LD 1370
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LR 2023
Item 1

 
1.__Requirements for employee licensing.__A person may not
commence or continue employment as a gaming employee unless that
person is the holder of a valid current gaming employee license
issued by the state gaming agency in accordance with rules
adopted by the state gaming agency pursuant to section 6308.

 
2.__License denial.__The state gaming agency may deny a
gaming employee license to an applicant who:

 
A.__Has been determined to be a person whose prior
activities, criminal record, if any, or reputation, habits
and associations pose a threat to the effective regulation
of gaming or create or increase the danger of unfair or
illegal practices, methods and activities in the conduct
of the gaming activities permitted under this subchapter;
provided that the State may not apply standards for
approval of licenses pursuant to this section more
rigorously than those actually applied in the approval of
employee licenses in gaming enterprises operated or
regulated exclusively by the State; or

 
B.__Has failed to provide any information reasonably
required to investigate the application for a gaming
employee license or to reveal any fact material to such
application or has furnished any information that is
untrue or misleading in connection with such application.

 
3.__Revocation or suspension of license.__The state gaming
agency or the state law enforcement agency may investigate any
person who holds a gaming employee license at any time and the
state gaming agency may suspend or revoke any gaming employee
license issued pursuant to this subchapter if new information
concerning facts arising either prior to or since the issuance
of the original license or any license renewal comes to the
attention of the state gaming agency, which information would
justify denial of such original license or any license renewal
pursuant to subsection 2.__A license may not be revoked or
suspended except after notice and hearing as generally
required for similar administrative actions under the Maine
Administrative Procedure Act.

 
4.__Appeal of license decisions.__A decision of the state
gaming agency to deny, suspend or revoke a license pursuant to
this section, following any administrative review or appeal
that may be permitted by the state gaming agency in accordance
with procedures that it may establish, constitutes final
agency action subject to judicial review in the manner
provided by the laws of the State for judicial review of
administrative actions affecting similar rights.


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