BILL NUMBER: AB 2596	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2596, as introduced, Portantino. Gambling: licenses.
   The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain
individuals and establishments involved in various gambling
activities, and for the regulation of those activities, by the
California Gambling Control Commission. Existing law provides for the
enforcement of those activities by the Department of Justice.
Existing law also requires that an application for renewal of a
license application be filed with the commission no later than 120
days prior to expiration of the current license, as provided.
   This bill would allow the commission to assess reasonable late
penalties in order to expedite the processing of a renewal
application that is not filed in a timely manner. This bill would
also provide that where a complete renewal application has not been
submitted within 30 days of the expiration of the existing license
and notice has been given to the licensee, the commission may
determine that the license has been abandoned.
   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 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 renewed upon application for renewal and
payment of state gambling fees as required by statute or regulation.
Licenses renewed on or before July 31, 2008, shall be for the
renewal period in effect at the time of the renewal but shall not
expire any sooner than 15 months after the approval of the renewal
application. Licenses renewed on or after August 1, 2008, shall
expire 24 months after the date of the approval of the renewal
application or after the expiration of the prior license, whichever
is later.
   (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 prior to the expiration of the current
license. The commission shall act upon any application for renewal
prior to 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. 
   (f) (1) If an owner licensee fails to apply to renew the gambling
license in a timely manner as provided in this chapter, the
commission may assess reasonable late penalties, in order to expedite
the processing of the renewal application.  
   (2) If the owner licensee has not submitted a completed renewal
application, including the payment of all required fees and deposits
within 30 days of the expiration date and the commission has provided
notice to the licensee, the commission may proceed to grant a
hearing and determine that the license has been abandoned.