California Business and Professions Code

§ 19881

BPC § 19881 Effective Sep 26, 2013Div. 8 · Ch. 5 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)A corporation is not eligible to receive a license to own a gambling enterprise unless the conduct of controlled gambling is among the purposes stated in its articles of incorporation and the articles of incorporation have been submitted to and approved by the department.

(b)The Secretary of State shall not accept for filing any articles of incorporation of any corporation that include as a stated purpose the conduct of controlled gambling, or any amendment thereto, or any amendment that adds this purpose to articles of incorporation already filed, unless the articles have, or amendment has, been approved by the department.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 48. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.