Section 19821.1 - State gambling license fee waiver(a)(1) Notwithstanding Sections 19841, 19951, 19952, and 19954, and any accompanying regulations designating annual fees, the department shall not collect, and a licensee shall not be required to pay, any annual fees ordinarily due from a state gambling licensee between January 31, 2020, to July 31, 2021, inclusive. This fee waiver does not apply to extensions or installment agreement due dates that are otherwise due and payable during that time period.(2) The department shall refund any annual fees already paid for a state gambling license that were due between January 31, 2020, to July 16, 2021, inclusive.(b)(1) Notwithstanding Sections 19841 and 19984, and any accompanying regulations designating annual fees, the department shall not collect, and a licensee shall not be required to pay, any annual fees ordinarily due from a third-party provider of proposition player services between September 1, 2020, to August 31, 2022, inclusive. This fee waiver does not apply to extensions or installment agreement due dates that altered the original due date of an annual fee.(2) The department shall refund any annual license fees already paid by a third-party provider of proposition player services that were due between September 1, 2020, to July 16, 2021, inclusive.(c)(1) Notwithstanding Sections 19841, 19867, 19868, 19876, 19877, 19912, and 19984, and any accompanying regulations designating a renewal application fee or a deposit associated with a renewal application, the department shall not collect, and the licensee or commission-issued work permittee shall not be required to pay, any renewal application fees or background deposits associated with a renewal application ordinarily due between March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2022, inclusive. This fee and deposit waiver does not apply to extensions that are otherwise due and payable during that time period.(2) The department shall refund any renewal application fees or deposits associated with a renewal application already paid by a licensee or commission-issued work permittee that were due between March 1, 2020, to July 16, 2021, inclusive.(d) For the purposes of this section, in order to avoid delays in implementing the waiver of all annual fees, application fees, and deposits, the Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary to provide the commission with a limited exemption from the regular and emergency rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(e) This section shall become inoperative on September 1, 2022, and, as of January 1, 2023, is repealed.Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 19821.1
Amended by Stats 2021 ch 251 (AB 163),s 3, eff. 9/23/2021.Added by Stats 2021 ch 77 (AB 137),s 2, eff. 7/16/2021.