BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  AB 2526
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          Date of Hearing:   May 2, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                 AB 2526 (Hall) - As Introduced:  February 24, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental 
          Organization Vote:                            16 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill changes several definitions within the Gambling 
          Control Act.  Specifically, this bill:  

          1)Revises the definition of a "key employee" to any person 
            employed in the operation of a gambling enterprise in a 
            supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary 
            decisions with regard to the gambling operations. 

          2)Adds surveillance managers and supervisors to the definition 
            of "key employee" for licensing purposes. 

          3)Deletes the term "pit boss" and replaces the term "shift boss" 
            to "shift manager." 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Costs associated with this legislation are minor and absorbable 
          within existing resources. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . This bill is intended to make clarifying and 
            simplifying changes to the act. By changing the definition of 
            "key employee" for example, the Gambling Control Commission 
            now has the authority to license anyone who has control over 
            gambling operations in card clubs. The deletion of the term 
            "pit boss" and change in the term "shift boss" is due to the 
            fact that those terms are generally used in Nevada casinos and 
            not in California's card clubs. 









                                                                  AB 2526
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           2)Related Legislation  . When heard by this committee, AB 1418 
            (Hall) Chapter 412, Statutes of 2011, was identical to this 
            bill.  However, that bill was subsequently amended to instead 
            ratify the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between 
            the State of California and the Pinoleville Pomo Nation, 
            executed on August 8, 2011.  


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081