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Bus. & Prof. Code, § 19846 · Article 3. Regulations

Bus. & Prof. Code, § 19846

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subdivision (b), a gambling enterprise that ejects or excludes an individual based upon Section 19844 or 19845 is not subject to civil liability for a mistake as to the grounds for ejecting or excluding a person if the ejection or exclusion was based upon a reasonable and good faith belief, after a reasonable investigation, that these sections applied to the individual in question.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a gambling enterprise may not be relieved from liability for any damages arising from the means of ejection or exclusion.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 233, Sec. 5. (AB 293) Effective January 1, 2010.

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