CHAPTER 14. Miscellaneous Provisions [28950. - 28958.]

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP 14.
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Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 28950. Section 28950.

No provision of this division imposing any liability applies to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, form, permit, order, or written interpretive opinion of the commissioner, or any written interpretive opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding that the rule, form, permit, order, or written interpretive opinion may later be amended or rescinded or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 28951. Section 28951.

(a) The commissioner may from time to time make, amend, and rescind the rules, forms, and orders that are necessary to carry out this law, and define any terms, whether or not used in this law, insofar as the definitions are not inconsistent with this law. For the purpose of rules, the commissioner may, among other things, classify persons within the commissioner’s jurisdiction and may prescribe different requirements for different classes. The commissioner may, in the commissioner’s discretion, waive any requirement of any rule or form in situations where in his or her opinion the requirement is not necessary in the public interest. (b) The commissioner may, by regulation or order, either unconditionally or upon specified terms and conditions or for specified periods, exempt from the provisions of this division any person or transaction or class of persons or transactions, if the commissioner finds that action to be in the public interest and that the regulation of those persons or transactions is not necessary for the purposes of this division.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 28955. Section 28955.

Nothing in this law, shall impair, derogate, or otherwise affect the authority or powers of the commissioner under the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Part 3 (commencing with Section 25000)) or the application of any provision thereof to any person or transaction subject thereto.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 28956. Section 28956.

If any provision of this division , or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this law that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this division are declared to be severable.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 28957. Section 28957.

Neither the commissioner nor any employee of the commissioner shall use any information which is filed with or obtained by the commissioner which is not public information for personal gain or benefit, nor shall the commissioner nor any employee of the commissioner engage in any securities transaction based on that information, even though public, if there has not been a sufficient period of time for the securities or commodity markets to assimilate that information.

Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 28958. Section 28958.

(a) The program established by this division shall be supported from funds appropriated by the Legislature from the State Corporations Fund. (b) The funds appropriated from the State Corporations Fund and made available for expenditure under subdivision (a) of this section shall come from fees collected under Section 28110, penalties collected under Sections 28880 and 28900, and securities application filing fees collected under subdivisions (e), (f), (h), and (i) of Section 25608 and notice filing fees collected under subdivision (a) of Section 25608.1.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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