California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 19000.
This chapter may be cited as the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 925, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1987.)
Section 19001.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 46.)
Section 19002.
“Person” includes individual, copartnership, association, firm, auctioneer, trust, and corporation, and the agents, servants and employees of any of them.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 46.)
Section 19003.
“Sell,” or any of its variants, includes any of, or any combination of, the following: Sell, offer or expose for sale, barter, trade, deliver, give...
Section 19004.
(a) “Bureau” refers to the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation, as established in Section 9810.(b) “Chief” refers to the chief of...
Section 19004.1.
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation in exercising its...
Section 19006.
“Upholstered furniture” means any furniture, including children’s furniture, movable or stationary, which is made or sold with cushions or pillows, loose or attached, or is...
Section 19006.1.
“Seating furniture,” including children’s furniture, movable or stationary, means any furniture, which is made or sold with or without filling material, together with the structural...
Section 19007.
“Bedding” means any quilted pad, packing pad, mattress pad, hammock pad, mattress, comforter, quilt, sleeping bag, box spring, studio couch, pillow or cushion made of...
Section 19007.5.
“Filling material” means cotton, wool, kapok, feathers, downs, hair, liquid, or any other material, substance, or any combination thereof, loose or in batting, pads, or...
Section 19008.
“Secondhand” means any materials or articles used in the construction of bedding or upholstered furniture that have been previously used for any purpose, and shall...
Section 19008.1.
“Used” means furniture or bedding that has been previously owned or used by another individual.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 354, Sec. 66. Effective January 1,
Section 19008.2.
“Antique” means furniture having special value because of its age, especially a work of art or handicraft that is over 100 years old.(Added by Stats....
Section 19008.5.
Any article of upholstered furniture or bedding is secondhand if it contains any secondhand material in whole or in part.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 787.)
Section 19008.6.
Any article of upholstered furniture or bedding on sales floors in a private residence or room, which is not separated from living quarters, is secondhand.(Added...
Section 19009.
“Retailer” means a person who sells any article of upholstered furniture or bedding or filling materials to a consumer or user of the article as...
Section 19010.
“Bedding renovator” means a person who rebuilds, repairs, makes over, re-covers, restores, renovates or renews bedding.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 401, Sec. 58. Effective January...
Section 19010.1.
“Custom upholsterer” means a person who, either by himself or herself or through employees or agents, repairs, reupholsters, re-covers, restores, or renews upholstered furniture, or...
Section 19010.5.
“Wholesaler” means a person who, on his or her own account, sells any article of upholstered furniture or bedding or filling materials to another for...
Section 19011.
“Manufacturer” means a person who, either by himself or herself or through employees or agents, makes any article of upholstered furniture or bedding in whole...
Section 19011.1.
“Importer” means a person who manufactures or wholesales, through employees or agents, any article of upholstered furniture, bedding, or filling material manufactured outside of the...
Section 19012.
“Supply dealer” means a person who manufactures, processes or sells any felt, batting, pads, woven or plastic fabrics, or loose material in bags or containers,...
Section 19012.5.
“Sanitizer” means a person who sanitizes articles of bedding or filling materials.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1448, Sec. 6.)
Section 19014.
“Branch” means any subordinate establishment situated apart from the parent house, maintaining a separate service to the trade.(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 787.)
Section 19015.
“Slip seat” means the separate padded seat unit consisting of a plywood or similar base with its filling material and attached cover, which is used...
Section 19016.
“Slip cover” means any casing or cover without filling material which is to be placed, on or over any completely manufactured article of upholstered furniture...
Section 19016.5.
A person engaged exclusively in the manufacture of slip covers shall not be required to have a license under the provisions of this chapter.(Added by...
Section 19017.
“Owner’s material” means any article or material belonging to a person for his or her own, or tenant’s use, that is sent to any manufacturer,...
Section 19018.
“Approved testing laboratory” means any testing facility which is determined by rule and regulation of the bureau to have adequate personnel, facilities, equipment, and expertise...
Section 19019.
“Insulation material” means any material or combination of materials applied or installed within or contiguous to a roof, wall, ceiling, or floor of a building...
Section 19020.
“R-value” means a measure of thermal resistance of material or composite materials. “R-value” is equal to the reciprocal of the conductance of a given material,...
Section 19021.
“Quality assurance program” means a system of procedures employed at the place of manufacture of insulation material designed to assure that insulation material produced at...
Section 19022.
(a) An “insulation manufacturer” is any person who produces insulation materials or a combination of materials which, when properly applied or installed without any alteration, dilution,...

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