Title 10, Local Laws

Determination by the Commission Concerning Approval. (a) The Commission, upon a consideration of the recommendation of the Executive Director and such other matters with respect of the application as it thinks fit, may: (1) approve the application; (2) refuse the application; or …

Variation of Casino Lease or Casino Management Agreement. (a) If in any case the parties to a casino lease or casino management agreement desire to vary its provisions, they shall make application to the Executive Director setting out the variations proposed and such other partic…

Investigations Concerning Continued Suitability of Casino Licensee, etc. (a) At any time and from time to time: (1) after an agreement has been entered into pursuant to 10 CMC § 2532; (2) while the casino license in relations to such agreement remains in force; (3) after approval…

Cancellation or Suspension of Casino Licenses and Letters of Censure. (a) A ground for cancellation or suspension of a casino license arises if the casino licensee or, in the case of a casino management agreement, the casino operator who has entered into such agreement with the c…

Mortgage and Assignment of Casino License, etc. (a) A casino licensee shall not mortgage, charge or otherwise encumber: (1) the casino license; (2) the hotel-casino complex to which the casino license is related; or (3) the rights and benefits under the agreement in question as r…

Surrender of Casino License. (a) The Commission, subject to this section, may accept the surrender of a casino license. (b) Application for acceptance of surrender shall be made in writing by the casino licensee to the Executive Director and shall set out in detail the grounds on…

Restriction on Certain Agreements. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 83; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this chapter but omitted an…

Review of Certain Agreements. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 84; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this chapter but omitted any men…

Unlicensed Persons Not to be Casino Key Employees or Casino Employees. (a) A person shall not work as or be a casino key employee or a casino employee unless: (1) in the case of a casino key employee, the person is the holder of a casino key employee license and in the case of a …

Application for License. (a) An application for a casino key employee license or a casino employee license shall be made by the applicant and addressed to the Executive Director and shall, according to the application in question: (1) be in the prescribed form; (2) be accompanied…

Requirement to Apply for Casino Key Employee License in Certain Cases. (a) Where the Executive Director is of the opinion that: (1) any person associated with or is an employee of a casino has the power to exercise a significant influence over or with respect to the casino; or (2…

Consideration of Application. (a) Upon receipt of an application and compliance by the applicant with the provisions of the Part in relation thereto, the Executive Director shall: (1) cause the photograph and fingerprints of the applicant to be taken; (2) initiate and have follow…

Commission May Grant or Refuse to Grant Application. (a) The Commission, after giving consideration to the recommendation of the Executive Director and to such other submitted and investigatory material as it thinks fit including, as an applicable case, additional information or …

Issue of License. (a) Where the Commission grants an application for a casino key employee license or a casino employee license, the Executive Director shall issue the license under his hand. (b) The license shall be in the prescribed form for the license in question and shall sp…

Notification of Commencement of Employment. A casino operator shall notify the Executive Director in the prescribed form of the commencement of employment of a casino key employee or a casino employee within 7 days of such commencement. Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 87, mo…

Display of Identification. (a) A casino key employee or casino employee shall at all times while on duty in the casino wear a form of identification as prescribed on his person in such a manner as to be visible to other persons in the casino. (b) Subsection (a) of this section is…

Submission of List of Licensees. (a) A casino operator shall submit to the Executive Director once every six (6) months a list of the licensees then employed in the casino. (b) The list shall show in respect of each licensee: (1) his name and current address; (2) the type of lice…

Duration of License. (a) A casino key employee license or a casino employee license shall remain in force until: (1) the licensee dies; (2) it is canceled by the Commission or surrendered by the licensee; (3) licensee ceases to be employed in a casino in Tinian; or (4) the expira…

Cancellation or Suspension of License. (a) The Commission may cancel or suspend a casino key employee license or a casino employee license: (1) if the holder is found in violation of this chapter; (2) if the holder is convicted of a criminal offense, punishable in the particular …

Letter of Censure. (a) The Commission, in lieu of canceling or suspending a license under 10 CMC § 2561, may, if it considers the circumstances are such as not to warrant cancellation or suspension, direct to the casino key employee or casino employee a letter of censure censurin…

Surrender of Casino Key Employee License or Casino Employee License. The holder of a casino key employee license or a casino employee license may, by notice in writing to the Commission, surrender his license. Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 33; amended by TLL 21-9, § 4 (§ 2…

Termination of Employment of Employee and Notification of Termination of Employment. (a) A casino operator shall notify the Executive Director in the prescribed form: (1) that he has terminated the employment of a casino key employee or a casino employee; (2) that a casino key em…

Provisional License. (a) Pending a decision by the Commission with respect to an application for a casino key employee license or a casino employee license or a provisional casino employee license if it considers that: (1) a decision in relation to the license applied for may not…

Reference to Employment. In this Article, a reference to “employ” or “employment” includes a reference to engage or engagement under a contract for services. Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, §§ 37, 38, 39, 40; amended by TLL 21-9, § 4 (§ 2566) (Mar. 30, 2020).

Cancellation or Suspension of License; Letter of Censure. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, §§ 41, 42; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to…

Surrender of Casino Key Employee License or Casino Employee License; Termination of Employment of Employee. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, §§ 43, 44; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: [Historical comments removed.] This sec…

Provisional License. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 45; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this chapter but omitted any mention of §…

Licensing and Registration of Casino Service Industries. (a) (1) All casino service industries offering goods or services which directly relate to casino or gaming activity, including gaming equipment manufacturers, suppliers and repairers, schools teaching gaming and either play…

Approval and Denial of Registrations and Licenses Other Than Casino Licenses. (a) Upon the filing of an application for any license required by this chapter, other than a casino license, and after submission of such supplemental information as the Commission may require, the Comm…

Renewal of Licenses and Registrations. Subject to the power of the Commission to deny, revoke or suspend any license or registration, any license other than a casino license or any registration may be renewed upon proper application for renewal and the payment of fees in accordan…

Slot Machine Manufacturer Enterprise. (a) A slot machine manufacturer enterprise may enter into a written agreement with a casino operator for a direct or indirect interest in or percentage or share of the revenues, profits or earnings from or of the casino; provided that: (1) Th…

Junket Enterprises. (a) Junket enterprises may conduct business with a casino provided they are licensed as casino service industry in accordance with 10 CMC § 2571(a) and the Commission’s regulations and: (1) Maintain a valid CNMI business license; (2) Maintain a CNMI bank accou…

Liability for Fees and Taxes. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 55; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this chapter but omitted any men…

Civil Action by Commission to Collect Fees, Interest, Civil Penalty, Penalty or Tax; Attachment; Records as Evidence. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 56; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repeale…

Maintenance of Facilities. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, §§ 57, 58, 59; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this chapter but omitted a…

Casino License Fees, Casino Key Employee and Casino Employee License Fees, Casino Service Industry License Fee, Investigative Fees, Fines and Casino Taxes as Local Revenues. (a) Except for investigative fees, all license fees and gambling revenue taxes generated by casinos in the…

Adjustment of Payment of Gambling Revenue Tax in Certain Circumstances. (a) If the total of all sums, including checks whether collected or not, actually received in any month by a casino operator from the conduct of gaming (hereinafter in this section referred to as “the total r…

Disposition of Casino License Fees, etc. Casino license fees, gambling revenue taxes, application fees in respect of casino key employee licenses and casino employee licenses, casino service industry license fees and fines collected, shall on their receipt be paid to the Tinian M…

Penalty for Late Payment. (a) Penalty at the rate of two percent shall be charged and become due and payable forthwith on the amount of any casino license fee or gambling revenue tax remaining unpaid after the date on which it becomes due and payable. (b) Additional penalty at th…

Recovery of Fees and Taxes. All fees and taxes due and payable in accordance with this chapter and remaining unpaid are debts due to the Municipality of Tinian and may be recovered by action as for a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, …

Liability for Fees and Taxes. (a) The casino licensee is liable for all fees and taxes due and payable in accordance with this chapter. (b) Where the casino operator is a lessee under a casino lease, he and the casino licensee are jointly and severally liable for all fees and tax…

Exchange by Casino Operator of Chip Purchase Voucher. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 67; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this cha…

Redemption of Checks; Depositing of Checks; No Redemption to Delay Payment. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, §§ 68, 69, 70; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made co…

Training Courses for Employees. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 71; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this chapter but omitted any m…

System of Controls and Procedures. [Repealed.] [Repealed.] Source: Tinian Local Initiative 1, § 72; repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4 (Mar. 30, 2020). Commission Comment: This section was impliedly repealed by TLL 21-9, § 4, which made comprehensive changes to this chapter but omitted an…

Maintenance of Facilities, etc. A casino operator shall: (a) maintain all facilities and amenities of a casino in such a condition as will ensure at all times the maximum comfort for patrons; (b) ensure that the operation of the casino is conducted at all times in a proper and co…