BILL NUMBER: AB 277	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 
19800  and 19819  of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to gaming.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 277, as amended, Hall. Gaming: Gambling Control Act.
   The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain
individuals and establishments that conduct controlled games, as
defined, and for the regulation of these gambling activities by the
California Gambling Control Commission. The Department of Justice has
related investigatory and enforcement duties under the act. 
   The act requires 5 members to be appointed to the commission by
the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The act
specifies that a majority of the appointed members of the commission
is a quorum and that the concurring vote of 3 members of the
commission is required for any official action of the commission or
for the exercise of any of the commission's duties, powers, or
functions.  
    This bill would instead require the affirmative vote of a
majority of those members present at a meeting of the commission
constituting at least a quorum to render a decision, to pass a
motion, or for the exercise of any of the commission's duties,
powers, or functions. 
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
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 19800 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19800.  This chapter is known, and may be cited, as the "Gambling
Control Act."
   SEC. 2.    Section 19819 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   19819.  (a) The commission shall establish and maintain a general
office for the transaction of its business in Sacramento. The
commission may hold meetings at any place within the state when the
interests of the public may be better served.
   (b) A public record of every vote shall be maintained at the
commission's principal office.
   (c) A majority of the appointed members of the commission
constitutes a quorum of the commission. The  concurring
  affirmative  vote of a majority of those
commissioners present at a meeting of the commission constituting
 at least  a quorum shall be required  for any
official action of the commission   to render a
decision, to pass a motion,  or for the exercise of any of the
commission's duties, powers, or functions.
   (d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code applies to meetings of the
commission. Notwithstanding Section 11125.1 of the Government Code,
documents, which are filed with the commission by the department for
the purpose of evaluating the qualifications of an applicant, are
exempt from disclosure under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.