BILL NUMBER: SB 650	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section  19876   19821 
of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 650, as amended, Hall.  Gambling licenses: annual
renewal.   California Gambling Control Commission:
records.  
   Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California
Gambling Control Commission. Existing law requires the commission to
keep a record of all proceedings at its regular and special meetings
and a record of all applications for licenses under the Gambling
Control Act, and to make these records open to public inspection.
 
   This bill would require the commission to make these records open
to public inspection during normal business hours.  
   The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure and regulation
of various legalized gambling activities by the California Gambling
Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those
activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing
law requires a gambling license to be renewed biennially. Existing
law requires the owner licensee or key employee to file an
application for renewal with the Department of Justice no later than
120 calendar days before the expiration of the current license. A
willful violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
 
   This bill would require the owner licensee or key employee to file
an application for renewal with the California Gambling Control
Commission by no later than 120 calendar days after the end of the
owner licensee's fiscal year. The bill would automatically renew a
license annually upon the payment of an annual renewal fee, as
specified. The bill would also make conforming changes. Because a
willful violation of these provisions would be a crime, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  yes
  no  . State-mandated local program:  yes
  no  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 19821 of the  
Business and Professions Code  is amended to read: 
   19821.  (a) The commission shall cause to be made and kept a
record of all proceedings at regular and special meetings of the
commission. These records shall be open to public 
inspection.   inspection during normal business hours.

   (b) The department shall maintain a file of all applications for
licenses under this chapter. The commission shall maintain a record
of all actions taken with respect to those applications. The file and
record shall be open to public  inspection.  
inspection during normal business hours. 
   (c) The department and commission may maintain any other files and
records as they deem appropriate. Except as provided in this
chapter, the records of the department and commission are exempt from
disclosure under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
   (d) Except as necessary for the administration of this chapter, no
commissioner and no official, employee, or agent of the commission
or the department, having obtained access to confidential records or
information in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter,
shall knowingly disclose or furnish the records or information, or
any part thereof, to any person who is not authorized by law to
receive it. A violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.
   (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (k) of Section 1798.24 of the
Civil Code, a court shall not compel disclosure of personal
information in the possession of the department or the commission to
any person in any civil proceeding wherein the department or the
commission is not a party, except for good cause and upon a showing
that the information cannot otherwise be obtained. This section shall
not authorize the disclosure of personal information that is
otherwise exempt from disclosure. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 19876 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   19876.  (a) Subject to the power of the commission to deny,
revoke, suspend, condition, or limit any license, as provided in this
chapter, a license shall be automatically renewed annually upon the
payment of an annual renewal fee, as listed in subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 19951.
   (b) An application for renewal of a gambling license shall be
filed by the owner licensee or key employee with the commission no
later than 120 calendar days following the end of the owner licensee'
s fiscal year. The commission shall act upon any application for
renewal before the date of expiration of the current license. Upon
renewal of any owner license, the commission shall issue an
appropriate renewal certificate or validating device or sticker.
   (c) Unless the commission determines otherwise, renewal of an
owner's gambling license shall be deemed to effectuate the renewal of
every other gambling license endorsed thereon.
   (d) In addition to the penalties provided by law, any owner
licensee who deals, operates, carries on, conducts, maintains, or
exposes for play any gambling game after the expiration date of the
gambling license is liable to the state for all license fees and
penalties that would have been due upon renewal.
   (e) If an owner licensee fails to renew the gambling license as
provided in this chapter, the commission may order the immediate
closure of the premises and a cessation of all gambling activity
therein until the license is renewed.  
  SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this
act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.