23.16.119    PARTICIPATION IN OPERATIONS

(1) Except as provided in ARM 23.16.509, a stranger to the license who proposes to acquire an ownership interest in a licensed gambling operation may not control or participate in any capacity reflecting ownership in that operation until the applicant's license has been approved by the department as provided for in ARM 23.16.117.

(2) If a person has been employed by the licensed gambling operation for more than six consecutive months before submitting to the department the application required in ARM 23.16.116 or 23.16.117, the employee may continue to be employed pending department action.

History: 23-5-115, MCA; IMP, 23-5-115, 23-5-118, 23-5-176, MCA; NEW, 1991 MAR p. 1942, Eff. 10/18/91; AMD, 1997 MAR p. 404, Eff. 2/25/97; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 886, Eff. 5/21/16; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 48, Eff. 1/15/22.