Sellers of travel

The higher assessments fund administration of the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation, which supports the restitution system for consumers harmed by seller-of-travel failures.

What the law does ​

• Raises the annual operations-fund assessment cap from $35 to $60 per California business location.
• Raises that cap to $70 per location starting January 1, 2031.
• Allows the corporation to raise the cap once per fiscal year by no more than the prior year's increase in the California Consumer Price Index.
• Keeps existing restitution-fund and emergency-assessment authorities, payment deadlines, and late fees in place.

Who it affects ​

• Registered sellers of travel doing business from California locations.
• The Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation.
• Consumers seeking restitution when a seller of travel fails.

Context ​

The Department of Industrial Relations compiles and reports the California Consumer Price Index used for future cap adjustments.