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Health and Safety Code - HSC

17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 44299.85 — (a) A district may include any reduction in PM emissions that result from the implementation of the program in any state implementation plan, or revision of that plan, that is submitted to the state b
• § 44299.90 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Diesel emissions from schoolbuses contribute to significant health and safety risk to children, cause air pollution, and contribute to greenhouse gas
• § 44299.901 — (a) As used in this chapter and in Chapter 12.
• § 44299.91 — Of the funds appropriated pursuant to Item 3900-001-6053 of Section 2.
• § 443 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the End of Life Option Act.
• § 443.1 — As used in this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Adult” means an individual 18 years of age or older.
• § 443.10 — A qualified individual may not receive a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug pursuant to this part unless he or she has made an informed decision.
• § 443.11 — (a) A request for an aid-in-dying drug as authorized by this part shall be in the following form: REQUEST FOR AN AID-IN-DYING DRUG TO END MY LIFE IN A HUMANE AND DIGNIFIED MANNER I, .
• § 443.12 — (a) A provision in a contract, will, or other agreement executed on or after January 1, 2016, whether written or oral, to the extent the provision would affect whether a person may make, withdraw, or
• § 443.13 — (a) (1) The sale, procurement, or issuance of a life, health, or annuity policy, health care service plan contract, or health benefit plan, or the rate charged for a policy or plan contract may not be
• § 443.14 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability solely because the person was present when the qualified individual self-administers the prescribed aid-
• § 443.15 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), notwithstanding any other law, a health care entity may prohibit its employees, independent contractors, or other persons or entities, including health care providers,
• § 443.16 — (a) A health care provider may not be sanctioned for any of the following: (1) Making an initial determination pursuant to the standard of care that an individual has a terminal disease and informing
• § 443.17 — (a) Knowingly altering or forging a request for an aid-in-dying drug to end an individual’s life without their authorization or concealing or destroying a withdrawal or rescission of a request for an
• § 443.18 — Nothing in this part may be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end an individual’s life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia.
• § 443.19 — (a) The State Department of Public Health shall collect and review the information submitted pursuant to Section 443.
• § 443.2 — (a) An individual who is an adult with the capacity to make medical decisions and with a terminal disease may make a request to receive a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug if all of the following
• § 443.20 — A person who has custody or control of any unused aid-in-dying drugs prescribed pursuant to this part after the death of the patient shall personally deliver the unused aid-in-dying drugs for disposal
• § 443.21 — Any governmental entity that incurs costs resulting from a qualified individual terminating his or her life pursuant to the provisions of this part in a public place shall have a claim against the est
• § 443.22 — (a) The Medical Board of California may update the attending physician checklist and compliance form, the consulting physician compliance form, and the attending physician followup form, based on thos
• § 443.3 — (a) An individual seeking to obtain a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug pursuant to this part shall submit two oral requests, a minimum of 48 hours apart, and a written request to their attending
• § 443.4 — (a) An individual may at any time withdraw or rescind their request for an aid-in-dying drug, or decide not to ingest an aid-in-dying drug, without regard to the individual’s mental state.
• § 443.5 — (a) Before prescribing an aid-in-dying drug, the attending physician shall do all of the following: (1) Make the initial determination of all of the following: (A) (i) Whether the requesting adult has
• § 443.6 — Before a qualified individual obtains an aid-in-dying drug from the attending physician, the consulting physician shall perform all of the following: (a) Examine the individual and his or her relevant
• § 443.7 — Upon referral from the attending or consulting physician pursuant to this part, the mental health specialist shall: (a) Examine the qualified individual and his or her relevant medical records.
• § 443.8 — All of the following shall be documented in the individual’s medical record: (a) All oral requests for aid-in-dying drugs.
• § 443.9 — (a) Within 30 calendar days of writing a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug, the attending physician shall submit to the State Department of Public Health a copy of the qualifying patient’s written
• § 44300 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Air Toxics “Hot Spots” Information and Assessment Act of 1987.
• § 44301 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In the wake of recent publicity surrounding planned and unplanned releases of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere, the public has become in
• § 44302 — The definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 44303 — “Air release” or “release” means any activity that may cause the issuance of air contaminants, including the actual or potential spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, i
• § 44304 — “Facility” means every structure, appurtenance, installation, and improvement on land which is associated with a source of air releases or potential air releases of a hazardous material.
• § 44306 — “Health risk assessment” means a detailed comprehensive analysis prepared pursuant to Section 44361 to evaluate and predict the dispersion of hazardous substances in the environment and the potential
• § 44307 — “Operator” means the person who owns or operates a facility or part of a facility.
• § 44308 — “Plan” means the emissions inventory plan which meets the conditions specified in Section 44342.
• § 44309 — “Report” means the emissions inventory report specified in Section 44341.
• § 44320 — This part applies to the following: (a) Any facility which manufactures, formulates, uses, or releases any of the substances listed pursuant to Section 44321 or any other substance which reacts to for
• § 44321 — For the purposes of Section 44320, the state board shall compile and maintain a list of substances that contains, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) Substances identified by reference in
• § 44322 — This part applies to facilities specified in subdivision (a) of Section 44320 in accordance with the following schedule: (a) For those facilities that release, or have the potential to release, 25 ton
• § 44323 — A district may prepare an industrywide emissions inventory and health risk assessment for facilities specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44320 and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 44322, and sh
• § 44324 — This part does not apply to any facility where economic poisons are employed in their pesticidal use, unless that facility was subject to district permit requirements on or before August 1, 1987.
• § 44325 — Any solid waste disposal facility in compliance with Section 41805.
• § 44340 — (a) The operator of each facility subject to this part shall prepare and submit to the district a proposed comprehensive emissions inventory plan in accordance with the criteria and guidelines adopted
• § 44341 — Within 180 days after approval of a plan by the district, the operator shall implement the plan and prepare and submit a report to the district in accordance with the plan.
• § 44342 — The state board shall, on or before May 1, 1989, in consultation with the districts, develop criteria and guidelines for site-specific air toxics emissions inventory plans which shall be designed to c
• § 44343 — The district shall review the reports submitted pursuant to Section 44341 and shall, within 90 days, review each report, obtain corrections and clarifications of the data, and notify the State Departm
• § 44344 — Except as provided in Section 44391, emissions inventories developed pursuant to this chapter shall be updated every four years, in accordance with the procedures established by the state board.
• § 44344.4 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) and in Section 44344.
• § 44344.5 — (a) The operator of any new facility that previously has not been subject to this part shall prepare and submit an emissions inventory plan and report.
• § 44344.6 — A district shall redetermine a facility’s prioritization score, or evaluate the prioritization score as calculated and submitted by the facility, within 90 days from the date of receipt of a quadrenni
• § 44344.7 — (a) A facility exempted from this part pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44344.
• § 44345 — (a) On or before July 1, 1989, the state board shall develop a program to compile and make available to other state and local public agencies and the public all data collected pursuant to this chapter
• § 44346 — (a) If an operator believes that any information required in the facility diagram specified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44342 involves the release of a trade secret, the operator shall neve
• § 44360 — (a) Within 90 days of completion of the review of all emissions inventory data for facilities specified in subdivision (a) of Section 44322, but not later than December 1, 1990, the district shall, ba
• § 44361 — (a) Each health risk assessment shall be submitted to the district.
• § 44362 — (a) Taking the comments of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment into account, the district shall approve or return for revision and resubmission and then approve, the health risk asses
• § 44363 — (a) Commencing July 1, 1991, each district shall prepare and publish an annual report which does all of the following: (1) Describes the priorities and categories designated pursuant to Section 44360
• § 44364 — The state board shall utilize the reports and assessments developed pursuant to this part for the purposes of identifying, establishing priorities for, and controlling toxic air contaminants pursuant
• § 44365 — (a) If the state board finds and determines that a district’s actions pursuant to this part do not meet the requirements of this part, the state board may exercise the authority of the district pursua
• § 44366 — In order to verify the accuracy of any information submitted by facilities pursuant to this part, a district or the state board may proceed in accordance with Section 41510.
• § 44380 — (a) The state board shall adopt a regulation which does all of the following: (1) Sets forth the amount of revenue which the district must collect to recover the reasonable anticipated cost which will
• § 44380.1 — A facility shall be granted an exemption by a district from paying a fee in accordance with Section 44380 if all of the following criteria are met: (a) The facility primarily handles, processes, store
• § 44380.5 — In addition to the fee assessed pursuant to Section 44380, a supplemental fee may be assessed by the district, the state board, or the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment upon the operato
• § 44381 — (a) Any person who fails to submit any information, reports, or statements required by this part, or who fails to comply with this part or with any permit, rule, regulation, or requirement issued or a
• § 44382 — Every district shall, by regulation, adopt the requirements of this part as a condition of every permit issued pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 42300) of Part 4 for all new and modified
• § 44384 — Except for Section 44380 and this section, all provisions of this part shall become operative on July 1, 1988.
• § 44390 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Airborne toxic risk reduction measure” or “ATRRM” means those in-plant changes in production processes or feedstocks that reduce or
• § 44391 — (a) Whenever a health risk assessment approved pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 44360) indicates, in the judgment of the district, that there is a significant risk associated with the em
• § 44391.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following provisions shall apply: (1) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified as disadvantaged pursuant to Section 39711.
• § 44391.3 — A school or school district located in a community with a high cumulative exposure burden, as identified pursuant to Section 44391.
• § 44391.4 — (a) (1) Funds made available pursuant to an appropriation from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to reduce mobile and stationary sources of criteria air pollutants or toxic air contaminants consistent
• § 44391.5 — (a) Each statewide strategy update developed by the state board pursuant to Section 44391.
• § 44392 — A facility operator subject to this chapter shall conduct an airborne toxic risk reduction audit and develop a plan which shall include at a minimum all of the following: (a) The name and location of
• § 44393 — The plan prepared pursuant to Section 44391 shall not be considered to be the equivalent of a pollution prevention program or a source reduction program, except insofar as the audit and plan elements
• § 44394 — Any facility operator who does not submit a complete airborne toxic risk reduction audit and plan or fails to implement the measures set forth in the plan as set forth in this chapter is subject to th
• § 44470 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) For the first time in human history, the use and disposal of certain manmade products are actively destroying a layer of the earth’s atmospher
• § 44471 — (a) This part applies to products containing or manufactured with CFC-11, CFC-12, and HCFC-22 which have an ozone depletion potential (ODP) of greater than .
• § 44472 — (a) On and after January 1, 1993, and prior to January 1, 1994, not more than 90 percent of the new 1993 model year or later motor vehicles equipped with vehicle air-conditioners which are certified f
• § 44473 — (a) Manufacturers of all motor vehicle models described in Section 44472 shall submit quarterly records and an annual report to the state board detailing the percentage of new models certified for sal
• § 44474 — Any person or business that violates this part is liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per incident, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day.
• § 44475 — A business entity that is marketing or selling voluntary carbon offsets within the state shall disclose on the business entity’s internet website all of the following information: (a) Details regardin
• § 44475.1 — An entity that purchases or uses voluntary carbon offsets that makes claims regarding the achievement of net zero emissions, claims that the entity, related entity, or a product is “carbon neutral,” o
• § 44475.2 — An entity that makes claims regarding the achievement of net zero emissions, claims that the entity, a related or affiliated entity, or a product is “carbon neutral,” or makes other claims implying th
• § 44475.3 — (a) A person who violates this part is subject to a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per day, for each day that information is not available or is inaccurate o
• § 445 — No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof, shall for profit refer or recommend a person to a physician, hospital, health-related facility, or dispensary fo
• § 44500 — This division may be cited as the Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority Act.
• § 44501 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is necessary and essential that the state, in cooperation with the federal government, use all practical means and measures to control,
• § 44502 — It is the purpose of this division to carry out and make effective the findings of the Legislature and to that end to do all of the following, to the mutual benefit of the people of the state and to p
• § 44503 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 44504 — “Authority” means the Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority established pursuant to Section 44515 and any board, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the functions thereof or to
• § 44504.1 — “Brownfield site” means a real estate parcel or improvements located on the parcel, or both that parcel and the improvements, which is abandoned, idled, or underused, due to real or perceived environm
• § 44505 — “Cost” as applied to a project or portion thereof financed under the provisions of this division embraced all or any part of the cost of construction and acquisition of all lands, structures, real or
• § 44506 — “Participating party” means any person, company, corporation, public agency, partnership, firm, or other entity or group of entities engaged in operations within this state that requires financing pur
• § 44507 — “Pollution” means an alteration of the quality of the environment of the state and shall be determined by the various standards prescribed from time to time by this state, the federal government, or a
• § 44508 — “Project” and “pollution control facility,” respectively, mean any land, building, structure, improvement thereto, work, real or personal property, vehicle, or equipment providing or designed to provi
• § 44509 — “Public agency” means any state agency, board, or commission, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, public district, or other political subdivision.
• § 44510 — “Revenues” means all rents, receipts, purchase payments and all other income or receipts derived by the authority from the sale, lease, or other disposition of pollution control facilities, loan repay
• § 44511 — “Renewable energy resource device” means any device, or any combination of devices, which produces heat, process heat, space heating, water heating, steam, space cooling, refrigeration, mechanical ene
• § 44512 — “Energy conservation program” means any program which utilizes techniques or devices including, but not limited to, cogeneration, waste heat recovery systems, efficient lighting systems, and energy ef
• § 44515 — There is in the state government the Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority.
• § 44516 — All members of the authority shall serve thereon without compensation as members of the authority.
• § 44517 — The authority shall have and is hereby vested with all powers reasonably necessary to carry out the powers and responsibilities expressly granted or imposed upon it under this division.
• § 44518 — The authority shall maintain an office in the City of Sacramento.
• § 44519 — The authority may employ an executive director and any other persons as are necessary to enable it properly to perform the duties imposed upon it by this division.
• § 44520 — (a) The authority shall, in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 44521 — (a) The Attorney General shall be the legal counsel for the authority, but with the approval of the Attorney General, the authority may employ such legal counsel as in its judgment is necessary or adv
• § 44522 — The authority is authorized and empowered: (a) To adopt an official seal.
• § 44525 — The authority may charge reasonable application and project fees to reimburse the authority for costs incurred in administering applications for financing pursuant to this division and to support auth
• § 44525.7 — Commencing in 2002, and annually thereafter, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the program described in subdivision (h) of Section 44526.
• § 44526 — The authority is authorized to do any of the following: (a) To determine the location and character of any project to be financed under the provisions of this division, to lend financial assistance to
• § 44530 — All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this division shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this division and no liability or obligation shall be imposed u
• § 44531 — (a) All projects shall be constructed or completed subject to the rules and regulations of the authority.
• § 44532 — When the principal of and interest on bonds of the authority issued to finance or refund the cost of a particular project for a participating party shall have been fully paid and retired or when adequ
• § 44534 — (a) The authority shall take initial action on any completed application for financing submitted to it by a participating party no later than the next meeting of the authority that occurs after at lea
• § 44536 — The authority may approve financing for a pollution control facility, or equipment for a facility, that is not owned by the applicant if the facility or equipment is a component of an approved tradeof
• § 44537 — The authority shall take all reasonable steps to publicize its programs so that eligible applicants may be aware of them.
• § 44537.5 — The authority shall provide the maximum opportunity for the use of the authority’s financing by individuals, businesses engaged in agricultural operations, and small businesses or corporations by prov
• § 44538 — The authority, no later than March 31 of each year, shall submit to the Legislature and to the Treasurer a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year ended December 31.
• § 44539 — An applicant for financing for a project involving a waste water treatment plan shall provide evidence satisfactory to the State Water Resources Control Board that the waste water treatment facilities
• § 44540 — The authority is authorized to incur indebtedness and to issue securities of any kind or class, and to renew the same, provided that all such indebtedness, howsoever evidenced, shall be payable solely
• § 44541 — At such times as the authority desires to issue bonds, as defined in Section 44542, it shall adopt a resolution specifying the total amount of such bonds proposed to be issued.
• § 44542 — (a) (1) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds, notes, debentures, or other securities (hereinafter collectively called “bonds”) for any corporate purpose.
• § 44543 — (a) In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of this division may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a trustee or trustees, which may be
• § 44544 — Bonds issued under the provisions of this division shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the authority, or a pledge of
• § 44545 — (a) The authority may provide for the issuance of bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding, directly or indirectly, any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of the authority or
• § 44548 — (a) (1) Subject to any prior contractual obligations to any of its bondholders, the authority may establish one or more small business assistance funds in order to do any of the following: (A) Assist
• § 44549 — Any funds of the authority, including proceeds from the sale of bonds or notes issued after the effective date of this section, money set aside for the authority’s administrative expenses, and small b
• § 44550 — The authority may contract with any participating party for the construction or acquisition of a project by the participating party.
• § 44551 — The authority may, as lessor or lessee, enter into leases and agreements with any participating party relating to the acquisition, construction, and installation of any project, including real propert
• § 44552 — The authority may enter into contracts of sale with any participating party covering any project financed by the authority.
• § 44552.5 — (a) As an alternative to leasing or selling a project to a participating party, the authority may finance the acquisition, construction, or installation of a project by means of a loan to the particip
• § 44553 — All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this division, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds
• § 44554 — Any holder of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under the provisions of this division, and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may b
• § 44555 — The exercise of the powers granted by this division shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for their health and welfare, and protection of the state’s environment.
• § 44556 — The authority shall not be required to pay any property taxes or assessments upon, or in respect to, a project or any property acquired by or for the authority under the provisions of this division or
• § 44557 — Subject to Section 44562, the existence of the authority may be terminated at any time by the Legislature.
• § 44558 — For purposes of this article: (a) “Administration expenses” means the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the authority in the administration of this article, including, without limitation,
• § 44558.1 — (a) (1) The authority shall establish the California Investment and Innovation Program for the purpose of providing grants to enhance the capacity of community development financial institutions to pr
• § 44558.2 — (a) When funding is available, the authority shall make the funding available to eligible applicants selected by the authority to participate in the program.
• § 44558.3 — (a) Prior to receiving any grant funds under this program, an applicant selected by the authority to participate in the program shall enter into a grant agreement with the authority that requires the
• § 44558.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (a) of Section 44520, the authority may adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations for the administration of the program pursuant to this ar
• § 44558.5 — (a) The authority shall adopt guidelines for annual reporting by grantees that do all of the following: (1) Provide a description of the grantee’s overall activities during the report period, includin
• § 44559 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that small businesses are responsible for a significant amount of environmental emissions in the state, but are less able than larger businesses to afford the in
• § 44559.1 — As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, all of the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” means the Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority.
• § 44559.11 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the state, through the authority, may make maximum, efficient use of capital access programs enacted by all federal and state agencies, as well a
• § 44559.12 — (a) Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 44559.
• § 44559.13 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in this act to create and fund the California Americans with Disabilities Act Small Business Capital Access Loan Program to assist small businesses in complying
• § 44559.14 — (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting the act adding this section to create and fund a program to assist residential property owners and small business owners in seismically retrofit
• § 44559.2 — (a) The authority may contract with any financial institution for the purpose of allowing the financial institution to participate in the Capital Access Loan Program established by this article.
• § 44559.3 — (a) The authority shall establish a loss reserve account for each financial institution with which the authority makes a contract.
• § 44559.4 — (a) If a financial institution that is participating in the Capital Access Loan Program established pursuant to this article decides to enroll a qualified loan under the program in order to obtain the
• § 44559.5 — (a) The authority shall establish procedures under which financial institutions participating in the program established pursuant to this article may submit claims for reimbursement for losses incurre
• § 44559.6 — The authority shall annually prepare a report to the Governor and the Legislature that describes the financial condition and programmatic results of the capital access loan program for small businesse
• § 44559.7 — The authority may enter into agreements with commercial banks or other financial institutions, or with other agencies of the state, to provide necessary assistance in carrying out the program authoriz
• § 44559.8 — Notwithstanding this article, the authority may facilitate the development of a secondary market for a loan enrolled in the capital access loan program by providing security for that loan, thereby inc
• § 44559.9 — The authority shall expand the Capital Access Loan Program established by this article to include outreach to financial institutions that service agricultural interests in the state for the purpose of
• § 44560 — This division, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
• § 44561 — (a) This division provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by this division, and is supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws.
• § 44562 — The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any obligations issued under this division, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant
• § 44563 — To the extent that the provisions of this division, with respect to the financing of pollution control facilities, are inconsistent with the provisions of any general statute or special act or parts t
• § 4600 — This chapter shall be known as the Community Facilities Law of 1911.
• § 46000 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Excessive noise is a serious hazard to the public health and welfare.
• § 46001 — No provision of this division or ruling of the Office of Noise Control is a limitation or expansion: (a) On the power of a city, county, or city and county to adopt and enforce additional regulations,
• § 46002 — Nothing in this division shall be construed as giving the Office of Noise Control authority or responsibility for adopting or enforcing noise-emission standards for any product for which a regulation
• § 4601 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 46010 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Noise Control Act of 1973.
• § 4602 — “City” means the city in which the district is located.
• § 4602.1 — “District” means any district which is formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
• § 4602.2 — “Governing body” means the city council or other legislative body of the city.
• § 4602.3 — “Initiating city” means the city whose governing body initiated the proceeding for the formation of a district which is not entirely within the boundaries of a single city.
• § 4602.4 — Improvement means any or all of the following: (a) The acquisition or construction of sanitary sewers of all types, including, but not limited to, outfall, trunk, intercepting, connecting, lateral, an
• § 4602.5 — In cities within a county of the 20th class, as defined in Section 28041 of the Government Code, improvement shall also mean the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of any public bui
• § 46020 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of the words used in this division.
• § 46021 — “Local agency” means and includes every local agency, including a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivisi
• § 46022 — “Noise” means and includes excessive undesirable sound, including that produced by persons, pets and livestock, industrial equipment, construction, motor vehicles, boats, aircraft, home appliances, el
• § 46023 — “Office” means the Office of Noise Control.
• § 46024 — “Public agency” means and includes every state agency and every local agency.
• § 46025 — “State agency” means and includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, council, commission, or other state agency.
• § 4603 — This chapter does not affect any other law under which improvements may be made within or by any city but it provides an alternate system of proceedings for sewer work or improvement.
• § 46040 — There is within the state department an Office of Noise Control.
• § 4605 — The governing body of any city may create an improvement district within the city pursuant to this chapter whenever in its judgment the district is necessary or convenient for any improvement authoriz
• § 46050 — The office shall, in order to protect health and well-being establish and maintain a program on noise control, including but not limited to: (a) Determining the psychological and physical health effec
• § 46050.1 — Notwithstanding Section 65040.
• § 4606 — A district may be formed to make any improvement and to provide for the incurring of indebtedness to pay for the costs and expenses of such improvement.
• § 46060 — It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage the enactment and enforcement of local ordinances in those areas which are most properly the responsibility of local government.
• § 46061 — The office shall provide technical assistance to local agencies in combating noise pollution.
• § 46062 — The office shall provide assistance to local agencies in the preparation of model ordinances to control and abate noise.
• § 4607 — Whenever the governing body of a city determines that the public interest or convenience requires the making of any improvement in any part of the territory of the city, it may pass a resolution to th
• § 46070 — The director shall promote coordination of the programs of all state agencies relating to noise research, abatement, prevention, and control.
• § 46071 — On the basis of regular consultation with appropriate state agencies, the director shall compile and publish, from time to time, a report on the status and progress of state activities relating to noi
• § 46072 — In any case where any state agency is carrying out or sponsoring any activity resulting in noise which the director determines amounts to a public nuisance or is otherwise objectionable, such agency s
• § 46073 — The Legislature authorizes and directs that all state agencies shall, to the fullest extent consistent with existing authority, administer the programs within their control in such a manner as to furt
• § 46074 — Each state agency authorized to adopt regulations in the area of noise control shall in the manner specified in subdivision (c) of Section 11423 of the Government Code give notice to and invite the co
• § 46075 — In accordance with the provisions of Section 11426 of the Government Code or other applicable law, the office may petition any public agency for the adoption of regulations or other measures otherwise
• § 46076 — The Office of Noise Control shall maintain a program to insure that all state agencies are advised of available federal assistance and funds for noise control programs.
• § 46077 — The office shall maintain a program to ensure coordinated state and federal noise control programs including, but not limited to, the following: (a) The study of federal noise regulations proposed for
• § 46080 — 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:
• § 4609 — The resolution shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the boundaries of the proposed district.
• § 4610 — The resolution, together with the names of the members of the governing body voting for and against it shall be published once a week for at least two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circul