California

Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 48600 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The problem posed by used oil disposal requires a comprehensive, statewide response, including, but not limited to, eliminating illegal disposal,
• § 48601 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act.
• § 48610 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 48610.3 — “Board” means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• § 48610.5 — “Bulk oil” means oil sold and delivered in a single transaction in an amount greater than 55 gallons regardless of the size of the container or containers in which the oil is delivered.
• § 48611 — “Container” means a drum, can, or other receptacle used primarily for storage or transportation of oil.
• § 48612 — “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
• § 48613 — “Fund” means the California Used Oil Recycling Fund created pursuant to Section 48653.
• § 48614 — “Industrial generator” means an entity which buys and uses lubricating oil only for equipment owned or used by the entity.
• § 48616 — “Industrial oil” includes, but is not limited to, any compressor, turbine, or bearing oil, hydraulic oil, metal-working oil, or refrigeration oil.
• § 48617 — “Local government” has the same meaning as defined in Section 30109.
• § 48618 — “Lubricating oil” includes, but is not limited to, any oil intended for use in an internal combustion engine crankcase, transmission, gearbox, or differential in an automobile, bus, truck, vessel, pla
• § 48618.4 — “Mitigation” is the prevention of stormwater pollution from used oil and oil byproducts and the reduction or alleviation of the effect of stormwater pollution from used oil and oil byproducts by means
• § 48619 — “Oil manufacturer” means the first person or entity in the state to take title to lubricating or industrial oil for sale, use, or transfer in the state.
• § 48620 — “Recycled oil” means recycled oil, as defined in Section 25250.
• § 48620.2 — (a) “Rerefined oil” means a lubricant base stock or oil base that has been derived from used oil and meets all the following criteria: (1) Processed using a series of mechanical or chemical methods, o
• § 48620.5 — “Stormwater pollution” for purposes of mitigation does not include runoff at a specific facility even if there is no point source at the facility.
• § 48621 — “Used oil” means used oil, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 25250.
• § 48622 — “Used oil collection center” means a business, governmental entity, or nonprofit organization which accepts used lubricating oil from the public and which is exempt from hazardous waste facility permi
• § 48623 — “Used oil hauler” means a hazardous waste transporter registered pursuant to Chapter 6.
• § 48624 — “Used oil recycling facility” means a facility that is issued a hazardous waste facilities permit or grant of interim status by the department pursuant to Section 25200 or 25200.
• § 48625 — The following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Used oil storage facility” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 25250.
• § 48630 — On or before October 1, 1992, the board shall adopt a used oil recycling program which promotes and develops alternatives to the illegal disposal of used oil.
• § 48631 — The used oil recycling program shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) A recycling incentive system as described in Article 6 (commencing with Section 48650).
• § 48632 — The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery may, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48631, issue grants to or contract with local governments, nonprofit entities, and private entities, for
• § 48640 — The board shall administer this chapter.
• § 48641 — In addition to any other regulations which the board is required by statute to adopt, the board may adopt any other rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 48642 — The board may prepare, publish, or issue printed pamphlets, which the board determines to be necessary, for the dissemination of information concerning the activities of the board pursuant to this cha
• § 48643 — In carrying out this chapter, the board may solicit and use any and all expertise available in other state agencies, including, but not limited to, the State Board of Equalization, and, where an exist
• § 48644 — The board shall maintain access to a toll-free telephone number which is to be used for the purpose of informing callers of the following: (a) The permissible methods of recycling or disposing of used
• § 48645 — Except for payments made to local governments pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, final approval of applicant and project eligibility standards, scoring and evaluation proce
• § 48650 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), every oil manufacturer shall pay to the board, on or before the last day of the month following each quarter, an amount equal to six and one-half ce
• § 48650.2 — For the purposes of this chapter, the board may collect the fees pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).
• § 48650.5 — (a) Any person who has made a payment pursuant to Section 48650 on lubricating oil exempted from payment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48650, and the payment was made either directly to the b
• § 48650.7 — In any transaction involving a total volume of oil subject to payment pursuant to Section 48650 in excess of 10 gallons, the invoice or other form of accounting of the transaction shall identify the a
• § 48651 — The board shall pay a recycling incentive pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48652 to every industrial generator, curbside collection program, and certified used oil collection center, for used lu
• § 48651.5 — (a) Effective January 1, 2013, the board, with regard to promoting the recycling of used lubricating oil into rerefined oil, shall pay a rerefining incentive pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 486
• § 48652 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the board shall set the recycling incentive at not less than ten cents ($0.
• § 48653 — The board shall deposit all amounts paid pursuant to Section 48650 by manufacturers, civil penalties, and fines paid pursuant to this chapter, and all other revenues received pursuant to this chapter
• § 48655 — The board may enter into a contract with the department that will utilize the resources of the department to provide for greater investigation and enforcement efforts for used lubricating oil handling
• § 48656 — After all of the expenditures pursuant to Section 48653 have been made, notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, the balance remaining in the fund shall be available to the b
• § 48657 — The board shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings, and these books, records, and accounts, and any amounts paid into or from the fund, are subject to an annual audit by
• § 48660 — (a) No used oil collection center shall be eligible for the payment of recycling incentives until the board has certified that the center is in compliance with the requirements in subdivision (b).
• § 48660.5 — (a) If the board finds that a shipment of used oil from a certified used oil collection center, curbside collection program, or uncertified publicly funded used oil collection center in a small rural
• § 48661 — (a) On and after July 1, 1992, the department shall annually inspect used oil recycling facilities.
• § 48662 — (a) The board shall certify or recertify a used oil recycling facility located in this state for which the board has received a report from the department pursuant to Section 48661, unless the board d
• § 48670 — (a) To be eligible for payment of a recycling incentive, an industrial generator of used lubricating oil, a used oil collection center, or a curbside collection program shall report to the board, for
• § 48671 — Every oil manufacturer who sells, or offers to sell, lubricating or industrial oil in this state shall report to the board for each month the amount of lubricating or industrial oil sold.
• § 48671.5 — The manufacturer of every container that contains lubricating oils or industrial oils, and which is intended for sale to consumers in California, shall do either of the following: (a) Label the contai
• § 48672 — Beginning May 1, 1992, every used oil hauler shall report to the board for each quarter the amount of used oil transported, the location to which it is transported, and the source of the used oil.
• § 48673 — (a) A used oil recycling facility issued a permit by the department to produce recycled oil, as defined in Section 25250.
• § 48674 — After receiving payments pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, each local government shall submit an annual report to the board, in the manner specified by the board, that inc
• § 48675 — The board shall establish procedures to protect any proprietary information concerning sales, purchases, and operations obtained while collecting information for carrying out this chapter.
• § 48676 — The board shall make available on its Internet Web site an annual report that includes the accumulated industrial and lubricating oil sales and used oil recycling rates.
• § 48680 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, any person convicted of a violation of this chapter is guilty of an infraction, which is punishable by
• § 48690 — A local government is eligible for a payment pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 48653, if it develops and submits a local used oil collection program to the board pursuant to Sect
• § 48691 — (a) A local used oil collection program shall provide for used lubricating oil collection by either of the following or a combination of the two: (1) Ensuring that at least one certified used oil coll
• § 48700 — The purpose of the paint product recovery program established pursuant to this chapter is to require paint manufacturers to develop and implement a program to collect, transport, and process postconsu
• § 48701 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Aerosol coating product” means a pressurized coating product containing pigments or resins dispensed by means of
• § 48701.1 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 48702 — (a) To comply with the requirements of this chapter, a manufacturer shall establish and implement a stewardship program, either by itself or as part of a group of manufacturers participating in the st
• § 48703 — (a) Within 12 months of the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 48701.
• § 48703.1 — (a) The stewardship plan shall demonstrate sufficient funding for the stewardship program, including a funding mechanism for securing and disbursing funds to fully cover administrative, operational, a
• § 48703.2 — The stewardship plan shall include quantifiable time-specific performance goals established by the manufacturer or stewardship organization to reduce the generation of postconsumer paint, to promote t
• § 48703.3 — (a) The stewardship plan shall describe how the manufacturer, individually or through a stewardship organization, will provide a free dropoff and convenient collection system for paint products, which
• § 48703.4 — A stewardship plan shall include consumer, contractor, and retailer education and outreach efforts to promote the source reduction and recycling of paint products.
• § 48703.5 — (a) A manufacturer shall, individually or through a stewardship organization, review its stewardship plan at least once every five years after approval by the department and determine whether amendmen
• § 48704 — (a) No later than 90 days before a stewardship plan is required to be submitted to the department, the department shall notify each manufacturer acting individually and each stewardship organization o
• § 48704.1 — (a) A stewardship organization’s funding mechanism shall provide a stewardship assessment for each container of a paint product and sold by manufacturers in this state, and the assessment shall be rem
• § 48705 — (a) On or before May 15 of each year, a manufacturer of a paint product sold in this state shall, individually or through a stewardship organization, submit a report to the department describing its p
• § 48705.1 — (a) A stewardship organization shall do both of the following: (1) Upon the department’s request, provide the department with reasonable and timely access, as determined by the department, to its faci
• § 48706 — (a) Within 24 months of the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 48701.
• § 48706.1 — (a) A civil penalty may be administratively imposed by the department on any person who violates this chapter in an amount up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation per day.
• § 48706.2 — (a) A manufacturer or stewardship organization shall not be liable for a violation of any antitrust, restraint of trade, unfair trade practice, or other anticompetitive conduct arising from conduct un
• § 48707 — The department, in coordination with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, may adopt regulations to clarify and implement this chapter.
• § 4875 — In all cases where two or more persons, firms, or corporations are engaged in or intend to engage in putting or placing logs or timber into any navigable water in this state for the purpose of rafting
• § 4877 — Any log or timber which has any such recorded mark impressed on it shall be presumed to belong to the person, firm, or corporation in whose name the mark has been recorded.
• § 4878 — Every person, firm, or corporation that neglects to have his or its mark or marks recorded, as provided by Section 4875, is debarred from all benefits arising from the recordings of the mark or marks,
• § 4879 — It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, except boom companies which may be required or compelled to catch and hold logs or timber, to take up or have in their possession, or to sell, disp
• § 49000 — “District,” as used in this chapter, means a district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
• § 49005 — Any portion or portions of a county, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, and whether the portion or portions include incorporated or unincorporated territory, may be formed into a garbage disposal di
• § 49006 — (a) The board of supervisors may determine, by resolution, that a portion of the county is in need of facilities for the disposal of garbage and should be formed into a district.
• § 49007 — The notice shall state the fact that the board of supervisors has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the matter of the formation of a garbage disposal dist
• § 49008 — The notice shall describe the territory or shall specify the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be organized into a district.
• § 49009 — At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing of the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board written objections to the formation of the district.
• § 49010 — At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall either adopt an order abandoning the creation of the proposed district or shall, by resolution, order the matter of the creation of the
• § 49011 — Election precincts shall be established by the board of supervisors, and election boards composed of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk shall be named.
• § 49012 — (a) Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the board of supervisors shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive of
• § 49013 — (a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation prop
• § 49014 — (a) If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, the election officials shall select
• § 49015 — (a) The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vot
• § 49016 — If at the election a majority of all those voting upon the question of creation of the district, and a majority of those voting thereon in each city is in favor of the formation of the district, the b
• § 49017 — (a) A district may be formed for the exclusive purpose of providing, maintaining, and operating a garbage and refuse disposal site.
• § 49018 — The board of supervisors is the governing body of the district and may do any or all of the following: (a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and government of
• § 49019 — (a) The board of supervisors may enter into contracts for the disposal of garbage and other refuse matter.
• § 49020 — If an emergency occasioned by default of a contractor or other circumstances which would be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare of the inhabitants of the district, the board of superv
• § 49030 — The board of supervisors shall levy a tax each year upon the taxable property in the district sufficient to defray the cost of the disposal of garbage and other refuse in the district, and of the main
• § 49031 — For any district in a county with a population of six million or more, the board of supervisors may prescribe and collect garbage and refuse collection and disposal service fees for the purpose of def
• § 49032 — (a) Prior to adoption of the initial ordinances prescribing the fees provided for in Section 49031, the board of supervisors shall place before the voters of the district the question whether the dist
• § 49040 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 49050 — The boundaries of any district may be altered, and outlying districts or territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and whether contiguous or noncontiguous, may be annexed pursuant to the Cort
• § 49100 — “District,” as used in this chapter, means a district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
• § 49110 — Any contiguous portion or portions of a county, whether the portion or portions include incorporated or unincorporated territory, may be formed into a garbage and refuse disposal district in the manne
• § 49111 — (a) The board of supervisors may determine, by resolution, that a portion of the county is in need of a site for the disposal of garbage and refuse and should be formed into a district.
• § 49112 — The notice shall state the fact that the board of supervisors has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the matter of the formation of a garbage and refuse di
• § 49113 — The notice shall describe the territory, or shall specify the exterior boundaries of the territory, proposed to be organized into a district.
• § 49114 — At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing on the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board of supervisors written objections to the formation of the district.
• § 49115 — At the final hearing the board of supervisors shall make those changes in the proposed boundaries that are advisable and shall define and establish the boundaries.
• § 49116 — If, from the testimony given before the board of supervisors, it appears to the board of supervisors that the public necessity or welfare requires the formation of the district, it shall, by an order
• § 49117 — The county clerk shall immediately file for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land embraced in the district is situated, and also shall file with the Secretary of
• § 49118 — No district shall be formed under this chapter after October 1, 1961.
• § 49120 — (a) Within 30 days after the filing with the Secretary of State of the certified copy of the order of formation, a governing board of trustees for the district shall be appointed.
• § 49121 — Any governing body authorized by Section 49120 to appoint a member to the district board may make the appointment from its own members.
• § 49122 — The members of the district board in office on September 15, 1961, shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, so classify themselves, by lot, that a majority of the members serve until January 1, 1963,
• § 49123 — (a) A member of a district board may be reimbursed, subject to Sections 53232.
• § 49130 — The district board may do all of the following: (a) Make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and government of the district and for the operation and maintenance of
• § 49131 — The district board may designate any depository for the custody of any or all the money collected or received for district purposes pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 o
• § 49140 — At least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated is required by law to levy the amount of taxes required for county
• § 49141 — The district board may also include in its estimate prepared pursuant to Section 49140 an unappropriated reserve to cover expenditures that have not been provided for, or that have been insufficiently
• § 49142 — The board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated shall, at the time of levying county taxes, levy a tax to be known as the “____ garbage and refuse disposal district tax,” suff
• § 49143 — For purposes of the district, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax of not more than fifteen cents ($0.
• § 49144 — The district board may establish and maintain a cash-basis fund for the purpose of defraying district expenses between the beginning of a fiscal year and the time of distribution of tax receipts in a
• § 49150 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 49160 — No general obligation bonds shall be issued by the district unless the issuance thereof is approved by the electors of the district at a special election as provided in this article.
• § 49161 — The resolution shall state all of the following: (a) The general objectives and purposes for which it is proposed to incur an indebtedness.
• § 49162 — For purposes of the bond election, the district board may consolidate into one precinct several precincts established for general election purposes and describe the precinct by reference to the genera
• § 49163 — An election board consisting of one inspector, one judge and one clerk shall be appointed by the district board for each precinct.
• § 49164 — Only voters registered in the district are eligible to vote at the bond election.
• § 49165 — A resolution calling the election shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the district and designated by the district board.
• § 49166 — If two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness as proposed, bonds of the district for the amount stated in the resolution calling the election shall be issued and so
• § 49167 — The validity of the bonds after their issuance shall not be questioned in any court except on the ground that the provisions of this chapter authorizing their issuance are unconstitutional, or that th
• § 49168 — The district board shall prescribe, by resolution, the form of the bonds and interest coupons.
• § 49169 — The bonds shall be issued in the denominations that the district board determines, except that no bond shall be of a denomination less than one hundred dollars ($100) or greater than one thousand doll
• § 49170 — The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the district board and countersigned by the county auditor, and the seal of the district board shall be affixed.
• § 49171 — If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on the bonds ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his or her signature or countersignature shall be as
• § 49172 — The district board may issue and sell bonds of the district at not less than par value, and the proceeds shall be placed in the treasury of the county.
• § 49173 — All premiums and accrued interest received shall be paid into the fund to be used for the payment of principal of, and interest on, the bonds and the remainder of the proceeds of the sale shall be pai
• § 49174 — (a) The funds in the construction fund shall be applied exclusively to the purposes and objects mentioned in the resolution calling the bond election.
• § 49175 — If the proposition of issuing bonds submitted at the bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the district board may, after expiration of six months after that election, call or o
• § 49176 — If bonds have been issued by the district and the proceeds of the sale have been expended and the district board, by resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, determines that the p
• § 49177 — Bonds and interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual tax upon the property in the district, and all the property in the district shall be and remain liable to be taxed for those
• § 49178 — (a) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to be the aggregate principal amount of all of the bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with a proposal submitted to and approved by the electors of the
• § 49179 — Whenever a district has issued bonds, in its annual statement to the board of supervisors as to the amount of money needed for district purposes during the next ensuing fiscal year pursuant to Section
• § 49180 — If the district board fails to furnish to the board of supervisors a statement of the amount of money necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as required by Section 49179, the bo
• § 49181 — The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall be paid by the treasurer of the county in the manner prescribed by law for the principal of, and interest on, the bonds of the county.
• § 49190 — A district formed pursuant to this chapter is a local agency within the meaning of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Gov
• § 49195 — The boundaries of any district may be altered, and outlying contiguous territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, may be annexed pursuant to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorgan
• § 49200 — Every franchise or permit for the collection, disposal, or destruction, or any combination thereof, of garbage, waste, offal, and debris, shall be granted by the board of supervisors only under the te
• § 49201 — (a) Any county may, by resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, call for bids for the granting of a franchise or permit, exclusive or otherwise, for the collection, disposal, or destruction, or
• § 49202 — The successful bidder shall file with the board of supervisors, upon grant of the franchise or permit, a bond in favor of the county in an amount and under the terms and conditions prescribed by the b
• § 49203 — The county may, in the resolution and advertised notice, impose terms and conditions other than those specified in this chapter if they are not in conflict with this chapter.
• § 49204 — A bidder may in his or her franchise or permit bid set forth any propositions, terms, and conditions that the bidder may desire to offer, or receive the benefit from, which may be in addition to, or i
• § 49205 — The board of supervisors which, prior to July 1, 1980, adopted an ordinance governing the granting of franchises or permits for the collection, disposal, or destruction, or any combination thereof, of
• § 49300 — The legislative body of a city may contract for the collection or disposal, or both, of garbage, waste, refuse, rubbish, offal, trimmings, or other refuse matter under the terms and conditions that ar
• § 49400 — No city, county, district, or public or municipal corporation shall acquire and operate, or cause to be acquired and operated, a dump or site for the disposal of garbage or refuse, or a transfer stati
• § 49500 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 49501 — “Exclusive solid waste handling services” means any action by a local agency, whether by franchise, contract, license, permit, or otherwise, whereby the agency itself or one or more other local agenci
• § 49501.3 — “Lawfully provided” means the services of the solid waste enterprise are in substantial compliance with the terms and conditions of its franchise, contract, license, or permit.
• § 49501.5 — “License” means a solid waste license issued by a local agency or a business license issued by a local agency if the local agency has not established any other form of authorization for the lawful pro
• § 49502 — “Local agency” means any county, city, or district having the authority to provide solid waste handling services either by the agency itself or by authorizing or permitting other local agencies or sol
• § 49503 — “Solid waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, aband
• § 49504 — “Solid waste enterprise” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private corporation regularly engaged in the business of providing solid waste handli
• § 49505 — “Solid waste handling services” means the collection, transportation, storage, transfer, or processing of solid wastes for residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial users or customers.
• § 4951 — In enacting this chapter, it is the purpose of the Legislature to declare the existence of a California Conservation Camp program to provide for the training and use of the inmates and wards assigned
• § 49510 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Although local agencies are authorized to furnish solid waste handling services, in extensive parts of the state solid waste enterprises are furnishi
• § 4952 — As used in this chapter “California Conservation Camps” or “camps” means any camps now or hereafter established, as provided by law, for the purpose of receiving prisoners committed to the custody of
• § 49520 — If a local agency has authorized, by franchise, contract, license, or permit, a solid waste enterprise to provide solid waste handling services and those services have been lawfully provided for more
• § 49521 — A solid waste enterprise providing continuation solid waste handling services pursuant to Section 49520 is subject to the following conditions: (a) The services of the solid waste enterprise shall be
• § 49522 — Nothing in this chapter affects the right of a city following annexation to terminate for cause a franchise, contract, license, or permit held by a solid waste enterprise authorized by the county.
• § 49523 — Any local agency or solid waste handling enterprise may contract, upon mutually satisfactory terms, for the termination of all or any part of the business of the solid waste enterprise before the expi
• § 49524 — Notwithstanding Section 49523, a solid waste enterprise may not waive the right to continue to provide solid waste handling services as provided in this chapter.
• § 4953 — (a) The department shall utilize inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control, and other work of the department.
• § 4956 — The conditions of work to be performed under such contracts or agreements shall be consistent with the requirements, as determined by the Director of Corrections and the Director of the Youth Authorit
• § 4957 — Conservation camp inmates and wards may be utilized in the rescue of lost or injured persons, the saving of life, and the protection of property.
• § 4958 — Conservation camp inmates and wards may, upon the request of the appropriate public agency, be utilized in the performance of preventive maintenance or reconstruction of levees or of any other work ne
• § 49600 — No person shall operate in any city or town any crematory for the destruction by fire heat of garbage, ashes, offal, or other refuse matter, except as provided in this chapter.
• § 49601 — No crematory described in Section 49600 shall be operated in this state except in a manner which will prevent the propagation of disease through contamination of the atmosphere of any city or town by
• § 49602 — Every person who burns by fire heat or destroys by cremation any garbage, ashes, offal, or other refuse matter in violation of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 49620 — Any person who destroys, or who attempts to destroy, the carcass of any dead animal, or the offal from any slaughter pen, corral, or butcher shop by fire within one-fourth of a mile of any city, town,
• § 49650 — For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (a) “Covered entity” means the manufacturer of a covered product that is sold in the state or offered for sale in the state.
• § 49651 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (f), a covered product manufactured on or after July 1, 2022, shall be labeled clearly and conspicuously in adherence with the following label
• § 49652 — (a) The California Consumer Education and Outreach Program is hereby established.
• § 49653 — (a) A person who violates Section 49651 may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 49654 — (a) The provisions of this part are severable.
• § 5 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.
• § 500 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation and “director” means the Director of Parks and Recreation.
• § 50000 — (a) Until an integrated waste management plan has been approved by the California Integrated Waste Management Board pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000), no person shall establish a
• § 50000.5 — (a) Until a countywide integrated waste management plan has been approved by the California Integrated Waste Management Board pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000), no person shall e
• § 50001 — (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), after a countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan has been approved by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery pursuant to Di
• § 50001.2 — Nothing in this division is intended to limit the ability of a city or county to enter into a joint exercise of powers agreement to establish procedures, plans, policies, and criteria to which solid w
• § 50001.5 — At the request of the board or any local governmental entity, the Attorney General shall bring an action to enforce this division.
• § 50002 — (a) The California Integrated Waste Management Board may, by regulation, specify classifications of solid waste facilities that are exempt from the requirements of Sections 50000, 50000.
• § 5001 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s state parks are a true reflection of our state’s collective history, natural and cultural heritage, and ideals.
• § 5001.1 — As used in this division, “department” means the Department of Parks and Recreation and “director” means the Director of Parks and Recreation.
• § 5001.2 — The director shall promote and regulate the use of the state park system in a manner that conserves the scenery, natural and historic resources, and wildlife in the individual units of the system for
• § 5001.3 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Event” means a competition event that uses lands or facilities under the jurisdiction of the department.
• § 5001.4 — The department may manage state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation areas, state marine recreational management areas and, if reque
• § 5001.5 — Whenever any reference is made to the state park system with respect to a duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction that can be exercised or carried out within the state vehicular recreati
• § 5001.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 5001.
• § 5001.65 — (a) Commercial exploitation of resources in units of the state park system is prohibited, except all of the following is permissible: (1) Slant or directional drilling for oil or gas with the intent o