BILL NUMBER: AB 2515	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 12714 of the Government Code, relating to
gaming.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2515, as introduced, Hall. Indian gaming: county tribal casino
accounts.
   Existing law creates in the State Treasury the Indian Gaming
Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys
received by the state from certain Indian tribes pursuant to the
terms of gaming compacts entered into with the state. Existing law
authorizes moneys in that fund to be used for specified purposes,
including for grants for the support of state and local government
agencies impacted by tribal government gaming.
   Existing law, until January 1, 2021, creates a County Tribal
Casino Account in the treasury of each county that contains a tribal
casino, which is funded according to specified formulas. Existing law
requires the Controller to divide the County Tribal Casino Account
for each county that has gaming devices that are subject to an
obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund into a separate account, known as an Individual
Tribal Casino Account, for each tribe that operates a casino within
the county. Each Individual Tribal Casino Account is required to be
funded in proportion to the amount that each individual tribe paid in
the prior fiscal year to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution
Fund, and used for grants to local agencies impacted by tribal
casinos, as specified.
   The bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the
above-described provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12714 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   12714.  (a) A County Tribal Casino Account is hereby created in
the treasury for each county that contains a tribal casino.
   (b) The amount to be deposited into each eligible county's County
Tribal Casino Account shall be  calculated  
determined  in the following way:
   (1) (A) For counties that do not have gaming devices subject to an
obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund, the total amount to be appropriated by the
Legislature for grants to local government agencies impacted by
tribal gaming shall be multiplied by 5 percent.
   (B) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be
divided by the aggregate number of gaming devices located in those
counties that do not have gaming devices subject to an obligation to
make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.
   (C) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be
multiplied by the number of gaming devices located in each county for
which an appropriation is being calculated that are not subject to
an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund.
   (D) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (C) shall be
deposited into the County Tribal Casino Account for the county for
which the appropriation was calculated.
   (2) (A) For counties that have gaming devices subject to an
obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund, the total amount to be appropriated by the
Legislature for grants to local government agencies impacted by
tribal gaming shall be multiplied by 95 percent.
   (B) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be
divided by the aggregate number of gaming devices located in those
counties that have gaming devices subject to an obligation to make
contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.
   (C) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be
multiplied by the number of gaming devices located in each county for
which an appropriation is being calculated that are subject to an
obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund.
   (D) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (C) shall be
deposited into the County Tribal Casino Account for the county for
which the appropriation was calculated.