Application For Work Permit; Procedure

Application For Work Permit; Procedure. (a) The Mississippi Gaming Commission will process all work permit applications, to include taking photographs and fingerprints from all applicants. The Commission shall conduct background investigations on all work permit applicants. The applicant shall provide any information requested by the Executive Director in order to allow for a complete investigation of the applicant’s background. (b) An applicant for a work permit shall pay the application fee established by the Executive Director, which shall be sufficient to cover the costs of processing the application. (c) The Executive Director shall investigate the applicant and may either grant or deny the work permit. The burden is on the applicant at all times to prove suitability for a work permit. (d) The Executive Director shall refuse to issue a work permit if the applicant has: 1. Committed, attempted or conspired to commit a crime which is a felony in Mississippi or an offense in any other jurisdiction which would be a felony if committed in Mississippi; regardless of whether the charges have been non- adjudicated or expunged; (e) The Executive Director may refuse to issue a work permit if the applicant has: 1. Failed to disclose, misstated or otherwise attempted to mislead the Commission with respect to any material fact contained in the work permit application; 2. Knowingly failed to comply with the provisions of the Gaming Control Act, MGC regulations, and /or internal controls of a gaming licensee as filed with and approved by the Commission; 3. Committed, attempted or conspired to commit any crime of moral turpitude, embezzlement or larceny or any violation of any law pertaining to gaming or any crime which is inimical to the declared policy of Mississippi concerning gaming including, but not limited to, the following: any misdemeanor theft convictions, excluding first time conviction for false pretense/bad checks (false pretense) during the three (3) years prior to the date of application; i. Any misdemeanor drug convictions during the three (3) years prior to the date of application; ii. Any misdemeanor convictions pertaining to gaming or gambling during the three (3) years prior to the date of application; iii. Any misdemeanor convictions pertaining to crimes of violence during the three (3) years prior to the date of application; and iv. Any pattern of criminal offenses making an applicant unsuitable; 4. Been identified in published reports of any federal or state legislative or executive body as being a member or associate of organized crime, or as being of notorious and unsavory reputation; 5. Been placed and remains in the constructive custody of any federal, state or municipal law enforcement authority when the crime involved would be a crime constituting grounds for denial of an application; 6. Had a work permit revoked or committed any act which is a ground for the revocation of a work permit or would have been a ground for revoking a work permit if the applicant had been holding a work permit at that time. 7. Failed to complete the application process for a gaming work permit by: i. Failing to submit to additional fingerprinting where initial fingerprints are insufficient for proper analysis; ii. Failing to provide the Commission with court records and/or other requested documents detailing the disposition of previous arrests and/or convictions as well as facts and circumstances of the underlying offense(s); or iii. Failing to provide any other requested information necessary to determine the suitability of the applicant. The above enumerated reasons for denial shall not limit the Executive Director’s discretion to deny an applicant if that applicant has committed, attempted or conspired to do any act which is inimical to the best interest of gaming in Mississippi. (Adopted: 09/25/1991; Amended: 03/29/1993; Amended: 10/22/1998.)