Tribal Vendors

Any Gaming Resource Supplier who, directly or indirectly, provides, has provided, or is deemed likely to provide at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in Gaming Resources in any 12-month period shall be licensed by the TGA prior to the sale, lease, or distribution, or further sale, lease, or distribution, of any such Gaming Resources to or in connection with the Tribe's Operation or Facility. In addition, any person extending financing directly or indirectly to the TGA or gaming operation, or any management contractor, must be licensed by the TGA.

Once licensed by the TGA, these Gaming Resource Suppliers, Financial Sources, and Management Contractors must submit an application to the California Gambling Control Commission (Commission) for a Finding of Suitability. The Bureau of Gambling Control (Bureau) will conduct the investigation and provide a recommendation to the Commission for the issuance of a finding of suitability for the vendor to do business with the Tribes.

Who Must Apply for a Finding of Suitability:

• Any person extending financing (financial source) directly or indirectly to the Tribal Gaming Agency or gaming operation.
• Each business entity (vendor) and their parent company.
• All officers, directors, principal management employees; including any Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Operating Officers and managers; all owners or partners of an unincorporated business as well as each shareholder who owns more than 10 percent of the shares of a corporation.

Each applicant and business entity must complete and submit to the Commission an application for a finding of suitability along with a $500 non-refundable application fee. In addition, the Bureau requires supplemental forms and/or documents from each applicant and business entity. These forms and/or documents must be completed and submitted to the Commission along with a sum of money that, in the judgment of the Bureau Chief, will be adequate to pay anticipated investigation and processing costs, in accordance with Business and Professions Code Section 19867.

FORMS

• BGC-APP. 004 Vendor Declaration of Full Disclosure  [PDF 12 kb / 1 pg]
• DGC-APP. 006 Authorization to Release Information Rev. 03/08  [PDF 25 kb / 2 pg]
• BGC-APP. 023 Notice to Vendor Applicant  [PDF 11 kb / 2 pg]
• BGC-APP. 024 Entity Supplemental Background Information for Finding of Suitability
   [PDF 897 kb / 18 pg]
• BGC-APP. 025 Principal Supplemental Background Information for Finding of Suitability
   [PDF 739 kb / 21 pg]
• BGC-APP 040 Vendor Appointment of Designated Agent  [PDF 27 kb / 9 pg]
• CGCC 100 Application for a Finding of Suitability(Rev. 09/07)  [PDF 126 kb / 1 pg]
• DGC-APP. 143 Trust Supplemental Background Investigation Information New 03/08  [PDF 1 mb / 5 pg]
• FTB 3516 C1 (Rev. 06/03) Side 1 – PIT Request for Copy of Personal Income Tax or Fiduciary Return  [PDF 115 kb / 2 pg]
• FTB 3516 C1 (Rev. 06/03) Side 2 – Corp Request for Copy of Corporation, Exempt Organization, Partnership, or Limited Liability Company Return  [PDF 115 kb / 2 pg]
• BCII 8016 Tribal Vendor Live Scan Form  [PDF 45 kb / 1 pg]

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