Section 1.

1. This act shall be known as the Welfare and Institutions Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 10.

10. “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned, and “subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term appears unless some other section is expressly mentioned. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 11.

11. The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future tense includes the present. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 12.

12. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 12.2.

12.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 119. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Section 13.

13. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 14.

14. “County” includes “city and county.” (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 15.

15. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 16.

16. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 17.

17. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or […]

Section 17.1.

17.1. Unless otherwise provided under the provisions of this code, to the extent not in conflict with federal law, the residence of a minor person, or a nonminor dependent, as described in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, shall be determined by the following rules: (a) The residence of the parent with whom a child maintains his […]

Section 18.

18. If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 19.

19. It is the purpose of this code, in establishing programs and services which are designed to provide protection, support or care of children, to provide protective services to the fullest extent deemed necessary by the juvenile court, probation department or other public agencies designated by the board of supervisors to perform the duties prescribed […]

Section 19.1.

19.1. The purpose of the public social services for which state grants-in-aid are made to counties are: (a) To provide on behalf of the general public, and within the limits of public resources, reasonable support and maintenance for needy and dependent families and persons. (b) To provide timely and appropriate services to assist individuals develop or use […]

Section 2.

2. The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof, and not as new enactments. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

Section 21.

21. (a) Whenever any reference is made in any provision of this code to the “State Department of Benefit Payments” or the “Department of Benefit Payments” with respect to aid, it means the State Department of Social Services. Whenever any reference is made to the “State Department of Benefit Payments” or “Department of Benefit Payments” with […]

Section 22.

22. Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1400) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, if it applies to a health facility, it shall be deemed to […]

Section 23.

23. Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code relating to community care facilities as defined by Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of Part 4 of Division […]

Section 24.

24. The provisions of Chapter 1129 of the Statutes of 1975 amending Sections 17.1, 739, 883, 1050, 1711, 1760.4, 10000, 10617, 11250.5, 11307, 11310, 11325, 17102 and 18907 shall be operational to the extent they are not in conflict with federal law. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 504.)

Section 26.

26. (a) For purposes of this code, “assessed value” means 25 percent of full value to, and including, the 1980–81 fiscal year, and 100 percent of full value for the 1981–82 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter; and tax rates shall be expressed in dollars, or fractions thereof, on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed […]