The bill appropriates funds from the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund to the State Racing and Gaming Commission for the fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27. Specifically, it allocates $0 for FY2025-26 and $3,217,273 for FY2026-27, with a salary limit of $154,334 for the latter year. The bill also stipulates that total expenditures for salaries and per diems from these appropriated funds shall not exceed $0 for FY2025-26 and $154,334 for FY2026-27.
Additionally, the bill amends existing law by changing the cash fund and program totals for the Gamblers Assistance Program, reducing the cash fund from $3,208,877 to $0 for FY2025-26 and from $3,217,273 to $0 for FY2026-27. It also eliminates the previous cash fund allocations of $1,150,000 for state aid in both fiscal years, effectively removing any state aid funding for the Gamblers Assistance Program during this period. The original section of the law that contained these provisions is repealed.