CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1935Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioJanuary 25, 2024 An act relating to tribal gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1935, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Gaming: Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.Existing law establishes the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts, to be available for appropriation by the Legislature for programs designed to address gambling addiction, for support of state and local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming, for regulatory costs incurred by the state in connection with the implementation and administration of tribal gaming, and for payment of shortfalls in the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, to annually determine if total revenues estimated for the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund are anticipated to exceed estimated expenditures, transfers, reasonable reserves, or other adjustments from the fund for the current fiscal year. If so, the commission, upon approval by the department, is required to apply the excess funds to reduce, eliminate, satisfy, or partially satisfy, on a proportionate basis, the pro rata share payments required to be made to the fund by limited gaming tribes.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and existing law.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts, while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and Section 12012.85 of the Government Code.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1935Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioJanuary 25, 2024 An act relating to tribal gaming. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1935, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Gaming: Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.Existing law establishes the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts, to be available for appropriation by the Legislature for programs designed to address gambling addiction, for support of state and local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming, for regulatory costs incurred by the state in connection with the implementation and administration of tribal gaming, and for payment of shortfalls in the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, to annually determine if total revenues estimated for the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund are anticipated to exceed estimated expenditures, transfers, reasonable reserves, or other adjustments from the fund for the current fiscal year. If so, the commission, upon approval by the department, is required to apply the excess funds to reduce, eliminate, satisfy, or partially satisfy, on a proportionate basis, the pro rata share payments required to be made to the fund by limited gaming tribes.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and existing law.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1935
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioJanuary 25, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
January 25, 2024
An act relating to tribal gaming.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1935, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Gaming: Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.
Existing law establishes the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts, to be available for appropriation by the Legislature for programs designed to address gambling addiction, for support of state and local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming, for regulatory costs incurred by the state in connection with the implementation and administration of tribal gaming, and for payment of shortfalls in the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, to annually determine if total revenues estimated for the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund are anticipated to exceed estimated expenditures, transfers, reasonable reserves, or other adjustments from the fund for the current fiscal year. If so, the commission, upon approval by the department, is required to apply the excess funds to reduce, eliminate, satisfy, or partially satisfy, on a proportionate basis, the pro rata share payments required to be made to the fund by limited gaming tribes.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and existing law.
Existing law establishes the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the receipt and deposit of moneys received by the state from Indian tribes pursuant to the terms of tribal-state gaming compacts, to be available for appropriation by the Legislature for programs designed to address gambling addiction, for support of state and local government agencies impacted by tribal gaming, for regulatory costs incurred by the state in connection with the implementation and administration of tribal gaming, and for payment of shortfalls in the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.
Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California Gambling Control Commission, to annually determine if total revenues estimated for the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund are anticipated to exceed estimated expenditures, transfers, reasonable reserves, or other adjustments from the fund for the current fiscal year. If so, the commission, upon approval by the department, is required to apply the excess funds to reduce, eliminate, satisfy, or partially satisfy, on a proportionate basis, the pro rata share payments required to be made to the fund by limited gaming tribes.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and existing law.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts, while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and Section 12012.85 of the Government Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts, while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and Section 12012.85 of the Government Code.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts, while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and Section 12012.85 of the Government Code.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the current balance in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund pursuant to tribal-state gaming compacts, while maintaining sufficient balances to meet the requirements or stipulations of those compacts and Section 12012.85 of the Government Code.
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