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  • California Labor Code
    • LABOR CODE SECTION 1701.12

1701.12.  An advance-fee talent service, or its agent or employee,
may not do any of the following:
   (a) Make, or cause to be made, any false, misleading, or deceptive
advertisement or representation concerning the services the artist
will receive or the costs the artist will incur.
   (b) Publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or
misleading information, representation, notice, or advertisement.
   (c) Give an artist any false information or make any false promise
or misrepresentation concerning any engagement or employment, or
make any false or misleading verbal or written promise or guarantee
of any job or employment to an artist.
   (d) Make any false promise or representation, by choice of name or
otherwise, that the advance-fee talent service is a talent agency or
will procure or attempt to procure employment or engagements for the
artist as an artist.
   (e) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist
for registering or listing the artist for employment in the
entertainment industry or as a customer of the advance-fee talent
service.
   (f) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist
for creating or providing photographs, filmstrips, videotapes,
audition tapes, demonstration reels, or other reproductions of the
artist, casting or talent brochures, or other promotional materials
for the artist.
   (g) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist
for creating or providing costumes for the artist.
   (h) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist
for providing lessons, coaching, or similar training for the artist.

   (i) Charge or attempt to charge, directly or indirectly, an artist
for providing auditions for the artist.
   (j) Refer an artist to any person who charges the artist a fee for
the services described in subdivisions (e) to (i), inclusive, in
which the advance-fee talent service has a direct or indirect
financial interest.
   (k) Accept any compensation for referring an artist to any person
charging the artist a fee for the services described in subdivisions
(e) to (i), inclusive.