Cal. Business and Professions Code § 17600 : California Business And Professions Code — General Business Regulations — Advertising — Automatic Purchase Renewals — Legislative intent Date: 15 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session It is the intent of the Legislature to end the practice of ongoing charging of consumer credit or debit cards or third party payment accounts without the consumers' explicit consent for ongoing shipments of a product or ongoing deliveries of service. Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 17600 Added by Stats 2009 ch 350 (SB 340),s 1, eff. 1/1/2010.