69.5-01-11-09. Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses.

1. Reasons for denial, suspension, and revocation. The commission may deny, suspend, or revoke licenses for just cause. Actions constituting just cause include: a. Any action or attempted action by a person contrary to any law. b. Corrupt practices, which include: (1) Prearranging or attempting to prearrange the order of finish of a race. (2) Failing to properly pay winnings to a bettor or to properly return change to a bettor purchasing a ticket. (3) Falsifying or manipulating the odds on any entrant in a race. c. Any violation of the rules of racing, simulcasting, or account wagering adopted by the commission. d. Willful falsification or misstatement of facts in an application for a license. e. Material false statement to a racing official or to the commission. f. Willful disobedience of a commission order or of a lawful order of an agent of the commission. g. Continued failure or inability to meet financial obligations. h. Failure or inability to properly maintain a simulcast system, site, combined pari-mutuel pool, or account wagering system. i. Failure to fulfill contractual obligations. j. The suspension or revocation of racing or pari-mutuel wagering activity of the applicant or licensee by an out-of-state regulatory agency recognized by the commission. k. Failure to meet the considerations of subsection 3 of section 69.5-01-11-02.

2. The procedures to be followed in denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses must be as prescribed by North Dakota Century Code section 53-06.2-15.

History: Effective March 1, 1990; amended effective January 1, 2008; July 1, 2011.

General Authority: NDCC 53-06.2-05

Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-07, 53-06.2-08, 53-06.2-10.1, 53-06.2-14