Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

The annual fee for an insulation manufacturing license shall be fixed by the bureau in an amount not less than one thousand eight hundred fifty dollars ($1,850) but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

(a) Except as provided in Section 19170.3, licenses issued under this chapter expire two years from the date of issuance. To renew his or her license, a licensee shall, on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the chief, …

A person may not obtain a new license of the same class as the license held during the last preceding license period, but may renew the license previously held by him or her on payment of the renewal fee and delinquency fee in effect on the last regular renewal date before the da…

Section 11002 of the Government Code authorizes the use of the United States postal cancellation on the envelope in which the fee is mailed, as the date of payment.

All fees collected under this chapter shall be reported to the Controller and paid to the Treasurer and credited to the Household Goods and Services Fund, to be expended only for the purposes of the bureau and in carrying out this chapter.

(a) All moneys in the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Fund shall be transferred to the Household Goods and Services Fund by July 1, 2026. On July 1, 2026, the Home Furnishing and Thermal Insulation Fund shall be abolished. (b) This section shall remain in effect only unti…

The chief or any inspector shall have access to the premises, equipment, materials, partly finished and finished articles and records of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(a) The chief or any inspector may open any articles of upholstered furniture or bedding, including pillows or cushions belonging to or forming a part thereof, or insulation for the purpose of inspecting concealed filling material and may take either the entire article or samples…

The chief or any inspector may determine the fitness of any secondhand or damaged article of bedding or filling material, for sanitization and sale.

The bureau may condemn, withhold from sale, seize, or destroy any upholstered furniture or bedding or any filling material or insulation which is found to be in violation of this chapter.

The tag to be affixed to any article of condemned upholstered furniture or bedding, or any material or insulation, by an inspector shall be a red tag and shall contain such information as may be required by the chief.

Every person who removes, or causes to be removed, any tag or device placed upon any upholstered furniture or bedding or any material or insulation, by an inspector is guilty of a violation of this chapter.

The failure of any person to produce upon demand of an inspector any article that has been condemned and ordered held on a notice of violation signed by such person, or a notice of violation that the person has refused to sign, is a violation of this chapter.

No person shall interfere with, obstruct or otherwise hinder any inspector of the bureau or of the department’s Division of Investigation in the performance of his or her duties.

Any inspector having knowledge of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall notify the chief of the violation.

The chief or his or her authorized designee may cite any person licensed under and subject to the provisions of this chapter to participate in an office conference before the chief to show cause why he or she should not be subject to any or a range of disciplinary actions or to p…

Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions of Article 9.5 of this chapter, the proceedings in any hearing or disciplinary action under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

After a hearing, a license may be suspended, revoked, reprimanded, or placed on probation for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations of the bureau, or for a violation of Article 1 (commencing with Section 17500) of Chapter 1 of Part 3…

Any person who has been denied a license, or who has had their license revoked, or whose license is under suspension, or who has failed to renew their license while it was under suspension, or any person who has been a member of any limited liability company or of any partnership…

The performance by any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, firm, or association of any act or omission constituting a cause for disciplinary action, likewise constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against any licensee who is a member of that partnership or l…

The bureau may monitor compliance with all insulation standards, including those adopted by the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, pursuant to Section 25402 of the Public Resources Code, by conducting periodic inspections with its own personnel, or by requi…

The bureau may require a licensee who sells or manufactures furniture and bedding products that are inspected and found not to be in compliance with this chapter, or any regulation implementing it, to pay those reasonable fees as are necessary to cover the costs of inspections an…

Any person who violates or proposes to violate any provision of this chapter relating to insulation standards may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction. The court may make those orders or judgments, including the appointment of a receiver, as may be necessary to prev…

As used in this article, unless otherwise indicated, “director” means the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings.

The acceptance by a nonresident licensee of any of the rights and privileges conferred upon him or her by this chapter, as evidenced by his or her engaging within this state, either personally or through an agent or employee, in a business subject to license under this chapter, i…

The acceptance of such rights and privileges as so evidenced shall signify the agreement of the licensee that any such process which is served against him or her in the manner provided in this article shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon him or her pers…

Service shall be made by leaving a copy of the accusation, together with a notice of defense and statement to respondent as described in Section 11505 of the Government Code, with a fee of two dollars ($2) for each licensee to be served, in the hands of the director or in his or …

A notice of such service and a copy of the accusation, together with the notice of defense and statement to respondent, shall forthwith be sent by registered mail by the director to the licensee at his or her last known address as furnished by the bureau. Personal service of this…

Proof of compliance with Section 19215.4 shall be made in the event of service by mail by affidavit of the director or his or her authorized employee showing this service by mailing, together with the return receipt of the United States post office bearing the signature of the li…

The bureau, or if the proceeding has been assigned to a hearing officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings, the hearing officer, may order postponements or continuances and grant extensions of time that may be necessary to afford the licensee reasonable opportunity to defen…

The director shall keep a record of all process served upon him or her pursuant to this article that shall show the day and hour of service.

As used in this article “nonresident” means a person who is not a resident of this State at the time he or she engages in business in the State as described in Section 19215.1.

Every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable for each offense by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or by imprisonment for not less than three no…

The unit for a separate and distinct offense in violation of this chapter is each and every article of improperly labeled, or not labeled, upholstered furniture or bedding or filling material made, repaired, recovered, renovated, sanitized, sold, exposed or offered for sale, deli…

No person shall exercise the privilege or perform any act which a licensee may exercise or perform under the authority of a license unless the person is authorized to do so by a license issued pursuant to this division.

(a) A written agreement regarding the sharing or splitting of gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages between a licensee and a district agricultural association, the California Exposition and State Fair, a county fair, or a citrus fruit fair, in connection with the sal…

Any person violating Section 23300 is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person, without having a still license, exercising the privileges or performing any act which a still licensee may exercise or perform is guilty of a felony.

(a) An applicant for a new permanent license, which shall not include duplicate licenses, except as provided in paragraph (4), shall accompany the application with the application fee as specified in this division: (1) The license application fee for a new permanent license shall…

(a) (1) For the purpose of providing economic relief to licensees most severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the department may waive license renewal fees for licenses with expiration dates between March 1, 2021, and February 28, 2023, inclusive, as provided in this section…

(a) (1) In addition to the annual fees provided for in subdivision (b) of Section 23320, the department shall collect a surcharge of ten dollars ($10). (2) This section shall not apply to the following licenses: out-of-state beer manufacturer certificate (Type 26), out-of-state d…

(a) The Wine Safety Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury, in trust, to the State Department of Health Services for the purpose of providing funds to better enable its Food and Drug Branch to carry out and supervise a statistically valid testing program t…

The license for trains shall be issued to a railroad company or other person selling distilled spirits on board trains operating in this State, and a duplicate thereof shall be obtained for each train on which distilled spirits are sold. The license for cars of sleeping car compa…

The license for vessels of more than 1,000 tons burden engaged in interstate and foreign commerce shall be issued to a common carrier by water selling distilled spirits on board vessels operating in this State, and a duplicate thereof shall be obtained for each vessel on which di…

(a) The on-sale general bona fide public eating place intermittent dockside license for vessels of more than 7,000 tons displacement may be issued for any vessel of more than 7,000 tons displacement with cabin berth capacity for at least 75 passengers. Each license issuable under…

When the fee for any license is graduated according to the amount of alcoholic beverages produced under the license, the license fee shall be determined solely upon the gallonage produced, even though the license is applied for after the beginning of the license year.

(a) Persons holding wine growers’ licenses shall report annually at the end of each fiscal year, at the time and in the manner as the department may prescribe, the amount of wine produced by them during the fiscal year. (b) If the total amount of wine produced during the year exc…

If a licensee neglects or refuses to make a report as required by Section 23327, the department shall make an estimate based upon any information in its possession, or that may come into its possession, of the amount of wine produced by the delinquent licensee for the periods wit…

If the department is not satisfied with a report required to be filed by Section 23327, it may make an additional assessment of license fees due based upon the facts contained in the report or upon any information within its possession, or that comes into its possession. An addit…

Any licensee against whom an assessment is made by the department pursuant to Section 23328 or 23329 may petition for reassessment within 15 days after service upon the licensee of notice of the assessment. If a petition for reassessment is not filed within the 15-day period, the…

If a petition for reassessment is filed within 15 days, the department shall reconsider the assessment and, if the licensee has so requested in his petition, shall grant the licensee an oral hearing and give the licensee 10 days’ notice of the time and place of hearing. The depar…