Bill Text: CA AB779 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 779 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Gambling establishments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-06 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Dodd. [AB779 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB779-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 779

Introduced by Assembly Member Burke

February 15, 2017

An act relating to gambling.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 779, as introduced, Burke. Gambling establishments.

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 Department of Justice. A person who willfully violates any of the provisions of the Gambling Control Act for which a penalty is not expressly provided is guilty of a misdemeanor.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that adopts comprehensive reforms to the Gambling Control Act relating to the licensing of gambling establishments in the state, streamlines the licensing process, and allows additional resources to be devoted to regulation and oversight of the gambling industry.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that adopts comprehensive reforms to the Gambling Control Act relating to the licensing of gambling establishments in the state, streamlines the licensing process, and allows additional resources to be devoted to regulation and oversight of the gambling industry.