Sections
11 entriesSection 7501Establishes the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs under the director’s supervision and control. Requires the…Section 7501.05Requires the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services to make protection of the public its highest priority when exercising licensing, regulatory, and…Section 7501.1Requires the Governor to appoint the chief of the bureau, with the chief’s salary fixed under the referenced Government Code provision. The…Section 7501.2Allows the director to delegate any chapter power or duty to the chief except authority to adopt or act on a hearing…Section 7501.3Allows the director, under civil-service requirements and the referenced provision, to appoint and set compensation for necessary clerical, inspection, investigation, and auditing…Section 7501.4Requires the chief to gather evidence of unlicensed repossession activity and other chapter violations and furnish evidence to county or city prosecutors…Section 7501.5Requires the bureau chief to initiate and conduct investigations into licensees’ business and affairs on the chief’s own motion. The duty authorizes…Section 7501.6Allows the director to establish and enforce reasonable and necessary rules and regulations governing applicant examination and licensing, licensee conduct, and general…Section 7501.7Allows the director, after finding specified repossession-law violations, to issue a written certified-mail citation with an abatement order and administrative fine up…Section 7501.8Requires the director, when evaluating rehabilitation for denial, suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of a repossession credential, to consider specified factors including offense…Section 7501.9Establishes legislative intent rather than a separate enforcement rule: the bureau should not maintain reserves greater than needed for operating expenses and…