BILL NUMBER: SB 162	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

   An act to amend Section 19817 of  , and to add Sections 19933
and 19934 to,  the Business and Professions Code, relating to
gaming.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 162, as amended, Anderson. California Gambling Control
Commission: Gaming Policy Advisory Committee. 
   Existing 
    (1)     Existing  law establishes the
California Gambling Control Commission and requires the commission to
establish a  10-member  Gaming Policy Advisory Committee
composed of representatives of controlled gambling licensees and
members of the general public  in equal numbers  . 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.  Existing law
grants the Attorney General the authority to structure the
Department of Justice, pursuant to which the Bureau of Gambling
Control was created within the department. 
   This bill would  delete the requirement that the committee be
composed of 10 members and would require that at least 3 members of
the committee be members of the general public. The bill would 
require the advisory committee to meet at least twice a year and
would require the commission  and the Department of Justice 
to consult with the committee on recommended proposed regulations
 and would require the committee to present its recommendations
to the Department of Justice  . 
   (2) Existing law requires the Department of Justice to make
appropriate investigations whether there has been any violation of
the Gambling Control Act or any regulations adopted under the act and
authorizes the department to take action to suspend a license or
permit.  
   This bill would require a notice of violation from the department
regarding a noncriminal violation of the Gambling Control Act to be
filed on or before 12 months after the violation occurs. The bill
would also prohibit a gambling establishment, its owners, or
employees from being liable for a violation of the act by a 3rd-party
provider of propositional player services or an employee of that 3rd
party. 
   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  at least three  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  and the department 
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  and
the department  , but shall be deemed advisory and not binding
on the commission  and the department  in the performance of
 its   their respective  duties or
functions. The committee shall not advise the commission on Indian
gaming.
   SEC. 2.    Section 19933 is added to the  
Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   19933.  A notice of violation from the department regarding a
noncriminal violation of this chapter or any regulations promulgated
pursuant to it shall be filed on or before 12 months after the
violation occurs. 
   SEC. 3.    Section 19934 is added to the  
Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   19934.  A gambling establishment, its owners, or employees shall
not be liable for a violation of this chapter or any regulations
promulgated pursuant to it by a third-party provider of propositional
player services or an employee of that third party. The third-party
provider of propositional player services shall be responsible for
complying with this chapter and the appropriate supervision of its
employees.