BILL NUMBER: AB 890	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 301 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to consumers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 890, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Consumers.
   Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature to
promote and protect the interests of the people as consumers, and
that the government advances the interests of consumers by, among
other things, protecting consumers from the sale of goods and
services through the use of deceptive methods, acts, or practices
that are inimical to the general welfare of consumers.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
   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.  Section 301 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   301.  It is the intent of the Legislature and the purpose of this
chapter to promote and protect the interests of the people as
consumers. The Legislature finds that vigorous representation and
protection of consumer interests are essential to the fair and
efficient functioning of a free enterprise market economy. The
Legislature declares that government advances the interests of
consumers by facilitating the proper functioning of the free
enterprise market economy through (a) educating and informing the
consumer to  insure   ensure  rational
consumer choice in the marketplace; (b) protecting the consumer from
the sale of goods and services through the use of deceptive methods,
acts, or practices  which   that  are
inimical to the general welfare of consumers; (c) fostering
competition; and (d) promoting effective representation of consumers'
interests in all branches and levels of government.