Source: http://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga145/chp219.shtml
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§4805', '§ 4803', '§ 4803', '§ 4828', '§ 10148', '§ 427', '§ 10048', '§ 4819', '§ 4815', '§ 4815', '§ 4815', '§ 4815', '§ 4820', '§ 711', '§ 4836', '§ 8203']

Citizen Participation	(3) The General Assembly finds that table game wagers authorized under this article are lotteries under state control. Each game involves the three essential elements necessary for a lottery: consideration, chance and a prize. The General Assembly finds that where a table game wager has mixed elements of chance and skill, it will continue to qualify as a lottery as long as chance is the predominant factor. The General Assembly further finds that the outcome of the table games expressly enumerated under this article is determined predominantly by chance. (4) The General Assembly finds that an essential element of the regulation and control of video lottery agents by the State rests in the public confidence and trust in the credibility and integrity of the regulatory process and gaming operations. The General Assembly further finds that the regulatory provisions of this act are designed to extend strict state control over all persons, locations, practices and associations related to the operation of licensed video lottery agents. (b) The Director shall, pursuant to the authority granted under §4805 of this chapter, establish an initial regulatory framework for table games and commence table game operations as soon as reasonably possible. The Director shall, by rules and regulations, provide for the features and attributes of the table game operations.
"(c) 'Key employee' shall mean a person employed in the operation of a Video Lottery Facility and determined by the Director to be acting in a supervisory capacity or empowered to make discretionary decisions with respect to video lottery machine or table game operations, including, without limitation, the chief executive, financial and operation managers, video lottery department managers, cashier and cage supervisors, credit executives, pit bosses or managers, gaming employee shift managers or any other employee so designated by the Director for reasons consistent with the public policies of this act, and shall include any officer or any employee of an employee organization who has direct involvement with or who exercises authority, discretion or influence in the representation of employees of a Delaware video lottery agent in collective bargaining, grievance representation, labor disputes, salaries, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or conditions of work.". Section 3. Amend § 4803, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by striking subsection (j) in its entirety and by substituting in lieu thereof a new subsections (j) to read:
"(j) 'Gaming employee' shall mean a person employed in the operation of a Video Lottery Facility and determined by the Director to have employment duties and responsibilities involving the security, maintenance, servicing, repair, or operation of video lottery machines and table game equipment, or is employed in a position that allows direct access to the internal workings of video lottery machines or table game equipment. Such employees shall include, without limitation, dealers, floorpersons, video lottery machine personnel, video lottery machine technicians, count room and cage personnel, security and surveillance employees, employees responsible for handling assets and proceeds associated with the operation of gaming activity, and employees with responsibility for policies concerning complimentaries or allowed to grant variances to policies concerning complimentaries.".
Section 4. Amend § 4803, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by inserting the following after subsection (n): "(o) ‘Gaming room service employee’ shall mean a person employed to perform services or duties in a Video Lottery Facility, who has access to the gaming area or restricted gaming area, but who is not included within the definition of key employee or gaming employee.
(s) 'Table Game Win or Loss' shall mean the value of gaming chips and cash won from patrons at gaming tables less the value of gaming chips and cash won by patrons at gaming tables other than poker tables. The table game win or loss is determined by adding the value of cash, total value of coupons, the amount recorded on the Closer, the totals of amounts recorded on the Credits and the issuance copies of markers removed from a drop box, subtracting the amount recorded on the Opener and the total of amounts recorded on Fills removed from a drop box. Match play coupons shall not be included, subject to limitations imposed by the Director. (t) 'Poker Revenue' shall mean the total value of rake charged to players at all poker tables. The poker revenue is determined by adding the value of cash, coupons, the amount recorded on the Closer, the totals of amounts recorded on the Credits and markers removed from a drop box, and subtracting the amount on the Opener and the total of amounts recorded on Fills removed from a drop box.
(u) 'Gaming excursion' shall mean an arrangement the purpose of which is to induce any person, selected or approved for participation therein on the basis of his ability to satisfy a financial qualification obligation related to his ability or willingness to gamble or on any other basis related to his propensity to gamble, to come to a video lottery facility for the purpose of gaming and pursuant to which, and as consideration for which, any or all of the cost of transportation, food, lodging, and entertainment for said person is directly or indirectly paid by a video lottery agent or employee thereof.
(v) 'Gaming Area' shall mean a location in a video lottery facility where gaming activity is conducted at video lottery machines or table games. (w) 'Video Lottery Facility' shall mean a building containing a gaming area.
"(16) A licensure requirement and enforcement procedure for officers, directors, key employees, gaming employees, gaming room service employees, sport lottery operations employees, and persons who own directly or indirectly 10% or more of such agent, in accordance with Section 4828 of this Chapter;
(17) Impose reasonable fees, as set by the Director and payable to the Office, upon applicants for licenses pursuant to §§ 4828 and 4829 for the conduct of the review and investigation of the applicant, such fees to approximate and reasonably reflect all costs necessary to defray the expenses of the Lottery and Division of Gaming Enforcement. (18) Require video lottery agents to submit regular internal control submissions, which shall contain a narrative description of the internal control system to be utilized by the video lottery facility, including, but not limited to:
a. Accounting controls, including the standardization of forms and definition of terms to be utilized in the gaming; b. Procedures, forms and, where appropriate, formulas covering the calculation of hold percentages; revenue drop; expense and overhead schedules; complimentary services;
d. Procedures within the cashier's cage for the receipt, storage and disbursal of chips, cash, and other cash equivalents used in wagering; the cashing of checks; the redemption of chips and other cash equivalents used in gaming; e. Procedures for the collection and security of moneys at the gaming tables;
"(d) Gross Table Game Revenue shall be electronically transferred daily or weekly at the direction of the Lottery Director into a designated state lottery account by the agent, and transferred to the State Lottery Fund by the lottery on a daily or weekly basis. Gross Table Game Revenue shall be applied as follows: (1) a. Proceeds returned to the State. – Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, of Gross Table Game Revenue, there shall be returned to the State 29.4%. b. The funds retained by the State shall be applied as follows: first, to the administrative costs and expenses of the Office, including, but not limited to, administrative expenses including payroll and other employment costs, and law-enforcement and security expenses, including payroll and other employment costs of the state lottery, the Office of the Attorney General, the Division of Gaming Enforcement, and the Delaware State Police; second, $250,000 or 1%, whichever is greater, of the proceeds returned to the State under this paragraph, to the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health of the Department of Health and Social Services to be used exclusively for funding programs for the treatment, education and assistance of compulsive gamblers and their families; third, costs of the Administrator of Racing and racing inspectors referenced in Chapters 100 and 101 of Title 3; and fourth, the remainder shall be paid into the State's General Fund.
(2) Purses -- Of Gross Table Game Revenue, such agent shall be paid and shall pay additional purses in the amount of 4.5% of such proceeds. a. For video lottery agents licensed only to conduct horse racing meets under Chapter 101 of Title 3 or Chapter 4 of Title 28, such purses shall be applied under the direction of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission for races conducted at such agent's racetrack in accordance with § 10148 of Title 3 or § 427 of Title 28, as appropriate. b. For video lottery agents licensed only to conduct harness racing meets under Chapter 100 of Title 3, such purses shall be applied under the direction of the Delaware Harness Racing Commission to races conducted at such agent's racetrack in accordance with § 10048 of Title 3. c. For video lottery agents licensed to conduct both harness racing meets under Chapter 100 of Title 3 and horse racing meets under Chapter 101 of Title 3 or Chapter 4 of Title 28, such purses shall be applied pursuant to the formulae set forth in sub-paragraph (b)(3)b.3 and (b)(3)b.4 of this section. (3) The proceeds remaining after the payments in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be paid to video lottery agents as their commission. (4) The administrative costs incurred by the Office shall be an administrative cost of the State.". Section 13. Amend § 4819(a), Title 29 of the Delaware Code, by striking "video lottery machines and sports lottery machines" each time that phrase appears and substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "video lottery machines, sports lottery machines and table game equipment".
a. for each fiscal year after June 30, 2011, license fees totaling $13,500,000, to be paid no later than June 1 of the preceding fiscal year, and to be allocated among the video lottery agents offering table games as follows: Each video lottery agent's license fee shall be the portion of $13,500,000 that is equal to the percentage of Gross Table Game Revenue generated at that video lottery facility in the preceding fiscal year out of the total Gross Table Game Revenue generated at all video lottery facilities in the preceding fiscal year, and b. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 and any preceding period, license fees totaling $13,500,000, to be paid no later than January 15, 2011, and to be allocated among the video lottery agents offering table games as follows: Each video lottery agent's license fee shall be the portion of $13,500,000 that is equal to the percentage of video lottery proceeds remaining after payments to players under § 4815(b) generated at that video lottery facility in the preceding fiscal year out of the total video lottery proceeds remaining after payments to players under § 4815(b) generated at all video lottery facilities in the preceding fiscal year. Should table gaming not be operating at a video lottery facility on July 1, 2010, the Director and Secretary of Finance may determine to reduce the license fees otherwise imposed for the year by an amount proportionate to the part of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011 in which the table gaming is not operating.
(2) Should the video lottery agents collectively make or commit to make qualified capital investments in the improvement of their video lottery facilities and adjoining properties after the enactment of this act in any twelve month period ending on June 30 in the amount of $2,500,000, each video lottery agent shall be permitted for purposes of this paragraph to reduce the license fee it would otherwise owe for that year pursuant to sub-paragraph (e)(1) by one-half of the license fee. A qualified capital investment pursuant to this sub-paragraph shall be an amount paid out for new video lottery facility buildings or permanent improvements or betterments to existing video lottery facilities that would not be deductible for purposes of Section 263(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. The video lottery agents shall provide the Director annually an accounting of the qualified capital investments made pursuant to this sub-paragraph. (3) The license fees to be paid for each fiscal year after the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, pursuant to sub-paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(2) may be reduced by a specified amount in the event the video lottery agent outperforms its expected portion of $80,000,000 in Gross Table Game Revenue, as follows: a. for each fiscal year after June 30, 2011, each video lottery agent's expected Gross Table Game Revenue shall be equal to the portion of $80,000,000 that corresponds to its percentage of total Gross Table Game Revenue from all video lottery agents generated in the preceding fiscal year, and should the video lottery agent generate that expected Gross Table Game Revenue, its license fees to be paid shall be reduced by the portion of $1,750,000 that corresponds to its percentage of total Gross Table Game Revenue from all video lottery agents generated in the preceding fiscal year; and b. for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, each video lottery agent's expected Gross Table Game Revenue shall be equal to the portion of $80,000,000 that corresponds to its percentage of total video lottery proceeds remaining after payments to players under § 4815(b) from all video lottery agents generated in the preceding fiscal year, and should the video lottery agent generate that expected Gross Table Game Revenue, its license fees to be paid shall be reduced by the portion of $1,750,000 that corresponds to its percentage of total video lottery proceeds remaining after payments to players under § 4815(b) from all video lottery agents generated in the preceding fiscal year.
(4) In the event a video lottery agent has not achieved, as of June 1 of each year, Gross Table Game Revenue sufficient to reduce the license fees owed in the following year pursuant to sub-paragraph (e)(3), the video lottery agent shall pay the license fee without regard for the reduction under that sub-paragraph, unless, in the judgment of the Office, such video lottery agent is expected to achieve sufficient table gaming revenue by the end of the fiscal year, in which case the video lottery agent shall receive the reduction specified in sub-paragraph (e)(3) that is contingent upon successfully reaching the level of Gross Table Game Revenue that warrants the reduction. (5) The license fees to be paid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, pursuant to sub-paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(2) shall not be reduced at the time of payment pursuant to sub-paragraph (e)(3), but if the video lottery agent successfully reaches the Gross Table Game Revenue targets specified in sub-paragraph (e)(3) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, the reduction specified in sub-paragraph (e)(3) shall be applied to the license fee owed for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.". Section 15. Amend § 4820, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, by deleting the title of that section and subsection (a) in their entirety and by substituting in lieu thereof a new title and subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(d) Each video lottery agent shall be responsible for the security and safekeeping of the video lottery machines, sports lottery machines and table game equipment of which it has physical custody. (e) The Director shall contract with an independent laboratory, which shall be licensed as a service company, to test video lottery machines, sports lottery machines and table game equipment and related equipment on a periodic basis to ensure that the machines and equipment comply with the requirements of this chapter and any other applicable standards and regulations. The manufacturer, vendor or lessor of such machines and equipment shall pay all costs associated with such testing.".
(a) The Director shall have the power and duty to license those persons required by this Chapter to be licensed and to promulgate rules and regulations for such purpose. The licensure procedure shall include the satisfaction of such security, fitness and background standards as determined necessary relating to competence, honesty and integrity, such that a person's reputation, habits and associations do not pose a threat to the public interest of the State or to the reputation of or effective regulation and control of the Lottery. (b) It shall be the obligation of the video lottery agent to notify the Director on a continuing basis of any change in officers, directors, key employees, gaming employees, gaming room service employees, sports lottery operations employees and persons who own, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of such entity. Persons holding key employee licenses at the time of enactment shall remain licensed as key employees and shall not be required to seek licensure under this section until the license is to be renewed. Persons holding video lottery operations employee licenses shall remain licensed as a gaming employee, but shall be required to seek renewal of their licenses no later than six months following enactment of this act. (c) The terms of licenses under this Section shall be as follows:
(1) Initial licenses of key employees, officers, directors, and persons who own directly or indirectly 10% or more of a video lottery agent shall have a term of two years, and renewals of licenses of key employees shall have a term of three years; (2) Initial licenses of gaming employees and sport lottery operations employees shall have a term of three years, and renewals of licenses of gaming employees shall have a term of four years; and
(c) Each service company identified in this section shall be licensed in accordance with the standards of a key employee. The owners, management, and supervisory personnel of each such service company shall be qualified to the standards of and for the term of a key employee. The employees of each such service company whose duties and responsibilities involve the security, maintenance, servicing, repair, or operation of video lottery machines or table game equipment shall be licensed to the standards of and for the term of a gaming employee. (d) Each service company identified in sub-paragraph (a)(2) shall be licensed in accordance with the standards of a key employee except as to the requirement to establish financial stability, integrity and responsibility. The owners, management, and supervisory personnel of each such service company shall be qualified to the standards of a key employee, except as to the requirement to establish financial stability integrity and responsibility.
(e) Each service company identified in sub-paragraph (a)(3) shall be licensed in accordance with the standards of a key employee except as to the requirement to establish financial stability, integrity and responsibility. The employees of each such service company whose duties and responsibilities include arranging, procuring or selecting participants in a Gaming excursion shall be qualified to the standards of a key employee, except as to the requirement to establish financial stability integrity and responsibility. (f) For purposes of this section, an owner of a corporation shall be defined “as any person who owns directly or indirectly more than 10 percent of the equity securities of the corporation.”
(g)(1) Each service company identified in sub-paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall be licensed as a service company prior to conducting any business whatsoever, provided, however, that upon a finding of good cause by the Director for each business transaction, the Director may permit an applicant for such service company license to conduct business transactions prior to the licensure of that company. (2) Each service company identified in sub-paragraph (a)(2) of this section, may transact business with a video lottery agent prior to obtaining a service company license upon the filing of a vendor registration form by a video lottery agent for such service company pursuant to regulations promulgated hereunder. (h) The terms of licenses under this Section shall be as follows:
(1) The conviction of a felony in any jurisdiction; (2) The conviction of a gambling offense or a crime of moral turpitude in any jurisdiction within 10 years prior to applying for a license or at any time subsequent to the granting of a license; (3) The commission of any act within 10 years prior to applying for a license or at any time subsequent to the granting of a license in any jurisdiction, which would constitute any offense enumerated in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, even if such conduct has not been prosecuted, or if prosecuted, has not resulted in a conviction; (4) A conviction which has been the subject of a pardon or order of expungement shall not be grounds for automatic disqualification under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, but may be grounds for disqualification under subsection (3) of this section. Such conviction also may be considered in evaluating an applicant’s ability to demonstrate his qualifications pertaining to good character, honesty and integrity;
(8) Anything that, in the opinion of the Director, would denigrate or undermine the integrity or overall soundness of the Lottery, including but not limited a person's reputation, habits and associations that may pose a threat to the public interest of the State or to the reputation or effective control of the Lottery. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions in subsections (1), (2), and (3) above for the denial or revocation of a license, no application should be denied and no license should be revoked if the applicant or licensee is able to demonstrate his rehabilitation by clear and convincing evidence. In determining whether an applicant or licensee has affirmatively established his rehabilitation, the Director shall consider the following factors:
(e) Participation in gaming operations as a licensed employee or service company under this Chapter shall be deemed a revocable privilege conditioned upon the proper and continued qualification of the individual licensee and upon the discharge of the affirmative responsibility of each such licensee to provide to the regulatory and investigatory authorities established by this act any assistance and information necessary to assure that the policies declared by this act are achieved. Consistent with this policy, it is the intent of this Chapter to preclude the creation of any property right in any license permitted by this Chapter, or the accrual of any value to the privilege of participation in gaming operations, and to require that participation in gaming be solely conditioned upon the individual qualifications of the person seeking such privilege. (f)(1) All information and data required by the Office to be furnished in the application or investigative process, or which otherwise may be obtained by the Office or Division of Gaming Enforcement, pertaining to an applicant’s criminal record, financial record, family and background, including, but not limited to, an application form, license investigation report, or request for placement on the self-exclusion list, shall be considered confidential, shall not be public records subject to Chapter 100 of this title, and shall not be revealed in whole or in part except in the ordinary administration of the chapter, or upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or, with the approval of the Attorney General, to a duly authorized law enforcement agency. The Division of Gaming Enforcement may enter into agreements with other law enforcement agencies or other gaming regulatory agencies that have law enforcement status for the sharing of confidential information. Any person who violates this sub-paragraph shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
An emergency order shall set forth the grounds upon which it is issued and shall be effective immediately upon issuance, and remain in effect until further order of the Director. An emergency order for suspension shall be served upon the licensee within five days of issuance. The person or entity against whom the emergency order has been issued shall be entitled to a hearing on an appeal to the Lottery Commission for reconsideration in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the regulations promulgated hereunder. (j)(1) Within 30 days after an adverse determination by the Director, the applicant or licensee seeking to appeal the denial of a permit application or revocation or suspension of a previously issued permit may demand a hearing before the Lottery Commission and show cause why the Director's determination was in error. Failure to demand a hearing within the time allotted in this section precludes the person from having an administrative hearing, but in no way affects his right to petition for judicial review.
(2) Upon receipt of a demand for hearing, the Lottery Commission shall set a time and place for the hearing. This hearing must not be held later than 30 days after receipt of the demand for the hearing, unless the time of the hearing is changed by the Lottery Commission with the agreement of the Director and the person demanding the hearing. At the hearing, the person seeking the hearing shall have the affirmative obligation to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the Director's determination was in error under the criteria for licensing established by this chapter and any regulations hereunder. (3) If, upon completion of the hearing, the Lottery Commission determines that the person seeking the hearing has met his or her burden of proof, an order to that effect should be entered and the license issued. If, upon completion of the hearing, the Lottery Commission, finds that the person seeking the hearing has not met his or her burden of proof, an order shall be entered to that effect. This order is subject to review in the Superior Court pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. (k) Any person whose license has been revoked or whose application for a license has been denied shall be prohibited from reapplying for any license for a period of five years from the date of the order denying or revoking the license.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any licensed agent to employ or continue to employ an individual or service company that is required to possess a license under the provisions of this Chapter, but that is not licensed. A licensed agent who violates the provisions of this section shall pay a fine imposed by the Office of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000. A licensed person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Any individual or service company that works or is employed in a position whose duties require licensing under the provisions of this Chapter, without holding the requisite license, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) A person may request placement on the list of self-excluded persons for any of the following periods: (1) lifetime; (2) five years; (3) one year. (c) The Director shall establish procedures for placements on and removals from the list of self-excluded persons and procedures for the transmittal to operators of a video lottery facility of identifying information concerning self-excluded persons.
(e) The list of self-excluded persons shall be confidential and not open to public inspection under Chapter 100 of this title. (f) A licensed video lottery agent and the directors, officers and employees of a video lottery agent shall not be liable to any self-excluded person or any other party in any judicial proceeding for any harm, monetary or otherwise, that may arise as a result of the failure of the video lottery facility to withhold gaming privileges to a self-excluded person.
(3) The failure to disclose an interest in a video lottery facility for which the person must obtain a license; (4) Willful evasion of fees or taxes;
(b) In considering placement on the exclusion list, it shall be improper to discriminate on any basis prohibited by § 711(a) of Title 19. (c) Whenever the name and description of any person is placed on a list pursuant to this section, the Director shall serve notice of such fact to such person:
(e) Upon receipt of a demand for hearing, the Lottery Commission shall set a time and place for the hearing. This hearing must not be held later than 30 days after receipt of the demand for the hearing, unless the time of the hearing is changed by the Lottery Commission with the agreement of the Division of Gaming Enforcement and the person demanding the hearing. At the hearing, the Division of Gaming Enforcement shall have the affirmative obligation to establish a reasonable basis that the person named for exclusion satisfies the criteria for exclusion established by this section and any regulations hereunder. (f) If, upon completion of the hearing, the Lottery Commission determines that:
(2) Placing the person on the exclusion list was proper, an order shall be entered to that effect, and the Director shall serve a copy of that order on the person so named pursuant to section 3, supra, as well as all video lottery agents. This order is subject to review in the Superior Court, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over appeals of exclusion listings from the Lottery Commission. (g) Nothing contained in this section shall: (1) Affect the common law right of a video lottery agent, as an owner or lessor of property, from excluding or ejecting any person from its property for any reason that is not unlawful; or (2) Be applicable to any action undertaken by a video lottery agent in the exercise of such right.
§ 4836. Penalties for Wagering by Excluded Persons. (a) Any person whose name has been placed on the list of persons to be excluded or ejected from video lottery facilities, except for persons whose name has been placed on the self-exclusion list, who thereafter knowingly enters the premises of a video lottery facility, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(a) The Lottery Commission is created in the Department of Finance. The Lottery Commission shall be composed of five members who shall be citizens of the State, including at least one certified public accountant, one lawyer, one businessperson, one person with experience in law enforcement, and one public member, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, provided however, no member shall be a member of the Standardbred Owners Association, the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, or an owner, employee or agent of a video lottery agent. The Governor shall name the Chairperson of the Commission from among its members and the Chairperson shall serve in that capacity at the Governor's pleasure. Each of the members shall serve for a term of five years and until that member's successor qualifies. No member shall serve for more than one full five-year term. Not more than three members of the Commission shall be of the same political party. No member shall hold any elected or appointed office under the government of the United States or the State or be a candidate for such office. (b) A person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Lottery Commission holds office for the remainder of the unexpired term of the former member. Of the initial members, one must be appointed for a one-year term, one must be appointed for a two-year term, one must be appointed for a three-year term, and one must be appointed for a four-year term and the remainder must be appointed for a five-year term. Thereafter, all members shall serve five-year terms. (c) Prior to the nomination of a candidate to serve on the Lottery Commission, the Division of Gaming Enforcement shall review, in accordance with the standards of a key employee, the background, qualifications and suitability of each nominee and make an appropriate report to the Governor. The Governor may at any time, after notice and hearing, remove any Commission member for gross inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office. (d) To serve on the Lottery Commission, a member may not be and may not ever have been an employee, officer, director, owner of securities of a video lottery agent, or owner of a licensed service company, nor a member of the immediate family of an employee, officer, director or owner of a video lottery agent; may not ever have had a material or financial interest in a video lottery agent or a licensed service company; and may not ever have been engaged in any services on behalf of a video lottery agent or a licensed service company related to the activities of the lottery. The provisions of Chapter 58, Title 29 (State Employees', Officers' and Officials' Code of Conduct) apply to all members of the Lottery Commission and to all agents appointed or otherwise employed by the Lottery Commission. No person convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude shall be eligible for appointment nor appointed as a commissioner.
(e) The Lottery Commission shall have powers, duties and responsibilities as specified in this title. Included among the powers, duties and responsibilities are those specified in this subsection. The Lottery Commission shall receive reasonable staff support in the performance of its duties from Department of Finance staff who do not report to the Office, and from a deputy attorney general assigned to the Commission. The Lottery Commission shall: (1) Provide the Secretary of Finance and Director with advice and guidance with respect to the development of policy in those areas where rule- and regulation-making authority is entrusted to the Director.
(2) Provide guidance on new initiatives which may from time to time be proposed by the Director and recommend to the Director initiatives that the Commission believes would benefit the Lottery. (3) Conduct hearings relating to licensing disputes, exclusion list disputes, and other disputes as specified in this Chapter or by rule and regulation. (4) As it deems necessary, subpoena witnesses and documents, administer and examine persons under oath, and appoint hearing officers as the Commission finds appropriate to conduct investigations and hearings pursuant to this Chapter. If any person refuses to obey any subpoena or to testify or to produce any books, papers or documents, then the Director may apply to the Superior Court of the county in which the Commission may be sitting and, thereupon, the Court shall issue its subpoena requiring the person to appear and testify or to produce the books, papers and documents before the Director. Whoever fails to obey or refuses to obey a subpoena of the Superior Court shall be guilty of contempt of court and shall be punished accordingly. False swearing on the part of any witness shall be deemed perjury and shall be punished as such.
(5) Review and approve all regulations issued by the Director on or after July 1, 2010, pursuant to specific provisions of this title, before such regulations are implemented. (f) The members of the Board shall receive $250 for each day's attendance at the meetings of the Commission, not to exceed 24 days' attendance in any 1 calendar year; and they shall be reimbursed for their actual travel and other necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings and transacting the business of the Commission.".
Section 24. Amend § 8203, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by adding a new sub-paragraph following sub-paragraph (2)g as follows: "h. A director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement who shall be known as the "Director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement" and who shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office.".
(a) There is hereby established, within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, a Division of Gaming Enforcement with duties, powers and responsibilities as defined. It shall be the responsibility of all police jurisdictions and video lottery agents to report any and all suspicious or criminal activity involving gaming to the Division of Gaming Enforcement. (b) The Division of Gaming Enforcement shall be under the immediate supervision of a civilian Director who shall staff and administer the work of the division under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. The Division of Gaming Enforcement shall contain an Assistant Director, whom at all times must be an officer of the Delaware State Police, and other sworn State Police personnel, as well as other resources to necessary to fulfill the obligations under this Chapter. (c) The Division of Gaming Enforcement shall:
(5) Request and receive information, materials and any other data from any licensee or registrant, or applicant for a license or registration; (6) Notify the State Lottery Office of any information which may affect the continued qualifications or suitability of any licensee or registrant; (7) Seek to exclude from all licensed video lottery facilities persons whose presence would be inimical to the interest of the State of Delaware or of lottery operations therein; and
(8) Perform other duties necessary and consistent with Chapter 48 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code to maintain public confidence and trust in the credibility and integrity of lottery operations, agents and employees.". Section 26. The OMB director and Controller General are hereby authorized to establish up to 10 full time ASF positions in the Department of Safety and Homeland Security for the administration and enforcement of table gaming. The Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall present a request to establish these positions to the OMB Director and Controller General within 30 days of the enactment of this legislation.
Section 29. State positions created under Section 22, Section 23, and Section 26 of this Act may not be held by State legislators. Approved January 28, 2010	Last Updated: October 05 2010 14:40:37.	site map | about this site | contact us | translate | delaware.gov