BILL NUMBER: AB 1290	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 2, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Section 17929 of the Business and Professions
Code.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1290, Mendoza. Fictitious business name statements.
   Existing law requires every person who regularly transacts
business in California for profit under a fictitious business name to
file and maintain a current fictitious business name statement.
Existing law requires a fictitious business name statement to contain
specified information and to be filed with the clerk of the county
in which the registrant has his or her principal place of business in
this state, except as otherwise specified. Existing law authorizes a
county clerk to charge specified fees for filing a fictitious
business name and specifies that these fees are to cover, among other
things, the cost for notifying registrants of the pending expiration
of their fictitious business name statement.
   The bill would specify that if that notice is returned as
undeliverable, the county clerk is not required to retain the notice.


   AB 1290, Mendoza. Fictitious business name statements.
   Existing law requires every person who regularly transacts
business in California for profit under a fictitious business name to
file and maintain a current fictitious business name statement.
Existing law requires a fictitious business name statement to contain
specified information and to be filed with the clerk of the county
in which the registrant has his or her principal place of business in
this state, except as otherwise specified. Existing law authorizes a
county clerk to charge specified fees for filing a fictitious
business name and specifies that these fees are to cover, among other
things, the cost for notifying registrants of the pending expiration
of their fictitious business name statement.
   The bill would specify that if that notice is returned as
undeliverable, the county clerk is not required to retain the notice.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 17929 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   17929.  (a) The fee for filing a fictitious business name
statement is ten dollars ($10) for the first fictitious business name
and owner and two dollars ($2) for each additional fictitious
business name or owner filed on the same statement and doing business
at the same location. This fee covers the cost of filing and
indexing the statement (and any affidavit of publication), furnishing
one certified copy of the statement to the person filing the
statement, and the cost for notifying registrants of the pending
expiration of their fictitious business name statement.
   (b) The fee for filing a statement of abandonment of use of a
fictitious business name is five dollars ($5). This fee covers the
cost of filing and indexing the statement, any affidavit of
publication, and furnishing one certified copy of the statement to
the person filing the statement.
   (c) The fee for filing a statement of withdrawal from partnership
operating under fictitious business name is five dollars ($5). This
fee covers the cost of filing and indexing the statement, any
affidavit of publication, and furnishing one certified copy of the
statement to the person filing the statement.
   (d) All of the provisions of this section are subject to Section
54985 of the Government Code.
   (e) In the event that the notice of pending expiration, as
described in subdivision (a), is returned to the county clerk by the
United States Postal Service as undeliverable, the county clerk is
not required to retain the returned notice of pending expiration.

  SECTION 1.  Section 17929 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   17929.  (a) The fee for filing a fictitious business name
statement is ten dollars ($10) for the first fictitious business name
and owner and two dollars ($2) for each additional fictitious
business name or owner filed on the same statement and doing business
at the same location. This fee covers the cost of filing and
indexing the statement (and any affidavit of publication), furnishing
one certified copy of the statement to the person filing the
statement, and the cost for notifying registrants of the pending
expiration of their fictitious business name statement.
   (b) The fee for filing a statement of abandonment of use of a
fictitious business name is five dollars ($5). This fee covers the
cost of filing and indexing the statement, any affidavit of
publication, and furnishing one certified copy of the statement to
the person filing the statement.
   (c) The fee for filing a statement of withdrawal from partnership
operating under fictitious business name is five dollars ($5). This
fee covers the cost of filing and indexing the statement, any
affidavit of publication, and furnishing one certified copy of the
statement to the person filing the statement.
   (d) All of the provisions of this section are subject to Section
54985 of the Government Code.
   (e) In the event that the notice of pending expiration, as
described in subdivision (a), is returned to the county clerk by the
United States Postal Service as undeliverable, the county clerk is
not required to retain the returned notice of pending expiration.