California Assembly Bill AB1042 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1042AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 8, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hall FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act to amend Section 12713 of the Government Code, relating to tribal gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1042, as amended, Hall. Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund. 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, establishes the method of calculating the distribution of appropriations from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for those grants to local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming and requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, to calculate the total revenue in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund that will be available for the current budget year for the local government agencies. This  bill, instead,  bill  would require the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, to  calculate and  provide a recommendation regarding the total revenue in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund that will be available for the current budget year for the local government agencies.  The bill would require the department, in making its recommendation, to consider any anticipated revenue from additional tribal gaming operations. The bill would additionally require the department to include certain   information with the recommendation, including, among other things, the total amount of payments projected to be received into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund during the current budget year, as specified, and the amount of appropriations made in the previous 10 years from the fund for local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming pursuant to certain tribal   -gaming compacts.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 12713 of the Government Code is amended to read: 12713.  (a)    The Department of Finance, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, shall  calculate and  provide a recommendation regarding the total revenue in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund that will be available for the current budget year for local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming.  The   The department, in making its recommendation, shall consider anticipated revenue from any additional tribal gaming operations.   (b) The following information shall be included with the recommendation described in subdivision (a):   (1) The total amount of payments projected to be received into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund during the current budget year in accordance with tribal-gaming compacts ratified pursuant to Section 12012.25.   (2) The total amount of payments received into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund during the previous budget year in accordance with tribal-gaming compacts ratified pursuant to Section 12012.25.   (3) The total number of tribes that make payments into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund in accordance with tribal-gaming compacts ratified pursuant to Section 12012.25.   (4) The name of each tribe that makes payments into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund in accordance with tribal-gaming compacts ratified pursuant to Section 12012.25.   (5) The amount of appropriations made each budget year in the previous 10 years from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming pursuant to Section 12012.85.   (c)     The  department shall include  this   the  information  required by this section  in the May budget revision.