{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"19961.06","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 19961.06","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. The Gambling Control Act [19800. - 19987.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 13. Local Governments [19960. - 19966.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-5/article-13"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 745, Sec. 1.   (AB 1039)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Notwithstanding Sections <a href=\"/bpc/19961\">19961</a> and <a href=\"/bpc/19962\">19962</a>, a city, county, or city and county may amend an ordinance to increase by two the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county, above the number of tables authorized in the ordinance that was in effect on January 1, 2010. A city, county, or city and county may exercise the authority provided by this subdivision only one time, but this authority shall be in addition to any authorization under any other law for a city, county, or city and county to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county.</p><p>(b) Notwithstanding Sections <a href=\"/bpc/19961\">19961</a> and <a href=\"/bpc/19962\">19962</a>, and in addition to the authorization granted by subdivision (a), a city, county, or city and county may amend an ordinance to increase by two the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county, above the number of tables authorized in the ordinance that was in effect on January 1, 2013. A city, county, or city and county may exercise the authority provided by this subdivision only one time, but this authority shall be in addition to any authorization under any other law for a city, county, or city and county to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county.</p>","text":"(a) Notwithstanding Sections 19961 and 19962, a city, county, or city and county may amend an ordinance to increase by two the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county, above the number of tables authorized in the ordinance that was in effect on January 1, 2010. A city, county, or city and county may exercise the authority provided by this subdivision only one time, but this authority shall be in addition to any authorization under any other law for a city, county, or city and county to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county. (b) Notwithstanding Sections 19961 and 19962, and in addition to the authorization granted by subdivision (a), a city, county, or city and county may amend an ordinance to increase by two the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county, above the number of tables authorized in the ordinance that was in effect on January 1, 2013. A city, county, or city and county may exercise the authority provided by this subdivision only one time, but this authority shall be in addition to any authorization under any other law for a city, county, or city and county to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment in the city, county, or city and county.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/local-governments-19961-06","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}