Bill Text: CA SB1125 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gambling Control Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-29 - In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto) [SB1125 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1125-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1125	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 19867 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to gaming.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1125, as introduced, Florez. Gambling Control Act: licensing
fees
   The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain
individuals and establishments involved in various gambling
activities, and for the regulation of those activities, by the
California Gambling Control Commission. Existing law provides for the
enforcement of those activities by the Department of Justice.
Existing law requires that an application for a license or a
determination of suitability be accompanied by a deposit that, in the
judgment of the head of the entity within the Department of Justice
that is responsible for fulfilling the obligations imposed by the
act, will be adequate to pay the anticipated costs and charges
incurred in the investigation and processing of the application.
Existing law requires the head of that entity to adopt a schedule of
costs and charges of investigation for use as guidelines in fixing
the amount of any required deposit under these provisions.
   This bill would require the department and commission to establish
an enhanced fee schedule to provide for additional fees to be
charged to applicants who wish to have their applications processed
and background investigations conducted in an expedited manner.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19867 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19867.  (a) An application for a license or a determination of
suitability shall be accompanied by the deposit of a sum of money
that, in the judgment of the chief, will be adequate to pay the
anticipated costs and charges incurred in the investigation and
processing of the application. The chief shall adopt a schedule of
costs and charges of investigation for use as guidelines in fixing
the amount of any required deposit under this section. The schedule
shall distinguish between initial and renewal licenses with respect
to costs and charges.
   (b) During an investigation, the chief may require an applicant to
deposit any additional sums as are required by the department to pay
final costs and charges of the investigation.
   (c) Any money received from an applicant in excess of the costs
and charges incurred in the investigation or the processing of the
application shall be refunded pursuant to regulations adopted by the
department. At the conclusion of the investigation, the chief shall
provide the applicant a written, itemized accounting of the costs and
charges thereby incurred. 
   (d) The department and the commission shall establish an enhanced
fee schedule for applicants who wish to have their applications
processed and background investigations conducted in an expedited
manner. The payment of those enhanced fees shall entitle the
applicant to have their applications processed in a shorter period of
time than normally would be the case.