2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5 - The Gambling Control Act
ARTICLE 4 - Licensing
Section 19854.

Universal Citation:
CA Bus & Prof Code § 19854 (2025)
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19854. (a) A person shall not be employed as a key employee unless that person applies for and obtains a key employee license.

(b) A person shall not be issued a key employee license unless the person would qualify for a state gambling license.

(c) A key employee license, once issued, shall authorize a person to act as a key employee until the expiration or revocation of that license and shall entitle the holder to work for any gambling enterprise as a key employee upon proper notice to the department.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 302, Sec. 4. (AB 1271) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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