238.510 Office of Charitable Gaming -- Conflicts of interest of staff -- Gaming
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investigators.
(1)The Office of Charitable Gaming is created as an office within the Kentucky Horse
Racing and Gaming Corporation. Subject to the authority of the corporation, the
office shall license and regulate the conduct of charitable gaming and license and
regulate charitable organizations that desire to engage in charitable gaming,
charitable gaming facilities, manufacturers, and distributors in the Commonwealth
of Kentucky in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2)The president shall employ necessary staff to administer and enforce the provisions
of this chapter.
(3)No employee of the corporation during his or her term of employment shall be an
officer in a charitable organization that is licensed to conduct charitable gaming or
be involved in the conduct of charitable gaming as a member of a licensed
charitable organization. No employee of the corporation during his or her term of
employment shall be licensed as a manufacturer, distributor, or charitable gaming
facility, or have a financial interest in any business that is licensed as a
manufacturer, distributor, or charitable gaming facility.
(4)The president may appoint investigators who may have the powers of peace officers
throughout the Commonwealth; however, those powers shall be limited to:
(a)Enforcement of the provisions of KRS Chapters 230 and 238;
(b)Violations of KRS Chapter 528, relating to:
1. Unlicensed and illegal gaming;
2. Gambling offenses committed on licensed premises; and
3. Gambling offenses committed in conjunction with a legal gaming
activity;
(c)Violations of KRS Chapter 514, relating to theft, embezzlement, or other
illegal diversions of legal gaming proceeds;
(d)Violations of KRS Chapters 516 and 517, relating to forgery and fraud in the
conduct of legal gaming;
(e)Violations relating to the damage or destruction of real or personal property
owned or leased by a licensee; and
(f)Violation of any criminal felony offense committed:
1. On licensed gaming premises; and
2. In the presence of an investigator.
(5)Gaming investigators may satisfy the certification standards established by the
Department of Criminal Justice Training pursuant to KRS Chapter 15, but this
certification shall not be required for any investigators hired after July 1, 2025.
Gaming investigators shall not qualify for hazardous duty coverage under the
Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
(6)Gaming investigators so appointed shall not possess peace officer powers other than
those provided in subsection
(4)of this section.