§ 1517. Investigations and enforcement
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 4 Pa.C.S.A. AmusementsEffective: October 30, 2017
Effective: October 30, 2017
4 Pa.C.S.A. § 1517
§ 1517. Investigations and enforcement
(2) Investigate and review all applicants and applications for a license, permit or registration. The bureau shall be prohibited from disclosing any portion of a background investigation report to any member prior to the submission of the bureau's final background investigation report relating to the applicant's suitability for licensure to the board. The Office of Enforcement Counsel, on behalf of the bureau, shall prepare the final background investigation report for inclusion in a final report relating to the applicant's suitability for licensure.
(i) Compliance with this part, the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L. 90, No. 21),1 known as the Liquor Code, and the other laws of this Commonwealth.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 353(f) of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L. 6, No. 2),2 known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, the department shall supply the board, the bureau, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Office of Attorney General with information concerning the status of delinquent taxes owned by the applicant, licensee or permittee.
(1) Promptly conduct background investigations on persons as directed by the board in accordance with the provisions of section 1202 (relating to general and specific powers). The Pennsylvania State Police may contract with other law enforcement annuitants to assist in the conduct of investigations under this paragraph.
(11) Conduct administrative inspections on the premises of licensed racetrack or nonprimary location or licensed facility at such times, under such circumstances and to such extent as the bureau determines to ensure compliance with this part and the regulations of the board and, in the course of inspections, review and make copies of all documents and records required by the inspection through onsite observation and other reasonable means to assure compliance with this part and regulations promulgated under this part.
(12) Conduct audits or verification of information of slot machine, table game operations, including the operation of slot machines used in a multistate wide-area progressive slot machine system and in the operation of skill or hybrid slot machines and interactive gaming operations at such times, under such circumstances and to such extent as the bureau determines. This paragraph includes reviews of accounting, administrative and financial records and management control systems, procedures and records utilized by a slot machine licensee.
(13) A member of the Pennsylvania State Police assigned to duties of enforcement under this part shall not be counted toward the complement as defined in the act of December 13, 2001 (P.L. 903, No. 100),3 entitled “An act repealing in part a limitation on the complement of the Pennsylvania State Police.”
(14) By March 1 of each year, the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police shall submit a report to the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee of the Senate, the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and the Gaming Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives. The report shall summarize all law enforcement activities at each licensed facility during the previous calendar year and shall include all of the following:
(2) In addition to the authority conferred upon the Attorney General under the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L. 950, No. 164),4 known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the Attorney General shall have the authority to investigate and, following consultation with the appropriate district attorney, to institute criminal proceedings for a violation of this part. A person charged with a violation of this part by the Attorney General shall not have standing to challenge the authority of the Attorney General to investigate or prosecute the case, and, if any such challenge is made, the challenge shall be dismissed and no relief shall be available in the courts of this Commonwealth to the person making the challenge.
(i) Inspect and examine all premises where slot machine, table game and interactive gaming operations are conducted, slot machines, table game devices and associated equipment and interactive gaming devices and associated equipment are manufactured, sold, distributed or serviced or where records of these activities are prepared or maintained.
(3) To further effectuate the purposes of this part, the bureau and the Pennsylvania State Police may obtain administrative warrants for the inspection and seizure of property possessed, controlled, bailed or otherwise held by an applicant, licensee, permittee, intermediary, subsidiary, affiliate or holding company.
(f) Information sharing and enforcement referral.--With respect to the administration, supervision and enforcement of this part, the bureau, the department, the Pennsylvania State Police or the Office of Attorney General may obtain or provide pertinent information regarding applicants, licensees or permittees from or to law enforcement entities or gaming authorities of the Commonwealth and other domestic, foreign or federally approved jurisdictions, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may transmit such information to each other electronically.
Credits
2004, July 5, P.L. 572, No. 71, § 1, imd. effective. Amended 2006, Nov. 1, P.L. 1243, No. 135, § 12, imd. effective; 2010, Jan. 7, P.L. 1, No. 1, § 15, imd. effective; 2017, Oct. 30, P.L. 419, No. 42, § 30, imd. effective.
Footnotes
47 P.S. § 1-101 et seq.
72 P.S. § 7353.
Act 2001, Dec. 13, P.L. 903, No. 100 (71 P.S. § 65 note), was repealed by 2013, July 2, P.L. 249, No. 43, § 2(2), effective in 60 days [Sept. 3, 2013]. See now, 71 P.S. § 65(b).
71 P.S. § 732-101 et seq.
4 Pa.C.S.A. § 1517, PA ST 4 Pa.C.S.A. § 1517
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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