Sec. 7-169d. Bingo products. Registration of manufacturer or equipment dealer. Approval of products. Revocation of registration. Regulations.
Sec. 7-169d. Bingo products. Registration of manufacturer or equipment
dealer. Approval of products. Revocation of registration. Regulations. (a) As used
in this section (1) "bingo" has the same meaning as provided in section 7-169, and (2)
"bingo products" means bingo ball equipment, bingo cards or bingo paper.
(b) Each group or organization authorized to operate or conduct a bingo game or
series of bingo games pursuant to sections 7-169, 7-169a and 7-169c shall use bingo
products that are (1) owned in full by such group or organization, (2) used without
compensation by such group or organization, or (3) rented or purchased from a bingo
product manufacturer or equipment dealer who is registered with the Division of Special
Revenue in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Each applicant for registration as a bingo product manufacturer or equipment
dealer shall apply to the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue on such
forms as the executive director prescribes. The application shall be accompanied by an
annual fee of fifteen hundred dollars payable to the State Treasurer. Each applicant for
an initial registration shall submit to state and national criminal history records checks
conducted in accordance with section 29-17a before such registration is issued.
(d) No registered bingo product manufacturer or equipment dealer shall rent or sell
any type of bingo product that has not been approved by the executive director of the
Division of Special Revenue.
(e) The Division of Special Revenue may revoke for cause any registration issued
in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(f) The executive director of the Division of Special Revenue may adopt regulations,
in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 07-36, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 07-36 effective January 1, 2008.