Relating to gambling

ARTICLE 1 - PURPOSE

Providing for operation of lottery gaming machines and the conduct of lottery and nonlottery games at a gaming facility (casino) to provide an opportunity for increased economic development and self sufficiency to tribal governments not benefiting from Indian gaming facilities and to provide for the generation of revenues to the state

ARTICLE 2 - LOTTERY OPERATIONS

Defining certain terms relating to the gaming facility, gaming machines, lottery games and tribal entities and redefining lottery procurement contract; authorizing and providing for the director of the state lottery to contract with a tribal entity for the location of gaming machines and other lottery games at a site located in the metropolitan area or a contiguous county, requiring joint selection of the site by the director and the tribal entity and consent by the city of location, specifying certain contract criteria and tribal entity responsibilities and a duration limit, authorizing periodic renewal, contract not to legally affect the validity of existing tribal state gaming compacts; authorizing the director to authorize the operation of gaming machines and the conduct of other lottery games at a temporary facility pending completion of a permanent facility; granting the director certain contract enforcement authority; requiring payments to the commissioner of human services for problem and compulsive gambling treatment or programs; regulating the operation of the
gaming machines placed at the facility, requiring operation and control by the director, authorizing the director to authorize the tribal entity to manage the day to day operation of the machines and the conduct of other lottery games, costs to be borne by the lottery; prescribing certain gaming machine specifications, providing for examination of the machines and regulating the award of prizes; prohibiting participation by minors; requiring the tribal entity to post the toll free telephone number for the problem and compulsive gambling program and to establish a proactive plan relating to problem and compulsive gambling; prohibiting local licensing and fees; providing for lottery collection of certain data and classifying the data received; providing for a budget for the facility; authorizing the director to adopt game procedures; limiting the amount of gross revenue allowed to be credited to the lottery operations account and excluding amounts paid to outside vendors for certain services from operating expenses

ARTICLE 3 - GAMING FACILITY REGULATION

Requiring and providing for the tribal entity owning and operating the gaming facility to obtain a gaming facility license from the commissioner of public safety, specifying application and background investigation requirements and imposing a onetime fee; providing for commissioner license refusal, suspension or revocation under certain conditions and granting the commissioner certain other enforcement authority; requiring the tribal entity to report changes in management or ownership to the commissioner; requiring commissioner periodic license review; specifying certain tribal entity audit requirements, authorizing commissioner additional audits or investigations, granting the commissioner access to certain records; requiring the host community to issue an on-sale
intoxicating liquor license to the tribal entity for the gaming facility;
providing for the detention of persons suspected of certain violations;
requiring tribal entity reimbursement of commissioner costs; requiring the
tribal entity to obtain a gaming management license from the commissioner, specifying certain application and background investigation requirements, license to be nontransferable, requiring periodic renewal; authorizing certain license actions by the commissioner; specifying certain employee and vendor license requirements and providing for commissioner issuance of the licenses; regulating the operation of nonlottery casino games at the facility, requiring a plan of operation and providing for the award of prizes; specifying certain employment restrictions, imposing a civil penalty for violation

ARTICLE 4 - GAMING TRANSACTION FEE

Imposing a gaming transaction fee on nonlottery casino games at the gaming facility and providing for the forwarding of certain percentages of adjusted gross gaming machine and transaction fee revenues to the commissioner of revenue in lieu of the sales tax; establishing a gaming facility proceeds fund for deposit of receipts, appropriating a certain percentage to the community assets account, remaining percentage to be transferred to the general fund

ARTICLE 5 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Making conforming amendments to certain statutory provisions regulating gambling devices; prohibiting civil actions for the recovery of money lost; excluding gaming machine plays from the definition of bets and authorizing the manufacture, possession, sale or operation of gaming machines and the operation of games at the facility for gambling crimes determination purposes; severability, savings clause
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