ARTICLE 2. Licenses [1700.5. - 1700.22.]

Cal. Labor Code - LAB 2.

in effect

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.5. Section 1700.5.

No person shall engage in or carry on the occupation of a talent agency without first procuring a license therefor from the Labor Commissioner. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the licensee. The license number shall be referred to in any advertisement for the purpose of the solicitation of talent for the talent agency. Licenses issued for talent agencies prior to the effective date of this chapter shall not be invalidated thereby, but renewals of those licenses shall be obtained in the manner prescribed by this chapter.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.6. Section 1700.6.

A written application for a license shall be made to the Labor Commissioner in the form prescribed by him or her and shall state: (a) The name and address of the applicant. (b) The street and number of the building or place where the business of the talent agency is to be conducted. (c) The business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for at least two years immediately preceding the date of application. (d) If the applicant is other than a corporation, the names and addresses of all persons, except bona fide employees on stated salaries, financially interested, either as partners, associates, or profit sharers, in the operation of the talent agency in question, together with the amount of their respective interests. If the applicant is a corporation, the corporate name, the names, residential addresses, and telephone numbers of all officers of the corporation, the names of all persons exercising managing responsibility in the applicant or licensee’s office, and the names and addresses of all persons having a financial interest of 10 percent or more in the business and the percentage of financial interest owned by those persons. The application shall be accompanied by two sets of fingerprints of the applicant and affidavits of at least two reputable residents of the city or county in which the business of the talent agency is to be conducted who have known, or been associated with, the applicant for two years, that the applicant is a person of good moral character or, in the case of a corporation, has a reputation for fair dealing.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.7. Section 1700.7.

Upon receipt of an application for a license the Labor Commissioner may cause an investigation to be made as to the character and responsibility of the applicant and of the premises designated in such application as the place in which it is proposed to conduct the business of the talent agency.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.8. Section 1700.8.

The commissioner upon proper notice and hearing may refuse to grant a license. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing at Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and the commissioner shall have all the power granted therein.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.9. Section 1700.9.

No license shall be granted to conduct the business of a talent agency: (a) In a place that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the artist. (b) To a person whose license has been revoked within three years from the date of application.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.10. Section 1700.10.

The license when first issued shall run to the next birthday of the applicant, and each license shall then be renewed within the 30 days preceding the licensee’s birthday and shall run from birthday to birthday. In case the applicant is a partnership, such license shall be renewed within the 30 days preceding the birthday of the oldest partner. If the applicant is a corporation, such license shall be renewed within the 30 days preceding the anniversary of the date the corporation was lawfully formed. Renewal shall require the filing of an application for renewal, a renewal bond, and the payment of the annual license fee, but the Labor Commissioner may demand that a new application or new bond be submitted. If the applicant or licensee desires, in addition, a branch office license, he shall file an application in accordance with the provisions of this section as heretofore set forth.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.11. Section 1700.11.

All applications for renewal shall state the names and addresses of all persons, except bona fide employees on stated salaries, financially interested either as partners, associates or profit sharers, in the operation of the business of the talent agency.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.12. Section 1700.12.

A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the Labor Commissioner at the time the application for issuance of a talent agency license is filed. In addition to the filing fee required for application for issuance of a talent agency license, every talent agency shall pay to the Labor Commissioner annually at the time a license is issued or renewed: (a) A license fee of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225). (b) Fifty dollars ($50) for each branch office maintained by the talent agency in this state.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.13. Section 1700.13.

A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the Labor Commissioner at the time application for consent to the transfer or assignment of a talent agency license is made but no license fee shall be required upon the assignment or transfer of a license. The location of a talent agency shall not be changed without the written consent of the Labor Commissioner.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.14. Section 1700.14.

Whenever an application for a license or renewal is made, and application processing pursuant to this chapter has not been completed, the Labor Commissioner may, at his or her discretion, issue a temporary or provisional license valid for a period not exceeding 90 days, and subject, where appropriate, to the automatic and summary revocation by the Labor Commissioner. Otherwise, the conditions for issuance or renewal shall meet the requirements of Section 1700.6.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.15. Section 1700.15.

A talent agency shall also deposit with the Labor Commissioner, prior to the issuance or renewal of a license, a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.16. Section 1700.16.

Such surety bonds shall be payable to the people of the State of California, and shall be conditioned that the person applying for the license will comply with this chapter and will pay all sums due any individual or group of individuals when such person or his representative or agent has received such sums, and will pay all damages occasioned to any person by reason of misstatement, misrepresentation, fraud, deceit, or any unlawful acts or omissions of the licensed talent agency, or its agents or employees, while acting within the scope of their employment.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.18. Section 1700.18.

(a) All moneys collected for filing fees and licenses under this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Labor Enforcement and Compliance Fund. (b) All fines collected for violations of this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the General Fund.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.19. Section 1700.19.

Each license shall contain all of the following: (a) The name of the licensee. (b) A designation of the city, street, and number of the premises in which the licensee is authorized to carry on the business of a talent agency. (c) The number and date of issuance of the license.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.20. Section 1700.20.

No license shall protect any other than the person to whom it is issued nor any places other than those designated in the license. No license shall be transferred or assigned to any person unless written consent is obtained from the Labor Commissioner.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.20a. Section 1700.20a.

The Labor Commissioner may issue to a person eligible therefor a certificate of convenience to conduct the business of a talent agency where the person licensed to conduct such talent agency business has died or has had a conservator of the estate appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Such a certificate of convenience may be denominated an estate certificate of convenience.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.20b. Section 1700.20b.

To be eligible for a certificate of convenience, a person shall be either: (a) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person licensed to conduct the business of a talent agency. (b) If no executor or administrator has been appointed, the surviving spouse or heir otherwise entitled to conduct the business of such deceased licensee. (c) The conservator of the estate of a person licensed to conduct the business of a talent agency. Such estate certificate of convenience shall continue in force for a period of not to exceed 90 days, and shall be renewable for such period as the Labor Commissioner may deem appropriate, pending the disposal of the talent agency license or the procurement of a new license under the provisions of this chapter.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.21. Section 1700.21.

The Labor Commissioner may revoke or suspend any license when it is shown that any of the following occur: (a) The licensee or his or her agent has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter. (b) The licensee has ceased to be of good moral character. (c) The conditions under which the license was issued have changed or no longer exist. (d) The licensee has made any material misrepresentation or false statement in his or her application for a license.

Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 1700.22. Section 1700.22.

Before revoking or suspending any license, the Labor Commissioner shall afford the holder of such license an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing at Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the commissioner shall have all the powers granted therein.

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