BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1090| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSENT 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 CONTINUED SB 1090 Page 2 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 CONTINUED SB 1090 Page 3 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 **** END **** CONTINUED