BILL NUMBER: SB 650	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 19876 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to gambling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 650, as introduced, Hall. Gambling licenses: annual renewal.
   The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure and regulation
of various legalized gambling activities by the California Gambling
Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those
activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing
law requires a gambling license to be renewed biennially. Existing
law requires the owner licensee or key employee to file an
application for renewal with the Department of Justice no later than
120 calendar days before the expiration of the current license. A
willful violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.

   This bill would require the owner licensee or key employee to file
an application for renewal with the California Gambling Control
Commission by no later than 120 calendar days after the end of the
owner licensee's fiscal year. The bill would automatically renew a
license annually upon the payment of an annual renewal fee, as
specified. The bill would also make conforming changes. Because a
willful violation of these provisions would be a 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 19876 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19876.  (a) Subject to the power of the commission to deny,
revoke, suspend, condition, or limit any license, as provided in this
chapter, a license shall be  renewed biennially 
 automatically renewed annually upon the payment of an annual
renewal fee, as listed in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 19951  .
   (b) An application for renewal of a gambling license shall be
filed by the owner licensee or key employee with the 
department no later than 120 calendar days prior to the expiration of
the current license   commission no later than 120
calendar days following the end of the owner licensee's fiscal year
 . The commission shall act upon any application for renewal
 prior to   before the date of expiration
of the current license. Upon renewal of any owner license, the
commission shall issue an appropriate renewal certificate or
validating device or sticker. 
   (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b), if an owner
licensee has submitted an application for renewal prior to the
original expiration date of the current license and the commission is
unable to act on the application prior to the expiration date, the
commission may extend the current license for up to 180 days.
 
   (d) 
    (c)    Unless the commission determines
otherwise, renewal of an owner's gambling license shall be deemed to
effectuate the renewal of every other gambling license endorsed
thereon. 
   (e) 
    (d)    In addition to the penalties provided by
law, any owner licensee who deals, operates, carries on, conducts,
maintains, or exposes for play any gambling game after the expiration
date of the gambling license is liable to the state for all license
fees and penalties that would have been due upon renewal. 
   (f) 
    (e)    If an owner licensee fails to renew the
gambling license as provided in this chapter, the commission may
order the immediate closure of the premises and a cessation of all
gambling activity therein until the license is renewed. 
   (g) If an owner licensee submits an application for renewal of the
gambling license after the deadline set in subdivision (b) but
before the original expiration date of the license, the commission
may assess reasonable delinquency fees not to exceed three times the
usual application fee. 
  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.