SUMMARY--Authorizes discretionary investigations of certain persons associated with gaming licensees and expands classification of persons prohibited from being associated with gaming licensees. (BDR 41-486)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to gaming; authorizing the discretionary investigation of certain persons associated with a gaming licensee; expanding the classification of persons prohibited from being associated with a gaming licensee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 Chapter 463 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. The board may investigate a person who is associated with a licensee who is, or proposes to be, involved with foreign gaming.
2. The licensee and the person associated with the licensee shall provide to the board in writing, under oath, such information and supporting data that pertains to:
(a) The licensee;
(b) The person associated with the licensee; and
(c) The foreign gaming operation,
as the board and the commission require.
3. Upon completion of the investigation, the board may present the investigative results to the commission and the commission shall determine whether the association is appropriate for the licensee pursuant to NRS 463.720. The burden of proof that the association is appropriate is on the licensee.
4. If the commission determines that the association is inappropriate, the licensee shall terminate all relations with the person. Association with the person beyond the time prescribed by the commission shall be considered an unsuitable method of operation.
Sec. 2. NRS 463.680 is hereby amended to read as follows:
463.680 For the purposes of NRS 463.700 to 463.720, inclusive [:] , and section 1 of this act:
1. "Foreign gaming" means the conduct of gaming outside this state.
2. "Licensee" means a person who:
(a) Is licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to NRS 463.160, 463.162, 463.167 or 463.650;
(b) Is or is required to be licensed, registered or found suitable pursuant to NRS 463.482 to 463.645, inclusive; or
(c) Directly or through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a person described in paragraph (a) or (b).
Sec. 3. NRS 463.720 is hereby amended to read as follows:
463.720 A licensee shall not, in a foreign operation, knowingly:
1. Violate any foreign, federal, tribal, state, county, city or township law, regulation, ordinance or rule, or any equivalent thereof, concerning the conduct of gaming;
2. Fail to conduct the operation in accordance with the standards of honesty and integrity required for gaming in this state;
3. Engage in any activity that:
(a) Poses any unreasonable threat to the control of gaming in this state;
(b) Reflects or tends to reflect discredit or disrepute upon this state or gaming in this state; or
(c) Is contrary to the public policy of this state concerning gaming;
4. Engage in any activity that interferes with the ability of this state to collect all license fees imposed by this chapter; or
5. Employ , [or] contract with or associate with any person whom the commission , or any other governmental body charged with oversight of gaming, or any court [in this state] has found guilty of cheating or to whom the commission , or any other governmental body charged with oversight of gaming, has denied a gaming license, or finding of suitability, on the ground of unsuitability.