ARTICLE 4. Licensing

Article 4 added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 867, Sec. 3.

§§ 19850–19879 · 33 sections

• § 19850 Every person who, either as owner, lessee, or employee, whether for hire or not, either solely or in conjunction with others, deals, operates, carries on,…
• § 19851 (a) The owner of a gambling enterprise shall apply for and obtain a state gambling license. The owner of a gambling enterprise shall be known as the…
• § 19852 Except as provided in Section 19852.2, an owner of a gambling enterprise that is not a natural person shall not be eligible for a state gambling license unless…
• § 19852.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19852 or any other provision of law, and solely for the purpose of the licensure of a card club located on any portion of, or…
• § 19853 (a) The commission, by regulation or order, may require that the following persons register with the commission, apply for a finding of suitability as defined…
• § 19854 (a) A person shall not be employed as a key employee unless that person applies for and obtains a key employee license. (b) A person shall not be issued a key…
• § 19855 Except as otherwise provided by statute or regulation, every person who, by statute or regulation, is required to hold a state license shall obtain the license…
• § 19856 (a) Any person who the commission determines is qualified to receive a state license, having due consideration for the proper protection of the health, safety,…
• § 19857 No gambling license shall be issued unless, based on all of the information and documents submitted, the commission is satisfied that the applicant is all of…
• § 19858 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a person shall be deemed to be unsuitable to hold a state gambling license to own a gambling establishment…
• § 19858.5 Notwithstanding Section 19858, the commission may, pursuant to this chapter, deem an applicant or licensee suitable to hold a state gambling license even if…
• § 19859 The commission shall deny a license to any applicant who is disqualified for any of the following reasons: (a) Failure of the applicant to clearly establish…
• § 19860 (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…
• § 19861 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (j) of Section 19801, the commission shall not deny a license to a gambling establishment solely because it is not open to the…
• § 19862 (a) In addition to other grounds stated in this chapter, the commission may deny a gambling license for any of the following reasons: (1) If issuance of the…
• § 19863 A publicly traded racing association or a qualified racing association shall be allowed to operate only one gaming establishment, and the gaming establishment…
• § 19864 (a) Application for a state license or other commission action shall be submitted to the department on forms furnished by the department. (b) The application…
• § 19865 The department shall furnish to the applicant supplemental forms, which the applicant shall complete and file with the department. These supplemental forms…
• § 19866 An applicant for licensing or for any approval or consent required by this chapter, shall make full and true disclosure of all information to the department…
• § 19867 (a) An application for a license or a determination of suitability shall be accompanied by the deposit of a sum of money that, in the judgment of the chief,…
• § 19868 (a) Within a reasonable time after the filing of an application and any supplemental information the department may require, and the deposit of any fee…
• § 19869 A request for withdrawal of an application may be made at any time prior to a final action upon the application by the commission by the filing of a written…
• § 19870 (a) The commission, after considering the recommendation of the chief and any other testimony and written comments as may be presented at the meeting, or as…
• § 19871 (a) An evidentiary hearing described in Section 19870 shall be conducted in accordance with regulations of the commission and as follows: (1) Oral evidence…
• § 19872 (a) No member of the commission may communicate ex parte, directly or indirectly, with any applicant, or any agent, representative, or person acting on behalf…
• § 19873 No license may be assigned or transferred either in whole or in part.
• § 19874 Subject to subdivision (b) of Section 19851, the commission shall issue and deliver to the applicant a license entitling the applicant to engage in the…
• § 19875 An owner’s gambling license shall be posted at all times in a conspicuous place in the area where gambling is conducted in the establishment for which the…
• § 19876 (a) Subject to the power of the commission to deny, revoke, suspend, condition, or limit a license, as provided in this chapter, a license shall be valid for a…
• § 19876.5 If an applicant has submitted an application for renewal prior to the original expiration date of a work permit or finding of suitability and the commission is…
• § 19877 The failure of an owner licensee to file an application for renewal before the date specified in this chapter may be deemed a surrender of the license. A…
• § 19878 (a) Neither an owner licensee, nor a California affiliate of an owner licensee, shall enter into, without prior approval of the commission, any contract or…
• § 19879 With regard to a person who has had their application for a license denied by the commission, all of the following shall apply: (a) Except as provided in…