ARTICLE 41 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED
RELATING TO MUTUEL BETTING AND LICENSE FEES
SECTION 1. Section 41-4-9.1
of the General Laws in Chapter 41-4 entitled "Mutuel Betting and License
Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows:
41-4-9.1. Licensing of
concessioners, vendors, and pari-mutuel totalizator companies. --
(a) All persons, firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations desiring to
operate any concession allied to any dog racing track, shall apply for a license
to the division of racing and athletics, on such forms and in such a manner as
prescribed by regulations of the division. The division by regulations shall
establish other occupational licensing for all employees of the concessions,
all pari-mutuel employees, and all persons employed in any other capacity by
the race track management, and for other persons engaged in racing activities
at any dog racing track.
(b) All persons, firms,
associations, or corporations employed by the management of a dog racing track
in providing pari-mutuel totalizator computer services for pari-mutuel
computations, shall apply for a license to the division of racing and athletics
upon such forms and in such manner prescribed by regulations of the division.
All employees of the pari-mutuel totalizator computer companies shall be
licensed by the division on forms prescribed by regulations of the division.
(c) In determining whether to
grant a license pursuant to this section the division may require the applicant
to submit information as to: financial standing and credit; moral character;
criminal record, if any; previous employment; corporate, partnership or
association affiliations; ownership of personal assets; and such other
information as it deems pertinent to the issuance of the license. The division
may reject for good cause an application for a license, and it may suspend or
revoke for good cause any license issued by it after a hearing held in
accordance with chapter 35 of title 42 and subject to further appeal procedures
provided by section 41-2-3.
(d) The issuance of
license and the payment of annual fees, except for occupational licenses for
owners which shall be payable every three (3) years commencing with the first
renewal date subsequent to June 16, 1991, shall be in accordance with the
following schedule: The division shall issue a three (3) year license
commencing with license year 2007. The division shall implement a graduated
system in 2007 where one third of licenses due to expire shall be renewed for
one year, a second third of licenses due to expire shall be renewed for two (2)
years, and the final third of licenses due to expire shall be renewed for three
(3) years, with licensing fees prorated accordingly. As said licenses become
due for renewal, licenses shall be renewed for a three (3) year period of time.
All licenses issued shall be in accordance with regulations and the following
schedule:
(1) For gaming facility
employees:
(A) Key employees $300.00
(B) Operation employees $150.00
(C) Service employees $75.00
(2) For gaming facility
non-employees:
(1) (A) Concessionaires and
vendors: 200.00 $750.00
(2) (B) Occupational
licenses:
Owners 150.00
450.00
Trainers 40.00
150.00
Assumed names 50.00 150.00
Lead people 10.00
Kennel people 10.00
75.00
(3) (C)
Concessionaire and vendor's employees 10.00
75.00
(4) Pari-mutuel employees 10.00
(5) Employees of race track
management 10.00
(6) (D)
Pari-mutuel totalizator companies 200.00 750.00
(7) (E) Pari-mutuel
totalizator company employees 10.00 150.00
(8) Security personnel 10.00
(e) All individual applicants
for licensing under this section shall be fingerprinted, and, upon obtaining
the license, shall wear upon his or her outer apparel a photo identification
badge, issued or authorized by the division of racing and athletics under rules
and regulations promulgated by the division.
(f) The cost of the licensing
pursuant to this section shall be paid by the employer of the licensee, and
shall include one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the total salaries and
benefits for the state employees engaged in the licensing at each facility. The
fund shall be deposited as restricted receipts for the use of the state and
shall be in addition to any taxes and fees otherwise payable to the state.
SECTION 2. This article shall
take effect upon passage.