SECTIONS 31500-31506 - California Statutes

CORPORATIONS CODE

SECTION 31500-31506

31500. (a) The commissioner shall charge and collect the fees fixed
by this section. All fees and charges collected under this section
shall be transmitted to the Treasurer at least weekly, accompanied by
a detailed statement thereof and shall be credited to the State
Corporations Fund.
(b) The fee for filing an application for registration of the
offer of franchises under Section 31111 is six hundred seventy-five
dollars ($675).
(c) The fee for filing an application for renewal of a
registration under Section 31121 is four hundred fifty dollars
($450).
(d) The fee for filing an amendment to the application filed under
Section 31111 or 31121 after the effective date of the registration
of the offer of franchises, is fifty dollars ($50).
(e) The fee for filing an application for material modification
under Section 31125 is fifty dollars ($50), whether or not it
accompanies an application under Section 31111 or 31121.
(f) The fee for filing the initial notice of exemption under
Section 31101 is four hundred fifty dollars ($450) and the fee for
filing each consecutive subsequent notice of exemption under these
provisions is one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(g) The fee for filing an application for approval of a written
notice of violation under Section 31303 or 31304 is six hundred
seventy-five dollars ($675).

31501. Every final order, decision, license, or other official act
of the commissioner is subject to judicial review in accordance with
law.

31502. The commissioner may from time to time make, amend and
rescind such rules, forms, and orders as are necessary to carry out
the provisions of this law, including rules and forms governing
applications and reports, and defining any terms, whether or not used
in this law, insofar as the definitions are not inconsistent with
the provisions of this law.

31503. All rules of the commissioner, other than those relating
solely to the internal administration of the Department of
Corporations, shall be made, amended or rescinded in accordance with
the provisions of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part
1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

31504. (a) All applications, reports and other papers and documents
filed with the commissioner under this law shall be open to public
inspection, except that the commissioner may, in his discretion,
withhold from public inspection any information the disclosure of
which is, in the judgment of the commissioner, not necessary in the
public interest or for the protection of investors. The commissioner
may publish any information filed with him or obtained by him, if, in
the judgment of the commissioner, such action is in the public
interest. No provision of this law authorizes the commissioner or any
of his assistants, clerks, or deputies to disclose any information
withheld from public inspection except among themselves or when
necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this
law or to other federal or state regulatory agencies. No provision of
this law either creates or derogates from any privilege which exists
at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is
sought under a subpoena directed to the commissioner or any of his
assistants, clerks, or deputies.
(b) It is unlawful for the commissioner or any of his assistants,
clerks, or deputies to use for personal benefit any information which
is filed with or obtained by the commissioner and which is not then
generally available to the public.

31505. Upon request and at such reasonable charges as he prescribes
by rule, the commissioner shall furnish to any person photostatic or
other copies (certified under his seal of office if requested) of
any document which is retained as a matter of public record, except
that he shall not charge or collect any fee for photostatic or other
copies of any document furnished to public officers for use in their
official capacity. In any judicial proceeding or prosecution, any
copy so certified is prima facie evidence of the contents of the
document certified.

31506. (a) The commissioner may destroy any applications or orders,
together with the files and folders, as useless or obsolete, four
years after the date of filing or issuance, with the approval of the
Department of General Services; provided that a permanent record
shall be maintained of any disciplinary action taken by the
commissioner.
(b) Copies on microfilm or in other form which may be retained by
the commissioner in his discretion of any records destroyed under
this section shall be accepted for all purposes as equivalent to the
original when certified by the commissioner.