Bill Text: CA SB1125 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Gambling Control Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-29 - In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto) [SB1125 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1125-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1125	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 22, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 20, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 22, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Sections 19843.5 and 19943.5 to the Business and
Professions Code, relating to gaming.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1125, Florez. Gambling Control Act.
   (1) The Gambling Control Act provides for the licensure of certain
individuals and establishments involved in various gambling
activities, and for the regulation of those activities, by the
California Gambling Control Commission. Existing law provides for the
enforcement of those activities by the Department of
    Justice. Existing law permits the commission to adopt regulations
related to the operation of a gambling establishment, as provided.
   This bill would provide that jackpot funds, to which players have
made contributions, are held for the benefit of the players and are
not the property of the gambling establishment.
   (2) Existing law requires the department to approve the play of
any controlled game, including, but not limited to, placing
restrictions and limitations on how a controlled game is played.
   This bill would provide that a gambling establishment that
conducts play of a controlled game that has been approved by the
department, but is later found to be unlawful, has an absolute
defense to any criminal, administrative, or civil action, so long as
the game was being played in the manner approved and during the time
for which it was approved.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19843.5 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   19843.5.  Jackpot funds held by a gambling establishment, to which
players have made contributions, following the deduction of any
administrative fee approved by the bureau, shall be held for the
benefit of the players. These jackpot funds are not the property of
the gambling establishment, but are held solely for the benefit of
the players.
  SEC. 2.  Section 19943.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   19943.5.  If a gambling establishment conducts play of a
controlled game that has been approved by the department pursuant to
Section 19826, and the controlled game is subsequently found to be
unlawful, so long as the game was played in the manner approved, the
approval by the department shall be an absolute defense to any
criminal, administrative, or civil action that may be brought,
provided that the game is played during the time for which it was
approved by the department.