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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-1A-20" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Video Lottery Terminals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “approved vendor” means a person that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>specializes in conducting background investigations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has experience in the gaming industry; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>obtains the approval of the Commission to conduct background investigations under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission or an approved vendor shall conduct a background investigation in a timely manner of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an applicant for a video lottery operation license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a video lottery operator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other applicant the Commission considers necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant shall provide the Commission or an approved vendor with all information the Commission requires in order to conduct a background investigation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Failure to provide timely or accurate information is grounds for the Commission to deny an application.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission or an approved vendor shall apply to the Central Repository for a State and a national criminal history records check for the applicant, if required by the Commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the Commission or an approved vendor shall submit to the Central Repository:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two complete sets of the applicant’s legible fingerprints taken on forms approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to Maryland criminal history records;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the mandatory processing fee required by Interpol for an international criminal history records check.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In accordance with §§ 10–201 through 10–234 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the Central Repository shall forward to the applicant and the Commission a printed statement of the applicant’s criminal history record information.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Information obtained from the Central Repository under this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be confidential;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not be redisseminated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may be used only in connection with the issuance of a license required under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The subject of a criminal history records check under this section may contest the contents of the printed statement issued by the Central Repository as provided in § 10–223 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>After completion of a background investigation conducted under this section, an approved vendor shall promptly forward the results of the investigation to the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commission shall adopt regulations specifying the factors used to determine whether an applicant for a license must submit to an international criminal history records check.</text>
  </level>
</section>
