California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2106

Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin

February 17, 2016

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2106, 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 nonsubstantive changes to those legislative findings and declarations.

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 (1) 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
begin delete state; that the end delete begin insert state. end insert

begin insert (2) 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 begin delete people; that problems end delete
begin insert people. end insert

begin insert (3) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Problems end insert have arisen that are peculiar to sellers of travel
begin delete business; and that the end delete begin insert business. end insert

begin insert (4) 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 begin delete practices; end delete
begin insert practices, end insert to establish standards that will safeguard the people
against financial begin delete hardship; end delete begin insert hardship, end insert to encourage competition,
fair dealing, and prosperity in the travel begin delete business; end delete begin insert business, 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. begin insert ` end insert

begin delete

It

end delete

begin insert (b) 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 delete subdivision (c) and subdivisions (e) to ( end delete begin delete l end delete begin delete ), inclusive, end delete
begin insert paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) end insert 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.