Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, CHARITABLE GAMING › Chapter 20 - CHARITABLE GAMING REGULATIONS › Part III - Suppliers › Section 11VAC20-20-130 - Suppliers of charitable gaming supplies: application, qualifications, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew permit

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Prior to
				  providing any charitable gaming supplies, a supplier shall submit an
				  application on a form prescribed by the department and receive a permit. A
				  $1,000 application fee payable to the Treasurer of Virginia is required. In
				  addition, a supplier must be authorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth
				  of Virginia, which may include registration with the State Corporation
				  Commission, the Department of Taxation, and the Virginia Employment Commission.
				  The actual cost of background investigations for a permit may be billed by the
				  department to an applicant.
B. The
				  department may refuse to issue a permit or may suspend or revoke a permit if an
				  officer, director, employee, agent, or owner:
1. Is operating without a valid license,
				  permit, or certificate as a supplier, network bingo provider, or manufacturer
				  in any state in the United States;
2. Fails or refuses to recall a product as
				  directed by the department;
3.
				  Conducts business with unauthorized entities or is not authorized to conduct
				  business in the Commonwealth of Virginia;
4. Has been convicted of or pleaded nolo
				  contendere to any crime as specified by § 18.2-340.34 B of the Code of
				  Virginia; has had any license, permit, certificate, or other authority related
				  to activities defined as charitable gaming in the Commonwealth suspended or
				  revoked in the Commonwealth or in any other jurisdiction; has failed to file or
				  has been delinquent in excess of one year in the filing of any tax returns or
				  the payment of any taxes due the Commonwealth; or has failed to establish a
				  registered office or registered agent in the Commonwealth if so required by
				  § 13.1-634 or 13.1-763 of the Code of Virginia. As this provision relates
				  to employees or agents, it shall only apply to individuals involved in sales to
				  or solicitations of customers in the Commonwealth of Virginia;
5. Fails to notify the department within 20
				  days of the occurrence, knowledge, or receipt of the filing of any
				  administrative or legal action relating to charitable gaming or the
				  distribution of charitable gaming supplies involving or concerning the
				  supplier, any officer or director, employee, agent, or owner during the term of
				  its permit;
6. Fails to provide to
				  the department upon request a current Letter for Company Registration on file
				  with the U.S. Department of Justice if required in accordance with the Gambling
				  Devices Act of 1962 (15 USC
				  §§
												1171 through
				  1178) for any device that it
				  sells, distributes, services, or maintains in the Commonwealth of Virginia;
				  or
7. Has been engaged in conduct
				  that would compromise the department's objective of maintaining the highest
				  level of integrity in charitable gaming.