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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 36.03.08.04" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="08" heading="Collection and Deposit of Payments.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant or licensee shall pay a fee or civil penalty by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Wire transfer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Money order;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Certified check made payable to the “State of Maryland”; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any other manner designated by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commission shall deposit payment of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §B(3) of this regulation, an application, license, renewal, or other fee into a bank account that the State Treasurer designates to the credit of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency Fund to cover the Commission’s administrative costs related to licensing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A fee into the Problem Gambling Fund established in the Maryland Department of Health under State Government Article, §9-1A-33(b), Annotated Code of Maryland:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An annual fee of $425 for a video lottery terminal; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An annual fee of $500 for a table game; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A fee for renewing a video lottery facility operator license as authorized in State Government Article, §9-1A-13, Annotated Code of Maryland, into the Education Trust Fund established in State Government Article, §9-1A-30, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commission may recover from an applicant or licensee whose payment of a fee or penalty is overdue:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The unpaid amount of the fee or penalty;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Revenues lost to the State as the result of the nonpayment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Attorney's fees; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any other penalty, interest, cost, and expense allowable by law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The failure of a licensee to timely pay a fee or penalty is a violation of a directive of the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Commission's election to seek recovery under §C of this regulation for a licensee's failure to pay a fee or penalty does not preclude the Commission or the State from enforcing other rights, or seeking other remedies, for the same failure to pay.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude the Commission from withholding or reducing the distribution of proceeds to an operator under State Government Article, §9-1A-27, Annotated Code of Maryland, or instituting as set-off, counterclaim, fines, penalties, or any other legally permitted deduction, for a licensee's:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Failure to pay a fee or penalty;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Unsatisfactory performance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Failure to timely fulfill all of the Commission's requirements; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Material breach of a term or condition of a license.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The Commission shall account for collection of a fee or penalty in accordance with applicable law.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>