ARTICLE 2.6. Sellers of Travel

Article 2.6 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1123, Sec. 2.

§§ 17550–17550.30 · 29 sections

§ 17550 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Certain advertising, sales, and business practices of sellers of travel have worked financial…
§ 17550.1 (a) “Seller of travel” means a person who sells, provides, furnishes, contracts for, arranges, or advertises that he or she can or may arrange, or has…
§ 17550.2 “Advertise” means to make any representation in the solicitation of air or sea transportation, and includes communication with other members of the same…
§ 17550.3 “Passenger” is a person on whose behalf money or other consideration has been given or is to be given to another, including another member of the same…
§ 17550.4 An air carrier is a transporter by air of persons that operates under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the United States Department of…
§ 17550.5 “Ticket or voucher” means a writing that is itself good and sufficient to obtain the entire air or ocean transportation, or travel services, which the…
§ 17550.6 “Officially appointed agent” means an agent expressly appointed as such, without reservation, for a specified time period, in a written instrument executed by…
§ 17550.7 “Participant in the Travel Consumer Restitution Fund” is a registered seller of travel with its principal place of business in California, who does business…
§ 17550.8 “Provider” means the person or entity who actually provides any transportation or travel services.
§ 17550.9 “Travel services” includes, but is not limited to, lodging, surface transportation, transfers, tours, meals, guides, baggage transfer, sightseeing,…
§ 17550.10 “Travel certificate” means a writing that represents the holder is entitled to air or sea transportation or travel services, to a discount or reduced price for…
§ 17550.11 (a) “Adequate bond” means a bond executed by an admitted surety insurer in an amount at all times no less than at least equal to the amount required to be held…
§ 17550.13 (a) (1) A seller of travel shall not receive any money or other valuable consideration in payment for air or sea transportation or other travel services…
§ 17550.14 (a) The seller of travel has an obligation either to provide the air or sea transportation or travel services purchased by the passenger or to make a refund as…
§ 17550.15 (a) This section applies to a seller of travel as defined in Section 17550.1. (b) The seller of travel shall deposit directly into a trust account in a…
§ 17550.16 (a) A seller of travel is exempt from the requirements of subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 17550.15 for all transactions in which the seller of…
§ 17550.17 (a) This section does not apply to sellers of travel who are exempt from the requirements of Section 17550.15 pursuant to Section 17550.16. (b) Upon payment in…
§ 17550.18 (a) If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other…
§ 17550.19 In addition to any civil penalties provided in this division, violation of this article is punishable as follows: (a) As a misdemeanor by a fine of not more…
§ 17550.195 (a) The Attorney General shall immediately suspend the registration of a seller of travel who has been convicted of a felony offense pursuant to Section…
§ 17550.20 (a) (1) Not less than 10 days before doing business in this state, a seller of travel shall apply for registration with the office of the Attorney General by…
§ 17550.21 Each filing pursuant to Section 17550.20 shall contain the following information: (a) The name or names of the seller of travel, including the name under which…
§ 17550.22 No registration application shall be accepted for filing if it is incomplete or contains false information.
§ 17550.23 (a) The Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation shall notify the office of the Attorney General whenever a seller of travel with its principal place of…
§ 17550.24 (a) The Attorney General or his or her delegate shall issue a separate registration number to each registrant whose registration is accepted. That registration…
§ 17550.25 (a) All sellers of travel who are participants shall comply with Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 17550.35) prior to engaging in those sales. (b) Any…
§ 17550.26 (a) For the purposes of this section, “travel business discount program” means a membership, benefit program, identification card, identifying number, or other…
§ 17550.27 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Seller of travel discount program” means a membership,…
§ 17550.30 (a) The Travel Seller Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. All fines, penalties, and fees, including late fees, collected pursuant to this article,…