Bill Text: CA SB213 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Gambling licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-01-19 - Stricken from Senate file. [SB213 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB213-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 213	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 15, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to amend Section 19984 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to gambling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 213, as amended, Florez. Gambling establishments: proposition
players.
   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 allows a licensed gambling establishment to contract
with a 3rd party for the purpose of providing proposition player
services, subject to specified conditions.
   This bill would  prohibit the duration of a contract between a
gambling establishment and a 3rd-party provider of proposition
player services from exceeding 2 years. The bill would  provide
that nothing in the Gambling Control Act shall be construed to
prohibit a 3rd-party provider of proposition player services, or a
player employed by such a provider, from servicing more than one
table at a time.
   The bill would delete an obsolete provision.
   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 19984 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19984.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed
gambling establishment may contract with a third party for the
purpose of providing proposition player services, subject to the
following conditions:
   (a) Any agreement, contract, or arrangement between a gambling
establishment and a third-party provider of proposition player
services shall be approved in advance by the department, and in no
event shall a gambling establishment or the house have any interest,
whether direct or indirect, in funds wagered, lost, or won. 
   (b) The duration of an agreement, contract, or arrangement between
a gambling establishment and a third-party provider of proposition
player services shall not exceed two years.  
   (b) 
    (c)  The commission shall establish reasonable criteria
for, and require the licensure and registration of, any person or
entity that provides proposition player services to gambling
establishments pursuant to this section, including owners,
supervisors, and players. Those employed by a third-party provider of
proposition player services, including owners, supervisors,
observers, and players, shall wear a badge which clearly identifies
them as proposition players whenever they are present within a
gambling establishment. The commission may impose licensing
requirements, disclosures, approvals, conditions, or limitations as
it deems necessary to protect the integrity of controlled gambling in
this state, and may assess and collect reasonable fees and deposits
as necessary to defray the costs of providing this regulation and
oversight. 
   (c) 
    (d)  The department, pursuant to regulations of the
commission, is empowered to perform background checks, financial
audits, and other investigatory services as needed to assist the
commission in regulating third-party providers of proposition player
services, and may assess and collect reasonable fees and deposits as
necessary to defray the costs of providing this regulation and
oversight. The department may adopt emergency regulations in order to
implement this subdivision. 
   (d) 
    (e)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prohibit a third-party provider of proposition player services, or a
player employed by such a provider, from servicing more than one
table at a time.