Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) The state board and the districts may adopt regulations which do both of the following: (1) Impose monitoring requirements, establish procedures for issuing, reissuing, and enforcing permits, and take any other action that may be necessary to establish, implement, and enforce…

(a) Upon the request of the state board, the office, in consultation with and with the participation of the state board, shall evaluate the health effects of and prepare recommendations regarding substances, other than pesticides in their pesticidal use, which may be or are emitt…

(a) In evaluating the level of potential human exposure to toxic air contaminants, the state board shall assess that exposure in indoor environments as well as in ambient air conditions. (b) The state board shall consult with the State Department of Health Services, pursuant to t…

(a) (1) Upon receipt of the evaluation and recommendations prepared pursuant to Section 39660, the state board, in consultation with, and with the participation of, the office, shall prepare a report in a form that may serve as the basis for regulatory action regarding a particul…

(a) Within 10 working days following receipt of the findings of the scientific review panel pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 39661, the state board shall prepare a hearing notice and a proposed regulation which shall include the proposed determination as to whether a substa…

The State Department of Health Services shall conduct an epidemiological study, over a period of up to 10 years, of possible long-term health effects related to the aerial application of pesticides in urban areas, including, but not limited to, cancer, birth defects, and respirat…

(a) Following adoption of the determinations pursuant to Section 39662, the executive officer of the state board shall, with the participation of the districts, and in consultation with affected sources and the interested public, prepare a report on the need and appropriate degre…

(a) Following a noticed public hearing, the state board shall adopt airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from nonvehicular sources. (b) For toxic air contaminants for which the state board has determined, pursuant to Section 39662, that th…

Based on its determinations pursuant to Section 39662, the state board shall consider the adoption of revisions in the emission standards for vehicular sources and regulations specifying the content of motor vehicle fuel, to achieve the maximum possible reduction in public exposu…

(a) The state board shall, on or before January 1, 1989, prepare a written report on the availability and effectiveness of toxic air contaminant monitoring options in consultation with the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants, the districts, the Department of Food an…

Nothing in this chapter is a limitation on the authority of the state board or a district to implement and enforce an airborne toxic control measure adopted prior to January 1, 1993.

The Legislature finds and declares that certain toxic air contaminants may pose risks that cause infants and children to be especially susceptible to illness and that certain actions are necessary to ensure their safety from toxic air contaminants. (a) By July 1, 2001, the follow…

(a) A nine-member Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants shall be appointed to advise the state board and the Department of Pesticide Regulation in their evaluation of the health effects toxicity of substances pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 39660) of th…

The terms of the members of the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 39670 shall be staggered so that the terms of three members expire each year.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any person who violates any rule or regulation, emission limitation, or permit condition adopted pursuant to Section 39659 or Article 4 (commencing with Section 39665) or which is implemented and enforced as authorized by subdi…

(a) Sections 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, and 42402.2 apply to violations of regulations or orders adopted pursuant to Section 39659 or Article 4 (commencing with Section 39665) or that are implemented and enforced as authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 39658. (b) The adoption o…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Certificate credit rate” means the rate of the credit allowed by this chapter that is specified in the mortgage credit certificate. (b) “Certified indebtedness amount” means the amount of indebtedness …

This chapter is enacted in implementation of the Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 (Title XI, Public Law 96-499) and Section 612 of the Tax Reform Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369). Accordingly, the definitions contained in this article and the provisions of this chapter shall …

An issuer may establish a mortgage credit certificate program pursuant to this article.

(a) An issuer shall notify the committee if the issuer elects to exchange all or part of the issuer’s authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds for authority to issue mortgage credit certificates. The notification shall include a statement which does both of the following: (1) …

A mortgage credit certificate may be issued under a mortgage credit certificate program by a local agency pursuant to this chapter and the federal act, as defined by subdivision (g) of Section 50172.

Any local agency may, upon the approval of the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 8869.85 of the Government Code, by written agreement assign to any other issuer having the authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds under the laws o…

If an issuer elects to exchange all or part of a supplementary allocation of qualified mortgage bonds for authority to issue mortgage credit certificates, the issuance of those mortgage credit certificates shall be subject to the restriction imposed by subdivision (b) of Section …

The requirement that public notice be given that mortgage credit certificates will be issued, prescribed by Section 25(e)(5) of Title 25 of the United States Code, may be satisfied by the issuer or its lenders advertising their issuance at least 90 days prior to the issuance of a…

An issuer shall develop and maintain a list of lenders that have entered into an agreement with the issuer who will make loans to qualified holders of mortgage credit certificates, as provided by the federal act, as defined by paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 50176.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after a list of lenders has been completed by an issuer, after the qualified mortgage bond allocation has been approved by the committee, and after the issuer has made the election to exchange all or part of the issuer’s authority to is…

Any issuer that establishes a mortgage credit certificate program may charge a fee which is reasonably sufficient to cover the costs of administering that program.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) (A) California has established itself as a leader in national and international energy conservation and environmental stewardship. (B) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing w…

This chapter establishes labor standards as a cobenefit of incentive programs for the purchase of new drayage and short-haul trucks that are based on clean air standards.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Administering agency” means an agency administering an incentive program subject to this chapter. (b) “Applicable law” means California laws within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency’s jurisdiction relate…

(a) As part of implementing this chapter, if the state board determines there are constraints to applying the requirements to each incentive program that is subject to this chapter, the state board may delay or suspend the implementation of the requirements of this chapter that a…

Beginning with the 2022–23 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, this chapter applies to incentive programs that support the purchase of new drayage and short-haul trucks and that receive funding from, or are administered by, the state board, as applicable, including all …

This chapter establishes baseline standards, job quality standards, and a structure for eligibility to participate in incentive programs for the purchase of new drayage or short-haul trucks. This chapter applies the standards to fleet purchasers of new vehicles for drayage and sh…

(a) The state board may evaluate an allegation regarding a violation of the standards set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 39690). (b) The state board shall develop an internet website that displays public information from fleet purchasers that receive an incentive sub…

(a) The state board or the administering agency shall require that fleet purchasers receiving an incentive sign contracts conditioning any incentive received on compliance with this chapter. (b) The contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall state a timeframe for fle…

(a) If, at any point during the term of the contract entered into pursuant to Section 39687, an administering agency or the state board finds that a fleet purchaser that received an incentive was in violation of the standards set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 39690)…

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.

(a) Beginning with the 2022–23 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, a fleet purchaser of new drayage and short-haul trucks is eligible to participate in an incentive program subject to this chapter if it can demonstrate that it does not have any applicable law violation …

(a) A third party may report to the state board that a purchaser or entity operating a drayage truck has failed to provide a truthful attestation as required by Section 39690 or has failed to maintain compliance with the applicable laws required for the time period specified in S…

A fleet purchaser shall be in breach of any contract entered into pursuant to Section 39687 that is in effect and shall be out of compliance with this section if, during the term of the contract, the fleet purchaser uses a vehicle in its operations for which it has previously rec…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a fleet purchaser excludes a rental or leasing entity. (b) A lessee of a vehicle that was purchased using an incentive subject to this chapter shall comply with the requirements applicable to a fleet purchaser pursuant to Section 39690. (c) A ren…

(a) An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted…

When an individual is pronounced dead by determining that the individual has sustained an irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, there shall be independent confirmation by another physician.

When a part of the donor is used for direct transplantation pursuant to the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150)) and the death of the donor is determined by determining that the individual has suffered an irreversible cessation of all functions…

Complete patient medical records required of a health facility pursuant to regulations adopted by the department in accordance with Section 1275 shall be kept, maintained, and preserved with respect to the requirements of this chapter when an individual is pronounced dead by dete…

(a) Each general acute care hospital shall develop a protocol for identifying potential organ and tissue donors. The protocol shall require that any deceased individual’s next of kin or other individual, as set forth in Section 7151, at or near the time of notification of death b…

(a) In conjunction with entering into any agreement with any coroner or medical examiner for release and removal of organs from bodies within that official’s custody and to further the purposes of Section 27491.45 of the Government Code, a procurement organization shall develop a…

(a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Donor” means an individual, living or deceased, from whom tissue is removed. (c) “Gamete bank” means a tissue bank that collects, processes, stores, or distributes sperm, oocytes, or embryos, including a facility …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every tissue bank operating in California on or after July 1, 1992, shall have a current and valid tissue bank license issued or renewed by the department pursuant to Section 1639.2 or 1639.3. (b) This chapter does not apply to any of th…

The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the collection, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue for the purpose of transplantation, as regulated by this chapter, shall be deemed a service by those persons engaged in these activities. Therefore, the collection, proc…