California Government Code 53075.9 – (a) Every taxicab transportation service shall include the …
(a) Every taxicab transportation service shall include the number of its certificate, license, or permit in every written or oral advertisement of the services it offers.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, “advertisement” includes, but is not limited to, the issuance of any card, sign, or device to any person, the causing, permitting, or allowing the placement of any sign or marking on or in any building or structure, or in any media form, including newspaper, magazine, radiowave, satellite signal, or any electronic transmission, or in any directory soliciting taxicab transportation services subject to this chapter.
Terms Used In California Government Code 53075.9
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(c) Whenever the local agency, after a hearing, finds that any person or corporation is operating as a taxicab transportation service without a valid certificate, license, or permit or fails to include in any written or oral advertisement the number required by subdivision (a), the local agency may impose a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation. The local agency may assess the person or corporation an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable expense of investigation incurred by the local agency. The local agency may assess interest on any fine or assessment imposed, to commence on the day the payment of the fine or assessment becomes delinquent. All fines, assessments, and interest collected shall be deposited at least once each month in a fund established for the purpose of enforcing this section.
(d) For purposes of this section, “local agency” has the same meaning as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53075.7.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 88. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010.)