1986 Report of the CA Entertainment Commission
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The HonorableGeorgeDeukmejian
Governor
of
C a l i f o r n i a
S t a t e C a p i t o l
Sacramento , CA 95814
The Honorable David
A .
R o b e r t i
P r e s i d e n tP r o TemDore
S t a t e C a p i t o l
s ac ramen t o ,
CA
95814
The
H o n o rab l eWillie Brown,
J r .
Speaker
of t h e A s s e m b l y
S t a t e C a p i t o l
Sacramento ,
CA
95814
DearGovernorDeukmejianand Messrs. Roberti and Brown:
E n c l o s e d f o r f i l i n g ,p u r s u a n t o Labor Code Sec tion 1
t h e o f t h e
m
T h i s repor as prepared a n d i s submittedpursuant t o t h e
l e g i s l a t i v e man
e of
t h e s t a t u t e s of 1982, Chapter 682, Labo
Code Sec t ions
1 7 0 1
through
1 7 0 4 ,
i n c l u s i v e .
If you haveanyquest ions ,p leaseadvise t h e undersigned.
Very t ru ly you rs ,
t
Ca lif or nia En te rt ain me nt Commis
enc.
cc : D a r r y l W hite
S e c r e t a r y of t h eSen a t e
HonorableRichardFloyd
Chairman
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Honorable B i l l Greene
Chairman
Senate Industrial
Relations Committee
Honorable
J o h n
Vasconcel
Chairman
A s s e m b l y Ways andMeans
Committee
Honorable M a x i n e Waters
A s s e m b l y Ways and Means
Subcommitteeo n S t a t e
Government
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C A L I F O R N I A
ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
T h i s r e p o r t 1s s u b m i t t e d by t h eC a l i f o r n i aE n t e r t a i n m e
Commission ( h e r e i n a f t e r e f e r r e d o a s
t h e
C o m m i s s i o n ) t o
L e g i s l a t u r e a n d
t h e
G o v e r n o r p u r s u a n t o C a l i f o r n i a
Labor
S e c t i o n s * 1 7 0 1 t o
1704**.
T h e s e e c t i o n sm a n d a t e h eC o m m l s s l o
t o r e co m me nd
a
m o d e l
b i l l
r e g a r d i n g
t h e
l i c e n s i n g
o f
a g e
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
of
a r t i s t s
i n
t h ee n t e r t a i n m e n t n d u s t r y
g e n e r a la n d
t h e
r e c o r d i n g n d u s t r y
3 n
p a r t i c u l a r .
L a b o rC o d eS e c t i o n
1701 ,
w h i c he s t a b l i s h e d h eC o m m i s s i o
p r o v i d e s
a s
f o l l ow s :
T h e r e i s h e r e b yc r e a t e d
i n
S t a t e g o v e r n m e n t
t h e
C a l i f o r n i aE n t e r t a l n m e n tC o m m i s s i o n
c o n s i s t i n g
of 1 0
m e m b e r s .T h r e em e m b e r s
of
t h e
c o m m i s s i o ns h a l l be a p p o l n t e d b y h e
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t o
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1s
t o t h e
C a l i f o r n i aL a b o r
Code,
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G ove r no r , h r e e
members
b y
t h e S p e a k e r of
t h e
Assembly, a n d h r e e
members by
t h eS e n a t e
R u l e s
Committee.Each ppoint ing owerhal l
a p p o i n t
a
l l c e n s e d a l e n ta g e n t ,
a
personal
manager
of
a t e a s t h r e e a r t i s t s , a n da n
a r t i s t . T h e LaborCommiss ioner s h a l l
a l s o
be
a member
of
t h e
commission.
Labor Code Sect lon 1 7 0 2 d i r e c t s h e Commiss ion
t o
rePO
f o l l o w s :
1 7 0 2 .
T h e c om m i s s i on ha l l t udy t h e laws a n d
p r a c t i c e s of
t h i s
s t a t e , h e S t a t e
of
N e w
Y or k ,a ndo t he re n t e r t a l nm e n tc a p i t a l s of t h e
U n i t e d S t a t e s e l a t i n g o t he l i c e n s i n g of
a g e n t sa n d e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
o f
a r t i s t s i n t h e
e n t e r t a i n m e n t n d u s t r y ng e n e r a l ,a n d h e
r e c o r d i n g n d u s t r y np a r t l c u l a r ,
s o
a s
t o
enable hecommiss ion
t o
recommend t o t h e
L e g i s l a t u r e a model blll r e g a r d i n g h i s
l c e n s i n g .
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b ) Any a c t i o n
of t h e
Commissioner
would
r e q u i r eh e
a t t e n d a n c e
o f
a t l e a s t two a r t i s t s , two personalmanagers
t a l e n t a g e n t s , a n dwould req uir e hev o t e of a major i ty of
Commission.
c )
The Chair
would
not b e
a
v o t i n g member except t o b
t i e .
P u r s u a n t os t a t u t o r ym a n d a t e , t h e
C o m m i s s i o n
s t u d i e d h
laws
a n dp r a c t i c e s
o f
C a l i fo rn i a a n d
of
New York and other
entertainment c a p i t a l s
o f
t h eU n i t e dS t a t e s . I n t h ec o u r s e
i t s
d e l i b e r a t i o n s , l t analyzed
i n
m i n u t ed e t a i l h eT a l e n t
Agencies
Act o f
C a l i f o r n i a .
I t i s t h e j u d g m e n t
of
a m a j o r i t y of the Commission tha
TalentAgenciesAct
of
C a l i f o r n i a
i s
a
s o u n d
and workable
a n d
t h a t t h e recommendationscontalned i n t h i s r e p o r t w ~ l
e n a c t e d
by
t h eC a l i f o r n i aL e g l s l a t u r e , r a n s f o r m h a ts t a t u t e
i n t o
a
m o d e l s t a t u t e
of i t s
k i n d
i n
t h eU n i t e dSta te s .
T h e recommendations of t h e C o m m i s s i o n submitted i n t h i
r e p a r tw e re , i n a l lc a s e s ,s u p p o r t e d by t h em a j o r i t y of t h
members
of
t h e Commission.
A few
recommendationswere pprove
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R e g u l a t o r yc o n t r o l so v e re a c h
o f
t h e s ec a t e g o r l e s o f
employmen tagenc ie swer ee s tab l i shed , nc lud ing i c ens ing
r e q u i r e m e n t sa n do t h e r e s t r i c t l o n so n h eope r a t ions o f
s u c h a g e n c i e s .
I n 1 9 4 3 , t h e
a r t i s t manager was ad de d o he Employ
Agenc ie s
Act
( 1 9 4 3 ,
S t a t s .
1326,
Ch .
3 2 9 ) .
The a r t l s t ma
was d e f i n e d a s :
A pe rs on who enga ges l n t h eo c c u p a t l o n o f
a d v i s i n g ,c o u n s e l i n g ,o rd i r e c t i n ga r t i s t s
i n
t h e developmentor dvancement of t h e i r
p r o f e s s i o n a lca re er s and who pr oc ur es ,o f f e r s ,
p r o m i s e so ra t t e m p t s opr oc ur e employment or
engagements of a n a r t i s t
o n l y
i n connec t ion
w i t h
a nd a s a p a r t of
t h e d u t i e s
and
o b l i g a t i o n s
of
suchpersonunder a c o n t r a c t
w i t h s u c h
a r t i s t
by
w h i c h
s u c h pe r son
c o n t r a c t s o e n d e rs e r v i c e so f h en a t u r e
abovement ioned o
s u c h
a r t i s t .
I n 1 9 5 9 , h o s ep r o v i s i o n s
o f
t h e EmploymentAgencies
A
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These f our cat egor i es of agent s- - empl oyment agent ,
empl oyment agent , mot i on pi ct ur e empl oyment agent and
ar t i s t s ' manager - - exi s t ed unt i l 1967. I n t he year , t h
Cal i f or ni a Legi sl at ur e r epeal ed t he Empl oyment Agenci e
abol i shed t he cat egor i es
of
t heat r i cal empl oyment agen
mot i on pi ct ur e empl oyment agent , t r ansf er r ed t he pr ovi
r el at i ng t o empl oyment agenci es t o t he Busi ness and Pr
Code and pl aced such agenci es under t he j ur i sdi ct i on o
Depar t ment of Pr of ess i onal and Vocat i onal St andar ds (
t he Depart ment of Consumer Af f ai r s) . Regul at i on of ar
manager r emai ned i n t he Labor Code i n t he Ar t i st s ' Man
and, f or pur poses of adm ni s t r at i on, under
the
j ur i s dl
t he Labor Comm ssi oner .
I n 1978, t he Act was r enamed t he Tal ent Agenci es A
St at s . Ch. 1382) and t hat r emai ns t he name of t he st at
( The Tal ent Agenci es Act will her ei naf t er be ref er r ed
Act . )
A l s o
by t he same enact ment , ar t i st s' manager s b
t al ent agent s , and t he def i ni t i on of an ar t i st s ' ma
t al ent agent ,
was
changed t o r ead as
follows:
A t al ent agency
is
her eby def i ned t o be a
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engagements or
an
a r t i s to ra r t i s t s .T a l e n t
agencies may, i n a d d i t i o n ,c o u n s e l
o r
d i r e c t
a r t i s t s ln thedevelopment of t h e i r
p r o f e s s i o n a lc a r e e r s .
I n
1 9 8 2 ,
AB 997
( S t a t s .
C h .
682) made severa l
s i g n i f i c a n t h a n g e s
i n
t h eA c t .F i r s t ,
i t e x c l u d e d
t h
of
r e c o r d i n gc on t r a c t s rom he i c e ns u re e qu i r e me n t su n d e r h
Act .Sect lon
1 7 0 0 . 4
was amended by
t h e
a d d i t i o no f h e o l
under l lned anguage :
1 7 0 0 . 4 . a) A
t a l e n ta g e n c y
i s
he re byde f i ne d
t o be a pe rsonorcorporakion w h o engages i n
t heo c c u p a t i o n
o f
procur ing , o r a t t e m p t l n g t o
procure employment
o r
engagements f o r an
a r t i s t o r a r t i s t s , e x c e p t h a t h e a c t i v i t i e s
o fp r o c u r i n q ,o f f e r i n s ,o rP romi s i ns o
p r o c u r e e c o r d i n sc o n t r a c t s
f o r
a n a r t i s t
or
a r t i s t s s h a l l
n o t of
i t s e l f s u b i e c t
a
person
o rc o r p o r a t i o n o e q u l a t l o na n d i c e n s i n q
under
t h i s
c ha p t e r .Ta le n t genc les may, i n
a d d i t i o n ,c ouns e l
or
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ISSUES
The p r i n c i p a l i s sues a d d re s s e d by t h e Commission
follows:
1.
U n d e r w h a t c o n d i t i o n s o r c i rcumstances , i f a n
p e r s o n a lm a n a g e r
o r
a n y o n eo t h e r h a n
a
l i c e n s e d a l e
a l l o w e d t o p r o c u r e ,o f f e r ,p r o m i s eo ra t t e m p t op r o c u r e
e m p l o y m e n to r n g a g e m e n t s h e r e a f t e r h i sp h r a s e ,w h i c h
i n
t h e t a t u t o r yd e f i n i t i o n of t a l e n t g e n c y w i l l
t o p r o c u r ee m p l o y m e n t ) f o r an a r t i s t w l t h o u t b e i n g
a t a l e n t a g e n t ?
2 .
W hat c h a n g e s , f n y l h o u l d b e made i n h ep r
t h e Act e x e m p t i n g r o m
t h e Act a
p e r s o n who p r o c u r e s
c o n t r a c t s o r a n a r t i s t ?
3 S h o u l d h e r i m l n a l a n c t i o n so f h e
Act,
r e
9 9 7 , b e r e i n s t a t e da n d , ~f s o , i nw h a t o r m ?
4 . S h o u l d h e u n s e tp r o v i s i o n s a d d e d t o t h e Ac
b e
d e l e t e d ?
5 . S h o u l d t h e e n t i r e
A c t
b e r e p e a l e d n d / o r h o u l d h
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t al ent agency i n t he negot i at i ons
f
an
empl oyment cont r act .
Recommendat i ons
The Comm ss i on r ecommends t hat , wi t h m nor exc
change be made i n t he pr esent l anguageof Sect i on
17
A c t
r egar di ng t hi s i s sue.
Di scuss i on
s
not ed above, a t al ent agent i s def i ned i n Sec
o f t he Act as ol l ows:
1700.4.
a ) A
t al ent agency i s her eby def i n
t o
be a per son or cor porat i on
who
engages i
t he occupat i on o f pr ocur i ng, of f er i ng,
pr om sl ng or at t empt i ng t o pr ocur e empl oyme
or engagement s f or an ar t i s t or a r t i s t s ,
exc ept t hat t he ac t i vi t i es f pr ocur i ng,
of f er i ng or pr om si ng t o pr ocur e r ecor di ng
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d l r e c t a r t i s t s i n
t h e
d e v e l o p m e n to f h e l r
p r o f e s s l o n a l c a r e e r s .
S e c t l o n 1 7 0 0 .5 p r o v i d e s i n p e r t l n e n tp a r t , a s follow
1 7 0 0 . 5 .
No
p e r s o n h a l le n g a g e no rc a r r y
t h e o c c u p a t i o n o f a t a l e n ta g e n c yw i t h o u t
f i r s t p r o c u r i n g a l i c e n s e h e r e f o r e
from
t h
L a b o rC o m m i s s l o n e r . u c h l i c e n s e s h a l l b e
p o s t e d n
a
c o n s p i c u o u sp l a c e
i n
t h e
o f f i c e
t h e l i c e n s e s .
T h em a j o r ,a n dp h i l o s o p h i c a l l y t h e m o s t
d i f f i c u l
b e f o r e t h e C o m m i s s i o n , t h e d i s c u s s l o no fw h i c h consum
s u b s t a n t i a l p o r t i o n o f t h e t ime o fm o s t
o f
t h e m e e t i
C o m m i s s i o n , was
t h i s
f i r s t i s s u e : When, i f ev e r , ma
m a n a g e r
o r ,
f o r h a tm a t t e r ,a n y o n eo t h e r h a n a l i c e
A g e n t ,p r o c u r ee m p l o y m e n t o ra na r t i s tw i t h o u to b t a i n i n g
t a l e n t a g e n t ' s
l i c e n s e
f r o m
t h e
L a b o rC o m m i s s i o n e r ?
No
c l e a r e g i s l a t i v e
i n t e n t
c a n b e d i s c e r n e d o
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The Tal ent Agenci es Act of
1978,
or i gi nal l y i nt r o
2 5 3 5 , woul d have r equi r ed a separ at e per sonal manager
al l per sonal manager s , whet her or not t hey pr ocur ed e
f or an ar t i st at any t i me. However , t hat por t i on of
r el at i ng t o per sonal manager s was del et ed.
The cont r over sy over t l s i ssue
S
l ong st andi ng
ent er t ai nment i ndust r y.
The pos i t i on
of
t he t al ent agent s i s t hat anyone
t he same f unct i on as hey i n pr ocur i ng empl oyment f or
shoul d be subl ect t o t he same st at ut or y and r egul at or
obl i gat i ons as t hey ar e- - not hi ng mor e and not hi ng l ess
obl i gat i ons i nc l ude r egul at i on of cont r act t er ms and
Labor Comm ss i oner and t he r equi r ement s
o f
f r anchi se a
wi t h uni ons r epr esent i ng t he ar t l s t s . Tal ent agent s
f i nd t hemsel ves i n compet i t i on wi t h per sonal manager s
i n seek i ng empl oyment f or c l i ent s . I n t he opi ni on
of
agent s , t he i ssue i s si mpl y one
of
f ai r nes s: al l
who
empl oyment f or an ar t i st
h o u l d
be l i censed or none s
1 censed.
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a c t l v l t l e s whlchcould
b e
co n s t r u edasprocuring emplo
S u c h a c t i v i t y
i s
o n l y a mi n o ran d n c i d en t a lp a r t
of
s e r v i c e s o h ea r t i s t . The essence of t h e i r e r v i c e ,w
c o u n s e l i n g h e a r t i s t i n t h e development o f h i s / h e rp r o
c a r e e r , i s n o t
t h e
k i n d
of
a c t i v i t y w h i c hcan eas ib lyor
l e g l t i m a t e l ybe made t h e s u b ~ e c t f l i c en su r e . They a
f
t h e ya r er e q u l r e d ob e i c e n s e d , h e y w i l l no t o n
r e q u i r e d opro cu re employment f o r h e i r c l i en t s , w h i c
t h ee s s e n c e of t h e i rs e r v i c e oc l i e n t s , b u t t h e i r e e s
l en g t h
of
t h ec o n t r a c t s , an do t h e ra sp ec t s of t h e i rs e r
b e c o n t r o l l e d
by
the LaborCommlssioner nd
t h e u n io n
f o rp e r s o n a lm a n a g e r sa r e n t r i n s i c a l l yd i f f e r e n t from
procur ingemploymentand ef lectnotonly hevalue o
I n t a n g i b l es e r v i c e
b u t
t h e g r e a t e r r i s k w h i c h i s assum
personalmanager i n t h ee v e n t u a la r t i s t i cs u c c e s s o f t
c l i e n t s .
The Commissionattemptedover many h o u r s and b y d
e x p l o r a t i o n and a n a l y s i s o f a l t e r n a t i v e s
t o
f i n d a com
of
compromise
on
w h i c h
ananswer o
t h i s
f i r s t s s u e c o
fo rmula t ed , b u t w i t h o u t
success .
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T h e p e r s o n a lm a n a g e r oe n g a g e n c a s u a l
c o n v e r s a t i o n s c o n c e r n l n g t h e s u i t a b l l l t y o
a n a r t i s t f o r
a
r o l e o r p a r t , u b j e c t ,
h o w e v e r , t o t h e o t h e r e s t r i c t i o n s o f
1700.44(d) a b o v e . ( A t presen t , even a casu
c o n v e r s a t l o n w h i c h l e a d d l r e c t l y o r
i n d i r e c t l y t o em ploym ent: c a n
be
c o n s t r u e d
a
i l l e g a lu n l i c e n s e da c t i v i t y . )
T h e t a l e n t a g e n t or t h e a r t i s t ,
w i t h
o r
w i t h o u t
t h e
c o n s e n t of t h e t a l e n ta g e n t ,
t o
c a l l a
p e r s o n a lm a n a g e r n t o t h e n e g o t i a t i o
of a n m p l o y m e n t o n t r a c t . ( A t p r e s e n t ,
a
p e r s o n a lm a n a g e rc a n b eco me i n v o l v e d
i n the
n e g o t i a t l o n s
o f
a ne m p l o y m e n tc o n t r a c to n l ya t
t h e request
of
a d u l y i c e n s e da n d r a n c h i s e d
t a l e n t a g e n t - - s e eS e c t i o n 1 7 0 0 . 4 , a b o v e . ) ;
T h e p e r s o n a lm a n a g e r oa c t nc o n j u n c t i o n
w i t h h e a l e n t a g e n t i n t h e n e g o t i a t i o n
o f
e m p l o y m e n tc o n t r a c tw h e t h e ro rn o t e q u e s t e d
t o d o s o b y t h e t a l e n t
agent .
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Anyone
who
d o e sn o tc h a r g e a f e eo rc o m m i s s i o n
o r o t h e r o r m o f c o m p e n s a t i o n o rp r o c u r i n g
e m p l o y m e n t o r n r t i s t ; a n d
,
Anyone who i s a b o n a i d ee m p l o y e r of t h e
a r t i s t who d o e sn o t e p r e s e n t
t h e
a r t i s t
i n
p r o c u r i n g m p l o y m e n t ,
As
n o t e d , all of t h e s e a l t e r n a t i v e s
were
r e j e c t e d by
C o m m i s s i o n .
T h u s ,
l n s e a r c h i n g o r t h e p e r m i s s i b l e
l imi ts
t o a c t
l n
w h i c h a n n l i c e n s e d e r s o n a lm a n a g e r r n y o n e o u l d n g a g e
i n
p r o c u r i n ge m p l o y m e n t
f o r
a n
a r t i s t
w i t h o u t
b e i n g
l i c e
t a l e n ta g e n t ,
t h e
C o m m i s s i o nc o n c l u d e d h a t h e r e i s n o
a c t i v i t y , h a t t h e r e a r en o
s u c h
permissible l imi t s , and
p r o h i b i t i o n s o t h e Act o v e r t h e a c t i v i t i e s of a n y o n ep r o
e m p l o y m e n t f o r a n a r t i s t w i t h o u t b e i n g i c e n s e d as a t a l
m u s t r e m a i n , a s t h e y r e o d a y , o t a l .E x c e p t i o n s
i n t h
o f
i n c i d e n t a l ,o c c a s r o n a lo r n f r e q u e n ta c t i v i t i e s e l a t i n g
a n y way t op r o c u r i n ge m p l o y m e n t
f o r
a n a r t i s t c a n n o t
be
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T h ea c t i v i t i e so fp r o c u r i n g ,o f f e r i n g ,o r
p r o m i s i n g o p r o c u r e e c o r d i n g c o n t r a c t s o r
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e m p l o y m e n t . I t i s a c o n t r a c t op r o d u c e a p er m an e nt n
r e p a y a b l e h o w c a s eo f h e a l e n t so f
t h e
a r t i s t . I n
r e c o r d l n g n d u s t r y , many s u c c e s s f u l a r t l s t s e t a i n p e r s o
m a n a g e r s
t o
a c ta s h e i r n t e r m e d i a r i e s ,a n d h en e g o t i a t i o n
r e c o r d i n g c o n t r a c t
i s
c o m m o n l yd o n e by
a
p e r s o n a lm a n a
t a l e n t
a g e n t .P e r s o n a lm a n a g e r s r e q u e n t l y o n t r i b u t e i n a n c i
s u p p o r t o r t h e l i v i n ga n d business expenses o f e n t e r t a
T h ey may a c t a s a c o n d u i tb e t w e e n
t h e
a r t i s t a n d t h e e
c o m p a n y ,o f f e r i n gs u g g e s t l o n sa b o u t h e
use
of
t h e a r t
l e v e l o f e f f o r t w h i c h t h e r e c o r d i n g o m p a n y i s e x p e n d
b e h a l fo f
t h e
a r t i s t . T h e p e r s o n a lm a n a g e r
may
b e c o m
i n r a v e la r r a n g e m e n t so nb e h a l f of
t h e
a r t i s t , o m e t i m
a c c o m p a n y i n g h ea r t l s t oo v e r s e ea r r a n g e m e n t s o rp l a n e sa n d
h o t e l s .
H o w e v e r , t h e p r o b l e m s of a t t e m p t i n g o
l i c ense
o r
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The ma-~ority f the Commission
c o n c l u d e d
that the
would
be best served by resolving these ambiguities o
of p r e s e r v i n g the exemption of t h i s activity from the
requirements of l i c e n s u r e .
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The Comm ss i on t hen onsl der ed t he f ol l owi ng:
Any pr ov i s l on
o f
any l a w or pr ovi s i on i n t he
S t a t e of Cal i f or ni a t t he cont r ar y
not wl t hst andi ng, any per son who vi ol at es any
pr ovi s i ons
of
t hi s chapt er
1 s
gui l t y
of
a
m sdemeanor puni shabl e
by
a f i ne not t o xce
$1, 000 f or t he f i r s t of f ens e,
$5, 000
f or t h
second of f ense and
10,000
f ox t he t hi r d and
each succeedi ng of f ense, or by i mpr i sonment
f o r a per i od of not more t han si x mont hs, or
bot h, except t hat vi ol at i on
o f
Sect i on 1700.
of
t hi s Ac t shal l be ons i der ed an i nf r ac t i o
puni shabl e onl y by a f i ne i n t he above
amount s.
Upon
f ur t her del i ber at i on, t he Comm ss i on ook no
t h i s pr oposed addi t i on. I nst ead i t concl uded t hat t h
woul d be bet t er ser ved
by
havl ng
no
cr i m nal sanct i on
t o t he Ac t .
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Act and puni shi ng br eaches. These r emedi es i ncl ude ac
br eaches of cont r act , f r aud and m sr epr esent at i on, b
f i duc i ar y dut y, i nt er f er enc ewi t h bus i ness oppor t un
def amat i on, i nf l l c t i on of er not l onal di st r ess and t he
Per haps t he mos t e f f ec t i veeapon f or assur i ng compl
t he Ac t 1s t he power of t he Labor Comm ssi oner , at
Pet i t i on
t o
Det er m ne Cont r overs y, t o f i nd t hat pe
manager or anyone has act ed
as
an unl i censed t al ent
havl ng
s o
f ound, dec l ar e t hecont r act vol d f r om t he
or der t he r es t l t ut i on t o t her t i s t
o f
al l f ees pai d
ar t i s t and t he f or f ei t ur e f al l expenses advanced t
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I s su e
4
S h o u l d
t h esu n se tprovis ions added
t o
the Act
A B 9 9 7
bed e l e t ed ?
Conclusion
The s u n s e t p r o v l s i o n s
of
t h e Act should be d e l
Recommendations
eted .
T h e f o l l o w i n gsec t i o no f h e Act shouldbede le t ed :
1700.4(b). T h i s s e c t i o n
s h a l l
remain i n
e f f e c t
o n l y
u n t i l
January
1,
1985,and
as
of
t h a td a t e
i s
r epea led ,u n l e s s a l a t e re n a c t e d
s t a t u t e , w h i c h i s chap te redbeforeJanuary 1,
1985 ,d e l e t e so rex tends
t h a t
d a t e .
1 7 0 0 . 4 4 : T h i s
se ct io n ha l l rernaln i n e f f e c t
o n l y
u n t i l
January 1, 1985, a n d a s of t h a t
d a t e
i s
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s t r i p s ,v i de o a pe so ro t h e r e p r o d u c t i o n s
of
t h ea p p l i c a n t ;
4 )
f o r costumes or he
a p p l i c a n t ; o r
5 )
any harge
of
a l i ken a t u r e
made, ora t t empted obe made t o h e
a pp l i c a n t
Reason: Re gi s t ra t i on ee
is
n o t
pre s e n t l yd e f l n e d
A c t a n d m u s t
bedef inedbecause
i t
i s l a t e rp ropos e d tha
c o l l e c t i o n o f a r e g i s t r a t i on f e e be p roh ib i t ed . The p ro
a g a i n s t h er e g i s t r a t i o n f e ehas beenadded
t o
Sec t ion 1
2 Add t o tha tpa ragraphofSec t ion
1700.4(a)
whichdef
a r t i s t s h e
word
models as
f o l l o w s :
The word a r t i s t s a s usedh e r e i n e f e r s o
a c t o r sa n da c t r e s s e s e nde r i ngs e rv i c e s
on
t h e
l e g i t i m a t e s tage and i n theproduc t ion of
m o t i o np i c t u re s ; a d i oa r t i s t s ;mus i c a l
a r t i s t s ;m u s l c a lo r g a n i z a t i o n s ;d i r e c t o r s
o f
l e g i t i m a t es t a g e , m o t i o n pl c t ur e and radio
p r o d u c t i o n s ;mus i c a ld i r e c t o r s ;w r i t e r s ;
c inematographers ; omposers ; y r i c i st s ;
a r r a n g e r s ;
m o d e l s
andotherenter ta lnment
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s i g n l f i c a n t p a r to f
t h e
e n t e r t a i n m e n t n d u s t r y ,m o d e l ss h o u l d
i n c l u d e d w i t h i n h e d e f i n i t i o n
of
a r t i s t .
3 .
Add t o S e c t i o n 1 7 0 0 . 6 ( d ) h e e q u i r e m e n t o r l n g e r p r i n t i n
a s
a p a r t
of
t h ea p p l i c a t i o n o r a l i c e n s e a s a t a l e n ta g e
makeotherminorchanges
a s
f o l l o w s :
T h e a p p l i c a t l o n
must
beaccompanied
b y
two
s e t so f f i n g e r p r i n t s a n d a f f i d a v i t s o f a t
l e a s t
two r e p u t a b l e e s i d e n t s of
t h e c i t y o r
c o u n t y n
w h i c h the
b u s i n e s s of
t h e
t a l e n t
agency
i s
t obeconduc ted
who
haveknown, or
b e e na s s o c i a t e d
w i t h ,
t h e a p p l i c a n t o r
two
y e a r s , h a t h ea p p l i c a n t i s a person of good
m o r a lc h a r a c t e r
o r l i n t h e
c a s e
of a
c o r p o r a t i o n ,h a s a r e p u t a t i o n
f o r
f a i r
dea 1 n g .
R e a s o n :F i n g e r p r i n t s r en e c e s s a r y n d
s h o u l d
b e e q u i
a par to fbackground hecking
f o r
t a l e n ta g e n t s .T h eo t h e r
c h a n g e sa r e o rc l a r i f i c a t i o no n l y .
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( c )
T h e o n d l t l o n su n d e rw h i c h h e l i c e n s
was i s s u e dh a v ec h a n g e do r
no
l o n g e r
e x i s t
( d lL i c e n s e ehas made
a n y
m a t e r i a l
m i s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n
or
f a l s e s t a t e m e n t n
h i
a p p l l c a t l o n
f o r
a l i c e n s e .
R e a s o n :
To g i v ea d d e dp r o t e c t i o n o h e
a r t i s t
m i s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o r f a l s l t y by t h e a p p l i c a n t .
8 . Change ec t ion 1 7 0 0 . 2 4 a s follows:
Every
p c ~ s a n e n g a g c d i n t ~ e e e e ~ ~ ~ t ~
t a l e n t a g e n c y s h a l l f i l e w i t h h e L a b o r
Commiss ioner a sc he du le o f f e e s t ob ec h a r g e
a n dc o l l e c t e d n h ec o n d u c t
of
such
o c c u p a t i o n ,a n ds h a l la l s ok e e p
a
copyof
s c h e d u l e p o s t e d n a c o n s p i c u o u sp l a c e i n
o f f i c e
of
s u c h t a l e n t agency.Changes
i n
s c h e d u l e may b e m ad e r om i me t o
t lme,
b u
f e eo rc h a n g eo f e es h a l lb e c o m ee f f e c t i v e
u n t i l
s e v e n d a y s a f t e r h e d a t e
of
f i l i n g
t h e r e o f
w i t h
t h e
abor
Co mmi s s i o n e ra n du n t i l
p o s t e d for n o t
l e s s
t h a ns e v e nd a y s i n a
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cl ar l f l cat i on.
9. D e l e t e
Sec t i on
1 7 0 0 . 2 5
a s unnecessar y and
b
t he f ol l owi ng new s ec t i on:
A
l l censee who r ecei ves any payment (o
of an ar t i s t ) s h a l l i mmedi at el y deposi
i n a
trust
f u n d
account mai nt ai ned
b y
bank
or
o t h e r
r ecogni zed depos i t or y.
S a i d
f u n d
l es s l i censee' s
commission,
b e
di sbur sed t o
t h e
ar t i s t wi t hi n 15 da
af t er r ecei pt .
A
separ at e r ecor d
s h a l l
be mai nt ai ned o
moni es r ecei ved subj ect t o t hi s sect i on
s a i d record
shall f ur t her i ndi cat e t he
di s pos i t i on t her eof .
Reason:
To pr ovi de addi t i onal pr ot ect i on t o
o w l n g
to
an ar t i s t
whlch
are
pa id
t o t he t al ent
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10.
Delete the
following language f r o m Sect io
Every talent agency s h a l l keep record
approved
by theLaborCommissioner ,
i
s h a l l
e en te red : (1) the name
a n d ad
each
a r t l s t employing such t a l e n t agen
t h e
amount o f fee received rom uch
a
(3) t h e employments s e c u r e d
by
such a
d u r i n g the term of t h e co nt ra c t betwee
a r t i s t and the a lentagency ,and the
of
compensation
received by
t h e
a r t i s t
pursuant
t h e r e t o ;
and
4 )
other
i n f o r m
w h i c h the Labor Commissioner requires,
No
t a l e n ta g e n c y ,
its
agen to r
employe
shall make a n y false e n t r y in any s u c h
r e c o r d s .
Reason:
T h e de l e t e d
l anguage
is r e d u n d a n t ,
b u r d e n s o m e .
11.
Change S e c t i o n
1700.30 a s follows:
NO talent agency s h a l l
s e l l ,
t r a n s f e r ,
away to
nv
p e r s o n o t h e r than a d i r e c t
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t o p a r t l c i p a t e
i n
t h e p r o f i t s o f t h e t a l e n t
a g e n c y
without the
w r i t t e n C o n S e n t Of t h e
L a b o rC o m m i s s i o n e r .
R e a s o n :T h e r o p o s e d x c e p t i o n s r e e q u i r e d o v o i d
n e c e s s i t y of h a v i n g t h e
Labor
C o m m i s s i o n e r a c t a s
a n
a p p r o
a u t h o r i t yo n u c hm a t t e r s
a s
s t o c k issues , b o n u s e s , o m p e n s
p l a n s
a n d
t e s t a m e n t a r y n s t r u m e n t s .
The
L a b o rC o m m i s s i o n e r
n o r e g u l a t o r y u r i s d i c t i o n a s t o such mat te rs .
1 2 . C h a n g eS e c t i o n
1700 . 33
t o e a d a s follows:
N O t a l e n t a g e n c y s h a l l send or
cause
t o be
s e n t , any neman e r m ina r as an e rn~ ~ 0yee t e a~ ~
~ a u s e - a f - i ~ ~ - f a m c ~ - t e - ~ n y - ~ e u s e - e r - p ~ e e e - e
a m a s e m c n t - f a r - i m m e r a ~ - p ~ r p ~ ~ e s ~ - t ~ - p ~ a e e
r e s a r t c d t ~ f a r t h c p u ~ ~ e s e ~ ~ f ~ r e ~ t
a r t i s t
t o a n y p l ace w h e r e h eh e a l t h , s a f e t v
or wel fa re o f t h e a r t l s t c o u l d b e a d v e r s e l y
a f f e c t e d , t h e c h a r a c t e r o f
w h i c h
p l a c e s h e
t a l e n t a g e n c y c o u l d h a v e a s c e r t a i n e d u p o n
r e a s o n a b l e n q u i r y .
R e a s o n : To br oaden t h ep r o t e c t i o n s o f t h e a r t i s t ln t
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1 3 . Add toS e c t i o n1 7 0 0 . 4 0 t h e f o l l o w i n g i r s t e n t e n c e :
N O t a l e n t a g e n t s h a l l c o l l e c t a r e g i s t r a t i o n
f e e .
Reason: To p r o h i b i t
t h e
c o l l e c t i o n
o f a
r e g i s t r a t i o n e e
w h i c h
i s
unnecessa ry ,burdensome and o f t e ns u b j e c t t o abuse .
14. Ch a n g e h e h i r dp a r a g r a p ho fS e c t i o n
1 7 0 0 . 4 4
as fo l low
N O a c t i o no rp r o c e e d i n g
may
be p r o e t e u t c d
b r o u q h tu n d e r h i s h a p t e r w i t h r e s p e c t t o
a n y v i o l a t i o n o c c u r r i n go ra l l e g e d o have
o c c u r r e dmo r e h a no n ey e a rp r i o r t o
commencement o f t h ea c t i o no rp r o c e e d i n g .
Reason:
A
language hange
t o
c l a r i f y h e commencement o f
s t a t u t o r y p e r i o d w i t h i n w h i c h
a n
a c t i o n f o r a l l e g e d v i o l a t i o n
*
t h e
Act
m u s t
b e
i n s t i t u t e d .
15.
ChangeSection 700.45 by add ing t h e f o l l o w i n gu n d e r l i n e d
w ords t o u b s e c t i o n s
( a )
a nd ( b ) t h e r e o f :
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ar bi t r at l on of
any O
cont r ac t or as to i t s
nt r over sy under t he
exi s t ence, val i di t y,
const r uct i on, per f or mance, non- per f or mance,
br each, oper at i on, cont i nuance, or
t er m nat l on, shal l be val i d:
( a ) I f t he pr ovl si on i s cont ai ned i n a
cont r act bet ween a t al ent agency and a per son
f or whom such t al ent agency under he cont r act
under t akes t o endeavor t o secur e empl oyment ,
or
(b)
I f
t he pr ovi si on
i s
i nser t ed i n t he
cont r act pur suant t o any
rule,
r egul at i on, or
contract of a bona f i de l abor uni on r egul at i ng
t he r el at i ons of i t s member s t o a t al ent
agency, @
( c ) I f t he cont r act pr ovi des
f o r
r easonabl e
not i ce t o t he Labor Comm ssi oner of t he t i me
and pl ace of al l ar bi t r at l on hear i ngs and,
a ) I f t he cont r act pr ovi des t hat t he Labor
Comm ssi oner or hi s aut hor l zed repr esent at i ve
has t he r i ght t o at t end al l ar bi t r at i on
hear i ngs.
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