A. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission is authorized to charge an application fee of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to each organization licensee which desires to conduct gaming pursuant to the State-Tribal Gaming Act or which receives any funds as a "recipient licensee" as that term is defined by the State-Tribal Gaming Act and desires to conduct pari-mutuel wagering in this state. Such fee must be paid prior to any organization licensee being authorized by the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission to conduct gaming pursuant to the State-Tribal Gaming Act.

B. In addition to the application fee authorized in subsection A of this section and the fees authorized in subsection F of this section, the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission is hereby authorized to assess a fee upon each organization licensee authorized by the State-Tribal Gaming Act to conduct gaming authorized by the State-Tribal Gaming Act to provide adequate funding to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission for the regulation of such gaming in this state.

C. The assessment authorized by subsection B shall be proportional to the number of player terminals an organization licensee is licensed to operate pursuant to the State-Tribal Gaming Act.

D. The Commission may provide that each licensee shall pay any assessment levied pursuant to subsection B of this section on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. Notice of the assessment shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each licensee. Each licensee shall pay the amount assessed to the Commission for deposit to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Operational Expenses Revolving Fund. The Commission shall establish the dates by which such assessment shall be due.

E. The application fee authorized in subsection A of this section and any assessment authorized in subsection B of this section and any fee authorized in subsection F of this section collected by the Commission shall be deposited in the "Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Operational Expenses Revolving Fund". On the effective date of this act, the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Gaming Regulation Revolving Fund shall be closed and any unencumbered balance shall be transferred to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Operational Expenses Revolving Fund created by Section 1 of this act.

F. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission shall issue occupation gaming licenses and charge to the applicants therefore the related license application fees, investigative fees and fingerprint fees authorized in this subsection. An occupation gaming license is any of the following gaming licenses issued by the Commission.

Manufacturer License$10,000.00

Distributor License$5,000.00

Manufacturer/Distributor License$10,000.00

Independent Testing Laboratory License$5,000.00

Vendor License$500.00

Key Executive License$250.00

Gaming Employee License$50.00

Manufacturer, Distributor, or Manufacturer/Distributor Employee License$50.00

Vendor Employee License$50.00

Background Investigative fee for the following occupation gaming license categories:

Manufacturer, Distributor, Manufacturer/Distributor, Independent Testing Laboratory, Racetrack Gaming Operator, Key Executive$50.00 per hour

plus expenses

Background Investigative fee for the following occupation gaming license categories:

Gaming Employee, Vendor Employee$50.00

Fingerprint fees shall be charged as required by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 487, § 1, eff. Nov. 2, 2004. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 148, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 25; Laws 2017, c. 116, § 7, eff. July 1, 2017.

NOTE: Laws 2004, c. 487, § 4 provides: "This act shall become effective upon certification of election returns favoring passage of the legislative referendum proposed in Senate Bill No. 1252 of the 2nd Session of the 49th Oklahoma Legislature." State Question No. 712, Legislative Referendum No. 335, was adopted at election held on Nov. 2, 2004.