Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400 - 22949.80]
( Division 8 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 44. ) CHAPTER 5. The Gambling Control Act [19800 - 19987]
( Chapter 5 repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 867, Sec. 3. ) ARTICLE 3. Regulations [19840 - 19846]
( Article 3 repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 867, Sec. 17. ) 19846.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subdivision (b), a gambling enterprise that ejects or excludes an individual based upon Section 19844 or 19845 is not subject to civil liability for a mistake as to the grounds for ejecting or excluding a person if the ejection or exclusion was based upon a reasonable and good faith belief, after a reasonable investigation, that these sections applied to the individual in question.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a gambling enterprise may not be relieved from liability for any damages arising from the means of ejection or exclusion.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 233, Sec. 5. (AB 293) Effective January 1, 2010.)