BILL NUMBER: AB 654	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act  to amend Section 19817 of the Business and Professions
Code, and  to amend Section 12012.85 of the Government Code,
relating to gaming.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 654, as amended, Hall.  Tribal gaming.  
Gambling.  
   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 per year, and would require the commission to consult with the
committee on recommended proposed regulations. 
   Existing law permits specified federally recognized Indian tribes
to conduct gaming on Indian lands in California pursuant to compacts
negotiated by the Governor and ratified by the Legislature. Existing
law creates the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the
receipt of moneys received by the state from the tribes conducting
gaming according to the terms established by the compacts, which
moneys are available for appropriation by the Legislature for
specified purposes.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  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   at least twice per year
 , convene the committee for the purpose of discussing matters
of controlled gambling regulatory policy and any other relevant
gambling-related issue.  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.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 12012.85
of the Government Code is amended to read:
   12012.85.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund
called the "Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund" for the receipt
and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes
pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts. These moneys
shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for the
following purposes:
   (a) Grants, including any administrative costs, for programs
designed to address gambling addiction.
   (b) Grants, including any administrative costs, for the support of
state and local government agencies impacted by tribal government
gaming.
   (c) Compensation for regulatory costs incurred by the State Gaming
Agency and the Department of Justice in connection with implementing
and administering tribal-state gaming compacts.
   (d) Payment of shortfalls that may occur in the Indian Gaming
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund. This shall be the priority use of moneys
in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.
   (e) Disbursements for the purpose of implementing the terms of
tribal labor relations ordinances promulgated in accordance with the
terms of tribal-state gaming compacts ratified pursuant to Chapter
874 of the Statutes of 1999. No more than 10 percent of the funds
appropriated in the Budget Act of 2000 for implementation of tribal
labor relations ordinances promulgated in accordance with those
compacts shall be expended in the selection of the Tribal Labor
Panel. The Department of Human Resources shall consult with and seek
input from the parties prior to any expenditure for purposes of
selecting the Tribal Labor Panel. Other than the cost of selecting
the Tribal Labor Panel, there shall be no further disbursements until
the Tribal Labor Panel, which is selected by mutual agreement of the
parties, is in place.
   (f) Any other purpose specified by law.
   (g) Priority for funding from the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund is in the following descending order:
   (1) An appropriation to the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust
Fund in an aggregate amount sufficient to make payments of any
shortfalls that may occur in the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust
Fund.
   (2) An appropriation to the Office of Problem and Pathological
Gambling within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for
problem gambling prevention programs.
   (3) The amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for
allocation between the Department of Justice and the California
Gambling Control Commission for regulatory functions that directly
relates to Indian gaming.
   (4) An appropriation for the support of local government agencies
impacted by tribal gaming.