California Health and Safety Code

§ 131055

HSC § 131055 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 112 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)All regulations and orders adopted by the former State Department of Health Services and any of its predecessors in effect immediately preceding the operative date of this section shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended, or repealed, or until they expire by their own terms. Any action by or against the former State Department of Health Services or any of its predecessors pertaining to matters vested in the State Department of Public Health by this chapter shall not abate but shall continue in the name of the State Department of Public Health, and the State Department of Public Health shall be substituted for the former State Department of Health Services and any of its predecessors by the court wherein the action is pending. The substitution shall not in any way affect the rights of the parties to the action.

(b)On and after the operative date of this section, the unexpended balance of all funds available for use by the former State Department of Health Services or any of its predecessors in carrying out any functions transferred to the State Department of Public Health shall be available for use by the State Department of Public Health.

(c)All books, documents, records, and property of the former State Department of Health Services pertaining to functions transferred to the Department of Public Health shall be transferred to the State Department of Public Health.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 241, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 241.