BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 1090
Author: Cedillo (D)
Amended: 4/6/10
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE : 9-0, 3/23/10
AYES: Wright, Harman, Florez, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza,
Padilla, Price, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Denham
SUBJECT : Bingo: remote caller bingo
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill modifies the permissive model
ordinance language contained in the Remote Caller Bingo Act
of 2008 to allow an organization to file, along with its
application to the local licensing official to operate a
bingo game, a certificate issued by the Franchise Tax Board
or appropriate documentation to demonstrate that the
applicant is an eligible tax exempt organization authorized
to operate a remote caller bingo game.
ANALYSIS : Existing law provides that the Legislature, by
statute, may authorize cities and counties to allow for the
play of bingo games, but only for charitable purposes.
Existing law permits cities, counties, and cities and
counties to allow remote caller bingo games to be conducted
by specified tax exempt and nonprofit organizations for
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charitable purposes, subject to provisions of law which, if
violated, constitute a crime.
Existing law authorizes specified tax-exempt and nonprofit
organizations that have been incorporated or in existence
for three years or more and that are not organized for the
primary purpose of operating bingo to conduct remote caller
bingo games no more than one day per week.
Existing law defines a "remote caller bingo game" as a game
of bingo in which numbers or symbols on randomly drawn
plastic balls are announced by a person present at the site
at which the live game is conducted, and audio and video
technology links in-state facilities for the purpose of
transmitting the remote calling of a live bingo game from a
single location to multiple locations.
Existing law requires remote caller bingo games to be
played using traditional paper or other tangible bingo
cards and daubers, and shall not be played by using
electronic devises, except card-minding devices.
Existing law requires an authorized organization to provide
the California Gambling Control Commission with at least 30
days advanced written notice of its intent to conduct
remote caller bingo games, and submit specified information
about the organizations, locations, vendors, and licensees
involved in the operation of the games, as well as, a copy
of the local ordinance for the counties in which the games
will be played.
Existing law contains "permissive model ordinance" language
which local jurisdictions may adopt to authorize remote
caller bingo.
Comments
According to the author's office:
In 2008, the Legislature passed, and the Governor
signed into law, SB 1369 which allows qualified
non-profits to operate "remote caller" bingo games.
Once SB 1369 was chaptered, technical errors and
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omissions were identified by the implementing state
entity, the California Gambling Control Commission.
Charities have also raised issues as they organize
themselves to apply and conduct the game.
The purpose of SB 1090 is to clean-up language and
fine-tune implementation issues that have arisen as
charities and local governments take steps toward
authorizing and conducting the games.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/6/10)
California Association of Nonprofits
TSM:nl 4/7/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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