A. The board shall establish and issue the following categories of licenses:

(1) manufacturer;

(2) distributor;

(3) gaming operator; and

(4) gaming machine.

B. The board shall issue certifications of findings of suitability for key executives and other persons for whom certification is required.

C. The board shall issue work permits for gaming employees.

D. A licensee shall not be issued more than one type of license, but this provision does not prohibit a licensee from owning, leasing, acquiring or having in the licensee's possession licensed gaming machines if that activity is otherwise allowed by the provisions of the Gaming Control Act. A licensee shall not own a majority interest in, manage or otherwise control a holder of another type of license issued pursuant to the provisions of that act.

E. An applicant for a license, a certification of finding of suitability or a work permit shall apply on forms provided by the board and shall furnish to the board two sets of fingerprint cards and all other information requested by the board. Submission of an application constitutes consent to a national criminal background check of the applicant, a credit check of the applicant and all persons having a substantial interest in the applicant and any other background investigations required pursuant to the Gaming Control Act or deemed necessary by the board. The board may obtain from the taxation and revenue department copies of tax returns filed by or on behalf of the applicant or its affiliates and information concerning liens imposed on the applicant or its affiliates by the taxation and revenue department.

F. All licenses issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be reviewed for renewal annually unless revoked, suspended, canceled or terminated.

G. A license shall not be transferred or assigned.

H. The application for a license shall include:

(1) the name of the applicant;

(2) the location of the proposed operation;

(3) the gaming devices to be operated, manufactured, distributed or serviced;

(4) the names of all persons having a direct or indirect interest in the business of the applicant and the nature of such interest; and

(5) such other information and details as the board may require.

I. The board shall furnish to the applicant supplemental forms that the applicant shall complete and file with the application. The supplemental forms shall require two sets of fingerprint cards and complete information and details with respect to the applicant's antecedents, habits, immediate family, character, state and federal criminal records, business activities, financial affairs and business associates, covering at least a ten-year period immediately preceding the date of filing of the application.

J. In conducting a background investigation and preparing an investigative report on the applicant, the board's law enforcement officers may request and receive criminal history information from the federal bureau of investigation or any other law enforcement agency or organization. The board's law enforcement officers shall maintain confidentiality regarding information received from a law enforcement agency that may be imposed by the agency as a condition for providing the information to the board.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 16; 2002, ch. 102, § 10; 2007, ch. 39, § 31.

The 2007 amendment, effective March 15, 2007, in Subsection E, provided that an applicant for a license, a certification of finding of suitability or a work permit shall apply on forms provided by the board, that an applicant shall furnish to the board two sets of fingerprint cards, and that submission of an application constitutes consent to a national criminal background check of the applicant; in Subsection I, provided that the supplemental forms shall require two sets of fingerprint cards; and added Subsection J.

The 2002 amendment, effective March 5, 2002, added the last sentence in Subsection E.