California § 19961.07. 19961.07. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 8, Sec. 1.)

California Statutes

§ 19961.07. — 19961.07. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 8, Sec. 1.)

California § 19961.07.

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Code BPCBusiness and Professions Code - BPC

Div. 8.DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS

Ch. 5.CHAPTER 5. The Gambling Control Act

Art. 13.ARTICLE 13. Local Governments

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(a)Notwithstanding Sections 19961 and 19962, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a city, county, or city and county may amend an ordinance to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment as follows:

(1)The ordinance shall apply only to a gambling establishment that operates fewer than 20 gambling tables.

(2)The ordinance shall allow a gambling establishment to increase the number of gambling tables operated at the gambling establishment by up to 2 additional tables within the first year after the ordinance takes effect, and up to 2 additional tables every four years thereafter, not to exceed 10 additional tables above the number of tables operated at the gambling establishment on January 1, 2023. A gambling establishment shall have

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(a)
Notwithstanding Sections 19961 and 19962, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a city, county, or city and county may amend an ordinance to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment as follows:
(1)
The ordinance shall apply only to a gambling establishment that operates fewer than 20 gambling tables.
(2)
The ordinance shall allow a gambling establishment to increase the number of gambling tables operated at the gambling establishment by up to 2 additional tables within the first year after the ordinance takes effect, and up to 2 additional tables every four years thereafter, not to exceed 10 additional tables above the
number of tables operated at the gambling establishment on January 1, 2023. A gambling establishment shall have all permitted gambling tables in operation and remain current in payment on all taxes and other applicable fees before an increase in gambling tables is allowed pursuant to this subdivision.
(b)
(1)
The authority provided in subdivision (a) shall be in addition to any authorization under any other law in effect on December 31, 2022, 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.
(2)
Subdivision (a) does not apply to a city, county, or city and county that increased the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 19962.
(c)
A city, county, or city and county’s jurisdictional limit may expand to accommodate the increase of gambling tables pursuant to this section.