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LR 995
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E.__One percent of the total gross terminal income must be
dedicated to the prevention and treatment of addictive
gambling.

 
F.__If one or more commercial tracks located in the State
are not both licensed to and in fact operate video lottery
terminals, 4% of total gross terminal income must be sent
to the Treasurer of State and credited by the Treasurer of
State to the fund created in Title 8, section 296.

 
G.__Three percent of the total gross terminal income must
be paid directly to the municipality in which the facility
is located and retained by that municipality as
supplemental revenues or, if the facility is located in an
unorganized area, to the Treasurer of State and applied to
the General Fund; except that, if all commercial tracks
located in the State are licensed to and do operate video
lottery terminals, 5% of the total gross terminal income
must be paid to the municipality in which the facility is
located and retained by that municipality as supplemental
revenues or, if the facility is located in an unorganized
area, to the Treasurer of State and applied to the General
Fund.

 
2.__Payment of expenses.__The balance of the gross terminal
income after distribution pursuant to subsection 1 must be
retained by the licensee under this chapter from which the
licensee is required to pay the video lottery terminal
distributor all fees charged by the distributor and all other
expenses associated with the operation of the video lottery
terminals and any other taxes assessed against the licensee.

 
3.__Failure to deposit funds.__A video lottery terminal
distributor who willfully refuses to comply with this section
commits a Class D crime.__The license of that person may be
revoked by the District Court and the video lottery terminals
of that video lottery terminal distributor must be disabled
and may be confiscated by the commission.

 
4.__Late payments.__The commission may adopt rules
establishing the dates on which payments required by this
section are due.__All payments not remitted when due must be
paid together with a penalty assessment of 2% of the amount
owed and interest on the unpaid balance at a rate of 1.5% per
month.

 
SUBCHAPTER 4

 
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

 
§391.__Reports; records


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