California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 18 - California Gambling Control Commission › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - Definitions and General Procedures › Section 12002 - General Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, the definitions in Business and
					 Professions Code section
					 19805,
					 supplemented by the definitions found in Chapter 10 of Title 9 of Part 1 of the
					 Penal Code (commencing with section
					 330), govern the construction of
					 this division. As used in this division:
(a) "Administrative Procedure Act Hearing" or
				  "APA Hearing" means an evidentiary hearing which is conducted pursuant to the
				  requirements of Chapter 5 (commencing with section
				  11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of
				  Title 2 of the Government Code, and section
				  1000 et seq. of Title 1 of the
				  California Code of Regulations. An APA hearing includes those evidentiary
				  hearings which proceed pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections
				  19825
				  and
				  19930,
				  as well as under Chapter 10 of this division.
(b) "Advisor of the Commission" means all
				  employees of the Commission except those designated as an advocate of the
				  Commission.
(c) "Advocate of the
				  Commission" means any employee so designated pursuant to subsection (a) of
				  Section 12056.
(d) "Authorized player" means any natural
				  person associated with a particular TPPPS business license, including a
				  subcontractor or independent contractor, whose duties include the play in a
				  controlled game on behalf of the TPPPS business license. All TPPPS supervisor
				  licensees must be authorized players. A TPPPS worker licensee may be an
				  authorized player. A TPPPS owner type licensee, if a natural person, may be an
				  authorized player.
(e) "BCIA" means
				  the Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis in the California Department of
				  Justice.
(f) "Bureau" means the
				  Bureau of Gambling Control in the California Department of Justice, acting as
				  "the department" as provided in section
				  19810
				  of the Business and Professions Code.
(g) "Bureau report" means the filing by the
				  Chief of the Bureau of his or her written reasons, as provided in Business and
				  Professions Code section
				  19868,
				  subdivision (b), regarding his or her recommendation of denial or approval with
				  restrictions or conditions, or the notification to the Commission that the
				  Bureau is recommending approval or will not be issuing a recommendation of
				  denial or approval with restrictions or conditions.
(h) "California game" means a controlled game
				  that features a player-dealer position, as described in Penal Code section
				  330.11.
(i) "Chief of the Bureau" or "Chief" means
				  the Chief as provided in Business and Professions Code section
				  19805,
				  subdivision (d), or his or her designee.
(j) "Cardroom business license" means a
				  license issued to a gambling enterprise as defined in Business and Professions
				  Code section
				  19805,
				  subdivision (m), or owner licensee as defined in Business and Professions Code
				  section
				  19805,
				  subdivision (ad), and is the license certificate held pursuant to Business and
				  Professions Code section
				  19851,
				  as applicable.
(k) "Cardroom
				  employee type license" means a key employee license or a Commission work
				  permit.
(l) "Cardroom endorsee
				  license" means a license issued to any person required to be licensed pursuant
				  to Business and Professions Code sections
				  19852
				  or
				  19853
				  and is the endorsement on the license certificate pursuant to Business and
				  Professions Code section
				  19851,
				  subdivision (b).
(m) "Cardroom
				  category license" means a cardroom owner type license or a cardroom employee
				  type license.
(n) "Cardroom owner
				  type license" means all cardroom business licenses and all cardroom endorsee
				  licenses, and has the same meaning as "gambling license" and "state gambling
				  license" in Business and Professions Code section
				  19805,
				  subdivision (p).
(o) "Commission"
				  means the California Gambling Control Commission.
(p) "Conviction" means a plea or verdict of
				  guilty or a plea of nolo contendere, irrespective of a subsequent order of
				  expungement under the provisions of Penal Code section
				  1203.4,
				  1203.4a, or
				  1203.45, or a
				  certificate of rehabilitation under the provisions of Penal Code section
				  4852.13. A plea
				  of guilty entered pursuant to Penal Code section
				  1000.1 does not
				  constitute a conviction for purposes of Business and Professions Code section
				  19859,
				  subdivisions (c) or (d) unless a judgment of guilty is entered pursuant to
				  Penal Code section
				  1000.3.
(q) "Deadly weapon" means any weapon, the
				  possession or concealed carrying of which is prohibited by Penal Code section
				  16430.
(r) "Dealer's bank" means any and all monies
				  a dealer has on deposit with the cardroom business licensee or is assigned from
				  the cage bank for chip trays.
(s)
				  "Designated agent" means a person appointed by an applicant, licensee, or
				  holder of a work permit to serve as their representative.
(t) "Drop" means any and all player
				  collection fees received from patrons or TPPPS business licensees by a cardroom
				  business licensee to play in controlled games, not including tournament fees,
				  jackpot collections, or payments under a TPPPS contract.
(u) "Employee category license" means a
				  cardroom employee type license or a TPPPS employee type license.
(v) "Employee of the Commission" means the
				  staff employed by the Commission including the Executive Director and all staff
				  under the direction of the Executive Director.
(w) "Executive Director" means the executive
				  officer of the Commission, as provided in Business and Professions Code section
				  19816
				  or his or her designee. If the Executive Director position is vacant, the
				  "Executive Director" means the officer or employee who is designated by the
				  Commission.
(x) "Fiscal year" means
				  the annual period used by a licensee for financial reporting
				  purposes.
(y) "Gambling Control
				  Act" or "Act" or "GCA" means Chapter 5 (commencing with section
				  19800) of Division 8 of the
				  Business and Professions Code.
(z)
				  "Gaming activity" has the same meaning as defined in Title 11, CCR, Section
				  2010, subsection (f).
(aa) "GCA hearing" means an evidentiary
				  hearing referred to in Business and Professions Code sections
				  19870
				  and
				  19871.
(ab) "Gross revenue" means the total of all
				  compensation received for participating in or conducting any controlled game,
				  and includes interest received in payment for credit extended by a cardroom
				  business licensee to a patron for purposes of gambling.
(ac) "Initial license" means the same as
				  provided in Business and Professions Code section
				  19805;
				  and, for the purposes of this division also includes:
(1) The following licenses:
(A) Initial cardroom business
				  license;
(B) Initial cardroom
				  endorsee license;
(C) Initial key
				  employee license;
(D) Initial
				  Commission work permit;
(E) Initial
				  TPPPS business license;
(F) Initial
				  TPPPS endorsee license;
(G) Initial
				  TPPPS supervisor license; or,
(H)
				  Initial TPPPS worker license.