SECTIONS 19950-19955 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 19950-19955

19950. (a) All fines and penalties collected pursuant to this
chapter shall be deposited in a special account in the General Fund,
and, upon appropriation, may be expended by the Department of Justice
to offset costs incurred pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a), all fees and
revenue collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the
Gambling Control Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury.
The funds deposited in the Gambling Control Fund shall be available,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, for expenditure by the
department and commission exclusively for the support of the
department and commission in carrying out their duties and
responsibilities under this chapter.

19951. (a) Every application for a license or approval shall be
accompanied by a nonrefundable fee, the amount of which shall be
adopted by regulation on or before January 1, 2009. The adopted fee
shall not exceed one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200). Prior to
adoption of the regulation, the nonrefundable application fee shall
be five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) (1) Any fee paid pursuant to this section, including all
licenses issued to key employees and other persons whose names are
endorsed upon the license, shall be assessed against the gambling
license issued to the owner of the gambling establishment. This
paragraph shall not apply to key employee licenses issued on and
after January 1, 2009, or the implementation of regulations
establishing a personal key employee license adopted pursuant to
Section 19854, whichever is sooner.
(2) (A) The fee for initial issuance of a state gambling license
shall be an amount determined by the commission in accordance with
regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(B) The fee for the renewal of a state gambling license shall be
determined pursuant to the schedule in subdivision (c) or the
schedule in subdivision (d), whichever amount is greater.
(C) The holder of a provisional license shall pay an annual fee
pursuant to the schedule in subdivision (c).
(c) The schedule based on the number of tables is as follows:
(1) For a license authorizing one to five tables, inclusive, at
which games are played, three hundred dollars ($300) for each table.
(2) For a license authorizing six to eight tables, inclusive, at
which games are played, five hundred fifty dollars ($550) for each
table.
(3) For a license authorizing 9 to 14 tables, inclusive, at which
games are played, one thousand three hundred dollars ($1,300) for
each table.
(4) For a license authorizing 15 to 25 tables, inclusive, at which
games are played, two thousand seven hundred dollars ($2,700) for
each table.
(5) For a license authorizing 26 to 70 tables, inclusive, at which
games are played, four thousand dollars ($4,000) for each table.
(6) For a license authorizing 71 or more tables at which games are
played, four thousand seven hundred dollars ($4,700) for each table.
(d) Without regard to the number of tables at which games may be
played pursuant to a gambling license, if, at any time of any license
renewal, or when a licensee is required to pay the fee described in
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) it is determined
that the gross revenues of an owner licensee during the licensee's
previous fiscal year fell within the following ranges, the annual fee
shall be as follows:
(1) For a gross revenue of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)
to four hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine
dollars ($499,999), inclusive, the amount specified by the department
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).
(2) For a gross revenue of five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000) to one million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine dollars ($1,999,999), inclusive, the amount
specified by the department pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision
(c).
(3) For a gross revenue of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to
nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine dollars ($9,999,999), inclusive, the amount specified by
the department pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
(4) For a gross revenue of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to
twenty-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine dollars ($29,999,999), the amount specified by the
department pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c).
(5) For a gross revenue of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) or
more, the amount specified by the department pursuant to paragraph
(6) of subdivision (c).
(e) The commission may provide for payment of the annual gambling
license fee on an annual or installment basis.
(f) For the purposes of this section, each table at which a game
is played constitutes a single game table.
(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the fees paid
pursuant to this section are sufficient to enable the department and
the commission to fully carry out their duties and responsibilities
under this chapter.

19952. The commission, by regulation, shall establish fees for
special licenses authorizing irregular operation of tables in excess
of the total number of tables otherwise authorized to a licensed
gambling establishment, for tournaments and other special events.

19953. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to
restrict or limit the power of any city, county, or city and county
to fix, impose, and collect a license tax.

19954. In addition to those fees required pursuant to Section
19951, each licensee shall pay an additional one hundred dollars
($100) for each table for which it is licensed to the Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs for deposit in the Gambling Addiction
Program Fund, which is hereby established to benefit those who have a
gambling addiction problem. These funds shall be made available,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, to community-based
organizations that directly provide aid and assistance to those
persons with a gambling addiction problem.

19955. If an owner licensee fails to make timely payment of annual
fees required under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(b) of Section 19951, the commission may order the temporary closure
of the gambling establishment for up to 90 days after the payment due
date, after which time, if the fees, or any portion thereof, remain
unpaid, the gambling establishment's state gambling license shall be
deemed surrendered.