2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 432 - Gaming › Act 149 of 2019 - Lawful Sports Betting Act (432.401 - 432.419) › Section 432.419 - Application for License; Criminal History Background Checks; Fingerpirinting.

432.419 Application for license; criminal history background checks; fingerpirinting.
Sec. 19.
(1) An applicant must submit with its application, on forms provided by the board, a photograph and 2 sets of fingerprints for each individual that is subject to licensure.
(2) An applicant and licensee shall consent to inspections, criminal history background checks, searches and seizures, and the providing of handwriting exemplars, fingerprints, photographs, and information as authorized in this act and in rules promulgated by the board.
(3) The board may collect fingerprints from, and conduct criminal history investigations on, a board employee or prospective board employee.
(4) The board may conduct criminal history investigations on applicants, licensees, board employees, prospective board employees, and other persons including board agents and contractors working for the board for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and responsibilities under this act and rules promulgated under this act.
(5) For the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and responsibilities, the board shall require the persons identified in subsection (4) to submit his or her fingerprints for review by the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the criminal history record check, in the form and manner required by the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain any information currently or subsequently contained in the files of the department of state police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The department of state police shall provide all criminal history record checks requested by the board under this act and rules promulgated under this act. The department of state police may charge the board a fee for a criminal history record check required under this section. The board shall not share the criminal history record check with a private entity.
(6) The department of state police shall store and retain all fingerprints submitted under this act in an automated fingerprint identification system that provides for an automatic notification if new criminal arrest information matches fingerprints previously submitted under this act. Upon the notification described in this subsection, the department of state police shall immediately notify the board. The fingerprints retained under this act may be searched against future fingerprint submissions, and any relevant results will be shared with the board.
(7) If the department of state police is able to participate in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's automatic notification system, all fingerprints submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be stored and retained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its automatic notification system. The automatic notification system provides for automatic notification if new criminal arrest information matches fingerprints previously submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under this act. If the department of state police receives a notification from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under this act, the department of state police shall immediately notify the board.
History:
2019, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019