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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 7. (a) A licensee or any other person must apply for and receive the commission's approval before:
(1) a gambling game license is:
(A) transferred;
(B) sold; or
(C) purchased; or
(2) a voting trust agreement or other similar agreement is established with respect to the gambling game license.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules governing the procedure a licensee or other person must follow to take an action under subsection (a). The rules must specify that a person who obtains an ownership interest in a gambling game license must meet the criteria of this article and comply with the rules adopted by the commission. A licensee may transfer a gambling game license only in accordance with this article and the rules adopted by the commission.
(c) A person may not:
(1) lease;
(2) hypothecate; or
(3) borrow or loan money against;
a gambling game license.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), a transfer fee is imposed on an initial licensee who sells or otherwise relinquishes a controlling interest, as determined under the rules of the commission, in a gambling game license. The amount of the fee is fifty million dollars ($50,000,000).
(e) The fee imposed by subsection (d) does not apply if:
(1) the gambling game license is transferred as a result of an event described in section 4(c) of this chapter; or
(2) the controlling interest in the gambling game license is transferred in a transaction in which no gain or loss is recognized as a result of the transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code. 1
(f) The transfer of a gambling game license by a person other than the initial licensee to receive the gambling game license is not subject to a transfer fee.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 4. State Offices and Administration § 4-35-5-7 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-4-state-offices-and-administration/in-code-sect-4-35-5-7/
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