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LR 2023
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§6310.__Enforcement

 
1.__Tribal gaming agency.__The tribal gaming agency shall
employ nonuniformed inspectors who are present in all gaming
facilities during all hours of operation and who are under the
supervision of personnel accountable solely to the tribal
gaming agency and not to any management employees of the
tribal gaming operator.__Such inspectors must have unfettered
access to all areas of the gaming facilities at all times, and
personnel employed by the tribal gaming operator shall for
such purposes provide such inspectors access to locked and
secure areas of the gaming facilities in accordance with the
standards of management and operation adopted pursuant to
section 6307.__Such inspectors shall report to the tribal
gaming agency regarding any failure by the tribal gaming
operator to comply with this subchapter.__Inspectors assigned
by the tribal gaming agency shall also receive consumer
complaints within the gaming facilities and shall assist in
seeking voluntary resolution of such complaints.__The tribal
gaming agency may investigate any report of a failure to
comply with this subchapter or the applicable regulations of
the tribal gaming agency and may require the tribal gaming
operator to correct such failure upon such terms and
conditions as the tribal gaming agency may determine
necessary.__Inspectors employed by the tribal gaming agency
for the purposes set forth in this section shall obtain gaming
employee licenses pursuant to section 6305.__The tribal gaming
operator shall prepare a plan for the protection of public
safety and the physical security of patrons in its gaming
facilities, following consultation and agreement with the
state law enforcement agency, the security department of the
tribal gaming operator and the state gaming agency.__The
tribal gaming agency shall provide the state gaming agency
with copies of its floor plans and surveillance systems for
its gaming facilities and confer with the state gaming agency
regarding the adequacy of such plans and systems.

 
2.__State supervision.__The state gaming agency may review
the gaming operations in order to determine whether such
operations are conducted in compliance with this subchapter,
and for that purpose personnel employed by the state gaming
agency must have access to all areas of the gaming facilities
without prior notice for the purpose of audits of the tribal
gaming operator, and personnel employed by the tribal gaming
operator shall provide for such purposes such state personnel
access to locked and secure areas of the gaming facilities in
accordance with the standards of management and operation
adopted pursuant to section 6307.__Such state personnel shall
report to the state gaming agency regarding any failure by the
tribal gaming operator to comply with any of the provisions of
this subchapter.__The tribal gaming operator shall provide the
state law enforcement


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