Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies only to property given after June 30, 1996.

(b) The definitions in IC 3-5-2 apply to this section to the extent they do not conflict with the definitions in this article.

(c) As used in this section, "license" means:

(1) an owner's license issued under this article;

(2) a supplier's license issued under this article to a supplier of gaming supplies or equipment, including electronic gaming equipment; or

(3) an operating agent contract entered into under this article.

(d) As used in this section, "licensee" means a person who holds a license. The term includes an operating agent.

(e) As used in this section, "officer" refers only to either of the following:

(1) An individual listed as an officer of a corporation in the corporation's most recent annual report.

(2) An individual who is a successor to an individual described in subdivision (1).

(f) For purposes of this section, a person is considered to have an interest in a licensee if the person satisfies any of the following:

(1) The person holds at least a one percent (1%) interest in the licensee.

(2) The person is an officer of the licensee.

(3) The person is an officer of a person that holds at least a one percent (1%) interest in the licensee.

(4) The person is a political action committee of the licensee.

(g) A licensee or a person with an interest in a licensee may not give any property (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-253) to a member of a precinct committee to induce the member of the precinct committee to do any act or refrain from doing any act with respect to the approval of a local public question under IC 4-33-6-19 or IC 4-33-6-19.3.

(h) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Level 6 felony.

As added by P.L.24-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.2-1997, SEC.14; P.L.92-2003, SEC.47; P.L.114-2012, SEC.9; P.L.158-2013, SEC.73; P.L.293-2019, SEC.21.