License

1. A manufacturer of deals of pull tabs, electronic deals of pull tabs, paper bingo cards, site systems with bingo card-marking devices, electronic quick shot bingo site operating systems with card-marking devices, pull tab dispensing devices, fifty-fifty raffle systems, electronic pull tab devices with operating systems, or any other person may not sell, lease, solicit business, or provide these items to a distributor without a license. If two or more manufacturers are affiliated, each manufacturer shall apply for a license. A license is not transferable. The annual licensing period is April first through March thirty-first. An application must include information prescribed by the attorney general. The license fee for a manufacturer of pull tabs, electronic pull tabs, bingo cards, site systems with bingo card-marking devices, electronic quick shot bingo site operating systems with card-marking devices, or electronic pull tab devices with operating systems, is four thousand dollars. The license fee for a manufacturer of only pull tab dispensing devices is one thousand dollars. The license fee for a manufacturer of a fifty-fifty raffle system is five hundred dollars. If a person manufactures pull tabs and paper bingo cards, or, pull tab dispensing devices and either pull tabs or paper bingo cards, or both, only one license fee is required. 2. In addition to the annual license fee of four thousand dollars, manufacturers of electronic pull tab devices with operating systems are required to procure, at its own cost, and submit to the attorney general, a bond payable to the state of North Dakota in the amount of two million dollars for the term of their manufacturer's license plus seven subsequent years thereafter, conditioned on their faithful performance as a licensee and their subsequent support of existing electronic pull tab devices in the state at the expiration or termination of their manufacturer's license. If the manufacturer fails to faithfully perform their duties as a licensed manufacturer or support existing electronic pull tab devices in the state at the expiration or termination of their manufacturer's license, the bond may be forfeited to the state of North Dakota.