Sections
24 entriesSection 17750Defines a trading stamp as a stamp or similar device issued with a retail merchandise or service sale, as a cash discount,…Section 17751Defines trading stamp to include stamps or similar devices issued by a trading stamp company outside retail merchandise or service sales, including…Section 17752Defines “trading stamp” to exclude redeemable devices used by a manufacturer or packer in advertising or selling its article, and redeemable devices…Section 17753Defines trading stamp to exclude a coupon, ticket, certificate, card, or similar device that a merchant prepares, distributes to its own customers,…Section 17754Establishes legislative findings that the redeemable devices described in the referenced provisions are not used in connection with improper activities of irresponsible…Section 17755Defines a trading stamp company as any person engaged in distributing trading stamps for retailers or others to issue at retail, redeeming…Section 17756Defines “person” to include an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other organization. The definition determines who or what entities…Section 17757Defines “organization” to mean a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association. The definition identifies the entity types encompassed whenever that term…Section 17758Defines “issue” to include using, distributing, giving away, selling, furnishing, and licensing the use, distribution, gift, sale, or furnishing of the relevant…Section 17759Defines merchant to include a retailer, a person dealing in services, or a person acting in a similar capacity. The term therefore…Section 17760Exempts nonprofit merchant organizations from the chapter when trading stamps are exclusively issued and redeemed by the organization or its members, all…Section 17761Prohibits any person from issuing a trading stamp unless the stamp bears both the name of the trading-stamp company responsible for redemption…Section 17762Requires a trading stamp company to redeem its issued stamps, at the rightful holder’s option, for merchandise, service, or cash. If the…Section 17763Prohibits any person from willfully issuing or redeeming a trading stamp without the consent of the trading stamp company that issued the…Section 17764Allows any person to redeem trading stamps pursuant to contract when the stamps were issued on or before December 31, 1997. The…Section 17765Requires a person who advertises or gives trading stamps with merchandise or services to provide stamps on all items at the business…Section 17766Exempts sales from any chapter requirement to give trading stamps when another law or regulation specifically prohibits giving trading stamps or any…Section 17767Allows a rightful holder of trading stamps to bring a civil damages action when a trading-stamp company fails to redeem them. The…Section 17768Requires a merchant discontinuing a trading stamp company’s stamps to post at each issuance location, in at least 18-point type, notice of…Section 17769Requires a trading stamp company to give written notice at least 90 days before it stops issuing trading stamps to every merchant…Section 17770Sets a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation of any provision of the chapter. It also authorizes any California…Section 17771Sets a maximum fine of $5,000 upon conviction for any person who willfully violates a provision of the chapter. The penalty applies…Section 17772Exempts trading stamps issued by a trading stamp company that is subject to this chapter from the Corporate Securities Law of 1968.…Section 17773Exempts signs, statements, and other advertising at businesses selling gasoline or motor fuel from any requirement under the chapter or code to…