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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-1A-05" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Video Lottery Terminals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Video Lottery Facility Location Commission established under § 9–1A–36 of this subtitle may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>award more than six video lottery operation licenses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>award more than 16,500 video lottery terminals for operation at video lottery facilities in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>subject to the requirements of § 9–1A–36(h) and (i) of this subtitle, award more than 4,750 terminals for operation at any video lottery facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for a location in Allegany County:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>award a video lottery operation license to an applicant that does not agree to purchase the Rocky Gap Lodge and Resort; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>notwithstanding § 9–1A–36(i)(2) of this subtitle, award more than 1,500 video lottery terminals for operation at a video lottery facility in Allegany County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An owner or operator of a video lottery destination location described under § 9–1A–01 of this subtitle may submit an application for a video lottery operation license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A video lottery operation license issued under this subtitle is not valid at a geographic location other than the geographic location authorized in the license awarded by the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission and issued by the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “owner” includes any type of owner or beneficiary of a business entity, including an officer, director, principal employee, partner, investor, stockholder, or beneficial owner of the business entity and, notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, including a person having any ownership interest regardless of the percentage of ownership interest.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual or business entity may not own an interest in more than one video lottery facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member of the Senate of Maryland or the House of Delegates may not be an owner or an employee of any business entity that holds a video lottery operation license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an individual or business entity may enter into a management agreement to operate a facility located in Allegany County that it does not own, subject to the approval of the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission and the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a holder of a video lottery operation license may apply to the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission for an additional license provided that the application required under § 9–1A–36 of this subtitle includes a plan for divesting from the video lottery operation license held on the date of the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
