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Banking

Jul. 12, 2014

Passage of AB 129 falls a 'bit' short

Assembly Bill 129, California's recent attempt to "legalize" the use of digital as well as paper "community" currencies does not appear to have accomplished as much as it promised. By Kenneth N. Russak


By Kenneth N. Russak


Assembly Bill 129, California's recent attempt to "legalize" the use of digital as well as paper "community" currencies does not appear to have accomplished as much as it promised, as it repealed only one of two statutes that made alternative currencies illegal. The June 28 passage of AB 129 repealed Corporations Code Section 107, a 1972 statute that provided, "No corporation, association, or individual shall issu...

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