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The record
- Jurisdiction
- California (Governor; Department of Motor Vehicles; Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Bureau of Gambling Control; Department of Consumer Affairs; Department of Tax and Fee Administration) · California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Cal. Gov't Code secs. 8567, 8571 (California Emergency Services Act; suspension of statutes and regulations)
- Issued
- 2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30
- End
- Para. 13 waiver 'for a period of 60 days' (to May 29, 2020); para. 4 CDTFA relief through July 31, 2020; para. 11 shareholder meetings before June 30, 2020 (read as 2020-05-29)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to May 29, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- Department of Motor Vehicles and license and identification-card holders
- corporations holding shareholder meetings
- alcoholic beverage licensees
- card rooms and third-party proposition player providers
- Department of Consumer Affairs licensees
- businesses filing CDTFA returns under $1 million
- Functions reached
- DM driver license and ID renewals moved out of DMV offices
- OP corporate governance (shareholder meetings by electronic means without consent)
- HR licensing and continuing-education deadlines (para. 12)
- CB
- SR (card rooms suspended; ABC licensees)
- Collection
- State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS
Operative words
13. In order to limit the need for in-person transactions at Department of Motor Vehicle offices and thereby facilitate adherence to physical distancing guidelines, the prohibition in Vehicle Code section 12814.5(e) against renewals by mail of driver's licenses and the requirements in Vehicle Code section 13002.1(b) for in-person renewals of identification cards, and any accompanying regulations, are waived for a period of 60 days.... 11. For any shareholder meetings that already have been scheduled, or must occur before June 30, 2020, the requirements in Corporations Code sections 20 and 600 to request and receive the consent of shareholders for meetings of shareholders to be held by electronic transmission or by electronic video screen communication are hereby suspended... 9. The Director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall have the authority to suspend, for a period of up to 60 days, the deadlines for renewing licenses
Enforcement
Gov't Code sec. 8571 suspension (force of law); Gov't Code sec. 8665 (violation of emergency orders a misdemeanor)
Notes
The Governor's own words state the purpose: 'to limit the need for in-person transactions at Department of Motor Vehicle offices'; the order followed the DMV's March 27 field-office closure and the Secretary of State's March 20 counter closure.
Retrieval noteScanned image PDF; text read by OCR. The Governor's release described the order as also allowing 'a 90-day extension in state and local taxes' and limiting DMV in-person transactions 'for the next 60 days'.