Bill Text: CA AB1505 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gambling: lotteries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - Died at Desk. [AB1505 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1505-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1505	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 319 of the Penal Code, relating to
gambling.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1505, as introduced, Smyth. Gambling: lotteries.
   Existing law defines a lottery as any scheme for the disposal or
distribution of property by chance among persons who have paid or
promised to pay valuable consideration for a chance to obtain that
property or a portion, share, or interest therein, upon any
agreement, understanding, or expectation that is to be so distributed
or disposed of, whether it is called a lottery, raffle, gift
enterprise, or any other name.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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 319 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   319.  A lottery is any scheme for the  disposal or
 distribution  or disposal  of property by chance,
among persons who have paid or promised to pay any valuable
consideration for the chance of obtaining such property or a portion
of it, or for any share or any interest in such property, upon any
agreement, understanding, or expectation that it is to be distributed
or disposed of by lot or chance, whether called a lottery, raffle,
or gift enterprise, or by whatever name the same may be known.