Bill Text: CA AB1170 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-09-09 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. [AB1170 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1170-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
September 09, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 05, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 22, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow |
February 18, 2021 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law requires the commission to establish and appoint a 10-member Gaming Policy Advisory Committee to discuss matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and any other relevant gambling-related issue. Existing law requires the committee to be composed of representatives of controlled gambling licensees and members of the general public in equal numbers.
Existing law requires the commission to maintain a public record of every vote at its principal office.
This bill would require the commission to post a public record of every vote on the commission’s internet website no later than the close of business on the 2nd business day after the meeting at which the vote was taken.
The bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Digest Key
Vote:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 12012.106 is added to the Government Code, to read:12012.106.
(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. Secs. 1166 to 1168, inclusive, and 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et seq.) between the State of California and the Table Mountain Rancheria, executed on August 10, 2021, is hereby ratified.SEC. 2.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:The commission shall establish and appoint a Gaming Policy Advisory Committee of 10 members. The committee shall be composed of five representatives of controlled gambling licensees and five members of the general
public. The executive director shall, from time to time, convene the committee for the purpose of discussing matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and any other relevant gambling-related issue. The recommendations concerning gambling policy made by the committee shall be presented to the commission, but shall be deemed advisory and not binding on the commission in the performance of its duties or functions. The committee shall not advise the commission on Indian gaming.
(a)The commission shall establish and maintain a general office for the transaction of its business in Sacramento. The commission may hold meetings at any place within the state when the interests of the public may be better served.
(b)A public record of every vote shall be maintained at the commission’s principal office and posted on the commission’s internet website no later than the close of business on the second business day after the meeting at which the vote was taken.
(c)A majority of the membership of the commission is a quorum of the commission. The concurring vote of three members of the commission shall be required for any official action of the commission or for the exercise of any of the commission’s duties, powers, or functions.
(d)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code applies to meetings of the commission. Notwithstanding Section 11125.1 of the Government Code, documents that are filed with the commission by the department for the purpose of evaluating the qualifications of an
applicant are exempt from disclosure under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.