Corporate Securities Law: Regulations, Opinions, and Releases
Proposed Regulations
PRO 07/21 – Investment Adviser Representative Continuing Education
Approved Regulation
Date Filed with the Secretary of State: May 1, 2024
Effective Date: May 1, 2024
- OAL Notice of Approval of Regulatory Action (PDF)
- STD Form 400 – Endorsed and Filed by Secretary of State (PDF)
- Order (Final Text) (PDF)
- Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
OAL Disapproval
Modifications to Proposed Text
Comment Period Ends: March 1, 2024
- Notice of Modifications and Addition of Documents
- Modified Text of Regulation
- Addition of Documents Relied Upon and Document Incorporated by Reference
- The rulemaking record has been updated to include the following documents relied upon:
- The modified text of the regulation incorporates by reference pages 7-11 and 20-27 of the NASAA IAR CE Program Handbook, January 2023 Edition
Initial Proposed Text
Comment Period Ends: January 16, 2023
Invitation for Comments
PRO 04/14 – Investment Adviser Exemption for Real Estate Brokers
Comments must be received by 3/8/15
ADD: Section 260.204.1.1
AMEND: Sections 260.204.1, 260.204.6
PRO 27/03 – Investment Adviser Omnibus Rulemaking – Custody, Advertising, Cash Solicitation, Soft Dollars, Unethical Practices, Conflicts of Interest, and Books.
Comments must be received by 01/07/11
Approved Regulations
- PRO 04/24 – Broker-Dealer Qualifications Nonsubstantive 260.217
- PRO 05/15 – AB 667 Broker-Dealer Finder Exemption
- PRO 18/11 – AB 1424 Franchise Tax Board: Delinquent Tax Debt
- PRO 04/11 – Investment Adviser Custody Rules
- PRO 02/11 – Private Fund Adviser Exemption
- PRO 09/09 – SEC Rule 3a4-1 (People v. Cole)
- PRO 18/08 – Proposed Technical Corrections to the CCR and Form Adoption
- PRO 10/08 – Correction of Regulations due to recent changes in names of exchanges and related entities.
- PRO 27/06 – Compensatory Benefit Plan Rules
- PRO 25/04 – AB 3070 (2004) – Mandatory IARD
- PRO 36/01 – Relating to entity conversion transactions.
- PRO 19/04 – On-line filing of the Notice under Section 25102(f).
- PRO 25/01 – Offerings of debt Securities by churches.
- PRO 26/03 – Consent to Service of Process Form
- PRO 37/03 – Time Period for Filing 25102(f) Notice.
- PRO 17/01 – Electronic filing of notices under the “limited offering exemption” of Corporations Code Section 25102(f)
- PRO 21/02 – Relating to administrative penalties criteria
- PRO 28/01 – Broker-Dealer Books and Records
- OP 05/01 – Broker-Dealer applications, amendments, notices and fees to be filed with the Department of Corporations.
- OP 19/00 – Investment adviser and investment adviser representative applications, amendments, reports, notices, and fees required to be filed with the Commissioner.
- OP 07/99 – Exemption from licensure for certain investment advisers with fewer than 15 clients.
- OP 16/00 – Exemption from qualification for certain securities offerings through option plans and purchase plans.
- OP 03/01 – Adding regulation Rule 260.402 relating to the to the purchase or sale of securities by an “insider”.
- OP 21/96 – Exemption from (1) certain Canadian tax-deferred retirement savings accounts, certain Canadian broker-dealers and agents; and (2) specialists, market makers or floor broker-dealers who are members of the Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc.
- OP 11/00 – Exemption from Investment Adviser Licensure for Capital Access Company Fund Managers.
- OP 10/98 – Temporary transfer of agents of broker-dealers, changes to the broker-dealer application, performance based compensation and books and records requirements.
- OP 16/98 – Foreign equity securities
- OP 09/99 – Qualification requirements for investment adviser.
Releases, Selected Opinions, Bulletins and Notices under Corporate Securities Law
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