(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 3, 2003)

 

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 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 and 3 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.  The Board shall:

1-9  1.  Compile the information concerning gross revenue

1-10  reported by licensees pursuant to NRS 463.370; and

1-11      2.  Immediately make available to the public a summary of the

1-12  compiled information.

1-13      Sec.  4.  NRS 463.013 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-14      463.013  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

1-15  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 463.0133 to

1-16  463.0197, inclusive, and section 2 of this act have the meanings

1-17  ascribed to them in those sections.

2-1  Sec.  5.  NRS 463.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

2-3  NRS 463.172, it is unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee

2-4  or employee, whether for hire or not, either solely or in conjunction

2-5  with others:

2-6  (a) To deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for

2-7  play in the State of Nevada any gambling game, gaming device,

2-8  inter-casino linked system, slot machine, race book or sports pool;

2-9  (b) To provide or maintain any information service;

2-10      (c) To operate [an international] a gaming salon; or

2-11      (d) To receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation or

2-12  reward or any percentage or share of the money or property played,

2-13  for keeping, running or carrying on any gambling game, slot

2-14  machine, gaming device, race book or sports pool,

2-15  without having first procured, and thereafter maintaining in effect,

2-16  all federal, state, county and municipal gaming licenses as required

2-17  by statute, regulation or ordinance or by the governing board of any

2-18  unincorporated town.

2-19      2.  The licensure of an operator of an inter-casino linked system

2-20  is not required if:

2-21      (a) A gaming licensee is operating an inter-casino linked system

2-22  on the premises of an affiliated licensee; or

2-23      (b) An operator of a slot machine route is operating an

2-24  inter-casino linked system consisting of slot machines only.

2-25      3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, it is unlawful

2-26  for any person knowingly to permit any gambling game, slot

2-27  machine, gaming device, inter-casino linked system, race book or

2-28  sports pool to be conducted, operated, dealt or carried on in any

2-29  house or building or other premises owned by him, in whole or in

2-30  part, by a person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter, or his

2-31  employee.

2-32      4.  The Commission may, by regulation, authorize a person to

2-33  own or lease gaming devices for the limited purpose of display or

2-34  use in the person’s private residence without procuring a state

2-35  gaming license.

2-36      5.  As used in this section, “affiliated licensee” has the meaning

2-37  ascribed to it in NRS 463.430.

2-38      Sec.  6.  NRS 463.4071 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-39      463.4071  1.  A licensee may apply to the Board, on forms

2-40  prescribed by the Board, for a license to operate [an international] a

2-41  gaming salon.

2-42      2.  A nonrefundable application fee in the amount of $5,000

2-43  must accompany the application for a license to operate [an

2-44  international] a gaming salon.

3-1  3.  An applicant must pay the costs incurred by the Board for

3-2  investigation of an application.

3-3  Sec.  7.  NRS 463.4073 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-4  463.4073  The Commission shall, with the advice and

3-5  assistance of the Board, adopt regulations setting forth:

3-6  1.  The policies and procedures for approval of a license to

3-7  operate [an international] a gaming salon.

3-8  2.  The standards of operation for [an international] a gaming

3-9  salon, including, without limitation, policies and procedures

3-10  governing:

3-11      (a) Surveillance and security systems.

3-12      (b) The games offered. The regulations must provide that the

3-13  games offered must include table games and may include slot

3-14  machines.

3-15      (c) Minimum wagers for any game offered. The regulations

3-16  must provide that minimum wagers for slot machines must not be

3-17  less than $500.

3-18      Sec.  8.  NRS 463.4076 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-19      463.4076  1.  The admission of a patron to [an international] a

3-20  gaming salon:

3-21      (a) May be restricted on the basis of the financial criteria of the

3-22  patron as established by the licensee and approved by the Board;

3-23  and

3-24      (b) Must not be restricted on the basis of the race, color,

3-25  religion, national origin, ancestry, physical disability or sex of the

3-26  patron.

3-27      2.  Any unresolved dispute with a patron concerning restriction

3-28  of admission to [an international] a gaming salon shall be deemed a

3-29  dispute as to the manner in which a game is conducted pursuant to

3-30  NRS 463.362 and must be resolved pursuant to NRS 463.362 to

3-31  463.366, inclusive.

3-32      Sec.  9.  NRS 463.01646 is hereby repealed.

 

3-33  TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

 

3-34      463.01646  “International gaming salon” defined. 

3-35  “International gaming salon” means an enclosed gaming facility

3-36  which is located anywhere on the property of a resort hotel that

3-37  holds a nonrestricted license, admission to which facility is based

3-38  upon the financial criteria of a patron as established by the licensee

3-39  and approved by the Board.

 

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