California Business and Professions Code

§ 18888

BPC § 18888 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 8 · Ch. 2 · Art. 17

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Many Californians find a need, purpose, and great benefit in participating in combat sports.

(b)That professional athletes licensed under this chapter, as a group, for many reasons, do not retain their earnings, and are often injured or destitute, or both, and unable to take proper care of themselves, whether financially or otherwise, and that the enactment of this article is to serve a public purpose by making provisions for a needy group to insure a modicum of financial security for professional athletes.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 466, Sec. 1. (AB 1136) Effective January 1, 2024.