Sections
22 entriesSection 19810Allows any department power or authority described in the chapter to be exercised by the Attorney General or another person to whom…Section 19811Establishes the five-member California Gambling Control Commission, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, as successor to all powers of…Section 19812Sets commission eligibility to United States citizens and California residents, bars legislators, elective-office holders, and political-party officers, and limits any one party…Section 19813Sets initial commission terms at two members for two years, two for three years, and one for four years, thereafter four years.…Section 19814Prohibits commission members from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment during their terms. Requires the chief and each commissioner, before…Section 19815Requires commission members to receive the salary provided by the referenced Government Code provision and requires the commission chairperson to receive the…Section 19816Requires the commission to appoint an executive director and bars appointment as executive director or deputy executive director if, within the prior…Section 19817Requires the commission to establish and appoint a 10-member Gaming Policy Advisory Committee with equal numbers of controlled-gambling licensee representatives and members…Section 19818Requires the commission to investigate the consequences, benefits, and disadvantages of a state tax on revenue from licensed gambling establishments and regulation…Section 19819Requires the commission to maintain its general office in Sacramento, public records of every vote, a majority quorum, and three concurring votes…Section 19820Allows the commission to employ no more than eight attorneys. Establishes that this attorney-employment authority does not exempt the commission from the…Section 19821Requires public records of commission meetings, license applications, and commission actions, while exempting other department and commission records except as the chapter…Section 19822Requires state and local agencies to provide the department requested information relevant to chapter investigations, limits received tax information to chapter purposes,…Section 19823Requires the commission to ensure licenses, approvals, and permits are not issued to or held by unqualified or disqualified persons or persons…Section 19824Allows the commission to exercise powers necessary to carry out the chapter, including requiring applications, denying or conditioning licenses and approvals, imposing…Section 19824.5Allows the commission's executive director and commission members to administer oaths and certify official acts when acting in connection with commission business.…Section 19825Allows the commission to require adjudicative matters involving a license, permit, or finding of suitability that it is authorized or required to…Section 19826Requires the department to perform chapter investigations, process applications and fees, investigate applicant qualifications, monitor licensees and gambling operations, investigate violations, and…Section 19827Allows the department broad gambling-control investigations, including chief-approved warrantless entry, inspection, document access, and seizure on licensed or equipment premises, with copies…Section 19828Establishes absolute privilege against defamation or civil liability for specified official, required, or good-faith investigative communications concerning applicants, licensees, or registrants, without…Section 19829Requires every district attorney and state or local law-enforcement agency to provide the department, on department-prepared forms, information obtained in a substantial…Section 19830Establishes an investigative account within the Gambling Control Fund and requires all money received to pay department expenses for investigating license or…