Section 31021 Of Article 2. Legislative Findings And Purposes From California Financial Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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.