Gov. Code, § 16955 · Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions
Gov. Code, § 16955
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
This chapter, being necessary for the health, welfare, and safety of the state and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 215, Sec. 4. Effective August 11, 2004.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=16955.
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- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
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