BILL NUMBER: AB 2596	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  553
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 19876 of, and to add Section 19955 to, the
Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2596, Portantino. Gambling: licenses.
   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 also requires that an application for renewal of a
license application be filed with the commission no later than 120
days prior to expiration of the current license, as provided.
   This bill would allow the commission to assess reasonable late
penalties in order to expedite the processing of a renewal
application that is not filed in a timely manner. This bill would
also provide that if an owner licensee has submitted an application
for renewal, as provided, and the commission is unable to act on the
application prior to the expiration date, the commission can extend
the current license for up to 180 days. The bill would allow the
commission to assess reasonable delinquency fees, not to exceed 3
times the application fee, when a renewal application is submitted
after the deadline, as specified, but before the expiration date of
the license.
   Under existing law, the fee for the renewal of a state gambling
license is determined pursuant to specified schedules.
   This bill would allow the California Gambling Control Commission
to order temporary closure of a gambling establishment for up to 90
days if an owner licensee fails to make timely payment of annual
renewal fees, as provided.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19876 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19876.  (a) Subject to the power of the commission to deny,
revoke, suspend, condition, or limit any license, as provided in this
chapter, a license shall be renewed biennially.
   (b) An application for renewal of a gambling license shall be
filed by the owner licensee or key employee with the commission no
later than 120 calendar days prior to the expiration of the current
license. The commission shall act upon any application for renewal
prior to the date of expiration of the current license. Upon renewal
of any owner license, the commission shall issue an appropriate
renewal certificate or validating device or sticker.
   (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b), if an owner
licensee has submitted an application for renewal prior to the
original expiration date of the current license and the commission is
unable to act on the application prior to the expiration date, the
commission may extend the current license for up to 180 days.
   (d) Unless the commission determines otherwise, renewal of an
owner's gambling license shall be deemed to effectuate the renewal of
every other gambling license endorsed thereon.
   (e) In addition to the penalties provided by law, any owner
licensee who deals, operates, carries on, conducts, maintains, or
exposes for play any gambling game after the expiration date of the
gambling license is liable to the state for all license fees and
penalties that would have been due upon renewal.
   (f) If an owner licensee fails to renew the gambling license as
provided in this chapter, the commission may order the immediate
closure of the premises and a cessation of all gambling activity
therein until the license is renewed.
   (g) If an owner licensee submits an application for renewal of the
gambling license after the deadline set in subdivision (b) but
before the original expiration date of the license, the commission
may assess reasonable delinquency fees not to exceed three times the
usual application fee.
  SEC. 2.  Section 19955 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   19955.  If an owner licensee fails to make timely payment of
annual fees required under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 19951, the commission may order the
temporary closure of the gambling establishment for up to 90 days
after the payment due date, after which time, if the fees, or any
portion thereof, remain unpaid, the gambling establishment's state
gambling license shall be deemed surrendered.