CHAPTER 4.5. Fee-Related Talent Services [1701. - 1705.4.]
Repealed and added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 286, Sec. 3.
§§ 1701–1705.4 · 20 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 1701 · 1 section
- § 1701 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Artist” means a person who is or seeks to become an actor, actress, model,…
ARTICLE 2. Advance-Fee Talent Representation Service §§ 1702–1702.4 · 4 sections
- § 1702 No person shall own, operate, or act in the capacity of an advance-fee talent representation service or advertise, solicit for, or knowingly refer a person to,…
- § 1702.1 (a) “Advance-fee talent representation service” means a person who provides or offers to provide, or advertises or represents itself as providing, an artist,…
- § 1702.3 A person who violates Section 1702 is subject to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1704).
- § 1702.4 This article does not apply to the following: (a) A public educational institution. (b) A nonprofit corporation, organized to achieve economic adjustment and…
ARTICLE 3. Other Talent Services §§ 1703–1703.6 · 6 sections
- § 1703 (a) Every contract and agreement between an artist and a talent service shall be in writing, in at least 10-point type, and contain all of the following…
- § 1703.1 (a) Every person engaging in the business of a talent service shall keep and maintain records of the talent service business, including the following: (1) The…
- § 1703.3 (a) Prior to advertising or engaging in business, a talent service shall file with the Labor Commissioner a bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars…
- § 1703.4 (a) A talent service, its owners, directors, officers, agents, and employees shall not do any of the following through any means of communication, including,…
- § 1703.5 No talent scout shall use the same name as used by any other talent scout soliciting for the same talent service, and no talent service shall permit a talent…
- § 1703.6 This article does not apply to any of the following: (a) An entity described in subdivisions (a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) of Section 1702.4. (b) (1) A private…
ARTICLE 4. Remedies §§ 1704–1704.3 · 4 sections
- § 1704 A person, including, an owner, officer, director, agent, or employee of a talent service, who willfully violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a…
- § 1704.1 The Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney may institute an action for a violation of this chapter, including an action to restrain and…
- § 1704.2 A person who is injured by a violation of this chapter or by the breach of a contract subject to this chapter may bring an action for recovery of damages or to…
- § 1704.3 The Labor Commissioner shall use the proceeds of a bond or deposit posted by a person pursuant to this chapter to satisfy a judgment or restitution order…
ARTICLE 5. General Provisions §§ 1705–1705.4 · 5 sections
- § 1705 The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive and do not relieve a person subject to this chapter from the duty to comply with all other laws.
- § 1705.1 The remedies provided in this chapter are not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies or procedures provided in any other law, including…
- § 1705.2 A waiver by an artist of the provisions of this chapter is deemed contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable. An attempt by a person or a talent…
- § 1705.3 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional, the remainder of the chapter and the…
- § 1705.4 Compliance with this chapter does not satisfy and is not a substitute for the requirements mandated by any other applicable law, including the obligation to…