California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1107

Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin

February 27, 2015

An act to amend Section 17550 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to sellers of travel.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1107, as introduced, Irwin. Sellers of travel: regulation.

Existing law regulates sellers of travel, as defined, and requires their registration with the Attorney General, and makes legislative findings and declarations related to those regulations.

This bill would correct an incorrect cross-reference and make other technical, nonsubstantive changes to those legislative findings.

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 17550 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

17550.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The Legislature finds and declares begin delete that certain end delete begin insert all
of the following: end insert

begin insert (b) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Certain end insert advertising, sales, and business practices of sellers
of travel have worked financial hardship upon the people of this
state begin delete ; that the end delete begin insert . end insert

begin insert (c) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The end insert travel business has a significant impact upon the
economy and well-being of this state and its people begin delete ; that problems end delete begin insert . end insert

begin insert (d) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Problems end insert have arisen that are peculiar to sellers of travel
business begin delete ; and that the end delete begin insert . end insert

begin insert (e) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The end insert public welfare requires regulation of sellers of travel in
order to eliminate unfair advertising, sales, and business practices begin delete ; end delete begin insert , end insert
to establish standards that will safeguard the people against
financial hardship begin delete ; end delete begin insert , end insert to encourage competition, fair dealing, and
prosperity in the travel business begin delete ; end delete begin insert , end insert and to provide certain and reliable
funding for the seller of travel registration program and
enforcement by the office of the Attorney General of this article.

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It

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begin insert (f) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert It end insert is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article that
the Department of Justice, to the extent that resources are available,
work together with representatives of the affected business
community to develop sample forms that will, to the maximum
extent possible, enable sellers of travel to comply with the
requirement to provide to persons making payment the information
required by begin insert paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), end insert subdivision (c) begin delete and
subdivisions (e) to ( end delete begin delete l end delete begin delete ), inclusive, end delete of Section 17550.13, in a manner
that is simplified, efficient, and nonduplicative, and in a manner
that recognizes the particular burdens and situations that may exist
for small sellers of travel in their efforts to comply with the
provisions of that section.