Amended IN Senate March 15, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1259Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 3508.1 1803.1 of the Civil Code, relating to civil law. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1259, as amended, Laird. Civil law. Retail installment contracts.Existing law requires a retail installment contract to be dated and in writing. Existing law also requires the printed portion of the contract to be in eight-point type. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.This bill would require the printed portion of the contract to be in 12-point font.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law makes the exhibition of any motion picture a nuisance if any intentional killing of, or cruelty to, a human being or an animal is shown in the motion picture and such action actually occurred in the production of the motion picture, unless certain exceptions apply. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a producer to willfully misstate or cause to be misstated any fact contained in a statement relating to specified exceptions.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NOYES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1803.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:1803.1. A retail installment contract shall be dated and in writing; the printed portion thereof shall be in at least eight-point 12-point type.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.Section 3508.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:3508.1.Any producer who willfully misstates or causes to be misstated any fact contained in a statement under paragraph (6) or (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 3508 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Amended IN Senate March 15, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1259Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 3508.1 1803.1 of the Civil Code, relating to civil law. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1259, as amended, Laird. Civil law. Retail installment contracts.Existing law requires a retail installment contract to be dated and in writing. Existing law also requires the printed portion of the contract to be in eight-point type. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.This bill would require the printed portion of the contract to be in 12-point font.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law makes the exhibition of any motion picture a nuisance if any intentional killing of, or cruelty to, a human being or an animal is shown in the motion picture and such action actually occurred in the production of the motion picture, unless certain exceptions apply. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a producer to willfully misstate or cause to be misstated any fact contained in a statement relating to specified exceptions.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NOYES
Amended IN Senate March 15, 2022
Amended IN Senate March 15, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1259
Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 17, 2022
Introduced by Senator Laird
February 17, 2022
An act to amend Section 3508.1 1803.1 of the Civil Code, relating to civil law.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1259, as amended, Laird. Civil law. Retail installment contracts.
Existing law requires a retail installment contract to be dated and in writing. Existing law also requires the printed portion of the contract to be in eight-point type. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.This bill would require the printed portion of the contract to be in 12-point font.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law makes the exhibition of any motion picture a nuisance if any intentional killing of, or cruelty to, a human being or an animal is shown in the motion picture and such action actually occurred in the production of the motion picture, unless certain exceptions apply. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a producer to willfully misstate or cause to be misstated any fact contained in a statement relating to specified exceptions.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law requires a retail installment contract to be dated and in writing. Existing law also requires the printed portion of the contract to be in eight-point type. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.
This bill would require the printed portion of the contract to be in 12-point font.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law makes the exhibition of any motion picture a nuisance if any intentional killing of, or cruelty to, a human being or an animal is shown in the motion picture and such action actually occurred in the production of the motion picture, unless certain exceptions apply. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a producer to willfully misstate or cause to be misstated any fact contained in a statement relating to specified exceptions.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1803.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:1803.1. A retail installment contract shall be dated and in writing; the printed portion thereof shall be in at least eight-point 12-point type.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.Section 3508.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:3508.1.Any producer who willfully misstates or causes to be misstated any fact contained in a statement under paragraph (6) or (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 3508 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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 1803.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:1803.1. A retail installment contract shall be dated and in writing; the printed portion thereof shall be in at least eight-point 12-point type.
SECTION 1. Section 1803.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
1803.1. A retail installment contract shall be dated and in writing; the printed portion thereof shall be in at least eight-point 12-point type.
1803.1. A retail installment contract shall be dated and in writing; the printed portion thereof shall be in at least eight-point 12-point type.
1803.1. A retail installment contract shall be dated and in writing; the printed portion thereof shall be in at least eight-point 12-point type.
1803.1. A retail installment contract shall be dated and in writing; the printed portion thereof shall be in at least eight-point 12-point type.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
### SEC. 2.
Any producer who willfully misstates or causes to be misstated any fact contained in a statement under paragraph (6) or (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 3508 is guilty of a misdemeanor.