Cal. COM § 16101
This is the official text of Cal. COM § 16101, part of California’s Commercial Code — california's version of the Uniform Commercial Code, governing sales, negotiable instruments, and secured transactions.
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Official statutory text
The repeal and addition of Division 3 (commencing with Section 3101) and the repeal and addition, the amendment, and the addition of provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 4101), and the amendment of related sections, adopted by the Legislature in Chapter 914 of the Statutes of 1992, shall become effective on January 1, 1993. The Legislature intends that this action be construed as an amendment of Division 3 (commencing with Section 3101) and Division 4 (commencing with Section 4101), notwithstanding that the action took the form of a repeal and addition of Division 3 (commencing with Section 3101), and a repeal and addition to, and amendment of, or an addition to the provisions of Division 4 (commencing with Section 4101).
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