Section 12385 - Count; Count Room Functions(a) The policies and procedures for all Tiers must meet or exceed the following standards for count room functions: (1) The cardroom business licensee must ensure that the contents of drop boxes are counted and recorded in a manner and in a location within the licensed gambling establishment that ensures the appropriate security and proper accounting of all gambling chips.(2) The cardroom business licensee must designate an individual or individuals, each holding a valid cardroom category license, who must be responsible for performing the drop count. The opening, counting and recording of the contents of a drop box must be performed in the presence of and by the designated individual(s).(3)(A) Drop box counts must be permanently recorded, in ink or another form approved by the cardroom business licensee, on a daily count sheet or the equivalent, which documents all of the following information, as applicable: 1. The name of the gambling establishment;2. The date and time of the count;3. The shift, individual box number and table number of each box counted;4. The amount in each individual box;5. The total number of boxes counted; and6. The printed or recorded name(s) of the individual(s) conducting the count and, if a hard copy record, the signature(s) of the individual(s).(B) Corrections to the information initially recorded for the drop count prior to the completion and signing of a hard copy daily count sheet are permitted. Corrections must be made by drawing a single line through the error and writing the correct figures above the original figures or by another method approved by the Bureau. The designated individual making the correction must write his or her initials and the date, in ink, immediately next to the correct figures. The correction, in a hard copy of a daily count sheet, of errors discovered subsequent to the completion and signing by the designated individual(s) will require the completion of a revised or amended count sheet, which must be maintained with the original count sheet.(4) The entire count process, beginning with the opening of the first drop box and continuing through completion of the count sheet, must be continuously recorded by video surveillance.(5) The contents of a drop box may not be mixed or commingled with the contents of any other drop box prior to the counting and recording of its contents.(6) A drop box must be emptied in a manner that will identify and record the box identification, as specified in Section 12384, subsection (a), paragraph (3), subparagraph (C), and paragraph (4), and so that video surveillance recording will document that all contents are removed from the drop box for the count.(b)(1) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the policies and procedures for Tiers II through and including V must include standards for count room functions that require the use and maintenance of a secured area known as the count room for the counting of gambling chips, which must: (A) Be designed and constructed to provide appropriate security for the materials housed therein and for the activities conducted therein;(B) Not be used as a storage facility for items or materials not directly associated with the count process or cage functions, nor have any removable containers other than drop boxes that could be used to conceal chips or cash.(2) If the count room is used to store chips, cash, drop boxes or any other items or materials that are directly associated with the count, the interior of the room and all of its contents must be under constant recorded video surveillance.(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) and (b), the policies and procedures for Tiers III through and including V must include the following standards for count room functions: (1) The number of individuals designated by the cardroom business licensee, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (a), to perform the drop count cannot be less than two individuals, or one individual using an automated chip counting machine that counts, sorts and racks the chips, and records the count electronically on the cardroom business licensee's computer system.(2) The designated individuals performing the count must be attired so as to reduce their ability to conceal chips on their person; for example, by wearing, over their regular clothing, smocks or other clothing with no pockets.(3) At the conclusion of the count, a cage or vault cashier or at least the equivalent must count the chips received and verify the accuracy of the count and count sheets.(4) Count sheets verified pursuant to paragraph (3) above must, immediately following verification, be remitted to the accounting department or its equivalent, or deposited in a locked box, located in a secure area of the gambling establishment, the contents of which are accessible only by the accounting department or its equivalent. Count sheets must be maintained and controlled by the accounting department or its equivalent.(d) In addition to the requirements of subsections (a) through and including (c), the policies and procedures for Tiers IV and V must include the following standards for count room functions:(1) The count room must be a fully enclosed room that is separate and apart from all other rooms in the gambling establishment and is equipped with an alarm system or device connected to all entrances to the count room which causes a signaling to the surveillance unit or its equivalent, whenever any door to the count room is opened.(2) Immediately prior to the commencement of the count, one of the designated individuals must notify the surveillance unit, or its equivalent, that the count is about to begin. At least one employee of the gambling establishment who holds a valid cardroom category license must be designated to video monitor the count process and the entire count process must be continuously recorded by video surveillance.(3) Immediately prior to the opening of a drop box, the door to the count room must be secured. Except as otherwise authorized by the cardroom business licensee's policies and procedures, no person may be permitted to enter or leave the count room, except during a normal work break or in an emergency, until the entire counting, recording, and verification process is completed.(e) In addition to the requirements of subsections (a) through and including (d), the policies and procedures for Tier V must include standards for count room functions that require the drop count to be performed by not less than three individuals designated by the cardroom business licensee pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (a), or two individuals using an automated chip counting machine that counts, sorts and racks the chips, and records the count electronically on the licensee's computer system.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 12385
1. New section filed 8-25-2009; operative 9-24-2009 (Register 2009, No. 35).
2. New subsections (g)-(g)(6) and amendment of NOTE filed 9-17-2020 as an emergency; operative 9-17-2020. Emergency expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60 days (Executive Order N-66-20) (Register 2020, No. 38). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-16-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment filed 12-12-2020; operative 1-1-2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b) (Register 2020, No. 51). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.
4. Readoption of new subsections (g)-(g)(6), including relettering and amendment to subsections (f)-(f)(6), filed 12-30-2020 as an emergency; operative 1-1-2021. Emergency expiration extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20 (Register 2021, No. 1). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-30-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Repealer of subsections (f)-(f)(6) by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2021, No. 32). Note: Authority cited: Sections 19811(b), 19824, 19840, 19841 and 19924, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 19801, 19823, 19841, 19920, 19922 and 19924, Business and Professions Code.
1. New section filed 8-25-2009; operative 9-24-2009 (Register 2009, No. 35).
2. New subsections (g)-(g)(6) and amendment of Note filed 9-17-2020 as an emergency; operative 9/17/2020. Emergency expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60 days (Executive Order N-66-20) (Register 2020, No. 38). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-16-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment filed 12-12-2020; operative 1/1/2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b) (Register 2020, No. 51). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.
4. Relettering and amendment of subsection (g) refiled 12-30-2020 as an emergency; operative 1/1/2021. Emergency expiration extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20 (Register 2021, No. 1). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-30-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.