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Slot machine testing and certification standards - 4 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1320

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     § 1320.  Slot machine testing and certification standards.
        (a)  Use of other state standards.--Until such time as the
     board establishes an independent testing and certification
     facility pursuant to subsection (b), the board may determine, at
     its discretion, whether the slot machine testing and
     certification standards of another jurisdiction within the
     United States in which an applicant for a manufacturer license
     is licensed are comprehensive and thorough and provide similar
     adequate safeguards as those required by this part. If the board
     makes that determination, it may permit a manufacturer through a
     licensed supplier as provided in section 1317 (relating to
     supplier and manufacturer licenses application) to deploy those
     slot machines which have met the slot machine testing and
     certification standards in such other jurisdictions without
     undergoing the full testing and certification process by a
     board-established independent facility. In the event slot
     machines of an applicant for a manufacturer license are licensed
     in such other jurisdiction, the board may determine to use an
     abbreviated process requiring only that information determined
     by the board to be necessary to consider the issuance of a slot
     machine certification to such an applicant. Alternatively, the
     board in its discretion may also rely upon the certification of
     a slot machine that has met the testing and certification
     standards of a board-approved private testing and certification
     facility until such time as the board establishes an independent
     testing and certification facility pursuant to subsection (b).
     Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive any fees
     associated with obtaining a license through the normal
     application process.
        (b)  Facility in Commonwealth.--Within three years
     immediately following the effective date of this part, the board
     shall establish and maintain an independent slot machine testing
     and certification facility. The cost for the establishment and
     operation of an independent slot machine testing and
     certification facility shall be paid by each licensed
     manufacturer in accordance with a schedule adopted by the board.
     The facility shall be made available to each slot machine
     manufacturer and supplier as determined by the board.
        (c)  Central control computer compatibility.--The board shall
     ensure that all slot machines certified and approved for use in
     this Commonwealth are compatible and comply with the central
     control computer and protocol specifications approved by the
     department.

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