California Assembly Bill AB230 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 230INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Waldron FEBRUARY 4, 2015 An act to amend Section 19803 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gambling. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 230, as introduced, Waldron. Gambling. Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of various legalized gambling activities and establishments by the California Gambling Control Commission and the investigation and enforcement of those activities and establishments by the Department of Justice. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature in enacting the act to provide uniform, minimum standards for the regulation of permissible gambling activities and the operation of lawful gambling establishments. Existing law provides that nothing in those licensing and regulatory provisions precludes a city, county, or city and county from prohibiting a gambling activity, or affects the responsibility of local law enforcement agencies to enforce the laws of this state. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 19803 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 19803. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to provide uniform, minimum standards  of   for the  regulation of permissible gambling activities and the operation of lawful gambling establishments. (b) Nothing in this chapter  shall be construed to preclude any   precludes a  city, county, or city and county from prohibiting  any   a  gambling activity,  from  imposing more stringent local controls or conditions upon gambling than are imposed by this chapter or by the commission,  from  inspecting gambling premises to enforce applicable state and local laws, or  from  imposing  any   a  local tax or license fee, if the prohibition, control, condition, inspection, tax, or fee is not inconsistent with this chapter. Nothing in this chapter  shall be construed to affect   affects  the responsibility of local law enforcement agencies to enforce the laws of this state, including this chapter.