Administration
Cal. BPC § 19812
California Statutes
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a) Each member of the commission shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state. (
b) No Member of the Legislature, no person holding any elective office in state, county, or local government, and no officer or official of any political party is eligible for appointment to the commission. (
c) No more than three of the five members of the commission shall be members of the same political party. (
d) A person is ineligible for appointment to the commission if, within two years prior to appointment, the person, or any partnership or corporation in which the person is a principal, was employed by, retained by, or derived substantial income from, any gambling establishment. For the purposes of this subdivision, “gambling establishment” means one or more rooms wherein any gaming within the meaning of
Chapter 10 (commencing with
Section 330) of Title of Part of the Penal Code, or any controlled game within the meaning of
Section 337j of the Penal Code, is conducted, whether or not the activity occurred in California. (
e) One member of the commission shall be a certified public accountant or a person with experience in banking or finance, one member shall be an attorney and a member of the State Bar of California with regulatory law experience, one member shall have a background in law enforcement and criminal investigation, one member shall have a background in business with at least five years of business experience or alternatively five years of governmental experience, and one member shall be from the public at large.