CHAPTER 4. Talent Agencies [1700. - 1700.54.]
Heading of Chapter 4 amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1382.
§§ 1700–1700.54 · 51 sections
ARTICLE 1. Scope and Definitions §§ 1700–1700.4 · 5 sections
- § 1700 As used in this chapter, “person” means any individual, company, society, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, manager, or…
- § 1700.1 As used in this chapter: (a) “Theatrical engagement” means any engagement or employment of a person as an actor, performer, or entertainer in a circus,…
- § 1700.2 (a) As used in this chapter, “fee” means any of the following: (1) Any money or other valuable consideration paid or promised to be paid for services rendered…
- § 1700.3 As used in this chapter: (a) “License” means a license issued by the Labor Commissioner to carry on the business of a talent agency under this chapter. (b)…
- § 1700.4 (a) “Talent agency” means a person or corporation who engages in the occupation of procuring, offering, promising, or attempting to procure employment or…
ARTICLE 2. Licenses §§ 1700.5–1700.22 · 19 sections
- § 1700.5 No person shall engage in or carry on the occupation of a talent agency without first procuring a license therefor from the Labor Commissioner. The license…
- § 1700.6 A written application for a license shall be made to the Labor Commissioner in the form prescribed by him or her and shall state: (a) The name and address of…
- § 1700.7 Upon receipt of an application for a license the Labor Commissioner may cause an investigation to be made as to the character and responsibility of the…
- § 1700.8 The commissioner upon proper notice and hearing may refuse to grant a license. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing at…
- § 1700.9 No license shall be granted to conduct the business of a talent agency: (a) In a place that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the artist. (b) To…
- § 1700.10 The license when first issued shall run to the next birthday of the applicant, and each license shall then be renewed within the 30 days preceding the…
- § 1700.11 All applications for renewal shall state the names and addresses of all persons, except bona fide employees on stated salaries, financially interested either…
- § 1700.12 A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the Labor Commissioner at the time the application for issuance of a talent agency license is filed.…
- § 1700.13 A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the Labor Commissioner at the time application for consent to the transfer or assignment of a talent…
- § 1700.14 Whenever an application for a license or renewal is made, and application processing pursuant to this chapter has not been completed, the Labor Commissioner…
- § 1700.15 A talent agency shall also deposit with the Labor Commissioner, prior to the issuance or renewal of a license, a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand…
- § 1700.16 Such surety bonds shall be payable to the people of the State of California, and shall be conditioned that the person applying for the license will comply with…
- § 1700.18 (a) All moneys collected for filing fees and licenses under this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Labor Enforcement and…
- § 1700.19 Each license shall contain all of the following: (a) The name of the licensee. (b) A designation of the city, street, and number of the premises in which the…
- § 1700.20 No license shall protect any other than the person to whom it is issued nor any places other than those designated in the license. No license shall be…
- § 1700.20a The Labor Commissioner may issue to a person eligible therefor a certificate of convenience to conduct the business of a talent agency where the person…
- § 1700.20b To be eligible for a certificate of convenience, a person shall be either: (a) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person licensed to…
- § 1700.21 The Labor Commissioner may revoke or suspend any license when it is shown that any of the following occur: (a) The licensee or his or her agent has violated or…
- § 1700.22 Before revoking or suspending any license, the Labor Commissioner shall afford the holder of such license an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.…
ARTICLE 3. Operation and Management §§ 1700.23–1700.47 · 22 sections
- § 1700.23 Every talent agency shall submit to the Labor Commissioner a form or forms of contract to be utilized by such talent agency in entering into written contracts…
- § 1700.24 Every talent agency shall file with the Labor Commissioner a schedule of fees to be charged and collected in the conduct of that occupation, and shall also…
- § 1700.25 (a) A licensee who receives any payment of funds on behalf of an artist shall immediately deposit that amount in a trust fund account maintained by him or her…
- § 1700.26 Every talent agency shall keep records in a form approved by the Labor Commissioner, in which shall be entered all of the following: (1) The name and address…
- § 1700.27 All books, records, and other papers kept pursuant to this chapter by any talent agency shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the Labor…
- § 1700.28 Every talent agency shall post in a conspicuous place in the office of such talent agency a printed copy of this chapter and of such other statutes as may be…
- § 1700.29 The Labor Commissioner may, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing at Section 11370), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code,…
- § 1700.30 No talent agency shall sell, transfer, or give away to any person other than a director, officer, manager, employee, or shareholder of the talent agency any…
- § 1700.31 No talent agency shall knowingly issue a contract for employment containing any term or condition which, if complied with, would be in violation of law, or…
- § 1700.32 No talent agency shall publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information, representation, notice, or advertisement. All…
- § 1700.33 No talent agency shall send or cause to be sent, any artist to any place where the health, safety, or welfare of the artist could be adversely affected, the…
- § 1700.34 No talent agency shall send any minor to any saloon or place where intoxicating liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- § 1700.35 No talent agency shall knowingly permit any persons of bad character, prostitutes, gamblers, intoxicated persons, or procurers to frequent, or be employed in,…
- § 1700.36 No talent agency shall accept any application for employment made by or on behalf of any minor, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 1286, or shall place…
- § 1700.37 A minor cannot disaffirm a contract, otherwise valid, entered into during minority, either during the actual minority of the minor entering into such contract…
- § 1700.38 No talent agency shall knowingly secure employment for an artist in any place where a strike, lockout, or other labor trouble exists, without notifying the…
- § 1700.39 No talent agency shall divide fees with an employer, an agent or other employee of an employer.
- § 1700.40 (a) No talent agency shall collect a registration fee. In the event that a talent agency shall collect from an artist a fee or expenses for obtaining…
- § 1700.41 In cases where an artist is sent by a talent agency beyond the limits of the city in which the office of such talent agency is located upon the representation…
- § 1700.44 (a) In cases of controversy arising under this chapter, the parties involved shall refer the matters in dispute to the Labor Commissioner, who shall hear and…
- § 1700.45 Notwithstanding Section 1700.44, a provision in a contract providing for the decision by arbitration of any controversy under the contract or as to its…
- § 1700.47 It shall be unlawful for any licensee to refuse to represent any artist on account of that artist’s race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, or…
ARTICLE 4. Education and Trainings §§ 1700.50–1700.54 · 5 sections
- § 1700.50 (a) A licensee shall make available via electronic transmission, hard copy brochure, or through other reasonable means educational materials regarding sexual…
- § 1700.51 (a) A licensee shall make available educational materials regarding nutrition and eating disorders to an adult model artist within 90 days of the date of…
- § 1700.52 (a) Prior to the issuance of an entertainment work permit to a minor pursuant to Section 1308.5, the parent or legal guardian of a minor between 14 to 17 years…
- § 1700.53 As part of the application for license renewal, in order to establish that the requirements of this article are met, a licensee shall confirm to the Labor…
- § 1700.54 (a) It is a violation of this article for a licensee to do any of the following: (1) Fail to ensure that educational materials are made available to an adult…