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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" citation="COMAR 36.07.04.17" title_num="36" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="04" heading="Accounting Controls for a Count Room.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator shall develop and include in the internal controls submitted to and approved by the Commission under Regulation .04 of this chapter, procedures addressing the counting and recording of cash storage boxes.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility operator’s internal controls shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Detail the actual procedures to be performed and documentation to be generated by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Count team employees conducting the counting process; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The employee verifying and accepting the count; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Require two separate counts and, if the separate counts are not in agreement, document the discrepancy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator shall report in writing to the Commission within 72 hours of the count:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Any variance greater than $20 between the actual count of cash, in a cash storage box as determined in the count room and the amount for that particular cash storage box recorded on the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Facility operator’s instant bingo machine; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The instant bingo validation and accounting system;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The reason for the variance; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The corrective action taken or adjustments made.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>