(a) The commissioner may from time to time make, amend, and rescind the rules, forms, and orders that are necessary to carry out this law, and define any terms, whether or not used in this law, insofar as the definitions are not inconsistent with this law. For the purpose of rules, the commissioner may, among other things, classify persons within the commissioner’s jurisdiction and may prescribe different requirements for different classes. The commissioner may, in the commissioner’s discretion, waive any requirement of any rule or form in situations where in his or her opinion the requirement is not necessary in the public interest.

(b) The commissioner may, by regulation or order, either unconditionally or upon specified terms and conditions or for specified periods, exempt from the provisions of this division any person or transaction or class of persons or transactions, if the commissioner finds that action to be in the public interest and that the regulation of those persons or transactions is not necessary for the purposes of this division.

Terms Used In California Corporations Code 28951

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Corporations Code 18

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 668, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999. Operative July 1, 1999, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 668.)

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