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CA Corp Code § 29504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29504.

29504.  “Commodity” means, except as otherwise specified by the commissioner by rule or order, any agricultural, grain, or livestock product or byproduct, any metal or mineral (including a precious metal set forth in Section 29515), any gem or gemstone (whether characterized as precious, semiprecious, or otherwise), any fuel (whether liquid, gaseous, or otherwise), any foreign currency, and all other goods, articles, products, or items of any kind. However, the term “commodity” shall not include (a) a numismatic coin whose fair market value is at least 15 percent higher than the value of the metal it contains, or (b) any work of art offered or sold by art dealers, at public auction, or through a private sale by the owner of the work of art.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 262, Sec. 1.)
CA Corp Code § 29505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29505.

29505.  (a) “Commodity contract” means any account, agreement, or contract for the purchase or sale, primarily for speculation or investment purposes and not for use or consumption by the offeree or purchaser, of one or more commodities, whether for immediate or subsequent delivery or whether delivery is intended by the parties, and whether characterized as a cash contract, deferred shipment or deferred delivery contract, forward contract, futures contract, installment or margin contract, leverage contract, or otherwise. A “commodity contract” includes a commodity option as defined in Section 29510, unless otherwise specified. Any “commodity contract” offered or sold shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be presumed to be offered or sold for speculation or investment purposes. (b) A “commodity contract” shall not include any contract or agreement which requires, and under which the purchaser personally receives, or at the request of the purchaser a family member or an individual (which individual is other than the seller or any affiliate of the seller, including any officer, director, or employee of the seller or any affiliate of the seller) with whom the purchaser has a preexisting close personal or preexisting business relationship personally receives, within 28 calendar days from the full payment in good funds of the purchase price, actual physical delivery of the quantity of each commodity purchased under the contract or agreement. In the case of a seller who requires a partial payment of the total purchase price before obligating itself to actually physically deliver the quantity of each commodity purchased under the contract or agreement described in this subdivision, both the amount remaining on the total purchase price shall be paid in good funds and actual physical delivery of the quantity of each commodity purchased under the contract or agreement shall be personally received (by the purchaser or above-described individual) within 28 calendar days from the date of the partial payment in good funds. Otherwise, for the purposes of this exclusion from the definition of a “commodity contract,” a partial payment of, or an installment payment on, the purchase price is not a full payment in good funds of the purchase price.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 262, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29506.

29506.  “Commodity Exchange Act” means the federal statute so named, as amended before or after January 1, 1991.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29507.

29507.  “Commodity Futures Trading Commission” means the independent regulatory agency established by Congress to administer the Commodity Exchange Act.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29508.

29508.  “CFTC Rule” means any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in effect on January 1, 1991, and all subsequent amendments, additions, or other revisions thereto, unless the commissioner, within 10 days following the effective date of any amendment, addition, or revision, disallows the application thereof to this law or to any provision thereof by rule or order.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29509.

29509.  “Commodity merchant” means any of the following, as defined or described in the Commodity Exchange Act or by CFTC Rule:(a) Futures commission merchant. (b) Commodity pool operator. (c) Commodity trading advisor. (d) Introducing broker. (e) Leverage transaction merchant. (f) An associated person of any person specified in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive. (g) Floor broker. (h) Any other person (other than a futures association) required to register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 262, Sec. 3.)
CA Corp Code § 29510 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29510.

29510.  “Commodity option” means any account, agreement, or contract giving a party thereto the right but not the obligation to purchase or sell one or more commodities or one or more commodity contracts, or both, whether characterized as an option, privilege, indemnity, bid, offer, put, call, advance guaranty, decline guaranty, or otherwise, but shall not include an option traded on a national securities exchange registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29511 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29511.

29511.  “Financial institution” means (a) a national bank or a bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state, (b) a federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank, or (c) a federally insured bank chartered by a state of the United States when the commodity depository activities of the bank are supervised by the bank regulator of that state.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29512 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29512.

29512.  “Good funds” means the verified receipt of immediately available funds according to the applicable requirements of federal Regulation CC.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29513 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29513.

29513.  “Offer” includes every offer to sell, offer to purchase, or offer to enter into a commodity contract or commodity option.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29514 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29514.

29514.  “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, a government, or a political subdivision of a government.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 94. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Corp Code § 29515 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29515.

29515.  “Precious metal” means the following in either coin, bullion, or other form:(a) Silver.(b) Gold.(c) Platinum.(d) Palladium.(e) Copper.(f) Other items that the commissioner may specify by rule or order.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29515.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29515.5.

29515.5.  “Purchase price” means all funds paid by or on behalf of a purchaser to a seller of a commodity contract or a commodity option (or to another person at the request or direction of a seller), including, but not limited to, the sale price of a commodity, an administrative charge or fee, assessment, deposit, dues, handling charge or fee, holding charge or fee, membership charge or fee, reservation charge or fee, or any charge, fee, or other payment made or paid in connection with the sale of a commodity contract or a commodity option.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 262, Sec. 4.)
CA Corp Code § 29516 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Definitions|Section 29516.

29516.  “Sale” or “sell” includes every sale, contract of sale, contract to sell, or disposition, for value.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29520 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Unlawful Commodity Transactions|Section 29520.

29520.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 29530, 29531, or 29532, no person shall sell or purchase or offer to sell or purchase any commodity under any commodity contract or under any commodity option, or offer to enter into, or enter into, as seller or purchaser any commodity contract or any commodity option.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29530 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 3 - Exemptions|Section 29530.

29530.  (a) The prohibitions in Section 29520 shall not apply to any transaction offered by and in which any of the following persons (or any employee, officer, or director thereof acting solely in that capacity) is the purchaser or seller:(1) A person registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a futures commission merchant or as a leverage transaction merchant whose activities require registration.(2) A person affiliated with, and whose obligations and liabilities under the transaction are guaranteed by, a person referred to in subdivision (a).(3) A person who is a member of a contract market designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or any clearinghouse thereof) when the transaction at issue requires membership in and is subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of that contract market.(4) A financial institution.(5) A broker-dealer licensed under Section 25211, or exempt from licensure under Section 25200, when engaging in activities subject to the exclusive regulatory jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.(6) A person licensed pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 1800) of Division 1 of the Financial Code to receive money for transmittal to foreign countries if (A) the license has not expired or been surrendered, suspended, or revoked, (B) the licensed person has a tangible net worth of at least 3 million dollars ($3,000,000) according to its audited financial statements prepared by an independent certified public accountant for each of the immediately preceding three fiscal years, and (C) pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 29531, the licensed person issues and a purchaser receives a certificate, document of title, confirmation, or other instrument evidencing that the purchased quantity of precious metals or foreign currencies has been delivered to a depository which is a financial institution located in a state of the United States.(b) The exemption provided by subdivision (a) shall not apply to any transaction or activity which is prohibited by the Commodity Exchange Act or CFTC Rule.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 705, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Corp Code § 29532 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 3 - Exemptions|Section 29532.

29532.  The commissioner may by rule or order prescribe the terms and conditions of all transactions and contracts covered by this law and exempt any person or transaction from this law conditionally or unconditionally.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29535 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 4 - Unlawful Activities and Fraudulent Conduct|Section 29535.

29535.  (a) No person shall engage in a trade or business or otherwise act as a commodity merchant unless the person (1) is registered or temporarily licensed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for each activity constituting that person as a commodity merchant and the registration or temporary license shall not have expired, been suspended, or revoked; or (2) is exempt from the registration by virtue of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 1 et seq.) or of a CFTC rule.(b) No board of trade shall trade, or provide a place for the trading of, any commodity contract required to be traded on or subject to the rules of a contract market designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, unless the board of trade has been so designated for the commodity contract and that designation shall not have been vacated, suspended, or revoked.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29536 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 4 - Unlawful Activities and Fraudulent Conduct|Section 29536.

29536.  It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of, the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the offer to enter into, or the entry into, a commodity, commodity contract, or commodity option to do any of the following:(a) To willfully employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud.(b) To willfully make any false report, enter any false record, make any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.(c) To willfully engage in any transaction, act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any persons.(d) To willfully misappropriate or convert the funds, security, or property of any other person.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29537 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 4 - Unlawful Activities and Fraudulent Conduct|Section 29537.

29537.  (a) Sections 29520, 29535, and 29536 apply to persons who sell or offer to sell when either of the following occur:(1) An offer to sell is made in this state.(2) An offer to buy is made and accepted in this state.(b) Sections 29520, 29535, and 29536 apply to persons who buy or offer to buy when either of the following occur:(1) An offer to buy is made in this state.(2) An offer to sell is made and accepted in this state.(c) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell or to buy is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offer:(1) Originates from this state.(2) Is directed by the offeror to this state and received at the place to which it is directed (or at any post office in this state in the case of a mailed offer).(d) For the purpose of this section, an offer to buy or to sell is accepted in this state when acceptance:(1) Is communicated to the offeror in this state.(2) Has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in writing, outside this state. Acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offeree directs it to the offeror in this state, reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state and it is received at the place to which it is directed (or at any post office in this state in the case of a mailed acceptance).(e) An offer to sell or to buy is not made in this state when either of the following occur:(1) The publisher circulates or there is circulated on his or her behalf in this state any bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular, and paid circulation which is not published in this state, or which is published in this state but has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the past 12 months.(2) A radio or television program originating outside this state is received in this state.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29538 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 4 - Unlawful Activities and Fraudulent Conduct|Section 29538.

29538.  (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly alter, destroy, mutilate, conceal, cover up, falsify, or make a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the administration or enforcement of this division.(b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make an untrue statement to the commissioner during the course of licensing, investigation, or examination, with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the administration or enforcement of any provision of this division.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 101, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Corp Code § 29540 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 5 - Powers of the Commissioner|Section 29540.

29540.  (a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this law or any rule or order under this law, the commissioner may in his or her discretion bring an action in the name of the people of the State of California in the superior court to enjoin the acts or practices or to enforce compliance with this law or any rule or order under this law. Upon a proper showing, a permanent or preliminary injunction, restraining order, or writ of mandate shall be granted and a monitor, receiver, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court may be appointed for the defendant or the defendant’s assets, or other ancillary relief may be granted as appropriate.A receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court appointed by the superior court pursuant to this section may, with the approval of the court, exercise all of the powers of the defendant’s officers, directors, partners, trustees, or persons who exercise similar powers and perform similar duties, including the filing of a petition for bankruptcy. No action at law or in equity may be maintained by any party against the commissioner, or a receiver, monitor, conservator, or other designated fiduciary or officer of the court by reason of their exercising these powers or performing these duties pursuant to the order of, or with the approval of, the superior court.(b) If the commissioner determines it is in the public interest, the commissioner may include in any action authorized by subdivision (a) a claim for ancillary relief, including, but not limited to, a claim for restitution, disgorgement, or damages on behalf of the person injured by the act or practice constituting the subject matter of the action, and the court shall have jurisdiction to award additional relief.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29541 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 5 - Powers of the Commissioner|Section 29541.

29541.  (a) The commissioner in his or her discretion (1) may make public or private investigations within or outside of this state that the commissioner deems necessary to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate any provision of this law or any rule or order hereunder, or to aid the enforcement of this law or in the prescribing of rules and forms under this law, and (2) may publish information concerning any violation of this law or a rule or order hereunder.(b) For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this law, the commissioner or any officer designated by the commissioner may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements, or other documents or records which the commissioner deems relevant or material to the inquiry.(c) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the superior court, upon application by the commissioner, may issue to the person an order requiring him or her to appear before the commissioner or the officer designated by the commissioner, to produce documentary evidence, if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt.(d) No person is excused from attending and testifying or from producing any document or record before the commissioner, or in obedience to the subpoena of the commissioner or any officer designated by the commissioner or in any proceeding instituted by the commissioner, on the ground that the testimony or evidence (documentary or otherwise) required of him or her may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture. However, no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he or she is compelled, after validly claiming his or her privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence (documentary or otherwise), except that the individual testifying is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury or contempt committed in testifying.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 29542 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 4 - SECURITIES|DIVISION 4.5 - COMMODITIES|CHAPTER 5 - Powers of the Commissioner|Section 29542.

29542.  (a) If, in the opinion of the commissioner, any person is engaging in any activity in violation of any provision of this law, or rule or order under this law, the commissioner may order the person to desist and refrain from the activity unless and until the activity will not be in violation of any provision of this law or any rule or order under this law.(b) If after an order has been made under subdivision (a), a request for hearing is filed in writing within 30 days of the date of service of the order by the person to whom the order was directed, a hearing shall be held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and the commissioner shall have all of the powers granted under the Administrative Procedure Act. Unless the hearing is commenced within 15 business days after the request is filed (or the person affected consents to a later date), the order is rescinded.If that person fails to file a written request for a hearing within 30 days from the date of service of the order, the order shall be deemed a final order of the commissioner and shall not be subject to review by any court or agency, notwithstanding Section 29563.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 190, Sec. 25. (AB 1517) Effective January 1, 2016.)