Senate Bill No. 266–Committee on Judiciary

 

March 12, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Revises various provisions pertaining to gaming. (BDR 41‑1280)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to gaming; revising the definition of an “international gaming salon”; requiring certain licensees to report certain information to the State Gaming Control Board; requiring the State Gaming Control Board to make available to the public certain information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

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

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

1-3  Sec. 2.  “Gaming salon” means an enclosed gaming facility

1-4  which is located anywhere on the property of a resort hotel that

1-5  holds a nonrestricted license, admission to which facility is based

1-6  upon the financial criteria of a patron as established by the

1-7  licensee and approved by the Board.

1-8  Sec. 3.  1.  A licensee operating a gaming salon shall for

1-9  each calendar month:

1-10      (a) Compile statistical information identifying the number of

1-11  patrons at the gaming salon and the amount of gross revenue

1-12  received during that month; and

1-13      (b) Submit the compiled information to the Board on or before

1-14  the 24th day of the following month.

1-15      2.  The Board shall:

2-1  (a) Create a summary of the compiled information provided by

2-2  licensees pursuant to subsection 1; and

2-3  (b) Immediately make available to the public the summary of

2-4  the compiled information.

2-5  3.  The summary of the compiled information pursuant to

2-6  subsection 2 must not identify:

2-7  (a) A specific licensee;

2-8  (b) A specific patron; or

2-9  (c) The gross revenue received by a specific licensee.

2-10      Sec. 4.  The Board shall:

2-11      1.  Compile the information concerning gross revenue

2-12  reported by licensees pursuant to NRS 463.370; and

2-13      2.  Immediately make available to the public a summary of the

2-14  compiled information.

2-15      Sec. 5.  NRS 463.013 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-16      463.013  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

2-17  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 463.0133 to

2-18  463.0197, inclusive, and section 2 of this act have the meanings

2-19  ascribed to them in those sections.

2-20      Sec. 6.  NRS 463.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-21      463.160  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and

2-22  NRS 463.172, it is unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee

2-23  or employee, whether for hire or not, either solely or in conjunction

2-24  with others:

2-25      (a) To deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for

2-26  play in the State of Nevada any gambling game, gaming device,

2-27  inter-casino linked system, slot machine, race book or sports pool;

2-28      (b) To provide or maintain any information service;

2-29      (c) To operate [an international] a gaming salon; or

2-30      (d) To receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation or

2-31  reward or any percentage or share of the money or property played,

2-32  for keeping, running or carrying on any gambling game, slot

2-33  machine, gaming device, race book or sports pool,

2-34  without having first procured, and thereafter maintaining in effect,

2-35  all federal, state, county and municipal gaming licenses as required

2-36  by statute, regulation or ordinance or by the governing board of any

2-37  unincorporated town.

2-38      2.  The licensure of an operator of an inter-casino linked system

2-39  is not required if:

2-40      (a) A gaming licensee is operating an inter-casino linked system

2-41  on the premises of an affiliated licensee; or

2-42      (b) An operator of a slot machine route is operating an

2-43  inter-casino linked system consisting of slot machines only.

2-44      3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, it is unlawful

2-45  for any person knowingly to permit any gambling game, slot

3-1  machine, gaming device, inter-casino linked system, race book or

3-2  sports pool to be conducted, operated, dealt or carried on in any

3-3  house or building or other premises owned by him, in whole or in

3-4  part, by a person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter, or his

3-5  employee.

3-6  4.  The Commission may, by regulation, authorize a person to

3-7  own or lease gaming devices for the limited purpose of display or

3-8  use in the person’s private residence without procuring a state

3-9  gaming license.

3-10      5.  As used in this section, “affiliated licensee” has the meaning

3-11  ascribed to it in NRS 463.430.

3-12      Sec. 7.  NRS 463.4071 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-13      463.4071  1.  A licensee may apply to the Board, on forms

3-14  prescribed by the Board, for a license to operate [an international] a

3-15  gaming salon.

3-16      2.  A nonrefundable application fee in the amount of $5,000

3-17  must accompany the application for a license to operate [an

3-18  international] a gaming salon.

3-19      3.  An applicant must pay the costs incurred by the Board for

3-20  investigation of an application.

3-21      Sec. 8.  NRS 463.4073 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-22      463.4073  The Commission shall, with the advice and

3-23  assistance of the Board, adopt regulations setting forth:

3-24      1.  The policies and procedures for approval of a license to

3-25  operate [an international] a gaming salon.

3-26      2.  The standards of operation for [an international] a gaming

3-27  salon, including, without limitation, policies and procedures

3-28  governing:

3-29      (a) Surveillance and security systems.

3-30      (b) The games offered. The regulations must provide that the

3-31  games offered must include table games and may include slot

3-32  machines.

3-33      (c) Minimum wagers for any game offered. The regulations

3-34  must provide that minimum wagers for slot machines must not be

3-35  less than $500.

3-36      Sec. 9.  NRS 463.4076 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-37      463.4076  1.  The admission of a patron to [an international] a

3-38  gaming salon:

3-39      (a) May be restricted on the basis of the financial criteria of the

3-40  patron as established by the licensee and approved by the Board;

3-41  and

3-42      (b) Must not be restricted on the basis of the race, color,

3-43  religion, national origin, ancestry, physical disability or sex of the

3-44  patron.

4-1  2.  Any unresolved dispute with a patron concerning restriction

4-2  of admission to [an international] a gaming salon shall be deemed a

4-3  dispute as to the manner in which a game is conducted pursuant to

4-4  NRS 463.362 and must be resolved pursuant to NRS 463.362 to

4-5  463.366, inclusive.

4-6  Sec. 10.  NRS 463.01646 is hereby repealed.

 

4-7  TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

 

4-8  463.01646  “International gaming salon” defined.

4-9   “International gaming salon” means an enclosed gaming facility

4-10   which is located anywhere on the property of a resort hotel that

4-11   holds a nonrestricted license, admission to which facility is based

4-12   upon the financial criteria of a patron as established by the licensee

4-13   and approved by the Board.

 

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