Article 6. Application of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 101. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 6.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter shall apply retroactively to all of the records of any corporation to which this chapter applies, as of the effective date of this chapter, notwithstanding that this chapter was not in effect at the time the corporation created or obtained those records.

It is also the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter regarding the holding of meetings of a corporation shall apply prospectively, so that any meetings held by the corporation prior to the effective date hereof shall not be deemed to have been in contravention of this chapter.

The Legislature finds and declares that a corporation subject to this chapter shall continue to be private, notwithstanding this chapter, and in any event, shall not be subject to the provisions of the Government Code or the Education Code made applicable to any public agency, or any public or constitutional corporation, generally, or collectively. Nothing in this chapter grants any authority to any person, including any public agency or constitutional corporation, to establish a corporation to which this chapter applies.

This chapter shall be inapplicable to any corporation in a county of the 2nd class.