BILL NUMBER: AB 731	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 92000 of the Education Code, relating to
the University of California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 731, as introduced, Mansoor. University of California.
   Existing law establishes the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one
of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
Existing law provides that the name "University of California" is the
property of the state, and prohibits a person, without permission of
the regents, from using that name in any of various ways.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in the
provisions relating to the use of the name "University of California."

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 92000 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   92000.  (a) The name "University of California" is the property of
the state.  No  A  person shall  not
 , without the permission of the Regents of the University of
California, use this name, or any abbreviation of it or any name of
which these words are a part, in any of the following ways:
   (1) To designate any business, social, political, religious, or
other organization, including, but not limited to, any corporation,
firm, partnership, association, group, activity, or enterprise.
   (2) To imply, indicate  ,  or otherwise suggest that
 any such   the  organization, or any
product or service of  such   that 
organization is connected or affiliated with, or is endorsed,
favored, or supported by, or is opposed by the University of
California.
   (3) To display, advertise, or announce this name publicly at, or
in connection with, any meeting, assembly, or demonstration, or any
propaganda, advertising, or promotional activity of any kind which
has for its purpose or any part of its purpose the support,
endorsement, advancement, opposition, or defeat of any strike,
lockout, or boycott or of any political, religious, sociological, or
economic movement, activity, or program.
   (b)  Nothing in this section shall interfere with or restrict the
right of any person to make a true and accurate statement of his or
her present or former relationship or connection with, his or her
employment by, or his or her enrollment in, the University of
California in the course of stating his or her experience or
qualifications for any academic, governmental, business, or
professional credit or enrollment, or in connection with any
academic, governmental, professional, or other employment whatsoever.

   (c)  Every   A    person
violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.