17520. Any misrepresentation that goods offered for sale are the
products of blind workers is hereby directed to be a special matter
of state-wide concern.
17521. As used in this article:
(a) "Blind" means a person having central visual acuity not to
exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, or visual
acuity greater than 20-200, but with a limitation in the field of
vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an
angle not greater than 20 degrees.
(b) "Direct labor" means all work required for the preparation,
processing, assembling, and packing, but not including supervision,
administration, inspection, and shipping.
17522. No goods or articles which are determined by label, symbol,
trade name, or name of the manufacturer to indicate that they are
made by blind workers shall be delivered or offered by any person,
partnership, firm, corporation, institution, or association, for sale
in this state unless at least 75 percent of the total hours of
direct labor of producing such goods or articles purported to be made
by the blind shall have been performed by the blind. No goods or
articles which do not have a label, symbol, or other printed matter
indicating that at least 75 percent of the total hours of direct
labor of producing such goods or articles were made by the blind, as
herein defined, shall be offered for sale directly or indirectly as
being made by the blind unless such goods or articles were in fact so
made by the blind as herein defined.
Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both the fine
and imprisonment, and any such violation or threatened violation
shall be actionable under Section 17535 of this chapter.
17523. Any blind workman, who is a citizen or resident of this
State, or any institution, public or private, corporation,
partnership, and association engaged within this State in the
manufacture, sale, or distribution of articles or merchandise, made,
manufactured, or fabricated by blind workmen is authorized to imprint
or stamp upon such articles or merchandise or affix thereto, labels
containing the words "made by a blind workman," or "made by the
blind," or "blind-made," if not less than 75 percent of the total
hours of direct labor of producing said products have been performed
by a blind workman. Such labels, shall also have the place of
manufacture on them and, if desired, the name of the particular
workman who made, manufactured, or fabricated the article.
17520. Any misrepresentation that goods offered for sale are the
products of blind workers is hereby directed to be a special matter
of state-wide concern.
17521. As used in this article:
(a) "Blind" means a person having central visual acuity not to
exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, or visual
acuity greater than 20-200, but with a limitation in the field of
vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an
angle not greater than 20 degrees.
(b) "Direct labor" means all work required for the preparation,
processing, assembling, and packing, but not including supervision,
administration, inspection, and shipping.
17522. No goods or articles which are determined by label, symbol,
trade name, or name of the manufacturer to indicate that they are
made by blind workers shall be delivered or offered by any person,
partnership, firm, corporation, institution, or association, for sale
in this state unless at least 75 percent of the total hours of
direct labor of producing such goods or articles purported to be made
by the blind shall have been performed by the blind. No goods or
articles which do not have a label, symbol, or other printed matter
indicating that at least 75 percent of the total hours of direct
labor of producing such goods or articles were made by the blind, as
herein defined, shall be offered for sale directly or indirectly as
being made by the blind unless such goods or articles were in fact so
made by the blind as herein defined.
Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both the fine
and imprisonment, and any such violation or threatened violation
shall be actionable under Section 17535 of this chapter.
17523. Any blind workman, who is a citizen or resident of this
State, or any institution, public or private, corporation,
partnership, and association engaged within this State in the
manufacture, sale, or distribution of articles or merchandise, made,
manufactured, or fabricated by blind workmen is authorized to imprint
or stamp upon such articles or merchandise or affix thereto, labels
containing the words "made by a blind workman," or "made by the
blind," or "blind-made," if not less than 75 percent of the total
hours of direct labor of producing said products have been performed
by a blind workman. Such labels, shall also have the place of
manufacture on them and, if desired, the name of the particular
workman who made, manufactured, or fabricated the article.
17520. Any misrepresentation that goods offered for sale are the
products of blind workers is hereby directed to be a special matter
of state-wide concern.
17521. As used in this article:
(a) "Blind" means a person having central visual acuity not to
exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, or visual
acuity greater than 20-200, but with a limitation in the field of
vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an
angle not greater than 20 degrees.
(b) "Direct labor" means all work required for the preparation,
processing, assembling, and packing, but not including supervision,
administration, inspection, and shipping.
17522. No goods or articles which are determined by label, symbol,
trade name, or name of the manufacturer to indicate that they are
made by blind workers shall be delivered or offered by any person,
partnership, firm, corporation, institution, or association, for sale
in this state unless at least 75 percent of the total hours of
direct labor of producing such goods or articles purported to be made
by the blind shall have been performed by the blind. No goods or
articles which do not have a label, symbol, or other printed matter
indicating that at least 75 percent of the total hours of direct
labor of producing such goods or articles were made by the blind, as
herein defined, shall be offered for sale directly or indirectly as
being made by the blind unless such goods or articles were in fact so
made by the blind as herein defined.
Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both the fine
and imprisonment, and any such violation or threatened violation
shall be actionable under Section 17535 of this chapter.
17523. Any blind workman, who is a citizen or resident of this
State, or any institution, public or private, corporation,
partnership, and association engaged within this State in the
manufacture, sale, or distribution of articles or merchandise, made,
manufactured, or fabricated by blind workmen is authorized to imprint
or stamp upon such articles or merchandise or affix thereto, labels
containing the words "made by a blind workman," or "made by the
blind," or "blind-made," if not less than 75 percent of the total
hours of direct labor of producing said products have been performed
by a blind workman. Such labels, shall also have the place of
manufacture on them and, if desired, the name of the particular
workman who made, manufactured, or fabricated the article.
