SB3_EN

Senate Bill No. 3–Committee of the Whole

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AN ACT relating to gaming; revising the provisions pertaining to the acquisition or disposition of an interest in a business entity that holds a state gaming license or the option to purchase such an interest; authorizing the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations prescribing the manner for submission of payments by licensees; requiring a person employed as a gaming employee to be registered as a gaming employee by the State Gaming Control Board; requiring the Board to investigate each person applying for registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee; providing for a fee for processing an application for registration as a gaming employee; authorizing the Commission to adopt regulations allowing a person who owns antique gaming devices to sell such devices without procuring a license; authorizing a gaming licensee or his officers, employees or agents who have reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed a felony to take into custody and detain such a person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 463 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 6, inclusive, of this

act.

Sec. 2. “Registered as a gaming employee” means authorized

to be employed as a gaming employee in this state or to serve as

an independent agent.

Sec. 3. “Temporarily registered as a gaming employee”

means authorized to be employed as a gaming employee in this

state or serve as an independent agent from the date of submitting

a complete application for registration or renewal of registration

for a period not to exceed 120 days following receipt of the

complete application by the Board, including classifiable

fingerprints, unless otherwise suspended.

Sec. 4. 1. The purported granting of an option to purchase

any security issued by a corporation, other than a publicly traded

corporation, which holds a state gaming license, or the purported

sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition of an

existing option to acquire such a security is void unless

administratively approved in advance by the Chairman of the

Board.

2. A request for administrative approval pursuant to

subsection 1 must:

(a) Be made on forms approved by the Chairman of the Board;

and

(b) To the extent consistent with this section, be considered in

all respects as an application.

3. The Chairman of the Board may refer a request for

administrative approval to the Board and Commission for

consideration or deny the request for administrative approval

for any reasonable cause. A denial may be submitted for review by

the Board and Commission in the manner set forth by the

regulations of the Commission pertaining to the review of

administrative approval decisions.

4. The Commission, upon recommendation by the Board,

may require a person to apply for a finding of suitability to hold

an option to purchase such a security.

Sec. 5. 1. The purported granting of an option to purchase

any interest in a limited partnership which holds a state gaming

license or the purported sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or

other disposition of an existing option to acquire such an interest

is ineffective unless administratively approved in advance by the

Chairman of the Board.

2. A request for administrative approval pursuant to

subsection 1 must:

(a) Be made on forms approved by the Chairman of the Board;

and

(b) To the extent consistent with this section, be considered in

all respects as an application.

3. The Chairman of the Board may refer a request for

administrative approval to the Board and Commission for

consideration or deny the request for administrative approval

for any reasonable cause. A denial may be submitted for review by

the Board and Commission in the manner set forth by the

regulations of the Commission pertaining to the review of

administrative approval decisions.

4. The Commission, upon recommendation by the Board,

may require a person to apply for a finding of suitability to hold

an option to purchase such an interest.

Sec. 6. 1. The purported granting of an option to purchase

any interest in a limited-liability company which holds a state

gaming license or the purported sale, assignment, transfer, pledge

or other disposition of an existing option to acquire such an

interest is ineffective unless administratively approved in advance

by the Chairman of the Board.

2. A request for administrative approval pursuant to

subsection 1 must:

(a) Be made on forms approved by the Chairman of the Board;

and

(b) To the extent consistent with this section, be considered in

all respects as an application.

3. The Chairman of the Board may refer a request for

administrative approval to the Board and Commission for

consideration or deny the request for administrative approval

for any reasonable cause. A denial may be submitted for review by

the Board and Commission in the manner set forth by the

regulations of the Commission pertaining to the review of

administrative approval decisions.

4. The Commission, upon recommendation by the Board,

may require a person to apply for a finding of suitability to hold

an option to purchase such an interest.

Sec. 7. NRS 463.013 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.013 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 463.0133 to

[463.0197,] 463.01967, inclusive, and sections 2 and 3 of this act,

have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 8. NRS 463.1595 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.1595 1. The Commission shall adopt regulations,

consistent with NRS 463.370, 463.371[, which] and 463.3715, that

prescribe the manner in which winnings, compensation from games

and gaming devices, and gross revenue must be computed and

reported by the licensee.

2. The Commission may adopt regulations that prescribe the

manner in which a licensee must submit to the Commission any

fees, interest, penalties or tax required to be paid based upon the

information reported in subsection 1.

Sec. 9. NRS 463.335 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.335 1. The Legislature finds that, to protect and promote

the health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the

inhabitants of the State of Nevada and to carry out the policy

declared in NRS 463.0129, it is necessary that the Board:

(a) Ascertain and keep itself informed of the identity, prior

activities and present location of all gaming employees and

independent agents in the State of Nevada; and

(b) Maintain confidential records of such information.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection [3,] 4, a person

may not be employed as a gaming employee or serve as an

independent agent unless he is [the holder of a valid work permit to

work] temporarily registered or registered as a gaming employee

[issued] pursuant to this section. [A work permit to work as a

gaming employee may be issued by the Board or by a county or

city licensing authority.] An applicant for [a work permit shall file

his] registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee

must file an application for [a work permit with the licensing

authority of the city in which he resides if that city requires a work

permit. If the

city in which he resides does not require such a permit, the applicant

shall file his application with the licensing authority of the county in

which he resides if that county requires a work permit. If the county

in which he resides does not require such a permit, the applicant

shall file his application with the Board.] registration or renewal of

registration with the Board. Whenever a registered gaming

employee, whose registration has not expired, has not been

objected to by the Board, or has not been suspended or revoked

becomes employed as a gaming employee at another or additional

gaming establishment, he must file a change of employment

notice within 10 days with the Board. The application for

registration and change of employment notice must be filed

through the licensee for whom the applicant will commence or

continue working as a gaming employee, unless otherwise filed

with the Board as prescribed by regulation of the Commission.

3. The Board shall [, by regulation,] prescribe the [form for an]

forms for the application for [a work permit to work] registration

as a gaming employee[. The fee for such a permit may be charged

only to cover the actual investigative and administrative costs

related to processing an application for such a permit and must not

exceed $75.

3.] and the change of employment notice.

4. An independent agent is not required to [hold a work permit]

be registered as a gaming employee if he is not a resident of this

state and has registered with the Board in accordance with the

provisions of the regulations adopted by the Commission.

[4. Upon receipt of an application for a work permit to work as

a gaming employee, the Board or licensing authority]

5. A complete application for registration or renewal of

registration as a gaming employee or a change of employment

notice received by a licensee must be mailed or delivered to the

Board within 5 business days of receipt unless the date is

administratively extended by the Chairman of the Board for good

cause. A licensee is not responsible for the accuracy or

completeness of any application for registration or renewal of

registration as a gaming employee or any change of employment

notice.

6. The Board shall immediately conduct an investigation of

[the applicant] each person who files an application for

registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee to

determine whether he is eligible for [the permit.] registration as a

gaming employee. In conducting the investigation, [the Board or

licensing authority shall forward a complete set] two complete sets

of the applicant’s fingerprints must be submitted to the Central

Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for

[submission] :

(a) A report concerning the criminal history of the applicant;

and

(b) Submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a

report concerning the criminal history of the applicant.

The investigation need not be limited solely to consideration of the

results of the report concerning the criminal history of the

applicant.

[5. A work permit issued to a gaming employee or an

independent agent must have clearly imprinted thereon a statement

that it is valid for gaming purposes only.

6. Unless denied or] The fee for processing an application for

registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee may

be charged only to cover the actual investigative and

administrative costs related to processing the application and the

fees charged by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of

Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to

process the fingerprints of an applicant pursuant to this

subsection.

7. Upon receipt of a change of employment notice, the Board

may conduct any investigations of the gaming employee that the

Board deems appropriate to determine whether the gaming

employee may remain registered as a gaming employee. The filing

of a change of employment notice constitutes an application for

registration as a gaming employee and if the Board, after

conducting its investigation, suspends or objects to the continued

registration of the gaming employee, the provisions of subsections

11 to 17, inclusive, apply to such suspension by or objection of the

Board. No fee may be charged by the Board to cover the actual

investigative and administrative costs related to processing a

change of employment notice.

8. Except as otherwise prescribed by regulation of the

Commission, an applicant for registration or renewal of

registration as a gaming employee is deemed temporarily

registered as a gaming employee as of the date a complete

application for registration or renewal of registration is submitted

to the licensee for which he will commence or continue working

as a gaming employee. Unless objected to by the Board [at the time

that the permittee filed a notice of a change in his place of

employment pursuant to subsection 8 and unless suspended or

revoked, such a permit expires on the fifth anniversary of the

permittee’s birthday, measured from the birthday nearest the date of

issuance or renewal. If the date of birth of a permittee is on

February 29 in a leap year, for the purposes of this section, his date

of birth shall be deemed to be on February 28.

7. Whenever any person applies to a county or city licensing

authority for the issuance or renewal of a work permit, the county

or city officer or employee to whom the application is made shall

within 24 hours mail or deliver a copy thereof to the Board, and may

at the discretion of the county or city licensing authority issue a

temporary work permit that is valid for 120 days.] or suspended or

revoked, the initial registration of an applicant as a gaming

employee expires 5 years after the date employment commences

with the applicable licensee or, in the case of an independent

agent, 5 years after the date he contracts with an applicable

licensee. Any subsequent renewal of registration as a gaming

employee, unless objected to by the Board or suspended or

revoked, expires 5 years after the expiration date of the most

recent registration or renewal of registration of the gaming

employee.

9. If , within 120 days after receipt by the Board of [the copy of

the application,] a complete application for registration or renewal

of registration as a gaming employee, including classifiable

fingerprints, or a change of employment notice, the Board has not

notified the [county or city licensing authority] applicable licensee

of any suspension or objection, the [authority may issue, renew or

deny a permanent work permit to the applicant.

8. A gaming employee who is issued a work permit] applicant

shall be deemed to be registered as a gaming employee. A

complete application for registration or renewal of registration as

a gaming employee is comprised of:

(a) The fully completed form for application for registration as

a gaming employee prescribed in subsection 3;

(b) Two complete sets of the fingerprints of the applicant,

unless directly forwarded electronically or by another means to

the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History;

renewal of registration as a gaming employee prescribed by the

Board pursuant to subsection 6, unless otherwise prescribed by

regulation of the Commission; and

(d) A completed statement as prescribed in subsections 1 and 2

of NRS 463.3351.

If the Board determines after receiving an application for

registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee that

the application is incomplete, the Board may suspend the

temporary registration as a gaming employee of the applicant who

filed the incomplete application. An applicant whose temporary

registration is suspended shall not be eligible to work as a gaming

employee until such time as he files a complete application.

10. A person who is temporarily registered or registered as a

gaming employee is eligible for employment in any licensed

gaming establishment in this state until [the work permit is denied

or] such registration is objected to by the Board, expires or is

suspended or revoked. [However, each such employee shall notify

the Board

within 10 days following any change of his place of employment at

a gaming establishment. Such a notification shall be deemed an

application for a work permit that the Board may deny or object to

after conducting any investigations the Board deems appropriate.

The provisions of subsections 9 to 16, inclusive, apply to any such

objection of the Board.] The Commission shall adopt regulations

to:

(a) [Facilitate] Establish uniform procedures for the [issuance of

work permits by counties and cities;] registration of gaming

employees;

(b) Establish uniform criteria for [denial by a county or city

licensing authority] objection by the Board of an application for [a

work permit;] registration; and

records that contain information regarding the current place of

employment of each person who [possesses a valid work permit.

9.] is registered as a gaming employee and each person whose

registration as a gaming employee has expired, was objected to by

the Board, or was suspended or revoked. The system of records

must be accessible by licensees for the limited purpose of

complying with subsection 2.

11. If the Board, within the 120-day period[,] prescribed in

subsection 9, notifies:

(a) The [county or city licensing authority;] applicable licensee;

and

(b) The applicant,

that the Board suspends or objects to the [granting of a work permit

to the applicant, the authority shall deny the work permit and shall

immediately revoke and repossess any temporary work permit

which it may have issued.] temporary registration of an applicant

as a gaming employee, the licensee shall immediately terminate

the applicant from employment or reassign him to a position that

does not require registration as a gaming employee. The notice of

suspension or objection by the Board which is sent to the applicant

must include a statement of the facts upon which the Board relied in

making its suspension or objection.

[10. Whenever an application for a work permit is made to the

Board and the Board denies such an application, it shall include in

its notice of the denial a statement of the facts upon which it relied

in denying the application.

11.] 12. Any person whose application for [a work permit has

been denied because of an objection by the Board or whose

application has been denied] registration or renewal of registration

as a gaming employee has been suspended or objected to by the

Board may, not later than 60 days after receiving notice of the

[denial] suspension or objection, apply to the Board for a hearing.

A failure of a person whose application has been [denied] objected

or suspended to apply for a hearing within 60 days or his failure to

appear at a hearing of the Board conducted pursuant to this section

shall be deemed to be an admission that the [denial] suspension or

objection is well-founded, and the failure precludes administrative

or judicial review. At the hearing, the Board shall take any

testimony deemed necessary. After the hearing, the Board shall

review the testimony taken and any other evidence, and shall ,

within 45 days after the date of the hearing , mail to the applicant

its decision sustaining or reversing the [denial of the work permit]

suspension or the objection to the [issuance of a work permit.

12.] registration of the applicant as a gaming employee.

13. The Board may suspend or object to the [issuance of a

work permit or may refuse to issue a work permit] registration of

an applicant as a gaming employee for any cause deemed

reasonable by the Board. The Board may object [or refuse] to or

suspend the registration if the applicant has:

(a) Failed to disclose or misstated information or otherwise

attempted to mislead the Board with respect to any material fact

contained in the application for [the issuance or renewal of a work

permit;] registration as a gaming employee;

(b) Knowingly failed to comply with the provisions of this

chapter or chapter 463B, 464 or 465 of NRS or the regulations of

the Commission at a place of previous employment;

moral turpitude, embezzlement or larceny or any violation of any

law pertaining to gaming, or any crime which is inimical to the

declared policy of this state concerning gaming;

(d) Committed, attempted or conspired to commit a crime which

is a felony or gross misdemeanor in this state or an offense in

another state or jurisdiction which would be a felony or gross

misdemeanor if committed in this state;

(e) Been identified in the published reports of any federal or

state legislative or executive body as being a member or associate

of organized crime, or as being of notorious and unsavory

reputation;

(f) Been placed and remains in the constructive custody of any

federal, state or municipal law enforcement authority; or

(g) Had [a work permit] registration as a gaming employee

revoked or committed any act which is a ground for the revocation

of [a work permit] registration as a gaming employee or would

have been a ground for revoking [his work permit if he]

registration as a gaming employee if the applicant had then [held a

work permit.] been registered as a gaming employee.

If the Board [issues] registers or does not suspend or object to the

[issuance of a work permit to] registration of an applicant[,] as a

gaming employee, it may specially limit the period for which the

[permit] registration is valid, limit the job classifications for which

the [holder of the permit] registered gaming employee may be

employed and establish such individual conditions for the

[issuance,] renewal and effectiveness of the [permit] registration as

the Board deems appropriate, including required submission to

unscheduled tests for the presence of alcohol or controlled

substances.

[13.] 14. Any applicant aggrieved by the decision of the Board

may, within 15 days after the announcement of the decision, apply

in writing to the Commission for review of the decision. Review is

limited to the record of the proceedings before the Board. The

Commission may sustain, modify or reverse the Board’s decision.

The decision of the Commission is subject to judicial review

pursuant to NRS 463.315 to 463.318, inclusive.

[14. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all

records acquired or compiled by the Board or Commission relating

to any application made pursuant to this section and all lists of

persons to whom work permits have been issued or denied and all

records of the names or identity of persons engaged in the gaming

industry in this state are confidential and must not be disclosed

except in the proper administration of this chapter or to an

authorized law enforcement agency. Upon receipt of a request from

the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources

pursuant to NRS 425.400 for information relating to a specific

person who has applied for or holds a work permit, the Board shall

disclose to the Division his social security number, residential

address and current employer as that information is listed in the

files and records of the Board. Any record of the Board or

Commission which shows that the applicant has been convicted of a

crime in another state must show whether the crime was a

misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, felony or other class of crime as

classified by the state in which the crime was committed. In a

disclosure of the conviction, reference to the classification of the

crime must be based on the classification in the state where it was

committed.]

15. The Chairman of the Board may designate a member of the

Board or the Board may appoint a hearing examiner and authorize

that person to perform on behalf of the Board any of the following

functions required of the Board by this section concerning [work

permits:] the registration or renewal of registration of gaming

employees:

(a) Conducting a hearing and taking testimony;

(b) Reviewing the testimony and evidence presented at the

hearing;

testimony and evidence or rendering a decision on behalf of the

Board to sustain or reverse the [denial of a work permit]

suspension

of or the objection to the [issuance or renewal of a work permit;]

registration of an applicant as a gaming employee; and

(d) Notifying the applicant of the decision.

16. Notice by the Board as provided pursuant to this section is

sufficient if it is mailed to the applicant’s last known address as

indicated on the application for [a work permit,] registration as a

gaming employee or the record of the hearing, as the case may be.

The date of mailing may be proven by a certificate signed by an

officer or employee of the Board which specifies the time the notice

was mailed. The notice shall be deemed to have been received by

the applicant 5 days after it is deposited with the United States

Postal Service with the postage thereon prepaid.

17. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all

records acquired or compiled by the Board or Commission

relating to any application made pursuant to this section, all lists

of persons registered as gaming employees, all lists of persons

suspended or objected to by the Board and all records of the

names or identity of persons engaged in the gaming industry in

this state are confidential and must not be disclosed except in the

proper administration of this chapter or to an authorized law

enforcement agency. Upon receipt of a request from the Welfare

Division of the Department of Human Resources pursuant to

NRS 425.400 for information relating to a specific person who

has applied for registration as a gaming employee or is registered

as a gaming employee, the Board shall disclose to the Division his

social security number, residential address and current employer

as that information is listed in the files and records of the Board.

Any record of the Board or Commission which shows that the

applicant has been convicted of a crime in another state must

show whether the crime was a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor,

felony or other class of crime as classified by the state in which

the crime was committed. In a disclosure of the conviction,

reference to the classification of the crime must be based on the

classification in the state where it was committed.

Sec. 10. NRS 463.3351 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.3351 1. An applicant for [the issuance] registration or

renewal of [a work permit] registration as a gaming employee [or

independent agent] shall submit to the [agency issuing work

permits pursuant to NRS 463.335] Board the statement prescribed

by the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources

pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and

signed by the applicant.

2. The [issuing agency] Board shall include the statement

required pursuant to subsection 1 in:

(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted

for [the issuance] registration or renewal of [the work permit;]

registration as a gaming employee; or

(b) A separate form prescribed by the [issuing agency.

3. A work permit] Board.

3. An applicant may not be [issued or renewed by the issuing

agency] registered as a gaming employee if the applicant:

(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection

1; or

(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection

1 that he is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is

not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district

attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the

repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.

4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant

to subsection 1 that he is subject to a court order for the support of a

child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by

the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for

the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the

[issuing agency] Board shall advise the applicant to contact the

district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to

determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the

arrearage.

Sec. 11. NRS 463.3352 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.3352 1. If [an agency that issues work permits pursuant

to NRS 463.335] the Board receives a copy of a court order issued

pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all

professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and

permitsissued to a person who is [the holder of a work permit]

registered as a gaming employee [or independent agent issued by

the agency, the agency] , the Board shall deem the [work permit

issued to] registration of that person to be suspended at the end of

the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued

unless the [agency] Board receives a letter issued to the [holder of

the work permit] registered gaming employee by the district

attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating

that the [holder of the work permit] registered gaming employee

has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the

arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.

2. [An agency that issues work permits pursuant to NRS

463.335] The Board shall reinstate [a work permit] the registration

as a gaming employee of a person that has been suspended by a

district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the [agency] Board

receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public

agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose [work

permit] registration was suspended stating that the person whose

[work

permit] registration was suspended has complied with the subpoena

or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.

Sec. 12. NRS 463.3354 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.3354 An application for [the issuance of a work permit]

registration or renewal of registration as a gaming employee [or

independent agent] must include the social security number of the

applicant.

Sec. 13. NRS 463.336 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.336 1. The Commission may issue an order summarily

suspending a person’s [work permit] registration as a gaming

employee upon a finding that the suspension is necessary for the

immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, morals,

good order or general welfare. The order becomes effective when

served upon the [holder of the permit.] person registered.

2. The order of summary suspension must state the facts upon

which the finding of necessity for the suspension is based. For

purposes of this section, the order of summary suspension shall be

deemed a complaint.

3. An order of summary suspension must be signed by at least

three members of the Commission.

4. The person whose [work permit] registration as a gaming

employee is summarily suspended:

(a) Has a right to a hearing on the order. The Commission shall

schedule a hearing within 5 days after receipt of the person’s notice

of defense.

(b) Must file a notice of defense within 30 days after the

effective date of the order of summary suspension. Failure to file

this notice in a timely manner waives his right to a hearing before

the Commission and to judicial review of the final decision.

5. All affirmative defenses must be specifically stated in the

notice of defense and unless an objection is stated to the form or

manner of the order, all objections to the form of the complaint

shall be deemed waived.

6. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the procedures

for a disciplinary action in NRS 463.312 to 463.3145, inclusive,

must be followed.

Sec. 14. NRS 463.337 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.337 1. If any gaming employee or independent agent ,

who is registered as a gaming employee with the Board, is

convicted of any violation of this chapter or chapter 463B, 464 or

465 of NRS, or if in investigating an alleged violation of this

chapter by any licensee the Commission finds that a registered

gaming employee employed by or [an] a registered independent

agent contracting with the licensee has been guilty of cheating, the

Commission shall , after a hearing as provided in NRS 463.310 and

463.312 to 463.3145, inclusive[:

(a) If the gaming employee or independent agent holds a work

permit issued by the Board, revoke it.

(b) If the gaming employee or independent agent holds a work

permit issued by a county or city licensing authority, notify the

authority to revoke it, and the county or city licensing authority

shall revoke it.] , revoke the registration.

2. The Commission may revoke [a work permit issued by the

Board or, if issued by a county or city licensing authority, notify the

authority to revoke it,] the registration of a gaming employee or

independent agent if the Commission finds , after a hearing as

provided in NRS 463.310 and 463.312 to 463.3145, inclusive, that

the gaming employee or independent agent has failed to disclose,

misstated or otherwise misled the Board in respect to any fact

contained within any application for [a work permit] registration as

a gaming employee or, subsequent to being [issued a work permit:]

registered as a gaming employee:

(a) Committed, attempted or conspired to do any of the acts

prohibited by this chapter or chapter 463B, 464 or 465 of NRS;

(b) Knowingly possessed or permitted to remain in or upon any

licensed premises any cards, dice, mechanical device or any other

cheating device whatever, the use of which is prohibited by statute

or ordinance;

investigation by the Board;

(d) Committed, attempted or conspired to commit larceny or

embezzlement against a gaming licensee or upon the premises of a

licensed gaming establishment;

(e) Been convicted in any jurisdiction other than Nevada of any

offense involving or relating to gambling;

(f) Accepted employment without prior Commission approval in

a position for which he could be required to be licensed under this

chapter after having been denied a license for a reason involving

personal unsuitability or after failing to apply for licensing when

requested to do so by the Commission;

(g) Been refused the issuance of any license, permit or approval

to engage in or be involved with gaming or pari-mutuel wagering in

any jurisdiction other than Nevada, or had any such license, permit

or approval revoked or suspended;

(h) Been prohibited under color of governmental authority from

being present upon the premises of any gaming establishment or

any establishment where pari-mutuel wagering is conducted for any

reason relating to improper gambling activities or any illegal act;

(i) Contumaciously defied any legislative investigative

committee or other officially constituted bodies acting on behalf of

the United States or any state, county or municipality which seeks

investigate crimes relating to gaming, corruption of public officials,

or any organized criminal activities; or

(j) Been convicted of any felony or gross misdemeanor, other

than one constituting a violation of this chapter or chapter 463B,

464 or 465 of NRS.

3. [A work permit must not be issued by any authority in this

state to a person whose work permit has previously been revoked

pursuant to this section, or to whom the issuance or renewal of a

work permit has been denied, except with the unanimous approval

of the Commission members.

4.] A gaming employee or independent agent whose [work

permit] registration as a gaming employee has been revoked

pursuant to this section is entitled to judicial review of the

Commission’s action in the manner prescribed by NRS 463.315 to

463.318, inclusive.

[5.] 4. Nothing in this section limits or prohibits the

enforcement of NRS 463.165, 463.560, 463.595, 463.637 or

463.645.

Sec. 15. NRS 463.339 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.339 An applicant for licensing, registration, finding of

suitability[, work permit] or any approval or consent required by

this chapter or chapter 462 of NRS shall make full and true

disclosure of all information to the Board, Commission or other

relevant governmental authority as necessary or appropriate in the

public interest or as required in order to carry out the policies of

this state relating to licensing and control of the gaming industry

and the operation of charitable lotteries.

Sec. 16. NRS 463.3403 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.3403 Any information obtained by the Board from any

licensee, his employer or agent relating to the termination of the

employment of a gaming employee or the services of an

independent agent is confidential and must not be disclosed except:

1. Such information obtained from the former employer of an

applicant for [a work permit] registration as a gaming employee

must be disclosed to the applicant to the extent necessary to permit

him to respond to any suspension or objection made by the Board

to his application for [the permit;] such registration;

2. In the necessary administration of this chapter; or

3. Upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Sec. 17. NRS 463.482 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.482 As used in NRS 463.160 to 463.170, inclusive,

463.368, 463.386, 463.482 to 463.645, inclusive, and sections 4, 5

and 6 of this act, and 463.750, unless the context otherwise

requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 463.4825 to 463.488,

inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 18. NRS 463.510 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.510 1. The purported sale, assignment, transfer, pledge ,

exercise of an option to purchase or other disposition of any

security issued by a corporation, other than a publicly traded

corporation, which holds a state gaming license [or granting of an

option to purchase such a security] is void unless approved in

advance by the Commission.

2. If at any time the Commission finds that an individual owner

of any such security is unsuitable to continue as a gaming licensee

in this state, the owner shall immediately offer the security to the

issuing corporation for purchase. The corporation shall purchase the

security so offered, for cash at fair market value, within 10 days

after the date of the offer.

3. Beginning upon the date when the Commission serves notice

of a determination of unsuitability pursuant to subsection 2 upon

the corporation, it is unlawful for the unsuitable owner:

(a) To receive any dividend or interest upon any such security;

(b) To exercise, directly or through any trustee or nominee, any

voting right conferred by such security; or

corporation, for services rendered or otherwise.

4. Every security issued by a corporation, other than a publicly

traded corporation, which holds a state gaming license must bear a

statement, on both sides of the certificate evidencing the security, of

the restrictions imposed by this section.

Sec. 19. NRS 463.567 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.567 1. The purported sale, assignment, transfer, pledge,

[granting] exercise of an option to purchase, or other disposition of

any interest in a limited partnership which holds a state gaming

license is ineffective unless approved in advance by the

Commission.

2. If at any time the Commission finds that an individual owner

of any such interest is unsuitable to hold that interest, the

Commission shall immediately notify the limited partnership of that

fact. The limited partnership shall, within 10 days from the date that

it receives the notice from the Commission, return to the unsuitable

owner, in cash, the amount of his capital account as reflected on the

books of the partnership.

3. Beginning on the date when the Commission serves notice

of a determination of unsuitability pursuant to subsection 2 upon

the limited partnership, it is unlawful for the unsuitable owner:

(a) To receive any share of the profits or interest upon any

limited partnership interest;

(b) To exercise, directly or through any trustee or nominee, any

voting right conferred by such interest; or

partnership, for services rendered or otherwise.

4. The certificate of limited partnership of any limited

partnership holding a state gaming license must contain a statement

of the restrictions imposed by this section.

Sec. 20. NRS 463.5733 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.5733 1. The purported sale, assignment, transfer, pledge,

[granting] exercise of an option to purchase or other disposition of

any interest in a limited-liability company which holds a state

gaming license is ineffective unless approved in advance by the

Commission.

2. If at any time the Commission finds that a member is

unsuitable to hold an interest in a limited-liability company, the

Commission shall immediately notify the limited-liability company

of that fact. The limited-liability company shall, within 10 days

after it receives the notice from the Commission, return to the

member, in cash, the amount of his capital account as reflected on

the books of the company.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, beginning on

the date when the Commission serves notice of a determination of

unsuitability pursuant to subsection 2 upon the limited-liability

company, it is unlawful for the unsuitable member:

(a) To receive any share of the distribution of profits of the

limited-liability company or any payments upon dissolution of the

company;

(b) To exercise any voting right conferred by the member’s

interest in the limited-liability company;

company; or

(d) To receive any remuneration in any form from the limited

-liability company, for services rendered or otherwise.

4. The articles of organization of any limited-liability company

holding a state gaming license must contain a statement of the

restrictions imposed by this section.

Sec. 21. NRS 463.650 is hereby amended to read as follows:

463.650 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 to

5, inclusive, it is unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee or

employee, whether for hire or not, to operate, carry on, conduct or

maintain any form of manufacture, selling or distribution of any

gaming device, cashless wagering system or interactive gaming

system for use or play in Nevada or for distribution outside of

Nevada without first procuring and maintaining all required federal,

state, county and municipal licenses.

2. A lessor who specifically acquires equipment for a capital

lease is not required to be licensed under this section or

NRS 463.660.

3. The holder of a state gaming license or the holding company

of a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited-liability

company or other business organization holding a license may,

within 2 years after cessation of business or upon specific approval

by the Board, dispose of by sale in a manner approved by the

Board, any or all of its gaming devices, including slot machines,

and cashless wagering systems, without a distributor’s license. In

cases of bankruptcy of a state gaming licensee or foreclosure of a

lien by a bank or other person holding a security interest for which

gaming devices are security in whole or in part for the lien, the

Board may authorize the disposition of the gaming devices without

requiring a distributor’s license.

4. The Commission may, by regulation, authorize a person who

owns [gaming] :

(a) Gaming devices for home use in accordance with NRS

463.160 ; or

(b) Antique gaming devices,

to sell such devices without procuring a license therefor[.] to

residents of jurisdictions wherein ownership of such devices is

legal.

5. Upon approval by the Board, a gaming device owned by:

(a) A law enforcement agency;

(b) A court of law; or

on Postsecondary Education,

may be disposed of by sale, in a manner approved by the Board,

without a distributor’s license. An application for approval must be

submitted to the Board in the manner prescribed by the Chairman.

6. Any person whom the Commission determines is a suitable

person to receive a license under the provisions of this section and

NRS 463.660 may be issued a manufacturer’s or distributor’s

license. The burden of proving his qualification to receive or hold a

license under this section and NRS 463.660 is at all times on the

applicant or licensee.

7. Every person who must be licensed pursuant to this section

is subject to the provisions of NRS 463.482 to 463.645, inclusive,

unless exempted from those provisions by the Commission.

8. The Commission may exempt, for any purpose, a

manufacturer, seller or distributor from the provisions of NRS

463.482 to 463.645, inclusive, if the Commission determines that

the exemption is consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

9. As used in this section[, “holding] :

(a) “Antique gaming device” means a gaming device that was

manufactured before 1951.

(b) “Holding company” has the meaning ascribed to it in

NRS 463.485.

Sec. 22. NRS 171.1235 is hereby amended to read as follows:

171.1235 1. As used in this section:

(a) “Establishment” means any premises whereon any gaming is

done or any premises owned or controlled by a licensee for the

purpose of parking motor vehicles owned or operated by patrons of

such licensee.

(b) “Licensee” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0171.

2. Any licensee or his officers, employees or agents may take

into custody and detain any person when [:

(a) Such person has committed a felony, whether or not in the

presence of such licensee or his officers, employees or agents; or

(b) A felony has been committed, and] such licensee [,] or his

officers, employees or agents have reasonable cause to believe

[such] the person detained has committed [it.] a felony, whether or

not in the presence of such licensee or his officers, employees or

agents.

3. Detention pursuant to this section shall be in the

establishment, in a reasonable manner, for a reasonable length of

time and solely for the purpose of notifying a peace officer. Such

taking into custody and detention shall not render the licensee or his

officers, employees or agents criminally or civilly liable for false

arrest, false imprisonment, slander or unlawful detention unless

such taking into custody and detention are unreasonable under all

the circumstances.

4. No licensee [,] or his officers, employees or agents are

entitled to the immunity from liability provided for in this section

unless there is displayed in a conspicuous place in his establishment

a notice in boldface type clearly legible and in substantially this

form:

Any gaming licensee [,] or his officers, employees or

agents who have reasonable cause to believe that any person

has committed a felony may detain such person in the

establishment for the purpose of notifying a peace officer.

Sec. 23. NRS 179.301 is hereby amended to read as follows:

179.301 1. The State Gaming Control Board and Nevada

Gaming Commission and their employees, agents and

representatives may inquire into and inspect any records sealed

pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255, if the event or conviction was

related to gaming, for purposes of determining the suitability or

qualifications of any person to hold a state gaming license,

manufacturer’s, seller’s or distributor’s license or [gaming work

permit] registration as a gaming employee pursuant to chapter 463

of NRS. Events and convictions, if any, which are the subject of an

order sealing records may form the basis for recommendation,

denial or revocation of those licenses or work permits.

2. The Central Repository and its employees may inquire into

and inspect any records sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255

that constitute information relating to sexual offenses, and may

notify employers of the information in accordance with NRS

179A.180 to 179A.240, inclusive.

3. Records which have been sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245

or 179.255 and which are retained in the statewide registry

established pursuant to NRS 179B.200 may be inspected pursuant

to chapter 179B of NRS by an officer or employee of the Central

Repository or a law enforcement officer in the regular course of his

duties.

Sec. 24. NRS 646.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

646.020 1. Every pawnbroker doing business in any

incorporated city or unincorporated town in this state shall maintain

in his place of business a book or other permanent record in which

must be legibly written in the English language, at the time of each

loan or purchase a record thereof containing:

(a) The date and time of the transaction.

(b) The name or other identification of the person or employee

conducting the transaction.

of one piece of positive identification [or a work permit issued

pursuant to NRS 463.335] and a general description of the

complexion, color of hair and facial appearance of the person with

whom the transaction is had. In lieu of recording the serial number

of a piece of positive identification , [or a work permit,] the record

may contain an indication that the pawnbroker knows the person

with whom the transaction is had.

(d) A description of the property received in pledge. In the case

of watches, the description must contain the name of the maker and

the number of the works or the case. In the case of jewelry, all

letters and marks inscribed thereon must be included in the

description.

(e) The amount loaned.

(f) The number of any pawn ticket issued therefor.

2. The person with whom a transaction is had shall, at the time

of the transaction, certify in writing that he has the legal right to

pledge or sell the property.

3. The record and all goods received must at all times during

the ordinary hours of business be open to the inspection of the

prosecuting attorney or of any peace officer.

Sec. 25. NRS 244.353, 463.0195, and 463.0197 are hereby

repealed.

Sec. 26. Notwithstanding the amendatory provisions of this

act, a person who holds a valid work permit on October 1, 2003,

issued before October 1, 2003, shall be deemed to be registered as a

gaming employee on October 1, 2003, and the registration of such a

person shall be deemed to expire on the expiration date set forth on

the work permit, unless objected to by the Board or suspended or

revoked. If the work permit of such a person does not set forth an

expiration date, the registration of such a person shall be deemed to

expire on the person’s birthday in 2005, unless objected to by the

Board or suspended or revoked.

Sec. 27. 1. This section and section 21 of this act become

effective upon passage and approval.

2. Section 9 of this act becomes effective upon passage and

approval for purposes related to the adoption and dissemination of

regulations by the Nevada Gaming Commission and on January 1,

2004, for all other purposes.

3. Sections 1, 4, 5, 6 and 17 to 20, inclusive, of this act become

effective on July 1, 2003.

4. Sections 8 and 22 of this act become effective on October 1,

2003.

5. Sections 2, 3, 7, 10 to 16, inclusive, and 23 to 26, inclusive,

of this act become effective on January 1, 2004.

6. Sections 10, 11 and 12 of this act expire by limitation on the

date on which the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 666 requiring each

state to establish procedure under which the state has authority to

withhold or suspend, or to restrict the use of professional,

occupational and recreational licenses of persons who:

(a) Have failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to

a procedure to determine the paternity of a child or to establish or

enforce an obligation for the support of a child; or

(b) Are in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more

children,

are repealed by the Congress of the United States.

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