California Code
DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PART 4.7 - BUSINESS AND TOURISM

CHAPTER 1 - California Tourism Marketing Act

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent

Section 13995. - 13995. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13995.1. - 13995.1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 13995.20. - 13995.20. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

ARTICLE 3 - Tourism Selection Committee

Section 13995.30. - 13995.30. (a) The Governor shall appoint a Tourism Selection Committee...

ARTICLE 4 - Commission

Section 13995.40. - 13995.40. (a) Upon approval of the initial referendum, the office...

Section 13995.40.5. - 13995.40.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 13995.40, the number of...

Section 13995.41. - 13995.41. The purpose of the commission is to increase the...

Section 13995.42. - 13995.42. (a) The commission is a separate, independent California nonprofit...

Section 13995.43. - 13995.43. (a) The commission shall be administered by an executive...

Section 13995.44. - 13995.44. (a) (1) The commission shall annually provide to all...

Section 13995.45. - 13995.45. (a) The commission shall annually prepare, or cause to...

Section 13995.46. - 13995.46. Commissioners and employees of the commission are not responsible...

Section 13995.47. - 13995.47. (a) The commission shall establish one or more industry...

Section 13995.48. - 13995.48. If the commission believes that the administration of the...

Section 13995.49. - 13995.49. The commission may by written contract accept a voluntary...

ARTICLE 5 - Director

Section 13995.50. - 13995.50. (a) The marketing of California tourism is hereby declared...

Section 13995.51. - 13995.51. (a) The following powers, and any other powers provided...

Section 13995.52. - 13995.52. (a) Except as otherwise specified in Section 13995.70, the...

Section 13995.53. - 13995.53. The director may require any and all assessed businesses...

Section 13995.54. - 13995.54. Information pertaining to assessed businesses obtained by the director...

Section 13995.55. - 13995.55. For the purpose of carrying out Section 13995.51, the...

Section 13995.56. - 13995.56. A person shall not be excused from attending and...

Section 13995.57. - 13995.57. Any funds appropriated to the office may be used...

Section 13995.58. - 13995.58. The office may contract with the commission in order...

ARTICLE 6 - Referendum

Section 13995.60. - 13995.60. (a) As used in this article and Article 7...

Section 13995.61. - 13995.61. (a) The costs of marketing and promoting the initial...

Section 13995.62. - 13995.62. (a) Assessed businesses may place on a referendum pursuant...

Section 13995.63. - 13995.63. (a) Upon receipt of the resolution required by Section...

Section 13995.64. - 13995.64. (a) Each assessed business is entitled to a weighted...

Section 13995.64.5. - 13995.64.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13995.64, if an assessed...

ARTICLE 7 - Assessments

Section 13995.65. - 13995.65. (a) Each industry category shall establish a committee to...

Section 13995.65.5. - 13995.65.5. Notwithstanding Section 13995.65 or any other provision of this...

Section 13995.66. - 13995.66. The initial assessment level shall be the amount that...

Section 13995.67. - 13995.67. Assessments may be used in furtherance of the purposes...

Section 13995.68. - 13995.68. (a) The director shall establish a list of businesses...

Section 13995.69. - 13995.69. (a) The office shall develop a list of California...

Section 13995.70. - 13995.70. (a) Funding for the commission is a cooperative venture....

Section 13995.71. - 13995.71. Any assessment levied as provided in this chapter is...

Section 13995.72. - 13995.72. If any assessed business that is duly assessed pursuant...

Section 13995.73. - 13995.73. The director may require assessed businesses to deposit with...

Section 13995.74. - 13995.74. In lieu of requiring advance deposits pursuant to Section...

Section 13995.75. - 13995.75. Upon termination of the commission, any remaining funds that...

Section 13995.76. - 13995.76. Any check or warrant that is drawn against the...

Section 13995.77. - 13995.77. A business is exempt from the assessments provided for...

ARTICLE 8 - Actions and Penalties

Section 13995.80. - 13995.80. Any action for any penalty or other remedy that...

Section 13995.81. - 13995.81. Any person who files false information concerning an assessment...

Section 13995.82. - 13995.82. (a) When the director makes a determination that an...

Section 13995.83. - 13995.83. It is a violation of this chapter for any...

Section 13995.84. - 13995.84. Any suit brought by the director to enforce any...

ARTICLE 9 - Miscellaneous

Section 13995.90. - 13995.90. In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for...

Section 13995.91. - 13995.91. If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this...

Section 13995.92. - 13995.92. The assessment for the passenger rental car industry rate...

Section 13995.93. - 13995.93. The approved marketing plan of the commission shall be...

ARTICLE 10 - Los Angeles County Tourism Marketing

Section 13995.100. - 13995.100. (a) The Legislature recognizes that, because of the size...

Section 13995.101. - 13995.101. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 13995.102. - 13995.102. (a) The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors shall...

Section 13995.103. - 13995.103. (a) Based upon the criteria established by the county...

Section 13995.104. - 13995.104. (a) The county commission shall be a private, nonprofit...

Section 13995.105. - 13995.105. (a) Not later than six months following its formation,...

Section 13995.106. - 13995.106. County commissioners and employees of the county commission shall...

Section 13995.107. - 13995.107. The county commission may be terminated at any time...

Section 13995.108. - 13995.108. (a) The county may require assessed businesses to maintain...

Section 13995.109. - 13995.109. (a) The county commission shall recommend the assessments approved...

Section 13995.110. - 13995.110. (a) No referendum required under this article shall be...

Section 13995.111. - 13995.111. Assessments shall be set by the county commission, as...

Section 13995.112. - 13995.112. An assessed business may appeal an assessment to the...

Section 13995.113. - 13995.113. (a) The county treasurer/tax collector shall collect the assessment...

Section 13995.114. - 13995.114. (a) Any assessment levied as provided in this article...

Section 13995.115. - 13995.115. The county commission shall separately contract with the Los...

Section 13995.116. - 13995.116. This article is subject to Article 8 (commencing with...

Section 13995.117. - 13995.117. A business is exempt from the assessments provided for...

Section 13995.118. - 13995.118. This article shall become operative only upon adoption by...

CHAPTER 1.5 - California Welcome Centers

Section 13995.150. - 13995.150. The Legislature finds and declares that a statewide network...

Section 13995.151. - 13995.151. For the purpose of establishing and enhancing a statewide...

Section 13995.152. - 13995.152. The Department of Transportation shall, to the maximum extent...

Section 13995.153. - 13995.153. Costs associated with the ongoing maintenance and operation of...

Section 13995.154. - 13995.154. Every entity of state government shall cooperate with the...

Section 13995.155. - 13995.155. If the Office of Tourism drafts regulations to implement...

CHAPTER 2.5 - International Trade and Investment

Section 13996.4. - 13996.4. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 13996.41. - 13996.41. (a) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development...

Section 13996.42. - 13996.42. The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development may...

Section 13996.55. - 13996.55. (a) The Director of the Governor’s Office of Business...

Section 13996.65. - 13996.65. (a) The director shall prepare the following: (1) A...

Section 13996.75. - 13996.75. The Controller shall not allocate any state funds to...

CHAPTER 3 - Economic Development

Section 13997. - 13997. (a) With respect to international trade and investment offices...

Section 13997.6. - 13997.6. (a) The California Economic Development Fund is hereby created...

CHAPTER 4 - Technology Programs

Section 13998. - 13998. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 13998.1. - 13998.1. (a) (1) There is within the agency the Regional...

Section 13998.2. - 13998.2. (a) There is within the agency the Challenge Grant...

Section 13998.3. - 13998.3. (a) An eligible technology transfer or defense industry conversion...

Section 13998.4. - 13998.4. The technology transfer grantee shall not incur expenses to...

Section 13998.5. - 13998.5. (a) In awarding technology transfer grants, the agency shall...

Section 13998.6. - 13998.6. Technology transfer projects may include reasonable overhead costs incurred...

Section 13998.7. - 13998.7. Except for defense industry conversion and diversification projects, only...

Section 13998.8. - 13998.8. (a) The agency may obtain scientific and technological expertise...

Section 13998.9. - 13998.9. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 13998.2, 13998.3, 13998.4, and 13998.5 and...

Section 13998.10. - 13998.10. (a) In order to carry out this chapter, there...

Section 13998.11. - 13998.11. The agency shall report on this program to the...

Section 13998.12. - 13998.12. There is hereby established within the agency the Technology...