Bill Text: MI HB4686 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Gaming: casinos; removal of name from disassociated persons list; allow. Amends sec. 25 of 1996 IL 1 (MCL 432.225).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2020-10-14 - Assigned Pa 225'20 With Immediate Effect [HB4686 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4686-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
HOUSE BILL NO. 4686
A bill to amend 1996 IL 1, entitled
"Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act,"
by amending section 25 (MCL 432.225), as amended by 2019 PA 158.
The people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 25. (1) The board shall create a list of
disassociated persons. The board shall, with the assistance of casino
licensees, inform each patron of the list of disassociated persons and explain
how the patron may add his or her name to the list.
(2) The board may add an
individual's name to the list of disassociated persons if the individual has
notified the board in writing of his or her pledge not to visit a casino in
this state by filing an application for placement on the list of disassociated
persons with the board.
(3) The board shall
create and make available an application form applications for placement on the
list of disassociated persons. The application must forms must have spaces to include all of the following
information about the individual who is applying:
(a) Full name and all
aliases.
(b) Physical description
including height, weight, hair and eye color, skin color, and any other
noticeable physical characteristics.
(c) Occupation.
(d) Current home and work
addresses and phone numbers.
(e) Social Security
number.
(f) Date of birth.
(g) Statement A statement that the individual believes
he or she is a problem gambler and is seeking treatment.
(h) A photograph suitable
for the board and casino licensees to use to identify the individual.
(i) Other information
that the board considers necessary.
(4) An individual's name
must be placed on the list of disassociated persons after all of the following
have occurred:
(a) The individual has
submitted an a completed application to be placed on
the list of disassociated persons to the board.
(b) The application has
been verified by a representative of the board.
(c) The individual has
signed an affidavit in which he or she affirms that he or she wishes to be
placed on the list of disassociated persons and authorizing the board to
release the contents of his or her application to all casino licensees in this
state.
(d) The individual signs
a form releasing this state, the board, and the casino licensees from any
injury the individual suffers as a consequence of placing his or her name on
the list of disassociated persons.
(e) The individual signs
a form stating that he or she understands and authorizes all of the following:
(i) That a criminal complaint for trespassing will be filed
against him or her if he or she is found on the premises of a casino in this
state and he or she will be immediately removed from the casino premises.
(ii) That if he or she
enters a casino and wins any money, the board will confiscate the winnings.
(5) An Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the name of an individual who has his or her name placed on the list of
disassociated persons must remain on the list for the remainder of his or her the individual's life. Not earlier than 5 years after an
individual's name has been placed on the list of disassociated persons, the
individual may submit a form, provided by the board, to the board to have the
individual's name removed from the list of disassociated persons. After receiving
the form under this subsection, the board shall notify all of the following
that the individual's name has been removed from the list of disassociated
persons:
(a) Each casino licensee.
(b) The department of the attorney general.
(c) The department of state police.
(6) After an application under this section has been submitted to the
board, the chairperson of the board shall file a notice of placement on the
list of disassociated persons with the board at the next closed session.
Information contained in an application under subsection (4) or form under subsection (5)
is exempt from disclosure under section 4c of this act and is not open for public
inspection. The information must be disclosed to the board, each casino
licensee in this state, the department of the attorney general, and the department of
state police.
(7) The list of disassociated persons must be provided to
each casino licensee, the department of the attorney general, and the department of
state police.
(8) Each A casino licensee in this state shall
submit to the board a plan for disseminating the information contained in the applications an application for
placement on the list of disassociated persons. The board shall approve the
plan. The plan must be designed to safeguard the confidentiality of the
information but must include
provide for dissemination
of the information to
all of the following:
(a) The general casino manager or the managerial employee who
has responsibility over the entire casino operations.
(b) All security and surveillance personnel.
(c) The department of state police.
(9) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a casino
licensee shall not extend credit, offer check cashing privileges, or offer
coupons to, or market its services, or send advertisements to, or otherwise
solicit the patronage in the casino of, those persons whose names are on the
list of disassociated persons. A casino licensee may market or advertise its
services, other than by direct mail, for the casino licensee's nongaming
amenities, such as hotels, restaurants, and event centers.
(10) The A casino licensee shall
keep a computer record of each individual whose name is on the list of
disassociated persons. If a casino licensee identifies a person an individual whose
name is on the list of disassociated persons on the premises of a at the casino, the licensee shall immediately
notify the board, a representative of the board, or a representative of the
department of state police who is on the premises of at the casino.
(11) A casino licensee who violates this act is subject to
disciplinary action by the board.
(12) The board shall promulgate rules to implement and
administer this act.section.
(13) An individual who has placed his or her name on the list
of disassociated persons who enters a casino in this state is guilty of
criminal trespassing punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, a
fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(14) This act
section does
not create any right or cause of action on behalf of the individual whose name
is placed on the list of disassociated persons against this state, the board,
or a casino licensee.
(15) Any The board shall deposit any winnings
collected by the board under this act must be deposited section into the compulsive gaming prevention
fund created in section 3 of
the compulsive gaming prevention act, 1997 PA 70, MCL 432.253.