Health and Safety Code section 11538

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with this chapter. Where local laws duplicate or supplement this chapter, this chapter shall be construed as providing alternative remedies and not to preempt the field.

Source: Section 11538, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11538. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Aug. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_11538

Original Source: Section 11538, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11538. (last accessed May 12, 2025).