Bill Text: CA SB935 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 935 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-20 - March 24 hearing postponed by committee. [SB935 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB935-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 935

Introduced by Senator Dahle

February 06, 2020

An act to amend Section 19817 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 935, as introduced, Dahle. Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.

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 for the purpose of discussing matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and other relevant gambling-related issues.

This bill, instead, would require the commission to appoint up to 12 members to the committee.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES 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 up to 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.