Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

(a) Every household mover shall furnish to the bureau annually, as specified by the bureau, a list, prepared under oath, of all vehicles used in transportation for compensation during the preceding year. The bureau shall furnish a copy of this list to the Department of the Califo…

A claim against a household mover for loss or damage of goods shall not be denied solely because the lost or damaged goods were not noted at the time of delivery. Whenever a household mover requires a signed statement acknowledging delivery and receipt of goods, the statement sha…

A household mover shall not transport household goods under a subhauling agreement unless each of the following occurs: (a) The subhauler is permitted by the bureau to transport household goods and complies with the requirements of this chapter. (b) The household mover and subhau…

The bureau shall adopt any rules and regulations it determines to be necessary to enforce the requirements of this article.

This article does not apply to a subhauling agreement when the subhauler is not otherwise subject to this chapter for activity related to the subhauling agreement.

The bureau shall establish rules and regulations controlling the estimates given by a household mover to a shipper of the charges the household mover would make to perform services covered by this chapter. All household movers shall observe those rules and regulations and the fai…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all proceedings under this chapter to deny, suspend, amend, revoke, or place on probation a permit shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.…

Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover or any officer, director, or agent of any household mover is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law, or by any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, or requirement adminis…

(a) Whenever the bureau determines that any household mover or any officer, director, or agent of any household mover has abandoned, or is abandoning, stored household goods or property of any shippers under contract with the household mover or movers, it may request the Attorney…

Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall specify a time, not exceeding 20 days after the service of the copy of the petition, within which the household mover complained of shall answer the petition, and in the meantime the household mover may be restrained. In case of…

The bureau may, at the request of any household mover, suspend the operating permit of the household mover for a definite time during which it is unlawful for the household mover to conduct any operations as a household mover.

Upon the suspension of a permit, the bureau shall require the removal from any vehicle operated under the permit of any identifying symbols that have been placed on the vehicle.

Upon the termination of the period of suspension, the bureau shall restore the permit and the household mover shall again place on all vehicles the identifying symbols removed pursuant to the suspension.

A permit shall remain in effect until suspended or terminated as provided in this chapter. Any permit not exercised for a period of one year, inclusive of all periods of suspension, shall lapse and terminate. A permit shall not be sold, leased, assigned, or otherwise transferred …

(a) The bureau shall only authorize a sale, lease, assignment, or other transfer of a permit to a transferee who has qualified in the manner provided by Section 19239. (b) The bureau shall prescribe the procedure relative to: (1) Assignment of permits. (2) Transfer of permits bet…

(a) The bureau may suspend the permit of any household mover after notice and an opportunity to be heard, if the household mover knowingly and willfully files a false report with the bureau. (b) The bureau may amend or revoke, in whole or in part, the permit of any household move…

(a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 3710.1 of the Labor Code, the bureau shall investigate to determine whether the household mover has filed a false statement relative to workers’ compensation insurance coverage, in…

(a) (1) Upon receipt of a written recommendation from the Department of the California Highway Patrol that the permit of a household mover be suspended for any of the following, the bureau, pending a hearing in the matter pursuant to subdivision (d), shall initiate proceedings to…

After the cancellation or revocation of a permit or during the period of its suspension, it is unlawful for a household mover to conduct any operations as a household mover. The bureau may either grant or deny an application for a new permit whenever it appears that a prior permi…

(a) Every household mover and every officer, director, agent, or employee of any household mover who violates or who fails to comply with, or who procures, aids, or abets any violation by any household mover of any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation administered …

Every household mover, and every officer, director, agent, or employee of a household mover, who displays on any vehicle any identifying symbol other than the symbol prescribed by the bureau pursuant to Section 19236 or who fails to remove an identifying symbol when required by t…

Every corporation or person other than a household mover, who knowingly and willfully, either individually, or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, copartnership, or any other person other than a household mover, violates any provision of this chapter or fai…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every household mover and every officer, director, agent, or employee of any household mover who violates or who fails to comply with, or who procures, aids, or abets, any violation by any household mover of any provision of this chap…

Whenever the bureau finds that any person or corporation is operating as a household mover without a valid permit, or is holding itself out as such a household mover without a valid permit in contravention of Section 19279.3, the bureau may issue a citation and fine of not more t…

Every corporation or person other than a household mover who knowingly and willfully, either individually, or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, copartnership, or any other person other than a household mover, violates any provision of this chapter or fail…

Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues, publishes, or affixes, or causes or permits the issuance, publishing, or affixing, of any oral or written advertisement, broadcast, or other holding out to the public, or any portion thereof, that the corporation or …

Every household mover that falsifies permit status, membership in an association, or location is subject to a citation and fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per day that the household mover is in violation of this section.

Every violation of the provisions of this chapter or of any order, decision, decree, rule, regulation, direction, demand, or requirement administered by the bureau pursuant to this chapter by any household mover, any corporation, or any person is a separate and distinct offense, …

All remedies and penalties accruing under this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies and penalties available under any other law, and a suit for the recovery of one remedy or penalty does not bar or affect the recovery of any other remedy, penalty, or forfeitur…

Fines not paid to the bureau within the specified time period for a violation of this chapter or any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand, tariff, or requirement administered by the bureau pursuant to this chapter shall be cause to deny the renewal of a permit or …

(a) The bureau shall ensure that this chapter is enforced and obeyed, and that violations thereof are promptly prosecuted and that moneys due to the state are recovered and collected. (b) For purposes of this section, “peace officer” means a person designated as a peace officer p…

All fines recovered by the bureau pursuant to this chapter, together with the costs thereof, shall be paid into the fund.

(a) Whenever a written notice to appear has been mailed to the owner of a household mover motor vehicle, an exact and legible duplicate copy of the notice, when filed with the magistrate in lieu of a verified complaint, is a complaint to which the defendant may plead guilty. (b) …

This article may be cited as the Household Movers Uniform Business Permit Fee Act.

An adequate transportation system is essential to the welfare of the state, and an important part of that system is service rendered by household movers.

On and after the effective date of this article, a city, county, or a city and county shall not assess, levy, or collect an excise or license fee or tax of any kind, character, or description whatever upon the intercity transportation business conducted on or after the effective …

(a) On and after the effective date of this article, there is imposed upon every household mover, and every person or corporation, owning or operating motor vehicles in the transportation of property for hire upon the public highways, under the jurisdiction of the bureau, a permi…

Until the adoption of fees by the bureau pursuant to Section 19288, every household mover shall pay to the bureau the fees required pursuant to, and in the manner specified in, Sections 5003.1 and 5003.2 of the Public Utilities Code. It is the intent of the Legislature that the f…

(a) If a household mover is in default on the payment of the fees prescribed by this chapter for a period of 30 days or more, the bureau may suspend or revoke the household mover’s permit. The bureau shall estimate from all available information the gross operating revenue of tha…

(a) Any person who submits to the bureau a check for fees that is returned unpaid shall pay all subsequent required fees by cashier’s check or money order. (b) Any person who submits to the bureau a check for fees that is returned unpaid shall be assessed an additional processing…

(a) Permits issued under this chapter expire two years from the date of issuance. To renew a permit, a permittee shall, on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the chief, and continue to pay the fees prescribed in Sectio…

The employees, representatives, auditors, and inspectors of the bureau may, under its order or direction, inspect and examine any books, accounts, records, memoranda, documents, papers, and correspondence kept by any person, corporation, or person having direct or indirect contro…

(a) The bureau may establish rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out this article. (b) This section does not prohibit the imposition by any city, county, or city and county of any excise or license tax authorized under Division 2 (commencing with Section 6001).

This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2018.