BILL NUMBER: AB 241	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2011

   An act to amend Sections 19962 and 19963 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to gambling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 241, Hall. Gambling: moratorium.
   Existing law regulates legal gambling in California and prohibits,
until January 1, 2015, the governing body and the electors of a
county, city, or city and county from authorizing or expanding any
legal gaming beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. Additionally,
the commission is prohibited, until January 1, 2015, from issuing a
gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed
to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified.
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to
January 1, 2020.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19962 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19962.  (a) On and after the effective date of this chapter,
neither the governing body nor the electors of a county, city, or
city and county that has not authorized legal gaming within its
boundaries prior to January 1, 1996, shall authorize legal gaming.
   (b) An ordinance in effect on January 1, 1996, that authorizes
legal gaming within a city, county, or city and county may not be
amended to expand gaming in that jurisdiction beyond that permitted
on January 1, 1996.
   (c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2010.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 19963 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19963.  (a) In addition to any other limitations on the expansion
of gambling imposed by Section 19962 or any provision of this
chapter, the commission may not issue a gambling license for a
gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December
31, 1999, unless an application to operate that establishment was on
file with the department prior to September 1, 2000.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends
that date.