BILL NUMBER: AB 2242	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1700.6 of the Labor Code, relating to
talent agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2242, as introduced, Davis. Talent agencies: employment
inquiries.
   Existing law prohibits a person from operating a talent agency
unless the person has obtained a license from the Labor Commissioner.
Existing law requires an application for a talent agency license to
contain specified information.
   This bill would require that an application for a talent agency
license contain a signature by the applicant attesting that he or she
has read and understands the contents of any fact sheet on
employment inquiries published by the Department of Industrial
Relations, or that he or she is familiar with the legal standards
governing employment inquiries. The bill would allow the department
to make such a fact sheet or similar information available to
applicants in certain forms.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1700.6 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   1700.6.   (a)    A written application for a
license shall be made to the Labor Commissioner in the form
prescribed by him or her and shall state  all of the following
 : 
   (a) 
    (1)  The name and address of the applicant. 
   (b) 
    (2)  The street and number of the building or place
where the business of the talent agency is to be conducted. 
   (c) 
    (3)  The business or occupation engaged in by the
applicant for at least two years immediately preceding the date of
application. 
   (d) 
    (4)  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.
    (5)    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.
    (b)   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,  indicating 
that the applicant is a person of good moral character or, in the
case of a corporation, has a reputation for fair dealing. 
   (c) The application shall contain a signature by the applicant
attesting that he or she has read and understands the contents of any
fact sheet published by the department regarding permissible
employment inquiries, including any updates thereto, or, if the
department does not publish such a fact sheet, that he or she is
familiar with the legal standards governing the inquiries that an
employer may make of employees and applicants for employment. The
department may make any fact sheet on employment inquiries available
to applicants on its Internet Web site or provide information
regarding permissible employment inquiries in any informational
material published by the department regarding talent agency
licenses.