Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Michigan Gaming Control Board › Internet Sports Betting › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 432.713a - Member, employee, or agent of board; conduct generally

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 713a.
(1) By
				  January 31 of each year, each member, the executive director, and all employees
				  of the board shall file 1 or more board disclosure forms. The board shall
				  determine the contents of the form, but it must include such information as
				  necessary to ensure the integrity of internet sports betting and disclosure of
				  all relevant financial information. The form may be combined with similar forms
				  required by other acts or rules.
(2) If a member, the executive director, an
				  employee, or an agent of the board negotiates for, or acquires by any means,
				  any interest in a licensee, applicant, or person affiliated with a licensee or
				  applicant, he or she must immediately provide written notice of the details of
				  the interest to the chairperson. The member, executive director, employee, or
				  agent of the board must not act on behalf of the board with respect to that
				  licensee, applicant, or person affiliated with the licensee or
				  applicant.
(3) A member, the
				  executive director, an employee, or an agent of the board may enter into any
				  negotiations for employment with a licensee, applicant, or affiliate of a
				  licensee or applicant. The member, executive director, employee, agent,
				  licensee, applicant, or affiliate must immediately notify the chairman and the
				  executive director once the invitation to negotiate has been extended. A
				  potential employer asking if an individual would be interested in a position or
				  explaining the nature of a position does not constitute negotiations for
				  employment. Further, an individual completing an employment application does
				  not constitute negotiations for employment. The member, executive director,
				  employee, or agent of the board must not take any action on behalf of the board
				  with respect to that licensee, applicant, or person affiliated with a licensee
				  or applicant while the negotiations are ongoing. All members, the executive
				  director, board employees, agents, and contractors must, to the maximum extent
				  possible, avoid situations, relationships, or associations that may represent
				  or lead to an actual or perceived conflict of interest.
(4) A member, the executive director, an
				  employee, or an agent or their spouse, may not accept any gift, gratuity,
				  compensation, travel, lodging, or anything of value, directly or indirectly,
				  from any licensee, applicant, or an affiliate or representative of an applicant
				  or licensee, unless the acceptance conforms to a written policy issued by the
				  chairperson. The chairman may exempt attendance at a reception, and food and
				  drink for immediate consumption from this policy. The policy must be publicly
				  available and shared with all licensees.
(5) A licensee, applicant, or an affiliate or
				  representative of an applicant or licensee, shall not, directly or indirectly,
				  give or offer to give any gift, gratuity, compensation, travel, lodging, or
				  things of value to any member, the executive director, an employee, or an agent
				  of the board that the member, employee, or agent of the board is prohibited
				  from accepting under subrule (4) of this rule.
(6) A licensee, applicant, or an affiliate or
				  representative of an applicant or licensee must not engage in ex parte
				  communications with a member of the board. A member of the board must not
				  engage in any ex parte communications with a licensee, applicant, or affiliate
				  or representative of an applicant or licensee.
(7) Any member, licensee, applicant, or
				  affiliate or representative of a board member, licensee, or applicant who
				  receives any ex parte communication in violation of subrule (6) of this rule,
				  or who is aware of an attempted communication in violation of subrule (6) of
				  this rule, must immediately report details of the communication or attempted
				  communication in writing to the chairperson.
(8) A member, the executive director, an
				  employee, or an agent of the board must not have an internet sports betting
				  account or participate in or wager on any sports betting conducted in this
				  state except as part of the individuals surveillance, security, or other
				  official duty authorized by the board.
(9) Violation of this rule by a licensee,
				  applicant, or affiliate or a representative of a licensee, applicant, or
				  affiliate, may result in denial of an application for licensure, revocation or
				  suspension of a license, or other action by the board.
(10) Violation of this rule does not create a
				  civil cause of action.