Senate Bill No. 266–Committee on Judiciary

 

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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:

 

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

thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

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

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

holds a nonrestricted license, admission to which facility is based

upon the financial criteria of a patron as established by the

licensee and approved by the Board.

    Sec. 3.  The Board shall:

    1.  Compile the information concerning gross revenue

reported by licensees pursuant to NRS 463.370; and

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

compiled information.

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

    463.013  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 463.0133 to

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

ascribed to them in those sections.

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

    463.160  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and

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

or employee, whether for hire or not, either solely or in conjunction

with others:

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

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

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

    (b) To provide or maintain any information service;

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

    (d) To receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation or

reward or any percentage or share of the money or property played,

for keeping, running or carrying on any gambling game, slot

machine, gaming device, race book or sports pool,

without having first procured, and thereafter maintaining in effect,

all federal, state, county and municipal gaming licenses as required

by statute, regulation or ordinance or by the governing board of any

unincorporated town.

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

is not required if:

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

on the premises of an affiliated licensee; or

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

casino linked system consisting of slot machines only.

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

for any person knowingly to permit any gambling game, slot

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

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

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

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

employee.

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

own or lease gaming devices for the limited purpose of display or

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

gaming license.

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

ascribed to it in NRS 463.430.

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

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

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

gaming salon.

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

must accompany the application for a license to operate [an

international] a gaming salon.

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

investigation of an application.

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

    463.4073  The Commission shall, with the advice and

assistance of the Board, adopt regulations setting forth:

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

operate [an international] a gaming salon.

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

salon, including, without limitation, policies and procedures

governing:

    (a) Surveillance and security systems.

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

games offered must include table games and may include slot

machines.

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

must provide that minimum wagers for slot machines must not be

less than $500.

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

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

gaming salon:

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

patron as established by the licensee and approved by the Board;

and

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

religion, national origin, ancestry, physical disability or sex of the

patron.

    2.  Any unresolved dispute with a patron concerning restriction

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

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

NRS 463.362 and must be resolved pursuant to NRS 463.362 to

463.366, inclusive.

    Sec. 9.  NRS 463.01646 is hereby repealed.

 

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