BILL NUMBER: AB 1956	CHAPTERED  09/21/02

	CHAPTER  748
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 21, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Vargas
   (Coauthor:  Senator Polanco)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2002

   An act to add Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 20600) to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to video
arcades.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1956, Vargas.  Video arcades.
   Existing law regulates the operation of various types of
businesses.
   This bill would require a video arcade, as defined, to post a sign
notifying consumers that an industry-created rating system is
available to aid in the selection of a game.  The bill would also
require a video arcade to make a brochure available upon request to
consumers explaining this system.


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


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 20600) is added to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 6.5.  VIDEO ARCADES

   20600.  A video arcade shall post a sign that notifies consumers
that a video arcade game rating system, created by the video arcade
gaming industry, is available to aid in the selection of a game.
This sign shall be posted on the wall of the arcade in a prominent
area such as the arcade entrance, the money exchange machine, or the
token counter.  The lettering of each sign shall be printed, at a
minimum, in 36-point type and shall be in black ink against a light
colored background, with dimensions no less than 18 by 24 inches.
   20601.  A video arcade shall make available upon request a
brochure to consumers that explains the rating system described in
Section  20600.
   20602.  For the purposes of this chapter, "video arcade" means any
premises where all of the following exist:
   (a) Minors are legally permitted to conduct business.
   (b) Ten or more video game machines or devices are operated.
   (c) One or more of the video game machines or devices are rated
"red" or five or more of the video game machines or devices are rated
"yellow" under the rating system created by the video arcade gaming
industry.