BILL NUMBER: AB 1342	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 19867 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to gaming.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1342, as introduced, Jones-Sawyer. Gambling activities and
establishments.
   The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure and regulation
of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the
California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and
enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department
of Justice. The act requires an application for a license or a
determination of suitability to be accompanied by the deposit of a
sum of money that will be adequate to pay the anticipated costs and
charges incurred in the investigation and processing of the
application. The designated chief at the department is required to
adopt a schedule of costs and charges of investigation for use as
guidelines in fixing the amount of the required deposit.
   This bill would require the department and the commission to
establish an enhanced fee schedule for applicants who wish to have
their applications processed and background investigations conducted
in an expedited manner.
   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 19867 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   19867.  (a) An application for a license or a determination of
suitability shall be accompanied by the deposit of a sum of money
that, in the judgment of the chief, will be adequate to pay the
anticipated costs and charges incurred in the investigation and
processing of the application. The chief shall adopt a schedule of
costs and charges of investigation for use as guidelines in fixing
the amount of any required deposit under this section. The schedule
shall distinguish between initial and renewal licenses with respect
to costs and charges.
   (b) During an investigation, the chief may require an applicant to
deposit any additional sums as are required by the department to pay
final costs and charges of the investigation.
   (c) Any money received from an applicant in excess of the costs
and charges incurred in the investigation or the processing of the
application shall be refunded pursuant to regulations adopted by the
department. At the conclusion of the investigation, the chief shall
provide the applicant a written, itemized accounting of the costs and
charges thereby incurred. 
   (d) The department and the commission shall establish an enhanced
fee schedule for applicants who wish to have their applications
processed and background investigations conducted in an expedited
manner. The payment of those enhanced fees shall entitle the
applicant to have its application processed and its background
investigation conducted in a shorter period of time than normally
would be the case. The amount of the fee shall be set to reflect the
reasonable costs to the department and the commission of providing
the expedited review.