Sections
8 entriesSection 19800Allows the chapter to be known and cited as the "Gambling Control Act," establishing that short title for references to the chapter.…Section 19801Establishes findings and state policy rather than a standalone procedural rule, including that gambling establishments employ more than 20,000 people and contribute…Section 19802Establishes only legislative findings that appropriate regulation of banking or percentage games and gambling devices requires safeguards including a funded commission, state…Section 19803Establishes legislative intent for uniform minimum regulation of lawful gambling while preserving local authority, when consistent with the chapter, to prohibit gambling,…Section 19804Limits courts from granting injunctions or extraordinary writs challenging the chapter, regulations, or department or commission orders unless clear and convincing evidence…Section 19805Defines numerous gambling-control terms, including affiliate, applicant, banking game, commission, controlled gambling, gambling enterprise and employee, establishment, license, operation, gross revenue, hours…Section 19806Prohibits construing the chapter as permitting or authorizing conduct that is unlawful under either of the two referenced Penal Code chapters or…Section 19807Sets venue, except where the chapter provides otherwise, for proceedings in which the department or commission is a defendant or respondent and…