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. (a) The name "California Community Colleges" is the property
of the state. No person shall, without permission of the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges, use this name, or any
abbreviation of it, or any name of which these words are a part in
any of the following ways:
(1) To designate any business, social, political, religious, or
other organization, including but not limited to, any corporation,
firm, partnership, association, group, activity or enterprise.
(2) To imply, indicate or otherwise suggest that any organization,
or any product or service of that organization, is connected or
affiliated with, or is endorsed, favored or supported by, or is
opposed by one or more California Community Colleges, the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges, or the office of the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(3) To display, advertise, or announce these names publicly at or
in connection with any meeting, assembly, or demonstration, or any
propaganda, advertising or promotional activity of any kind which has
for its purpose or any part of its purpose the support, endorsement,
advancement, opposition or defeat of any strike, lockout, or boycott
or of any political, religious, sociological, or economic movement,
activity or program.
The provisions of this section shall not preclude the use of the
name "California Community Colleges" by any person or organization
otherwise subject to this section using the name immediately prior to
March 4, 1972.
(b) Nothing in this section shall interfere with or restrict the
right of any person to make a true and accurate statement in the
course of stating his or her experience or qualifications for any
academic, governmental, business, or professional credit or
enrollment, or in connection with any academic, governmental,
professional or other employment whatsoever.
(c) Every person violating provisions of this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor.