BILL NUMBER: AB 2399	CHAPTERED  09/20/02

	CHAPTER  737
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Governmental Organization (Horton
(Chair), Strickland (Vice Chair), Canciamilla, Chavez, Harman,
Maldonado, Nation, Reyes, Wesson, Wiggins, and Wright)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to amend Section 19835.5A of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to gaming.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2399, Committee on Governmental Organization.  Gambling:
licensee: premises.
   The existing Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure and
regulation of gambling establishments operating in California.  The
act establishes the California Gambling Control Commission as the
state agency charged with administering its provisions.
   Existing law authorizes a person possessing a license to operate a
gambling establishment to remove from his or her licensed premises
any person who, while on the premises interferes with a lawful
gambling operation or is intoxicated.
   This bill also would expressly permit a person possessing a
license to operate a gambling establishment to remove from his or her
licensed premises any person who, while on the premises, is under
the influence of a controlled substance.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 19835.5A of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:
   19835.5A.  (a) A licensee may remove from his or her licensed
premises any person who, while on the premises:
   (1) Is a disorderly person, as defined by Section 647 of the Penal
Code.
   (2) Interferes with a lawful gambling operation.
   (3) Solicits or engages in any act of prostitution.
   (4) Begs, is boisterous, or is otherwise offensive to other
persons.
   (5) Commits any public offense.
   (6) Is intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled
substance.
   (7) Is a person who the commission, by regulation, has determined
should be excluded from licensed gambling establishments in the
public interest.
   (b) This section does not preclude a licensee from exercising the
right to deny access to or to remove any person from its premises or
property for any reason the licensee deems appropriate.