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1-1 Section 1. Chapter 235 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

1-2 the provisions set forth as sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act.

1-3 Sec. 2. 1. The administrator of the division of museums and

1-4 history of the department of museums, library and arts, after consulting

1-5 with the executive director of the commission on tourism and the

1-6 administrator of the division of minerals of the department of business

1-7 and industry, shall contract with a person to mint gaming tokens of the

1-8 State of Nevada on Press No. 1 of the Carson City Mint.

1-9 2. The administrator of the division of museums and history may

1-10 cause the dies for the tokens to be made by contracting with an engraver

1-11 directly or may include the making of the dies in the contract for the

1-12 minting of the tokens, but the dies used to produce the tokens must

1-13 become and remain property of the State of Nevada.

1-14 3. Each token must contain 1 ounce of fine silver. The tokens must

1-15 be minted from silver refined from ore mined in Nevada if available at

2-1 the current United States market price. If it is not so available, ore newly

2-2 mined in the United States may be used. The amount of fine silver used

2-3 must be clearly indicated on each token.

2-4 Sec. 3. 1. Each token minted pursuant to section 2 of this act must

2-5 bear on its obverse The Great Seal of the State of Nevada and on its

2-6 reverse, in an appropriate design selected pursuant to subsection 2:

2-7 (a) The phrase "State of Nevada Gaming Token";

2-8 (b) A designation of the $25 face value of the token;

2-9 (c) The Carson City Mint Mark;

2-10 (d) If the token is numbered, the number of the order in which that

2-11 particular token was minted;

2-12 (e) The phrase "Contains 1 Ounce of Fine Silver"; and

2-13 (f) The year in which the token was minted.

2-14 2. A contest must be conducted to select each design. The artist must

2-15 be a resident of this state. The chief of the purchasing division of the

2-16 department of administration shall determine the rules for the contests,

2-17 including the number and the identity of the judges.

2-18 3. Not more than 500 numbered tokens may be minted in each

2-19 design. The artist whose design is selected to appear on a token is entitled

2-20 to receive the first token of his design that is minted, as his prize for

2-21 winning the contest.

2-22 4. The next 499 numbered tokens of each design that are minted

2-23 must be offered for sale by the administrator for $25 each through a

2-24 drawing that awards the numbered tokens randomly to not more than

2-25 499 persons who have paid for the tokens before the drawing is held.

2-26 5. The additional unnumbered tokens must be sold for $25 each by

2-27 the administrator in such a manner as the administrator deems

2-28 appropriate.

2-29 6. The proceeds of the sale of the tokens must be deposited in an

2-30 account in the state general fund and accounted for separately. Interest

2-31 and income earned on the money in the fund must be credited to the fund

2-32 and the balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year up to $300,000

2-33 does not revert to the state general fund. The money in the account must

2-34 be used to pay the costs of making and selling additional tokens.

2-35 Sec. 4. 1. It is unlawful to counterfeit, forge or utter a gaming

2-36 token minted pursuant to sections 2 and 3 of this act.

2-37 2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a

2-38 category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

2-39 Sec. 5. Chapter 463 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

2-42 State of Nevada pursuant to sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act for all table

3-1 games for which chips are accepted and may accept the tokens for use in

3-2 other gambling games if practicable.

3-3 2. It is unlawful to accept a gaming token minted by the State of

3-4 Nevada pursuant to sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act at any value less than

3-5 its $25 face value.

3-6 3. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 2 is guilty of a

3-7 misdemeanor.

3-8 Sec. 6. NRS 465.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-9 465.080 1. It is unlawful for any licensee, employee or other person

3-43 products and materials that are intended for use or designed for use in

4-1 manufacturing, producing, fabricating, preparing, testing, analyzing,

4-2 packaging, storing or concealing a counterfeit facsimile of the chips,

4-3 tokens, debit instruments or other wagering instruments approved by the

4-4 state gaming control board or a lawful coin of the United States, the use of

4-5 which is unlawful pursuant to subsection 2. The term includes, but is not

4-6 limited to:

4-7 (a) Lead or lead alloys;

4-8 (b) Molds, forms or similar equipment capable of producing a likeness

4-9 of a gaming token , including gaming tokens minted by the State of

4-10 Nevada pursuant to sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act, or United States coin;

4-11 (c) Melting pots or other receptacles;

4-12 (d) Torches;

4-13 (e) Tongs, trimming tools or other similar equipment; and

4-14 (f) Equipment which can be reasonably demonstrated to manufacture

4-15 facsimiles of debit instruments or wagering instruments approved by the

4-16 state gaming control board.

4-17 6. Possession of more than one of the devices, equipment, products or

4-18 materials described in this section permits a rebuttable inference that the

4-19 possessor intended to use them for cheating.

4-20 Sec. 7. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

4-21 to the administrator of the division of museums and history of the

4-22 department of museums, library and arts to make and sell gaming tokens as

4-23 provided in sections 2 and 3 of this act, the sum of:

4-24 For fiscal year 1999-2000 $70,000

4-25 For fiscal year 2000-2001 $70,000

4-26 2. The money appropriated for fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001,

4-27 in this section is available for both fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001,

4-28 and may be transferred from one fiscal year to the other. Any balance of

4-29 the money appropriated by subsection 1 remaining on June 30, 2001, must

4-30 be carried forward and does not revert to the state general fund.

4-31 Sec. 8. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.