Article 9. Miscellaneous of California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 4.7. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 9.
In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for
violation of any of the following, proof that the act that is
complained of was done in compliance with the provisions of this
chapter is a complete defense to the action or proceeding:
(a) The Cartwright Act, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700)
of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) The Unfair Practices Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
17000) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.
(c) Any rule of statutory or common law against monopolies or
combinations in restraint of trade.
If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this chapter
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is for any
reason held to be invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the
remaining provisions or applications of this chapter that can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
this end the provisions of this act are severable. The Legislature
hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each
section, sentence, clause, and part of this chapter despite the fact
that one or more sections, sentences, clauses, or parts of this
chapter is declared invalid.
The assessment for the passenger rental car industry rate
shall be set by the commission, shall be no more than 3.5 percent,
and shall be set at a level that will generate no more than 60
percent of all expenditures by the commission as set forth in Section
13995.45.
The approved marketing plan of the commission shall be no
less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) per fiscal year.