California Business and Professions Code 19980 – (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a …
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a compelling governmental interest in ensuring that elections conducted pursuant to Section 19960 are conducted fairly and that electors in those elections are presented with fair and balanced arguments in support of and in opposition to the existence of gambling establishments. Large contributions by gambling operators or prospective gambling operators who will be financially interested in the outcome of the election often unfairly distort the context in which those elections take place.
(b) In California, in other states, and in other countries, there is ample historical evidence of the potential for revenues derived from gambling to be used to corrupt political officials in the regulation or prosecution of crimes related to gambling activities, embezzlement, and money laundering.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 19980
- Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Gambling: means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain, or expose for play a controlled game. See California Business and Professions Code 19805
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
(c) This article is an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state.
(Added by renumbering Section 19959 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 738, Sec. 122. Effective January 1, 2003.)