Subpart A Small Business
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California Government Code 11342.610

(a)    "Small business" means a business activity in agriculture, general construction, special trade construction, retail trade, wholesale trade, services, transportation and warehousing, manufacturing, generation and transmission of electric power, or a health care facility, unless excluded in subdivision (b), that is both of the following:

(1)     Independently owned and operated.

(2)     Not dominant in its field of operation.

(b)     "Small business" does not include the following professional and business activities:

(1)     A financial institution including a bank, a trust, a savings and loan association, a thrift institution, a consumer finance company, a commercial finance company, an industrial finance company, a credit union, a mortgage and investment banker, a securities broker-dealer, or an investment adviser.

(2)     An insurance company, either stock or mutual.

(3)     A mineral, oil, or gas broker.

(4)     A subdivider or developer.

(5)     A landscape architect, an architect, or a building designer.

(6)     An entity organized as a nonprofit institution.

(7)     An entertainment activity or production, including a motion picture, a stage performance, a television or radio station, or a production company.

(8)     A utility, a water company, or a power transmission company generating and transmitting more than 4.5 million kilowatt hours annually.

(9)     A petroleum producer, a natural gas producer, a refiner, or a pipeline.

(10)   A manufacturing enterprise exceeding 250 employees.

(11)   A health care facility exceeding 150 beds or one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in annual gross receipts.

(c)     "Small business" does not include the following business activities:

(1)     Agriculture, where the annual gross receipts exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000).

(2)     General construction, where the annual gross receipts exceed nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($9,500,000).

(3)     Special trade construction, where the annual gross receipts exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000).

(4)     Retail trade, where the annual gross receipts exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000).

(5)     Wholesale trade, where the annual gross receipts exceed nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($9,500,000).

(6)     Services, where the annual gross receipts exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000).

(7)     Transportation and warehousing, where the annual gross receipts exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000).

See Also

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Using Cal e-GGRT to Prepare Your Subpart A Report
Subpart A NAICS Codes
Subpart A U.S. Parent Companies
Subpart A Additional Summary Information for this Facility
Subpart Validation Report
Subpart A Small Business

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