(A) The licensee of the licensed video gaming establishment shall be subject to imposition of fines, suspension, revocation or restriction of license, or other disciplinary action for any act or failure to act by him/her or by his/her agents or employees that violates any provision of this Chapter, is injurious to the public health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the people of the state or the Village, or that would discredit or tend to discredit the state video gaming industry, the state or the Village. Without limiting the provisions of this Subsection (A), the following acts or omissions may be grounds for discipline:
1. Failing to comply with or make provision for compliance with the Act, the regulations promulgated under the Act and this Chapter, any federal, state or local law or regulation, or a control system or protocol mandated by the Illinois Gaming Board or the Village;
2. Failing to comply with any order or ruling of the Illinois Gaming Board or its agents pertaining to the regulation of video gaming in the state;
3. Failing to comply with any order or ruling of the Village Board; the Local Liquor Control Commissioner or the Village's officers, employees or agents pertaining to the regulation of video gaming in the Village;
4. Receiving goods or services from a licensee or other person in violation of the Act's or this Chapter's licensing requirements, or in violation of any restriction, condition or prohibition of a license;
5. Being suspended or ruled ineligible or having a license revoked or suspended by the Illinois Gaming Board, the Village or in any state of gaming or video gaming jurisdiction;
6. Employing, associating with, or participating in any enterprise or business with a documented or identifiable organized crime group or recognized organized crime figure;
7. Employing, associating with, or participating in any enterprise or business with persons of notorious or unsavory reputation or who have extensive police records, or who have failed to cooperate with any officially constituted investigatory or administrative body;
8. Failing to establish and maintain standards and procedures designed to prevent ineligible or unsuitable persons from being employed by the licensee, including any person known to have been found guilty of cheating or using any improper device in connection with any game or gaming device regulated under the Act or under the law of any gaming jurisdiction;
9. Misrepresenting any information to the Illinois Gaming Board, the Village Board or the Local Liquor Control Commissioner;
10. Intentionally making, causing to be made, or aiding, assisting, or procuring another to make any false statement in any report, disclosure, application, permit, form, or any other document, including improperly notarized documents, required by the Act, the regulations promulgated under the Act or this Chapter;
11. Submitting tardy, inaccurate or incomplete material or information to the Village Board or Local Liquor Control Commissioner;
12. Obstructing or impeding the lawful activities of the Illinois Gaming Board or its agents, the Village Board, the Local Liquor Control Commissioner or the Village's officers, employees or agents;
13. Willfully or repeatedly failing to pay amounts due or to be remitted to the state or the Village;
14. Failing to timely pay amounts due or to be remitted to the state or the Village;
15. Failing to timely pay a fine imposed by the Illinois Gaming Board or the Village;
16. Failing to respond in a timely manner to communications from the Illinois Gaming Board, the Village or the Local Liquor Control Commissioner;
17. Being unavailable to the Illinois Gaming Board, the Village or their representatives or agents;
18. Aiding and abetting a violation by an Illinois Gaming Board member, Village officer or employee, or other government official, of a requirement established by statute, resolution, ordinance, personnel code or code of conduct;
19. Violation of the Act, the regulations promulgated under the Act or this Chapter by any person identified as a person with significant influence or control over the operation of the licensed video gaming establishment;
20. Employing, associating with, or participating in any enterprise or business with a person who has facilitated, enabled, or participated in the use of coin-operated devices for gambling purposes or who is under the significant influence or control of such a person, such that he or she is determined unsuitable to be an applicant or licensee by the Illinois Gaming Board or any other gaming jurisdiction;
21. The imposition of fines, suspension, revocation or restriction of a state license, or other disciplinary action by the Illinois Gaming Board for any act or failure to act by him/her or by his/her agents or employees that violates any provision of the Act or the regulations promulgated under the Act; or
22. The occurrence of a disturbance at the licensed premises provided that the Village Local Liquor Control Commissioner or his/her designee finds, upon the recommendation of the Police Chief, that as a result of the disturbances or incidents involving injury or bodily harm a public nuisance exists therein or threat endangering the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Village.
(B) A video gaming licensee whose employment has been terminated is subject to revocation of the video gaming license for any act or failure to act that occurred while licensed.
(C) A person who has had his/her video gaming license revoked by the Village Local Liquor Control Commissioner may not reapply for a license without permission from the Village Board.
(Ord. 5431, 9-3-19)