California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 1 — Department of Consumer AffairsChapter 1.5 — Unlicensed Activity EnforcementSection 145
The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) Unlicensed activity in the professions and vocations regulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs is a threat to the health, welfare, and safety of the people of the State of California.
(b) The law enforcement agencies of the state should have sufficient, effective, and responsible means available to enforce the licensing laws of the state.
(c) The criminal sanction for unlicensed activity should be swift, effective, appropriate, and create a strong incentive to obtain a license.
Notes
Establishes legislative findings that unlicensed activity in Department of Consumer Affairs-regulated professions threatens public health, welfare, and safety; law enforcement should have effective means to enforce licensing laws; and criminal sanctions should be swift, appropriate, and create a strong incentive to obtain a license. The provision states findings only and imposes no operative rule itself.
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