the director determines that a release of a hazardous substance has occurred or is about to occur, the director may do any or all of the following: (a) Undertake those investigations, monitoring, surveys, testing, and other information gathering necessary to identify the exi…

(a) Whenever there is a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance into the environment, the director may take or contract for any necessary removal or remedial action and may take or contract for any actions authorized by Section 78650, in compliance with the provisi…

(a) Whenever there is a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance, the director may request the Attorney General to secure relief as may be necessary from the responsible party to abate the release or threatened release. The superior court of the county in which the …

Any person who refuses or prevents, without sufficient cause, any activity authorized pursuant to this article or Section 78870 shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each separate violation, or for continuing violations, for …

(a) A person shall not release, or allow or cause a release of, a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance into the environment that is not authorized or permitted pursuant to state law. (b) Any release of a reportable quantity of hazardous substance shall be reported to the …

(a) The owner of property on which a reportable release has occurred and any person who releases, or causes a reportable release and who fails to make the written report required by subdivision (b) of Section 78675, shall be liable for a penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand…

Any owner of nonresidential real property who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that any release of hazardous substance has come to be located on or beneath that real property shall, prior to the sale, lease, or rental of the real property by that owner, give written not…

Any lessee or renter of real property who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that any release of a hazardous substance has come or will come to be located on or beneath that real property shall, within a reasonable period of time, either prior to the release or following th…

After making a determination, based upon a preliminary site assessment that there has been a release of a hazardous substance on, under, or into the land on a site, the department or a county health officer shall order the property owner to secure the site if all of the following…

(a) The order to secure the site shall require, within five days after receiving notification of the order, the posting of the site with signs. The order shall also require, within five days after receiving notification of the order, that the site be enclosed with a fence, unless…

The department or the county health officer shall advise other agencies on the public health risks and the need for fencing and posting of sites when those agencies confirm the release of a hazardous substance pursuant to Section 78720.

(a) A property owner who fails to comply with an order of the department or the county health officer is subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). In determining the amount of a civil penalty to be imposed, the court shall consider all relevant c…

The remedies and penalties specified in this article and Section 78505 are in addition to, and do not affect, any other remedies, enforcement actions, requirements, or penalties otherwise authorized by law.

(a) The department shall publish and revise, at least annually, a listing of the hazardous substance release sites selected for, and subject to, a response action under this part. (b) The department shall list the sites based upon the criteria adopted pursuant to Section 78765 an…

(a) The department shall adopt, by regulation, criteria for the selection of hazardous substance release sites for a response action under this part. The criteria shall take into account pertinent factors relating to public health, safety, and the environment. The pertinent facto…

The department shall assign each site listed pursuant to Section 78760 to one of the following priority tiers for the purpose of informing the public of the relative hazard of listed sites: (a) “Priority tier one” shall include any site that the department determines, using the c…

Hazardous substance release sites listed by the department pursuant to Section 78760 are subject to this part and all actions carried out in response to hazardous substance releases or threatened releases at listed sites shall comply with the procedures, standards, and other requ…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall expend all funds appropriated to the department for any response action pursuant to this part, and shall take all response action pursuant to this part, in conformance with the assignment of sites to priority tiers p…

This article does not require the department to characterize every site listed pursuant to Section 78760 before the department begins response actions at those sites.

The department, or, if appropriate, the regional board, is the state agency with sole responsibility for ensuring that required action in response to a hazardous substance release or threatened release at a listed site is carried out in compliance with the procedures, standards, …