| | | 5.__Renewal.__Licenses to operate slot machines may be renewed | | upon application for renewal in accordance with this subchapter, | | subject to board rules. |
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| | | §1012.__Local approval for renewal of slot machine |
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| | | An application for renewal of a slot machine operator license | | must first be approved under this section by the municipal | | officers of the municipality in which the commercial track with | | slot machines is located or, if the commercial track is in an | | unincorporated place, the application must be approved by the | | county commissioners of the county in which the commercial track | | with slot machines is located. |
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| | | 1.__Hearings.__Municipal officers or county commissioners, as | | the case may be, may hold a public hearing for the consideration | | of a request for the renewal of a license to operate slot | | machines, except that, when an applicant has held a license for | | the prior 5 years and a complaint has not been filed with the | | board against the applicant within that time, the applicant may | | request a waiver of the hearing. |
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| | | A.__The board shall prepare and supply application forms for | | public hearings under this subsection. |
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| | | B.__Municipal officers or county commissioners, as the case | | may be, shall provide public notice of any hearing held | | under this section by causing, at the applicant's prepaid | | expense, a notice stating the name and place of the hearing | | to appear on at least 3 consecutive days before the date of | | the hearing in a daily newspaper having general circulation | | in the municipality where the premises of the commercial | | track with slot machines are located or one week before the | | date of the hearing in a weekly newspaper having general | | circulation in the municipality where the premises are | | located. |
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| | | C.__If municipal officers or county commissioners, as the | | case may be, fail to take final action on an application for | | a renewal of a slot machine operator license within 60 days | | of the filing of an application, the application is | | considered approved and ready for action by the board.__For | | purposes of this paragraph, the date of filing of the | | application is the date the application is received by the | | municipal officers or county commissioners. |
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| | | 2.__Findings.__In granting or denying an application under | | this section, municipal officers or the county commissioners | | shall indicate the reasons for their decision and provide a copy |
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