2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5.5 - Franchise Relations
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions
Section 20009.
20009. The regulations, releases, guidelines and interpretive opinions of the Commissioner of Corporations under the Franchise Investment Law (Division 5 (commencing with Section 31000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code) regarding whether or not an agreement constitutes a franchise within the meaning of that law shall be prima facie evidence of the scope and extent of coverage of the definition of franchise under this chapter; provided, however, the burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1355, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1980. Operative January 1, 1981, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1355.)
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