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Section 1. NRS 463.335 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 463.335 1. The legislature finds that, to protect and promote the

must have clearly imprinted thereon a statement that it is valid for gaming

purposes only.

1. work permit, the county or city officer or employee to whom the

1. application is made shall within 24 hours mail or deliver a copy thereof to

1. the board, and may at the discretion of the county or city licensing authority

1. issue a temporary work permit. If within 90 days after receipt by the board

1. of the copy of the application, the board has not notified the county or city

1. licensing authority of any objection, the authority may issue, renew or deny

1. a work permit to the applicant. A gaming employee who is issued a work

1. permit must obtain renewal of the permit from the issuing agency within 10

1. days following any change of his place of employment. An independent

1. agent who is issued a work permit must obtain renewal of the permit from

1. the issuing agency within 10 days after executing an agreement to serve as

1. an independent agent within the jurisdiction of the issuing agency.

1. (a) The county or city licensing authority; and

1. (b) The applicant,

1. that the board objects to the granting of a work permit to the applicant, the

1. authority shall deny the work permit and shall immediately revoke and

1. repossess any temporary work permit which it may have issued. The notice

1. of objection by the board which is sent to the applicant must include a

1. statement of the facts upon which the board relied in making its objection.

1. the board, and may be granted or denied for any cause deemed reasonable

1. by the board. Whenever the board denies such an application, it shall

1. include in its notice of the denial a statement of the facts upon which it

1. denied because of an objection by the board or whose application has been

1. denied by the board may, not later than 60 days after receiving notice of the

1. denial or objection, apply to the board for a hearing. A failure of a person

1. whose application has been denied to apply for a hearing within 60 days or

1. his failure to appear at a hearing of the board conducted pursuant to this

1. section shall be deemed to be an admission that the denial or objection is

1. well founded, and the failure precludes administrative or judicial review. At

1. the hearing, the board shall take any testimony deemed necessary. After the

1. hearing the board shall review the testimony taken and any other evidence,

1. and shall within 45 days after the date of the hearing mail to the applicant

1. its decision sustaining or reversing the denial of the work permit or the

1. refuse to issue a work permit for any cause deemed reasonable by the

1. board. The board may object or refuse if the applicant has:

1. (a) Failed to disclose or misstated information or otherwise attempted to

1. mislead the board with respect to any material fact contained in the

1. application for the issuance or renewal of a work permit;

1. (b) Knowingly failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter or

1. chapter 463B, 464 or 465 of NRS or the regulations of the commission at a

1. place of previous employment;

1. (c) Committed, attempted or conspired to commit any crime of moral

1. turpitude, embezzlement or larceny or any violation of any law pertaining

1. to gaming, or any crime which is inimical to the declared policy of this state

1. concerning gaming;

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

1. felony or gross misdemeanor in this state or an offense in another state or

1. jurisdiction which would be a felony or gross misdemeanor if committed in

1. this state;

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

1. legislative or executive body as being a member or associate of organized

1. crime, or as being of notorious and unsavory reputation;

1. (f) Been placed and remains in the constructive custody of any federal,

1. state or municipal law enforcement authority; or

1. (g) Had a work permit revoked or committed any act which is a ground

1. for the revocation of a work permit or would have been a ground for

1. revoking his work permit if he had then held a work permit.

1. If the board issues or does not object to the issuance of a work permit to an

1. applicant who has been convicted of a crime which is a felony, gross

1. misdemeanor or misdemeanor, it may specially limit the period for which

1. the permit is valid, limit the job classifications for which the holder of the

1. permit may be employed and establish such individual conditions for the

1. issuance, renewal and effectiveness of the permit as the board deems

1. appropriate, including required submission to unscheduled tests for the

1. presence of alcohol or controlled substances.

1. within 15 days after the announcement of the decision, apply in writing to

1. the commission for review of the decision. Review is limited to the record

1. of the proceedings before the board. The commission may sustain, modify

1. or reverse the board’s decision. The decision of the commission is subject

1. to judicial review pursuant to NRS 463.315 to 463.318, inclusive.

1. acquired or compiled by the board or commission relating to any

1. application made pursuant to this section and all lists of persons to whom

1. work permits have been issued or denied and all records of the names or

1. identity of persons engaged in the gaming industry in this state are

1. confidential and must not be disclosed except in the proper administration

1. of this chapter or to an authorized law enforcement agency. Upon receipt of
2. a request from the welfare division of the department of human resources

1. pursuant to NRS 425.400 for information relating to a specific person who

1. has applied for or holds a work permit, the board shall disclose to the

1. division his social security number, residential address and current

1. employer as that information is listed in the files and records of the board.

1. Any record of the board or commission which shows that the applicant has

1. been convicted of a crime in another state must show whether the crime

1. was a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, felony or other class of crime as

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

1. the conviction, reference to the classification of the crime must be based on

1. the classification in the state where it was committed.

1. employee or does not serve as an independent agent within the jurisdiction

1. of the issuing authority for more than 90 days.

1. board or the board may appoint a hearing examiner and authorize that

1. person to perform on behalf of the board any of the following functions

1. required of the board by this section concerning work permits:

1. (a) Conducting a hearing and taking testimony;

1. (b) Reviewing the testimony and evidence presented at the hearing;

1. (c) Making a recommendation to the board based upon the testimony

1. and evidence or rendering a decision on behalf of the board to sustain or

1. reverse the denial of a work permit or the objection to the issuance or

1. renewal of a work permit; and

1. (d) Notifying the applicant of the decision.

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

1. on the application for a work permit, or the record of the hearing, as the

1. case may be. The date of mailing may be proven by a certificate signed by

1. an officer or employee of the board which specifies the time the notice was

1. mailed. The notice shall be deemed to have been received by the applicant

1. 5 days after it is deposited with the United States Postal Service with the

1. postage thereon prepaid.

Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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