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CA Corp Code § 13405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS|Section 13405.

13405.  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 13404, a professional corporation may lawfully render professional services in this state, but only through employees who are licensed persons. The corporation may employ persons not so licensed, but such persons shall not render any professional services rendered or to be rendered by that corporation in this state. A professional corporation may render professional services outside of this state, but only through employees who are licensed to render the same professional services in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the person practices. Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the rendition of occasional professional services in another jurisdiction as an incident to the licensee’s primary practice, so long as it is permitted by the governing agency that regulates the particular profession in the jurisdiction. Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the rendition of occasional professional services in this state as an incident to a professional employee’s primary practice for a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state, so long as it is permitted by the governing agency that regulates the particular profession in this state.(b) Subject to Section 13404.5, a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state may lawfully render professional services in this state, but only through employees who are licensed persons, and shall render professional services outside of this state only through persons who are licensed to render the same professional services in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the person practices. The foreign professional corporation may employ persons in this state who are not licensed in this state, but those persons shall not render any professional services rendered or to be rendered by the corporation in this state.(c) Nothing in this section or in this part is intended to, or shall, augment, diminish or otherwise alter existing provisions of law, statutes or court rules relating to services by a California attorney in another jurisdiction, or services by an out-of-state attorney in California. These existing provisions, including, but not limited to, admission pro hac vice and the taking of depositions in a jurisdiction other than the one in which the deposing attorney is admitted to practice, shall remain in full force and effect.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 910, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Corp Code § 13406 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS|Section 13406.

13406.  (a) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b), shares of capital stock in a professional corporation may be issued only to a licensed person or to a person who is licensed to render the same professional services in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the person practices, and any shares issued in violation of this restriction shall be void. Unless there is a public offering of securities by a professional corporation or by a foreign professional corporation in this state, its financial statements shall be treated by the Commissioner of Business Oversight as confidential, except to the extent that such statements shall be subject to subpoena in connection with any judicial or administrative proceeding, and may be admissible in evidence therein. A shareholder of a professional corporation or of a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state shall not enter into a voting trust, proxy, or any other arrangement vesting another person (other than another person who is a shareholder of the same corporation) with the authority to exercise the voting power of any or all of the shareholder’s shares, and any purported voting trust, proxy, or other arrangement shall be void.(b) A professional law corporation may be incorporated as a nonprofit public benefit corporation under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law under either of the following circumstances:(1) The corporation is a qualified legal services project or a qualified support center within the meaning of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6213 of the Business and Professions Code.(2) The professional law corporation otherwise meets all of the requirements and complies with all of the provisions of the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, as well as all of the following requirements:(A) All of the members of the corporation, if it is a membership organization as described in the Nonprofit Corporation Law, are persons licensed to practice law in California.(B) All of the members of the professional law corporation’s board of directors are persons licensed to practice law in California.(C) Seventy percent of the clients to whom the corporation provides legal services are lower income persons as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and to other persons who would not otherwise have access to legal services.(D) The corporation shall not enter into contingency fee contracts with clients.(c) A professional law corporation incorporated as a nonprofit public benefit corporation that is a recipient in good standing as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 6213 of the Business and Professions Code shall be deemed to have satisfied all of the filing requirements of a professional law corporation under Sections 6161.1, 6162, and 6163 of the Business and Professions Code.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 143, Sec. 35. (SB 251) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Corp Code § 13407 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS|Section 13407.

13407.  Shares in a professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state may be transferred only to a licensed person, to a shareholder of the same corporation, to a person licensed to practice the same profession in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the person practices, or to a professional corporation, and any transfer in violation of this restriction shall be void, except as provided herein.A professional corporation may purchase its own shares without regard to any restrictions provided by law upon the repurchase of shares, if at least one share remains issued and outstanding.If a professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state shall fail to acquire all of the shares of a shareholder who is disqualified from rendering professional services in this state or of a deceased shareholder who was, on his or her date of death, licensed to render professional services in this state, or if such a disqualified shareholder or the representative of such a deceased shareholder shall fail to transfer said shares to the corporation, to another shareholder of the corporation, to a person licensed to practice the same profession in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the person practices, or to a licensed person, within 90 days following the date of disqualification, or within six months following the date of death of the shareholder, as the case may be, then the certificate of registration of the corporation may be suspended or revoked by the governmental agency regulating the profession in which the corporation is engaged. In the event of such a suspension or revocation, the corporation shall cease to render professional services in this state.Notwithstanding any provision in this part, upon the death or incapacity of a dentist, any individual named in subdivision (a) of Section 1625.3 of the Business and Professions Code may employ licensed dentists and dental assistants and charge for their professional services for a period not to exceed 12 months from the date of death or incapacity of the dentist. The employment of licensed dentists and dental assistants shall not be deemed the practice of dentistry within the meaning of Section 1625 of the Business and Professions Code, provided that all of the requirements of Section 1625.4 of the Business and Professions Code are met. If an individual listed in Section 1625.3 of the Business and Professions Code is employing licensed persons and dental assistants, then the shares of a deceased or incapacitated dentist shall be transferred as provided in this section no later than 12 months from the date of death or incapacity of the dentist.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 433, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Corp Code § 13408 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS|Section 13408.

13408.  The following shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration of a professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state: (a) if all shareholders who are licensed persons of such corporation shall at any one time become disqualified persons, or (b) if the sole shareholder shall become a disqualified person, or (c) if such corporation shall knowingly employ or retain in its employment a disqualified person, or (d) if such corporation shall violate any applicable rule or regulation adopted by the governmental agency regulating the profession in which such corporation is engaged, or (e) if such corporation shall violate any statute applicable to a professional corporation or to a foreign professional corporation, or (f) any ground for such suspension or revocation specified in the Business and Professions Code relating to the profession in which such corporation is engaged. In the event of such suspension or revocation of its certificate of registration such corporation shall cease forthwith to render professional services in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 910, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Corp Code § 13408.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS|Section 13408.5.

13408.5.  A professional corporation shall not be formed so as to cause any violation of law, or any applicable rules and regulations, relating to fee splitting, kickbacks, or other similar practices by physicians and surgeons or psychologists, including, but not limited to, Section 650 or subdivision (e) of Section 2960 of the Business and Professions Code. A violation of any such provisions shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration of the professional corporation. The Commissioner of Business Oversight or the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care may refer any suspected violation of those provisions to the governmental agency regulating the profession in which the corporation is, or proposes to be engaged.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 143, Sec. 36. (SB 251) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Corp Code § 13409 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS|Section 13409.

13409.  (a) Subject to Section 201, a professional corporation may adopt any name permitted by a law expressly applicable to the profession in which the corporation is engaged or by a rule or regulation of the governmental agency regulating that profession. The Secretary of State may require proof by affidavit or otherwise establishing that the name of the professional corporation complies with the requirements of this section and of the law governing the profession in which that professional corporation is engaged. The statements of fact in those affidavits may be accepted by the Secretary of State as sufficient proof of the facts.(b) Subject to Section 201, a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state may transact intrastate business in this state by any name permitted by a law expressly applicable to the profession in which the corporation is engaged, or by a rule or regulation of the governmental agency regulating the rendering of professional services in this state by the corporation. The Secretary of State may require proof by affidavit or otherwise establishing that the name of the foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state complies with the requirements of this section and of the law governing the profession in which the foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state proposes to engage in this state. The statements of fact in those affidavits may be accepted by the Secretary of State as sufficient proof of the facts.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 361, Sec. 12. (SB 522) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Corp Code § 13410 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS|Section 13410.

13410.  (a) A professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state shall be subject to the applicable rules and regulations adopted by, and all the disciplinary provisions of the Business and Professions Code expressly governing the practice of the profession in this state, and to the powers of, the governmental agency regulating the profession in which such corporation is engaged. Nothing in this part shall affect or impair the disciplinary powers of any such governmental agency over licensed persons or any law, rule or regulation pertaining to the standards for professional conduct of licensed persons or to the professional relationship between any licensed person furnishing professional services and the person receiving such services.(b) With respect to any foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state, each such governmental agency shall adopt rules, regulations, and orders as appropriate to restrict or prohibit any disqualified person from doing any of the following:(1) Being a shareholder, director, officer, or employee of the corporation.(2) Rendering services in any profession in which he or she is a disqualified person.(3) Participating in the management of the corporation.(4) Sharing in the income of the corporation.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 910, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Corp Code § 14200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 6 - EMPLOYEE-OWNED BUSINESSES|Section 14200.

14200.  The Legislature finds and declares that the formation of employee-owned businesses and the participation of employees in the management of businesses in this state will promote the stabilization of local economies, anchor business activity, and increase productivity. The Legislature further finds that the encouragement of employee-owned businesses will increase and broaden community investments in this state and encourage new capital formation through employee ownership.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 429, Sec. 1.)
CA Corp Code § 14400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 9 - CABLE TELEVISION CORPORATIONS|Section 14400.

14400.  Any person who willfully and maliciously does any injury to any property of a cable television corporation is liable to the corporation for three times the amount of actual damages sustained thereby, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 598, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Corp Code § 14500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 11 - SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS|Section 14500.

14500.  This title extends to all corporations heretofore formed and existing for the prevention of cruelty to animals, but does not extend or apply to any association, society, or corporation that uses or specifies a name or style of the same, or substantially the same, as that of any previously existing society or corporation in this state organized for a like purpose.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 652, Sec. 8. (SB 1417) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Corp Code § 14501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 11 - SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS|Section 14501.

14501.  Every society incorporated and organized for the prevention of cruelty to animals may enter into a contract with any city, city and county, or county, where the society is located, to enforce the provisions of laws of this state for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or arresting or prosecuting offenders thereunder, or preventing cruelty to animals. A humane society may perform those actions in the absence of a contract with a city, city and county, or county.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 45. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Corp Code § 14503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 11 - SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS|Section 14503.

14503.  The governing body of a local agency, by ordinance, may authorize employees of public animal shelters, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and humane societies, who have qualified as humane officers pursuant to Section 14502, and which societies or animal shelters have contracted with such local agency to provide animal care or protection services, to issue notices to appear in court pursuant to Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code for violations of state or local animal control laws. Those employees shall not be authorized to take any person into custody even if the person to whom the notice is delivered does not give a written promise to appear in court. The authority of these employees is to be limited to the jurisdiction of the local agency authorizing the employees.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 7, Sec. 4. (AB 1553) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Corp Code § 14504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 11 - SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS|Section 14504.

14504.  All humane societies and societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and all humane officers, shall be in full compliance with Section 14502 on or before January 1, 2012. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a level 1 or level 2 humane officer confirmed prior to January 1, 2012, shall not be required to seek a new court order confirming his or her appointment. However, a level 2 humane officer shall provide proof of compliance with subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 14502 by filing a certificate of compliance with the Department of Justice on or before January 1, 2012, or that humane officer’s appointment shall be immediately revoked.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 47. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Corp Code § 14505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 11 - SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS|Section 14505.

14505.  Any law enforcement agency that is requested to provide summary criminal history information pursuant to Section 13300 of the Penal Code may charge the humane society or society for the prevention of cruelty to animals a fee not to exceed the reasonable costs of preparing reports and costs to maintain certificates of compliance as required by Section 14502.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 652, Sec. 12. (SB 1417) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Corp Code § 14550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 12 - NONPROFIT COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS|Section 14550.

14550.  In order to promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through cooperation; to eliminate speculation and waste; to make the distribution of agricultural products between producer and consumer as direct as can be efficiently done; and to stabilize the marketing of agricultural products, this act is passed.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 598, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Corp Code § 14551 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 3 - CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES|PART 12 - NONPROFIT COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS|Section 14551.

14551.  It is here recognized that agriculture is characterized by individual production in contrast to the group or factory system that characterizes other forms of industrial production; and that the ordinary form of corporate organization permits industrial groups to combine for the purpose of group production and the ensuing group marketing; and that the public has an interest in permitting farmers to bring their industry to the high degree of efficiency and merchandising skill evidenced in the manufacturing industries; and that the public interest urgently needs to prevent the migration from the farm to the city in order to keep up farm production and to preserve the agricultural supply of the nation; and that the public interest demands that the farmer be encouraged to attain a superior and more direct system of marketing in the substitution of merchandising for the blind, unscientific, and speculative selling of crops.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 598, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Corp Code § 15900 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 4.5 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 15900.

15900.  This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 495, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2007. Section operative January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 15912.04.)
CA Corp Code § 15901.04 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 4.5 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 15901.04.

15901.04.  (a) A limited partnership is an entity distinct from its partners.(b) A limited partnership may be organized under this chapter for any lawful purpose. A limited partnership may engage in any lawful business activity, whether or not for profit, except the banking business, the business of issuing policies of insurance and assuming insurance risks, or the trust company business.(c) A limited partnership has a perpetual duration.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 495, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2007. Section operative January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 15912.04.)
CA Corp Code § 15901.05 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 2 - PARTNERSHIPS|CHAPTER 4.5 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2008|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 15901.05.

15901.05.  A limited partnership has the powers to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its activities, including the power to sue, be sued, and defend in its own name and to maintain an action against a partner for harm caused to the limited partnership by a breach of the partnership agreement or violation of a duty to the partnership.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 495, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2007. Section operative January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 15912.04.)