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SECTION 31020-31021
31020. The Legislature finds all of the following: (a) That it is necessary to increase job opportunities in this state. (b) That promoting the establishment, growth, and expansion of business firms in this state is an efficient way to increase job opportunities in this state. (c) That it is appropriate to provide for the licensing and regulation of business and industrial development corporations which will provide financing assistance and management assistance primarily to business firms in this state. (d) That the federal government, through the Small Business Administration and other federal agencies, offers programs for providing, through such intermediaries as business and industrial development corporations, financing assistance and management assistance to business firms in this state. (e) That, in order that this state may obtain the full benefits of such programs, it is necessary that this state provide for the licensing and regulation of business and industrial development corporations. (f) That only California corporations should be licensed to transact business as business and industrial development corporations because, compared with other types of persons, California corporations can be more effectively regulated and supervised, have greater permanency of existence, and can give better assurance of uninterrupted service. 31021. (a) The purposes of this division are: (1) To provide for the licensing and regulation of business and industrial development corporations which will provide financing assistance and management assistance primarily to business firms in this state. (2) To provide for the licensing and regulation of business and industrial development corporations so that such corporations will constitute state development companies for purposes of Sections 501 and 502 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and eligible lending institutions for purposes of Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act. (3) To provide for the safe and sound conduct of the business of licensees. (4) To maintain the confidence of the Small Business Administration and other governmental agencies in licensees. (b) The purposes of this division, as set forth in subdivision (a), constitute standards which the commissioner shall observe in administering the provisions of this division.
