Bill Text: CA SB692 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Gambling: California Gambling Control Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-11-30 - Last day to consider Governor's veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5. [SB692 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB692-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 692	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vidak

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 19981 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to gambling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 692, as amended, Vidak. Gambling: California Gambling Control
Commission.
   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. The act specifies qualifications for
eligibility as a member of the commission, and provides that a person
is ineligible for appointment if, within 2 years prior to
appointment, the person was employed by, retained by, or derived
substantial income from, a gambling establishment. The act prohibits
a member of the commission, the executive director, the chief, and
any employee of the commission or department designated by
regulation, for a period of 3 years after leaving office or
terminating employment, for compensation, from acting as agent or
attorney for any other person before the commission or the
department, if the appearance or communication is for the purpose of
influencing administrative action, as specified. A person who
willfully violates any provision of the act for which a penalty is
not expressly provided is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
    The act also defines "key employee" for its purposes as a natural
person employed in the operation of a gambling enterprise in a
supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary decisions
that regulate gambling operations, including, among others, pit
bosses, shift bosses, gambling operation managers and assistant
managers, or any other natural person designated as a key employee by
the department for reasons consistent with the policies of the act.

   This bill would additionally prohibit a member of the commission,
the executive director, the chief, and any employee of the commission
or  department designated by regulation,  
department,  for a period of 2 years after leaving office or
terminating employment, from  being employed as a consultant
or key employee of   holding a direct or indirect
interest in, holding employment with, representing, appearing for, or
negotiating on behalf of,  a gambling establishment. By
creating a new crime, the 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: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19981 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19981.  (a) A member of the commission, the executive director,
the chief, and any employee of the commission or department
designated by regulation, shall not, for a period of three years
after leaving office or terminating employment, for compensation, act
as agent or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any other person
by making any formal or informal appearance, or by making any oral or
written communication, before the commission or the department, or
any officer or employee thereof, if the appearance or communication
is for the purpose of influencing administrative action, or
influencing any action or proceeding involving the issuance,
amendment, awarding, or revocation of a permit, license, or approval.

   (b) A member of the commission shall not solicit or accept
campaign contributions from any person, including any applicant or
licensee.
   (c) A member of the commission, the executive director, the chief,
and any employee of the commission or  department designated
by regulation,   department,  shall not, for a
period of two years after leaving office or terminating employment,
 be employed as a consultant or key employee of 
 hold a direct or indirect interest   in, hold
employment with, represent, appear for, or negotiate on behalf of,
 a gambling establishment.
  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.