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2005 California Business and Professions Code Sections 19880-19883 Article 5. Licensing of Corporations
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODESECTION 19880-19883
19880. In addition to the requirements of Section 19852, in order to be eligible to receive a gambling license as the owner of a gambling enterprise, a corporation shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) Maintain an office of the corporation in the gambling establishment. (b) Comply with all of the requirements of the laws of this state pertaining to corporations. (c) Maintain, in the corporation's principal office in California or in the gambling establishment, a ledger that meets both of the following conditions: (1) At all times reflects the ownership of record of every class of security issued by the corporation. (2) Is available for inspection by the division at all reasonable times without notice. (d) Register as a corporation with the division and supply the following supplemental information to the division: (1) The organization, financial structure, and nature of the business to be operated, including the names, personal and criminal history, and fingerprints of all officers, directors, and key employees, and the names, addresses, and number of shares held by all stockholders of record. (2) The rights and privileges acquired by the holders of different classes of authorized securities, including debentures. (3) The terms on which securities are to be offered. (4) The terms and conditions on all outstanding loans, mortgages, trust deeds, pledges, or any other indebtedness or security device. (5) The extent of the equity security holdings in the corporation of all officers, directors, and underwriters, and their remuneration as compensation for services, in the form of salary, wages, fees, or otherwise. (6) The amount of remuneration to persons other than directors and officers in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per annum. (7) Bonus and profit-sharing arrangements. (8) Management and service contracts. (9) Options existing, or to be created, in respect of their securities or other interests. (10) Financial statements for at least three fiscal years preceding the year of registration, or, if the corporation has not been in existence for a period of three years, financial statements from the date of its formation. All financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by a licensee of the California Board of Accountancy. (11) Any further financial data that the division, with the approval of the commission, may deem necessary or appropriate for the protection of the state. (12) An annual profit-and-loss statement and an annual balance sheet, and a copy of its annual federal income tax return, within 30 calendar days after that return is filed with the Internal Revenue Service. 19881. (a) No corporation is eligible to receive a license to own a gambling enterprise unless the conduct of controlled gambling is among the purposes stated in its articles of incorporation and the articles of incorporation have been submitted to and approved by the commission. (b) The Secretary of State shall not accept for filing any articles of incorporation of any corporation that include as a stated purpose the conduct of controlled gambling, or any amendment thereto, or any amendment that adds this purpose to articles of incorporation already filed, unless the articles have, or amendment has, been approved by the commission. 19882. (a) If at any time the commission denies a license to an individual owner of any security issued by a corporation that applies for or holds an owner license, the owner of the security shall immediately offer the security to the issuing corporation for purchase. The corporation shall purchase the security so offered, for cash in an amount not greater than fair market value, within 30 calendar days after the date of the offer. (b) Beginning upon the date when the division serves notice of the denial upon the corporation, it is unlawful for the denied security owner to do any of the following: (1) Receive any dividend or interest upon any security described in subdivision (a). (2) Exercise, directly or through any trustee or nominee, any voting right conferred by any security described in subdivision (a). (3) Receive any remuneration in any form from the corporation for services rendered or for any other purpose. (c) Every security issued by a corporate owner licensee shall bear a statement, on both sides of the certificate evidencing the security, of the restrictions imposed by this section. 19883. (a) To the extent required by this chapter, officers and directors, shareholders, lenders, holders of evidence of indebtedness, underwriters, agents, or employees of a corporate owner licensee shall be licensed individually. The corporation shall require these persons to apply for a gambling license, and shall notify the division of every change of corporate officers, directors, or key employees within 10 business days after the change. An officer, director, or key employee who is required to apply for a license shall apply for the license within 30 calendar days after he or she becomes an officer, director, or key employee. (b) The corporation shall immediately remove any officer or director required to apply for a license from any office or directorship if any of the following apply to that officer or director: (1) He or she fails to apply for the license within 30 calendar days after becoming an officer or director. (2) He or she is denied a license. (3) His or her license is revoked. (c) If the license of any officer or director is suspended, the corporation, immediately and for the duration of the suspension, shall suspend that officer or director. (d) If any shareholder who is required to apply for a gambling license fails to apply for the license within the time required, the shareholder shall be deemed to have been denied a license for purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 19882. (e) If any person, other than an officer, director, or shareholder, who is required to apply for a gambling license fails to do so, the failure may be deemed to be a failure of the corporate owner licensee to require the application.
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