California Code, Insurance Code - INS § 12760

No home protection company shall pay a commission to any person as an inducement or compensation for the issuance, purchase or acquisition of a home protection contract, nor shall a home protection company or any other insurer either directly or indirectly, as a part of any real property transaction in which a home protection contract will be issued, purchased or acquired, require that a home protection contract be issued, purchased or acquired in conjunction with or as a condition precedent to the issuance, purchase or acquisition, by any person, of any other policy of insurance.  The provisions of this section shall not prohibit payment of an override commission or marketing fee to an employee or commission sales agent who is the marketing representative of the home protection company or its parent, subsidiary, or affiliate on the sale or marketing of a home protection contract, provided such person is not a real estate licensee sharing in or entitled to share in, or affiliated with a real estate brokerage firm which is entitled to share in the real estate commission generated by the underlying real property transaction.