BILL NUMBER: SB 162	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

   An act to amend Section 19817 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to gaming.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 162, as introduced, Anderson. California Gambling Control
Commission: Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.
   Existing law establishes the California Gambling Control
Commission and requires the commission to establish a Gaming Policy
Advisory Committee composed of representatives of controlled gambling
licensees and members of the general public. Existing law requires
the executive director of the commission to convene this advisory
committee, from time to time, for the purpose of discussing
recommended controlled gambling regulatory policy.
   This bill would require the advisory committee to meet at least
twice a year and would require the commission to consult with the
committee on recommended proposed regulations.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19817 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19817.  The commission shall establish and appoint a Gaming Policy
Advisory Committee of 10 members. The committee shall be composed of
representatives of controlled gambling licensees and members of the
general public in equal numbers. The executive director shall, from
time to time, convene the committee for the purpose of discussing
matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and any other
relevant gambling-related issue  , provided that the committee
shall meet at least twice a year. The commission shall consult with
the committee on proposed regulations  . The recommendations
concerning gambling policy  and proposed   regulations
 made by the committee shall be presented to the commission, but
shall be deemed advisory and not binding on the commission in the
performance of its duties or functions. The committee  may
  shall  not advise the commission on Indian
gaming.