BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 829
Author: Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Amended: 4/29/09
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE : 12-0, 4/28/09
AYES: Wright, Harman, Benoit, Calderon, Denham, Florez,
Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, Padilla, Wiggins, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Gambling: licenses
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill clarifies and updates the definition
of key employee in the Gambling Control Act, and provides
the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) with the
authority to administer oaths of office to new CGCC members
and other specified employees of CGCC and to certify
official acts in connection with the business of CGCC.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law, the Gambling Control Act (Act), provides for
the licensure of certain individuals and establishments
involved in various gambling activities, and for the
regulation of those activities, by the CGCC.
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Existing law provides for the enforcement of those gambling
activities by Department of Justice (DOJ).
Existing law makes it a crime for specified persons to fail
to apply for and obtain from CGCC, and to thereafter
maintain, a valid key employee license.
Existing law defines "key employee" as any natural person
employed in the operation of a gambling enterprise in a
supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary
decisions that regulate gambling operations, including,
without limitation, pit bosses, shift bosses, credit
executives, cashier operations supervisors, gambling
operation managers and assistant managers, managers or
supervisors of security employees, or any other natural
person designated as a key employee by DOJ for reasons
consistent with the policies of the Act.
Existing law requires the chief and each member of CGCC
subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and also
swear that he or she is not pecuniarily interested in, or
doing business with, any person, business, or organization
holding a gambling license.
This bill:
1. Deletes the terms pit bosses and shift bosses from the
definition of key employee and adds shift managers, game
supervisors, floor supervisors, general managers,
surveillance managers and supervisors to the definition
of key employee.
2. Authorizes the executive director and members of CGCC to
administer oaths and certify official acts in connection
with the business of CGCC.
Background
This bill changes the definition of key employee to include
persons who are empowered to make discretionary decisions
with regard to gambling operations rather than persons who
are empowered to make discretionary decisions that regulate
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gambling operations. This change provides CGCC the
authority to license those persons that have control over
gambling operations in card clubs. Further, the bill
clarifies that state and local governments regulate
gambling, not the card clubs.
This bill also deletes the term pit bosses and shift bosses
from the definition of key employee. These are terms
generally used in Nevada casinos, not in card clubs which
use the term shift managers, game supervisors, floor
supervisors, and general managers. Finally, the bill
includes surveillance managers or supervisors in the
definition of key employee. These are persons who play a
key role in the security, oversight, and in some cases,
investigations of card club activities.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
TSM:do 5/19/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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