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§ 3. — 3. (Enacted 1872.)

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Legislative History

Enacted 1872.

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§ 3.
3. (Enacted 1872.)
§ 30.
30. (Enacted 1872.)
§ 300.
300. (Amended November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 69, Sec. 12.)
§ 300.1.
300.1. (Amended November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 69, Sec. 13.)
§ 300.2.
300.2. (Added November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 69, Sec. 14.)
§ 300.3.
300.3. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 696, Sec. 2.)
§ 300.4.
300.4. (Added by renumbering Section 300.2 (as added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 696, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 387.)
§ 3000.
3000. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 626, Sec. 59.)
§ 3000.01.
3000.01. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 29, Sec. 18.)
§ 3000.02.
3000.02. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 59, Sec. 1.)
§ 3000.03.
3000.03. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 34.)
§ 3000.05.
3000.05. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 423, Sec. 105.)
§ 3000.07.
3000.07. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 579, Sec. 45.)
§ 3000.08.
3000.08. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 236.)
§ 3000.09.
3000.09. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 36.)
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