Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section, "salaries and other expenses" does not include payments, rights, or benefits available to an employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7.
(b) The commission shall employ gaming agents to perform the duties imposed by this chapter. Gaming agents and staff required to support the gaming agents are employees of the commission and are not considered to be employees of licensed owners and operating agents.
(c) The licensed owners and operating agents shall, in the manner prescribed by the rules of the commission reimburse the commission for:
(1) the training expenses incurred to train gaming agents;
(2) the salaries and other expenses of staff required to support the gaming agents; and
(3) the salaries and other expenses of the gaming agents required to be present during the time gambling operations are conducted on a riverboat.
(d) This subsection applies to a state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2016. Each licensed owner and each operating agent shall annually pay a special worker's compensation coverage fee of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) to the commission to be used exclusively to assist the commission in offsetting potential state expenses incurred under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7 by gaming agents and staff required to support the gaming agents.
(e) This section is subject to section 3.7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.53-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.92-2003, SEC.13; P.L.170-2005, SEC.4; P.L.72-2016, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 4. State Offices and Administration
Article 33. Riverboat Gambling
Chapter 4. Powers and Duties of Indiana Gaming Commission
4-33-4-1. Administration, Regulation, and Enforcement of Riverboat Gambling
4-33-4-3. Additional Duties of the Commission
4-33-4-3.5. Gaming Agents; Salaries and Expenses; Worker's Compensation Fee
4-33-4-3.7. Application of 2016 Amendments
4-33-4-4. Entering Premises of Licensee
4-33-4-7. Ejection or Exclusion From Facilities
4-33-4-8. Violations of Article; Fraudulent Acts
4-33-4-9. Cashless Wagering System
4-33-4-10. Cruises; Regulation of Routes and Stops
4-33-4-12. Alcoholic Beverages
4-33-4-13. Determination of Navigable Waterways; Approval of Permanently Moored Craft
4-33-4-13.5. Marine Structural and Life Safety Standards for Permanently Moored Craft
4-33-4-14. Navigable Waterways; Extreme Circumstances
4-33-4-15. Annual Duties of Gaming Commission
4-33-4-16. Investigative Procedures; Complaints
4-33-4-17. Commission Consideration of License Applications
4-33-4-18. Background Investigations
4-33-4-19. Revocation of Licenses
4-33-4-21. Licenses; Transfer, Sale, Purchase, or Voting Trust; Rules of Procedure; Prohibitions
4-33-4-21.2. Display and Maintenance of Toll Free Telephone Number
4-33-4-23. Licensed Owners Annual Reports; Incentive Payments
4-33-4-24. Prohibition of Fee for Proposed Transfer of Ownership
4-33-4-24.2. Model Power of Attorney
4-33-4-25. Appointment of Temporary Trustee
4-33-4-26. Civil Penalties for Violations Concerning a Power of Attorney