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Office of the Governor: Bill Signing
http://gov.ca.gov/bills/ Check here to see if a bill has been signed or there is a veto letter.
Stand Up For California tracked several gaming bills and other bills related to gaming that potentially affect the public. A few of these bills survived the scrutiny of committee hearings in the State Legislature. Below is a list of the surviving enrolled bills that were sent to the Governor. To date, the Governor has signed 771 bills and vetoed 415 bills. The Governor has until Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at midnight to act on the remaining legislation.
December 1: 2008-2009 New State Legislative Session begins
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| Enrolled Bills sent to the Governor: The Governor does not sign Join Resolutions (JR) or Constitutional Amendments (CA).
AJR 39- Assembly Member Huffman - Reaffirmation of the Winneman Wintu. Letter sent.
AB1654 - Committee on the Budget This bill would provide instead that the purpose of the act issupport for preservation of the rights, liberties, and welfare of thepeople by providing additional moneys to benefit education eitherdirectly or indirectly by providing funds to pay the General Fund andinfrastructure bond obligations without the imposition of additionalor increased taxes. The bill would provide that the act may be
changed for the purposes of modernizing the lottery or to further thepurpose of the act. The bill would provide that specified provisionsregarding General Fund appropriations and California State Lottery
Fund appropriations may only be amended by a vote of the people. Thebill would state the intent of the People of California to permanently secure the contribution that the California State Lotteryhas made to funding public education, as specified.
AB 1741 - Committee on the Budget, This bill would, upon a filing by the Director of Finance of adesignation of portions of the lottery revenue assets to be sold,permit the Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to sell onbehalf of the state those lottery revenue assets to a special purpose
trust, which would be established as a not-for-profit corporation bythe bill for the purpose of purchasing the assets. The bill would define lottery assets for these purposes as revenues of the statelottery that are required to be transferred into the Lottery AssetsFund and the right to receive those revenues. The bill would permit the bank to enter into sales agreements with the special purpose, as specified. The bill would permit the Director of Finance todetermine when lottery revenue assets may be sold. The bill wouldthe special purpose trust to issue bonds on terms it shalldetermine and to pledge lottery revenue assets as collateral and security for the bonds. The bill would except this pledge fromspecified provisions regarding secured interests.
SCA 12 - Senator Perata - State Lottery This measure would provide that an additional purpose of the California State Lottery is to provide funds for other publicpurposes. The measure would authorize the Legislature to obtainmoneys for the purposes of the California State Lottery through the sale of future revenues of the California State Lottery and rights toreceive those revenues to an entity authorized by the Legislature to issue debt obligations for the purpose of funding that purchase. ( Future Statewide Ballot Measure)
SB 1369 Senator Cedillo - Remote Caller Bingo. This bill would also permit cities, counties, and cities and counties to allow bingo games to be conducted by charitable
organizations affiliated with a school district for charitablepurposes. The bill would modify the definition of bingo to mean agame of chance in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designatednumbers or symbols that are marked or covered by the player on a
tangible card in the player's possession and that conform to numbersor symbols, selected at random and announced by a live caller. The
bill would prohibit the use of electronics or video displays inconnection with a bingo game, except as specified, and would also
increase the allowable value of prizes for a bingo game to $500. By changing the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program. SIGNED | |
This bill would ratify an amendment to a tribal-state gamingcompact entered into between the State of California and the ShingleSprings Band of Miwok Indians, executed on June 30, 2008. The bill
would require that related revenue contributions be deposited intothe General Fund, except as specified, and would also provide that,in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed
projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. SIGNED
AB 2686 Assembly Member Nava - JPA
This bill would enact the Santa Ynez Valley Water District Act.The bill would establish the Santa Ynez Valley Water District inSanta Barbara County. The bill would prescribe the composition of the
board of directors of the district. The bill would specify thedistrict's boundaries, powers, and purposes. The district wouldsucceed to the powers, rights, duties, responsibilities, obligations,
liabilities, and jurisdiction of Improvement District No. 1 withinthe Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, which entity would cease to exist, except as otherwise specified. VETO MESSAGE
AB 1884 - Assembly Member Maze - JPA
This bill would provide that the Tule River Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Tule River Indian Reservation may enter a Joint Powers Agreement for the sole purpose of the development of an off reservation casino in the City of Porterville. VETO
AB 163 - Assembly Member Mendoza This bill would further authorize a city or county, without voter
approval, to amend an ordinance to increase the number of gamblingthat may be operated in a gambling establishment by 3 tables
if the ordinance in effect on July 1, 2007, provided for 5 to 8tables, and by 4 tables if the ordinance in effect on July 1, 2007,provided for 9 to 12 tables. Signed
This bill would further authorize the commission to condition,restrict, discipline, or take action against the license of anindividual owner endorsed on the license certificate of the gamblingenterprise whether or not the commission takes action against thelicense of the gambling enterprise.This bill would require the regulations to prohibit gamblingenterprises from cashing checks drawn against any federal, state, orcounty fund, and would delete the requirement that copies of dishonored or uncollectible checks be sent to the department.
AB 1924 -Assembly Member Jefferies- provided an exception for one Bingo Hall in his district to increase funds for overhead expenses. Signed by the Governor
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