Article 1. Short Title, Construction, And Severability of California Financial Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.

This division shall be known and may be cited as the "Business and Industrial Development Corporations Law".

This division shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.

No provision of this division imposing any liability applies to any act committed in good faith in conformity with any regulation, order, or written interpretive opinion of the commissioner or any such opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding that such regulation, order, or written interpretive opinion may later be amended, rescinded, or repealed or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.

In this division, unless otherwise expressly provided:
  (a) A reference to a statute or to a regulation includes such statute or regulation as amended, whether before or after the effective date of this division, as well as any new statute or regulation substituted for such statute or regulation after the effective date of this division.
  (b) A reference to a governmental agency or to a public officer includes any governmental agency or public officer which succeeds after the effective date of this division to substantially the same functions as those performed by such governmental agency or public officer on the effective date of this division.

Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 31950) of this division:
  (a) The provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code) shall apply to any licensee which is a California nonprofit corporation; provided, however, that, whenever any provision of the Nonprofit Corporation Law conflicts with any provision of this division or of any regulation or order issued under this division, such provision of the Nonprofit Corporation Law shall not apply and such provision of this division or of such regulation or order issued under this division shall apply.
  (b) The provisions of the General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100), Title 1 of the Corporations Code) shall apply to any licensee other than a licensee which is a California nonprofit corporation; provided, however, that, whenever any provision of the General Corporation Law conflicts with any provision of this division or of any regulation or order issued under this division, such provision of the General Corporation Law shall not apply and such provision of this division or of such regulation or order issued under this division shall apply.

If any provision of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect other provisions or applications of this division which can be given effect without the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this division are declared to be severable.