Arizona Laws 5-1308. Supplier license
A. The department may issue a supplier license to a person that manufactures, distributes, sells or leases event wagering equipment, systems or other gaming items to conduct event wagering and offers services related to the equipment or other gaming items and data to an event wagering operator or limited event wagering operator while the license is active. The department may accept a license issued by another jurisdiction that the department determines to have similar licensure requirements as evidence the applicant meets supplier licensure requirements.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 5-1308
- Department: means the department of gaming. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- Event wagering operator: means either:
(a) An owner or operator of an Arizona professional sports team or franchise, an operator of a sports facility in this state that hosts an annual tournament on the PGA tour or a promoter of a national association for stock car auto racing national touring race in this state, or the designee of such an owner, operator or promoter, who is licensed to offer event wagering under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Limited event wagering operator: means a racetrack enclosure or additional wagering facility that holds a permit issued by the division of racing to offer wagers on horseracing and that is licensed under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- Person: means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, Indian tribe or an entity fully owned by an Indian tribe, or any other organization or group of persons. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
- Supplier: means a person that manufactures, distributes or supplies event wagering equipment or software, including event wagering systems. See Arizona Laws 5-1301
B. The department may adopt rules that establish additional requirements for a supplier and any system or other equipment used for event wagering.
C. An applicant for a supplier license shall demonstrate that the equipment, system or services that the applicant plans to offer to the event wagering operator conform to standards established by the department and applicable state law. The department may accept approval by another jurisdiction that the department determines has similar equipment standards as evidence the applicant meets the standards established by the department and applicable state law.
D. An applicant shall pay to the department a nonrefundable license and application fee as prescribed by section 5-1310. A license is valid for two years. The department shall grant a renewal of a supplier license if the renewal applicant has continued to comply with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, submits the renewal application on a department-issued renewal form and pays the renewal fee prescribed by section 5-1310. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the fees collected from licensees under this subsection in the event wagering fund established by section 5-1318.
E. A supplier shall submit to the department a list of all event wagering equipment and services sold, delivered or offered to an event wagering operator in this state, as required by the department, all of which must be tested and approved by an independent testing laboratory approved by the department. An event wagering operator or limited event wagering operator may continue to use supplies acquired from a licensed supplier, even if a supplier’s license expires or is otherwise canceled, unless the department finds a defect in the supplies.