§ 104. Powers and duties of the commission. The commission shall have\nthe authority and responsibility:\n 1. To have general jurisdiction over all gaming activities within the\nstate and over the corporations, associations and persons engaged\ntherein.\n 2. To hear and decide promptly and in reasonable order all license,\nregistration, certificate and permit applications, and causes affecting\nthe granting, suspension, revocation or renewal thereof, of\ncorporations, associations or persons engaged or seeking to engage in\ngaming activity.\n 3. To test or cause to have tested and approve surveillance systems,\ngames of chance, gaming devices and lottery games.\n 4. To monitor any corporation, association or person engaged in gaming\nactivity for compliance with this chapter.\n 5. To, at any time, examine the books, papers, records and accounts of\nany corporation, association or person engaged in gaming activity\npursuant to a license, registration, franchise, certificate or permit\nissued by the commission.\n 6. To conduct investigations and hearings pertaining to violations of\nthis chapter. Each member of the commission and such officers, employees\nor agents of the commission as may be designated by the commission for\nsuch purpose shall have the power to administer oaths and examine\nwitnesses.\n 7. Each member of the commission, and such officers, employees or\nagents of the commission as may be designated by the commission for such\npurpose, shall have the power to administer oaths and examine witnesses,\nand may issue subpoenas to compel attendance of witnesses, and the\nproduction of all relevant and material reports, books, papers,\ndocuments, correspondence and other evidence.\n 8. To collect all license and registration fees imposed by state law,\nor rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, and any payments from an\nIndian nation or tribe under the terms of a tribal-state compact that is\nin effect pursuant to the federal Indian gaming regulatory act, 25\nU.S.C. § 2701, et seq.\n 9. To levy and collect civil penalties and fines for any violation of\nthis chapter.\n 10. To be present through its employees and agents during the\noperation of any race track, gaming facility, charitable gaming\norganization, simulcasting facility or video lottery gaming facility for\nthe purpose of certifying the revenue thereof, receiving complaints from\nthe public relating to the conduct of gaming and simulcast wagering\nactivities, examining records of revenues and procedures, and conducting\nperiodic reviews of operations and facilities for purposes of evaluating\nany current or suggested provision of law, rule or regulation.\n 11. To ensure compliance with tribal-state gaming compacts that are in\neffect pursuant to the federal Indian gaming regulatory act, 25 U.S.C. §\n2701, et seq.\n 12. To refer to a law enforcement agency of competent jurisdiction any\nevidence of a violation of law.\n 13. To cause background investigations to be conducted on any\napplicant for a license, registration, certificate, permit or approval.\n 14. To access the criminal history records of the division of criminal\njustice services, pursuant to subdivision eight-a of section eight\nhundred thirty-seven of the executive law, in connection with executing\nthe responsibilities of the commission relating to the regulation,\noversight, licensing, permitting or certification, including\nfingerprinting, criminal history record checks and background\ninvestigations, of persons applying to engage in gaming activities. At\nthe request of the commission, the division of criminal justice services\nshall submit a fingerprint card, along with the subject's processing\nfee, to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of\nconducting a criminal history search and returning a report thereon. The\ncommission shall also be entitled to request and receive, pursuant to a\nwritten memorandum of understanding filed with the department of state,
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