§ 8653 Pest Control Payment Violations

The failure of any registered company or agent or officer thereof, to pay any moneys due for any materials or services rendered in connection with its operations as a registered pest control company, when it has the ability to pay or when it has received sufficient funds therefor as payment for the particular pest control work, project, or operation for which the services or materials were rendered or purchased, is a ground for disciplinary action, as is the false denial of any such indebtedness or of the validity of the claim thereof with intent to secure for itself, or other person any discount upon such indebtedness or with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the person to whom such indebtedness is due. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1348, Sec. 74. Operative January 1, 1987, by Sec. 97 of Ch. 1348.)