Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17600 : CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE — GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS — REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC — ADVERTISING — AUTOMATIC PURCHASE RENEWALS — Legislative intent TEXT PDF 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'l. Code § 17600 Added by Stats 2009 ch 350 (SB 340),s 1, eff. 1/1/2010.