Bill Text: CA AB230 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Gambling.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB230 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB230-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 230 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 12, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Waldron
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
An act to amend Section 19803 19817
of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 230, as amended, Waldron. Gambling.
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 a 10-member Gaming Policy Advisory Committee for the
purpose of discussing matters of controlled gambling regulatory
policy and other relevant gambling-related issues. The committee is
composed of representatives of controlled gambling licensees and
members of the general public in equal numbers.
This bill would increase the membership of the committee from 10
to 12 members.
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 declares the intent of the
Legislature in enacting the act to provide uniform, minimum
standards for the regulation of permissible gambling activities and
the operation of lawful gambling establishments. Existing law
provides that nothing in those licensing and regulatory provisions
precludes a city, county, or city and county from prohibiting a
gambling activity, or affects the responsibility of local law
enforcement agencies to enforce the laws of this state.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 19817 of the
Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
19817. The commission shall establish and appoint a Gaming Policy
Advisory Committee of 10 12 members.
The committee shall be composed of representatives of controlled
gambling licensees and members of the general public in equal
numbers. 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 may shall
not advise the commission on Indian gaming.
SECTION 1. Section 19803 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
19803. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
chapter, to provide uniform, minimum standards for the regulation of
permissible gambling activities and the operation of lawful gambling
establishments.
(b) Nothing in this chapter precludes a city, county, or city and
county from prohibiting a gambling activity, imposing more stringent
local controls or conditions upon gambling than are imposed by this
chapter or by the commission, inspecting gambling premises to enforce
applicable state and local laws, or imposing a local tax or license
fee, if the prohibition, control, condition, inspection, tax, or fee
is not inconsistent with this chapter. Nothing in this chapter
affects the responsibility of local law enforcement agencies to
enforce the laws of this state, including this chapter.
