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S. B. No. 208 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Seitz, Hughes
A BILL
To enact sections 2915.25 and 3770.211 of the Revised
Code to require criminal records checks of certain
persons involved in the operation of casino
facilities or video lottery terminals and to
prohibit any person convicted of a felony from
being involved in these operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2915.25 and 3770.211 of the Revised
Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2915.25. (A) The casino control commission created
under Article XV, Section 6(C) of the Ohio Constitution shall
request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation,
the department of public safety, or any other state, local, or
federal agency to supply the commission with the criminal records
of any applicant for a license to become any of the following:
(1) An operator of, or a management company retained by an
operator of, a casino facility;
(2) A manager or key employee employed in a casino facility;
(3) A gaming-related vendor providing goods or services to a
casino facility.
(B) The commission shall also request the bureau of criminal
identification and investigation, the department of public safety,
or any other state, local, or federal agency to supply the
commission with the criminal records of any person who directly or
indirectly owns five per cent or more of an operator or management
company that is described in division (A)(1) of this section and
that is an applicant for a license.
(C) The commission may periodically request the criminal
records of any licensee or other person described in division (B)
of this section.
(D) At or prior to making a request described in division
(A), (B), or (C) of this section, the commission shall require a
person listed in division (A) or (B) of this section
to obtain
fingerprint impressions on fingerprint cards prescribed by the
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation at a qualified law enforcement agency, and the
commission shall cause those fingerprint cards to be forwarded to
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, to the
federal bureau of investigation, or to both bureaus.
(E) The commission may adopt uniform rules specifying time
periods after which an applicant described in division (A) of this
section may be issued a license.
(F)(1) The commission shall refuse to grant a license to, and
shall revoke the license of, an operator, a management company, a
manager or key employee, or a gaming-related vendor
described in
division (A) of this section if the applicant or licensee has been
convicted of a felony.
(2) The commission shall refuse to grant a license to, and
shall revoke the license of, an operator or a management company
described in division (A)(1) of this section if a person who
directly or indirectly owns five per cent or more of the operator
or the management company has been convicted of a felony.
Sec. 3770.211. (A) The state lottery commission shall
request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation,
the department of public safety, or any other state, local, or
federal agency to supply the commission with the criminal records
of any applicant for a license to become a video lottery terminal
agent pursuant to sections 3770.03 and 3770.21 of the Revised
Code.
(B) The commission shall also request the bureau of criminal
identification and investigation, the department of public safety,
or any other state, local, or federal agency to supply the
commission with the criminal records of any of the following:
(1) A person who directly or indirectly owns five per cent or
more of an applicant for a video lottery terminal agent license or
a management company retained by a video lottery terminal agent;
(2) A manager or key employee employed by a video lottery
terminal agent;
(3) A vendor providing gaming-related goods or services to a
video lottery terminal agent.
(C) The commission may periodically request the criminal
records of any licensed video lottery terminal agent or other
person described in division (B) of this section.
(D) At or prior to making a request described in division
(A), (B), or (C) of this section, the commission shall require a
person listed in division (A) or (B) of this section to obtain
fingerprint impressions on fingerprint cards prescribed by the
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation at a qualified law enforcement agency, and the
commission shall cause those fingerprint cards to be forwarded to
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, to the
federal bureau of investigation, or to both bureaus.
(E) The commission may adopt uniform rules specifying time
periods after which an applicant described in division (A) of this
section may be issued a license.
(F) The commission shall refuse to grant a license to an
applicant for a video lottery terminal agent license, and shall
revoke the license of a video lottery terminal agent, who has been
convicted of a felony or if any of the following has been
convicted of a felony:
(1) A person who directly or indirectly owns five per cent or
more of the video lottery terminal agent or a management company
retained by the video lottery terminal agent;
(2) A manager or key employee employed by the video lottery
terminal agent;
(3) A vendor providing gaming-related goods or services to
the video lottery terminal agent.
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