BILL NUMBER: AB 334	CHAPTERED  09/30/08

	CHAPTER  734
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2007

   An act to add Section 326.45 to the Penal Code, relating to bingo,
and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 334, Levine. Remote caller bingo.
   Existing law permits cities, counties, and cities and counties to
allow bingo games to be conducted by specified organizations for
charitable purposes. Existing law provides for the licensure and
regulation of gambling establishments, as defined, by the California
Gambling Control Commission.
   This bill would appropriate up to $500,000, as determined by order
of the Director of Finance, to the commission for use in the 2008-09
fiscal year for purposes relating to the regulation of remote caller
bingo, as specified.
   The bill would become operative only if SB 1369 of the 2007-08
Regular Session is enacted and becomes operative.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 326.45 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   326.45.  Up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), as
determined by order of the Director of Finance, is hereby
appropriated from the California Bingo Fund to the California
Gambling Control Commission for use in the 2008-09 fiscal year for
the purposes described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of
subdivision (p) of Section 326.3.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall become operative only if Senate Bill 1369
of the 2007-08 Regular Session is enacted and becomes operative.