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CA Bus & Prof Code § 17550.52 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.7 - Travel Consumer Restitution Plan|Section 17550.52.

17550.52.  The Attorney General or his or her delegate may determine that the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation has failed or ceased to operate upon a finding that any one of the following has occurred with respect to the corporation:(a) Was not created.(b) Has been dissolved.(c) Has ceased to operate.(d) Is insolvent or been the subject of an order for relief in bankruptcy.(e) Has failed to pay its operating costs.(f) Has failed to pay any claim or judgment in a timely manner.(g) Has violated its articles of incorporation or any law of this state.(h) Has invested its funds in violation of this article.(i) Has not levied assessments as required by this article.(j) Has not diligently decided upon a claim made by a person aggrieved.(k) Has violated any section of this article.(l) Has neglected or refused to submit its books, papers, and affairs to the inspection of the office of the Attorney General.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 500, Sec. 5. (AB 1059) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17550.53 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.7 - Travel Consumer Restitution Plan|Section 17550.53.

17550.53.  (a) The Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation shall have independent authority to investigate claims filed by persons aggrieved pursuant to Section 17550.47.(b) The corporation, upon the request of the office of the Attorney General, may participate in an examination or investigation of the books and records of a participant for the purpose of evaluating a claim related to that seller of travel. There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the State of California or any of its employees, agents, or representatives for the release of any information furnished to the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation pursuant to this subdivision or in connection with the investigation or review of any claim.(c) With the consent of a majority of its directors, the corporation, in order to fulfill its obligations under this article, may appoint an independent certified public accountant or public accountant or hire or appoint a specialized committee or employees to conduct an examination or investigation authorized by this section. Any reports as a result thereof shall be furnished to the office of the Attorney General.(d) To assist the corporation in evaluating a claim related to a participant, the participant shall provide or make available for inspection by the corporation those books, accounts, bank account records, and files which are necessary for the corporation to evaluate the claim.(e) The corporation, any participant, an agent of the corporation or any person other than a law enforcement agency who uses information obtained under this section for any purpose not authorized in this article or Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 17550) is guilty of a misdemeanor.(f) Costs and expenses for any examination under this section shall be paid for by the participant if a claim directly related to that seller of travel has been approved and payment has been made to a person aggrieved. The corporation may maintain an action for recovery of these examination costs and expenses in any court of competent jurisdiction, and shall recover its reasonable costs and attorney’s fees as an item of costs, as provided for in paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) and paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 1033.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 924, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17550.54 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.7 - Travel Consumer Restitution Plan|Section 17550.54.

17550.54.  (a) The Secretary of State shall not file articles for the incorporation of the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation or an amendment to the articles unless the office of the Attorney General has issued written approval of the articles or amendment.(b) The Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation shall not adopt any bylaws or amendments thereto without the written consent of the office of the Attorney General. If the office of the Attorney General does not approve or disapprove any bylaws or amendments within 60 days of receipt, such bylaws or amendments shall be deemed to be approved.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1123, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17550.55 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.7 - Travel Consumer Restitution Plan|Section 17550.55.

17550.55.  No provision of the Insurance Code shall apply to the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1123, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17550.56 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.7 - Travel Consumer Restitution Plan|Section 17550.56.

17550.56.  The operation of the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation shall at all times be subject to the examination and review of the office of the Attorney General and its duly designated representatives. The office of the Attorney General and its duly designated representatives may at any time investigate the affairs and examine the books, accounts, record, and files used by the corporation. The office of the Attorney General and its duly designated representatives shall have free access to the offices, books, accounts, papers, records, files, safes, and vaults of the corporation.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1123, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17550.57 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.7 - Travel Consumer Restitution Plan|Section 17550.57.

17550.57.  If the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation is dissolved or ceases to exist, or if the Attorney General or his or her delegate makes a determination pursuant to Section 17550.52 that the corporation has failed or ceased to operate, all outstanding debts, obligations of the corporation, and amounts due for services rendered shall first be paid from the remaining assets, including the restitution fund. The assets remaining after settling all those liabilities shall be distributed to the participants, less the costs of that distribution. The distribution to participants shall be pro rata based upon the ratio of the number of locations in the state from which the participant does business to the total number of locations for all registered participants at the time the corporation is dissolved or ceases to exist.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 924, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17550.58 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.7 - Travel Consumer Restitution Plan|Section 17550.58.

17550.58.  All costs and expenses incurred by the Department of Justice in the administration of this article, including those incurred pursuant to Section 17550.38, shall be paid to the department by the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation. The department may institute an action for the recovery of costs and expenses incurred in the administration of this article in any court of competent jurisdiction.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 924, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.8 - Educational Travel Organizations|Section 17552.

17552.  (a) “Educational travel organization” or “organization” means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity who offers educational travel programs for students residing, in the State of California.(b) “Student traveler” or “student” means a person who is enrolled in elementary or secondary school, grade kindergarten through grade 12, at the time an educational travel program is arranged with an educational travel organization.(c) “Educational travel program,” means travel services, as defined in Section 17550.9, that are arranged through or offered to an elementary or secondary school in this state, and where the services are represented to include an educational program as a component.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 772, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17553 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.8 - Educational Travel Organizations|Section 17553.

17553.  Nothing in this article shall be construed as exempting an educational travel organization from compliance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 17540), Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 17550), or Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 17550.35) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 7.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 772, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17554 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.8 - Educational Travel Organizations|Section 17554.

17554.  An educational travel organization may not arrange an educational travel program before the organization involved has first entered into a written contract with the educational institution. The written contract shall include all of the following:(a) The educational travel organization’s name, trade or business name, business address, and business telephone number, including a 24-hour emergency telephone number or 24-hour emergency contact by pager, voice mail, or other method of 24-hour telecommunications.(b) An itemized statement of the services to be provided as a part of the program and the agreed cost for the services. The statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(1) A statement as to whether or not the educational travel organization maintains insurance that supplies coverage in the event of injury to any student traveler. The statement shall include the type and amount of coverage, the policy number and issuer, and the name, address, and telephone number of the person or organization who is able to verify the coverage.(2) Any additional costs to students.(3) The qualifications, if any, for experience and training that are required to be met by the educational travel organization’s staff who shall accompany students on the educational travel program.(c) A written description of the educational program being contracted for, including a copy of all materials to be provided to students.(d) The number of times the educational travel program or a substantially similar educational travel program that is the subject of the contract has been conducted by the educational travel organization and the number of students who completed that program.(e) The length of time the educational travel organization has either been arranging or conducting educational travel programs, and, at the option of the educational travel organization, other travel services with substantially similar components.(f) The name of each owner and principal of the educational travel organization.(g) A statement as to whether any owner or principal of the educational travel organization has had entered against him or her any judgment, including a stipulated judgment, order, made a plea of nolo contendere, or been convicted of any criminal violation, in connection with the sale of any travel services for a period of 10 years predating the contract.For purposes of this section, “owner” means a person or organization who owns or controls 10 percent or more of the equity of, or otherwise has claim to 10 percent or more of the net income of, the educational travel organization; and “principal” means an owner, an officer of a corporation, a general partner of a partnership, or a sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 772, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.8 - Educational Travel Organizations|Section 17555.

17555.  In addition to other requirements and prohibitions of this article, it is a violation of this article for an educational travel organization to place or use any misleading or untruthful advertising or statements or make a substantial misrepresentation in conducting an educational travel program.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 772, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.8 - Educational Travel Organizations|Section 17556.

17556.  (a) Where any school or student, or that student’s parent or guardian, is injured by a violation of this article, the school, the student, or his or her parent or guardian, may bring an action for recovery of damages or for injunctive relief, or both. Proceedings for injunctive relief shall be governed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that no undertaking shall be required.(b) Judgment shall be entered for actual damages. An award, if the trial court deems it proper, may be entered for punitive damages. The plaintiff shall also be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.(c) The remedies or penalties provided by this article are not exclusive to each other nor to any other remedies or penalties provided under any other law, and shall not be construed as a limitation on any other applicable remedy or penalty.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 772, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17556.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 2.8 - Educational Travel Organizations|Section 17556.5.

17556.5.  Except as otherwise provided, a person who violates a provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, which offense is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. In addition, upon a conviction of a violation of this article, the court may issue an injunction and prohibit the convicted person from acting as an educational travel organization in this state, in which case the court shall inform the Attorney General of that action.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 772, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17560.

17560.  “Outdoor sign” or “outside sign” as used in this article means any sign visible to passers-by whether the same shall be located within or without buildings.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 975.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17561.

17561.  “Room rates” as used in this article means the rates at which rooms or other accommodations are rented to occupants.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 975.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17562 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17562.

17562.  “Operator” as used in this article includes a manager or any person in charge of the operation of motels and like establishments. “Operator” or “owner” includes natural persons, firms and corporations.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 975.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17563 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17563.

17563.  This article shall apply to operators and owners of motels, motor courts, and like establishments, and to such establishments.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 975.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17564 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17564.

17564.  It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of any establishment within the scope of this article, located within the State of California, to post or maintain posted on any outdoor or outside advertising sign pertaining to such establishment, any rates for accommodations in such establishment unless the sign shall have posted thereon the rates charged for all rooms, or other rental units or accommodations offered for rental, the number of rooms or other rental units offered for rental at each rate, and the number of persons accommodated at the rate posted. All posted rates and descriptive data required by this article shall be in type and material of the same size and prominence as the aforesaid data. This section shall not be held to be complied with by signs stating the rate per person or bearing the legend “and up.”(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1733.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17565.

17565.  It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of any establishment within the scope of this article to post or maintain posted on outdoor or outside advertising signs rates for accommodations in any such establishment unless there shall be posted prominently and conspicuously in the area where guests are normally registered, a list of all rooms or other rental units offered for rental by such establishment, and the rates charged for each room when occupied by one person or two persons, and the rate charged for each additional occupant.(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1733.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17566 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17566.

17566.  It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of any establishment within the scope of this article to post or maintain outdoor or outside advertising signs in connection with any such establishment relating to rates which shall have thereon any untrue, misleading, false, or fraudulent representations.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 975.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17567 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17567.

17567.  Nothing contained in this article shall be construed so as to require establishments within the scope of this article to have outdoor or outside signs. This article, however, shall be liberally construed so as to prevent untrue, misleading, false, or fraudulent representations relating to rates being placed upon outdoor or outside signs pertaining to such establishments.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 975.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17567.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17567.5.

17567.5.  The governing body of any city, county, or city and county may, pursuant to reasonable exercise of the police power, enact ordinances imposing regulations equal to or greater than those imposed by this article.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 741.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17568 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3 - Motel and Motor Court Rate Signs|Section 17568.

17568.  Any person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment of not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 52. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17568.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 3.5 - Hotel And Motel Advertised Rates|Section 17568.5.

17568.5.  Upon the proclamation of a state of emergency resulting from an earthquake, flood, fire, riot, storm, or other natural disaster declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency resulting from an earthquake, flood, fire, riot, storm, or other natural disaster by the executive officer of any county, city, or city and county, and for a period of 30 days following that proclamation or declaration, an owner or operator of a hotel or motel may not increase the hotel or motel’s regular rates, as advertised immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency, by more than 10 percent. This prohibition does not apply if the owner or operator can prove that the increase in price is directly attributable to additional costs imposed on it for goods or labor used in its business, to seasonal adjustments in rates that are regularly scheduled, or to previously contracted rates.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 492, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 17569 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 7 - GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|PART 3 - REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC|CHAPTER 1 - Advertising|ARTICLE 4 - American Indian-Made Articles|Section 17569.

17569.  It is unlawful to barter, trade, sell, or offer for sale or trade, any article represented as made by authentic American Indian labor or workmanship, unless the basic article was produced wholly by American Indian labor or workmanship.Any article bearing a trademark or label registered by Indian persons, groups, bands, tribes, pueblos, or communities with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in Washington, D.C., or with the American Indian Historical Society, Incorporated, in San Francisco, California, shall be presumed to be authentic.Only those articles bearing a registered trademark or label of authentic Indian labor or workmanship may be deemed an art or craft of authentic Indian labor or workmanship.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 996.)