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CA Bus & Prof Code § 5116.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Administrative Penalties|Section 5116.2.

5116.2.  In accordance with Section 5116 and applicable regulations, any licensee who violates subdivision (a), (c), (i), (j) or (k) of Section 5100 may be assessed an administrative penalty of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the first violation and not more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) for any subsequent violation, except that a licensee who is a natural person may be assessed an administrative penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the first violation and not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for any subsequent violation.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 921, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5116.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Administrative Penalties|Section 5116.3.

5116.3.  In accordance with Section 5116 and applicable regulations, any person who is found to have cheated or subverted or attempted to subvert or cheat on any licensing examination or who conspired with or aided or abetted any other person to cheat, subvert or attempt to subvert any examination may be assessed an administrative penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the first violation and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each subsequent violation.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 921, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5116.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Administrative Penalties|Section 5116.4.

5116.4.  (a) The board’s executive officer may request assessment of an administrative penalty in any disciplinary or other proceeding provided in this chapter or in any notice to an applicant pursuant to Section 5112.(b) The administrative penalty pursuant to subdivision (a) shall become final unless contested within the time period provided for the filing of a notice of appeal, for the filing of a notice of defense, or for requesting a hearing in the proceeding.(c) Nothing in this article shall prevent an administrative penalty from being included in a final contested or default decision of the board or in a notice issued pursuant to Section 5112 once the time period for requesting a hearing has expired.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 921, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5116.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Administrative Penalties|Section 5116.5.

5116.5.  The board may obtain a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction ordering the payment of any final administrative penalty assessed by the board pursuant to this article upon the filing of a certified copy of the board’s final decision or notice issued pursuant to Section 5112.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 921, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5116.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Administrative Penalties|Section 5116.6.

5116.6.  Anywhere the term “licensee” is used in the article it shall include certified public accountants, public accountants, partnerships, corporations, holders of practice privileges, other persons licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to practice public accountancy under this chapter, and persons who are in violation of any provision of Article 5.1 (commencing with Section 5096).(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 921, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5120 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 7 - Prohibitions and Offenses Against the Chapter Generally|Section 5120.

5120.  Any person who violates Article 3 (commencing with Section 5050) is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.Whenever the board has reason to believe that any person is liable to punishment under this article, the board or with its approval the enforcement advisory committee, may certify the facts to the appropriate enforcement officer of the city or county where the alleged violation had taken place and the officer may cause appropriate proceedings to be brought.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5121 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 7 - Prohibitions and Offenses Against the Chapter Generally|Section 5121.

5121.  The display or uttering by a person of a card, sign, advertisement or other printed, engraved or written instrument or device, bearing a person’s name in conjunction with the words “certified public accountant” or any abbreviation thereof or the words “public accountant” or any abbreviation thereof shall be prima facie evidence in any prosecution, proceeding or hearing brought under this article that the person whose name is so displayed caused or procured the display or uttering of such card, sign, advertisement or other printed, engraved or written instrument or device. Any such display or uttering shall be prima facie evidence that the person whose name is so displayed holds himself or herself out as a certified public accountant, or a public accountant holding a permit to practice public accountancy in this State under the provisions of this chapter. In any prosecution or hearing under this chapter, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this chapter shall be sufficient to justify a conviction without evidence of a general course of conduct.(Added by renumbering Section 5116 by Stats. 1959, Ch. 310.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5122 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 7 - Prohibitions and Offenses Against the Chapter Generally|Section 5122.

5122.  Whenever in the judgment of the board, or with its approval the enforcement advisory committee, any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute, or will constitute, an offense against this chapter, the board may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the acts or practices, and upon showing by the board that the person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any such acts or practices, an injunction, restraining order, or other order that may be appropriate shall be granted by the court.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. (SB 1491) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5130 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 8 - Revenue|Section 5130.

5130.  The board shall charge and collect a fee from each applicant for the certificate of certified public accountant. The fee shall accompany the application, which must be made on a form provided by the board.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 422, Sec. 3. (SB 1492) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5131 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 8 - Revenue|Section 5131.

5131.  (a) The board may charge and collect an application fee and an examination fee from each applicant. The applicable fees shall accompany the application which shall be made on a form provided by the board.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board may authorize an organization specified by the board pursuant to Section 5082.1 to receive directly from applicants payment of the examination fees charged by that organization as payment for examination materials and services.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 807, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5132 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 8 - Revenue|Section 5132.

5132.  (a) All moneys received by the board under this chapter from any source and for any purpose and from a temporary license issued under Section 115.6 shall be accounted for and reported monthly by the board to the Controller and at the same time the moneys shall be remitted to the State Treasury to the credit of the Accountancy Fund.(b) The secretary-treasurer of the board shall, from time to time, but not less than once each fiscal year, prepare or have prepared on their behalf, a financial report of the Accountancy Fund that contains information that the board determines is necessary for the purposes for which the board was established.(c) The report of the Accountancy Fund, which shall be published pursuant to Section 5008, shall include the revenues and the related costs from examination, initial licensing, license renewal, citation and fine authority, and cost recovery from enforcement actions and case settlements.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 693, Sec. 6. (AB 107) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5133 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 8 - Revenue|Section 5133.

5133.  All money in the Accountancy Fund is hereby appropriated to the California Board of Accountancy to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Each member of the board and each member of a committee shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 657, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5150 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5150.

5150.  An accountancy corporation is a corporation which is registered with the California Board of Accountancy and has a currently effective certificate of registration from the board pursuant to the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, as contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, and this article. Subject to all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, an accountancy corporation is entitled to practice accountancy. With respect to an accountancy corporation, the governmental agency referred to in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act is the California Board of Accountancy.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1055, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 2000.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5151 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5151.

5151.  An applicant for registration as an accountancy corporation shall supply to the board all necessary and pertinent documents and information requested by the board concerning the applicant’s plan of operation. The board may provide forms of application. If the board finds that the corporation is duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law or the foreign corporation is duly qualified for the transaction of intrastate business pursuant to the General Corporation Law, that, except as otherwise permitted under Section 5053 or 5079, each officer, director, shareholder, or employee who will render professional services is a licensed person as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or a person licensed to render the same professional services in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the person practices, and that from the application it appears that the affairs of the corporation will be conducted in compliance with law and the rules and regulations of the board, the board shall upon payment of the registration fee in the amount as it may determine, issue a certificate of registration. The applicant shall include with the application for each shareholder of the corporation licensed in a foreign country but not in this state or in any other state, territory, or possession of the United States, a certificate from the authority in the foreign country currently having final jurisdiction over the practice of accounting, which shall verify the shareholder’s admission to practice in the foreign country, the date thereof, and the fact that the shareholder is currently in good standing as the equivalent of a certified public accountant or public accountant. If the certificate is not in English, there shall be included with the certificate a duly authenticated English translation thereof. The application shall be signed and verified by an officer of the corporation. At the time of application, if the corporation has a valid email address, it shall provide that email address to the board.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 359, Sec. 16. (AB 1521) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5152 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5152.

5152.  Each accountancy corporation shall file with the board at the times the board may require a report containing information pertaining to qualification and compliance with the statutes, rules and regulations of the board as the board may determine. All reports shall be signed and verified by an officer of the corporation.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1077, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5152.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5152.1.

5152.1.  Each accountancy corporation shall renew its permit to practice biennially and shall pay the renewal fee fixed by the board in accordance with Section 5134. At the time of renewal, if the corporation has a valid email address, it shall provide that email address to the board.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 359, Sec. 17. (AB 1521) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5154 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5154.

5154.  Except as provided in Section 5079 of this code and in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of an accountancy corporation shall be a licensed person as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or a person licensed to render the same professional services in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the person practices.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1054, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5155 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5155.

5155.  The income of an accountancy corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act) shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of such shareholder or his shares in the accountancy corporation.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1113.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5156 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5156.

5156.  An accountancy corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute, rule or regulation now or hereafter in effect. In the conduct of its practice, it shall observe and be bound by such statutes, rules and regulations to the same extent as a person holding a permit under Section 5070 of this code. The board shall have the same powers of suspension, revocation and discipline against an accountancy corporation as are now or hereafter authorized by Section 5100 of this code, or by any other similar statute against individual licensees, provided, however, that proceedings against an accountancy corporation shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1113.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5157 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5157.

5157.  The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including rules and regulations requiring (a) that the articles of incorporation or bylaws of an accountancy corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of such corporation owned by a disqualified person (as defined in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act), or a deceased person, shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of such corporation within such time as such rules and regulations may provide, and (b) that an accountancy corporation as a condition of obtaining a certificate pursuant to the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act and this article shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its clients arising out of the rendering of professional services.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1113.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5158 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1 - Accountants|ARTICLE 9 - Accountancy Corporations|Section 5158.

5158.  Each office of an accountancy corporation engaged in the practice of public accountancy in this state shall be managed by a certified public accountant or public accountant.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 92.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5200.

5200.  This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on advertisers. It may be cited as the Outdoor Advertising Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5201.

5201.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5202.

5202.  “Advertising display” refers to advertising structures and to signs.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5203.

5203.  “Advertising structure” means a structure of any kind or character erected, used, or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any poster, bill, printing, painting or other advertisement of any kind whatsoever may be placed, including statuary, for advertising purposes.“Advertising structure” does not include:(a) Official notices issued by any court or public body or officer;(b) Notices posted by any public officer in performance of a public duty or by any person in giving legal notice;(c) Directional, warning or information structures required by or authorized by law or by federal, state or county authority.(d) A structure erected near a city or county boundary, which contains the name of such city or county and the names of, or any other information regarding, civic, fraternal or religious organizations located therein.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 991, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5204.

5204.  “Bonus segment” means any segment of an interstate highway which was covered by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1958 and the Collier-Z'berg Act, namely, any such segment which is constructed upon right-of-way, the entire width of which was acquired subsequent to July 1, 1956.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5205.

5205.  “Business area” means an area within 1,000 feet, measured in each direction, from the nearest edge of a commercial or industrial building or activity and which is zoned under authority of state law primarily to permit industrial or commercial activities or an unzoned commercial or industrial area.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5206 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5206.

5206.  “Centerline of the highway” means a line equidistant from the edges of the median separating the main traveled way of a divided highway, or the centerline of the main traveled way of a nondivided highway.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5208 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5208.

5208.  “Collier-Z'berg Act” refers to Chapter 128, Statutes of 1964 (First Extraordinary Session).(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5208.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5208.6.

5208.6.  “Department” means the Department of Transportation.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 649, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5209 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5209.

5209.  “Director” refers to the Director of Transportation of the State of California.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5210 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5210.

5210.  “Federal Aid Highway Act of 1958” refers to Section 131 of Title 23 of the United States Code, as in effect before October 22, 1965.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 5211 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 5211.

5211.  “Flashing” is a light or message that changes more than once every four seconds.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 787, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)