WEST virginia
legislature
2017 regular session
By
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to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A BILL to amend and
reenact §29-22B-702 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to
removing limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video
lottery retailers.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
That §29-22B-702 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 22B. LIMITED VIDEO LOTTERY.
§29-22B-702. Additional
duties of limited video lottery retailers.
In addition to the general
duties imposed on all licensees in section 22B-701 seven hundred one
of this article, a limited video lottery retailer shall:
(1) Attend all commission mandated meetings, seminars and
training sessions concerning operation of video lottery terminals, the
validation and redemption of video lottery winning tickets and the operation of
all ticket validation terminals and equipment;
(2) Maintain all skills
necessary for the accurate validation of video lottery tickets;
(3) Supervise video lottery
operations and ticket validation procedures at the applicable location;
(4) Permit no person to
tamper with or interfere with the operation of any video lottery terminal;
(5) Ensure that telephone
lines from the commission's central
control computer to the video lottery terminals located at the approved
location are at all times connected, and prevent any person from tampering or
interfering with the operation of the telephone lines;
(6) Ensure that video
lottery terminals are within the sight and control of designated employees of
the limited video lottery retailer;
(7) Ensure that video
lottery terminals are placed and remain placed in the specific locations which
have been approved by the commission. A
video lottery terminal in a restricted access adult-only facility may not be
relocated within the facility without the prior written approval of the commission;
(8) Monitor video lottery
terminals to prevent access to or play by persons who are under the age of
twenty-one years or who are visibly intoxicated;
(9) Maintain at all times
sufficient change and cash in the denominations accepted by the video lottery
terminals;
(10) Provide no access by a
player to an automated teller machine (ATM)
in the restricted access adult-only facility where video lottery games are
played, accept no credit card or debit card from a player for the exchange or
purchase of video lottery game credits or for an advance of coins or currency
to be utilized by a player to play video lottery games and extend no credit, in
any manner, to a player so as to enable the player to play a video lottery
game;
(11) Pay for all credits
won upon presentment of a valid winning video lottery ticket;
(12) Report promptly in
writing to the operator and the commission all video lottery terminal
malfunctions and notify the commission in writing of the failure of an operator
or service technician to provide prompt service and repair of the terminals and
associated equipment;
(13) Conduct no video
lottery advertising or promotional activities;
(14) Not use the words "video lottery" in the name of the approved location, or in any
directions or advertising visible from outside the retailer's establishment;
(15) (13) Install, post and display prominently
within or about the approved location signs, redemption information and other
promotional material as required by the commission;
(16) (14) Permit video lottery to be played only
during those hours established and approved by the commission: Provided, That the limited video
lottery retailer shall may not permit video lottery to be played
beyond the hour during which liquor may be served;
(17) (15) Contract with no more than one licensed
operator for the placement of video lottery terminals at the licensed location;
(18) (16) Maintain insurance covering all losses as
the result of fire, theft or vandalism to video lottery terminals and associated
equipment; and
(19) (17) Comply with all
applicable provisions of this article and rules and orders of the commission.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited
video lottery retailers.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.