BILL NUMBER: AB 2026	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2008

   An act relating to gaming.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2026, as introduced, Levine. Gaming.
   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 regulations by the Department of Justice.
   This bill would direct the California Gambling Control Commission,
in conjunction with the Department of Justice, to perform a study
and report its findings to the Legislature by June 30, 2009,
regarding authorizing intrastate Internet poker, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The California Gambling Control Commission, in
conjunction with the Department of Justice, shall perform a study and
report its findings to the Legislature by June 30, 2009, regarding
authorizing intrastate Internet poker, pursuant to the federal
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The study shall
include, but not be limited to, the following subjects: regulatory
oversight and licensing, technological issues, underage and problem
gambling matters, methods of play and types of games that may be
legally offered, economic benefits to state and local governments,
and the means by which those games and forms of gambling may be
conducted and operated.