{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-19823","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 19823","heading":"","body":"(a) The responsibilities of the commission include, without limitation, all of the following:\n(1) Assuring that licenses, approvals, and permits are not issued to, or held by, unqualified or disqualified persons, or by persons whose operations are conducted in a manner that is inimical to the public health, safety, or welfare.\n(2) Assuring that there is no material involvement, directly or indirectly, with a licensed gambling operation, or the ownership or management thereof, by unqualified or disqualified persons, or by persons whose operations are conducted in a manner that is inimical to the public health, safety, or welfare.\n(b) For the purposes of this section, “unqualified person” means a person who is found to be unqualified pursuant to the criteria set forth in Section 19857, and “disqualified person” means a person who is found to be disqualified pursuant to the criteria set forth in Section 19859.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","CHAPTER 5. The Gambling Control Act [19800. - 19987.]","ARTICLE 2. Administration [19810. - 19830.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"8281f4bfe73b9c9e607c78114eb18e625b06c8b00c8510465c966c0f01c03cd3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-19822","next":"us-ca/bpc-19824"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}