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CA Bus & Prof Code § 19253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19253.

19253.  (a) The bureau shall establish or approve maximum or minimum or maximum and minimum rates to be charged by household movers for the transportation of used household goods and personal effects and for accessorial service performed in connection with the transportation.(b) In establishing or approving rates, the bureau shall account for the cost of all transportation service performed or to be performed, for any accessorial service performed or to be performed in connection with transportation, the value of the commodity transported, and the value of the equipment, facilities, and personnel reasonably necessary to perform the service. In determining rates, the bureau shall conduct a rate study and provide an opportunity for public comment. The bureau shall determine final rates based on the study and comments received during public review. (c) The bureau shall establish or approve no minimum rate for household movers unless it finds that the rate is at a sufficient level to allow safe operation upon the highways of the state and accounts for the cost of trained drivers and other reasonable expenses of operation of household movers.(d) Until the operative date of rules or regulations of the bureau establishing or approving rates, the bureau shall enforce and administer the rates and rules set forth in the Public Utilities Commission’s Maximum Rate Tariff 4, as most recently amended as of July 1, 2018, by the Public Utilities Commission.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19253.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19253.1.

19253.1.  A household mover shall not advertise, quote, or charge a rate or an amount for the transportation of used household goods and personal effects that is based on the amount of cubic feet or other volumetric unit measurement of those household goods and effects. In addition to any other remedy, a household mover that violates this section shall not be entitled to any compensation for the transportation of the household goods and effects and shall make restitution to the shipper of any compensation collected.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19253.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19253.2.

19253.2.  The bureau may establish procedures by which any household mover may charge or collect a greater rate than the maximum rate established under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19253.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19253.3.

19253.3.  The bureau shall make any rules that are necessary to the application and enforcement of the rates established or approved pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19254 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19254.

19254.  A household mover shall not directly or indirectly pay any commission to a shipper, consignee, or the employee thereof, or to the payer of the transportation charges, or refund, or remit to those persons, in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates or charges so specified, except upon authority of the bureau.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19255.

19255.  No household mover, no officer or agent of a household mover, and no person acting for or employed by a household mover shall, by means of known false billing, classification, weight, weighing or report of weight, or by any other device, assist, suffer, or permit any corporation or person to obtain transportation for any property between points within this state at rates less than the minimum rates or more than the maximum rates then established, approved, or administered by the bureau.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19256 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19256.

19256.  No person, no corporation, and no officer, agent, or employee of a corporation shall, by means of false billing, false or incorrect classification, false weight or weighing, false representation as to the content or substance of a package, or false report or statement of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of a household mover, or any of its officers, agents, or employees, seek to obtain or obtain transportation for property at less than the minimum rates or charges or more than the maximum rates or charges established, approved, or administered by the bureau.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19257 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 4 - Rates|Section 19257.

19257.  No person, no corporation, and no officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, shall knowingly, directly or indirectly by any false statement or representation as to cost or value or the nature or extent of damage, or by the use of any false billing, bill of lading, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, or upon any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, obtain or attempt to obtain any allowance, rebate, or payment for damage in connection with or growing out of the transportation of property subject to this chapter, or an agreement to transport property subject to this chapter, whether with or without the consent or connivance of a household mover, or any of its officers, agents, or employees. No household mover and no officer, agent, or employee of a household mover shall knowingly pay or offer to pay any such allowance, rebate, or claim for damage.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19258 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19258.

19258.  (a) Each household mover maintaining an office or place of business within this state and offering intrastate service shall keep in that office or place of business all books, accounts, papers, and records required by the bureau to be kept within this state. Those books, accounts, papers, or records shall not be, at any time, removed from the state except upon such conditions as the bureau prescribes. Household movers performing intrastate service as household movers that do not maintain an office or place of business within this state shall make books, accounts, papers, and records pertaining to the intrastate service available to the bureau at its request at a place designated within this state for examination by the bureau, or in the alternative reimburse the bureau for the actual expense of examining those books, accounts, papers, or records at the place outside of the state where those records are kept.(b) The bureau may require annual, periodic, or special reports to be filed by all household movers, may prescribe the manner and form in which reports shall be made, and may require specific answers to all questions upon which the bureau deems information to be necessary. The reports shall be under oath whenever the bureau so requires.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19259 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19259.

19259.  The bureau may require any household mover to file with it a true copy of any contract, agreement, or arrangement between the household mover and any other household mover in relation to any traffic affected by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19260.

19260.  The bureau may prescribe the forms of any accounts, records, and memoranda, including those pertaining to the movement of traffic and the receipt or expenditure of money, to be kept by household movers, and the length of time the accounts, records, and memoranda shall be preserved.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19260.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19260.1.

19260.1.  If the bureau has prescribed the forms of accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by a household mover for any of its business, it is unlawful for any household mover to keep any accounts, records, or memoranda for that business other than those so prescribed or those prescribed by or under the authority of any other state or of the United States, excepting those accounts, records, or memoranda that are explanatory of and supplemental to the accounts, records, or memoranda prescribed by the bureau.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19260.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19260.2.

19260.2.  The bureau and its authorized employees, representatives, and inspectors shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings, and equipment of household movers used in connection with the operation of their businesses as household movers in this state, and also all accounts, records, and memoranda, including all documents, books, papers, and correspondence kept or required to be kept by household movers, and may photocopy or electrostatically or photostatically reproduce at the bureau’s expense any of these accounts, records, memoranda, documents, books, papers, and correspondence at either the premises of the household mover or the offices of the bureau. A household mover may determine whether the copying or reproduction is done at its premises or at the offices of the bureau, and if copying or reproduction expenses are incurred by the household mover, the bureau shall, upon request, reimburse the household mover for the expenses.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19260.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19260.3.

19260.3.  The employees, representatives, and inspectors of the bureau may inspect and examine any lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, books, records, and memoranda, including all documents, papers, and correspondence kept or required to be kept by household movers.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19261.

19261.  Sections 19258 to 19260.3, inclusive, shall, to the extent deemed necessary by the bureau, apply to persons having control, direct or indirect, over or persons affiliated with any household mover.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19262 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5 - Reports, Records, and Inspections|Section 19262.

19262.  (a) Every household mover shall furnish to the bureau annually, as specified by the bureau, a list, prepared under oath, of all vehicles used in transportation for compensation during the preceding year. The bureau shall furnish a copy of this list to the Department of the California Highway Patrol and to the household mover’s insurer, if the household mover’s accident liability protection is provided by a policy of insurance.(b) If the household mover’s insurer informs the bureau that the household mover has failed to obtain insurance coverage for any vehicle reported on the list, the bureau may, in addition to any other applicable penalty provided in this chapter, for a first occurrence, suspend the household mover’s permit, or impose a fine, or both, and for a second or subsequent occurrence may suspend or revoke the permit, or impose a fine, or both.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5.3 - Delivery and Claims|Section 19265.

19265.  A claim against a household mover for loss or damage of goods shall not be denied solely because the lost or damaged goods were not noted at the time of delivery. Whenever a household mover requires a signed statement acknowledging delivery and receipt of goods, the statement shall not include any representation that the goods were delivered in satisfactory condition, but shall include a notice that the shipper may file a claim with the household mover for lost or damaged goods.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19266 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5.4 - Subhauling Agreements|Section 19266.

19266.  A household mover shall not transport household goods under a subhauling agreement unless each of the following occurs:(a) The subhauler is permitted by the bureau to transport household goods and complies with the requirements of this chapter.(b) The household mover and subhauler are jointly and severally liable for any loss or damage caused by the subhauler.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19266.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5.4 - Subhauling Agreements|Section 19266.1.

19266.1.  The bureau shall adopt any rules and regulations it determines to be necessary to enforce the requirements of this article.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19266.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5.4 - Subhauling Agreements|Section 19266.2.

19266.2.  This article does not apply to a subhauling agreement when the subhauler is not otherwise subject to this chapter for activity related to the subhauling agreement.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19267 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 5.5 - Estimates|Section 19267.

19267.  The bureau shall establish rules and regulations controlling the estimates given by a household mover to a shipper of the charges the household mover would make to perform services covered by this chapter. All household movers shall observe those rules and regulations and the failure to do so is unlawful. The bureau shall make such rules and regulations as are necessary to the application and enforcement of rules and regulations established pursuant to this section.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19268 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings|Section 19268.

19268.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all proceedings under this chapter to deny, suspend, amend, revoke, or place on probation a permit shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(b) A citation or fine assessment issued pursuant to a citation shall inform the household mover that, if he or she desires a hearing to contest a finding of a violation, the hearing shall be requested by written notice to the bureau within 30 days of the date of issuance of the citation or assessment. If a hearing is not requested pursuant to this section, payment of any fine shall not constitute an admission of the violation charged. Hearings shall be held pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19269 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings|Section 19269.

19269.  Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover or any officer, director, or agent of any household mover is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law, or by any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, or requirement administered by the bureau, or is doing anything or about to do anything, or permitting anything or about to permit anything to be done, in violation of law or of any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, or requirement administered by the bureau, the bureau may request the Attorney General or any district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor in this state to make an application to the superior court in and for the county, or city and county, in which the cause or some part of the cause arose, or in which the corporation complained of has its principal place of business, or in which the person complained of resides for the purpose of having the violations or threatened violations stopped and prevented, either by mandamus or injunction, including, but not limited to, an order allowing vehicles used for subsequent operations subject to the order to be impounded at the household mover’s expense and subject to release only by subsequent court order following a petition to the court by the defendant or owner of the vehicle. Any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section by the Attorney General, or a district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor, as applicable, shall be brought in the name of the people of the State of California, by petition to the superior court, alleging the violation or threatened violation complained of and praying for appropriate relief by way of mandamus or injunction.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19269.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings|Section 19269.1.

19269.1.  (a) Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover or any officer, director, or agent of any household mover has abandoned, or is abandoning, stored household goods or property of any shippers under contract with the household mover or movers, it may request the Attorney General or any district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor in this state to commence a proceeding in superior court for the purpose of having the court appoint either a receiver or bureau staff to identify the stored items of property, to take possession of the property, and to arrange the return of the property to its owners in accordance with the orders of the court and with regard for the protection of all property rights involved.(b) The proceeding shall be brought in the superior court in and for the county, or city and county, in which the cause or some part of the cause arose, or in which the person or corporation complained of has its principal place of business, or in which the person complained of resides. The proceeding shall be commenced in the name of the people of the State of California, by petition to the superior court, alleging the facts and circumstances involved and praying for appropriate relief by way of mandamus or injunction, or the appointment of a receiver, and authorizing the bureau to arrange for the hiring of a receiver who shall be required to comply with the requirements of Sections 566, 567, and 568 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(c) The court may also appoint a receiver to manage the business of a household mover or movers and return property to its owner or owners upon a showing satisfactory to the court that the abandonment or threatened abandonment by the household mover jeopardizes property or funds of others in the custody or under the control of the household mover. The court may make any other order that it finds appropriate to protect and preserve those funds or that property.(d) In the event a receiver is appointed by the court and the bureau is responsible for contracting for a receiver to carry out the duties authorized by this section, the bureau may contract on an emergency basis with a qualified person or corporation to serve as receiver under the conditions and guidelines set by the court. The contract for the receiver services may be executed by the bureau on an expedited basis. The receiver shall be paid from the fees collected pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19270 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 3.1 - Household Movers Act|ARTICLE 6 - Proceedings|Section 19270.

19270.  Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall specify a time, not exceeding 20 days after the service of the copy of the petition, within which the household mover complained of shall answer the petition, and in the meantime the household mover may be restrained. In case of default in answer, or after answer, the court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances of the case. Those corporations or persons that the court deems necessary or proper to be joined as parties, in order to make its judgment, order, or writ effective, may be joined as parties. The final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding or direct that the writ of mandamus or injunction issue or be made permanent as prayed for in the petition, or in such modified or other form as will afford appropriate relief.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 8. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)