Effective Jan. 1, 2012, California law will require retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in California, with $100 million in worldwide gross receipts, to disclose efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from the direct supply chains for tangible goods offered for sale.
The bill, known as the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010, and found at §1714.43 of the California Civil Code, would also require the California Franchise Tax Board to make available to the California attorney general a list of retail sellers and manufacturers required to disclose efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking. If the retail seller or manufacturer has an website, the bill requires the retailer or manufacturer to post its disclosure, with a “conspicuous and easily understood link,” describing its eradication efforts or lack thereof. If the retail seller or manufacturer has no website, it shall give consumers written disclosure within 30 days of receiving a written consumer request.
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