(a) The director, with the approval of the commission, may appoint any professional, clerical, technical and administrative personnel, who shall be state employees hired in accordance with article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code, which the director considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. Prior to his or her appointment, each applicant for a position shall provide his or her fingerprints and shall undergo a thorough background investigation.
(b) No commission employee may directly or indirectly hold an ownership or a financial interest in any racetrack table game license, or a supplier license, or a management services license, or in a holding company that owns the license, or in a business related to the license for federal income tax purposes, or be an applicant for any of these licenses.
(c) No commission employee may knowingly wager or be paid any prize from any wager at any licensed racetrack with West Virginia Lottery table games within this state or at any facility outside this state or this country that is directly or indirectly owned or operated:
(1) By a racetrack table games licensee that is licensed pursuant to this article; or
(2) By any person who directly or indirectly owns the racetrack table games license.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers
Article 22C. West Virginia Lottery Racetrack Table Games Act
§29-22C-4. Commission Duties and Powers
§29-22C-5. Appointment of Commission Staff; Conditions of Employment
§29-22C-7. Local Option Election
§29-22C-8. License to Operate a Racetrack With West Virginia Lottery Table Games
§29-22C-9. State Ownership of Table Games
§29-22C-10. Duties of Racetrack Table Games Licensee
§29-22C-11. Reports by a Racetrack Table Games Licensee
§29-22C-12. License to Supply a Racetrack With Gaming Equipment or Services
§29-22C-13. License to Be Employed in a Racetrack With West Virginia Lottery Table Games
§29-22C-14. License to Be a Provider of Management Services
§29-22C-15. License or Registration Prohibitions
§29-22C-16. License or Registration Denial, Revocation, Suspension, and Reprimand
§29-22C-17. Hearing Procedures
§29-22C-18. Notice of License Expiration and Renewal
§29-22C-19. Miscellaneous License Provisions
§29-22C-20. Game Rules of Play; Disputes
§29-22C-21. Betting Limits; Operations and Services
§29-22C-22. Posting of Betting Limits
§29-22C-23. Complimentary Service, Gift, Cash or Other Item
§29-22C-25. Inspection and Seizure
§29-22C-26. Tax on the Privilege of Holding a License to Operate West Virginia Lottery Table Games
§29-22C-28. Prohibition on Unauthorized Wagering
§29-22C-29. Offenses and Penalties
§29-22C-30. Forfeiture of Property