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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Every application for a license or approval shall be accompanied by a fee as determined by the commission and adopted by regulation. The adopted fee shall not exceed one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200).
(b)(1) Any fee paid pursuant to this section, including all licenses issued to key employees and other persons whose names are endorsed upon the license, shall be assessed against the gambling license issued to the owner of the gambling establishment. This paragraph shall not apply to key employee licenses issued on and after January 1, 2009, or the implementation of regulations establishing a personal key employee license adopted pursuant to Section 19854, whichever is sooner.
(2)(A) The fee for initial issuance of a state gambling license shall be an amount determined by the commission in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(B) The fee for the renewal of a state gambling license shall be an amount determined by the commission in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(c) The department may provide for payment of the annual gambling license fee on an annual or installment basis.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the fees paid pursuant to this section are sufficient to enable the department and the commission to fully carry out their duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
(e) The amount of fees collected pursuant to this section shall be limited to the reasonable regulatory expenditures of the department and the commission to administer this chapter.
(f)(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, and every two years thereafter, the commission shall provide a report to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature detailing the fee levels established by the commission through regulations.
(2) The report required by this subdivision shall describe how fees for each licensing category were calculated, including how licensee gross revenues and state regulatory costs were used in the calculation. If a workload-based methodology is used to establish fees, the commission shall include in its report a breakdown of the personnel cost, operating cost, and overhead cost figures used to determine fee levels.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 19951 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/business-and-professions-code/bpc-sect-19951/
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