California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 4 - Licensing

• Section 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,...
• Section 19850.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 19850 or any other provision of law, this chapter shall apply to both of the following: (a) The operation, regulation, and enforcement of remote...
• Section 19850.6.
  (a) In order to avoid delays in implementing the California Remote Caller Bingo Act, including implementing remote caller bingo, testing and certifying card-minding devices, and to...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 in...
• Section 19854.
  (a) Every key employee shall apply for and obtain a key employee license.(b) No person may be issued a key employee license unless the person would qualify...
• Section 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...
• Section 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, and...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 the...
• Section 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 eligibility...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 19863.
  A publicly traded racing association or a qualified racing association shall be allowed to operate only one gaming establishment, and the gaming establishment shall be...
• Section 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 for a gambling...
• Section 19865.
  The department shall furnish to the applicant supplemental forms, which the applicant shall complete and file with the department. These supplemental forms shall require, but...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 required...
• Section 19869.
  A request for withdrawal of any application may be made at any time prior to final action upon the application by the chief by the...
• Section 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...
• Section 19871.
  (a) The commission meeting described in Section 19870 shall be conducted in accordance with regulations of the commission and as follows:(1) Oral evidence shall be taken only...
• Section 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 of...
• Section 19873.
  No license may be assigned or transferred either in whole or in part.(Added by renumbering Section 19859 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 738, Sec. 58. Effective...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 19876.
  (a) Subject to the power of the commission to deny, revoke, suspend, condition, or limit any license, as provided in this chapter, a license shall be...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 agreement...
• Section 19879.
  With regard to a person who has had his or her application for a license denied by the commission, all of the following shall apply:(a) Except...

Last modified: October 22, 2018