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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5925 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002107 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING, AND ATHLETICS -- DIVISION OF GAMING AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | ATHLETICS LICENSING |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Baginski, Solomon, Edwards, and Shallcross Smith |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 41-1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 41-1 entitled "Division of 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Gaming and Athletics Licensing" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 41-1-1. Division of gaming and athletics licensing — Duties. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Within the department of business regulation there shall be a division of gaming and 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | athletics licensing. The division shall supervise the enforcement of all laws relating to the regulation 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and control of racing and athletics, and may in the first instance make decisions and issue orders, 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | subject to appeal to the racing and athletics hearing board. The division shall exercise all powers 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and duties prescribed by chapters 3, 3.1, 4, 5, 7, and 11 of this title, and all other acts relative to the 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | regulation and supervision of horse racing, dog racing, and athletics, heretofore performed by the 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | commission on horse racing and athletics. The division shall comply with § 42-14-14 in the conduct 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of any investigation related to any license application, permit and/or registration related to chapters 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3, 3.1, 4, 7, and 11 of this title. The division may comply with § 42-14-14 in the conduct of any 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | investigation related to any license application, permit and/or registration related to chapters 5 and 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5.2 of this title. The investigation shall require the applicant to apply to the bureau of criminal 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | identification of the Rhode Island state police or the Rhode Island department of the attorney 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | general for a nationwide criminal records check with fingerprinting. The applicant shall be 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | responsible for payment of the costs of the criminal records check. The Rhode Island state police 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | or the Rhode Island department of the attorney general, as applicable, shall send the results of the 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | criminal records check shall be sent to the division. Once the results are sent to and received by the 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Rhode Island lottery, the Rhode Island state police and the Rhode Island department of attorney 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | general shall promptly destroy the fingerprint record(s). On or before February 1, 2011, the agency 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | shall adopt rules and regulations establishing criteria to be used in determining whether, based upon 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | a criminal records check, an application will be approved. 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 6 |
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| 55 | 55 | | LC002107 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 57 | 57 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 58 | 58 | | OF |
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| 59 | 59 | | A N A C T |
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| 60 | 60 | | RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING, AND ATHLETICS -- DIVISION OF GAMING AND |
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| 61 | 61 | | ATHLETICS LICENSING |
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| 62 | 62 | | *** |
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| 63 | 63 | | This act would remove the requirement that the Rhode Island state police or the department 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of attorney general complete the nationwide criminal records check for any license application, 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | permit and/or registration and require the applicant to apply for a nationwide criminal records check 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | with fingerprinting and submission to the division of gaming and athletics. 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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