Title 432, GAMING

Sec. 4a. (1) The board has jurisdiction over and shall supervise all gambling operations governed by this act. The board has all powers necessary and proper to fully and effectively execute this act, including, but not limited to, the authority to do all of the following: (a) Inv…

Sec. 4b. (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 $5,000,000.00 appropriation shall be reimbursed in equal shares by each of the 3 casino licensees licensed under this act. I…

Sec. 4c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all information, records, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data supplied to or used by the board are subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, except for the followi…

Sec. 4d. (1) By January 31 of each year, each member of the board shall prepare and file with the office of the board, a board disclosure form in which the member does all of the following: (a) Affirms that the member or the member's spouse, parent, child, or child's spouse is no…

Sec. 5. (1) A person may apply to the board for a casino license to conduct a gambling operation as provided in this act. The application must be made under oath on forms provided by the board and contain information as prescribed by the board, including but not limited to all of…

Sec. 6. (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 5(5) and a $25,000.00 license fee for the first year of operation, and who the board determines is eligible and suitable to …

Sec. 6a. (1) If in the review of an application submitted under this act the board identifies a deficiency that would require denial, the board shall give written notice of the deficiency to the applicant. (2) The board shall provide an applicant a reasonable period of time to co…

Sec. 6b. This act does not prohibit a person licensed to operate a casino from operating a school for the training of any occupational licensee.

Sec. 6c. (1) Unless the board determines that an institutional investor is unqualified, an institutional investor holding either under 10% of the equity securities or debt securities of a casino licensee's affiliate or affiliated company that is related in any way to the financin…

Sec. 7a. (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 the board, if the board determines that the applicant is eligible and suitable for a supplier's license and the applicant pays a $5,000.00 a…

Sec. 7c. (1) Each local labor organization that directly represents casino gaming employees shall register with the board biennially and provide all of the following: (a) The local labor organization's name, address, and telephone number. (b) The name and address of any internati…

Sec. 8. (1) The board may issue an occupational license to an applicant after all of the following have occurred: (a) The applicant has paid a nonrefundable application fee set by the board. (b) The board has determined that the applicant is eligible for an occupational license u…

Sec. 8b. Subject to the laws of this state, prior to hiring a prospective employee, the holder of a casino license shall conduct a background check of the prospective employee to determine whether the prospective employee has had any criminal convictions or has any pending crimin…

Sec. 8c. (1) A license issued under this act is a revocable privilege granted by the state and is not a property right. Granting a license under this act does not create or vest any right, title, franchise, or other property interest. Each license is exclusive to the licensee, an…

Sec. 9. (1) The board shall set minimum and maximum wagers on games. (2) Employees of the board, the department of state police, and the department of attorney general may inspect any casino at any time, without notice, to determine whether this act or rules promulgated by the bo…

Sec. 9a. (1) A person who holds a casino license shall not install, own, or operate or allow another person to install, own, or operate an electronic funds transfer terminal on the premises of the casino that is less than 50 feet from any game in the casino. (2) A person who hold…

Sec. 9b. (1) Except as provided in section 12, a person who holds a casino license issued under this act shall not televise or allow any other person to televise simulcast horse races on the premises of the casino. (2) As used in this section, "simulcast" means the live transmiss…

Sec. 9c. (1) A person who holds a casino license issued under this act shall conspicuously post at each entrance and exit of the casino, on each electronic funds transfer terminal, and at each credit location a visually prominent sign on which is printed a toll-free compulsive ga…

Sec. 9d. A person who holds a casino license shall not accept from a wagerer a lien on real or personal property to extend credit or for the payment of a debt.

Sec. 11. Notwithstanding any applicable statutory provision to the contrary, a licensed owner who extends credit to a wagerer pursuant to this act is authorized to institute a cause of action to collect any amounts due as well as the owner's costs, expenses, and reasonable attorn…

Sec. 12. (1) A wagering tax is imposed on the adjusted gross receipts received by a casino licensee from gaming authorized under this act at the rate of 18%. If a city exercises either of the options in subsection (4), the tax rate under this subsection is 8.1% and must be deposi…

Sec. 12a. (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, casino-related legal services provided by the attorney general, and the casino-related expe…

Sec. 13. (1) In addition to payment of the state or city wagering tax and other fees as set forth in this act, and to any payment required pursuant to the development agreement, a city may impose a municipal services fee upon each licensee located in the city equal to the greater…

Sec. 13a. A licensee shall not be subject to any excise tax, license tax, privilege tax, or occupation tax, which is imposed exclusively upon the licensee by the state or any political subdivision thereof, except as provided in this act. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the…

Sec. 14. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year each casino licensee shall transmit to the board and to the city in which the licensee's casino is located an audit of the financial condition of the licensee's total operations. An audit under this section must be conduct…

Sec. 15. (1) The board shall make an annual report to the governor, for the period ending December 31, of each year. The report shall be filed with the governor and submitted to the chairs of the legislative committees that govern casino-related issues on or before April 15 of th…

Sec. 17. 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 grant or denial of a casino license shall be made to the court of appeals. All other contested case appeals shall be to the …

Sec. 18. (1) A person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than $100,000.00, or both, and is barred from receiving or maintaining a license under this act for doing any of the following: (a) Conducting a gambling operat…

Sec. 19. Any equipment, gambling device, money, apparatus, material of gaming, proceeds, substituted proceeds, or real or personal property used, obtained, or received in violation of this act shall be subject to seizure, confiscation, destruction, or forfeiture.

Sec. 20. In addition to other penalties provided for under this act, a person who conducts a gambling operation without first obtaining a license to do so, or a licensee who continues to conduct gambling games after revocation of the licensee's license, or any licensee who conduc…

Sec. 21. (1) When the board is authorized or required by law to consider some aspect of criminal history record check for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and responsibilities, the board shall require the person, even if the person is a prospective or existing emp…

Sec. 22. 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 through duly elected and qualified members of the legislature, does declare and proclaim that the state is exempt from chapter 1194, 64 St…

Sec. 23. All shipments of gambling devices, including slot machines, to licensed casinos in this state, the registering, recording, and labeling of which have been completed by the manufacturer or dealer thereof in accordance with chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1171 to 11…

Sec. 24. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, when the board revokes a casino license, or suspends a casino license for a period in excess of 120 days, or refuses to renew a casino license, whether or not an appeal is pending, the board, with notice to the mayor o…

Sec. 25. (1) The board shall create a list of disassociated persons. The board shall, with the assistance of casino licensees, inform each patron of the list of disassociated persons and explain how the patron may add his or her name to the list. (2) The board may add an individu…

Sec. 26. For purposes of sections 5, 6, and 7a, the ownership and disclosure threshold as to any company whose stock is widely held, publicly traded, and regulated by the securities and exchange commission shall be beneficial ownership of more than a 5% interest in the company, p…

WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 vests the executive power of the state of Michigan in the Governor; and WHEREAS, Section 2 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the execu…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "compulsive gaming prevention act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Casino" means a building in which gaming is conducted. (b) "Casino licensee" means a person who is licensed to operate a casino under the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, the Initiated Law of 1996, MCL 432.201 to 432.216. (c) "Michigan ga…

Sec. 3. (1) The compulsive gaming prevention fund is created within the department of treasury. (2) All of the following must be deposited in the compulsive gaming prevention fund: (a) The money appropriated from the state services fee fund created in section 12a of the Michigan …

Sec. 4. The director of the department of community health, after consulting with the racing commissioner, the commissioner of the state lottery, and the chairperson of the Michigan gaming control board, shall authorize the distribution of funds from the compulsive gaming prevent…

Sec. 5. (1) The results of funded studies and recommendations for any changes in funding levels shall be submitted to the racing commissioner, the commissioner of the state lottery, the chairperson of the Michigan gaming control board, the chairs of the senate and house committee…

Sec. 6. It is the intent of the legislature to preserve the funds appropriated for the department of community health for the treatment of individuals pursuant to the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106. Therefore, public funds for the treatment of pathologi…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "casino interest registration act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Affiliate" means a person who, directly or indirectly, through 1 or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with; is in a partnership or joint venture relationship with; or is a co-shareholder of a corporation,…

Sec. 3. (1) Not later than 5 days after obtaining a casino interest, the person who holds the casino interest shall file a registration form with the secretary of state. The registration shall contain the following information: (a) The name and office address of the person holdin…