Section 31020 Of Article 2. Legislative Findings And Purposes From California Financial Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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.