(a)The owner of a gambling enterprise shall apply for and obtain a state gambling license. The owner of a gambling enterprise shall be known as the owner-licensee.
(b)Other persons who also obtain a state gambling license, as required by this chapter, shall not receive a separate license certificate, but the licenses of those persons shall be endorsed on the license certificate that is issued to the owner of the gambling enterprise.
(c)Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may adopt regulations, for any applicant who possesses a state gambling license in good standing as determined by the commission, to waive any application requirement, including, without limitation, any of the following:
(1)The requirement that an application be accompanied by supplemental forms pursuant to Section 19865.
(2)The requirement that an application be accompanied by a deposit pursuant to Section 19867.
(3)The requirement that an investigation be performed by the department.
(d)(1)The commission shall adopt regulations implementing a new owner license type that allows for a person or entity to be endorsed on the license certificate of multiple gambling enterprises.
(2)The regulations shall establish a process for a person or entity endorsed on the license certificate of multiple gambling enterprises to request at the time of submittal of an application for license renewal that their existing endorsements be converted to the new owner license type, provided that the applicant’s current state gambling licenses are held in good standing, as determined by the commission.
(3)To the extent feasible, the regulations shall allow individuals or entities with the new owner license type to renew all of their endorsements on the license certificates of multiple gambling enterprises with a single application for renewal. Notwithstanding this paragraph, if the license certificate of a gambling enterprise ceases to be valid, any endorsement thereon of an individual or entity with the new owner license type shall be invalid.