New Mexico Register / Volume XXXV,
Issue 20 / October 22, 2024
NOTICE
OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Gaming Control
Board hereby gives notice that the Board will conduct a public comment hearing on the described rules below.
The public comment
hearing will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2024
from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Gaming Control Board, 4900 Alameda Blvd. NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87113.
The public comment
hearing allows members of the public an opportunity to submit data, testimony,
and arguments in person on the proposed rule changes detailed below. All comments will be recorded by a court
reporter and/or audio recording.
Subsections D and
E of 15.1.5.15 NMAC Compulsive Gambling Assistance Plan:
Purpose: Amend rule to make
it more current and applicable.
Summary of Full
Text: Changing mandate for board to
establish minimum standards for a compulsive gambling assistance plan, because
it has already been done, to requiring applicants for
gaming operator licenses to comply with those requirements. Also capitalizes “Department of Health”
15.1.5.23 NMAC - Application
Fees:
Purpose: Amends rule to update requirements concerning
applications and application fees.
Summary of Full
Text: Updates application fee amounts
that have not been changed since the inception of the agency and removes the
requirement that the board must immediately issue an order denying an applicant
for a gaming license at any time in the application process should they be
deemed not qualified.
Subsection D of 15.1.6.7
NMAC - Definitions
Purpose: Repeal current Rule and replace with
corrections of spelling/grammatical errors.
Summary: Changing “building’s” to “buildings” in
definition of “premises”.
Subsection B of 15.1.18.9 NMAC - Minimum Standards for Compulsive Gambling Assistance
Purpose: Repeal
and replace current rule to update it.
Summary: Capitalizes
“Department of Health” and makes it the responsibility of the Gaming Control
Board’s Responsible Gaming Coordinator to evaluate and made a recommendation to
the Board as to a Compulsive Gambling Assistance Plan.
Authority: Section 60-2E-7 NMSA 1978 and Section 60-2E-8
NMSA 1978.
Details for Obtaining
a Copy of Rule and Submitting Oral or Written Comments:
Copies of the
proposed rules are available on the Gaming Control Board’s website at https://www.gcb.nm.gov/rulemaking/ or
can be obtained by emailing GCB-PIO@gcb.nm.gov. The proposed rules are also available on the
New Mexico Sunshine Portal. Interested
individuals may provide comments at the public hearing. Before the public hearing, written comments
may be sent to GCB-PIO@gcb.nm.gov, or by regular mail at Attn: Michelle Pato -
proposed rule, The Gaming Control Board, 4900 Alameda Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM
87113. The deadline to receive written comment is Wednesday, December 4, 2024. All written public comments will be posted on
the website throughout the written comment period at: https://www.gcb.nm.gov/rulemaking/.
Any person with a
disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter,
or auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing should
contact (505) 841-9700.