California 2021 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB484 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/08/2021

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 484Introduced by Assembly Member MedinaFebruary 08, 2021 An act to amend Section 7599.44 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 484, as introduced, Medina. Alarm company operators: advertisements.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising the licensees business to contain the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. Existing law imposes monetary penalties of a $500 fine for the first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation. This bill would authorize a licensee that maintains an internet website to have any radio or television broadcast billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the license information required above. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7599.44 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. A(b) Notwithstanding Section 7030.5, if a licensee maintains an internet website, any radio or television broadcast or billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business may direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the required information in subdivision (a). (c) A violation of this section may result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 484Introduced by Assembly Member MedinaFebruary 08, 2021 An act to amend Section 7599.44 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 484, as introduced, Medina. Alarm company operators: advertisements.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising the licensees business to contain the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. Existing law imposes monetary penalties of a $500 fine for the first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation. This bill would authorize a licensee that maintains an internet website to have any radio or television broadcast billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the license information required above. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 484

Introduced by Assembly Member MedinaFebruary 08, 2021

Introduced by Assembly Member Medina
February 08, 2021

 An act to amend Section 7599.44 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 484, as introduced, Medina. Alarm company operators: advertisements.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising the licensees business to contain the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. Existing law imposes monetary penalties of a $500 fine for the first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation. This bill would authorize a licensee that maintains an internet website to have any radio or television broadcast billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the license information required above. 

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising the licensees business to contain the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. Existing law imposes monetary penalties of a $500 fine for the first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation. 

This bill would authorize a licensee that maintains an internet website to have any radio or television broadcast billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the license information required above. 

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7599.44 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. A(b) Notwithstanding Section 7030.5, if a licensee maintains an internet website, any radio or television broadcast or billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business may direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the required information in subdivision (a). (c) A violation of this section may result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 7599.44 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. A(b) Notwithstanding Section 7030.5, if a licensee maintains an internet website, any radio or television broadcast or billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business may direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the required information in subdivision (a). (c) A violation of this section may result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.

SECTION 1. Section 7599.44 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. A(b) Notwithstanding Section 7030.5, if a licensee maintains an internet website, any radio or television broadcast or billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business may direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the required information in subdivision (a). (c) A violation of this section may result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.

7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. A(b) Notwithstanding Section 7030.5, if a licensee maintains an internet website, any radio or television broadcast or billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business may direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the required information in subdivision (a). (c) A violation of this section may result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.

7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. A(b) Notwithstanding Section 7030.5, if a licensee maintains an internet website, any radio or television broadcast or billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business may direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the required information in subdivision (a). (c) A violation of this section may result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.



7599.44. (a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her the licensees name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. A

(b) Notwithstanding Section 7030.5, if a licensee maintains an internet website, any radio or television broadcast or billboard advertisement by the licensee soliciting or advertising business may direct potential customers to the licensees online landing pages for the required information in subdivision (a).

 (c) A violation of this section may result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent violation.