Section 99F.17. Distributors and manufacturers — licenses.

  1.  A manufacturer or distributor of gambling games or implements of gambling shall annually apply for a license upon a form prescribed by the commission before the first day of April in each year and shall submit the appropriate license fee. An applicant shall provide the necessary information as the commission requires. The license fee for a distributor is one thousand dollars, and the license fee for a manufacturer is two hundred fifty dollars. The license fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state as provided for in section 99F.4, subsection 2.

  2.  A licensee shall acquire all gambling games or implements of gambling from a distributor licensed pursuant to this chapter. A licensee shall not sell or give gambling games or implements of gambling to another licensee.

  3.  A licensee shall not be a manufacturer or distributor of gambling games or implements of gambling.

  4.  The commission may suspend or revoke the license of a distributor or manufacturer for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter committed by the distributor or manufacturer or an officer, director, employee, or agent of the manufacturer or distributor.

  5.  The manufacturer or distributor of gambling games or implements of gambling shall provide the commission with written notice showing the items shipped to the licensee.

  6.  Subsection 2 does not apply in the following cases, if approved by the commission:

  a.  Gambling games or implements of gambling previously installed in a gambling location licensed in another jurisdiction.

  b.  Gambling games or implements of gambling previously installed in a gambling location licensed in this state.

89 Acts, ch 67, §17

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92 Acts, ch 1203, §18

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94 Acts, ch 1100, §6, 7

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94 Acts, ch 1107, §37

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2004 Acts, ch 1136, §53