Michigan Compiled Laws Initiated Law 1 Of 1996 Michigan Gaming Control And Revenue Act (432.201 - 432.226)

AN ACT to provide for the licensing, regulation, and control of casino gaming operations, manufacturers and distributors of gaming devices and gaming related equipment and supplies, and persons who participate in gaming; to provide the distribution of revenue for public education, public safety and economic development; authorizing limited casino operations within the state of Michigan; to vest authority for the licensing, regulation, and control of casino gaming in the Michigan gaming control board; to restrict certain political contributions; to establish a code of ethics for certain persons involved in gaming; to create certain funds; to impose and authorize certain taxes and fees; to impose penalties; to authorize conservators under certain circumstances; and to make an appropriation.

History: 1996, Initiated Law 1, Eff. Dec. 5, 1996 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Popular Name: Proposal E

Section 432.201 Short Title.
Short Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act. History: 1996, Initiated Law 1,...
Section 432.202 Definitions.
As used in this act: (a) “Adjusted gross receipts” means the gross receipts less winnings paid to wagerers. (b) “Affiliate” means a person who,...
Section 432.203 Casino Gaming Authorized.
(1) Casino gaming is authorized to the extent that it is conducted in accordance with this act. (2) Except as provided in subsection (5),...
Section 432.204 Michigan Gaming Control Board.
(1) The Michigan gaming control board is created within the department of treasury. The board shall have the powers and duties specified in this...
Section 432.204a Michigan Gaming Control Board; Jurisdiction; Powers.
(1) The board shall have jurisdiction over and shall supervise all gambling operations governed by this act. The board shall have all powers necessary...
Section 432.204b Appropriation; Reimbursement; Credit Against Annual Assessment.
(1) There is appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, $5,000,000.00 for the purpose of funding the operations of the board. The...
Section 432.204c Disclosure Of Information.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all information, records, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data supplied to or used by the...
Section 432.204d Member, Employee, Or Agent Of Board; Conduct Generally.
(1) By January 31 of each year, each member of the board shall prepare and file with the office of the board, a board...
Section 432.205 Application For Casino License.
(1) A person may apply to the board for a casino license to conduct a casino gambling operation as provided in this act. The...
Section 432.206 Casino Licenses.
(1) The board shall issue a casino license to a person who applies for a license, who pays the nonrefundable application fee required under...
Section 432.206a Application Deficiency.
(1) If in the review of an application submitted under this act the board identifies a deficiency that would require denial, the board shall...
Section 432.206b Operation Of Occupational License Training School.
This act does not prohibit a person licensed to operate a casino from operating a school for the training of any occupational licensee. History:...
Section 432.206c Institutional Investor.
(1) Unless the board determines that an institutional investor may be found unqualified, an institutional investor holding either under 10% of the equity securities...
Section 432.207 Repealed. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to suppliers' licenses. Popular Name: Proposal E
Section 432.207a Supplier's License.
(1) The board may issue a supplier's license to a person who applies for a license and pays a nonrefundable application fee set by...
Section 432.207b Definitions; Person Considered To Have Interest In Licensee Or Casino; Contributions; Exception.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Candidate” means both of the following: (i) That term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan...
Section 432.207c Local Labor Organizations; Requirements.
(1) Each local labor organization that directly represents casino gaming employees shall register with the board annually and provide all of the following: (a)...
Section 432.208 Occupational Licenses.
(1) The board may issue an occupational license to an applicant after all of the following have occurred: (a) The applicant has paid a...
Section 432.208a Bond; Posting; Cancellation; Limitation.
Before a casino license is issued, the licensee shall post a bond in the sum of $1,000,000.00 to the state of Michigan. The bond...
Section 432.208b Background Check On Prospective Employee.
Subject to the laws of this state, prior to hiring a prospective employee, the holder of a casino license shall conduct a background check...
Section 432.208c License As Revocable Privilege; Rights, Limitations, And Prohibitions; Revocation.
(1) A license issued under this act is a revocable privilege granted by the state and is not a property right. Granting a license...
Section 432.209 Conduct Of Gaming.
(1) Minimum and maximum wagers on games shall be set by the board. (2) Employees of the board, the department of state police, and...
Section 432.209a Electronic Funds Transfer Terminal.
(1) A person who holds a casino license shall not install, own, or operate or allow another person to install, own, or operate an...
Section 432.209b Televised Simulcast Horse Races.
(1) A person who holds a casino license shall not televise or allow any other person to televise simulcast horse races on the premises...
Section 432.209c Toll-free Compulsive Gaming Helpline Number; Posting.
(1) A person who holds a casino license issued pursuant to this act shall conspicuously post at each entrance and exit of the casino,...
Section 432.209d Acceptance Of Lien Prohibited.
A person who holds a casino license shall not accept from a wagerer a lien on real or personal property to extend credit or...
Section 432.210 Alcoholic Beverages.
Alcoholic beverages shall only be sold or distributed in a casino pursuant to the Michigan liquor control act, 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, MCL...
Section 432.211 Collection Of Amounts Under Credit Agreements.
Notwithstanding any applicable statutory provision to the contrary, a licensed owner who extends credit to a wagerer pursuant to this act is authorized to...
Section 432.212 Wagering Tax; Rate; Creation Of State Casino Gaming Fund; Administration; Allocations; Certification Of Casino Licensee; Imposition Of Tax; Effect Of Law Allowing Operation Of Video Lottery At Horse Racetracks; Wagering On Simulcast Horse Races; Payments; Effect Of City Ordinance; Existing Appropriations Or Expenditures; Definitions.
(1) A wagering tax is imposed on the adjusted gross receipts received by the licensee from gaming authorized under this act at the rate...
Section 432.212a Payment Of Regulatory And Enforcement Costs, Programs, Activities, And Services; Total Annual Assessment; State Services Fee Fund.
(1) In addition to application and license fees described in this act, all regulatory and enforcement costs, compulsive gambling programs, casino-related programs and activities,...
Section 432.213 Municipal Services Fee.
(1) In addition to payment of the state or city wagering tax and other fees as set forth in this act, and to any...
Section 432.213a Imposition Of Other Taxes.
A licensee shall not be subject to any excise tax, license tax, privilege tax, or occupation tax, which is imposed exclusively upon the licensee...
Section 432.214 Audit Of License Operations.
Within 30 days after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year each casino licensee shall transmit to the board and to the...
Section 432.215 Annual Report Of Board; Annual Study Of Licensee; “minor” Defined.
(1) The board shall make an annual report to the governor, for the period ending December 31, of each year. The report shall be...
Section 432.216 Repealed. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to limitation on taxation or other fees charged licensees.Popular Name: Proposal E
Section 432.217 Contested Cases; Appeals.
All contested cases shall be appealable pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. Appeals from the...
Section 432.218 Prohibited Conduct; Violation As Felony; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalties; Presumption; Venue.
(1) A person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than...
Section 432.219 Property Subject To Seizure, Confiscation, Destruction, Or Forfeiture.
Any equipment, gambling device, money, apparatus, material of gaming, proceeds, substituted proceeds, or real or personal property used, obtained, or received in violation of...
Section 432.220 Conduct Subject To Civil Penalty.
In addition to other penalties provided for under this act, a person who conducts a gambling operation without first obtaining a license to do...
Section 432.221 Criminal History Record Investigation.
When the board is authorized or required by law to consider some aspect of criminal history record information for the purpose of carrying out...
Section 432.222 Exemption From Federal Law.
Pursuant to section 2 of chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1172, approved January 2, 1951, the state of Michigan, acting by and...
Section 432.223 Shipment Of Gambling Devices.
All shipments of gambling devices, including slot machines, to licensed casinos in this state, the registering, recording, and labeling of which have been completed...
Section 432.224 Conservatorship.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, when the board revokes a casino license, or suspends a casino license for a period in...
Section 432.225 Disassociated Persons.
(1) The board shall create a list of disassociated persons. The board shall, with the assistance of casino licensees, inform each patron of the...
Section 432.226 Ownership And Disclosure Threshold.
For purposes of sections 5, 6, and 7a, the ownership and disclosure threshold as to any company whose stock is widely held, publicly traded,...

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