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2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5 - The Gambling Control Act
ARTICLE 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 19971.
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CA Bus & Prof Code § 19971 (2025)
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19971. This act is an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the State of California, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate those purposes.
(Added by renumbering Section 19957 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 738, Sec. 118. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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