2003 Minnesota Statutes

     297E.04 Manufacturer's reports and records. 

    Subdivision 1.    Reports of sales.  A manufacturer who 
 sells gambling product for use or resale in this state, or for 
 receipt by a person or entity in this state, shall file with the 
 commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, a report 
 of gambling product sold to any person in the state, including 
 the established governing body of an Indian tribe recognized by 
 the United States Department of the Interior.  The report must 
 be filed monthly on or before the 20th day of the month 
 succeeding the month in which the sale was made.  The 
 commissioner may require that the report be submitted via 
 magnetic media or electronic data transfer.  The commissioner 
 may inspect the premises, books, records, and inventory of a 
 manufacturer without notice during the normal business hours of 
 the manufacturer.  A person violating this section is guilty of 
 a misdemeanor.  

    Subd. 2.    Bar codes.  The flare of each pull-tab and 
 tipboard game must be imprinted by the manufacturer with a bar 
 code that provides all information prescribed by the 
 commissioner.  The commissioner must require that the bar code 
 include the serial number of the game.  A manufacturer must also 
 affix to the outside of the box containing these games a bar 
 code providing all information prescribed by the commissioner.  
 The commissioner may also prescribe additional bar coding 
 requirements.  

    No person may alter the bar code that appears on the 
 outside of a box containing a deal of pull-tabs and tipboards.  
 Possession of a box containing a deal of pull-tabs and tipboards 
 that has a bar code different from the bar code of the deal 
 inside the box is prima facie evidence that the possessor has 
 altered the bar code on the box.  

    Subd. 3.    Paddleticket card master flares.  Each 
 sealed grouping of 100 or fewer paddleticket cards must have its 
 own individual master flare.  The manufacturer of the 
 paddleticket cards must affix to or imprint at the bottom of 
 each master flare a bar code that provides: 

    (1) the name of the manufacturer; 

    (2) the first paddleticket card number in the group; 

    (3) the number of paddletickets attached to each 
 paddleticket card in the group; and 

    (4) all other information required by the commissioner.  

    HIST: 1994 c 633 art 2 s 5; 1997 c 155 s 1