California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §23001: This division is an exercise of the police powers of the State for the protection of the safety, welfare, health, peace, and morals of the people of the State, to eliminate the evils of unlicensed and

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What this law says, in plain English

This statute declares the state's police authority to regulate unlicensed and unlawful manufacture, sale, and disposal of alcoholic beverages to protect public safety, health, and welfare. All provisions in this division are to be construed broadly to achieve these regulatory purposes.

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This division is an exercise of the police powers of the State for the protection of the safety, welfare, health, peace, and morals of the people of the State, to eliminate the evils of unlicensed and unlawful manufacture, selling, and disposing of alcoholic beverages, and to promote temperance in the use and consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is hereby declared that the subject matter of this division involves in the highest degree the economic, social, and moral well-being and the safety of the State and of all its people. All provisions of this division shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes.

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