(a)Every person engaging in the business of an advance-fee talent service shall keep and maintain records of the person's advance-fee talent service business. The records shall contain all of the following:
(1)The name and address of each artist employing that person as an advance-fee talent service.
(2)The amount of the advance fees paid by or for the artist during the term of the contract with the advance-fee talent service.
(3)A record of all advertisements by the advance-fee talent service, including the date and the publication in which the advertisement appeared, which shall be maintained for a period of three years following publication.
(4)Records described in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1701.
(5)Any other information that the Labor Commissioner requires.
(b)All books, records, and other papers kept pursuant to this chapter by an advance-fee talent service shall be open at all reasonable hours to inspection by the Labor Commissioner and his or her representatives and to the representative of the Attorney General, any district attorney, or any city attorney. Every advance-fee talent service shall furnish to the Labor Commissioner and to the representative of the Attorney General, any district attorney, or any city attorney, upon request, a true copy of those books, records, and papers, or any portion thereof, and shall make reports as the Labor Commissioner requires.
(c)Every advance-fee talent service shall post in a conspicuous place in the office of the advance-fee talent service a printed copy of this chapter and of other statutes as may be specified by regulation of the Labor Commissioner. Those copies shall also contain the name and address of the officer charged with the enforcement of this chapter. The Labor Commissioner shall furnish to the advance-fee talent service printed copies of any statute required to be posted under this section.