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| To enact sections 2915.25 and 3770.211 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to require criminal records checks of certain | 2 |
| persons involved in the operation of casino | 3 |
| facilities or video lottery terminals and to | 4 |
| prohibit any person convicted of a felony from | 5 |
| being involved in these operations. | 6 |
| Section 1. That sections 2915.25 and 3770.211 of the Revised | 7 |
| Code be enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 2915.25. (A) The casino control commission created | 9 |
| under Article XV, Section 6(C) of the Ohio Constitution shall | 10 |
| request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, | 11 |
| the department of public safety, or any other state, local, or | 12 |
| federal agency to supply the commission with the criminal records | 13 |
| of any applicant for a license to become any of the following: | 14 |
| (1) An operator of, or a management company retained by an | 15 |
| operator of, a casino facility; | 16 |
| (2) A manager or key employee employed in a casino facility; | 17 |
| (3) A gaming-related vendor providing goods or services to a | 18 |
| casino facility. | 19 |
| (B) The commission shall also request the bureau of criminal | 20 |
| identification and investigation, the department of public safety, | 21 |
| or any other state, local, or federal agency to supply the | 22 |
| commission with the criminal records of any person who directly or | 23 |
| indirectly owns five per cent or more of an operator or management | 24 |
| company that is described in division (A)(1) of this section and | 25 |
| that is an applicant for a license. | 26 |
| (C) The commission may periodically request the criminal | 27 |
| records of any licensee or other person described in division (B) | 28 |
| of this section. | 29 |
| (D) At or prior to making a request described in division | 30 |
| (A), (B), or (C) of this section, the commission shall require a | 31 |
| person listed in division (A) or (B) of this section to obtain | 32 |
| fingerprint impressions on fingerprint cards prescribed by the | 33 |
| superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 34 |
| investigation at a qualified law enforcement agency, and the | 35 |
| commission shall cause those fingerprint cards to be forwarded to | 36 |
| the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, to the | 37 |
| federal bureau of investigation, or to both bureaus. | 38 |
| (E) The commission may adopt uniform rules specifying time | 39 |
| periods after which an applicant described in division (A) of this | 40 |
| section may be issued a license. | 41 |
| (F)(1) The commission shall refuse to grant a license to, and | 42 |
| shall revoke the license of, an operator, a management company, a | 43 |
| manager or key employee, or a gaming-related vendor described in | 44 |
| division (A) of this section if the applicant or licensee has been | 45 |
| convicted of a felony. | 46 |
| (2) The commission shall refuse to grant a license to, and | 47 |
| shall revoke the license of, an operator or a management company | 48 |
| described in division (A)(1) of this section if a person who | 49 |
| directly or indirectly owns five per cent or more of the operator | 50 |
| or the management company has been convicted of a felony. | 51 |
| Sec. 3770.211. (A) The state lottery commission shall | 52 |
| request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, | 53 |
| the department of public safety, or any other state, local, or | 54 |
| federal agency to supply the commission with the criminal records | 55 |
| of any applicant for a license to become a video lottery terminal | 56 |
| agent pursuant to sections 3770.03 and 3770.21 of the Revised | 57 |
| Code. | 58 |
| (B) The commission shall also request the bureau of criminal | 59 |
| identification and investigation, the department of public safety, | 60 |
| or any other state, local, or federal agency to supply the | 61 |
| commission with the criminal records of any of the following: | 62 |
| (1) A person who directly or indirectly owns five per cent or | 63 |
| more of an applicant for a video lottery terminal agent license or | 64 |
| a management company retained by a video lottery terminal agent; | 65 |
| (2) A manager or key employee employed by a video lottery | 66 |
| terminal agent; | 67 |
| (3) A vendor providing gaming-related goods or services to a | 68 |
| video lottery terminal agent. | 69 |
| (C) The commission may periodically request the criminal | 70 |
| records of any licensed video lottery terminal agent or other | 71 |
| person described in division (B) of this section. | 72 |
| (D) At or prior to making a request described in division | 73 |
| (A), (B), or (C) of this section, the commission shall require a | 74 |
| person listed in division (A) or (B) of this section to obtain | 75 |
| fingerprint impressions on fingerprint cards prescribed by the | 76 |
| superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 77 |
| investigation at a qualified law enforcement agency, and the | 78 |
| commission shall cause those fingerprint cards to be forwarded to | 79 |
| the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, to the | 80 |
| federal bureau of investigation, or to both bureaus. | 81 |
| (E) The commission may adopt uniform rules specifying time | 82 |
| periods after which an applicant described in division (A) of this | 83 |
| section may be issued a license. | 84 |
| (F) The commission shall refuse to grant a license to an | 85 |
| applicant for a video lottery terminal agent license, and shall | 86 |
| revoke the license of a video lottery terminal agent, who has been | 87 |
| convicted of a felony or if any of the following has been | 88 |
| convicted of a felony: | 89 |
| (1) A person who directly or indirectly owns five per cent or | 90 |
| more of the video lottery terminal agent or a management company | 91 |
| retained by the video lottery terminal agent; | 92 |
| (2) A manager or key employee employed by the video lottery | 93 |
| terminal agent; | 94 |
| (3) A vendor providing gaming-related goods or services to | 95 |
| the video lottery terminal agent. | 96 |