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          Bill No:  SB 1090
          Author:   Cedillo (D)
          Amended:  4/6/10
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 3/23/10
          AYES:  Wright, Harman, Florez, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza,  
            Padilla, Price, Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Calderon, Denham


           SUBJECT  :    Bingo:  remote caller bingo

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill modifies the permissive model  
          ordinance language contained in the Remote Caller Bingo Act  
          of 2008 to allow an organization to file, along with its  
          application to the local licensing official to operate a  
          bingo game, a certificate issued by the Franchise Tax Board  
          or appropriate documentation to demonstrate that the  
          applicant is an eligible tax exempt organization authorized  
          to operate a remote caller bingo game.

           ANALYSIS :    Existing law provides that the Legislature, by  
          statute, may authorize cities and counties to allow for the  
          play of bingo games, but only for charitable purposes.

          Existing law permits cities, counties, and cities and  
          counties to allow remote caller bingo games to be conducted  
          by specified tax exempt and nonprofit organizations for  
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          charitable purposes, subject to provisions of law which, if  
          violated, constitute a crime. 

          Existing law authorizes specified tax-exempt and nonprofit  
          organizations that have been incorporated or in existence  
          for three years or more and that are not organized for the  
          primary purpose of operating bingo to conduct remote caller  
          bingo games no more than one day per week.

          Existing law defines a "remote caller bingo game" as a game  
          of bingo in which numbers or symbols on randomly drawn  
          plastic balls are announced by a person present at the site  
          at which the live game is conducted, and audio and video  
          technology links in-state facilities for the purpose of  
          transmitting the remote calling of a live bingo game from a  
          single location to multiple locations.

          Existing law requires remote caller bingo games to be  
          played using traditional paper or other tangible bingo  
          cards and daubers, and shall not be played by using  
          electronic devises, except card-minding devices.

          Existing law requires an authorized organization to provide  
          the California Gambling Control Commission with at least 30  
          days advanced written notice of its intent to conduct  
          remote caller bingo games, and submit specified information  
          about the organizations, locations, vendors, and licensees  
          involved in the operation of the games, as well as, a copy  
          of the local ordinance for the counties in which the games  
          will be played.

          Existing law contains "permissive model ordinance" language  
          which local jurisdictions may adopt to authorize remote  
          caller bingo.  

           Comments
           
          According to the author's office:

               In 2008, the Legislature passed, and the Governor  
               signed into law, SB 1369 which allows qualified  
               non-profits to operate "remote caller" bingo games.

               Once SB 1369 was chaptered, technical errors and  

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               omissions were identified by the implementing state  
               entity, the California Gambling Control Commission.   
               Charities have also raised issues as they organize  
               themselves to apply and conduct the game.

               The purpose of SB 1090 is to clean-up language and  
               fine-tune implementation issues that have arisen as  
               charities and local governments take steps toward  
               authorizing and conducting the games.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  4/6/10)

          California Association of Nonprofits


          TSM:nl  4/7/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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