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Part 5 - ADMINISTRATION

California Corporations Code — §§ 31500-31506

Sections (7)

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 20, Sec. 6. (AB 137) Effective June 30, 2025.

(a)The commissioner shall charge and collect the fees fixed by this section. All fees and charges collected under this section shall be transmitted to the Treasurer at least weekly, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof and shall be credited to the Financial Protection Fund.

(b)The fee for filing an application for registration of the offer of franchises under Section 31111 is one thousand eight hundred sixty-five dollars ($1,865).

(c)The fee for filing an application for renewal of a registration under Section 31121 is one thousand two hundred forty-five dollars ($1,245).

(d)The fee for filing an amendment to the application filed under Section 31111 or 31121 after the effective date of the registration of the offer of franchises, is fifty dollars ($50).

(e)The fee for filing an application for material modification under Section 31125 is fifty dollars ($50), whether or not it accompanies an application under Section 31111 or 31121.

(f)The fee for filing the initial notice of exemption under Section 31101 is one thousand two hundred forty-five dollars ($1,245) and the fee for filing each consecutive subsequent notice of exemption under these provisions is four hundred fifteen dollars ($415).

(g)The fee for filing an application for approval of a written notice of violation under Section 31303 or 31304 is one thousand eight hundred sixty-five dollars ($1,865).

(h)The fee for filing an application for registration as a franchise broker under Part 7 (commencing with Section 31520) is four hundred fifty dollars ($450).

(i)The fee for filing an application for amendment of a registration as a franchise broker under Part 7 (commencing with Section 31520) is fifty dollars ($50).

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1400.

Every final order, decision, license, or other official act of the commissioner is subject to judicial review in accordance with law.

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1400.

The commissioner may from time to time make, amend and rescind such rules, forms, and orders as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this law, including rules and forms governing applications and reports, and defining any terms, whether or not used in this law, insofar as the definitions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this law.

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 452, Sec. 94. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2023.

All rules of the commissioner, other than those relating solely to the internal administration of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, shall be made, amended, or rescinded in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1400.

(a)All applications, reports and other papers and documents filed with the commissioner under this law shall be open to public inspection, except that the commissioner may, in his discretion, withhold from public inspection any information the disclosure of which is, in the judgment of the commissioner, not necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors. The commissioner may publish any information filed with him or obtained by him, if, in the judgment of the commissioner, such action is in the public interest. No provision of this law authorizes the commissioner or any of his assistants, clerks, or deputies to disclose any information withheld from public inspection except among themselves or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this law or to other federal or state regulatory agencies. No provision of this law either creates or derogates from any privilege which exists at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the commissioner or any of his assistants, clerks, or deputies.

(b)It is unlawful for the commissioner or any of his assistants, clerks, or deputies to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the commissioner and which is not then generally available to the public.

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1400.

Upon request and at such reasonable charges as he prescribes by rule, the commissioner shall furnish to any person photostatic or other copies (certified under his seal of office if requested) of any document which is retained as a matter of public record, except that he shall not charge or collect any fee for photostatic or other copies of any document furnished to public officers for use in their official capacity. In any judicial proceeding or prosecution, any copy so certified is prima facie evidence of the contents of the document certified.

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1400.

(a)The commissioner may destroy any applications or orders, together with the files and folders, as useless or obsolete, four years after the date of filing or issuance, with the approval of the Department of General Services; provided that a permanent record shall be maintained of any disciplinary action taken by the commissioner.

(b)Copies on microfilm or in other form which may be retained by the commissioner in his discretion of any records destroyed under this section shall be accepted for all purposes as equivalent to the original when certified by the commissioner.