ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
Article 1 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 46.
§§ 19000–19022 · 33 sections
- § 19000 This chapter may be cited as the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act.
- § 19001 Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 19002 “Person” includes any individual, partnership, association, firm, auctioneer, trust, limited liability company, and corporation, and the agents, servants, and…
- § 19003 “Sell,” or any of its variants, includes any of, or any combination of, the following: Sell, offer or expose for sale, barter, trade, deliver, give away, rent,…
- § 19004 (a) “Bureau” refers to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, as established in Section 9810. (b) “Chief” refers to the chief of the bureau. (c)…
- § 19004.1 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Bureau of Household Goods and Services in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary…
- § 19006 “Upholstered furniture” means any furniture, including children’s furniture, movable or stationary, which is made or sold with cushions or pillows, loose or…
- § 19006.1 “Seating furniture,” including children’s furniture, movable or stationary, means any furniture, which is made or sold with or without filling material,…
- § 19007 “Bedding” means any quilted pad, packing pad, mattress pad, hammock pad, mattress, comforter, quilt, sleeping bag, box spring, studio couch, pillow or cushion…
- § 19007.5 “Filling material” means cotton, wool, kapok, feathers, downs, hair, liquid, or any other material, substance, or any combination thereof, loose or in batting,…
- § 19008 “Secondhand” means any materials or articles used in the construction of bedding or upholstered furniture that have been previously used for any purpose, and…
- § 19008.1 “Used” means furniture or bedding that has been previously owned or used by another individual.
- § 19008.2 “Antique” means furniture having special value because of its age, especially a work of art or handicraft that is over 100 years old.
- § 19008.5 Any article of upholstered furniture or bedding is secondhand if it contains any secondhand material in whole or in part.
- § 19008.6 Any article of upholstered furniture or bedding on sales floors in a private residence or room, which is not separated from living quarters, is secondhand.
- § 19009 “Retailer” means a person who sells any article of upholstered furniture or bedding or filling materials to a consumer or user of the article as purchased.
- § 19010 “Bedding renovator” means a person who rebuilds, repairs, makes over, re-covers, restores, renovates or renews bedding.
- § 19010.1 “Custom upholsterer” means a person who, either by himself or herself or through employees or agents, repairs, reupholsters, re-covers, restores, or renews…
- § 19010.5 “Wholesaler” means a person who, on his or her own account, sells any article of upholstered furniture or bedding or filling materials to another for the…
- § 19011 “Manufacturer” means a person who, either by himself or herself or through employees or agents, makes any article of upholstered furniture or bedding in whole…
- § 19011.1 “Importer” means a person who manufactures or wholesales, through employees or agents, any article of upholstered furniture, bedding, or filling material…
- § 19012 “Supply dealer” means a person who manufactures, processes or sells any felt, batting, pads, woven or plastic fabrics, or loose material in bags or containers,…
- § 19012.5 “Sanitizer” means a person who sanitizes articles of bedding or filling materials.
- § 19014 “Branch” means any subordinate establishment situated apart from the parent house, maintaining a separate service to the trade.
- § 19015 “Slip seat” means the separate padded seat unit consisting of a plywood or similar base with its filling material and attached cover, which is used on chairs,…
- § 19016 “Slip cover” means any casing or cover without filling material which is to be placed, on or over any completely manufactured article of upholstered furniture…
- § 19016.5 A person engaged exclusively in the manufacture of slip covers shall not be required to have a license under the provisions of this chapter.
- § 19017 “Owner’s material” means any article or material belonging to a person for his or her own, or tenant’s use, that is sent to any manufacturer, bedding…
- § 19018 “Approved testing laboratory” means any testing facility which is determined by rule and regulation of the bureau to have adequate personnel, facilities,…
- § 19019 “Insulation material” means any material or combination of materials applied or installed within or contiguous to a roof, wall, ceiling, or floor of a building…
- § 19020 “R-value” means a measure of thermal resistance of material or composite materials. “R-value” is equal to the reciprocal of the conductance of a given…
- § 19021 “Quality assurance program” means a system of procedures employed at the place of manufacture of insulation material designed to assure that insulation…
- § 19022 (a) An “insulation manufacturer” is any person who produces insulation materials or a combination of materials which, when properly applied or installed…