LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1319, as amended, Krekorian. Talent services.
Existing law regulates the licensing and operation of talent
services within the entertainment industry. These provisions govern
the making and canceling of contracts, fees to be charged for
services, records to be maintained by talent services, bonding
requirements, and remedies for violations of these provisions, a
violation of which constitutes a crime.
This bill would prohibit a person from engaging, as specified, in
an advance-fee talent representation service, as defined. This bill
would also impose additional disclosure and contract requirements for
a talent service, as defined. The bill would make a willful
violation of its provisions a misdemeanor and subject to a civil
action.
Because the bill would create new crimes, it would impose a
state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.