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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING, AND ATHLETICS -- DIVISION OF GAMING AND

ATHLETICS LICENSING

     Introduced By: Representatives Baginski, Solomon, Edwards, and Shallcross Smith

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2023

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 41-1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 41-1 entitled "Division of

Gaming and Athletics Licensing" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     41-1-1. Division of gaming and athletics licensing — Duties.

     Within the department of business regulation there shall be a division of gaming and

athletics licensing. The division shall supervise the enforcement of all laws relating to the regulation

and control of racing and athletics, and may in the first instance make decisions and issue orders,

subject to appeal to the racing and athletics hearing board. The division shall exercise all powers

and duties prescribed by chapters 3, 3.1, 4, 5, 7, and 11 of this title, and all other acts relative to the

regulation and supervision of horse racing, dog racing, and athletics, heretofore performed by the

commission on horse racing and athletics. The division shall comply with § 42-14-14 in the conduct

of any investigation related to any license application, permit and/or registration related to chapters

3, 3.1, 4, 7, and 11 of this title. The division may comply with § 42-14-14 in the conduct of any

investigation related to any license application, permit and/or registration related to chapters 5 and

5.2 of this title. The investigation shall require the applicant to apply to the bureau of criminal

identification of the Rhode Island state police or the Rhode Island department of the attorney

general for a nationwide criminal records check with fingerprinting. The applicant shall be

responsible for payment of the costs of the criminal records check. The Rhode Island state police

or the Rhode Island department of the attorney general, as applicable, shall send the results of the

criminal records check shall be sent to the division. Once the results are sent to and received by the

Rhode Island lottery, the Rhode Island state police and the Rhode Island department of attorney

general shall promptly destroy the fingerprint record(s). On or before February 1, 2011, the agency

shall adopt rules and regulations establishing criteria to be used in determining whether, based upon

a criminal records check, an application will be approved.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING, AND ATHLETICS -- DIVISION OF GAMING AND

ATHLETICS LICENSING

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     This act would remove the requirement that the Rhode Island state police or the department

of attorney general complete the nationwide criminal records check for any license application,

permit and/or registration and require the applicant to apply for a nationwide criminal records check

with fingerprinting and submission to the division of gaming and athletics.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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