Ch. 4

2007 Laws of Maryland

licenses; prohibiting a video lottery operation license from being transferred or
pledged as collateral; prohibiting certain licensees from selling or otherwise
transferring more than a certain percentage of the legal or beneficial interest
unless certain conditions are met; requiring that the transfer of a certain interest
in a person that holds a video lottery operation license be approved by the State
Lottery Commission; requiring the Department of State Police or certain
approved vendors to conduct certain background investigations in a certain
manner; providing that certain information obtained as a result of a certain
background check is confidential, may not be redisseminated, and may be used
only for a certain purpose; requiring the State Lottery Commission to buy or
lease the video lottery terminals, central monitor and control system, and
associated equipment and software authorized under this Act; requiring the
State Lottery Commission to develop a certain process; allowing a certain
number of destination locations to be eligible for a video lottery operation license
under certain circumstances; establishing a Video Lottery Facility Location
Commission, its membership, and certain eligibility requirements for
membership; providing for certain reimbursements and staffing; allowing the
Video Lottery Facility Location Commission to award not more than a certain
number of video lottery operation licenses to certain video lottery destination
locations; prohibiting the holder of a video lottery operation license issued for a
certain location and certain other persons from building or allowing to be built.
or converting or allowing another person to convert an existing facility into, any
type of hotel, motel, or other public lodging accommodations on or within a
certain distance of certain property owned by the license holder; prohibiting the
holder of a video lottery operation license issued for a certain location and
certain other persons from building or operating a conference center or
convention center and certain forms of amusement activities on or within a
certain distance of certain property; prohibiting the holder of a video lottery
operation license issued for a certain location and certain other persons from
offering, or allowing a certain other person to offer, the patrons of the video
lottery facility certain forms of entertainment; providing that certain prohibitions
regarding the holder of a certain video lottery operation license apply to
subsequent license holders; authorizing the Department of Transportation to pay
for and undertake certain improvements and enhancements within a certain
time frame to certain highways within Worcester County in the area in which a
video lottery facility is located; requiring the Video Lottery Facility Location
Commission to consider certain factors; providing for the termination of the
Video Lottery Facility Location Commission; authorizing the Governor to
reconstitute the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission under certain
circumstances; authorizing the State Lottery Commission to reallocate certain
video lottery terminals to certain video lottery operation licensees under certain
circumstances; providing the minimum payout for video lottery terminals and
authorizing the State Lottery Commission to adopt certain video lottery terminal
payouts; providing for the hours of operation of video lottery terminals;
prohibiting the State Lottery Commission from issuing certain licenses under

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