Title BPC, California Bus. & Prof. Code

(a) In addition to the assessments required by Section 17550.43, the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation shall bill and collect from each participant an annual assessment that in the aggregate shall consist of assessments for the operations fund and the restitution fund. For …

(a) If any assessment is not paid within 60 days of the due date, then the corporation shall notify the office of the Attorney General, which shall forthwith suspend the registration of the participant who has not paid. The corporation shall provide a copy of this notification to…

(a) The Attorney General or his or her delegate shall approve any claim form which shall be provided to a person aggrieved by the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation to be submitted by a person aggrieved in order to obtain payment from the restitution fund. The claim form sha…

(a) (1) Any person aggrieved who suffers a loss of more than fifty dollars ($50) of amounts paid for air or sea transportation or travel services may file a claim with the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation by filing a claim form as required by Section 17550.46 and paying, b…

Any person aggrieved who recovers from the fund shall assign to the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation all rights of recovery, to a maximum of the amount received from the Travel Consumer Restitution Fund, against any person or organization from which the person aggrieved re…

If the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation directs that payment be made from the restitution fund in any amount in response to a claim against a participant, the corporation shall inform the office of the Attorney General and shall maintain a record of all claims paid from th…

There shall be no personal liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation or the directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation on any decision to deny a claim…

The Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation shall not be liable for any consequential damages, or for any punitive damages, in connection with the performance of its restitution function. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1123, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)

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) H…

(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 invest…

(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 Rest…

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.)

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 a…

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 cor…

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 th…

(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 elemen…

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 Di…

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 organi…

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…

(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 r…

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 …

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, …

(a) (1) A place of short-term lodging, an internet website, application, or other similar centralized platform, or any other person shall not advertise, display, or offer a room rate, as defined in Section 17561, that does not include all fees or charges required to stay at the s…

(a) A place of short-term lodging or any other person that advertises or lists a place of short-term lodging as available to rent on an internet website, application, or other similar centralized platform shall include in their short-term lodging listing on the internet website, …

(a) No person or firm may practice public accountancy under any name which is false or misleading. (b) No person or firm may practice public accountancy under any name other than the name under which the person or firm holds a valid permit to practice issued by the board. (c) Not…

(a) Except as expressly permitted by this section, a person engaged in the practice of public accountancy shall not: (1) pay a fee or commission to obtain a client or (2) accept a fee or commission for referring a client to the products or services of a third party. (b) A person …

A licensee shall issue a report which conforms to professional standards upon completion of a compilation, review or audit of financial statements. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1393, Sec. 1.3.)

A licensee shall not accept employment with a publicly traded corporation or its affiliate within 12 months of the date of issuance of a financial statement report if both of the following criteria are met: (a) The licensee has participated in an audit engagement for the corporat…

For purposes of an enforcement action taken by the board, an accounting firm providing attestation services where none of the licensee owners of the firm have authority to sign reports on attest engagements, the licensee owners shall be held to the same level of responsibility as…

If a licensee is no longer employed with an accounting firm, the accounting firm shall make all working papers available to a licensee who signed a report on an attest engagement upon request by the board for purposes of conducting an investigation. The licensee shall return the …

(a) A licensee shall report to the board in writing of the occurrence of any of the following events occurring on or after January 1, 1997, within 30 days of the date the licensee has knowledge of these events: (1) The conviction of the licensee of any of the following: (A) A fel…

Within 10 days of entry of a conviction described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 5063 or a judgment described in subdivision (c) of Section 5063 by a court of this state, the court that rendered the conviction or judgment shall report that fact to the board and pr…

(a) Any restatement of a financial statement that is included in any report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission shall be exempt from the requirement described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5063. (b) Nothing in this section shall be con…

Within 30 days of payment of all or any portion of any civil action settlement or arbitration award against a licensee of the board in which the amount or value of the settlement or arbitration award is thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or greater, any insurer or licensed surplus…

(a) No confidential information obtained by a licensee, in their professional capacity, concerning a client or a prospective client shall be disclosed by the licensee without the written permission of the client or prospective client, except the following: (1) Disclosures made by…

(a) An individual whose principal place of business is not in this state and who has a current and active license, certificate, or permit to practice public accountancy from another state may, subject to the conditions and limitations in this article, engage in the practice of pu…

(a) Any individual, not a licensee of this state, who is engaged in any act which is the practice of public accountancy in this state, and who does not qualify to practice pursuant to the practice privilege described in Section 5096 and who has a license, certificate, or other au…

(a) A certified public accounting firm that is authorized to practice in another state and that does not have an office in this state may engage in the practice of public accountancy in this state through the holder of a practice privilege provided that: (1) The practice of publi…

(a) (1) Practice privileges may be revoked for any of the following reasons: (A) If an individual no longer qualifies under, or complies with, the provisions of this article, including, but not limited to, Section 5096, or implementing regulations. (B) If an individual commits an…

(a) To ensure that Californians are protected from out-of-state licensees with disqualifying conditions, the board shall maintain an out-of-state licensee feature on its license lookup tab of the home page of its internet website that allows consumers to obtain information about …

(a) (1) If the board determines, through a majority vote of the board at a regularly scheduled meeting, that allowing individuals from a particular state to practice in this state pursuant to a practice privilege as described in Section 5096, violates the board’s duty to protect …

(a) An individual whose principal place of business is in a state subject to an action of the board pursuant to Section 5096.21 shall do all of the following: (1) Prior to practicing, submit a notification form to the board in a manner prescribed by board regulation. (2) If the b…

(a) The right of an individual to practice in this state under a practice privilege may be administratively suspended at any time by an order issued by the board or its executive officer, without prior notice or hearing, for the purpose of conducting a disciplinary investigation,…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an individual may not sign any attest report pursuant to a practice privilege unless the individual meets the experience requirements of Section 5095. (Amended (as added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 411, Sec. 23) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 447…

In addition to the authority otherwise provided for by this code, the board may delegate to the executive officer the authority to issue any notice or order provided for in this article and to act on behalf of the board, including, but not limited to, issuing an interim suspensio…

(a) Anywhere the term “license,” “licensee,” “permit,” or “certificate” is used in this chapter or Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475), it shall include persons holding practice privileges under this article, unless otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of the article…