California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 18 - California Gambling Control Commission › Chapter 3 - Conditions of Operation for Tppps Businesses › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 12250 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Except as otherwise provided in Section
				  12002 and in subsection (b) of this
				  section, the definitions in Business and Professions Code section
				  19805
				  govern the construction of this chapter.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the
				  following definitions apply:
(1) "Active
				  Licensee" means a valid TPPPS business licensee who has generated revenue for
				  at least the last year as reported pursuant to Section
				  12313.
(2) "Annual Fee" is the amount that a TPPPS
				  business licensee is required to pay to cover Non-Application Costs, pursuant
				  to Section 12252.2.
(3) "Application Cost" means all costs,
				  including the deposit, related to the processing of an application.
(4) "Authentication" means the verification
				  that an individual is authorized to access a system.
(A) "Active authentication" means the
				  identification information of an individual with permission to use or access an
				  electronic playing book system.
(B)
				  "Inactive authentication" means the identification information of an individual
				  that no longer has permission to use or access an electronic playing book
				  system.
(5) "Backup"
				  means the process of copying files to a physical and removable second medium
				  that is accessible to the Bureau or other law enforcement, including but not
				  limited to disk, tape, or flash memory.
(6) "Electronic playing book" refers to a
				  collection of digital playing book forms.
(7) "Electronic Playing Book Device" or
				  "playing book device" means a terminal used to access an electronic playing
				  book.
(8) "Hardcopy playing book"
				  means a tangible collection of paper playing book forms.
(9) "Independent gaming test laboratory"
				  means a gaming test laboratory that is either:
(A)
(1)
				  Licensed or registered to test, approve, and certify gambling equipment,
				  systems, and software in any United States jurisdiction; and,
(2) Accredited by a signatory to the
				  International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition
				  Arrangement; or,
(B)
				  Operated by a state governmental gaming regulatory agency.
(10) "Information technology technician" or
				  "IT technician" means any person who is responsible for and has the system
				  permissions necessary to access an electronic playing book system, including
				  but not limited to the software coding, data storage functions, all critical
				  components of system functioning, and the receipt of system alerts in
				  accordance with paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section
				  12263.
(11) "Ink" means a pigmented liquid or paste
				  used especially for writing or printing. For purposes of this chapter, ink also
				  includes printer toner powder or other means of placing an indelible mark onto
				  paper.
(12) "Non-Application Cost"
				  means all costs other than Application Costs borne by the Commission,
				  Department of Justice, and all other State operations expenditures for the
				  administration and enforcement of the Act.
(13) "Non-Operational Licensee" means a TPPPS
				  business licensee that maintains a valid TPPPS business license or
				  registration, and has not generated revenue in the past year as reported
				  pursuant to Section
				  12313.
(14) "Permissions" means the assigned level
				  of system access rights of an individual to view or make changes to the content
				  of a system.
(15) "Playing Book"
				  means a record documenting each session of play by an authorized
				  player.
(16) "Primary database" or
				  "database" means a collection and storage of all electronic playing book
				  information.
(17) "Rebate" means a
				  partial return by an authorized player of chips or money to a patron who has
				  lost the chips or money to the authorized player through play in a controlled
				  game at a gambling establishment.
(18) "Session of play" as used in Section
				  12260 means the time period when a
				  TPPPS business licensee operates an authorized player at a gaming table before
				  the gaming table closes; however, provided that in no event may a time period
				  be longer than 24 consecutive hours.
(19) "Surrendered or Revoked Licensee" means
				  a former TPPPS business licensee who stopped operating and ceased to maintain a
				  TPPPS business license prior to August 31 of the year the invoices are
				  created.
(20) "Synchronization" or
				  "synch" means the process of uploading information from a terminal to a primary
				  database.
(21) "System" means a
				  group of interdependent components that interact regularly to perform a
				  task.
(22) "Terminal" means
				  computer hardware that is used to enter data into or display information from a
				  system.