Section 1318 - Disqualifying criteria1. The commission shall deny a license to any applicant who the commission determines is disqualified on the basis of any of the following criteria, subject to notice and an opportunity for hearing: (a) failure of the applicant to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the applicant is qualified in accordance with the provisions of this article;(b) failure of the applicant to provide information, documentation and assurances required by this article or requested by the commission, or failure of the applicant to reveal any fact material to qualification, or the supplying of information which is untrue or misleading as to a material fact pertaining to the qualification criteria;(c) the conviction of the applicant, or of any person required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license, of any offense in any jurisdiction which is or would be a felony or other crime involving public integrity, embezzlement, theft, fraud or perjury;(d) committed prior acts which have not been prosecuted or in which the applicant, or of any person required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license, was not convicted but form a pattern of misconduct that makes the applicant unsuitable for a license under this article; or(e) if the applicant, or of any person required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license, has affiliates or close associates that would not qualify for a license or whose relationship with the applicant may pose an injurious threat to the interests of the state in awarding a gaming facility license to the applicant;(f) any other offense under present state or federal law which indicates that licensure of the applicant would be inimical to the policy of this article; provided, however, that the disqualification provisions of this section shall not apply with regard to any misdemeanor conviction;(g) current prosecution or pending charges in any jurisdiction of the applicant or of any person who is required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license, for any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this section; provided, however, that at the request of the applicant or the person charged, the commission may defer decision upon such application during the pendency of such charge;(h) the pursuit by the applicant or any person who is required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license of economic gain in an occupational manner or context which is in violation of the criminal or civil public policies of this state, if such pursuit creates a reasonable belief that the participation of such person in gaming facility operations would be inimical to the policies of this article. For purposes of this section, occupational manner or context shall be defined as the systematic planning, administration, management, or execution of an activity for financial gain;
(i) the identification of the applicant or any person who is required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license as a career offender or a member of a career offender cartel or an associate of a career offender or career offender cartel in such a manner which creates a reasonable belief that the association is of such a nature as to be inimical to the policy of this article. For purposes of this section, career offender shall be defined as any person whose behavior is pursued in an occupational manner or context for the purpose of economic gain, utilizing such methods as are deemed criminal violations of the public policy of this state. A career offender cartel shall be defined as any group of persons who operate together as career offenders;(j) the commission by the applicant or any person who is required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license of any act or acts which would constitute any offense under paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this section, even if such conduct has not been or may not be prosecuted under the criminal laws of this state or any other jurisdiction;(k) flagrant defiance by the applicant or any person who is required to be qualified under this article of any legislative investigatory body or other official investigatory body of any state or of the United States when such body is engaged in the investigation of crimes relating to gaming, official corruption, or organized crime activity; and(l) failure by the applicant or any person required to be qualified under this article as a condition of a license to make required payments in accordance with a child support order, repay an overpayment for public assistance benefits, or repay any other debt owed to the state unless such applicant provides proof to the executive director's satisfaction of payment of or arrangement to pay any such debts prior to licensure.N.Y. Rac. Pari-Mut. Wag. and Breed. Law § 1318
Added by New York Laws 2013, ch. 174,Sec. 2, eff. 1/1/2014.