Cost, Fines Or Other Assessments Associated With Investigations

Cost, Fines Or Other Assessments Associated With Investigations. The applicant for a state gaming license is required to pay all or any part of the fees and costs of investigation of such applicant as may be determined by the Executive Director of the Gaming Commission. These costs shall be made payable to the Mississippi Gaming Commission within thirty days of written notice. Any fines or other assessments levied by the Mississippi Gaming Commission or the Executive Director will be considered due and payable thirty days after final determination of such fines or assessments and shall be made to the State Tax Commission. The investigative fee levied by the Mississippi Gaming Commission will be as follows: for those gaming licensees with 1500 or more gaming devices as defined in Section §75-76-5 (m), including slot machines as defined in Section §75-76-5 (ff), the fee will be $300,000.00 per year; for those gaming licensees with 1000 to 1499 gaming devices as defined in Section §75-76-5 (m), including slot machines as defined in Section §75-76-5 (ff), the fee will be $225,000.00 per year; and for those gaming licensees with less than 1000 gaming devices as defined in Section §75-76-5 (m), including slot machines as defined in Section §75-76-5 (ff), the fee will be $125,000.00 per year. This fee will be in four (4) equal quarterly installments due within thirty (30) days of receipt of the assessment. The number of gaming devices for any licensee for purposes of the assessment will be determined annually based on the average number of gaming devices reported to the Mississippi Gaming Commission during a twelve (12) month period. This fee is only applicable to any person or party issued a gaming license, and any corporation or other entity registered as a holding company or publicly traded corporation of such licensee, and any person or individual required by Commission regulations or otherwise required by the Commission to be found suitable in connection with such licensee or holding company or publicly traded corporation registered in connection with such licensee. The remainder of fees collected in excess of the amount authorized by statute will be credited to the gaming licensees for the following year. The following fees apply to all those not subject to the investigative fee above: (a) Corporate and Investigations fee $100.00/hour plus expenses (b) Gaming laboratory fee $225.00/line item (c) Associated Equipment fee $125.00/hour (d) Work permit application fee $125.00 (e) Work permit rescheduling fee $50.00 (f) Annual report filing fee $150.00/suitability license (g) Junket permit fee $500.00/plus $500.00 investigative fee (h) Inspection/tracking fee $100.00/per machine (i) Instructor Permits $100.00 (j) Work permit replacement fee $10.00 See Miss. Code Ann. §75-76-33. (Adopted: 04/21/1994; Readopted: 04/29/1995; Amended: 04/29/2010.)