ENTITLED, An Act to revise the rule-making authority of the Commission on Gaming to allow the
commission to authorize the executive secretary of the Commission on Gaming to take certain
actions on gaming licensees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 42-7B-11 be amended to read as follows:
42-7B-11. The commission may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to enable the
commission to:
(1) Issue licenses, oversee, and define the gaming contracts of the licensees. Any license
issued pursuant to this chapter is conditioned upon a specific waiver of all state and
federal constitutional or statutory rights of privacy regarding gaming equipment, the
licensed premises, all books, papers, computers, and information storage devices of any
kind wherever located;
(2) Inspect and examine without notice all premises where gaming is conducted or gaming
devices or equipment are located, sold, distributed, or stored;
(3) Seize and remove without notice or hearing from the premises and impound any gaming
equipment or supplies for the purpose of examination and inspection;
(4) At any time day or night, inspect, examine, and photocopy or remove and impound all
papers, books, and records of applicants and licensees and require verification of income,
and all matters affecting the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter;
(5) Contract for such legal counsel to advise it as it may choose;
(6) Suspend for cause any gaming license;
(7) Require any applicant for a license as an operator or a retailer to disclose any pecuniary
interest in the applicant by any person;
(8) Carry out such duties as may be imposed upon the state as a result of a compact entered
into under the authority of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, provided the cost
of performance of such duties is adequately funded by payments made available to the
commission under the compact;
(9) Permit the executive secretary to issue or deny support licenses;
(10) Grant a license with special conditions or a license for a limited period, or both;
(11) Establish a procedure for establishing the suitability or unsuitability of persons and acts
or practices;
(12) Regulate the manufacture of gaming devices and equipment for exportation outside this
state;
(13) Establish procedures and regulations relating to corporations, partnerships, limited
liability companies, affiliated companies and affiliates including the issuance, revocation,
and suspension of licenses, and procedures generally to regulate gaming activities;
(14) Permit the executive secretary to enter into contracts and memorandums of understanding
with regulatory agencies of other states and countries for the purpose of conducting
background investigations of applicants;
(15) Permit the executive secretary to approve the transfer of a license stamp between licensed
operators;
(16) Permit the executive secretary to renew licenses issued by the commission, to approve
additional retail licenses to a person who holds at least one retail license in good standing,
and to approve the assignment of the locations of retail licenses in good standing, all
subject to the approval of the commission at the commission's next regular meeting.
An Act to revise the rule-making authority of the Commission on Gaming to allow the commission
to authorize the executive secretary of the Commission on Gaming to take certain actions on gaming
licensees.
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I certify that the attached Act
originated in the
SENATE as Bill No. 19
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Secretary of the Senate
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President of the Senate
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Secretary of the Senate
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Speaker of the House
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Chief Clerk
Senate Bill No. 19
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 20___
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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.
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Secretary of State
By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State
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