HOUSE BILL No. 4863


     June 3, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Frank and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A bill to amend the Initiated Law of 1996, entitled

   "Michigan gaming control and revenue act,"

   by amending section 8 (MCL 432.208).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 8.  (1)  Section 8.  Occupational Licenses.  (a)  The

 2    board may issue an occupational license to an applicant  upon 

 3    AFTER ALL OF THE FOLLOWING HAS OCCURRED:

 4         (A)  (i) the payment of  THE APPLICANT HAS PAID a

 5     non-refundable  NONREFUNDABLE fee set by the board.  ; 

 6         (B)  (ii) a determination by the board  THE BOARD HAS

 7    DETERMINED that the applicant is eligible for an occupational

 8    license pursuant to  regulations which are to be  RULES promul-

 9    gated by the board.  ; and 

10         (C)  (iii) payment of  THE APPLICANT HAS PAID an annual

11    license fee in an amount to be established.


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 1         (D) THE APPLICANT HAS SHOWN BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE

 2    THAT THE APPLICANT POSSESSES THE NECESSARY INTEGRITY, GOOD CHAR-

 3    ACTER AND REPUTATION, PERSONAL AND BUSINESS PROBITY, AND BUSINESS

 4    AND FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE AND MEANS TO BE LICENSED.

 5         (E) THE APPLICANT HAS SHOWN BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE

 6    THAT EACH PERSON WHO CONTROLS THE APPLICANT, DIRECTLY OR INDI-

 7    RECTLY, POSSESSES THE NECESSARY INTEGRITY, GOOD CHARACTER AND

 8    REPUTATION, PERSONAL AND BUSINESS PROBITY, AND BUSINESS AND

 9    FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE TO BE LICENSED.

10         (2)  (b)  To be eligible for an occupational license, an

11    applicant shall BE OR DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

12         (A)  (1) be  BE at least 21 years of age if the applicant

13    will perform any function involved in gaming by patrons.  ; 

14         (B)  (2) be  BE at least 18 years of age if the applicant

15    will perform only  non-gaming  NONGAMING functions.  ; and 

16         (C)  (3) not  NOT have been convicted of any felony or any

17    misdemeanor involving gaming in  the  THIS state or any other

18    jurisdiction.

19         (3)  (c)  A city may regulate occupational licenses through

20    the adoption of an ordinance which is not inconsistent with this

21     Act  ACT.

22         (4)  (d)  Any applicant or any applicant  which  THAT has an

23    affiliate or affiliated company FOR which  has been convicted of 

24    ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE IS INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A CASINO

25    LICENSE:







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 1         (A)  (1) Any felony in any state; or  THE PERSON HAS BEEN

 2    CONVICTED OF A FELONY UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE, ANY OTHER

 3    STATE, OR THE UNITED STATES.

 4         (B)  (2) any  THE PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A misdemeanor

 5    involving gambling, THEFT, DISHONESTY, or fraud in any state.  ; 

 6          (3) any violation of a local ordinance involving gambling

 7     or fraud which ordinance corresponds to a misdemeanor in any

 8     state; shall be ineligible to receive an occupational license. 

 9         (C) THE PERSON HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE

10    THAT CONTAINS FALSE INFORMATION.

11         (D) A PERSON TO WHOM SUBDIVISION (A), (B), OR (C) APPLIES IS

12    AN OFFICER, DIRECTOR, OR KEY EMPLOYEE OF THE APPLICANT OR IS A

13    PERSON WHO HOLDS GREATER THAN A 1% DIRECT OR INDIRECT INTEREST IN

14    THE APPLICANT.





























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