Sections
14 entriesSection 17020Requires the definitions contained in this article to be used when construing this chapter. The provision makes those article definitions controlling interpretive…Section 17021Defines person to include an individual person as well as a firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company, corporation, and municipal or…Section 17022Defines “sell” to include not only completing a sale but also offering an item for sale and advertising an item for sale.…Section 17023Defines give for purposes of the chapter to include not only actually giving something, but also offering to give it and advertising…Section 17024Defines article or product to include commodities, things of value, services, and service-trade output, but excludes motion pictures licensed for theater exhibition.…Section 17025Defines vendor to include any person who performs work on, renovates, alters, or improves personal property belonging to another person. The provision…Section 17026Defines production cost as raw materials, labor, and producer overhead; distribution cost as the lower of invoice or replacement cost plus business…Section 17026.1Allows regularly earned cellular-telephone retailer commissions or rebates to reduce cost by no more than the greater of 10 percent of cost…Section 17026.5Allows regular term discounts from cigarette manufacturers to distributors for cash payment to reduce cost when the discounts are customarily offered to…Section 17027Limits use of invoice cost from a forced, bankruptcy, closeout, or other sale outside ordinary trade channels to justify a price below…Section 17028Defines “ordinary channels of trade” as ordinary, regular, daily mercantile transactions transferring title to undamaged, undeteriorated products between persons. Excludes bankruptcy stock…Section 17029Defines cost of doing business or overhead expense as all costs incurred in conducting the business, expressly including labor and executive salaries,…Section 17030Defines a loss leader as an article or product sold below cost when its purpose is to induce, promote, or encourage purchases…Section 17031Defines locality discrimination as selling or furnishing an article or product at a lower price in one section, community, city, portion, or…