California Assembly Bill AB701 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 701INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cristina Garcia FEBRUARY 25, 2015 An act to amend Section 19817 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 701, as introduced, Cristina Garcia. Gaming: Gaming Policy Advisory Committee. 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 requires the commission to establish a 10-member Gaming Policy Advisory Committee for the purpose of discussing matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and other relevant gambling-related issues. The committee is composed of representatives of controlled gambling licensees and members of the general public in equal numbers. This bill would increase the membership of the committee from 10 to 12 members, and would instead require the committee to be composed of 5 representatives of controlled gambling licensees, 5 members of the general public, and 2 representatives from the Department of Justice. 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 19817 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 19817. The commission shall establish and appoint a Gaming Policy Advisory Committee of  10   12  members. The committee shall be composed of  five  representatives of controlled gambling  licensees and   licensees, five  members of the general  public in equal numbers.   public, and two members from the department.  The executive director shall, from time to time, convene the committee for the purpose of discussing matters of controlled gambling regulatory policy and any other relevant gambling-related issue. The recommendations concerning gambling policy made by the committee shall be presented to the commission, but shall be deemed advisory and not binding on the commission in the performance of its duties or functions. The committee may not advise the commission on Indian gaming.