On or before March 15 of each year, beginning March 2006, each licensee shall file an annual report with the commissioner pursuant to procedures that the commissioner shall establish, giving the relevant information that the commissioner reasonably requires concerning the business and operations conducted by the licensee within the state during the preceding calendar year for each licensed place of business. The licensee's annual reports filed pursuant to this section shall be made available to the public for inspection, except, upon request in the annual report to the commissioner, the balance sheet contained in the annual report of a sole proprietor or any other nonpublicly traded persons. "Nonpublicly traded person," for purposes of this section, means persons with securities owned by 35 or fewer individuals. The annual consolidated report shall be prepared by the commissioner and made available to the public. For the previous calendar year, these reports shall include the following and any other information the commissioner reasonably requires:
Ca. Fin. Code § 23026