Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 481 - Inspections and Appeals Department › Games of Skill, Chance, Bingo and Raffles › Chapter 105 - Registered Amusement Devices › Rule 481-105.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The definitions in rule 481-lO4.l(lOA,99B) are incorporated
				  by reference in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to
				  the possession and use of registered amusement devices.
"Amusement device registration availability"
means a registration position which becomes available:
1. When a distributor or owner:
* Is going out of business,
* Fails to renew a registration by the renewal due date,
				  or
* Has an electrical or mechanical device seized by law
				  enforcement and the seizure is upheld through a forfeiture hearing; or
2. When any other legal order has been issued which pertains
				  to violations of Iowa Code chapter 99B, 123, or 123A.
"Counting mechanism"
means an appliance that
				  tallies the volume of business of an individual amusement device.
"Distributes"
means to deliver, to provide
				  or to otherwise make available in Iowa amusement devices required to be
				  registered in accordance with these rules.
"Distributor"
is as defined in Iowa Code
				  section 99B.5l.
"Manufacturer"
is as defined in Iowa Code
				  section 99B.5l.
"Operation"
means that a registered
				  amusement device is made available for use by the public or made available for
				  use on the premises of a charitable organization.
"Owner"
is as defined in Iowa Code section
				  99B.5l.
"Person"
means a person as defined by Iowa
				  Code section
				  4.1.
"Premises"
means a location where one or
				  more registered amusement devices are available for public use.
"Prize"
means a ticket(s) or token(s) that
				  is dispensed by a registered amusement device as an award for use and that is
				  worth up to $50 in merchandise.
"Registered amusement device"
means an
				  electrical or mechanical amusement device in operation subject to registration
				  by the department pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  99B.53
				  and includes both the external and internal components. Any change in the
				  registered amusement device, including the external and internal components of
				  the registered amusement device, constitutes a new registered amusement device
				  for which registration by the owner is required. The word "change" as used
				  herein does not include repairs or replacement of parts that do not change or
				  alter the operation of the device as originally registered by the owner. If the
				  repairs or replacement parts alter the operation of the device as originally
				  registered, then the device must be reregistered before it is made available
				  for operation.
"Responsible party,"
as listed on the
				  amusement device registration, means the owner of the amusement device.
"Security mechanism"
means an appliance
				  which prevents a person from operating an electrical or mechanical amusement
				  device by not allowing the acceptance of money until action is taken by the
				  owner or owner's designee to allow the person to operate the
				  device.