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Business and Professions Code § 19964

ARTICLE 13. Local Governments

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 19964Official source ↗

Added by renumbering Section 19951 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 738, Sec. 114. Effective January 1, 2003.

No city, county, or city and county may grant, or permit to continue in effect, a license to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain, or expose for play any controlled game to any applicant or holder of a local license unless the applicant or local licensee is an owner licensee as defined in this chapter. However, the issuance of a state gambling license to a person imposes no requirements upon the city, county, or city and county to issue a license to the person.