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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="12-306" title_number="12" title_name="Gaming -- Statewide Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Slot Machines">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “premises” means an improved or unimproved parcel or tract of land that is owned by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a person; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>persons associated in a joint or common venture.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, in a county or municipal corporation where, before July 1, 1963, county or municipal officials licensed slot machines for operation, a person may not, as an owner, lessor, lessee, licensor, licensee, or in any other capacity, keep or operate a slot machine for any purpose in any place of business or building or on any premises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before disposing of a slot machine, the county commissioners or county executive of a county where a slot machine is located may require the slot machine to be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>registered in a manner appropriate to the office of county executive or county commissioners; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sealed against use, stored, and kept under the supervision and control of the county commissioners or county executive.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
