New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL › Chapter 1 - GAMES AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 10 - CONDUCT OF GAMING ACTIVITY UNDER THE GAMING CONTROL ACT › Section 15.1.10.23 - SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Each
				gaming operator licensee shall install, maintain and continuously operate a
				surveillance system at its licensed gaming establishment. The purpose of the
				surveillance system is to assist the gaming operator licensee and the state in
				safeguarding the licensee's assets, in deterring, detecting and prosecuting
				criminal acts, and in maintaining public confidence and trust that licensed
				gaming activity is conducted honestly and free of criminal elements and
				activity.
B. The board, in its sole
				discretion, may exempt a gaming operator licensee from the requirements of this
				section.
C. Within 60 days after
				fling its application, each applicant for a gaming operator's license shall
				submit a written surveillance system plan to the board. The plan shall be in a
				form approved or required by the board and shall include descriptions of all
				equipment utilized by the surveillance system, a blueprint or diagram that
				shows all of the areas to be monitored and the placement of surveillance
				equipment in relation to the activities being observed, a description of the
				procedures used in the operation of the surveillance system, and any other
				information required by the board. The plan shall be approved before a gaming
				operator license is issued.
D. A
				licensee shall not make any changes to its approved surveillance plan without
				prior written approval by the board or its designee. Before implementing any
				changes to a surveillance system plan, the licensee shall submit the proposed
				changes on forms approved by the board to the board or its designee for
				approval. If, after reviewing the gaming operator licensee's proposed changes,
				the board or its designee determines that the proposed plan is not adequate, it
				shall notify the gaming operator licensee in writing. The gaming operator
				licensee shall revise the proposed plan and submit it to the board for approval
				or request a hearing within 30 days after receipt of the board's written
				notice.
E. A licensee shall notify
				the board immediately of any failure of the surveillance system to continuously
				monitor the gaming premises or to otherwise operate properly. The board may
				require temporary suspension of gaming activities until the surveillance system
				is restored.
F. A racetrackgaming
				premise constructed after September 1, 2003, shall provide at least one
				entrance to the surveillance room that is not located on the game room floor
				Any racetrack gaming operator licensee who substantially remodels the gaming
				premises shall provide at least one entrance to the surveillance room that is
				not on the gaming room floor
G. A
				gaming premise initially licensed or constructed after September 1, 2005 shall
				be required to use digital video recording equipment for its surveillance
				system.
H. The board may require a
				licensee to update its surveillance plan if the board, in its discretion,
				determines that the surveillance plan is not adequate.