Sec. 2. (a) A person, including a person who holds or has an interest in an owner’s license issued under this article, may file an application with the commission to serve as an operating agent under this chapter. An applicant must pay a nonrefundable application fee to the commission in an amount to be determined by the commission.

     (b) An applicant must submit the following on forms provided by the commission:

(1) If the applicant is an individual, two (2) sets of the individual’s fingerprints.

(2) If the applicant is not an individual, two (2) sets of fingerprints for each officer and director of the applicant.

     (c) This subsection applies to an applicant who applies after May 12, 2009, to serve as an operating agent under this chapter. An applicant shall submit for the approval of the commission a written power of attorney identifying the person who, if approved by the commission, would serve as the applicant’s trustee to operate the riverboat. The power of attorney submitted under this subsection must:

(1) be executed in the manner required by IC 30-5;

(2) describe the powers that may be delegated to the proposed trustee;

(3) conform with the requirements established by the commission under IC 4-33-4-3(a)(9); and

(4) be submitted on the date that the applicant pays the application fee described in subsection (a).

     (d) The commission shall review the applications filed under this chapter and shall inform each applicant of the commission’s decision.

     (e) The costs of investigating an applicant to serve as an operating agent under this chapter shall be paid from the application fee paid by the applicant.

     (f) An applicant to serve as an operating agent under this chapter must pay all additional costs that are:

(1) associated with the investigation of the applicant; and

(2) greater than the amount of the application fee paid by the applicant.

As added by P.L.92-2003, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.142-2009, SEC.10; P.L.1-2010, SEC.9; P.L.93-2024, SEC.33.