(a) Every application for a license or approval shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee, the amount of which shall be adopted by regulation on or before January 1, 2009. The adopted fee shall not exceed one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200). Prior to adoption of the regulation, the nonrefundable application fee shall be five hundred dollars ($500).
(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 determined pursuant to the schedule in subdivision (c) or the schedule in subdivision (d), whichever amount is greater.
(C) The holder of a provisional license shall pay an annual fee pursuant to the schedule in subdivision (c).
(c) The schedule based on the number of tables is as follows:
(1) For a license authorizing one to five tables, inclusive, at which games are played, three hundred dollars ($300) for each table.
(2) For a license authorizing six to eight tables, inclusive, at which games are played, five hundred fifty dollars ($550) for each table.
(3) For a license authorizing 9 to 14 tables, inclusive, at which games are played, one thousand three hundred dollars ($1,300) for each table.
(4) For a license authorizing 15 to 25 tables, inclusive, at which games are played, two thousand seven hundred dollars ($2,700) for each table.
(5) For a license authorizing 26 to 70 tables, inclusive, at which games are played, four thousand dollars ($4,000) for each table.
(6) For a license authorizing 71 or more tables at which games are played, four thousand seven hundred dollars ($4,700) for each table.
(d) Without regard to the number of tables at which games may be played pursuant to a gambling license, if, at any time of any license renewal, or when a licensee is required to pay the fee described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) it is determined that the gross revenues of an owner licensee during the licensee’s previous fiscal year fell within the following ranges, the annual fee shall be as follows:
(1) For a gross revenue of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to four hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499,999), inclusive, the amount specified by the department pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).
(2) For a gross revenue of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to one million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($1,999,999), inclusive, the amount specified by the department pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c).
(3) For a gross revenue of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($9,999,999), inclusive, the amount specified by the department pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
(4) For a gross revenue of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to twenty-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($29,999,999), the amount specified by the department pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c).
(5) For a gross revenue of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) or more, the amount specified by the department pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (c).
(e) The department may provide for payment of the annual gambling license fee on an annual or installment basis.
(f) For the purposes of this section, each table at which a game is played constitutes a single game table.
(g) 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 8. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)