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                                                                  AB 1418
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          Date of Hearing:   May 18, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                AB 1418 (Committee on Governmental Organization) - As 
                            Introduced:  March 21, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental 
          Organization Vote:                            17 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill changes several definitions within the Gambling 
          Control Act. Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Revises the definition of a "key employee" to any person 
            employed in the operation of a gambling enterprise in a 
            supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary 
            decisions with regard to the gambling operations. 

          2)Adds surveillance managers and supervisors to the definition 
            of "key employee" for licensing purposes. 

          3)Deletes the term "pit boss" and replaces the term "shift boss" 
            to "shift manager." 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation. 
           

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose . This bill is intended to make clarifying and 
          simplifying changes to the act. By changing the definition of 
          "key employee" for example, the Gambling Control Commission now 
          has the authority to license anyone who has control over 
          gambling operations in card clubs. The deletion of the term "pit 
          boss" and change in the term "shift boss" is due to the fact 
          that those terms are generally used in Nevada casinos and not in 
          California's card clubs. 








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081