Section 5317.

(a) In addition to the remedies provided in Sections 688.020 and 688.030 of the Code of Civil Procedure, actions to recover penalties under this chapter may be brought in the name of the people of the State of California, in the superior court of the county, or city and county, in which the cause or some part thereof arose, or in which the corporation complained of, if any, has its principal place of business, or in which the person, if any, complained of, resides. The action, if brought pursuant to this section, shall be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment by the attorney of the commission. The commission may enjoin the sale of the assets of a household goods carrier to satisfy unpaid fines and penalties. The commission may use any of the remedies afforded to a creditor under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3439) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Civil Code). Respondents who fraudulently transfer assets to avoid paying commission-imposed fines or penalties are subject to prosecution pursuant to Sections 154, 531, and 531a of the Penal Code.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 552, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2009. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 11 of Ch. 552.)