Title BPC, California Bus. & Prof. Code

(a) Except as provided in this section, a weighmaster weighing a vehicle for certification shall determine both gross and tare weights with all persons off the scale and vehicle, unless both the gross and tare weights are determined without leaving the weighing location. (b) Pred…

A weighmaster shall not certify to the gross weight of a vehicle if all of the following conditions prevail: (a) The scale is located at the site where the vehicle is loaded. (b) The vehicle is weighed before entering a highway. (c) The vehicle’s gross weight exceeds 80,000 pound…

(a) If doubt or differences arise as to the accuracy of the weight, measure, or count of any amount or part of any commodity, unladen vehicle, or container for which a weighmaster certificate has been issued, a person having a financial interest may, upon complaint to the departm…

The secretary may, at any time, require a vehicle to proceed to the nearest vehicle scale for the purpose of weight verification. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 47. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)

(a) No weighmaster shall weigh a vehicle, or combination of vehicles, for certification, when part of the vehicle, or connected combination, is not resting on the scale. (b) When weighing a combination of vehicles that will not rest on the scale platform at one time, the combinat…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Violations of Sections 12714, 12714.5, and 12715 are infractions, except as otherwise provided in Section 12718. Every person convicted of an in…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 12701 or this section, farm products sold by bulk weight or delivered to a processing or conditioning establishment for processing, conditioning, or sale, shall be weighed by a weighmaster, and a weighmaster certificate …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, where livestock is sold on the basis of weight at a public sales yard, or by or at any livestock market, market agency, or dealer which is subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 181 et seq.), the liv…

In addition to the certificate requirements of Sections 12714, 12714.5, and 12715, all of the following information shall appear on weighmaster certificates issued when adjustments are made to the load and the weights are determined at other than the site where the vehicle was lo…

In all cases where scrap metal and salvage materials are purchased or sold by dealers, brokers, or commission merchants on the basis of weight or measure, the quantity of the scrap metal and salvage material shall be determined by a weighmaster, and a weighmaster certificate shal…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the weight of squid, Pacific whiting, or anchovy, certified pursuant to this chapter, may be determined by computation based upon volumetric measurement of containers as prescribed by regulations adopted by the secretary. This…

The secretary may adopt any rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Adoption of these rules and regulations shall be in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the …

(a) Any weighmaster weighing any vehicle moving construction materials, including, but not limited to, earth, stone, rock, sand, gravel, limestone, ready mixed concrete, cementitious materials, recycled construction materials, or asphalt paving materials may use an unattended wei…

It is the intent of the Legislature to limit any requirement for a business license imposed by a local jurisdiction on a participating driver for a transportation network company to a single business license, regardless of the number of local jurisdictions in which the participat…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Business license” includes any license, certificate, fee, or equivalent payment that is required or collected by a local jurisdiction annually, or on some other fixed cycle, as a condition of providing prearrange…

(a) Any local jurisdiction that requires a driver to obtain a business license to operate as a driver for a transportation network company may only require that driver to obtain a single business license, regardless of the number of local jurisdictions in which the driver operate…

As used in this chapter, “person” includes an individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 738, Sec. 2. Effective September 13, 1983. Section operative November 1, 1983, pursuant to Section 17365.)

Any person offering for sale or selling telephone handsets or keysets or private branch exchanges or private automatic branch exchanges of not more than 20-station capacity, whether new or reconditioned, shall specify in all advertisements and catalogs therefor, except point-of-s…

A retailer of telephone equipment shall give clear and conspicuous notice, both on the sale premises and in advertising and catalogs for telephone equipment, except point-of-sale advertising, of the person or persons responsible for repair of the equipment. (Added by Stats. 1983,…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Sections 17361 and 17362 do not apply to any of the following: (a) Institutional advertising directed to a general audience rather than to individual purchasers of telephone equipment. (b) Advertising, point-of-sale advertising…

Any person advertising or offering for sale automatic dialing-announcing devices, as defined in Section 2871 of the Public Utilities Code, shall specify on all advertising therefor and in the instruction manual or other information included with the equipment that the equipment m…

Every failure to comply with any provision of this chapter constitutes unfair competition and shall be enforced under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200). (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 738, Sec. 2. Effective September 13, 1983. Section operative November 1, 1983, pursuant to S…

This chapter shall become operative on November 1, 1983. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 738, Sec. 2. Effective September 13, 1983. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date for Chapter 7, commencing with Section 17360.)

The following are the grounds that constitute a basis for the suspension or revocation of licenses: (a) When the continuance of a license would be contrary to public welfare or morals. However, proceedings under this subdivision are not a limitation upon the department’s authorit…

The following are additional bases upon which the department may suspend or revoke a license: (a) Failure to take reasonable steps to correct objectionable conditions on the licensed premises, including the immediately adjacent area that is owned, leased, or rented by the license…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24200, the department shall revoke a license upon any of the following grounds: (a) If a retail licensee has knowingly permitted the illegal sale, or negotiations for the sales, of controlled substances or dangerous drugs upon his or her …

The department may revoke or suspend any license if the licensee or the agent or employee of the licensee violates any provision of Section 11364.7 of the Health and Safety Code. For purposes of this provision, a licensee, or the agent or employee of the licensee, is deemed to ha…

The department shall revoke or suspend any license if the licensee or the agent or employee of the licensee manufactures, distributes, or offers for retail sale powdered alcohol. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 778, Sec. 4. (SB 819) Effective January 1, 2017.)

In determining the level of discipline for a violation of Section 25602 or 25658, the department may consider as a factor whether there is subsequent death or great bodily injury to the person who is sold, served, furnished, or given the alcoholic beverage, to any other person, o…

Accusations may be made to the department by any person against any licensee. Accusations shall be in writing and shall state one or more grounds which would authorize the department to suspend or revoke the license or licenses of the licensee against whom the accusation is made.…

(a) All state and local law enforcement agencies shall immediately notify the department of any arrests made by them for violations over which the department has jurisdiction which involve a licensee or licensed premises. Notice shall be given within 10 days of the arrest. The de…

Accusations against any on-sale or off-sale licensee may be filed with the department by the legislative body, or chief of police, of any city in which the premises in question are located, or if the premises are in unincorporated territory, then by the board of supervisors, or t…

The Director of the State Department of Public Health shall immediately notify the department of the conviction of any licensee of any violation of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law in connection with alcoholic beverages. The department shall promptly cause an investigatio…

The license of any taxpayer shall be automatically suspended upon cancellation of his or her bond, or if the bond becomes void or unenforceable for any reason, or if the taxpayer fails to pay any taxes or penalties due under the Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1 (commencing with Sect…

All accusations against licensees for violating or permitting the violation of Sections 24750 to 24757, inclusive, 24850 to 24881, inclusive, 25000 to 25010, inclusive, 25170 to 25238, inclusive, 25600, 25602, 25607, 25609, 25610, 25611, 25612, 25615, 25630, 25631, 25632, 25633, …

All accusations against licensees for violating or permitting the violation of Sections 23300, 23355, 23431, 23453, 24200.5, 25500 to 25508, inclusive, 25601, 25616, or 25657, shall be filed within three years. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1962.)

The periods of one year and three years referred to in Sections 24206 and 24207 shall commence to run as follows: (a) If the act or omission alleged as the basis for the suspension or revocation of the license constituted a single transaction, then from the date of the transactio…

When an arrest is made of any person, for a violation of this division, the arresting officer may release such person without taking such person before a magistrate upon such person’s signing an agreement to appear in court or before a magistrate at a place and time designated by…

The department may on its own motion at any time before a penalty assessment is placed into effect and without any further proceedings, review the penalty, but such review shall be limited to its reduction. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 777.)

Retailers, Distributors, Microbusinesses, and Combined Activities. (a) State licenses to be issued by the department related to the sale and distribution of cannabis and cannabis products are as follows: (1) A retailer shall have a licensed premises which is a physical location f…

Cannabis or cannabis products purchased by a customer shall not leave a licensed retail premises unless they are placed in an opaque package. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 27, Sec. 60. (SB 94) Effective June 27, 2017.)

A person shall not sell, offer, or provide a product in the state that is any of the following: (a) An alcoholic beverage that contains cannabinoids, including, but not limited to, an infusion of cannabis or cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp into an alcoholic beverage. (b…

(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2025, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall create and post for public use a single-page flat or folded brochure that includes steps for safer use of cannabis, including, but not limited to, both of the f…

(a) The Bureau of Cannabis Control shall, by January 1, 2020, investigate the feasibility of creating one or more classifications of nonprofit licenses under this section. The feasibility determination shall be made in consultation with the relevant licensing agencies and represe…

(a) To provide access to medicinal cannabis patients who have difficulty accessing cannabis or cannabis products, a licensee that is authorized to make retail sales may provide free cannabis or cannabis products if all of the following criteria are met: (1) Free cannabis or canna…

(a) No city, county, or city and county shall prohibit a person or group of persons, authorized by one of the agencies in the Department of Consumer Affairs or an entity established pursuant to this code by a license, certificate, or other means to engage in a particular business…