BILL NUMBER: SB 162	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 16, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011
	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   Section  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.
   (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 violations  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 the commission from commencing
an action against a gambling establishment, its owners, or its
employees for a violation of the act committed independently by a
3rd-party provider of proposition player services or its employees.
   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. The committee shall be composed of
representatives of controlled gambling licensees and at least three
members of the general public. 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 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.   SEC. 2.   Section 19934 is
added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
   19934.  The commission shall not commence an action against a
gambling establishment, its owners, or its employees for a violation
of this chapter committed independently by a third-party provider of
proposition player services or an agent or employee of the provider.