Report 2018-132 Recommendation 19 Responses

Report 2018-132: Bureau of Gambling Control and California Gambling Control Commission: Their Licensing Processes Are Inefficient and Foster Unequal Treatment of Applicants (Release Date: May 2019)

Recommendation #19 To: Justice, Department of

To ensure that it compensates the Special Distribution Fund for the card room-related enforcement activities for which that fund has paid, the bureau should reconcile the hours due to the Special Distribution Fund for at least the last three fiscal years by November 2019. Moving forward, the bureau should ensure that it provides prompt reimbursement when employees in positions that are funded by one source perform activities that should have been funded by another source.

60-Day Agency Response

BGC has developed and implemented policies and procedures to ensure accurate time reporting and corrected the allocation of expenditures between the SDF and GCF on a quarterly basis.

BGC has corrected expenditures for Fiscal Years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

The bureau provided a new policy stating that it will review staff's reported hours quarterly and make any necessary fund corrections. It also provided confirmation that the Department of Justice had performed retroactive reconciliations for three fiscal years.

All Recommendations in 2018-132

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.