Bill Text: CA AB1103 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1103 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Gaming: slot machines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-09 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1103 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1103-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1103	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 330.5 of the Penal Code, relating to
gaming.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1103, as amended, Hall. Gaming: slot machines.
   Existing law provides that the manufacture, sale, possession, or
control of a slot machine or device, as defined, and other specified
activities relating to slot machines or devices, as defined, is a
misdemeanor. Existing law excludes music machines, weighing machines,
and vending machines, as specified, from these provisions, and
excludes pin ball and other amusement machines or devices from the
definition of a slot machine or device.
   This bill would  make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions.   provide that only amusement
machines or devices that do not offer money, or any item that can be
redeemed for money, as a prize   are   excluded
from the definition of a slot machine or device.  
   By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 330.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   330.5.   The following are not slot machines or devices as
defined by  Sections 330.1 to 330.4,  inclusive, shall
not apply to music   inclusive: 
    (a)     Music  machines, weighing
machines, and machines that vend cigarettes, candy, ice cream, food,
confections, or other merchandise, in which there is deposited an
exact consideration and from which in every case the customer obtains
that which he or she  purchases; and pin  
purchases. 
    (b)     Pin ball and other amusement
machines or devices that are predominantly games of skill, whether
affording the opportunity of additional chances or free plays or not,
 are not intended to be and are not included within the term
slot machine or device as defined within Sections 330.1 to 330.4,
inclusive.   if the machine or device does not offer as
a prize money or any item that can be redeemed for money. 
   SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.