(A) The department shall disable machines via the central computer monitoring system for the following reasons:
(1) the establishment license or retail sales tax license at the establishment where the machines are located has been revoked or suspended;
(2) the license of the machine has been revoked or suspended;
(3) the machine owner's license has been revoked or suspended;
(4) the machine operator's license has been revoked or suspended;
(5) the establishment license, machine license, machine owner's license, or machine operator's license has expired;
(6) the central computer monitoring system has registered a violation of system integrity by a machine. A machine disabled for this reason will be enabled again as soon as the problem has been resolved;
(7) the machine owner or the machine operator has requested that the machine be disabled for any reason, such as relocation, upgrading, or repair; or
(8) the bank account from which taxes are paid has insufficient funds to pay the entire tax due upon the due date.
(B)(1) All persons who have notified the department of an ownership or lien interest in a machine shall be notified of a proceeding to revoke licenses that may result in disabling under this section. A licensee whose machine, and any part of the machine, is disabled for reasons in (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3), or (A)(4) shall not be licensed or permitted to operate in this State for five years from the date of revocation.
(2) A machine, and any part of the machine, shall not operate in this State for five years from the date of revocation, if the machine is disabled for the reasons stated in:
(a) subsection (A)(1) or (A)(4), if the machine owner and the person holding the establishment license are the same person; or
(b) subsections (A)(2) or (A)(3).
(C) All persons who have notified the department of an ownership interest in an establishment shall be notified of a proceeding to revoke licenses that may result in disabling under Section (A)(1). If machines are disabled at an establishment for the reason in (A)(1), the establishment may not operate, or allow the operation of, machines for five years from the date of the revocation or suspension.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 125, Section 10.
Editor's Note
See Editor's Note at the beginning of this Chapter.
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