BILL NUMBER: AB 2515INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hall FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 12714 of the Government Code, relating to gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2515, as introduced, Hall. Indian gaming: county tribal casino accounts. Existing law creates in the State Treasury the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from certain Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of gaming compacts entered into with the state. Existing law authorizes moneys in that fund to be used for specified purposes, including for grants for the support of state and local government agencies impacted by tribal government gaming. Existing law, until January 1, 2021, creates a County Tribal Casino Account in the treasury of each county that contains a tribal casino, which is funded according to specified formulas. Existing law requires the Controller to divide the County Tribal Casino Account for each county that has gaming devices that are subject to an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund into a separate account, known as an Individual Tribal Casino Account, for each tribe that operates a casino within the county. Each Individual Tribal Casino Account is required to be funded in proportion to the amount that each individual tribe paid in the prior fiscal year to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund, and used for grants to local agencies impacted by tribal casinos, as specified. The bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the above-described 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 12714 of the Government Code is amended to read: 12714. (a) A County Tribal Casino Account is hereby created in the treasury for each county that contains a tribal casino. (b) The amount to be deposited into each eligible county's County Tribal Casino Account shall becalculateddetermined in the following way: (1) (A) For counties that do not have gaming devices subject to an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund, the total amount to be appropriated by the Legislature for grants to local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming shall be multiplied by 5 percent. (B) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be divided by the aggregate number of gaming devices located in those counties that do not have gaming devices subject to an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund. (C) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be multiplied by the number of gaming devices located in each county for which an appropriation is being calculated that are not subject to an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund. (D) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (C) shall be deposited into the County Tribal Casino Account for the county for which the appropriation was calculated. (2) (A) For counties that have gaming devices subject to an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund, the total amount to be appropriated by the Legislature for grants to local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming shall be multiplied by 95 percent. (B) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be divided by the aggregate number of gaming devices located in those counties that have gaming devices subject to an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund. (C) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be multiplied by the number of gaming devices located in each county for which an appropriation is being calculated that are subject to an obligation to make contributions to the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund. (D) The amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (C) shall be deposited into the County Tribal Casino Account for the county for which the appropriation was calculated.