Sec. 2.6. (a) A licensee under this chapter must post a bond with the commission at least sixty (60) days before the commencement of gambling games at the licensee's racetrack.

(b) The bond shall be furnished in:

(1) cash or negotiable securities;

(2) a surety bond:

(A) with a surety company approved by the commission; and

(B) guaranteed by a satisfactory guarantor; or

(3) an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a banking institution of Indiana acceptable to the commission.

(c) If a bond is furnished in cash or negotiable securities, the principal shall be placed without restriction at the disposal of the commission, but income inures to the benefit of the licensee.

(d) The bond:

(1) is subject to the approval of the commission;

(2) must be in an amount that the commission determines will adequately reflect the amount that a local community will expend for infrastructure and other facilities associated with gambling games at the racetrack; and

(3) must be payable to the commission as obligee for use in payment of the licensee's financial obligations to the local community, the state, and other aggrieved parties, as determined by the rules of the commission.

(e) If after a hearing (after at least five (5) days written notice) the commission determines that the amount of a licensee's bond is insufficient, the licensee shall upon written demand of the commission file a new bond.

(f) The commission may require a licensee to file a new bond with a satisfactory surety in the same form and amount if:

(1) liability on the old bond is discharged or reduced by judgment rendered, by payment made, or otherwise; or

(2) in the opinion of the commission any surety on the old bond becomes unsatisfactory.

(g) If a new bond obtained under subsection (e) or (f) is unsatisfactory, the commission shall cancel the licensee's license. If the new bond is satisfactorily furnished, the commission shall release in writing the surety on the old bond from any liability accruing after the effective date of the new bond.

(h) The proceeds of a bond that is in default under this subsection are paid to the commission for the benefit of the local unit in which the racetrack is located.

(i) The total and aggregate liability of the surety on a bond is limited to the amount specified in the bond, and the continuous nature of the bond may in no event be construed as allowing the liability of the surety under a bond to accumulate for each successive approval period during which the bond is in force.

(j) The commission may adopt rules authorizing the release of a bond under this section.

As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21.