California Business and Professions Code 19860 – (a) The commission shall deny a gambling license with respect to …
(a) The commission shall deny a gambling license with respect to any gambling establishment that is located in a city, county, or city and county that does not have an ordinance governing all of the following matters:
(1) The hours of operation of gambling establishments.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 19860
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- City: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 18
- Commission: means the California Gambling Control Commission. See California Business and Professions Code 19805
- County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
- Gambling: means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain, or expose for play a controlled game. See California Business and Professions Code 19805
- Hours of operation: means the period during which a gambling establishment is open to conduct the play of controlled games within a 24-hour period. See California Business and Professions Code 19805
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- License: means a gambling license, key employee license, or any other license issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 19805
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
(2) Patron security and safety in and around the gambling establishments.
(3) The location of gambling establishments.
(4) Wagering limits in gambling establishments.
(5) The number of gambling tables in each gambling establishment and in the jurisdiction.
(b) In any city, county, or city and county in which the local gambling ordinance does not govern the matters specified in subdivision (a), any amendment to the ordinance to govern those matters is not subject to Section 19961, provided that a local election is required to add these matters, and the ordinance only provides for private clubs by vote of the people, and that the ordinance is amended to contain these matters on or before July 1, 2000.
(Added by renumbering Section 19851A by Stats. 2002, Ch. 738, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2003.)