BILL NUMBER: AB 211	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wilk

                        JANUARY 30, 2013

   An act relating to business.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 211, as introduced, Wilk. Unfair competition: enforcement.
   Existing law defines unfair competition as including any unlawful,
unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice; any unfair,
deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising; and other specified
conduct relating to representations made to the public. Under
existing law, an action for relief from an act of unfair competition
may be brought by a person acting for the interests of itself, its
members, or the general public.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits.