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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7470.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7470.7
(a) For purposes of this chapter, the board shall determine if an entity is a TNC driver organization within the meaning set forth in Section 7470.2, as follows: (1) The board shall designate a 10-day period to occur on or after January 1, 2026, and every three months thereafter,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7470.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7470.8
The certification and decertification process for TNC driver organizations shall follow the procedures set forth in this section. (a) (1) (A) A TNC driver organization may, at any time after May 1, 2026, present to the board proof sufficient to show that at least 10 percent of ac
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7470.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7470.9
(a) The certified driver bargaining organization shall have the right to represent all TNC drivers in the bargaining unit with respect to matters within the TNC driver organization’s role as representative for purposes of this chapter. No other TNC driver organization shall be en
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 750
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 750
(a) For purposes of this section, “prescriber” means a person authorized to write or issue a prescription pursuant to Section 11150 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) Each board that licenses a prescriber shall develop informational and educational material regarding the fede
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500
This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on repossessors. It may be cited as the “Collateral Recovery Act.”
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500.1
As used in this chapter: (a) “Advertisement” means any written or printed communication, including a directory listing, except a free telephone directory listing that does not allow space for a license number. (b) “Assignment” or “repossession order” means any written authorizati
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500.2
(a) A repossession agency means and includes any person who, for any consideration whatsoever, engages in business or accepts employment to locate or recover collateral, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, including, but not limited to, collateral registered under the provision
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7500.3
(a) A repossession agency shall not include any of the following: (1) Any bank subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation of the State of California under Division 1 (commencing with Section 99) of the Financial Code or the Comptroller
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501
There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. The bureau is under the supervision and control of the director. The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.05
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.05
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.1
The Governor shall appoint a chief of the bureau at a salary to be fixed in accordance with Section 12080.3 of the Government Code. The chief shall serve under the direction and supervision of the director.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.2
Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon the director under this chapter may be delegated to the chief, except that the director may not delegate authority to adopt or otherwise act upon any proposed decision of a hearing officer after a hearing under the provisions of Cha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.3
The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, and Section 159.5, may appoint and fix the compensation of such clerical, inspection, investigation, and auditing personnel, as well as an assistant chief, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapte
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.4
The chief shall gather evidence of violations of this chapter and of any rule or regulation established pursuant to this chapter by persons engaged in the business of repossession who fail to obtain licenses and shall gather evidence of violations and furnish that evidence to the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.5
It shall be the duty of the chief to initiate and conduct investigations into the business and affairs of licensees on the chief’s own motion.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.6
The director may establish and enforce such rules and regulations as may be reasonable and necessary for the examination and licensing of applicants, for the conduct of licensees, and for the general enforcement of various provisions of this chapter in the protection of the publi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.7
If, upon investigation, the director determines that a licensee, a qualified certificate holder, or a registrant is in violation of Section 7508.1, 7508.2, 7508.3, 7508.4, 7508.5, or 7508.6, the director may issue a citation to the licensee, qualified certificate holder, or regis
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.8
(a) When considering the denial of a license, registration, or certificate under Section 7503.5, for which application has been made under this chapter, the director, in evaluating the rehabilitation of the applicant and the applicant’s present eligibility for a license, registra
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7501.9
It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with Section 128.5 of the Business and Professions Code, that the bureau shall not maintain a reserve balance of funds greater than the amount necessary to fund operating expenses of the bureau and that the bureau shall periodically
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502
No person shall engage within this state in the activities of a repossession agency as defined in Section 7500.2 unless the person holds a valid repossession agency license or is exempt from licensure pursuant to Section 7500.2 or 7500.3.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.1
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or who conspires with another person to violate any provision of this chapter, or who knowingly engages a nonexempt unlicensed person to repossess collateral on that person’s behalf is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is puni
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.2
(a) A financial institution or a buy-here-pay-here dealer, as defined by Section 241 of the Vehicle Code, that knowingly engages a nonexempt unlicensed person to repossess collateral on its behalf is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of five thousand dollars ($
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.3
Any person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs required by any provision of this chapter is guilty of a felony.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.4
In addition to the remedy provided for in Section 125.5, the superior court for the county in which any licensee licensed under this chapter has engaged or is about to engage in any act which constitutes a violation of this chapter may, upon a petition filed by the director and a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7502.5
The provisions of this chapter do not prevent the local authorities in any city, county, or city and county, by ordinance and within the exercise of the police power of the city, county, or city and county from requiring repossession agency licensees or registrants to register th