Title 5, Amusements and Sports

The department may: 1. Adopt rules to carry out the requirements of this article. 2. Establish fees to implement this article.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Adjusted gross receipts" means the receipts remaining after deducting the monies paid for prizes from gross receipts. 2. "Applicant" means a person, a group of persons or an organization that submits an application to th…

The department of revenue is designated as the "licensing authority" of this article. The department of revenue shall be in charge of enforcement of the terms and provisions of this article and, as state licensing authority, it shall: 1. Grant or refuse licenses under this articl…

A. A person shall not conduct or assist in conducting activity for which a license is required under this article unless the person conducting the activity first obtains the specific class of license for the activity. B. A license prescribed by this article shall not be issued to…

A licensee shall not transfer the location for which a license is issued unless the governing body of the city or town or the board of supervisors of the county to which the license is proposed to be transferred gives prior written approval after a public hearing. The licensee sh…

A. Each applicant for an initial license to be issued pursuant to this section shall submit to the local governing body the local governing body fee and the license fee prescribed in section 5-414 together with a written application that is in the form prescribed by the licensing…

A. Each license shall contain a statement of the name and address of the licensee, the name of the manager and the place where bingo games are to be held. B. Each license issued for the conduct of any game or games of bingo shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where any …

A. A person shall not hold, operate or conduct any game of bingo under any license issued pursuant to this article unless the person has submitted affidavits as required in section 5-404 and has received prior written approval from the licensing authority. Persons seeking to repl…

A. On or before the twentieth day after the end of every reporting period designated for the class of the license each licensee shall file with the licensing authority on forms prescribed by the licensing authority a financial report that is signed and sworn to by the proceeds co…

The licensing authority and its agents shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books, records and bingo paper inventory of any licensee to which any such license is issued so far as they may relate to any transactions connected with the holding, operating and cond…

Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in any application for any license pursuant to this article or in any statement annexed to the application or fails to keep sufficient books and records to substantiate the financial reports required under section 5-407 or knowin…

Every licensee and every officer, agent or employee of the licensee and every other person or corporation who knowingly violates any provision of this article is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless another classification is specifically prescribed in this article. Any person w…

Each employee designated by the licensing authority to investigate compliance with this chapter shall, for identification purposes, possess credentials signed by the chief administration officer of the licensing authority and countersigned by the governor. When bearing such crede…

Excise taxation of bingo is preempted by the state, and a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state shall not levy an excise tax on bingo.

A. A class A license may be issued to a person for the conduct of bingo games for which the gross receipts do not exceed $75,000 per year. A class A license shall not be issued to a person who holds a license issued pursuant to title 4 except a club license issued pursuant to sec…

The following fees and tax shall be assessed as prescribed in this article for the different license classes: Local Governing License Class Body Fee License Fee Bingo Tax A $ 5.00 $ 10.00 2.5% of adjusted gross receipts B 25.00 50.00 1.5% of gross receipts C 50.00 200.00 2.0% of …

A. If a licensee's gross receipts exceed the limit set for the licensee's class of license, the licensee: 1. Shall immediately notify the licensing authority that the limit has been exceeded. 2. Shall submit any additional documents and meet any additional requirements for the ne…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, this state, through the governor, may enter into negotiations and execute tribal-state compacts with Indian tribes in this state pursuant to the Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988 (P.L. 100-497; 102 Stat. 2467; 25 United States Code sections 27…

(Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. Notwithstanding any other law, within 30 days after receipt of a timely written request by the governing body of an Indian tribe, the state, through the governor, shall enter into the new standard form of tribal-state gaming compact with the re…

A. The department of gaming shall certify, as provided in tribal-state compacts, prospective gaming employees, facility support employees, tribal gaming office employees, financiers, management contractors, providers of gaming services and manufacturers and distributors of gaming…

A. The department of gaming may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules shall be consistent with the provisions contained in tribal-state compacts. B. The department may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars per day and not to exceed …

An investigator who is regularly employed and paid by the department of gaming and who is certified by the Arizona peace officer standards and training board has the authority of a peace officer.

A. The department of gaming is established. B. The governor shall appoint a director of the department of gaming pursuant to section 38-211. The director serves at the pleasure of the governor. To be eligible for appointment as director, a person shall not have a financial intere…

A. The 2021 compact trust fund is established for the exclusive purposes of mitigating impacts to Indian tribes from gaming authorized by the 2021 gaming compact amendment and providing economic benefits to beneficiary tribes, including those with an effective gaming compact that…

A. The department shall create and implement a complaint submission process and complaint tracking system that allow the department to track and monitor complaints relating to this chapter and chapters 2, 10 and 11 of this title. The department shall make the complaint submission…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Base area lift" means a passenger tramway that skiers ordinarily use without first using another passenger tramway. 2. "Chair lift" means a type of transportation on which passengers are carried on chairs suspended in th…

A. A ski area operator shall maintain a sign system with concise, simple and pertinent information for the protection and instruction of people on a passenger tramway. B. A ski area operator shall prominently display signs that are readable in conditions of ordinary visibility an…

A. A ski area operator shall maintain a sign and marking system with concise, simple and pertinent information for the protection and instruction of skiers. The signs required by this section shall be readable in conditions of ordinary visibility and, if applicable, that are adeq…

A. If maintenance equipment is being used to maintain or groom any ski slope or trail that a ski area operator has not designated as closed pursuant to section 5-703, subsection D, the ski area operator shall place a conspicuous notice at or near the beginning of the slope or tra…

In any civil action brought by a skier against a ski area operator, the duties of a skier shall be as follows: 1. At all times a skier has the sole responsibility to know the range of the skier's own ability to negotiate a ski slope or trail and to ski within the limits of that a…

In any action brought by a skier against a ski area operator, if the ski area operator proves that the skier signed a valid release, the ski area operator's liability shall be determined by the terms of the release.

A. Before the beginning of any competition, a ski area operator shall allow any competitor a reasonable visual inspection of the course or area where the competition is to be held. B. A competitor accepts the risk of all course conditions, including weather and snow conditions, c…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Authority" means the tourism and sports authority. 2. "Board" means the board of directors of the authority. 3. "Indian tribe" means any organized Indian nation, tribe, band or community that is recognized as an Indian t…

A. The tourism and sports authority is established. The boundaries of the authority are the boundaries of any county that has a population of more than two million persons. B. The authority is a corporate and political body and, except as otherwise limited, modified or provided b…

A. The authority is governed by a board of directors consisting of the following members who must reside in the county in which the authority is established: 1. Five members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. No more than three of these members may be from the …

A. The board of directors, on behalf of the authority, may: 1. Adopt and use a corporate seal. 2. Sue and be sued. 3. Enter into contracts, including intergovernmental agreements under title 11, chapter 7, article 3, as necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this…

A. The executive director is responsible for managing, administering and supervising the activities of the authority. B. The executive director shall negotiate, make, execute, acknowledge and perform contracts and other agreements in the interest of the authority or to carry out …

A. A principal or lobbyist or any other person acting on behalf of a principal or lobbyist shall not give a gift to any board member or employee of the board and a board member or employee of the board shall not accept a gift from a principal or lobbyist. B. For the purpose of th…

A. The authority shall construct, finance, furnish, maintain, improve, operate, market and promote the use of a multipurpose facility and do all things necessary or convenient to accomplish those purposes. One or more site hosts shall provide the land, infrastructure and parking …

A. From monies in the cactus league promotion account established by section 5-837, the authority may: 1. Acquire land or construct, finance, furnish, improve, market or promote the use of existing or proposed major league baseball spring training facilities that are located in t…

A. From monies in the youth and amateur sports facilities account established by section 5-838, the authority may: 1. Acquire land or construct, finance, furnish, maintain, improve, operate, market or promote the use of community youth and amateur sports facilities, recreational …

Subject to the requirements of title 4, the board may permit and regulate the sale, use and consumption of alcoholic beverages at events held on property acquired, leased or subleased under this chapter.

A. The directors, officers and employees of the authority are subject to title 38, chapter 3, article 8 relating to conflicts of interest. B. A director, officer or employee of the authority shall not have any direct or indirect financial interest in any property owned, purchased…

A. Beginning not later than 2004 and at least every fifth year thereafter, the auditor general shall conduct a performance audit, as defined in section 41-1278, of the authority. B. On or before November 30 of the respective year the auditor general shall issue a public report of…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the authority shall: 1. Establish disadvantaged business enterprise participation goals for the design, engineering and construction of the multipurpose facility under section 5-807 based on the availability of ready, willing and able disadvantag…

A. Within three weeks after the end of each calendar month the authority shall prepare a report signed by the executive director of the authority and transmit the report to the governor, the legislature, as provided by section 41-1178, and the joint legislative budget committee. …