BILL NUMBER: AB 742	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 12012.85 of the Government Code, relating
to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 742, as introduced, Nestande. The Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund.
   Existing law establishes the Indian Gaming Special Distribution
Fund in the State Treasury for the receipt and deposit of moneys
received by the state from Indian tribes. These moneys are available
for appropriation by the Legislature for specified purposes.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12012.85 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   12012.85.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund
called the "Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund" for the receipt
and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes
pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts.  These
moneys   Money in the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund  shall be available for appropriation by the
Legislature for the following purposes:
   (a) Grants, including any administrative costs, for programs
designed to address gambling addiction.
   (b) Grants, including any administrative costs, for the support of
state and local government agencies impacted by tribal government
gaming.
   (c) Compensation for regulatory costs incurred by the State Gaming
Agency and the Department of Justice in connection with the
implementation and administration of tribal-state gaming compacts.
   (d) Payment of shortfalls that may occur in the Indian Gaming
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund. This shall be the priority use of moneys
in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.
   (e) Disbursements for the purpose of implementing the terms of
tribal labor relations ordinances promulgated in accordance with the
terms of tribal-state gaming compacts ratified pursuant to Chapter
874 of the Statutes of 1999. No more than 10 percent of the funds
appropriated in the Budget Act of 2000 for implementation of tribal
labor relations ordinances promulgated in accordance with those
compacts shall be expended in the selection of the Tribal Labor
Panel. The Department of Personnel Administration shall consult with
and seek input from the parties prior to any expenditure for purposes
of selecting the Tribal Labor Panel. Other than the cost of
selecting the Tribal Labor Panel, there shall be no further
disbursements until the Tribal Labor Panel, which is selected by
mutual agreement of the parties, is in place.
   (f) Any other purpose specified by law.
   (g) Priority for funding from the Indian Gaming Special
Distribution Fund is in the following descending order:
   (1) An appropriation to the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust
Fund in an aggregate amount sufficient to make payments of any
shortfalls that may occur in the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust
Fund.
   (2) An appropriation to the Office of Problem and Pathological
Gambling within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for
problem gambling prevention programs.
   (3) The amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for
allocation between the Department of Justice and the California
Gambling Control Commission for regulatory functions that directly
relates to Indian gaming.
   (4) An appropriation for the support of local government agencies
impacted by tribal gaming.