BILL NUMBER: SB 1207	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   642
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 5, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Polanco

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 330.9 to the Penal Code, relating to
gambling.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1207, Polanco.  Gambling:  slot machines.
   Existing state law generally prohibits the possession or keeping
of slot machines.  For that purpose, a slot machine includes a
machine that may be readily converted into an operable slot machine.
Existing state law authorizes the sale, transportation, storage, and
manufacture of gambling devices if only for interstate or foreign
commerce, but prohibits the display of those devices to the general
public.
   Existing federal law prohibits the transportation of any gambling
device to a state, but not if the state has enacted a law providing
for the exemption of the state from the provisions of that provision,
as specified.
   This bill would provide that it is lawful for any person to
transport and possess any slot machine or device for display at a
trade show, conference, or convention being held within this state,
but only if the slot machine or device is adjusted to render the
machine or device inoperable.  It would declare that this provision
is intended to constitute a state exemption as provided in the
above-mentioned federal law.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 330.9 of the Penal Code is added to read:
   330.9.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 330a, 330b, 330.1 to 330.5,
inclusive, or any other provision of law, it shall be lawful for any
person to transport and possess any slot machine or device for
display at a trade show, conference, or convention being held within
this state.
   (b) Subdivision (a) shall apply only if the slot machine or device
is adjusted to render the machine or device inoperable.
   (c) This section is intended to constitute a state exemption as
provided in Section 1172 of Title 15 of the United States Code.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "slot machine or device" has the
same meaning as "slot machine or device" as defined in Section
330.1, or "gambling device" as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of Section 1171 of Title 15 of the United States Code.