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AB-1810 Custom upholsterers.(2011-2012)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 19051 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

19051.
 Every upholstered-furniture retailer, unless they hold  he or she holds  an importer’s license, a furniture and bedding manufacturer’s license, a wholesale furniture and bedding dealer’s license, a custom upholsterer’s license,  or a retail furniture and bedding dealer’s license shall hold a retail furniture dealer’s license.
(a) This section does not apply to a person whose sole business is designing and specifying for interior spaces, and who purchases specific amenable upholstered furniture items on behalf of a client, provided that the furniture is purchased from an appropriately licensed importer, wholesaler, or retailer. This section does not apply to a person who sells “used” and “antique” furniture as defined in Sections 19008.1 and 19008.2.
(b) This section does not apply to a person who is licensed as a home medical device retail facility by the State Department of Public Health, Health Services,  provided that the furniture is purchased from an appropriately licensed importer, wholesaler, or retailer.

SEC. 2.

 Section 19052 of the Business and Professions Code is repealed.

19052.
 Every custom upholsterer, unless he or she holds a furniture and bedding manufacturer’s license, shall hold a custom upholsterer’s license.

SEC. 3.

 Section 19060.6 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

19060.6.
 (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (b), every   Every  person who, on his or her own account, advertises, solicits or contracts to manufacture, repair repair,  or renovate upholstered furniture or  bedding, and who either does the work himself or herself or has others do it for him or her, shall obtain the particular license required by this chapter for the particular type of work that he or she solicits or advertises that he or she will do, regardless of whether he or she has a shop or factory.
(b) Every person who, on his or her own account, advertises, solicits or contracts to repair or renovate upholstered furniture and who does not do the work himself or herself nor have employees do it for him or her but does have the work done by a licensed custom upholsterer need not obtain a license as a custom upholsterer but shall obtain a license as a retail furniture dealer. However, nothing in this section shall exempt a retail furniture dealer from complying with Sections 19162 and 19163.