Title BPC, California Bus. & Prof. Code

The department shall annually report to the Governor, and shall prior to each regular session report to the Legislature the work under this division, and shall make such recommendations as may be proper and necessary. (Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 43.)

The department shall keep a complete record of all of its acts, a record of prosecutions, and the reports of the various sealers. These records and reports shall be open to the public. (Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 43.)

The duty of enforcing this division and carrying out its provisions and requirements is vested in the secretary and in each sealer acting under the supervision and direction of the secretary. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 47. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)

(a) The department shall issue instructions and make recommendations to the county sealers, and the instructions and recommendations shall govern the procedure to be followed by these officers in the discharge of their duties. (b) Instructions and recommendations that are made to…

The secretary may allocate annually to each county an amount determined by the secretary not to exceed one-third of the amount expended by the county pursuant to this division during the previous fiscal year for weights and measures programs. The allocation shall be made from fun…

The department shall, at a frequency determined by the secretary, inspect the work of the local sealers and may inspect the weights, measures, balances, or any other weighing or measuring devices of any person. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 24. (SB 1576) Effective Januar…

The department shall, at least once annually and as often as requested by the Department of General Services or the executive officer of a state institution, test the scales, weights and measures used in checking the receipt and disbursement of supplies in any state institution, …

The secretary may accept the testing and sealing of weighing and measuring devices by another state upon a finding that the requirements of California for testing and sealing such devices have been met. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 25. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 201…

The secretary shall establish tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring. In doing so, the secretary shall adopt, by reference, the latest standards as recommended by the National Council on Weights and Measures and publis…

The secretary, by regulation, may establish a standard or standards of net weight or net measure, or net count of any commodity, except any manufactured commodity consisting of four or more staple ingredients. These standards, whenever applicable, shall be based upon published, o…

The secretary may arrange for the services of a sealer employed in a county on a collaborative basis and allow reasonable compensation and expenses for the purpose of performing services not already within his or her duties and that are subject to administration or enforcement by…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Model State Trademark Law. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 711, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Trademark” means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods of that person, including a unique product, from those ma…

The provisions of this chapter are cumulative of each other and of any other provision of law relating to the same subject in effect May 22, 1907. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.)

Section 24 of this code shall not determine the separability of the provisions of this chapter, one from another. Such separability shall be determined by whether the provisions of Chapter 530 of the Statutes of 1907 and the provisions of Chapter 362 of the Statutes of 1909 are s…

As used in this chapter “person” or “persons” includes corporations, firms, partnerships and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of this State or any other State, or any foreign country. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.)

Within the meaning of this chapter, labor, whether skilled or unskilled, is not a commodity. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Boxing Act or the State Athletic Commission Act. Whenever a reference is made to the Boxing Act or the State Athletic Commission Act by the provisions of any statute, it is to be construed as referring to the provisions of this …

The Legislature may amend, revise, or supplement any part of this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

(a) Except as provided in this section, there is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the State Athletic Commission, which consists of seven members. Five members shall be appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one member s…

Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the State Athletic Commission in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the pu…

(a) The commission shall adopt and submit a strategic plan to the Governor and the Legislature on or before September 30, 2008. The commission shall also submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the status of the adoption of the strategic plan during the commission’…

The appointing authority may remove any member of the commission for causes specified in Section 106. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

A majority of the appointed members of the commission constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The affirmative vote of a majority of those commissioners present at a meeting of the commission constituting at least a quorum is necessary to render a decision or pass a m…

The members of the commission shall elect one of their number as the chair and another member as the vice-chair. The chair and vice-chair shall be elected at the first meeting of each calendar year or when a vacancy exists. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

Each member of the commission shall receive a per diem and necessary travel expenses as provided in Section 103. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

The commission is subject to all of the provisions of Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) and for the purposes of that division shall be deemed to be a board, except for the purposes of Section 102 the commission shall not be deemed to be a board created by an initiative act…

The commission shall adopt a seal. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2.)

The commission shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, rules and regulations as may be necessary to enable it to carry out the laws relating to boxing and the martial arts. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 757, Sec. 1.)

(a) (1) The commission shall appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the commission and vested in the executive officer by this chapter. The appointment of the…

No inspector shall be assigned to regulate an event under the authority or jurisdiction of the commission, who, within the preceding six months, has not participated in an inspectors’ clinic or received formal training, at which the laws and rules of the commission and related pr…

The commission shall furnish to the Governor and the Legislature a report, on or before July 30, 2012, on the following: (a) The condition of the State Athletic Commission Neurological Examination Account. This report shall include the amount of the assessment collected from each…

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.)

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.)

“Advertising display” refers to advertising structures and to signs. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)

“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 purpo…

“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. (Rep…

“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 o…

“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.)

“Collier-Z'berg Act” refers to Chapter 128, Statutes of 1964 (First Extraordinary Session). (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)

“Department” means the Department of Transportation. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 649, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“Director” refers to the Director of Transportation of the State of California. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)

“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.)

“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.)

“Freeway,” for the purposes of this chapter only, means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full control of access and with grade separations at intersections. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)

“Highway” includes roads, streets, boulevards, lanes, courts, places, commons, trails, ways or other rights-of-way or easements used for or laid out and intended for the public passage of vehicles or of vehicles and persons. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 991.)