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NM Stat § 60-2E-39 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-39 - Limitations on taxes and license fees.

A political subdivision of the state shall not impose a license fee or tax on any licensee licensed pursuant to the Gaming Control Act except for the imposition of property taxes, local option gross receipts taxes with respect to receipts not subject to the gaming tax and the distribution provided for and determined pursuant to Subsection C of Section 60-1-15 and Section 60-1-15.2 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 41.
NM Stat § 60-2E-40 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-40 - Use of chips, tokens or legal tender required for all gaming.

All gaming shall be conducted with chips, tokens or other similar objects approved by the board or with the legal currency of the United States. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 42.
NM Stat § 60-2E-41 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-41 - Communication or document of applicant or licensee absolutely confidential; confidentiality not waived; disclosure of confidential information prohibited.

A. Any communication or document of an applicant or licensee is confidential and does not impose liability for defamation or constitute a ground for recovery in any civil action if it is required by: (1) law or the regulations of the board; or (2) a subpoena issued by the board to be made or transmitted to the board. B. The confidentiality created pursuant to Subsection A of this section is not waived or lost because the document or communication is disclosed to the board. C. Notwithstanding the powers granted to the board by the Gaming Control Act, the board: (1) may release or disclose any confidential information, documents or communications provided by an applicant or licensee only with the prior written consent of the applicant or licensee or pursuant to a lawful court order after timely notice of the proceedings has been given to the applicant or licensee; (2) shall maintain all confidential information, documents and communications in a secure place accessible only to members of the board; and (3) shall adopt procedures and regulations to protect the confidentiality of information, documents and communications provided by an applicant or licensee. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 43.
NM Stat § 60-2E-42 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-42 - Motion for release of confidential information.

An application to a court for an order requiring the board to release any information declared by law to be confidential shall be made only by petition in district court. A hearing shall be held on the petition not less than ten days and not more than twenty days after the date of service of the petition on the board, the attorney general and all persons who may be affected by the entry of that order. A copy of the petition, all papers filed in support of it and a notice of hearing shall be served. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 44.
NM Stat § 60-2E-43 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-43 - Gaming machine central system.

The board shall develop and operate a central system into which all licensed gaming machines are connected. The central system shall be capable of: A. monitoring continuously, retrieving and auditing the operations, financial data and program information of the network; B. disabling from operation or play any gaming machine in the network that does not comply with the provisions of the Gaming Control Act or the regulations of the board; C. communicating, through program modifications or other means equally effective, with all gaming machines licensed by the board; D. interacting, reading, communicating and linking with gaming machines from a broad spectrum of manufacturers and associated equipment; and E. providing linkage to each gaming machine in the network at a reasonable and affordable cost to the state and the gaming operator licensee and allowing for program modifications and system updating at a reasonable cost. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 45.
NM Stat § 60-2E-44 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-44 - Machine specifications.

To be eligible for licensure, each gaming machine shall meet all specifications established by regulations of the board and:A. be unable to be manipulated in a manner that affects the random probability of winning plays or in any other manner determined by the board to be undesirable;B. have at least one mechanism that accepts coins or currency;C. be capable of having play suspended through the central system by the executive director until the executive director resets the gaming machine;D. have electronic meters within a readily accessible locked area of the gaming machine that maintain a record of all money inserted into the machine, all cash payouts of winnings, all refunds of winnings, all credits played for additional games and all credits won by players;E. be capable of printing out, at the request of the executive director, readings on the electronic meters of the machine;F. for machines that do not dispense coins or tokens directly to players, be capable of printing a ticket voucher stating the value of a cash prize won by the player at the completion of each game, the date and time of day the game was played in a twenty-four-hour format showing hours and minutes, the machine serial number, the sequential number of the ticket voucher and an encrypted validation number for determining the validity of a winning ticket voucher;G. be capable of being linked to the board's central system for the purpose of being monitored continuously as required by the board;H. provide for a payback value for each credit wagered, determined over time, of not less than eighty percent;I. meet the standards and specifications set by laws or regulations of the states of Nevada and New Jersey for gaming machines, whichever are more stringent; J. offer only games authorized and examined by the board; andK. display the gaming machine license issued for that machine in an easily accessible place, before and during the time that a machine is available for use. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 46; 2001, ch. 208, § 1; 2003, ch. 185, § 1; 2019, ch. 135, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, amended specifications for gaming machines; in Subsection C, after "until", deleted "he" and added "the executive director"; and in Subsection D, deleted "house nonresettable mechanical and" and added "have", and after "maintain a", deleted "permanent".The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, deleted "or more than ninety-six percent" at the end of Subsection H. The 2001 amendment, effective April 3, 2001, deleted "but does not accept bills of denominations greater than twenty dollars ($20.00)" from the end of Subsection B.
NM Stat § 60-2E-45 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-45 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 47; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 199, § 15.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 199, § 15 repealed 60-2E-45 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 47, relating to posting of gaming machine odds, effective June 19, 2009. For provisions of former section, see the 2008 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 60-2E-46 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-46 - Examination of gaming devices; cost allocation.

A. The board shall examine prototypes of gaming devices of manufacturers seeking a license as required. B. The board by regulation shall require a manufacturer to pay the anticipated actual costs of the examination of a gaming device in advance and, after the completion of the examination, shall refund overpayments or charge and collect amounts sufficient to reimburse the board for underpayment of actual costs. C. The board may contract for the examination of gaming devices to meet the requirements of this section. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 48.
NM Stat § 60-2E-47.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-47.1 - Repealed.

History: Laws 2010, ch. 31, § 3; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 274, § 16. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 274, § 16 repealed 60-2E-47.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2010, ch. 31, § 3, relating to county gaming tax credit, effective July 1, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 60-2E-48 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-48 - Civil actions to restrain violations of Gaming Control Act.

A. The attorney general, at the request of the board, may institute a civil action in any court of this state against any person to enjoin a violation of a prohibitory provision of the Gaming Control Act. B. An action brought against a person pursuant to this section shall not preclude a criminal action or administrative proceeding against that person. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 50.
NM Stat § 60-2E-49 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-49 - Testimonial immunity.

A. The board may order a person to answer a question or produce evidence and confer immunity pursuant to this section. If, in the course of an investigation or hearing conducted pursuant to the Gaming Control Act, a person refuses to answer a question or produce evidence on the ground that he will be exposed to criminal prosecution by doing so, then the board may by approval of three members, after the written approval of the attorney general, issue an order to answer or to produce evidence with immunity. B. If a person complies with an order issued pursuant to Subsection A of this section, he shall be immune from having a responsive answer given or responsive evidence produced, or evidence derived from either, used to expose him to criminal prosecution, except that the person may be prosecuted for any perjury committed in the answer or production of evidence and may also be prosecuted for contempt for failing to act in accordance with the order of the board. An answer given or evidence produced pursuant to the grant of immunity authorized by this section may be used against the person granted immunity in a prosecution of the person for perjury or a proceeding against him for contempt. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 51.
NM Stat § 60-2E-50 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-50 - Crime; manipulation of gaming device with intent to cheat.

A person who manipulates, with the intent to cheat, any component of a gaming device in a manner contrary to the designed and normal operational purpose of the component, including varying the pull of the handle of a gaming machine with knowledge that the manipulation affects the outcome of the game or with knowledge of any event that affects the outcome of the game, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 52; 2002, ch. 102, § 14. ANNOTATIONSThe 2002 amendment, effective March 5, 2002, substituted "gaming machine" for "slot machine".
NM Stat § 60-2E-51 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-51 - Crime; use of counterfeit or unapproved tokens, currency or devices; possession of certain devices, equipment, products or materials.

A. A person who, in playing any game designed to be played with, to receive or to be operated by tokens approved by the board or by lawful currency of the United States, knowingly uses tokens other than those approved by the board, uses currency that is not lawful currency of the United States or uses currency not of the same denomination as the currency intended to be used in that game is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. B. A person who knowingly has on his person or in his possession within a gaming establishment any device intended to be used by him to violate the provisions of the Gaming Control Act is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. C. A person, other than a duly authorized employee of a gaming operator acting in furtherance of his employment within a gaming establishment, who knowingly has on his person or in his possession within a gaming establishment any key or device known by him to have been designed for the purpose of and suitable for opening, entering or affecting the operation of any game, dropbox or any electronic or mechanical device connected to the game or dropbox or for removing money or other contents from them is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. D. A person who knowingly and with intent to use them for cheating has on his person or in his possession any paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. As used in this subsection, "paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs" means the equipment, products and materials that are intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, producing, fabricating, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, storing or concealing a counterfeit facsimile of tokens approved by the board or a lawful coin of the United States, the use of which is unlawful pursuant to the Gaming Control Act. The term includes: (1) lead or lead alloy; (2) molds, forms or similar equipment capable of producing a likeness of a gaming token or coin; (3) melting pots or other receptacles; (4) torches; and (5) tongs, trimming tools or other similar equipment. E. Possession of more than two items of the equipment, products or material described in Subsection D of this section permits a rebuttable inference that the possessor intended to use them for cheating. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 53.
NM Stat § 60-2E-52 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-52 - Crime; cheating.

A person who knowingly cheats at any game is guilty of a fourth degree felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 54.
NM Stat § 60-2E-53 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-53 - Crime; possession of gaming device manufactured, sold or distributed in violation of law.

A person who knowingly possesses any gaming device that has been manufactured, sold or distributed in violation of the Gaming Control Act is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 55.
NM Stat § 60-2E-54 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-54 - Crime; reporting and record violations; penalty.

A person who, in an application, book or record required to be maintained by the Gaming Control Act or by a regulation adopted under that act or in a report required to be submitted by that act or a regulation adopted under that act, knowingly makes a statement or entry that is false or misleading or fails to maintain or make an entry the person knows is required to be maintained or made is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 56.
NM Stat § 60-2E-55 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-55 - Crime; unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering or modification of devices associated with gaming; unlawful instruction; penalty.

A. A person who manufactures, sells or distributes a device that is intended by him to be used to violate any provision of the Gaming Control Act is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. B. A person who marks, alters or otherwise modifies any gaming device in a manner that affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss or alters the normal criteria of random selection that affects the operation of a game or that determines the outcome of a game is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 57.
NM Stat § 60-2E-56 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-56 - Underage gaming; penalty for permitting or participation.

A. A person who knowingly permits an individual who the person knows is younger than twenty-one years of age to participate in gaming is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. B. An individual who participates in gaming when he is younger than twenty-one years of age at the time of participation is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 58.
NM Stat § 60-2E-57 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-57 - Crime; general penalties for violation of act.

A person who willfully violates, attempts to violate or conspires to violate any of the provisions of the Gaming Control Act specifying prohibited acts, the classification of which is not specifically stated in that act, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 59.
NM Stat § 60-2E-58 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-58 - Detention and questioning of a person suspected of violating act; limitations on liability; posting of notice.

A. A gaming operator licensee or its officers, employees or agents may question a person in its gaming establishment suspected of violating any of the provisions of the Gaming Control Act. No gaming operator licensee or any of its officers, employees or agents is criminally or civilly liable: (1) on account of any such questioning; or (2) for reporting to the board or law enforcement authorities the person suspected of the violation. B. A gaming operator licensee or any of its officers, employees or agents who has reasonable cause for believing that there has been a violation of the Gaming Control Act in the gaming establishment by a person may detain that person in the gaming establishment in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time. Such a detention does not render the gaming operator licensee or his officers, employees or agents criminally or civilly liable unless it is established by clear and convincing evidence detention was unreasonable under the circumstances. C. No gaming operator licensee or its officers, employees or agents are entitled to the immunity from liability provided for in Subsection B of this section unless there is displayed in a conspicuous place in the gaming establishment a notice in boldface type clearly legible and in substantially this form: "Any gaming operator licensee or any of his officers, employees or agents who have reasonable cause for believing that any person has violated any provision of the Gaming Control Act prohibiting cheating in gaming may detain that person in the establishment." History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 60.
NM Stat § 60-2E-59 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-59 - Administrative appeal of board action.

A. Any person aggrieved by an action taken by the board or one of its agents may request and receive a hearing for the purpose of reviewing the action. To obtain a hearing, the aggrieved person shall file a request for hearing with the board within thirty days after the date the action is taken. Failure to file the request within the specified time is an irrevocable waiver of the right to a hearing, and the action complained of shall be final with no further right to review, either administratively or by a court. B. The board shall adopt procedural regulations to govern the procedures to be followed in administrative hearings pursuant to the provisions of this section. At a minimum, the regulations shall provide: (1) for the hearings to be public; (2) for the appointment of a hearing officer to conduct the hearing and make his recommendation to the board not more than thirty days after the completion of the hearing; (3) procedures for discovery; (4) assurance that procedural due process requirements are satisfied; (5) for the maintenance of a record of the hearing proceedings and assessment of costs of any transcription of testimony that is required for judicial review purposes; and (6) for the hearing to be held in Albuquerque or, upon written request by an aggrieved person, in the place or area affected. C. Actions taken by the board after a hearing pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be: (1) written and shall state the reasons for the action; (2) made public when taken; (3) communicated to all persons who have made a written request for notification of the action taken; and (4) taken not more than thirty days after the submission of the hearing officer's report to the board. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 61; 2002, ch. 102, § 15. ANNOTATIONSThe 2002 amendment, effective March 5, 2002, in Subsection B, substituted "thirty days" for "ten days" in Paragraph (2), and rewrote Paragraph (6), which read: "for the hearing to be held in Santa Fe for enforcement hearings and hearings on actions of statewide application, and to be held in the place or area affected for enforcement hearings and hearings on actions of limited local concern".
NM Stat § 60-2E-60 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-60 - Judicial review of administrative actions.

A. Any person adversely affected by an action taken by the board after review pursuant to the provisions of Section 60-2E-59 NMSA 1978 may appeal the action to the court of appeals within thirty days after the date the action is taken. The appeal shall be on the record made at the hearing. To support his appeal, the appellant shall make arrangements with the board for a sufficient number of transcripts of the record of the hearing on which the appeal is based. The appellant shall pay for the preparation of the transcripts. B. On appeal, the court of appeals shall set aside the administrative action only if it is found to be: (1) arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion; (2) not supported by substantial evidence in the whole record; or (3) otherwise not in accordance with law. History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 62; 2002, ch. 102, § 16. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For procedures governing administrative appeals to the district court, see Rule 1-074 NMRA. For scope of review of the district court, see Zamora v. Village of Ruidoso Downs, 120 N.M. 778, 907 P.2d 182 (1995). The 2002 amendment, effective March 5, 2002, inserted the 30-day requirement in the first sentence of Subsection A.
NM Stat § 60-2E-61 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 60 - Business Licenses|Article 2E - Gaming Control|Section 60-2E-61 - Repealed.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 63; 2002, ch. 102, § 17; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 149, § 3.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 149, § 3 repealed 60-2E-61 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 190, § 63, relating to liens on winnings for debt collected by human services department, effective July 1, 2009. For provisions of former section, see the 2008 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.